#and she is taking everyone she loves with her. she’s gonna make sure Alistair and her vigil’s keep crew live to old age. she’s Gonna

[wardencommanderrodimiss]

Had a dream featuring Catalina Tabris last night. She and the Awakening gang (including Anders) were hunting darkspawn in the Deep Roads in Veilguard-era, where they found another darkspawn magister a la the Architect/Corypheus. This one was immediately hostile so of course there was a lot of fighting, during which point we got to see that Cata’s blood…exploded. Like she could explode it. She got hurt and her blood spilled on the ground and then she could make it explode. Power of Blood abilities from Soldier’s Peak going extra crazy over here, her blood is poison and now it explodes.

And then I think she got eaten by the darkspawn magister. How big was this thing that it could swallow her whole. I don’t know but it did. The rest of the crew was forced to retreat and they ended up making it the whole way back to wherever Alistair was and they had to tell him that Cata was dead. But then she turned up like a day later, a bit worse for wear, just like “yeah my blood exploded the darkspawn from the inside out.” How did she survive that? Unclear. But she did.

[cassynite]

OC Tag Game

I was tagged by @dujour13 and @spyridonya for this, thank you both for thinking of me!!

Favorite

PWOTR

This one is so hard...like choosing your favorite child...and also it just tends to be who I'm thinking of the most at that particular moment.

I guess the one I love the most is always going to be my Knight-Commander, Sparrow--captured and sold into slavery at a young age, she became a body double and guard for a Cheliaxian family and goes to Kenabres to try and find escape and freedom.

She is a deeply reserved and quiet individual, keeping her feelings and thoughts close to her chest, and cautious to a fault. But underneath that is someone with deep feeling and passion, an incredibly warm and loving person who is desperately lonely and just wants to find someone who won't leave her, as every person who she has loved has done in the past. She romances Daeran Arendae and they both work through their shit together <3

Newest

The Wayhaven Chronicles

The newest OC is technically still cooking, but he's my latest detective in the IF The Wayhaven Chronicles! His name is Bastian Roche, a nervy little man who would just like everyone to get along, please, and who has a tendency to fail upwards, much to his chagrin. He loves his little town and loves his mama, and is very upset at the recent murders going on and then the supernatural bullshit that ends up crawling out of the woodwork as a consequence.

He's gonna romance Felix and I'm pretty sure is going to be the only detective I've played who doesn't become friends with Adam or Mason by the end of book 2 because he has a spine made of wet tissue paper.

Oldest

Dragon Age: Origins

I might have had older OCs but I don't remember them--the one that still exists in any form would be Dannia Tabris, my canon warden in DAO. She's a daggers rogue, duelist and assassin specialties.

She's the first real Specialist Little Snowflake I ever made, but like in the worst way--I made her as I played the game and headcanoned that while not a mage, she was born a little "closer" to the Fade than others, and because of that she can see the future. This was to accommodate the fact that I always had a game guide open because I hadn't learned that you can't really play an RPG wrong by that point.

Dannia puts up a good front and tends to present herself as funny, warm, and cavalier in front of friends and family, but inside she's a melancholic, vicious, calculating person who is desperate to ensure the safety of people she loves by relying on her frequent visions for guidance.

She lost her mother by ignoring her visions and she refuses to lose anyone else, so of course in the process she does lose everyone--she becomes a Warden and is permanently separated from her family, a vision showing Alistair's execution makes her put him on the throne which he does not want and which ultimately causes the end of their relationship, and she sabotages basically all of her friendships and relationships in general because she sees visions of herself dying to slay the Archdemon.

Then Morrigan comes along, offers the Dark Ritual, and she takes it out of blind hope...and survives. And has to try and live on past her own self-imposed expiration date, now knowing her visions can be false and that her sacrifices up to this point might have been for nothing.

Meanest

PWOTR

I don't really do mean OCs honestly lol. But I'd have to say that the one who is most willing to say mean shit is going to be Kallesto "Vonzi" Voness, my mercenary OC for PWOTR!

Vonzi is an oracle whose patron has given her powers over extreme cold--and, more significantly, powers over time. Vonzi has the ability to time travel, but with a major caveat: jumping back in time forces her to "hold on" to the timeline she creates by changing things, something that takes her very life force. She can either let go, undoing the changes she has made, or die in that time, cementing it as the new reality.

In-game, her main quests revolve around the fact that she is suffering from going back in time to save her family. The KC must either let her die, convince her to let go of the timeline and allow her family to die again, or a Secret Third Thing.

Despite all the shit she goes through, Vonzi is a very confident, very cavalier person. She does not suffer fools lightly and isn't afraid to speak her mind even if it means rocking the boat, and she will tell people what she thinks of them regardless of how unflattering it is. If she likes you, she might be more circumspect, but especially in game she doesn't have the time or energy to be nice. Despite her being a genuinely good person and good friend she puts a lot of people off wit her abrasive attitude.

Softest

Dragon Age Inquisition

Softest OC would have to be Phaedre Lavellan, my canon inquisitor from DAI! Phi is a mage, though not a very well-trained one; when she tells people she was the clan's first, she's lying.

Phaedre like so many other OCs suffered tragedy when she was younger, with her childhood friend and intended--the clan's First at the time--dying to maleficar when Phi, desperate to prove she was grown up enough for vallaslin, goes out on the honorary hunt to earn it and gets in way over her head. The event deeply traumatized her, as it was her fault Ghandriel was out there to begin with. It causes her to retreat from any and all responsibility. Her clan enables this, as she's always been seen as a bit of a baby, and the tragedy causes them to close ranks in an effort to protect her. By 9:40 Dragon, Phaedre is 25 years old and has still not gotten her vallaslin.

News of the Conclave and the spies clan Lavellan plans to send is the last jolt needed from a long-growing feeling of guilt and stasis Phaedre has been in. Sneaking away ahead of the actual spies, Phaedre gets sloppy fake vallaslin from a city elf and joins the Conclave in an effort to prove to herself that she can be useful to her clan and an adult in her own right. And then the Conclave explodes and suddenly she needs to grow up real fast.

Phaedre tends to try to be bubbly and optimistic. She's a little naive but tends to appear even more so because her conflict-averse nature makes her avoid giving out her opinions on anything, which makes it seem like she just doesn't know a whole lot. She's deeply empathetic and emotional, laughs when she's nervous, and wants everyone to be her friend--and it's hard not to be, even when she starts gaining confidence and making decisions that cause disapproval. Phaedre romances Sera.

Most aloof/standoffish

PWOTR

Another non-KC OC, Ophenia Thwait, is going to fit this bill! She's a dhampir that's going to enter her second century soon, and she lost everyone she ever cared about already, including her entire family and her first wife, who she loved more than anything. She wrote books with them as characters to deal with her grief, those books took off, and she spent the next several decades establishing herself as a varied and talented author in several genres. She's currently made a name for herself writing pulp novels of the romance and adventure variety, earning her wild fame and derision in equal measure.

Ophenia keeps all of life at arm's length, looking at it with the clinical mind of a writer that's trying to put together a plot for her next story--because she is. Any character read in an Ophenia Thwait book is based on someone she has met. She considers it the greatest compliment to write using another person, immortalizing them in a story while they age and wither and die. They will at least live forever in her books and the minds of those who read them, but it gives her a tendency to think of people as little more than props for a story that's brewing in her mind, and she will do awful things on purpose just to see what the reaction ends up being or what the consequences are. Gotta get more inspiration, and keep her stories interesting.

Dumbest

PWOTR

Dumbest OC award has to go to Evaethi Arvanxi, Sparrow's "original copy"--the young woman she acted as a body double for! Evaethi means well, mostly, but has learned through a painful childhood that the only real thing she's good at is horses and, later, fighting on them. She fled her noble life of luxury and duty the first real chance she gets, leaving the far more impressive and competent (in her eyes) Sparrow to deal with the aftermath, and joins the Pathfinders, where she will hopefully get some wakeup calls about the way she lives her life. No matter what though, she will never gain the common sense that god gave a goldfish.

Smartest

PWOTR

Isore "Crow" Cygnarus, Sparrow's biological brother who maybe-probably dies in her canon when she was young. I can't even describe how smart he is because "waaaay smarter than me" is about as good as I can get, but he was a savant, a child genius who excelled in mathematics and engineering, who rose to prominence at an astonishingly young age in Alkenstar as an architect and artificer.

He had a lot of ideas, many of which he hoped to spread and see implemented throughout the world--ideas about how society should be run to ensure as little waste, pain, and chaos would be generated, ways that he felt the ills of the world could truly be solved. But before he could do any of that, he had his younger sister with him, who needed to be raised, and he recognized that wandering the world and focusing on your own ambitions was insufficient for rearing a young child. So he settled in the idyllic country of Dehrukani, helping them improve their crystal towers and develop new and interesting ways to store magical energy, and waited for her to grow up right to the point where he is murdered by slavers.

Crow's personality was whatever he needed it to be to get the most out of the people around him--Sparrow remembers him as a kind, patient, perfect older brother, because that's the mask he put on around her. In reality, he was an extremely distant, cold, and ambitious individual. His brilliance came from his natural ability to see things broken down into parts working together as systems, and ultimately that's how he saw people--as parts within the system of society. The closest he ever came to love was the mix of responsibility and interest he had in his little sister.

OC you’d be best friends with IRL

I feel like I would be intimidated by most of my OCs lol. I think I'd get along with Evaethi but would find her self-absorbed nature incredibly grating and honestly she'd be tiring to be around.

The person I'd be best friends with is Vonzi! I'd find her funny and her confidence inspiring.

[disasterdrvid]

7 12 and 25 for everyone!!!

7. if they had to choose one person most important to them, who would that be?

(I'm gonna try to not just say their canon romances lmao otherwise I think that would be a little easy)

For Honoria that's Alistair. She has little to no recollection of her family, just the Circle. She felt betrayed by Jowan and so felt that there really was nothing left for her in her former home. But when she met Alistair, and they both survived Ostagar, she found herself very attached to him. She very much sees him as home and will fight with everything she has to protect that.

Since Carver survived the Joining, Cal feels obligated to protect her remaining family with her life. Her grasp on what remains of her old life before being Champion feels as though it were slipping, and to lose Carver would be the final nail in the coffin of her old self. Also, he's her little brother no matter how much Carver gets annoyed with her.

Zara befriended Karimah within a week of being brought to the Circle. Though Karimah was a little older, they became like sisters very quickly. It was hard for both to be torn from their families (Karimah was the oldest of four and Zara the youngest of seven) and so they became attached at the hip. They befriended Gareth (an elf brought to the Circle about a year later) and Lyam (who had been at there for as long as he could remember), and made their own little found family.

12. attitude towards Mabari?

Honoria and Cal both love Mabari. They make sure to take good care of their beloved companions. Zara is a horse girl, but she still admired Mabari for their intelligence and loyalty.

25. what did they plan for their life to look like before the events of the game happened?

Honoria didn't see herself leaving the Circle. However, she didn't so much resign herself to it as much as she never quite pictured anything outside those walls. She thought she might become a teacher to apprentices, maybe eventually form a more permanent relationship with Cullen. But nothing ever felt truly concrete.

Cal loved her family, but always dreamed of seeing the world outside of the Fereldan countryside. She often daydreamed of visiting Kirkwall to see where her mother grew up, of seeing Orlais' grand palaces, or trekking to the Anderfels. She didn't leave the way she wanted to, but she ultimately did get her wish of seeing the world after leaving both Lothering and Kirkwall.

Zara has two distinct visions of her future: the first is as the daughter of a noble family. She supposed she would find her place helping her father run the family stables, or perhaps studying at university like her mother had, before marrying. But after her magic manifested when she was thirteen, she couldn't see a future beyond the walls of the Circle. It seemed a very bleak existence to her, but there was nothing else she felt she could do. (She did plan to run away with her former lover, Ser Katherine, but they broke up before those dreams could become real plans.)

[kirklandsheartsecrets]

Can we have some platonic headcanons connected to your previous post? Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Sealand being extremely fond of their sister-in-law to the point where they teased her of her taste in men since they know how Iggy can be. While at the same time being protective of her since everyone knows her marriage is political, and they scare away any nation that plans to sweep her off her feet once the marriage is over. And became extremely overjoyed to find out she's forever part of their family.

Platonic headcannons || Ireland, Scotland, Sealand and Wales

related to this link

Ireland

when he learned the news he was really supportive

The only time he is supportive about something related to england 

You won’t catch him slipping if it wasn’t you

Sees the fat crush in between you two

Helps you with the kids a lot 

They are overwhelming

Tuvalu 

Myanmar

Mauritius

America

He is their favorite uncle 

Or was he always wearing bright colors 

We don’t know

When they left the British empire he was crying real bad

Uncle Ireland crying like Kim kardashian

Proud of them tho 

asked you 68 times if you were sure about this marriage 

And when you say yes 

He just does that disgusted face like 

Sis you can do better

Even asked your boss

Your boss told Arthur

You haven’t seen Ireland for one week

Made a note to himself to never talk to your boss again

Sees you fine as his sister in law 

Again, helps you sometimes

Out of the +60 kids, 100% of them make fun of how he talks

Learns all the traditional dances from the kids country so he can dance with them

And this bad boy knows how to dance for sure 

Test you by asking questions about england culture ?????????????

Is this miss england contest ?

I mean you could get in easily and win tbh 

Doesn’t care much about what other countries think 

If Arthur big ass family is happy 

He is happy

Humiliates anyone who talks bad about your agreement

But he knows it’s because they wish they could benefits from the kids

Then he cares because not the kids

When he got the news for the alliance and proposal he was really happy

He is the best brother anyone could ask for

Sealand

new relationship unlocked

He is a kid himself 

You like the piss haired Londoner ?

Why would you get a political marriage with such an ignorant and irresponsible dad ???? 

He can’t take care of his supposed little brother 

A micro nation

Let alone a colony-

Miss he looks like england with blue eyes and a smile

The cliche “when I’ll become a country I’ll take you away from england”

��Im 20- YOURE 20?! It’s okay no one has to know baby girl”

Arthur did not like that

Tries to explain that england tries to make you another of his colonies

Confused when you laughed so loud

You cleared it out to him about the situation

He might be a micro nation

But he has fuck ton of nation knowledge

Personal guard to countries who think they can flirt

Helps you escape awkward situations and talks back

Good come backs 

Learns a lot about the kids quickly since he is so friendly

They go to his place sometimes

All the kids loved him

He loves all of them too

Doesn’t understand the marriage proposal thing

Crazy how he doesn’t understand this when he can literally learn dialects from the colonies so fast.

Another one of the kids to you, but this one might stay forever 

he is adorable 10/10

Scotland

he loves you

So much

So so so so much 

Not because you’re nice or anything

You’re taking off such a weight off him

You’re taking off the weight of england on his back

If england tries to divorce you or anything 

Hahahahahahhaha not if he is not agreeing

This relationship is almost a 3 people relationship

You, Arthur and Alistair

The man who says tomorrow instead of tomorra thinks he can make such a decision

You’re gonna stay with the lad for a long time darling 

Alistair will not give up on this peace of mind and soul he gained with the help of his sister in law

Are you scared of the end of the agreement or is Alistair shitting himself over it

When he heard about it the first time

Thanks the lord over your boss being the biggest negotiator out there

Your boss should have won the Nobel peace prize 

Cuz the uk brothers house is real peaceful since you came

Makes fun of Arthur too much

This snitch tells about every habits of Arthur

Talks back when someone makes inappropriate comments about the marriage 

Him and Peter are a good pair when talking back

comebacks are immaculate

The kids call him uncle who is a giant and dad keeps saying bad things about him too

Kids snitch to him what Arthur says 

Will not hesitate if one comment is headed towards his unicorn

About that

Yeah the unicorn

Kids want to play with it all the time

Give this unicorn a break 

44 underage kids running over to play with it for decades the trauma is real

When the kids grow up and leave they all hug him one last time-

They also try to negotiate for the unicorn hhhhh

The piss hair fool proposed ? 

Finally, he can rest happily

No more Arthur snoring in the same room as him

Or having to share furniture

Hong Kong favorite’s uncle

Made the joke about england waking you up with the 

Aloe love

Giant guard 

He wont have to deal with the kids anymore now 

Wait 

Hates it there because Arthur found love before him

But a win is a win I don’t care what you’re saying A WIN IS A WIN

Wales

he is really really fond of you

Taking care of so many colonies even as a nation is not only difficult but requires management

He helps with that

Also fond of you because you’re making Arthur a better person

The British empire wasn’t that nice actually and it took on his behavior towards his family 

A lot of teasing from him too

You put yourself in this situation darling

Slick about dirty jokes bc of sealand

But you understand 😳

Looks like a cinnamon roll but makes a lot of dirty jokes

He knows

Predicted the official proposal at the end of the agreement

He is the rich uncle who takes the kids out 

Episode of Khloe kardashian taking North west for a day together vibes

Ends ups buying animals that Arthur doesn’t want in his house

Yeah but the kids-

“Your dad is not gonna happy with me—“

But oh well 

Gets snakes, all kinds of birds, spiders

These nations are from places where boring pets do not exist

I will link the video and please watch it so you understand my point!!!!

Kids are not impressed by his limo but they are really happy tho

They just like Arthur don’t look too happy in general

“Are you happy to have a limo”

Kids: no

So what do you want—?

Kids: “we want a white unicorn limo”

Not Alistair’s unicorn again god 

But he is living for the “thank you uncle wales” moment he deserves

About little shits who think they can talk bad about your agreement 

Made plans with his boss to destroy other countries bosses 

A lot of drama, talks back too when he is offended 

Arthur and you are family, agreement or not

Knows his brother is so down bad for you

You were already sister in law for them anyways

He predicted the second proposal sooo he wasn’t so excited about the news 

But

Internally he is extremely happy

Isn’t jealous even a tiny bit because he has found his one 

Wales lovers im looking at you 👁👁

[name] forever part of the family ?

Means he gets to be the rich nice uncle for a long time 

Kids were too scared to show england the pets so they announced to you “the best gifts uncle Dylan could ever buy them!!!"

You knew about Arthur’s rules with pets

“Uncle Dylan is gonna have problems with dad”

The kids are not listening

But oh well the joy on their faces

The breaking point was the moose with Canada

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ー I’m in the middle of my final take home exam sorry for the wait

ー I finish this exam and I’m writing I promise

ー the video for wales is linked check it out it’s so cute

ー i am out there, 30 tabs open on my computer, watching the World Cup, doing my final exam, listening to some hard drill, catch me in the library from 8 to 6 lads I’ll be there

— and for the request in my ask box about the same story don’t worry I gotchu just give me time

to finish this!!!

— love you all

[shivunin]

Hii! 💛 for the wholesome oc ask meme: 3, 11 and 18 for Arianwen because I like her vibes like, a lot. Bonus: 4 for an OC of your choice ✨

Thanks!! I like her vibes, too. She's my murder elf c:

(Here's the ask meme link in case)

3: What is something they really like about themselves and what is something you really like about them?

You know, Arianwen has a deep love of her own body. It's strong, it moves the way she wants it to, she finds herself physically attractive, and she likes to learn new knife tricks. With everything going on, she knows her limits and she always knows that she can count on herself (even if that's the only thing she can count on).

I love so much about her that it's hard to pick one thing. She is so self-confident (to...probably a bad extent) and she is really trying hard to stay hinged when the urge to just kill everyone who pisses her off is just lurking right beneath the surface. Of all my OCs, ironically Arianwen is the one who finds it easiest to just get shit done. With no self-doubt in her way and very little introspection, she's really uniquely suited to the role of Warden. She will slash, slaughter, and snark her way through any obstacle.

11:What is an item of clothing/an accessory that completes them/makes them feel safe?

Hmm I'm gonna do one pre- and post -romance.

At the beginning of her travels, she really clung to her mother's shoes. In a sense, having them with her made it like her mom was still seeing Ferelden with her. Her mother taught her everything she knew and the two of them spent a lot of time throwing knives at targets in their hovel and practicing lockpicking at the general store (with the proprietor's permission---the alienage elves take care of their own as much as possible), so she really missed her mom a lot more than anything else from her old life. Every night, she'd spent more time cleaning and repairing them than she would fixing up her armor or sharpening her blades.

Later, after her very strange courtship with Zevran (I like to imagine them like two birds dancing around each other and flashing their pretty feathers for attention) his earring became very precious to her. She didn't have pierced ears before, so she very loudly asked Shale if she was willing to pierce them until Wynne overheard and offered to "do it the right way." After that, Arianwen would run her fingers over it before making a difficult decision. When he was away after they ended the Blight, the earring was a way to feel connected to him while he was gone.

(She still has her mother's boots tucked away safe in a trunk in Amaranthine, of course, and woe to anyone who disturbs them.)

18: What is their favourite hobby? Would they share it with someone they love?

It might not seem like a hobby, but she actually really enjoys fletching arrows. There's something about cutting the feathers just right, making sure they're placed just so, and knowing that if she has to take out the bow that every piece of her gear is made with care. She would never deign to buy regular arrows and only buys the specialty ones because they're in a hurry. She also likes to pick up exceptionally pretty ones they find on the road, and a good gift for her (I pretend the companions also give the Warden gifts) would be special or rare feathers.

She would (and has!) shared it with her loved ones. Fletching was actually one of the first things she and Alistair finally bonded over because it was one of those things the Chantry mothers made misbehaving little boys do as punishment(she despised him at first and then sort of adopted him as a brother; when he became king she very lovingly assassinated everyone who threatened him, much to his chagrin). Sometimes, noises get to her; when that happens, she stuffs a bundle of feathers into Zevran's hands and they retreat to her tent to work in silence for a while.

(here's Arianwen, since I don't think I ever posted her picrew back when I posted all the other ones:)

And

4 (Salshira): What is the thing they like the most about their friends and what is the thing their friends like the most about them? (I'm slapping a read more under this one because this ran a bit long)

Cassandra: She loves that Cassandra has a purity of purpose and faith. Salshira wears a lot of faces, so the idea of just being who she is is a little frightening. She admires that Cassandra is always completely Cassandra.

Dorian: She and Dorian have very similar senses of humor, but drastically different approaches to magic. This is interesting to her because she also favors fire, so she likes swapping strategies and methods with him on long walks.

Vivienne: Salshira and Vivienne are sort of two sides of a coin; both of them are hiding who they really are, but Vivienne wears a mask of composure and Salshira one of charisma and a sort of happy-go-lucky charm. They both know that some of it is an act, acknowledge the necessity of the act, and get on swimmingly. So in short, what Salshira likes most about Vivienne is that she gets the benefit and cost of having to put on a face for other people. Also, Vivienne makes a great cup of tea.

Bull: Spending time with Bull is just easy and she doesn't really have to perform for him. Both of them find other people interesting and humorous, so when they're out they play a lot of games that are essentially just people-watching with more steps. (In another world, she and Bull and Josie are having a great time being a throuple---but that's a whole other story)

Varric: She admires his ability to look at a mass of events and turn it into a narrative with a theme, moral, and end. Especially in the midst of the mess they're living through, she thinks this is a really admirable skill.

Josie: She admires Josephine's skill at maneuvering people into doing what she wants and walking away more or less unscathed. Again, she and Josie are both really good at reading people, but Josie has such a kind and good heart that Salshira can't help but love spending time around her even if they spend all of it talking about serious Inquisition business. Every time she walks away from a meeting with Josie, she can't help but feel refreshed.

In general, her friends appreciate that Salshira is a great listener. Honestly, she would rather talk about anything but herself, so she genuinely likes asking other people about how they are, what they're doing, and so on. But she has a talent for only offering a solution or help when her friends actually want it, and giving them a shoulder to cry on if they need to vent instead.

Salshira also has a kind of mental list of what each of them likes, so after a hard day they're likely to find an extra favorite treat left on their dinner plate, or that their armor has already been cleaned and put away. For example, after the assassination attempt by the House of Repose, she arranged for a whole set of Antivan treats and very fine calligraphy tools to be delivered to Josie's office so she'd have a reason to be excited to be in her own space again.

Thank you so much for asking and for writing all those questions! <3

[nanowatzophina]

Pspspspsing you to tell us abt your wardens!!!!! Would luv to hear abt any other da ocs as well

GASP!! SURE!! You wanna hear about my wardens??? Yay!!!

This will give me a good excuse to redraw/make ref for em too!

Dragon Age Shit under the cut!!

((Holy crap. It deleted all my progress but here we go again. I hope I can remember all the details))

— Also for reference I’m only gonna talk about the pt’s I’ve actually finished. Which is only four of em.

First up we’ve got Rosal Surana!!

((Still proud of how this one turned out so she doesn’t get an update))

Circle Mage lady who just wants to learn as much as she can!! She’s my first COMPLETED pt. So I made the fact that I was always asking all the questions in each interaction part of her character.

She’s curious, a bit overly so.

She made her own outfit. This was like— designed before I got better at copying clothes fashion but I do like the idea of Rosal just… making this for herself. Not looking like she’s from any particular nation. Just herself.

She romances Zevran, whom I love dearly. She is best friends with Alistair and Morrigan. She never got as close with Leliana but they still friends.

Rosal was a Chantrified name for her. Instead of the traditional Dalish name that her mom named her. (I honestly can’t recall what it was originally. I was dumb and didnt right it down) She was born in the Denerim alienage and taken away at 8 when she accidentally used her powers against a human boy in the street who was picking on her.

I had like. This whole idea for a fanfic with her that takes place after Awakening where she goes on a search for her mother who was sold to Tevinter. Full of intrigue and drama.

Secondly! Alana Cousland!!

Grew up refusing to act like a lady, much to her mothers disappointment. Not doing her hair, running out to learn how to fight with daggers rather than manners, scaring off suitors with her blunt way of speaking and teasing. Just a real Princess Merida situation.

She grew up wanting to be like the great heroes she learned about growing up. Slaying dragons and fighting armies!

But then… her family was taken so suddenly from her. Everyone she knew and loved and grew up with, dead. She got her dream of being a heroic Grey Warden but… the cost always makes her feel guilty… like she brought this upon their family due to simply… wishing for adventure. She had a LOT of survivor’s guilt and became kind of a rude, blunt person. Cold and hardened.

But… then she met an idiot named Alistair. Who somehow managed to make her laugh despite terrible circumstances. And would listen to her and talk with her. He helped her to open up.

Despite being… herself. She managed to befriend all the companions pretty closely. Especially Sten and Leliana. Sten approves of her while Leliana is much like Alana’s mom, nagging her into brushing her hair and maybe… taking care of herself a bit more…

In the end Alana marries Alistair and became Queen. She finds it incredibly ironic that she was running from this type of life all of her youth and yet… walked right into being Queen. Because she saw it as… finally accepting her duty is important. And wanting to take that step with Alistair. She still struggles with public appearance sometimes. And would often rather be off fighting dark spawn. But she is also happy to be able to… rest. After everything…

((Tho the convincing Alistair to sleep w/ Morrigan to save their lives for the sake of the kingdom was… a little awkward. Especially since Alana is friends with Morrigan just… uncomfortable all around))

Next up we’ve got Solan Aeducan!

Solan Aeducan was on her way to being a great dwarven warrior. Which sucks. Leaving Ostagar was one of the hardest things to happen. Seeing the sky was a horrible reminder of what she had lost.

She was always a quick to anger, hot-headed woman. But after leaving Ostagar she became untrusting and just... more angry...

But then... she met Leliana. Who helped her to see the beauty of the stars... and then they fell in love. I love them so much.

Solan got Leli a nug in Ostagar. And listens to her stories, loving just how... smart Leliana is.

However... she is... the ONLY playthrough that I’ve done that she refused the ritual... and so she dies... and Leliana is left alone... So I’m a terrible person.

And Lastly! Fen’nas!

Fen’nas is a glorious himbo. He is bold and flirty though has a BIT of a short-temper. He likes doing nice things for people. Which... makes him and Morrigan a bit of a... unique situation.

He totally fell for her the second he saw her. Which is a surprise for all of us considering how Morrigan swooped in the way she did.

But he loves Morrigan and wants her to be happy. Even though she runs away after they make a baby. But he runs after her like the rom-com man he is.

And he goes through the mirror with her. And raises their kid together. And he is a great stay-at-home husband. Though... they never got actually married. But they are in love. I love them.

[red-shepherds]

❝  when i lost you i lost a good love and a hand to bite.  ❞

also gonna @arsarcane about this one, since it's a Null Cell thing.

"When I lost you, I lost a good love and a hand to bite." Alistair didn't make eye contact, and Asher didn't really need him to. It was a hot night, the desert heat not yet burned off, and the sky was an endless, moonless kind of black. Alistair was leant on the railing of the hotel balcony, silhouetted by Vegas's many colorful lights, but altogether apart from them. Okay. He could do this. Asher was used to talking to ghosts. 

"For the record, you never lost me. You pushed me away. There's some kind of difference." Asher shook free a cigarette from his pack and fumbled for his lighter–and Alistair gave him an exaggerated eye-roll about it. 

"Semantics." 

"Don't bring out your four-dollar words right now. And hey, look away. Your Beast won't like it, if you don't."

"Didn't you hear? Mom brought me back mortal." 

Asher whistled, then lit his cigarette. True to his word, Alistair didn't have any sort of fear frenzy; he watched with large, dark eyes. Asher did his best to remain unflappable, leaning against the cooling stone of the wall and taking a nice long drag of his cigarette. He was supposed to be trying to quit–but everyone involved knew full well that he wouldn't be getting through this conversation without some kind of crutch. 

"You've got nothing to say about that?" Alistair asked, elbows on the railing, head cocked imperiously. 

"I've got questions. But our mom is a mysterious woman, and she's a mage, so I don't think it's my place to ask 'em." 

"Ask away."

"Aight. Are you going to run off and get bit again?" 

"Mm? Ah. I'm not sure."

"You're allowed to say yes. If it's a yes." Asher took another drag from his cigarette, wishing desperately that he had something stronger, or that he were anywhere else. 

"When I say I'm not sure, I mean it. I've been enjoying the sun on my skin."

"Right. Okay. I'm glad you were an easy case, at least."

"What, Ajax wasn't?" 

"Cosmic balance bullshit. No. Aaron was the harder sell, though." Asher blew out a thick cloud of smoke, barely resisting coughing. Fuck. It had been a little too long–he'd lost all semblance of endurance. 

"Aaron? What happened to him?" 

"I–oh. Fuuuuuck. Let's say…your Crones honestly did care about you. Got their revenge."

"Horrific. Blood and fire?"

"More blood than fire. He was fine, in a way. And then he wasn't. Moose and I had to–"

"Enough." 

There was silence for a moment, Alistair breathing deeply and Asher hardly moving. There was music somewhere far below them–the city never really slept, after all. Vegas was a den of sin and poor stage magicians. 

"I hated you," Alistair spat, finally, "for taking away our mother. For–for eating through our family like a moth at a sweater. Why couldn't you have been anyone else?" 

"I ask myself the same damn thing. You can still hate me. Y'know. If you want." 

"I don't–how could I? You took her away, and you did bring her back."

"And now she's fixing the messes that I made–"

"You're arrogant enough to blame yourself for my coven's murderous tendencies? Get a grip." 

"Alistair–I really don't think I can do this right now."

"I think it's now or never. Clean out the wound, or let it go septic. Your choice."

"You're still a dick for cursing me, and I don't forgive you."

"Seems it worked out okay. You know. Since it was a love curse, and you're marrying her." Alistair gestured to Asher's ring–still kept on his index finger, since they'd had no time to talk it back over, yet. 

"That came later."

"Right. I think I get to call you a dick for orchestrating my death."

"Not my brightest moment, admittedly." 

"Thank you." 

"Welcome. Is that–is that what we're doing? Admitting we're both unforgivable?" 

"Yes. But not…without merit. Like I said. Good love and a hand to bite." Alistair was looking at the black sky now, starless, what with the light pollution. 

"I'd prefer you not bite me. Especially if you get your fangs back."

"What, scared of monsters?" 

"Scared is a stretch. Wary. My best friend is half vampire, and I'll just say…I don't understand, I don't think I ever will, and you're all going to have to accept my distance. That and mages. They're creeps."

"You almost were one." 

"I was! I didn't get there, though. So I can say it."

"They can hear you. Probably."

"Good. Then they know my damn opinions. Nearly got this city destroyed. Nothing I've ever done has been on that kind of scale." 

"Point." 

"I think that makes four-one?" Asher made a gesture, sort of like swinging a tennis racquet.

"Honestly? Call it game-set-match. I don't have the energy to elucidate right now."

"Right, you haven't slept since being…remade."

"And we've got a family reunion soon."

"And…that. Lots of bad blood is about to be spilled."

"Quite. You're cleaning up your own messes."

"Only if you'll own up to yours."

"I will. God knows you'd throw me under the bus, if I didn't."

"Right! Catching on fast. Go, get your sleep. I'll be out here."

"Mhmm. Don't plan my death again while I'm out."

"Wouldn't dream of it." Asher watched Alistair carefully as he walked inside, and then promised himself he'd be out of town by sun-up. No more of this, and no more of Vegas. 

It was done. 

[tabriscadash]

I was asked this on my old blog right as I set about transitioning to this one, so...

The first character I ever fell in love with: for DA:O, dare I say Daveth? What can I say -- I irrationally got incredibly attached to him. otherwise, DEFINITELY Morrigan, and I have crystal clear memories of my first run through Lothering and looking at Morrigan like 😍 the whole time. For DA:2/E, Carver -- unless you count Anders & Justice since I knew of them from Awakening beforehand, in which case probably Justice. For DA:I, it’s a toss-up between Vivienne or Cole -- I technically liked Cole first but SPECIFICALLY in the supporting material (Asunder), and didn’t vibe with him anywhere near as much in the game, AND I got him as a companion after I got Vivienne, so probably Vivienne.

A character that I used to love/like, but now do not: for DA:O, I guess Oghren? I never loved him, but I liked the idea of him because I really liked the dwarves/Orzammar side of DA’s worldbuilding -- but he’s such an unlikeable character that I just.. don’t vibe with him at all. I debate recruiting him every single time now, and I don’t think I ever do his personal quest (in the base game OR Awakening). for DA:2/E, I don’t really have anyone that fits -- but I REALLY wanted to like Merrill and Aveline more than I did, and especially in Aveline’s case, I can’t stand her and genuinely think she’s the unintended, secret Big Bad of the whole game. for DA:I, probably Cole, bc I was really into the idea of a little walking-corpse serial killer animated by a spirit as per the book, but that’s not really the vibe in DA:I, and combined with the somewhat patronising/ableist language and how significantly he is infantilised (including by the fandom) I just got put off him. I do still like him, but not as much.

A ship that I used to love/like, but now do not: for DA:O, I don’t really have one? I guess see my DA:I answer, lol... for DA:2/E, has to be Anders - I don’t think he’s OOC in 2, but I think his writing does so little with him and he feels v. reductive. Where his relationship could be SO interesting and angsty, it instead is written in a really dull and/or cringey way. It would have been nice to see Anders more like the Anders of Awakening near the beginning of the game (rather than random, infrequent and questionably rare snippets), and then see the progression of his relationship with Justice as the game went on -- I want more interesting abominations, PLEASE. for DA:I, listen I cannot express to you HOW EXCITED I was for my planned Lavellan to romance Sera… also I used to be way more tolerant of Cullen x Amell/Surana ships because, like, hey dark ships are fun, right? But since Cullen’s ~wholesome whitewash~ in DA:I, and his fandom clamouring to absolve him of any wrongdoing ever.. it’s boring to me.

My ultimate favourite character™: for DA:O, probably Sten? or Morrigan. They’re both fantastic, and also are significant comfort chars for me. for DA:2/3, honestly, probably my own Hawke -- I feel so hugely proud of her, and can’t imagine I’d enjoy the game anywhere near as much had I not played it as my Hawke. If not her, maybe Sebastian or Carver? for DA:I, I really love Vivienne, as well as Blackwall, and Solas is a great character even if I probably would not say I liked him.

Prettiest character: for DA:O, we all know it’s Zevran. for DA:2/E, I think Aveline -- although her aggressively bland colour-scheme lets her down in a major way (although I respect her dedication to all orange all day every day). There’s just something about her arms -- very Abby from TLOU:2. for DA:I, maybe Josephine? Ser Barris is very pretty, too...

My most hated character: for DA:O, I really didn’t like Alistair, Wynne and Oghren, and of my companions - Oghren is probably my least favourite. He’s vulgar and also profoundly uninteresting. for DA:2/E, it has to be Aveline. There’s just something about ineptitude and a complete, wilful refusal to take accountability for your actions that I can’t stand. It would be okay if it was an intentional character flaw, but the game/narrative treats her like she’s lawful good and it really annoys me. for DA:I, maybe Iron Bull? He was a huge disappointment for me. I also really dislike Sera, Cassandra, and Varric. I’m so sick of Varric - I never want to see him again.

My OTP: for DA:O, I really loved Zevran’s romance -- but I am also very amused by the fact that Leliana got to ‘love’ status with Kallian accidentally, AND I got the ‘love’ glitch for Justice (👀) and Velanna. I do sometimes wonder about an AU where Kallian is forced to make a politically expedient marriage with Nathaniel Howe for diplomatic reasons in order to consolidate her position as Arlessa, and it being an entirely platonic arrangement (it’s not like anyone expects an heir from an infertile Grey Warden) -- and maybe Zev and Nate kiss sometimes, who knows? I also LOVE my Darkspawn Chronicles AU where Kallian and Nelaros are a happy, married couple each hiding their skills with weapons from each other like dumb, cute sweethearts. They shelter Zevran when he fails to kill Alistair and a poly couple evolves. for DA:2/E, I love the IDEA of a Seb romance that isn’t so strictly conditional around the structures that abused him -- he should be allowed to love, chastely or otherwise, but free from the Chantry OR his position as prince/heir. I’d LOVE to actually have a romance with him where you can actually challenge the abuse he’s experienced. for DA:I, Malika doesn’t have a canon romance (although I think when I replay, I’m going to romance Josephine!) but I think Blackwall has an amazing romance. Solas’ is also iconic, it must be said. 

My NOTP: for DA:O, I really dislike Alistair in a shipping capacity; he’s immature and says a lot of misogynistic shit and I don’t think he’s the worst for it, but I don’t really vibe with shipping him, having played the game as a female city elf. for DA:2/E, I wouldn’t say I have one, particularly? although I really dislike Aveline’s relationship with her husband simply because it seems incredibly inappropriate, given that they work together and she has power over him -- and because I dislike her, generally, I don’t feel inclined to do something nice for her. for DA:I, I suppose Sera/Lavellan -- although I’m not AGAINST it, it just really isn’t for me, having attempted it. I also don’t really vibe with Dorian x Iron Bull. Something abt the way the game handled BDSM and their relationship banter specifically I don’t really like.

Favourite episode quest: for DA:O, probs Orzammar/the Deep Roads. I really love the dwarven lore! and, of course, Fort Drakon is really funny, even though it’s not canon in my game iirc. for DA:2/E, maybe the murder mystery with the serial killer, where ultimately Leandra dies? I also really enjoyed all the companion quests. for DA:I, The Descent (just, all of it, lmao) and everything to do with the Avvar. Crestwood also BANGED.

Saddest death: for DA:O, it’s frankly a fucking INJUSTICE that Shianni gets murdered if you make her Bann of the Alienage -- the idea of that happening whilst Kallian is in Amaranthine and unable to protect her :( genuinely very upsetting. I go back and forth on who is made Bann, tbf, so idk how canonical it is: I think maybe Cyrion would get it, but I’m also endeared to Soris holding the position, with Shianni as Hahren. for DA:2/E, Bethany. I wish both twins had had the chance to reach Kirkwall :(. Let Leandra die instead. for DA:I, maybe not the saddest death, but the most memorable for me was that one sleeping dragon in the Hissing Wastes.. leave her alone. Stay out of a womans’ business.

Favourite season game: DA:O!

Least favourite season game: DA:I.

Character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but I hate: for DA:O, Alistair. I cannot deal with his complacency and hypocrisy. for DA:2, I really disliked Merrill but I honestly cannot remember why. DEFINITELY Varric -- I hated how the game forces you to be his best friend, and if you’re low approval, you have to endure these pointless pissy little comments with this little anti-dwarf centrist pissant. After the expedition, I literally have no reason to put up with him, and I NEVER take him out. I hate that he plays the same role in DA:I, too. for DA:I, the Iron Bull was hugely disappointing, and I also really don’t vibe with Cassandra. She just seems very wishy-washy and complacent and hypocritical, and many of her comments about other cultures seem snide for literally no reason other than bigotry. 

My ‘you’re a piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: for DA:O, lbr probably Sten. Mans is gonna launch a HORRIFYING invasion in the next game iirc and frankly, I’m ok with it. Just wanna see that big bastard again ❤🥵. for DA:2/E, I LOVE Gamlen, ok? for DA:I, I am not sure if I have one.

My ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: for DA:O, if any of you so much as LOOK at Velanna wrong, it’s hands. That includes Bioware. I also feel incredibly protective of and sad for Morrigan. for DA:2/E, probably Sebastian -- I feel so sad for him, and so frustrated by the limitations with the game. for DA:I, I’m honestly not sure.. maybe Josephine? I don’t really feel this way about Sera, but I do think she deserves better from the game and its writing, and also from fandom: there are valid criticisms of her, but the hate she gets is not proportional to any valid issues with her -- and gee, I wonder why that is.

My ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: for DA:O, I did use to find Cullen x Surana/Amell intriguing as a dark ship -- I actually hc that Neria Surana is actually Nelaros’ sister, and have dabbled with it as a dark ship. I also am interested in Loghain/Alistair - which each pretends the other is someone else. Alistair is wooby, hate ships are, in general, fun -- so long as we acknowledge that they are, indeed, unhealthy ships. for DA:2/E, I kind of feel like Sebastian romances are, invariably, kind of dark... and, similarly, Anders romances -- especially with certain red Hawkes, The way it ends is, invariably, bordering on fucked up. ALSO Hawkecest is weird and wonderful: GET WITH IT. 

My ‘they’re kind of cute, and I lowkey ship them, but I’m not too invested’ ship: for DA:O, I joked about Velanna x Leliana once and I’ve not been able to stop thinking about it ever since… Velanna x Sigrun is also something that can be so personal. Ariane x Finn is adorable and are paid DUST by Bioware AND fandom. I actually am really into Anora x Nathaniel & NO I will NOT explain myself; it’s a crackship but it’s MY crackship. for DA:2/E, Isabela x Fenris is super cute, but I don’t pay enough attention to them to really have super committed thoughts & feelings on them. for DA:I, Blackwall x Josephine is cute as a background ship; I also think Maryden x Cole is sweet.

[lyranova]

Hey Lyra!! I finally managed to start reading Children of the Future!

It's so sweet that Yami has noticed such small thing as how Charlotte smiles 🥺🥺 (In the first chapter) Hikari is very confident and smart, she is really cool!

Can't blame Yami for thinking it was all a dream 😂😂 still, he is so fatherly towards her 🥺❤️ and Charlotte being so gentle and taking care of her 😭

Ace and Josslyn are so cute too 🥺❤️ I love how familial everything turns when the children meet each other and Yami tells them he'll make dinner in chapter 5!! 😁😁

I wondered if the person Hikari was talking about was Alistair - and then he appeared!! I am excited to get properly attached to this sweet boy WHO YOU WON'T MURDER, RIGHT?

I only got to chapter 5 so far, but I'm hoping to read more a little later 😁❤️ it's a great fic and the relationship charts really helped clear up whose kid is who! great work Lyra!!

SUN I’M SO SORRY I FORGOT TO POST THIS 😭😭😭!!

But I’m so glad you like COTF so far that makes me really happy 🥺🤧💕! Yay I’m so glad you like Ace and Josslyn I’m sure that makes Mickey ( @crazyclownthanos ) happy to hear since they’re her babies hehe 🥰! Same with Hikari being marilú’s baby 🤧 ( @eme-eleff ) honestly I’m so glad everyones liking not only my OC’s but their’s as well 😭!

Hehe ah yes you’ll (hopefully) get attached to Alistar 🥺! Ajwkwkwi I’M NOT GONNA KILL HIM UNLESS THE STORY WARRANTS IT LMAOOOO 🤣🤣🤣💕💕! So far, Alistar is alive and well and is 100% safe 😌💕!

No worries take your time reading 🥰, I’m behind on Fire Lilies as well and I need to catch up 😭💔! Also i’m glad you liked the relationship charts they were so much fun to make and i think it makes things less confusing for everyone too 😅! But I’m so glad you like it Sun that makes me so happy 🥺💕! Ily lots~!

[viviae]

can you like. tell me a little about dragon age. seeing your posts about it has got me interested in playing but i have little to no clue what it actually is

Boy can I explain nonny <3 This is a bit long so strap in and im sorry

Dragon Age is (currently) a three game series composed of Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, Xbox 360/Xbox One, PC), Dragon Age: II (PS3, Xbox 360/Xbox One, PC), and Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS4, Xbox One, PC) and its really unique because of its selling point that your actions impact the games as you progress. Like if you kill one character in one game they’ll stay dead through the rest of the series which makes you feel lived in the story and that your actions matter. Dragon Age is also an RPG so a roleplaying game kind of along the same lines of DnD where you get to make and play your own character. And yes there are romances and you can be gay.

The First Game of the series is Dragon Age: Origins where you choose from a selection of six unique (technically seven) origins or backgrounds for your character. You can be anywhere from a human noble or a Dalish elf, the unique elven culture in Dragon Age of nomadic clans dedicating to reclaiming their past. But eventually, from the events in your origin, you wind up a member of a secretive and elite order known as the Grey Wardens whose duty is to protect the world from the Blight.

The Blight is this spread of a horrible disease known as the Taint but is characterized by the presence of Darkspawn, a kind of zombie like creature who exists only to destroy the world. Grey Wardens take the heavy duty of protecting the world from the Blight, which have nearly wiped all of humanity multiple times, at all costs. And currently the country of Ferelden is under going a blight and due to events you wind up the only Grey Warden with your companion Alistair to save the world and reunite Ferelden which had fallen under a civil war.

Along Origins you meet many interesting characters. Alistair is your friendly co-warden who has a mysterious parentage that he hides under his happy go lucky attitude. In contrast to Alistair is the witch Morrigan who is your favorite goth swamp queen who would insult you and you thank her. In addition you meet your chaotic bi rogues Zevran and Leliana. Leliana is a nun who is on the run and hiding from a dark past and she is suspiciously good at murder. And Zevran is not at all hiding his aptitude for murder as an Assassin for hire who tried and failed to kill you but who can ignore that charming bastard?

Dragon Age II follows a much smaller story of a Ferelden refuge who had escaped from the Blight to the city of Kirkwall named Hawke. Unlike in origins where you get to pick your background 2 limits you to Hawke but fear not, Hawke is a loveable bastard and you can still customize them. Throughout DA2 you get to experience all the delights Kirkwall has to offer: Demons, crime, corrupt cops, and fighting your way to survive in this city and make a name for yourself.

Where Origins sets the stage for the world DA2 you are the actor in that play - literally the game is divided into 3 acts that take place over a span of 7 years. DA2′s main conflict is the argument of Mages vs Templars, as in DA’s lore while there are those who are born with magic they are forced to live in prisons policed by the Templar order and the church. You explore the more political arguments of; are the Templars right in their fears of magic as Kirkwall is filled to the brim with corrupt mages or do Mages deserve the chance to live and prove themselves freely from their prisons.

Your romancable companions in DA2 are all bisexuals as the true theme of DA2 is: be gay do crime. You have the foils of Anders: the runaway mage who fled from the prisons the mages are housed in and is determined to bring mages to freedom, and Fenris: the runaway escaped slave who curses magic for only inflicting pain and suffering in his life and wants his warnings to be heard about the dangers magic bring. In addition you also have Merrill, your cute but terrifying Dalish mage who would probably murder you with a cute smile and then go oops. And of course, my pirate wife Isabela, who lives a life free from commitment and is dedicated to the idea everyone should have a good time no matter the cost. Also while not romancable Hawke’s bff Varric deserves every ounce of praise he gets as never before has the energy of “two idiots sharing a braincell” ever been so well adapted.

Then finally we reach Inquisition. After the events of DA2 it triggers a full on war between the Mages and Templars that is destroying the land and causing severe damage that neither side can handle anymore. Desperate for an end to the conflict the Divine (err... fantasy pope) calls for a meeting on both sides... only for the entire thing to literally explode. Killing everyone present and causing a hole in the sky which now means demons are raining like cats and dogs you are the only one to survive. In Inquisition you can once again return to pick between unique backgrounds like in Origins but you don’t get to play through those backgrounds sadly.

You now possess something on your left hand which gives you the ability to patch up the hole in the sky that is pissing demons and due to being the only survivor everyone is incredibly confused about you. Eventually the Inquisition is formed around you, the character they are calling the Herald of Andraste (Andraste is fantasy Jesus) due to your ability to seal the holes. The mystery unfolds as over the course of the game you learn what caused the explosion, how you are connected, and what exactly the mark on your hand is.

DAI has the largest numbers of romance options so I’m gonna give a quick bullet point list for them all

Iron Bull (Pansexual, All Races): A Qunari (think Tiefling but big and beefy) mercenary who is far more clever than he lets on, as well as being the rope top dom of your dreams. Literally! Bull’s romance is a really healthy bdsm relationship if you are interested its very well done

Josephine (Bisexual, All Races): Your loveable ambassador and advisor for the inquisition. She is a workaholic noble who is a tried and true classic romance. Sweep her off her feet and duel for her hand all while navigating the nobility

Dorian (Gay, All Races): The flamboyant pariah rock star mage, he demands attention whenever he walks into the room. Although he wants to be all talk and no emotions make no mistake he is making puppy eyes at you the entire time and gets deeply offended if you say he is. Also not going to lie Dorian is the best piece of gay male rep in gaming history.

Cassandra (Male-only, all Races): Your stern warrior wife who is all serious no funny business... expect she is a bleeding heart romantic who reads horrible smut for fun. You wish to COURT HER?? I mean... if you want 👉👈 she won’t say no...

Blackwall (Female-only, All Races): Your weird dilf who wants desperately to prove himself every step of the way and help people. He is a constable for the Grey Wardens, but all the details on him seem murky... Ah well I’m sure its nothing, the Grey Wardens are a secretive order after all.

Sera (Lesbian, All Races): My wild child, monster chugging, beer guzzling, arrow shooting lesbian. Sera is here for a fun time and not a serious one, she’ll always make sure to keep you humble and ensure you aren’t getting to big for your breeches. 

Cullen (Female-Only, Human and Elf only): Cullen’s the Inquisition’s commander who oohh boy is steeped in a lot of trauma. Cullen’s actually a character you get to know through out the series and see just all the horrible nonsense he’s been through. But he is your tragic self loathing... he isn’t princely but he is your adorkable charming

Solas (Female-Only, Elf Only): The humble apostate who joins the Inquisition out of curiosity of the breech, he is an expert on what the hell is going on with that hole in the sky. However, he holds a wisdom that goes far deeper than your typical apostate. Smooth talking and refined he carries a heavy cloud over him.

I left out a lot and all the nonsense with books and what have you but this is the easiest overview of the series I can offer. It’s main selling points is the deep story and characters throughout the games. And of course who doesn’t love the ability to make and roleplay your own character as a bonus? The games are bit of a flawed gem and Origins in my ugly child but they are truly a delight if you are interested

[mrs-theirin]

dragon age origins bloopers

okay so me and @twinlaurels came up with the idea of origins being a movie with Duncan as the director and i came up with some bloopers, enjoy (there will be more on the way)

Alistair: Just so you know, if the king ever asks me to put on a dress and dance the Remigold, I'm drawing the line. Darkspawn or no.

Faye: I think I’d like to see that.

Alistair: For you, maybe. But it has to be a pretty dress.

Duncan: [sighs]

Faye and Alistair both burst into laughter. Duncan can be seen staring into the camera, dejected.

Duncan, as the two continue to laugh in the background: They do this every time. Every single- [the video ends in the middle of his sentence]

-

[in camp]

Zevran is in the distance, eating a sandwich. The camera pans out to show the cast staring at him. He turns his head.

Zevran: What do you want, you vultures!

Everyone quickly looks away, giggling. The camera zooms back in on Zevran to catch him wink. 

Zevran, whispering: They can’t resist me. I’m too sexy.

-

Zevran: How do I look?

Faye, barely holding in laughter: Your ear’s falling off.

Zevran, feigning panic, as a crew member rushes over to fix it: My ear?? Oh god, somebody help!

-

[in Flemeth’s hut, after the Battle of Ostagar]

Faye, sitting up: Oh jeez. I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore!

Morrigan, snorting, stomping her foot: God damn it, Faye Cousland! Stop ruining the take!

Flemeth, popping her head in: Did she ruin the take again? [points to the camera] Duncan! Control your actress!

-

[in camp]

Faye: I don’t know, it’s too slbloon-

Alistair, already snickering: Oh, go on.

Faye, making finger guns at the camera: One Take Jake over here! Alright, let’s go again!

-

Faye: I don’t know, it’s too soon-

Alistair: [wheezing laughter]

Faye: I didn’t even mess up that time! [hits Alistair playfully] You’re gonna mess me up!

Duncan, in the background: Faye…

Faye, waving her hands wildly: No no, I got it! Go again!

-

Faye: I don’t know, it’s too-

Both Faye and Alistair start laughing, grabbing each other and shaking themselves. 

Faye: See, now you’ve got me laughing all the time! I hate you!

-

Faye: I don’t know, it’s too soon to tell.

Alistair: Well, is it too soon for this?

They kiss. The camera cuts to show Faye lean up on her tiptoes. They stop kissing, staring at one another, a small smile on Faye’s face. 

Faye: [beat] I forgot the line.

The entire crew starts laughing. Faye covers her face, blushing. 

Alistair, looking at the camera: I’m just too good. I’m just too good. Watch out, ladies!

-

[in Lothering]

Leliana: Gentlemen, surely there is no need for trouble. These-

Alistair: Whoa! Look out, that nun’s got knives!

Faye, cry laughing: “That nun’s got knives”...

-

[entering Redcliffe]

Alistair: Look, can we talk for a moment? I need to tell you something I, ah, should probably have told you earlier. 

Faye: What’s on your mind?

Alistair: Oh, you know. A skull. Some hair. Quite beautiful hair, might I add.

Faye, shaking her head, placing her face in her hands: Alistair. Just one take. Let’s just get through one take.

-

[during their sex scene]

Faye and Alistair bonk heads. They both laugh and turn to the camera.

Faye: Duncan, what the hell is this? We’re not even kissing!

Alistair: Ah yes, let me roll around and stare at you, my love.

Duncan, sighing: Just do the scene, please.

Alistair: [grabs Faye and rolls around] Oh I’m so in love with you, Faye.

Faye: [dying of laughter]

The camera pulls out to show Duncan pinching his nose and shaking his head.

-

[during their sex scene]

Morrigan, poking her head in: What are you two doing in my tent??

Alistair: [screams like a little girl]

Faye: [wheezing laughter] It wasn’t our fault this time, Duncan!

[ms-rampage]

The New Trainee

Summary: Paige, Kate and all the other hunters show Felix how to kill monsters. Monster Hunting 101.

Word count: 1.7k

Warnings: Some language

Note: OC Felix Miller belongs to @the-chaos-siblings (also requested by him)

“Okay so the monster you saw us killed. That was a Wendigo, they’re pretty much humans that resorted to cannibalism, and turned into monsters” Paige tells Felix.

After he witnessed a Wendigo, and saw how they killed it. Paige and Kate along with everyone that lives on the compound showed Felix how to hunt, and kill monsters. 

“Humanoids that are tall and pale. A huge part of Native American mythology” Kate adds. 

“So fire and silver bullets kill them?” he asks. 

Both sisters nod, “Yep, they’re usually in groups, but they’re more likely to be by themselves” Paige tells him. 

Her husband Kenneth, along with their hunters friends/family Adrian, Cody, Mark, Martin, Nate and their mother Mandy walk into the living room.

“That Wendigo was living by itself, but I’m sure there’s more lurking out there in the woods” he tells them. 

“So what other monsters exist?” Felix asks, “Do vampires exist?! Werewolves? Demons?! The loch ness monster?!”. 

“Yes, yes, yes, yes and maybe” Paige answers, “Unless it's freakin' Godzilla, it real!”. 

There were some “animal” attacks in the wood areas of Hope County, Montana, and everyone including forest rangers have concluded them as either bear, or cougar attacks, but the local supernatural hunters say differently. Because after Wendigo’s attack they leave nothing behind, and the campsite had some blood evidence, but no bodies of campers. The site was “too clean” for the Cult to have kidnapped any innocent “sinners”. 

“So I kinda know how to kill vampires” he tells them, but he has an unsure tone in his voice, “A wooden stake to the heart, holy water, sunlight and garlic”. 

They all exchange looks, knowing that’s how you kill them in movies, and it's a huge misconception. 

Kate awkwardly clears her throat, “Well umm, Felix, that’s actually a huge misconception. We all know in movies and tv shows. Killing vampires with a wooden stake or repelling them with garlic is actually false”. 

He looks at her confused, “Then how do you kill them?”. 

“Decapitation” Kenneth tells him, “You chop off its head, and that’s it”. 

Kate takes a seat next to him, “So we’re gonna start off with vampires, and how to kill them, and how they originated”. 

Paige clears her throat, giving him a lesson in Monster Hunting 101, “So as you may know, vampires live forever. Never age. Up until you give them a nice clean head cut. Vampires originate from the Alpha vampire, the very first of the kind. Progenitor of vamps. Killing them is easy, decapitation, but those bastards are fucking strong and fast. Sneaking little bastards”. 

“You can “cure” a vampire” Cody tells him, “Dead man’s blood. The blood of a dead person. It sedates them”.

“It doesn’t really cure them, it just makes them weak, and causes them pain without actually killing them” Ken adds. 

“Next!” Paige exclaims, “Demons! Corrupted human souls!. Twisted, perverted evil spirits! Ghosts with an ego!”. 

“Abominations” Adrian mutters before taking a sip of his whiskey. 

“There are many, different types of demons” Kate tells him, “There are the typical, everyday black eyed demons. Then there’s red eyed demons, white eyed demons, and yellow eyed demons. Princes of Hell, Knights of Hell. Crossroad demons. It’s all a goddamn hierarchy!!”. 

“Basically demons are human souls that were sent to Hell for whatever reason, and were left in the fiery pit to be tortured until there is no humanity left in them” Mandy tells Felix, “Turning them into demons. Direct opposites of angels”. 

“Killing them is very easy, depending on who and what type you’re dealing with. Holy water, salt and iron. Holy fire, hex bags and exorcism” Kenneth explains, “Are all all you need to deal with those bastards”. 

“A Devil's trap” Nate tells him, “Is what you need to trap a demon. It imprisons, binds and overpowers them. Most demons are unable to cross a salt line, but it can be used to harm them”. 

Felix is trying to process all this information, not even 10 minutes into “Monster Hunting 101” and he already feels confident on killing monsters. 

"Okay I'm starting to feel confident in this!" he tells them, "Where do find these monsters?!?".

“You may feel confident now, but these evil sons of bitches? They’re the worst!” Adrian says, before taking another sip of his whiskey, and filling his glass up again, "They're everywhere! Any small town. Like Hope County for example". He takes another hit of the alcohol, drinking it like water.

“Hey, hey cowboy shit, easy on the whiskey” Paige tells him, "Drink water for once!". He gives her a mocking look before drinking again. 

“Anyway! Werewolves are pretty simple to kill, silver bullets” Kate says loudly “Now ghosts are also very easy. They hate salt, and iron. If you want an evil ghost/spirit out of your house. You find the bones of the person, salt em and burn em”.

“Now if the person was cremated, you have to find something they love, something they held dearly to, and you destroy it” she adds. 

“We’re just teaching you the basics on killing monsters because there’s a lot of information on this crap” Paige tells him. 

“Okay so how did all of you get into this stuff??” Felix asks them, “How did you all discover these creatures??”. 

All the hunters exchange looks, “It’s a very long story, but to summarize our story. Our family has been a part of this whole game for 5 generations” the eldest Winchester explains to him.

“My family’s been doing this for 3 generation” Cody explains to him, “I’ve been hunting monsters since I was 5 years old”. 

“My family’s been loyal members of the Men of Letters” Martin tells him, “They do the same thing, track and hunt down monsters”. 

“Well in your case it's British Men of Letters” Kate tells him. 

“Pretty much all of us come from 3-5 generations of monster hunters” Mandy explains to him.

After getting to know everyone in the household, and now having the acknowledgement on hunting monsters. but Felix knows he’s gonna have to learn a lot from these people, and get used to the special weapons they use to kill these creatures. Learn how to speak, and read Latin and Enochian.

“Pretty much Halloween will be an everyday thing for you” Kenneth tells him, “Our lives are a horror movie”. 

With that all said, Felix has one hell of a journey into this life ahead of him. 

“Actually for great practice, we actually summoned a demon” Paige tells them, everyone looks over at her. 

“You did what??” her husband asks her, “You summoned a demon?? When we have our toddler and infant kids in the house?!?”. 

“Yeah but it’s fine. I have him trapped in the bunker. In the torture chamber” she tells them. 

Kenneth was always strict when it came to summon monsters in the house for training, or for getting information.

They go down to the bunker, into the chamber where they keep monsters and interrogate them. 

“Before I open the door Felix” Paige turns to him, “No, you can’t fuck it because its an evil entity”. 

He gives her a bummed out expression, “Then what has all this training been about??”.  

“Killing monsters” Kenneth answers. Patting his shoulder.

She opens the loud metal door, and they see a man tied to a chair, inside a devil’s trap. 

He lifts his head, with a smug smile on his face. “Well hello there red” he says to Paige with a teasing and cocky tone in his voice. 

“Shut up demon trash” she responds, throwing holy water in his face, making it burn. 

He growls in pain and also in annoyance. “Stupid human!”.

“She said shut up!!” Kenneth orders him, throwing holy water in his face again. 

Paige gets into the killing demons lesson. “Okay, so this thing on the floor is a devil’s trap. If the trap is broken, then this fucker right here will smite all of us”. 

“I will boil your flesh!” the demon growls at her, his eyes going black. 

“Anyway!” she says loudly, ignoring him and his threats, “There are many ways to torture demons. Like for example throwing holy water in their faces. It burns them, and they can’t cross a salt line”.

Kenneth goes to a table on the other side of the chamber, and brings over a variety of weapons, setting them down on a table next to his wife. 

“Demons also hate iron. Like holy water it burns them” she continues. 

Kenneth hands Felix a knife that can kill demons. A knife with a wooden handle, and a sharp blade. It looks like an ordinary hunting knife, but it can do great damage to demons. 

The blade can’t kill all demons, it can’t kill Knights of Hell, and Princes of Hell. Like Abaddon, Alistair, Samhain and Lilith.

“Now what you’re holding is an Ancient Demon-Killing Knife of the Kurds” Kenneth tells Felix.

“Or, you can just call it a demon killing knife” Paige corrects him, taking less time on saying the name, "Or just simply a demon knife".

“Ohh I see. He’s the new trainee!” the demon mutters, “How cute!!”. 

“Demons are cocky little bastards” Kate tells them, leaning against the chamber's doorway. 

“Oh Katie how ya doing?!” he asks, eyes blackened “I heard about your little boy toy Johnny Seed getting possessed by Saleos”. 

She scoffs, rolling her eyes “Yeah and what happened to Saleos afterwards?? He got casted out and sent back to Hell. He knew he fucked up when Lucifer punished his ass". 

“So you all do this for a living??” Felix asks them, "Do you ever tell people about this sort of stuff??"

“Yep! And nope because people tend to freak out if they were to ever find out about this stuff” Paige answers, “And now we’re showing you how to kill evil sons of bitches”.

“So take the knife and stab douchebag” Ken tells him, “Stab him right in the chest, or stomach. Wherever you’d like”. 

The demon starts to laugh, “He doesn’t have the guts to kill me!. He doesn’t-”. Getting cut off by Felix without hesitating, stabs the demon in his abdomen, doing a knife trick before stabbing him. Making the redish orange light come out of his eyes, mouth and the stab wound. They all look at him like proud parents. 

“Well shit” Paige chuckles, with a smile on her face. 

“I didn’t think you were gonna stab him” Ken tells him. 

“I think he’s ready for a real hunt” Kate tells them.

[wwall-archive]

Ferelden Royal Wedding

AKA - I do.

Word Count: ~2192

Tagging: @sacredempressnatlyia @belovedsophia @shinypeony @mx-baden @fugitivestogether

~~~

Standing in front of all the mirrors in that dressing room, taking in the loose, flowing, head-to-toe white gown that graced their frame, Wallace was quite relieved to find that they had never been more sure of anything than they were of this. Certainly, their stomach felt like it was doing acrobatics and their mind felt like it was completely fried as a dozen attendants rushed around making last minute changes. But there was no doubt. Only an impatient certainty.

Wallace stepped down off the small raised platform they had been standing on, lifting their chin in a physical embodiment of their mental pep talk. 

You're gonna be the best damn queen Ferelden has ever seen, and you're gonna make Alistair proud. And you're finally gonna get to be with him, without fear. That's worth everything. 

It was Zevran that had offered to accompany Wallace to the Chantry for the ceremony for security, and as he walked over to greet them with the flower crown and bouquet Wallace had chosen, they felt their heart swell with gratitude for his presence once more.

He handed over the bundle of flowers, made of forget-me-nots and white roses, and had Wallace bend down slightly so as to place the flower crown made of the same flowers upon their head. They both turned towards the mirrors once again.

"You are a picture of grace, my dear."

"You won't be saying that if I trip in front of everyone."

Having no time for their usual self-deprecating humor on this day, he grabbed their hand, "You won't."

Raising their chin and straightening their shoulders once more, they nodded, "I know."

And when some various attendants started yelling that the carriage was ready for them, Wallace knew it was time for their life to change forever, again. And they were ecstatic.

~~~

Wallace hadn't considered what it would be like to see people lining Denerim's streets, waving, smiling, and yelling out blessings for the day. 

"You seem... overwhelmed." Zevran's comment came after a period of watching in silence, looking for the smallest of shifts in Wallace's mood. Where he was normally so carefree, he, along with all their friends, was determined to make sure that everything went right today. Everyone knew that Alistair and Wallace deserved that much.

Wallace sat back, taking a break from watching the crowd, "Sort of. It's just that... I hid, for so long. Hid that I love him, thinking myself not worthy of him, thinking that people would shoot me down if I dared to say anything. And now..." They couldn't hold back their tears any longer.

Zev reached out for their hand again, "Hush, don't do that. Those poor servants of yours worked so hard to help you look like this, no need to ruin it." Wallace chuckled softly. 

"Yeah, you're right. It's just... a lot. Being able to finally be here. It took me years to work up the courage to even be able to say I love him out loud, and now, in just a few moments, I get to be his, you know? I couldn't ask for anything more than that." Zevran felt Wallace's hands shaking lightly. He brought one up to his face to kiss their knuckles in a soothing gesture.

"If there is one thing I am sure of, it is that no one deserves you two more than each other."

Suddenly, the Chantry bells began ringing outside, as the crowd cheered just a little louder, and they knew they had arrived.

~~~

Zevran got out first to make sure everything was ready, and then reached back into the carriage to help Wallace out. They landed on the ground slightly less gracefully than they would have liked, grateful for the carriage blocking the sight from the crowd. 

"Told you I'd trip."

Zevran reached over the brush some hair out of Wallace's face, "But you still look no less stunning, so on that front you were incorrect."

They were quickly approached by Cullen, who would be giving Wallace away, "Alright, everything is all set to go. You need only get into position and say the word." 

Zevran softly placed Wallace's hand in Cullen's, "Then this one is yours, for the moment." He turned and gave Wallace a kiss on the cheek, "For luck. Remember how supremely lucky these people are to have you." 

"Thank you, Zev."

"What did we say about the waterworks? No more! I'll take my leave before I say anything else that gets you emotional." And so he did, jogging his way into the Chantry to take a seat.

Cullen shifted to stand by Wallace's side, lacing their arm through his, "Is it true?"

"That?"

"That everyone gets cold feet before their wedding? Do you feel ready?"

Wallace thought of what they'd see when the Chantry doors opened, with Alistair standing at the end, waiting. They thought of the way they'd get to hold his hand walking out of those doors after it was done, and the way they'd get to call him "husband," and the way they'd get to call themself "Wallace Theirin."

"Believe it or not, I think I've never felt more ready for anything."

Cullen scoffed in shock, "And here I figured you'd be terrified. Marriage, and being married into a royal family, no less."

"But it's going to be my family, you know? Speaking of, thank you, for doing this."

"How could I refuse? You deserve nothing but your every wish today. And I'm honored to have been your first choice."

"You're too important to me to have any smaller of a role!"

One of the priests popped out from around the corner, "Are you ready to begin, Ser Wallace? It is time."

Wallace nodded with determination, "Let's get this started."

And so with a simple gesture, the doors opened.

The music grew deafeningly loud as the people grew quiet, every foreign emissary completely silencing and turning to watch with patience, while Wallace could still hear friends closer to the front snickering with one last joke to each other. Everyone involved in preparing the space had done a phenomenal job, as it absolutely took Wallace's breath away. They had never seen the Chantry so spotless, and despite being mostly stone and wood, everything almost gleamed. The amount of flowers covering any available surfaces was almost absurd, particularly the large amount of them that lined the aisle. And at the end of the aisle... Maker's breath.

Wallace had been quite sure Alistair couldn't get any more handsome, but standing there in all white, regal attire of his own, they almost thought they might faint. But still, his smile upon meeting their eyes had to be the most radiant thing about him.

Wallace didn't realize until it had been a moment that they were already walking. Unsteady on their feet, they gently squeezed Cullen's arm lightly, trying to signal that they were grateful for his support. He squeezed their arm back. Wallace did their best to keep their outward composure and smile despite the butterflies that seem determined to flip their stomach upside down, and given the smiles from the audience, it seemed they were doing a decent job.

It was when they got towards the end of the aisle that Wallace started truly struggling to keep their composure. They had made sure their friends would be closest to the front of the crowd, and some of their friends were quick to take advantage of that fact. As soon as Wallace was near, Zevran, who had quickly found his rightful place, offered a very obvious thumbs up in support. Isabela stood directly next to him, gesturing at the dress Wallace wore and mouthing, "Sexy!" It took all Wallace had in them not to laugh at that one. Dorian, on the other side of the aisle, made a show of wiggling his eyebrows at her suggestively, and she rolled her eyes at him with a playful smile. Most of everyone else was fairly well-behaved, much to Wallace's relief.

And soon, they stood at the end. Their dear friend, Leliana, who had also recently taken her place as Divine Victoria, head of the Andrastian Chantry, stood as officiant, and was quick to offer Wallace a reassuring smile. Cullen gently squeezed their arm once more for comfort, and released them to go take a seat.

Finally standing across from Alistair, it was shockingly reassuring to find tears in his eyes as well. After taking Wallace's hands, he began rubbing their fingers gently, and Wallace almost began crying again at finally being able to feel him.

Wallace didn't pay much attention to what Leliana was saying as she made her way through the official words, and by the way Alistair held their gaze, they imagined he didn't pay much attention either. They stood, getting lost in each other's eyes, and Wallace had to note once more how unbelievably sure they were of this decision they were about to make.

"-have prepared personal vows. If Ser Wallace would like to begin?" They did their best not to startle at being addressed, taking a deep breath and preparing to give the speech they had been thinking about for months.

"Of course." They cleared their throat. "My King, it cannot be overstated just how much you've changed my life. When we stumbled upon each other all those years ago, I couldn't have imagined the effect you would have on me, but I take comfort in the fact that I recognized your brilliance in but a few moments. It is the greatest regret of my life not having embraced you sooner, for you are the best man I've ever known, in every way I can possibly imagine. All I can do to make up for that is to promise now to never leave your side again, and I do. You once said to me that bad things happen when you lead, but I've been following your lead for quite a while now, and I'm quite comfortable doing so for the rest of my life. I'm in awe of you, and I'm certain you're one of the best kings Ferelden has ever seen. I vow, to do my best to always support you in all of your endeavors, and to be the person you can always lean on when the weight of your crown gets too heavy, for as long as you'll have me. That is the least I can do in return for everything you've done for me. In the eyes of the Maker and the people, I love you, Alistair, and I'm honored that you'll have me." Wallace was long past caring about their appearance now, and the tears began to come freely. The words didn't feel adequate for what they were trying to express, but it was the best they could do.

They could see tears coming close to spilling out of Alistair's eyes as well as Leliana spoke once more, "And now for the words King Alistair has prepared."

He cleared his own throat, "Right. Wallace. I love you. Trying to put together words about you, to express this, that was the best I could come up with. Over, and over: I love you. I'm not the best with words, you know that, but that is always true. Having you here with me means more than I can ever say. Our journey has never been the easiest, but the fact that you decided to take it with me anyways is a miracle I am grateful for every single day. I couldn't function without you, I'm sure of that. Having you by my side means... everything, and I can't thank you enough for being willing to marry me, circumstances aside. I vow to make sure you have everything you'll ever need in this life, to repay you for already being everything I could ever ask for. I vow to value you as you deserve. I vow to be the husband you deserve, to the best of my ability. I love you, darling."

Leliana began speaking again momentarily, but her words were a haze once again. All Wallace knew, as tears ran down their face freely, was that she wanted to hug Alistair so damn bad.

"Do you, Wallace, agree to be lawfully wedded to King Alistair Theirin of Ferelden, and to stand by his side as Queen of Ferelden, in service of the people?"

No hesitation. "I do."

"And do you, Alistair, agree to be wedded to Ser Wallace of Ferelden, as husband and King?"

And Wallace knew he held no hesitation either. "I do."

"Then I now pronounce you, in the eyes of the Maker, married, King Alistair and Queen Wallace of Ferelden."

The applause was a roar, but his kiss was still yet louder. Somehow, it held all the words they could not find, all the promises they had shared, and all the years they had waiting in front of them. After pulling away, and meeting his eyes, Wallace knew that this is what they were meant for, and for the first time, they turned to the crowd, hand in hand, without fear.

[braincoins]

So, I was thinking about what the elves in Dragon Age eat, especially Dalish elves and the possibility of traditional dishes. And after hashing some stuff out with @tybunnythehellmoose (my usual partner in crime... er I mean Creative Endeavors), here’s at least one thing. And before you ask, it’s absolutely canon in DA:S.

Warning: this got long, so it’s going under a cut. Still, at least some hilarity ensues? Ty and I think so anyway, and this is my blog so here we go:

Elves make honey-cakes. But they make them differently depending on if they're city or Dalish.

Dalish elves use flour ground from tree bark (the inner stuff, not the rough outer stuff, natch), fresh honey straight from the hive, and crushed nuts. It's more pan-fried than really baked, though they cover them while cooking so it's sort of a mix of the two. They're typically made one or two at a time, and usually only for celebrations and Arlathvens (a celebration of its own, really). City elves use milled wheat flour like humans do, jars of honey bought from merchants, and they often add jam fillings. Properly baked, often in small batches (six or so at a time), and so honey-cakes, while still a treat, can be had more often than just on special occasions (though they're as required as booze on such days, of course!). Dalish honey-cakes are crispier, especially on the edges, a bit plain to a city elf's taste, but mmm, fresh honey. City elf honey-cakes have a more even, consistent texture, softer and chewier, and more flavor because of the fillings. Besides that, there are variations among the different clans/alienages. For the city elves, it depends a lot on what they have access to. Denerim, being the capital of Ferelden and thus a major trade hub, often has lots of different flavors of fillings to choose from. Highever, known for its rather... harsher view on elves, saves the lowest quality flour for the elves in the alienage, so they make up for it with more honey and fillings, even if they don’t have quite the variety that Denerim has. Different alienages in different countries are the same way, showcasing the local flavors and preferences. 

And, in general, city elves are pretty laidback about the differences in honey-cakes from alienage to alienage. Some may prefer the ones from their home alienage, the ones they grew up with, and some may find that a particular alienage’s variant is preferable. Individuals might have strong opinions, but, in general, your taste in honey-cakes is your taste in honey-cakes. [shrug]

Now, the Dalish, on the other hand...

Each clan follows the same basic recipe but different clans have access to different trees, different wild honeys, different nuts. Some might add more nuts, some fewer. Some swear by a particular method of grinding the flour, even! There’s a “friendly” rivalry amongst the clans about which clan’s honey-cake recipe is the “best,” though they’ve stopped having Best Honey-Cake Contests at Arlathvens because the judges always pick the honey-cakes from their own clans, so there’s never a winner.

And there are times that the “friendly” rivalry between the clans can near come to blows when they get heated, though eventually someone will stand up and say, “We are the descendants of the Elves of the Dales! We are not going to let a baked good tear us apart!” whereupon everyone else will agree, “No, no, you’re right, absolutely,” while adding, under their breath, “...but my clan’s honey-cakes are still the best.”

I'm just imagining Kiv going to the alienage in Denerim after everything's over and being like, "Oh, honey-cakes!! What's the occasion?" Baker: You tell me. Kiv: [confused] Why do you have honey-cakes for sale? Baker: Because I always do? Kiv: Wow. Okay, well, two honey-cakes then! One for me and one for my friend here. [turns to Alistair] You're gonna get to try a honey-cake! They are so good! Alistair: [looking forward to treat!] Baker: Sure, what flavors? Kiv: ...Honey? Baker: [snorts] Yes, darling? Kiv: N-no, I mean... Baker: Just teasin' ya. No, what flavors do you want? I got strawberry, blueberry, blackcurrant, apple... Alistair: Oooh, can I have an apple one? Baker: Comin' up! And for you, miss? Kiv: [still confused] Uh... blackcurrant? Baker: Sure thing! [puts two honey-cakes, each wrapped in cloth, on the counter] 5 bits. Kiv: [blinking at the honey-cakes, staring at them as if trying to detect a trap] Alistair: ... [goes ahead and pays for them and takes his apple one] Thank you! [bites into it] Oooh! This is good! Kiv: [takes the blackcurrant one, still eyeing it suspiciously. She sniffs at it] It... does smell a little like honey? Alistair: Ih guh! Kiv: Don't talk with your mouth full, ma vhenan [she says without looking at him. She takes a tentative bite of the honey-cake and recoils, sputtering in Elvish] City elves: [staring at the two of them. Well, mostly her] Kiv: What the...? What is...? Alistair: I guess they make 'em differently here? Kiv: A BIT! [she takes another bite, this one with some blackcurrant filling, and chews thoughtfully] It's... it's so sweet. By the Creators. [shakes her head] It's not bad but it's... it's not a honey-cake. Not the kind I'm used to anyway. A week later, she arranges for an extended camping trip: just her, her dog, and her puppy manchild. She brings along all the necessary equipment because she's going to let Alistair have a PROPER honey-cake, dammit.

Except it takes forever to gather enough bark and grind it into flour enough for even two honey-cakes, the area they're camping in doesn't have a lot of nuts, and all three of them get stung trying to gather honey. And that's before she sets about trying to cook the damn things. There's an art to making honey-cakes and it is not one she knows. And after all of that, when she finally gets a chance for Alistair to try a proper Dalish honey-cake (made by Velanna, this time, after she took the proper time and effort into gathering ingredients and cooking it), what does this shemlen have the NERVE to say?

Alistair: These are okay. Kiv: Well, they're [Velanna's clan] honey-cakes. Sabrae clan are better, of course. Alistair: I liked the other ones better. With the jam in the middle. Kiv: [Fantasy Version of Bluescreen of Death]

She doesn't kick him out of bed for that, but he sure as hell isn't getting any that night. Not even because she's trying to "punish" him for his opinion. She's just too busy stewing over it all. Alistair's trying to talk about it and she's just lost in her own thoughts about all this MADNESS. And the next morning, Alistair goes to talk with her about this whole thing. He’s worried that she’s really mad at him, and she assures him she’s not.

Alistair: You're... truly not upset with me because I liked the honey-cakes at the alienage better? Kiv: [laughs a little] Alistair, ma vhenan, why would I get angry at you over something like that? [hugs him] Ar lath ma. [leans up to kiss his cheek] Alistair: [smiles and leaves, happy] Velanna: [waits for it] Kiv: [smiling as she watches him leave] Velanna: [in Elvish, as soon as he’s gone] <<Ignorant humans have no idea what's actually good.>> Kiv: <<No idea whatsoever. It was terrible, not even crispy on the edges! And no nuts!>> Velanna: <<UGH!>> Kiv: <<I didn't fall in love with him for his taste in baked goods though. FORTUNATELY.>> Velanna: <<At least now he knows what a proper honey-cake tastes like.>> Kiv: <<Well. Close enough, anyway.>> Velanna: [arches an eyebrow] Kiv: [smiles] Velanna: [opens her mouth to protest] Kiv: I'm the Commander. Velanna: YOU CAN'T PULL RANK ABOUT HONEY-CAKES!! [In the other room] Nate: What are they arguing about? Alistair: YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.

[lunchador]

so when do we get the long post about your feelings about dragon age inquisition!!! i dunno if u wanna wait until dlc or not! i am i n t e r e s t e d (also its ok if u dont feel up to it im just!!!! again, interested in ur opinions/feelings)

kajsldkjf PLEASE I HAVE SO MANY DA FEELINGS ALL THE TIME and Inquisition was twice as long as the others so might as well do a word vomit now and I can always do another after the dlc (which several people have assured me are worth playing )

SO

Yeah so inquisition is long. I dislike open world games so a lot of the (super repetitive!!) side quests did grate on my nerves and that docks this game a few points but over all the LORE IS SO GOOD, and it tying in so many choices in from 1+2 is the greatest butterfly effect I ever experienced in video games. I thought telltale + Until dawn were fun for that but good LORD bioware has showed up all of those games and I am really stoked to try mass effect when its out later and play more bw games. I only played Anthem before this and that game seemed...idk, gutted against BW’s wishes.

ANYWAY

Yeah, I managed to go into the whole DA series knowing very, very little, despite how many artists I followed did fanart for it. Once I started playing, I added all the words I could think of to my blacklist but a lot of untagged stuff came through (fair, series is 10+ years old and inq is like what 4-5?). I allowed my friends to pressure me into playing an elf mage for the lore and to romance solas cuz they said he was as important to the story as alistair was. A lot of online followers said I should play how I wanted, which I def would recommend to anyone else, but honestly I can see where they came from and while he never would have been my first choice, I think he actually paired REALLY well with my Inq and how I was playing her. I put her as sensitive but trying to put her responsibility above herself, she was definitely the least funny of my 3 characters, but not incredibly serious. A bit reserved? Just more mature. She’s got faith but she didn’t think she was the chosen one but she’ll do her role the best of her ability. She makes hard decisions and then sobs her chest empty over them because how is one to ever feel like its the right one? I really like how the game lets you choose how you wanna approach the responsibility. Like i said, I wasn’t a reluctant chosen one, but she will do what she can. Versus my friend playing at the same time as me said he played as the second coming of jesus essentially lmfao Having so many characters come back for different roles was so GOOD!!! Like everyone told me Varric was in this one but were like ‘teehee you still cant romance him though’ but you how you play drastically changes your relationships with each person. Tons of characters I met I knew would be personal favorites but I ended up interacting way less because others were more fitting to my inquisitor. So i.e while I love Varric and would’ve smooched him a heartbeat with Hawke, I didn’t get that vibe with Clover. They were really good friends, he was a grounded friend with a sense of humor that was a good escape from everyone else and the ~inquisition~. At least, until the Beyond the Abyss quest. That obviously heavily fractured their friendship and hurt them both :( And i felt that for a long time, until the end. He looked tired. Poor guy is gonna be borderline dead in 4 at this point. But so many side characters you talk to coming back like Dagna and Samson??? Speaking of that quest, I got Stroud because, yeah...Alistair was dead for me and APPARENTLY IT COULD ALSO BE LOGHAIN??? If he stays a grey warden??  wish I did that so def would’ve preferred to save Hawke even if I think the wardens are more important as a concept but like.......i wanted to behead him, so....But yes even tiny details like..Varric wrote home to kirkwall to Carver for me because the rest of my family was dead and I never completed a full romance in 2 lkajslkdjf but the fact that changes based on your play through. BUT YEAH THE way this game weaves all your decisions in and how yeah, overall the story is the same but it makes it so personal to YOU and so different from everyone else ;w;

But I could see my Inq genuinely falling for Solas, and I see her best friends as Cassandra and Blackwall/Thom. Really close to Leliana and the Iron Bull as well. I just loved all their interactions. All the characters were so cool to get to know?? Like I thought I would’ve hated Cullen (hes a dick in O) and tbh I just got into the series as the VA was being a complete shit. But I liked him a lot!! I love the work buddies vibes between the Inq and the advisors. I thought I was going to love Sera!! And like, I did, but she hated my Inquisitor and their personalities clashed a lot. Shes the only one i didn’t get a cut scene for in the end :’) I loved coming back from story quests and having to take like 20 minutes to go around skyhold and make sure I talked to /everyone/ for their new dialogue. You genuinely feel connected to all these wonderful npcs ljkasljdf

I wanted to make Cassandra the new divine but I made leliana on accident and kinda dug it so I stuck with it. VARRIC IS THE NEW VISCOUNT??? h i l a r i o u s.

One of the things I loved the most in this game in particular, and while this is something in all of them it just really struck me in this one, was....everyone gave up so so much to devote themselves to the cause, y’know?? Like, it’s almost heartbreaking how much everyone loses and they’re still looking towards you with their belief and willingness to follow you to the end ;-;

The final fight almost felt, Idk, underwhelming? Dude dragons are way tougher than him asdkjhfkhjd. I even went up a difficulty in this game after feeling like I got the hang of the series. But at the same time, we just spend how many hours knocking down each and one of his advantages so fuck him lol.

But yeah there are so many things I wanted to do but I felt so worn out by mindless sidequests and story being level locked in comparison to the previous games. askdjhflkd

One of the things that blows my mind is so so many people were stoked i was playing DA and they couldn’t wait til I got to Inq, and so I find out most people I know only ever played Inquisition? TBH if I didn’t play O+2 I think I would’ve dropped inquisition and never finished it *shrug* all of the build up just means SO MUCH!!! Everyones argument seems to be the older games are ugly and yeah O has rough battle system but its easy to get over imo. Like, you need the chaos of 2 to get the real weight of the mage/templar stuff?? Theres so many characters and story and dialogue that go over your head without Origins?? Like yes inq can stand alone pretty well but, idk, I’m in love with this entire series and the world building and THE!! WAY!!! IT!!! ALL!!! CONNECTS!!!!!!!!!!!

I love how a quest can go differently by whos in your party, I love you can have more dialogue based on lore you’ve managed to pick up around, I love HOW COMPANIONS BICKERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! The lore of these games are so good. It’s like playing an epic line of novels. It’s so immersive and I don’t think I’ve played too many games to this level.

I didn’t like the skill trees to being a mage in this one, Idk why. It wasn’t nearly as fun for me as 2, but then  again I really fucking liked being a force mage haha. I wanted to be a rogue to complete a diff class per game but everyone said mage brings a lot more interesting story/lore stuff so

but yeah I love having the full context now and seeing other peoples Wardens/Hawkes/Inquisitors and asking people how they played and how their options differed from mine and THERES JUST SO MANY POSSIBLE DECISION TREES!!!!! No wonder the fans play over and over.

but yeah ultimately so much fucking happened?? I’m probably missing a lot of key points.

[my-arlington-academia]

Serandy and Olifael fanfic (SerenaXAndy and OlivierXRafael) part 1

Okay. I did it. I wrote it. But at what cost?

⚠️Warning⚠️ it's a stupid joke fic so read at your own risk. I don't take responsibility for what I've done. Deal with it 😂

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Andy looked at her phone and sighed again for the bazillionth time of the day. She was sitting with Alita in the garden, the young artist wanted to draw flowers. Or more accurately: she absolutely needed to for Mr. Boss's class. The topic this time around was "nature." And Alita wasn't really fond of... drawing grass and trees and whatnot, so she asked Andy to accompany her.

"You're thinking about Serena again, aren't you? When are you going to tell her?"

Andy had a crush on Serena since their first year in Arlington, they were seniors now and yet Andy couldn't gather the courage to confess her feelings.

"What's the point? Serena already has a boyfriend... Wait! How did you know I was thinking about her?!"

Alita gestured towards Andy's phone, the locksreen was a picture of the both of them. Serena and Andy smiling side by side.

"Oh... I see. I've been staring at it this whole time, haven't I?"

"Yup."

Honestly Alita didn't understand why Andy was having this much trouble telling Serena. They were friends for almost 3 years now, Serena wouldn't suddenly cut Andy out of her life just because of something like that. Alita was someone really direct, borderline shameless. Last year she photoshopped a picture of Alistair and... added maybe too much body hair to it, making him look like a werewolf. The picture made the rounds in the athletics department and the poor scholarship boy was completely mortified. It was his first year in Arlington too... When asked why she did this, Alita said: "One of my friends has a body hair kink, thought it would make her happy." To this day we still don't know who that friend is. They decided to remain anonymous so it's a mystery.

"It must be so easy for you Alita, you're not scared of anything."

Alita's hand stopped moving and she looked at Andy from the corner of her eyes. Then she got up from the bench, as if she had something really important to do.

"Well, it's not only about courage. It's also about will. You always say that you're too scared, but really? To me it just sounds like you're making excuses. You're telling yourself that it's okay if you don't tell her because you're not "brave" enough but the truth is that you're running away all the time. It's been almost 3 years now, maybe your resolve is too weak? Are you even certain of your feelings?"

Hearing all of this, Andy's mind was filling up with anger. She stood up, facing Alita.

"Yes, I am sure! Of course I am! It's true that it only started with feelings of admiration but now... now it's different. I love her. However confessing my feelings would be stupid and pointless. Do you even realize what you're saying? What am I supposed to do? Make them have a break-up? Olivier is also my friend, I don't want to be a bother... I'll just wait until..."

Andy looked down, her eyes filling up with tears.

"...Until my feelings go away. It's better this way, I won't lose either of them just because of a crush."

Alita rolled her eyes and gave Andy a tissue from her bag.

"Alright, alright... I'm sorry Andy, don't cry okay? But realistically speaking, I think that you would never lose them because of something like this. I mean, it's not like you can control your feelings. Also..."

Alita looked down at her watch, a feeling of excitement struck her as she saw the time.

"...I have to go! The last episode of that anime I told you about is airing today and I'll finally be able to binge-watch it!"

"Ah... The one from studio Tricker?"

"Yeah, that one! I've been waiting 3 months for all the episodes to air, can you imagine?! Wish it worked like Netflex where they drop all the episodes at the same time instead of once per week... Anyway! Thank you for accompanying me today! Byeeeeee!!!"

Andy stood there in the middle of countless flowers, watching Alita run towards the dorms. Maybe she was right after all? Maybe Andy was worried for nothing.

[At the same time in another place.]

Finn blinked a few times, dumbfounded by what he just heard.

"Come again?"

Rafael gulped.

"I... I like Olivier... I think."

Finn looked back at his computer and kept on editing a video he's been working on for a while now.

"Huh. Didn't see that coming. Well uh, good luck? I mean, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say here. Olivier already has a girlfriend, right?"

Rafael hung his head low and sighed in despair.

"Well that's the thing. What am I supposed to do? Bury my feelings? Last year I had a crush on Andy and now it's Olivier... I always develop feelings for my best friends."

Finn furrowed his eyebrows in worry. Then he sympathetically looked at Ralf, trying to be reassuring.

"But you know, I think that catching feelings for friends is better than falling for people you're not close with. At least you know your friends well enough and you know what you're getting into if you start dating them... But uh. Yeah. Sounds like it kinda sucks to be you right now."

"Yeah, no kidding..."

Last year Rafael tried to confess his feelings for Andy but right before he could, she admitted that she had a crush on Serena... Little did Ralf now that next year he'll fall for Serena's boyfriend.

"By the way, I'm a little curious: why do you like him? I mean, Olivier is cool and all but he's also kind of cold, isn't he?"

Rafael raised his head in utter disbelief.

"What?! I think you have the wrong idea, it is true that he can be intimidating when he's working but deep down he's a really good guy. And he's funny too!"

Finn looked like he just heard the most confusing thing in the world. Olivier? Funny? That's 2 words that should never be in the same sentence. But Finn shrugged anyway and got back to business.

"Hm. Alright, whatever floats your boat I guess..."

[Somewhere else at the same time.]

"YOU WHAT?!"

Ariel practically screamed at the top of her lungs while Serena was trying her hardest to stay composed.

"Calm down, okay? Yeah, I'm gonna break-up with Olivier today. I can't bear it anymore."

Ariel looked like she ascended to a new state of bewilderment each time Serena opened her mouth.

"You can't bear Olivier anymore? But... but...?? I don't?? Understand?? You guys always get along. Better than that, you guys are the power couple of Arlington!"

"No, you don't get it. What I can't bear anymore isn't Olivier, it's my feelings for Andy. She's too beautiful and perfect to be single. Everyone around her is so blind and I have to change that."

"...Wait a sec, I think I need to sit down."

Ariel sat down.

"Ariel, we're in the middle of a hallway."

"I don't think you understand how much I don't give a shit about that right now..."

Ariel wasn't wrong, Olivier and Serena were seen as "rELaTiOnShIp GoALs" by the whole school. And if not by the whole school then *almost* by the whole school. Serena had to think long and hard to make this decision, they had an image to uphold after all. But was it worth it? Right now, Andy was more important to Serena than anything else. Olivier was a good guy definitely, but he was also kinda weird. He always wears a cat mask with galaxy sunglasses for some reason. And he doesn't respect the Arlington dress code even though he used to be the student body president before Tadashi. He wears a black suit and a black tie, because of that a bunch of students jokingly call him the "space cat businessman." Maybe this strange appearance is a weird way for him to rebel against the whole school for not voting for him in the elections.

"Serena, why did you tell me this? What good is there in sharing that with me?"

Serena bends down to match Ariel's height and displays a sad smile on her face.

"Because I'll need your emotional support if something goes wrong."

At those words, Ariel stood up and brushed her butt with her hands to clean off the dust.

"Gotcha. I'll do my best... I'll go find a good show to binge-watch on Netflex and some delicious ice cream just in case you get a heartbreak if Andy rejects you after you dump Olivier."

Serena cringed.

"You didn't need to put it that way... But thanks, I guess."

[In another hallway at the same time.]

Today Olivier had two things to do. One, garner some info about a missing student: Nari. And two: break-up with Serena. His feelings for Rafael had grown to be too strong. He thought that he could get past them but he was wrong. He couldn't ignore them anymore. The cute coder from the pure and applied sciences department had caught his heart. Anyway, before that he had to get past step one: gather info about the disappearance of Nari. Olivier was making rounds in the school, trying to find the people who knew Nari. Or at least had heard something.

The first person Olivier talked to was Layelle... as she was carrying some weird materials to the dorms.

"What is this for? You're not about to do something dangerous, are you?"

Layelle's eyes widened in surprise but a couple of seconds later she laughed at Olivier's seriousness.

"Geez, don't worry ex-president. It's just for my skincare routine, I'm about to go help Tyler with his too."

Honestly, Olivier didn't really understand the use of a skincare routine since he always wore a mask anyway. Besides that though, this wasn't the reason why he stopped her.

"Okay, whatever. Layelle, you know who Nari is right? Have you heard of her recently?"

Layelle's gaze dropped down on the floor, Nari was one her classmates but she had suddenly disappeared a couple of months ago.

"Well, no. Unfortunately I don't think that I can help you. She was a real chatterbox so even if I wasn't in her friend group I heard a lot about her. We got along but we were mostly acquaintances rather than close friends. Sorry."

"No, no problem. Thank you for your time."

Layelle looked at the clock on the wall and gasped. Thankfully, there's clocks everywhere in Arlington so it's hard to lose one's sense of time but it's still possible.

"Shoot! I have to hurry and meet Tyler! Also, I have a birth chart reading livestream afterwards so uh. Bye Olivier!"

After this encounter, Olivier then checked all classrooms and found Daisy sitting on a table with a laptop.

"Hey, you know that you can't do that, right?"

Daisy didn't even bother looking up from her PC and answered.

"You do know that you're not the president anymore, right? No need to check up on us and boss us around."

Someone who doesn't know Daisy might think that she was trying to be witty, but thankfully Olivier knew that she was mostly teasing him. Well... it is true that he was still a little sensitive about the fact that he got his place stolen from him by someone younger and less experienced.

"Okay... Thank you for the warm greeting Daisy, as always. In any case, have you heard of Nari recently?"

This time around, Daisy looked up.

"Oh... well, not really. All I know is that she had some urgent stuff to take care of so she hasn't been coming to school for the past few months but I don't know the details."

Olivier nodded and curiously peeked at the screen of Daisy's laptop.

"Vine compilations."

"Huh?"

"I'm making vine compilations. And please don't tell me that it's a waste of my time, I already know you're thinking that really hard so no need to say it."

"Oh... Okay."

If Serena was there she would say "well, at least it's not TikTak compilations" and she's not wrong. Olivier internally laughed at the thought and kept on searching the school. The next person he came across is Reckless. She was talking with a student while shuffling some cards.

"Reckless, do you have a moment?"

"Uhh... as you can see I'm about to do a tarot reading for this lovely customer here but I haven't started... yet. So make it quick if possible."

Tarot cards? Olivier didn't really believe in that kind of thing, it also annoyed him that everytime he said he doesn't believe in astrology and tarot readings people would always say: "Oh, makes sense. You're a sun virgo haha." But anyway, that's not the point here.

"Have you heard anything about Nari? We haven't been able to contact her for a couple of weeks now. And when I say 'we' I mean the whole school."

"Ah, Nari huh? Well I've certainly heard of her but I've never met her. I don't think I can help, sorry... Oh! But if you want to I can do a tarot reading to see how she's doing! It will only cost you-"

"Okay. Cool. Thanks. And no thank you, I've only done tarot readings when Serena forced me to."

Olivier walked away instantly and he quickly found his next target: Trashy. Like Layelle she was carrying some... questionable objects.

"Is this for a skincare routine?"

"AAH!"

Trashy screamed. To be honest she was really scared of Olivier, since he was student body president before Tadashi, Trashy got herself in a lot of trouble because of her chaotic nature.

"Huh?! Uh. Well... Um..."

Trashy looked down at what she was carrying: 2 bottles of cola, one pack of mentos, some gasoline and fireworks.

"O-oh! Yeah! Skincare routine, totally! Gotta help Layelle y'know?"

Olivier harshly looked down at Trashy.

"I was kidding, it's obvious that it's not for some skincare routine. I'm not dumb Trashy. If you pull off again what you did last year I swear to god-"

"Eek! A-alright! I know it looks suspicious but I'm not gonna do anything dangerous with it, I promise! It's for research and science purposes."

Olivier still didn't believe her but decided to let it go... for now.

"Well, I'm not here to scold you so calm down okay? I wanted to ask you: do you know anything about Nari? Have you been in contact with her recently?"

Trashy tried her best to calm down but her arms were trembling under all the weight she was carrying.

"From what I know Nari has left the country. She had to fly back to Egypt for some important business but no one knows when she'll come back, so um..."

Trashy's legs started trembling too.

"C-can I go now? Please...?"

Olivier nodded and Trashy ran away from him. She was scared out of her mind of Olivier. She found him to be ruthless and terrifying... despite the fact that he was wearing a cute cat mask at all times. She couldn't even see his face so how was she supposed to know what he's thinking or in what kind of mood he is?? Thankfully she made it out alive of this one. Any person who saw her would assume that she's about to commit arson.

After that, Olivier kept on searching for more info. As he reached the entrance of the building again, ready to make another round, he saw an unusual scene: Huli and Irwins pulling on Tegan's arms.

"I like him better!"

"No way! I'm slav like Tegan so I like him better than you!"

"What does being slav have anything to do with liking someone?!"

Irwins laughed like a cartoon villain.

"Well, since you're not slav I don't expect you to understand!"

Tegan was blushing really hard and looked like he was about to die from being pulled that hard from both sides. Olivier was about to help him but Tadashi ran to the rescue faster. Thankfully he was able to resolve it all. Somehow the whole thing ended with Huli and Irwins apologizing to eachother and saying that they love eachother. They started... dating? Then a student named Lissie appeared out of nowhere and hugged the both of them. It seems like they're all in a polygamous relationship? It was so confusing. In any case, Olivier kept on going and going until he saw a girl dressed in a pom pom girl outfit. Oh... it was Hollen. Capitain of the Alistair fanclub... She was watching him from afar, admiring him while drooling. You could hear her creepily mutter: "Muscles... hehehe..." Hollen isn't a bad person but when it comes to Alistair... Oh boy is she thirsty. Olivier tried his best to turn a blind eye to the scene and kept going. Later on he came across Forest, she had her camera on and was talking to it quite enthusiastically.

"Hey guys! I got a permission from Lady A to film the inside of the school! Of course, there are some places that will be off-limits but I'll be able to show you guys a big chunk of Arlington! And-"

Forest caught Olivier staring almost immediately and pointed the camera towards him. Oh no.

"Hey Olivier! This here is the famous ex-student body president of Arlington! Say hi!"

"I don't want to appear on ViewTube, cut that part out entirely. Wouldn't it be better to go back to doing playthroughs instead of silly vlogs?"

"Geez alright. You don't gotta be so cold..."

Forest was the most famous Viewtuber in Arlington, there was a few other students who were trying to make it big but they couldn't get close to Forest's subscriber count. She was from an ordinary family but thanks to all the money she made with Viewtube, she was able to get enrolled as a regular student would: without the need of a scholarship.