#anders/warden

[fiberpunk027]

WIP Whenever I Damn Well Please

Shout out to my word count that keeps getting bigger for a fic I’ve “supposedly” prewritten.

[albaharu]

did you know if you support merrill in her act 2 mission you get rivalry points with everyone except isabela and varric. anyway merrill support team no one is gonna be mean to her on my watch

extra:

[yudol-skorbi]

Because love's such an old fashioned word

[maleficore]

Commander, why does the King call you "babygirl"?

[sissy-the-siren]

Managed to snag two worldstate comms from @maturiin! I'm so in love with my precious beans being in love!!!! LOOK AT HOW HAPPY AND CAREFREE THEY ALL ARE!!!

[eleni-anz]

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

The reasons I love the bug where Zevran can rock up in DA2 and DAI's war table mission despite the player having chosen to kill him in DAO is because I remember the unbridled glee gamers had at killing him for flirting with their male Warden.

The reason I dream of Fenris, Anders, and Isabela receiving equitable consideration and dignity in discourse is because I remember the response to their characters outside progressive bubbles.

Anders had a whole homophobic manifesto written about him and sent to DA2's head writer (who's gay btw). Gamers would be proud of handing Fenris back to his slave owner because Fenris was 'difficult'. (Of course the recently escaped slave is prickly and angry). Certain fans still enjoy telling you how they kill 'the terrorist' on every Anders post, evidently because of his actions, transparently because he's a mentally unwell queer "SJW" they feel vindicated in killing. Any mention of Isabela must also apparently include slut-shaming when promiscuity is a fine response to being a former child bride who's free of their cruel and possessive husband. Isabela fearing commitment and being sexually open is not an invitation for dehumanization. I play DA2 with the polyam mod, so I could be wrong, but I always felt Isabela and PurpleHawke were well matched there anyway.

We've come far in terms of accepting diversity in videogame storytelling, but cycles of controversy around queer romance, diversity, and sex in videogames is an old one. The difference being that the industry has mostly stopped catering to conservative and contemptuous discourse now and for that I'm glad.

[miithriilart]

I hope you can support my Dragon Age brain rot, here some sketches

[blighted-elf]

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - 2024 Replay

[pumpkincalico]

POV the son of a war criminal, an apostate on the run, a banished elf, a dead dwarf, a drunk dwarf, and a possessed rotting corspe walk into your tavern wyd

[wassa-bee]

happy pride month

[fiberpunk027]

Rating: M/E

Pairings: Past Alistair/Warden Tabris, Anders/Warden Tabris

No Warnings for this Chapter

Summary:

Something about the palace's confined compound felt oddly familiar to Anders. Maybe it was the cramped small quarters, the guards around every corner, or the whispering behind hands as he walked past. Nevertheless, he tried to set aside his discomfort and concentrate on the talking points Zukal had asked him to go over earlier that morning. “The chantry teaches us that Andraste calls for magic to serve man. Is it not fair to assume that without the necessities man will become desperate? Does the thief not resort to crime only when at their most dire circumstances?” he read lazily off the thick parchment, “You realize this sounds ridiculous?” “It sounds ridiculous when you read it with a complete lack of conviction,” Zukal called over her shoulder as she busied herself with braiding her hair back. He tried to focus once more on the words in front of him but felt his eyes drifting back towards her till he gave up entirely and watched her deft hands weaving through the strands of her hair. Idly he daydreamed about trailing his fingers through her hair and inhaling its scent.

[albaharu]

anders like "yeah mage oppresion and being possesed my two big problems in life. oh shit fuck the taint"

[bunnygoats]

oh a cool idea for anders post-inquisition would have been if. like. the cure to tranquility somehow made it to him so he starts to look for tranquil mages across the free marches and using justice to cure them en masse. imagine if that's also how him and justice finally find harmony.

[wildbasil]

i'm back on my dragon age bullshit

[deimcs]

[VARRIC] Let's just try not to do that again. Bianca hates being turned on her friends.