#because thats what my warden would do. she wants everyone to have their choice in their lives

[thelaughingmerman]

Literally the theme of CHOICE gets me so much in DAO. I run with it a lot for my Warden.

I don’t think the recurrence of the idea of CHOICE is an accident. It’s an RPG with a lot of choices to make. The reigns are yours. You have a freedom to act with mercy or not. But it’s present in so many conversations and I don’t have them memorized so I can only introduce small snippets.

Everytime one of your companions mentions not having a say in an important part of their lives I lose it because the necessity for people to have a choice in their lives is SUCH an important thing for my Warden so like when it’s mentioned I’m like hell yeah. Coversations with Sten about the Qun and how those that are a part of the Qun don’t really have a say in who they are. Alistair constantly goes on about him not having a choice when it comes to being sent off to the Chantry, or the whole business with being king. A lot of conversations with Wynne about your responsibilities have her mention how you may not have a choice. I don’t remember the exact context or quotes but I remember once Zevran says something along the line (it’s not like he had a say in becoming a Crow).

In some cases companions will ask you as the Warden what you want them to do and you can ask them what THEY want to do, giving THEM the choice. And even again in some cases the Warden can mention how THEY don’t exactly have a  choice with this Grey Warden business. (I always play my Mage character so even there, they didn’t have a choice to be gifted or cursed with magic, they didn’t have a choice about being sent to the Tower).

It really gets me man. It’s just *chefs kiss*. (I’m not eloquent I don’t have my sources lined up or a proper analysis you just gotta trust me man).

[spatio-rift]

the only part of the karin filler episode that i strongly disagree with is what her life was like in oto. in my opinion the episode focuses too much on her healing abilities which wasnt why orochimaru valued her at all. its something kusa horribly took advantage of because they didnt see karin as a person but orochimaru had no need for that when he already had kabuto. karins sensory abilities are much more valuable to him since only one of her can guard an entire prison (efficient). which is why she was the warden of the southern hideout.

and that responsibility implies a certain level of trust. we know karin doesnt Fear orochimaru the way suigetsu does, so i really dont think she was treated the same way she was in kusa. and i do really believe orochimaru keeps his promises to an extent. he is genuinely charismatic and a LOT of people worked under him willingly. so other than some early testing to understand this ability that would have been explained to her and that she would have given consent to*, i really do believe he would have kept his promise to not let anyone else touch her and give her a safe place to exist in.

now of course we also know karin is not that loyal to orochimaru. that kind of background and protection from him could be enough for her to worship him the way kimimaro does. but well ultimately karin is just not that important to orochimaru that he would put on as much of a show for her as he did for kimimaro. and we cant forget that 1) orochimarus chakra is crazy disgusting and oppressive, and thats the first thing karin feels. its how she identifies people. no matter how good he could be to her she knows instinctively that his true nature is completely wicked, so it would be hard to truly let down her guard around someone like that, and 2) he did very much involve her in human experiments lol. she is not into that stuff like kabuto is. its traumatizing. that kind of thing sours a relationship pretty quickly.

all in all. i just think its nuanced. oto isnt just "prisoner going through hell" and "loyal followers who worship orochimaru like a god and see him as a savior and parent". shes just one of the many people in oto who are there to survive. i think its a choice everyone in oto who isnt blinded by orochimarus charisma (or into the whole vibe) makes at some point. to turn a blind eye to everything going on there and not make waves for their own safety or personal gain. to participate in it because outside would be worse, or they dont want it to happen to them

[lavellander]

more bc i am unstoppable now

I Am Thinking About My DA Protagonists’ Taste In Romantic Partners both their “usual” type and why they’re drawn to their canon love interest (and the hypothetical ones from other games). i expect no one to give a shit abt this except me lsdfjd but im on a roll and its a good exercise or whatever. i’m sure i’ll use it eventually?????

once again. i know no one gives a fuck but if anyone DOES happen to want to torture themselves and read this pls know all my ocs are bi except zaniyah, who is a lesbian<3

sarenan: 

general disclaimer that “in the circle love is just a game” etc etc etc so while she definitely is more inclined to romantic relationships, she only really had friends w benefits at most

she likes smart people! she likes fun people, she likes people who can get on board with her fucked up sense of humor. she’s witty and charming and loves to flirt just to flirt, and in the circle that wasn’t much of an issue lol. leliana is the first person she ever feels like...foot-in-mouth around, bc suddenly she likes and is attracted to someone and...that’s allowed? it’s all very foreign to her but she falls Real Hard, Real Fast

in a hypothetical da2 romance obviously isabela is extremely hot but also sarenan canonically has a foursome w her, leli, and zev so dLFKKDS it makes sense that bela’s the love interest of choice<3 (but also i think it would be like...friends-to-friends with benefits-to-lovers lol)

in a hypothetical dai romance once again josie is very hot and also so sweet and cute and delightful !!!!! idk if its just me but i see similarities bw origins leli and josie so again it just makes sense to me that josie is the LI for an inq romance :’)

(BUT for the most part. it is pretty hard for me to imagine sarenan w anyone but leli, bc they are the only couple i have that like. makes sense. lmfao)

maeve: 

actually doesnt often have romantic relationships? she has ~flings~ and rarely catches feelings. she describes her type as “anyone sexy” 

(her and isabela do in fact have a brief Thing but strictly no strings attached; this is bc i was very very adamant about romancing isabela when i played da2 and then anders fucking SNIPED me. so i incorporated it into canon i guess. lmao)

her attraction to anders is originally just “sexy tortured man” and then “sexy tortured man that gives free healthcare to poor people!!!!” and then - after it’s clear it won’t be a fwb situation - she realizes she has Actual feelings for him and is like well. its been a good run. guess i’ll die! until he reciprocates dflksdjf then they are kirkwall’s weirdest couple to everyone except themselves :’)

in a hypothetical dao romance her and zev would be classic fuckbuddies who accidentally start having a crush on each other, absolutely refuse to acknowledge it, then someone else in the friend group is like “oh my god PLEASE just kiss we are all going insane watching yall do this” <3

in a hypothetical dai romance im still torn bw sera and bull. maeve would just keep hitting on sera until sera did something about it; bull would be similar to zevran in the fuckbuddies-accidentally-caught-feelings dynamic

alani:

i feel like (depending on the size of the clan etc) alani was prob mostly involved w people she’d known almost all her life. she’s obviously attracted to other ppl who like to learn and stuff, but other than that it’s equal opportunity crushes ykwim. she doesn’t even Know she has a thing about people who are like. puzzles to be solved until solas lol

in a hypothetical dao romance she’d be drawn to alistair bc...who wouldnt be. hes adorable. they’re both warm friendly charming sunshines and i think it’d be natural for them to be drawn to one another. once she realizes he has Baggage she’s like oh. OH. i have to defend you against the world now

in a hypothetical da2 romance i thiiink it would be kinda similar to solas. like oh this bitch has a lot of emotional walls up, he’s got some real shit going on. I Like That. also mage rights, hes a sad sexy doctor, we love a revolutionary, etc. it makes sense imo

zaniyah:

similar to maeve i think she’s more of a fling person than a relationship person, but she has had a couple gfs. she’s not very comfy being super serious but she’s a good gf and is very devoted. generally speaking i think she just likes Hot Ladies but is esp drawn to quirky / weird ppl lol

in a hypothetical dao romance she’d like morrigan bc 1) she’s hot and 2) she’s standoffish lol. she’d take it upon herself to get morrigan to like her as like, a personal triumph, but then along the way realize she has a real crush on her and be like shit? fuck? (the same goes for morg. it would be an oh shit oh fuck moment on both ends)

in a hypothetical da2 romance i think her and merrill would be more like friends to lovers :’) zaniyahs immediately like “youre weird. i like you” also they bond bc dalish etc, and over time she starts liking her more and more. eventually zaniyah just cant take it anymore and kisses merrill, apologizes profusely, etc, and merrill’s like “oh. i thought we were dating?” sldkfjsLDKFJds i care them

(josie is kind of an outlier bc she’s so graceful, collected, knows what to do/say always, etc. i dont believe in love at first sight but if i did thats what zaniyah and josie would be<333)

ranae:

she doesnt like. have a type really. because she’s just been in love w her childhood best friend since forever and doesnt think of what she might like in other ppl bc well. he’s right there? she assumes they’ll be together forever, even if only platonically :( 

when she meets morrigan she’s like oh i like women too apparently. cool?? when she meets alistair shes a little put off by the fact that hes a golden retriever, then clings to him bc Trauma, then VERY begrudgingly realizes she has a crush on him but feels like shes betraying tamlen 

eventually she comes to terms w the fact that like. theres nothing she can do about tamlen unfortunately, and alistair is here and Loves Her and he’s been the only person to make her truly happy in a very long time. it takes a lot for her to think she deserves that, but she does, and the rest is history :’)

in a hypothetical da2 romance it makes perfect sense to me that she’d latch onto the other Elf Who Is Full Of Rage immediately. they are both very intense and it can put other people off sometimes but they dont really care! die mad about it, shem! etc

in a hypothetical dai romance she’d be drawn (platonically) to blackwall bc grey warden stuff, but subconsciously they both kind of feel like frauds, like they dont deserve happiness, etc; theyre both kinda brusque, at least at first, too. she just kinda sees him as a buddy til she watches him bonding w sera or with some kids or something and then shes like  😳 😳 😳 and then angry that shes like that lmao

[red-wardens]

DA Questions

Tagged by: @goblin-deity and @gothkimmyschmidt -- thank you :)

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01) Favorite game of the series?

Dragon Age 2. I love the bisexual disaster companions and how they have friends/relationships/lives outside of you. And I love Hawke and their tragic story. I also like having years passing with the same protagonist/companions instead of “my new companions and I had one crazy year together”. Plus fighting mechanics were my favorite in this game. 

02) How did you discover Dragon Age?

I saw gifs of Morrigan on tumblr years ago (back when DA2 was still new) and thought, “holy shit, she’s pretty I should play that”, and just never got around to it till a couple years later till when I saw a lot of gifs of default Marian Hawke and thought “she’s gorgeous and funny and I would die for her” (I still can’t believe I used to think I was straight...) and then found out she’s not till the second game so I hurried up and bought Origins to play first. Then got hooked, Origins has such a great story.

03) How many times you’ve played the games?

I’m on my 4th and 5th (playing simultaneously) playthroughs of Origins, I’ve played DA2 either 6 or 7 times. Inquisition I’ve only played once and I skipped most of the side missions because that game is so long.

04) Favorite race to play as?

Elf. I love dwarves a lot though and if they could do magic they’d easily be the fave. 

05) Favorite class?

Mage. I like healing and not having to get close to enemies. 

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time?

I try to play differently each time and role play hard (ex: certain mage OC’s are only allowed to have skills in certain fields of magic even if it’s inconvenient for me, my traumatized-by-Carver’s-death Hawke who is triggered by seeing ogres can only “hold position” when one appears and I can only fight as the companions because she’s having a panic attack). In Origins I like to put someone different on the throne each time, side with mages once and templars the next, and have companions love/hate me according to my OC’s personality (and not cheat by using the Feast Day gifts). In DA2 I have a different personality Hawke each time and they make varying choices but in the end I have never sided with templars. I think in my 2nd Inquisition playthrough I’ll side with templars though out of curiosity. 

07) Go-to adventuring group?

Always depends on who is the love interest and who are the closest friends of my protagonist. Even if the team comp is terrible. 

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into?

Blue Surana was my first character ever so she’s had the longest time of me adding/subtracting/updating her and her story. That being said I like to think I’ve put a lot of thought into my Mahariel and Amell as well. Out of my Hawkes, Claira is the most developed. 

09) Favorite romance?

Fenris. 

10) Have you read any of the comics/books?

I've read all the comics and I’ve read “The Calling” and “The Last Flight” I plan to read the other books soon hopefully. 

11) If you read them, which was your favorite book?

I really recommend The Last Flight if you’re a die hard Grey Wardens fan like me. The main character inspired the name for my Mahariel. 

12) Favorite DLCs?

 I genuinely forgot Awakening is DLC since it came with my game but, yeah. I love all the companions in Awakening and I wish it were longer. “The Exiled Prince” is also another fave since I genuinely like Sebastian Vael and he’s a kickass squadmate. 

13) Things that annoy you.

The white-washing, what happened to Orsino, the way Inquisition doesn’t take into account Hawke could have been a blood mage, no healing as an Inquisition mage, the fucking Requisition Officer, the way you can’t be nicer to Sera, no dwarf romances, and how the Inquisitor can’t call Cullen out on certain things (Cassandra too, honestly, though I love her she can be really insensitive to other cultures). That’s just in the games, don’t even get me started on some of the fandom. 

14) Orlais or Ferelden?

Frozen Dog Lovers > Snooty Elf Oppressors, any day 

15) Templars or mages?

Mages, no contest.

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one?

I have 3 worldstates that I have playthroughs for, and a Multi-Warden AU

Worldstate 1 - Arcane Warrior/Battlemage/Fire Mage, mutual-pining-for-Sten, grey-sexual Blue Surana + Spirit Healer/Ice Mage, Fenris Romance, gay Akono Hawke

Worldstate 2 - Ranger/Assasin Archer, Zevran Romance, straight Isseya Mahariel + Blood Mage/Earth Mage, Sebastian rivalmance, panromantic/ace Henley Hawke

Worldstate 3 - Blood Mage/Spirit Healer/Entropy Mage, Leliana Romance, bisexual Alyss Amell (dies) + Shadow/Dual-Blade Rogue, Anders Romance, bisexual Claira Hawke

Multi-Warden AU: Blue Surana is main warden and recruits the others after Ostagar forming what I call the “Warden Squad”. Most thought-out world, that I have the most writing for but will probably never get around to writing the actual fic. We will see. Also, I need to make some Inquisitors for all these worldstates....they’re planned out I just need to force myself to actually play them. 

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc)

Mabari’s: Rabbit (Blue Surana), Dog (Isseya Mahariel), Teddy (Alyss Amell), Tor (Akono Hawke),  Better Carver “BC” (Henley Hawke), Bear (Claira Hawke). Isseya Mahariel numbers her wolf and bear summons A-# for wolves and B-# for bears. 

18) Have you installed any mods?

I play on xbox so nah, sadly. 

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden?

Blue Surana didn’t want to leave the Circle and Isseya Mahariel didn’t want to give up searching for Tamlen so “no” for both of them, but they both were amazing at it. Alyss Amell, as much as it terrified her to leave to fight things, wanted to be free of Kinloch Hold. 

20) Hawke’s personality?

Akono is almost exclusively Purple though he has rare Blue moments when speaking to Carver or sometimes Fenris. 

Henley is solidly Red except maybe once or twice chose purple banter for talking to her only friend, Varric. 

Claira is the most varied in that she’s split 60-40 between Blue and Red, meaning well and wanting to be all good/peaceful, but having a wild, passionate temper when defending mages and her friends/family. I also headcanon she has the foulest mouth of my Hawkes though she actively tries to stop cursing it’s an unbreakable habit. She’s also a shameless flirt and hits that heart button almost every single time it comes up (I wouldn’t consider her Purple at all though since she isn’t sarcastic and is the type to laugh at jokes rather than make her own).  

21) Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition?

I made Cole and I matching outfits because I love him ._.

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change?

This could get long if I listed everyone so, Blue Surana regrets not telling Sten how she felt sooner, though she doubts it would have changed anything. Isseya Mahariel wishes Tamlen could have been found sooner so the Joining could have saved him. 

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon?

My entire Multi-Warden AU is a big “fuck you” to canon because all those potential wardens deserve to live dammit.

24) Who did you leave in the Fade?

In this house we do not leave Hawkes in the Fade. So, sorry Loghain :(

25) Favorite mount?

I legit forgot I had a mount 90% of the time. At least I got to hear more dialogue I guess. 

[worthyfate]

// Dragon Age Questions

Tagged by: @dalathin Tagging: idk man come take it

01) Favourite game of the series? i am ATTACHED to da2, but dai has jumping and man i love that so much

02) How did you discover Dragon Age? uh.... no idea honestly. i think i bought my ps3 and then just grabbed a handful of games, and dao was one, and then i just. i was hooked. 

03) How many times you’ve played the games? 

dai way more than i should, but i’ve only finished dao twice, da2 once, and dai like. several (ive been on a dai finish quest for alllll endings)

04) Favourite race to play as? 

elves because... elves.

05) Favorited class? it was mages at the v beginning but dual wielding rogues? my new fav

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time? i generally make the same choices, but sometimes i just go ‘fuck it’ to see what happens -- one of my most recent playthrus, my inquisitior was a dick. i mean i loved her, but she was truly a horrible person

07) Go-to adventuring group? mmm in dao it was alistair, wynne, zevran usually. in da2 it was typically fenris, anders, isabela. dai usually sees me with dorian, bull, and then the third one changes based on 1) who i’m romancing 2)what my class is and 3) who has the best weapons at the moment

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into? 

definitely teren by far. he’s my baby and i feel everything he does on such a strong level. but ellie is now beginning to get the same amount of effort

09) Favourite romance? 

you can pull the dorian romance from my cold dead hands thanks. THAT BEING SAID i also adore encouraging bull/dorian, and if that means i need to romance someone else, then fine. cullen, too, is precious. i’m quite fond of zevran and anders’ romances. (i love fenris as a romance, but i feel like idk... there’s just more thought and angst in anders)

10) Have you read any of the comics/books? 

nope 11) If you read them, which was your favourite book?

i should get on this, honestly

12) Favourite DLCs? trespasser is gold, but i ADORE jaws of hakkon. ameridan’s story is just. i love it. admittedly i haven’t actually... complete most of the dlcs for dao or da2

13) Things that annoy you. i mean nothing comes to mind? i guess the sort of inherent sympathy for mages? like the game kinda pushes you to that, and the templar route in dai is so fascinating and kind of? more developed? than the mages? but everyone chooses mages because, well, mages.

14) Orlais or Ferelden? ferelden on like.. principle, but orlais is hilarious.

15) Templars or mages? i always end up choosing the mages just because i feel like thats what the game wants, but i also really love the templars in dai

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one? well my player characters are generally in their own verses, but game canons are generally all lumped together. mostly its based individually though

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc) i only ever named my dog in dao, and that was rune. i think i named the one in da2 something similar. i don’t.... name things.

18) Have you installed any mods? 

i only JUST got into modding and well. that’s why i don’t do anything else anymore

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden? 

aedan didn’t, aliana hadn’t considered it but was pretty happy about it

20) Hawke’s personality? sort of a sarcastic dick, honestly.

21) Did you make matching armour for your companions in Inquisition? not for all companions, but my quizzie and their LI always have matching armor (and if its bull/dorian, i give it to them too).

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change? teren would never go to the conclave, ellie wouldn’t have had her vallaslin removed, aedan would have tried harder to train, ali wouldn’t have changed much, warren probably would have tried harder to get along with carver. then there’s all the canon shit for the game canons

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon? idk how much of what my hcs are are for or against canon. my main thing is that fenris is not from seheron or whatever. also teren’s mark began acting up at least a month before the council, but he hid it from people. morrigan is not straight, but that’s mostly just for samarha. and also hawke isn’t just a mage. he’s actually more a rogue than anything.

24) Who did you leave in the Fade? 

i typically leave stroud where its an option. teren left loghain, and ellie leaves alistair because... i mean mostly because she didnt want to see varric sad. ive left hawke a few times though

25) Favourite mount?

i’m really fond of the frost elk

[a-friend-of-red-jenny]

i think an indication of the light (i.e. the talented writers.......) leaving the da series is that like origins is, in a lot of ways, a type of game i’m not usually into. i hate the way everything looks, i hate a lot of the mechanics, i have adhd and the idea of reading all that warden dialogue makes me want to take a nap and usually would really break illusion for me but i loved the game and i got so attached to my surana...i played through it twice with her to explore different options and romance leliana and zevran, and then when i got it on pc i made the same character, because i couldn’t think of playing it without her tbh, and modded the game to romance morrigan like i’d always dreamed of lmao. bioware made me create and live through this character and go through an expirience that for me, always culminated in a dramatic, fitting, emotional sacrifice. i am still touched by the story of my surana, who finally went out into the world and really got to know it and make friends in it for a short time, and then ultimately made the decision to die protecting it. nowadays i dont remember like..anything abt it except for the characters, but thats msotly because it got way overshadowed in my heart by 2

dragon age 2 is a rushed and broken piece of shti with half its story missing. i’ve probably played it all the way through about 9 or 10 times?? i made a bunch of different characters this time because i wanted to explore all the options (in a game where you explore the same caves 800 times and have the same argument through the entire storyline lol). i cared more about that game than i maybe ever have about a game? it made me love the series, somehow, even though i hated so much stuff about the da world bc its boring as hell tbh, because of the life in the characters. i romanced them all at least twice. i did everything i could other than side with the templars, and i like tried, multiple times, but i couldnt. the game made me feel strongly enough about it that i couldn’t bring myself to /pretend/ to agree with a socio-political stance in the game world because it went too strongly against my morals. a lot of the ‘choices’ you make in biowares are illusions of choice that mean nothing, but in da2 i feel like they were the best at both 1)hiding that, and 2)making some choices matter if only because YOU know what YOU did, even if it doesn’t effect anything.

and the kicker is like, this is dorky as hell lol but in my mind’s eye i picture my surana in a relationship with zevran, leliana, and morrigan, because they were all characters i got invested in and stuck with me and i feel they made an impression on the character i created and put into the story to an extent that it would feel wrong picturing that character without any of them. she’s best friends with sten. she wishes her and wynne could get along better, as fellow mages. she...wishes the best for alistair. hawke is the same deal; the four og romances were each affecting and important enough to me that i end up deciding ‘my hawke’ is just dating everyone lol. i like all the characters too much to choose. i’ve thought so so so much about the hawke i finally settled on. about her relationships with her family and their past, things she feels guilty about, how she handles and expresses that guilt, how she feels deep down about every important character and plot point.

when i first got inquisition it was the most hyped i’d ever gotten about something. i would gush at my brother about the lore of the world for literal actual hours at a time in the months before the game came out. i borrowed money to buy it the second it came out. I played through the whole thing, like, 99% completion, the only achievements i was missing were ones that required a second play through or specific story choices i didn’t know about. I freaked out at my friends not to spoil anything because they’d finished the game before I’d gotten to the winter palace. I never finished a second playthrough. I started several other characters but I know on a few of them i never even got to the fight at haven (or past the pride demon, but that was as a mage on expert mode which i’m pretty sure is actually just not possible so rip i guess) I don’t really have a ‘canon’ inquisitor? I don’t really feel anything about the one I finished the game with. Even as excited as I was I spent the whole game annoyed that the inquisitor didn’t seem to have personality at all, let alone the choice of a personality that you could make with your warden or with hawke. I romanced sera.....and I actually felt bad about myself because of how they wrote everyone else to treat her. It actually made me feel unwanted and wrong as a young lesbian. I cried when sera was confirmed pre-release as a for sure, specifically Lesbian love interest. I loved her before the game even came out. It made me feel accepted in a time and place where I very actively was not, and when I was struggling, within finding myself as a Gay Youth in general, with the idea that being a lesbian, specifically, was a bad thing that I should choose not to be in lieu of a better, more progressive form of Gay. Cue a proud and unapologetic lesbian character, the first in the series, that everyone fucking hates and that you can kick out of the game at any time with little consequence. With a romantic story line that seemed like an afterthought, and to have less care and attention put into it than two straight options that actually WERE afterthoughts, because they weren’t even going to be in the game until mid-development. A lesbian with an opening quest for her romance arc that is basically just you running around to every other companion and listening to them list everything they hate about her, at worst telling you you’re making a mistake in associating with her bc shes stupid and disgusting and at best giving an obvious “well....whatever you think is best....hope that works out for you..........OUO;;;.....” That quest, if you keep romancing her, culminates in what is supposed to be both of you deciding “fuck what all of society thinks, we’re all we need” because, lesbians, right? thats the lesbian narrative? except homophobia doesnt exist in this world so we had to make everyone hate sera Herself in order to fit it in and that doesnt have any implications at all. and then you have sex; sera’s very sexual, because,,,,,,,,,,not because men think lesbians are hot umm........its because........uhhh........its empowerment!!! but i digress like i love sera despite bioware lol. and i tried to spend time daydreaming and fleshing out my inquisitor and her and their relationship and lives with each other and shit but all the thinking i did on it was forced. unlike my surana and my hawke, my inquisitor isn’t poly w/ everyone because i couldn’t bare to choose between characters i loved. i didn’t even romance most of them. i don’t even have a specific character in mind as ‘my’ inquisitor. the characters i liked the most, that felt the most well-written and fleshed out, were established characters from pre-existing da content. and the game even fucked up my hawke that i cared about and loved because they wanted to capitalize on how much people love hawke, and love Their hawke, but put in a weird hawke-puppet that had none of Any of the personalities you could give them, and that just said dull bullshit about how theyve seen what the corruption of blood magic can do, etc. etc. etc. like.....................................the magic is gone and their left with good characters they don’t know how to write and i mostly boring world with some interesting aspects they decide never to touch on.

[spazzbunn]

The Western Side: Inside The Kingdom

Yooo this is for my boi MafiaGuy2017. I know you hated the Western Side and didn’t want to make a story about them so I did one for you man. So relax and be relieved, i got you (Go to the end of the story to understand what i’m talking about.) In the clear summer day in the Rainforest District lies beyond a kingdom. A kingdom with a castle that raises many of its flags proudly. To show what they are. Their Beliefs. The mixed colors that has fooled many to think of it as a weird brown color when in reality and behind the naked eye, It is brown, black, and white since some flags were painted differently by different artists of the Western Side. Inside of the 30 foot concrete walls with heavily armored silver painted of the flags color guardsmen with nothing but their Broadswords and having a secondary weaponry, their trusty Poignards also lies inside a beautiful image of a painting of peace and harmony that many of seen inside of the other kingdoms well known. They had a successful trading amongst many allies to them and soon to be allies of settlements along with having well organized and thorough laws and rules including a tough and hard to take down civil protection army. You would call them the police but we didn’t have police. Chaos ruined our known land. It started with one person. One writer whose words have changed our lives in a blink of an eye. Garouge Faux. He wrote a story he had worked and finished on before the war. He wrote Take A Stand. It was about Nick and Judy parents to Nick;s own child with Judy as the stepmother. It was a sweet innocent concept and had a touching story to it. It was not so pleasing to everyone. Haters and the Eastern Side, with the latter having the names of MafiaGuy2017, Psycox1890, and Gokhan16. These three men were outraged and furious with the choices of the story. How Judy and Nick should never become the parents as Judy was not the true mother but Nick and a unfamiliar unknown vixen who had hurted Nick in the past should be the mother of their children. Garouge decided to make a sequel to his “controversial” story. It made it worse. Years of the war has passed. About four years to be exact. All of the kingdoms were divided into four and each had found their own castles to build and kingdoms to rule. The Western Side, The Eastern Side, The Strange Side, and The Hater Side was all that that was there. As times have passed the bullets and guns were gone. We all had to live in the Medieval Times to survive our attacks. Later on in life have we kingdoms have made armor and blades and weaponry based off the Medieval, but also the horses have turned into ferals for a reason still unknown. We use them and ride them to battle or to trade to settlements. Enough of the backstory, for it is from the inside of the Kingdom of the Western Side that is what you are seeking. Inside of the glorious kingdom holds many many villages and houses to hold upon almost 300,000 followers of the Western Side. There are many cliche types in a medieval era of a kingdom inside of here. With there being of churches that preach and talk about how the stories of Nick and Judy, no matter if parents or stepparents, and how their love guides them to their victory and bring happiness to the end. It foreshadows us as we try to claim victory to achieve this type of peace and bring forth to the land and make the world whole again of love. Another cliche is having causal stores of blacksmiths and bakery and even have taverns to bring up the spirits and good will to the kingdom. The taverns mostly to clear the heads of any forsaken dreaded news. Far away from the huge city of Western Side lives a huge 100 ft castle that holds many of the proudly showing flags, the gold coins that are harder than stone, the training center for fellow following knights who will sacrifice themselves for the leader and the people. Garouge Faux was the king as some have said, but he really was nothing more than a leader. His armor style was of a knights but having black and gold be his colors. His armor was the plate armor while his helmet armor was a Barbute thats colors matched the armor. He thought that the title of “King” was sounding of dictator and seemed that others will believe that he has become nothing but corrupted. As after all, kings always go insane with power. He had no power. He had followers. He had loyal friends to help him. They had each other. He had his loyal friends be pinched into helping the kingdom, and he knew what he was doing. One of his loyal friends is another infamous “controversial” Zootopia lover named Battouga Sharingan. Battouga is the general of the strong supreme loyal army and he trains the recruits and keeps the army in line and straight forward to protect the kingdom and all inside of it. He had only the shiniest of Plate Armor on that shines whenever the lights of the skies shine down upon him and the plate armors color is of a dark silver. He also had on a dark silver color matching Great Helm helmet armor on as it was the highest of head armor that a knight could achieve He has a son named Marcus Wilde, which he had named after Nick Wilde, his inspiration and his hero. Nick and Judy are part of the Western Side. They are the cause of the Western Side to grow stronger. They had left with other well known Zootopia characters and many High Royal Guards to defend the fox and bunny while they go to help settlements in return to have them on their side. He always takes care of Marcus for his friend Nick. They were like brothers, and he would die for Marcus no matter what. He was strong in brawns, but there was someone in brains who can do trading and figure out planning and tactics. It was Sophie Ripley. She was an author for a famous story amongst the Zootopian Community known as Momma Judy. She made Judy become the badass of a mother that all mothers dare to be. She is the head of the Scouts. The Scout Leader as others have deemed her. Since she needed to be filled with quick agility and having the running speed to head to her targeted area she had only the Chain Mail body armor with only her head armor being of a light gray Bascient that matched the chains color to make her outfit be on point while she carried with her dual Rondels and her Crossbow to keep her company. She looked at Judy as her inspiration and that motivation was what made her continue to become the Scout Leader for traveling and trading and keeping enemies at bay. The enemies and people all fear her outside of the gate as her role is taken with seriousness coursing through her veins. Inside of the walls however, she happens to be a playing of Dungeons and Dragons and happens to always survive and manage to beat inside of the game that is filled with strategy and luck. How all of the men and women players grow jealous but proud of her lucky plays. The final one who also his friends and loyal companion was Trashasaurusrex. Trash, as her name is called that for short, is the toughest of the group of friends and was the Warden of the knights and guards in the village. She happened to have a Plate Armor made of cleaned trash cans that has be melted and forged and mixed into steel to make it the toughest armor for her made by the people and even a fellow spaz of the village named Spazzie Bunnie helped forge and molted the trash cans into the tough steel metal. Her Plate Armor is a light silver with her helmet being of a Close Helm to match the classic with a new type of body armor on her while she was feared by her enemies and loved by her fans and the people of Western Side as she carries with her a Sparths holstered on her back with her backup being of dual Falchions that both are holstered in her sheaths on both her hips. She was an artist and creation of one of Nick and Judy’s favorite children, Isabelle Wilde. She was Nick’s real father while Judy was more like the aunt that many fans demanded to be the mother of her. Isabelle was also best friends, as she was growing up, with Trashs best friend 1tT4k3sTw0’s also made child named Violet Wilde-Hopps.Violet and Isabelle were the greatest of friends in the kingdom. It was until that 1tT4k3sTw0 had to go into the Eastern Side, one of the enemies of the Western Side as 1tT4k3sTw0 was afraid for her own daughter's safety. She left Trash’s heart broken but her will, her spirit, her promise to take care of Isabelle was what made her continue. To this day she will continue to fight and become the Warden of the village and protect the kingdom she worked hard with her friends to make it become somewhat peaceful and protecting the people. The Western Side was, and always will be, evidence that despite everyone’s differences, stepmother or real mother or stepfather and real father and so on, we can still become a peaceful community and soon, a fandom, and hopefully in the near years to come, a lifestyle of wanting love for two different beings no matter if prey or predator. With the guidance of Garouge Faux, Battouga Sharingan, Sophie Ripley, and Trashasaurusrex will the kingdom prosper to the end of the war. The kingdom being on the edge of victory and getting close to their dream and to a new world. Link to reason why I made this: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12449608/1/ (THIS IS A JOKE!!! I AM NOT A PART OF HIM!!! It’s a prank bro. I am with the Western Side if it ever happened. Also I would like to as ask to please not reblog and tag the people that are in this story. You can reblog yes but DONT tag them in it. Please. I want ME, MYSELF, and I to take the bullets from MafiaGuy2017. They don’t deserve it and I want them to be safe even if it means I get hate on me by him. Thank you for reading if you have, and Good Night, Good Day, and Good Luck. Also I loved making this because of MEDIEVAL TIMES!!! I LOVE THAT ERA!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3)

[diableriepervert]

all inquisitor asks >:3

OH FUCK YOU

romeo's specialization is that of the assasin because i personally thought it sounded cool

romeo decorated skyhold with draconic themes because he wanted to fought hard killing those dragons and mught as well get some use out of them

he doesn't like being called the herald at all but as an inside joke when he has to go under cover he will introduce himself as "harold but all my friends call me harry" none one ever laughs

hates the chantry, thinks the whole "maker abandoned everyone" thing is stupid, he thinks andraste was a cool mage whos story got highly exaggerated not unlike his own

he doesnt have a favorite follower because he doesn't acknowledge that part and trys to remove himself from the pedestal he's on, his favorite adviser is Josephine, he does have a younger brother dynamic with cullen though

romeo couldn't help falling in love with dorian, Dorian is the first person who's ever flirted with romeo, first everything really, romeo also unfortunately has 'i can change him' syndrome

he immediately told dorian about the letter, he couldnt have lied to him even if he wanted to, to lovesick. he didn't get dorian to forgive his father, he was to worried to think about what dorian might want in the future and in the moment just simply asked if he wanted to leave and go back to skyhold

at first romeo didnt know what to think of sera, but after spending some time with her they had fun spreading some harmless chaos and pranks together, romeo always wanted a sister and he found one in sera

romeo could never sacrifice the chargers, even if not for bulls sake but selfishly his own, he's grown very close to krem dalish and skinner in particular

he 100% supports leliana as devine, he loves the idea of the mage college and wouldnt want it any other way

romeo gave vivianne the wyvern heart

he didn't drink from the well of sorrows, one reason being that he didnt want to disappoint solas and the other being that he's made dorian almost watch him die far to many times

romeo never had a proper father figure, just Nin, who can best be described as 'its hard being a single mother when youre a 12 year old teenage boy with no kids' mixed with the over protection of someone whos lost everything, so when solas was vaguely a teacher figure towards him romeo was like "ah yes this is my dad" and just wanted solas to be proud of him

while his favorite adviser is Josephine his most trusted adviser is Leliana

the companions he feels most comfortable around are cole, dorian and bull

romeo was furious at the corruption of the wardens, he loved the hero of fereldens story as a teen, so for this to be their legacy he was severely disappointed and wanted better for him, for all that he sacrificed

romeo follows the strict belief that the only good templar is an ex templar whi realized being a templar is stupid

he's not very good at it, but he loves playing wicked grace, it let's him have a moment to simply live in the presence of those he loves

he of course allowed cole to stay, he felt good knowing that there would always be someone for anyone who needed it, no matter how small. He encouraged cole to be forgiving and stay a spirit

romeo didnt trust morrigan but he liked her, that is until he tried to lecture him, an dalish elf, on dalish history, go against the sentinals wishes and disrespected abelas

he hates the circles, while he does understand that magic can't be roaming wild he cant stand the idea of how mages are treated in circles

biggest regret? hes got a few, his first is when dorian told him he was going back to tevinter he was to scared of holding dorian back and making hin feel trapped that he let him leave without putting up any fight, like he didnt care. the next being that he never let those around him know how much he cared for them, he feels as though him being the inquisitor and not letting anyone ever know how much he was always hurting and scared is the reason everyone left in the end, that he wasn't a person but an idea to them, and not being able to save his clan, that he couldnt save his family and once again made Nin lose a clan

his greatest triumph is dorian, being in love with him, being loved by him, and watching him change for the better

romeo was mostly confused about blackwalls true story, while a little hurt he mainly just wondered how blackwall was never found out before this despite it being so obvious, maybe he's just to trusting but he forgave him and sentenced him to stay in the inquisition

romeo has to much faith in people, its nearly impossible to lose his trust, unless you are morrigan of course but thats just common sense

he supports cassandra rebuilding the seekers simply because he trusts her

romeo disbands the inquisition, he knows that the only way to continue to try and save the man he calls his friend is to not be spied on by said friend

he forced all three of those idiots at halamshiral to work together and rule, they were acting like children so the solution is to treat them as such

of course he let solas kill those mages. Mage rights except for those guys in particular, fuck them

I made the choice between alistair and hawke to leave hawke behind BUT in my canon romeo would never be able to chose who should die or live and my hawke would never let there be an option for anyone but him to stay behind, so in my canon im pretending stroud was there instead to be sacrificed, he knocks out hawke and makes the romeo carry him out. Rip stroud ypur a real homie for that

romeo never really believed he was the herald or that andraste was anything other than a strong mage so he wasn't to surprised that it wasn't andraste herself that saved him

romeo doesn't really cope well at all being inquisitor, he overworks himself and bottles anything troublesome until cole outs him, not even that coles reading him he just is the only one romeo confides in because he knows cole would be upset otherwise

he doesn't really care for bianca, loves the crossbow, thinks varric deserves much better than the woman

he let josephine solve her family problem her own way but let leliana help, he trusts she shes knows what shes doing

cullen did NOT start taking lyrium again, romeo is so proud of how far cullen has come away from the templars and would never let him fall back into that trap

emerald knight loot goes to the dalish, he knows its what his clan would have done

romeo hates tevinter, one for all the negative aspects of it ie slavery, blood magic, homophobia, transphobia, ect..., but also for taking dorian from him.

his favorite bard song is the one about sera

romeo is proud to be an elvhen inquisitor, not being because hes dalish dalish but simply as an elf, he won't let anyone take that from him

he got along well with the champion, he and hawke became friends quickly, they spend a lot of time together after the exalted council

romeo looks up to saint (mahariel), as someone who is also dalish and suddlenly being forced to save the world he thinks its comforting that saint got to be happy and find love at the end of his story

call it an elf thing but hes very proud of all he's accomplished

[hippedyhop09-blog]

Thank you!

This is just to show you what we got up to as a thank you for all the help and advice you gave me.   

I got selected for security search at Heathrow which was pretty hysterical as I set the alarm off twice! For our first night, we went for the most amazing Chinese meal just down from their building, called Shanghai Best, if you happen to be in Jersey City definitely check it out. Highly recommend the half duck with pancakes and the beef fried rice! So as you know, the first full day we had was my birthday. Our friends had very graciously given up their apartment for us as they had recently bought another a couple floors up in the same block.  The view from their apartment was amazing. Many an evening and morning I would sit and look out of the window, as the view in every direction was stunning. 

That morning, I was getting ready, half way through brushing my teeth when they came through the front door singing happy birthday to me which was very sweet. One of them took us on a tour of the neighbourhood on the way to one of the PATH stations nearest theirs, checking out the local market she had helped set up years ago, while she and mum looked around that I wandered to the park right by it.

Mum and I ventured into the city on the train and went to find the 9/11 memorial and One World Trade Center. We had brunch at the Westfield at WTC and spent a short time at the memorial. 

Following that we went to find the first record store, as I'd told you we went to Record Runner that day and Rough Trade a couple days later. The owner was the nicest guy and when asked if I was after anything specific, which I replied "yes, Raspberry Beret" he said "oh yes, should be there" and it was! I ended up getting 5 things that day. Raspberry Beret single, 2 albums by Peter Gabriel, The Way You Make Me Feel single and It's a Kind of Magic single all on vinyl. 

That night we met up with our friends at Lavagna, which was absolutely incredible. We had the best time. I had the fresh pappardelle with rabbit then the chocolate mousse cake and it was so delicious! The prosecco was flowing. The waiter who was awesome, came over with pudding and handed me (which was actually not mine) one with a lit candle. Him, other staff and some customers sang me happy birthday. I was so embarrassed but loved it!  Our friends said they’ll definitely be going back again. It was one of the highlights for me, for sure! He later leaned over to me and said “since you were cringing so bad, it made me sing even louder!” haha. 

Sunday we went for brunch at this diner in Jersey City and completely underestimated (forgot more like!) the food portion size over there. I had pancakes with eggs and ham..The pancakes were pretty much the size of my head and I managed 3 quarters of it before I needed some help! We learned a lot that day! 

On Monday we ventured to Brooklyn for Rough Trade as I had said to mum that as you guys had been so wonderful to me for my trip/our trip that we had to hit up at least two of the places you had suggested especially since we’d come all that way. We took some time to have  a good wander around Williamsburg as we searched out Rough Trade, both of us liking it a lot. When we got there, my mouth agape at how heavenly it was. It was like mecca for me. I was actually browsing the rock and pop section at W, when a guy who was English, approached me asking what I was into/looking for. I mentioned I loved Led Zeppelin (having had my parents bring me up on them), he said there was a great ‘used/second hand’ store up in Greenpoint. I smiled and said I’d actually been recommended several places including those two and right on cue (as I’d spotted it already) lifted up Helter Seltzer, saying “by these guys”! He smiled and said “oh thats pretty cool!” so that was super neat. He turned out to be originally from Oxford but based in Somerset, working there for the week. Finally made a choice of 3: Otis Redding  “The Dock of The Bay” (I’ve always loved everything he did and we ‘share’ the same birthday), the first Fleetwood Mac album from 1968 (Peter Green, original member, was my first gig at 12 years old) and Pet Sounds because I’d wanted that on vinyl for a long time. 

We had liked what we’d seen of Brooklyn so we both said we’d like to go back again another day. Then we went on a bus tour which took us up the east side, with views of the Brooklyn Bridge and up to Times Square.

When we got back and were chilling at the apartment, I saw a status from CEO of Facebook Cheryl Sandberg about it being the anniversary of 9/11 and that there would be beams of light illuminating the sky in memory of that day. I stuck my head out of the window and saw this. My mouth in awe.

Tuesday was ace as the four of us went to the Irving Plaza in the evening and saw Bayside. We had a good wander throughout the day and spent some time in Washington Square Park which I really liked, so many cute dogs! I was a bit anxious about it as I said to you before about the other three as the music wasn’t entirely their thang and they’d booked the $45 ticket for each of us so I was kinda crappig my pants that they wouldn’t like it having spent $200 on it. They did have a really great time and said they’d had a bunch of fun, so I was very relieved.

Wednesday through Saturday afternoon we went to Lake Owassa in Frankford County, New Jersey as our friends had a place there (it was tiny to begin with, but they had knocked a couple walls down so we couldn’t stay with them), we rented a place down the lake from them. It was pretty rustic but had a loveable charm and completely the lovely lake house/cabin you’d expect! We had so much fun. Especially on the Friday after I spoke to you, we went for a kayak up to our friends place and it was amazing! My sensory memory had come right back from when I was a kid growing up going to France almost every summer and canoeing in the Dordogne river. Only to, when we got to our friends place, fall ass first into the lake! It was absolutely hillarious. Mum had tried to help me out of the kayak, but the boat went one way, me the other. She couldn’t do both! I just went with it and fell in, getting a very soggy bottom! After a hot beverage with our friends I decided I wanted to see the other side of the lake, as I wasn’t sure when I’ll be back and wanted to make the most of it. Hugh, our friend jokingly said we shouldn’t as the people that side weren’t very friendly (there’s a not very serious rivalry) and having paddled  a couple houses down the other side, we passed this lady on the phone on her deck. Thinking nothing of it, we drew level with her line of sight. She yelled out at us, “excuse me! Where are you from, what are the numbers on your kayaks, where are you staying” etc, mum tried to reply as polite as possible and we just found it absolutely hysterical. Especially when we said what number we were staying at, to which she replied “115 doesn’t exist!” this was all pretty amusing until she called her husband after we’d paddled off as he was the ‘lake warden’. He had come out on his boat and asked us several questions also, but let us go, with a warning or something!

That night we went to this couple who our friends knew on the lake, who lived a couple of doors down from them. Originally from Minnesota  they had moved to New Jersey as I think they were semi retired with fully grown kids. He works as a oncologist at the Mayo Clinic and she’s a landscape gardner. The sweetest couple. Tom and I immediately hit it off talking about music, he was so impressed with my music taste he played me some Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant solo stuff, as well as at the end of the evening, giving me three copies of Rolling Stone! They cooked us the most delicious dinner of grilled chicken, sweetcorn and salad. They also had the sweetest dog called Sister Agnes (yes, really!) and an incredible view from their deck. They introduced us to various acts they loved or knew the musicians personally, including this band fronted by two female friends of their son’s that he met whilst at music college. The band was called Lucius! He showed us some of their live stuff almost like a proud father (he’s clearly very fond of them) and the three of us went away absolutely hooked. They’re great!

Saturday afternoon the four of us ventured to Hawley, Pennsylvania as my mum’s cousin and his family have a weekend house there (him and his wife are lecturers at Columbia University with a base in New York for work). Initially the journey started well but there was road works on the highway after we’d stopped at this weird veg/fruit and antique place so our friend could pick up a bag she’d reserved (to sell it in her shop in Soho). It was the most bizarre place. 

After getting lost south of where we were meant to be, almost ending up in Maryland or even Virginia, we made it to my mum’s cousins place north of Hawley. I had made a force action and taken over directions with my phone and apple maps, as the GPS on one of our friends phones was really not cutting it and after a childhood full of road trips and that gut wrenching feeling of “shit the bed, we’re lost” creeping up from my stomach, I took over. Thank goodness I did because I got us to the house! Huzzah. Everyone was very relieved and thanked me profusely many times over that day and the rest of our trip! Sadly I don’t have much photos from that part, aside from two of their cats. Buttons (the black one) who is fairly old and has 3 legs and one eye (lost to cancer) and Callie who was the eldest and loved cuddles.

Our friends went back to the lake until Monday so John and Ingrid gave us a lift to the bus stop. Little did we know that the bus would take three hours and some of the subway lines (much like trains here) would be out of action due to maintenance.. oh the fun! We got back to the port authority and found out the E train wasn’t running and there was alternate routes. So we got the A train to Canal St then the E train to WTC hub (while we got on the train, it was delayed leaving due to signal problems!) finally the PATH to Exchange Place in Jersey City, getting back to the apartment at 11:30. I decided to take mum out for dinner at midnight at the local 24 hour diner as I was starving, I had a cheeseburger and milkshake. It was glorious!

We didn’t get up to much else the last few days in the city apart from on Monday we went down to WTC and walked up to the Brooklyn Bridge and across it. It was a lot longer than I had thought! Not sure why. I got half way across and said to mum “did I ever mention I’m scared of heights?!” gave me the collywobbles (jitters) a few times but I’m so glad we did it. We went and checked out Dumbo which mum had heard about so we went to the Brooklyn Roasting Company which had coffee so good it was what I imagine crack to be like. Oh and I bought a ‘tacky’ tourist sweater from Chinatown as I wanted a standard sweater for fall to be cosy in. So I got a “Brooklyn” one.

We also went on the ferry to Staten Island and I cannot for the life of me remember which day that was, my mind has gone blank! Anyway here’s a few from that.

Finally, here are two (of, well, yes, many!) my favourite shots I took. The Manhattan skyline from Jersey City and One World Trade Center looking rather ‘intense’ in moody skies.