#can't deny the chemistry

[rampantrhino]

Just a few simple words is all it takes!💙🔥💙

[rampantrhino]

We are destined for each other 💙🔥💙

[hawktims]

Hawk looking at Tim.

FELLOW TRAVELERS (2023)

[an-experienced-gentleman]

Chemistry that absolutely cannot be denied.

Six Sexy Words

[abloodycrow]

ah yeah because everybody suspects Rachel the cheerleader to be dating Mickey the basketball player in their little besties squad, everyone's gossiping about it 'did you hear about Rachel and Mickey? They're totally a thing' only for the pair of them to be totally unbothered, waiting for the perfect moment to reveal Rachel's dating Ema and Mickey's dating Spoon

[gunpowdercarousel]

Me: Heheh this character's gonna be such a great match for Karlach, I can't wait to romance her.

Me, 40 hours later, now officially Mrs. Wyll Ravengard: ..................................................................................................................................................................wait what

[rmorde]

The idea of Gojo becoming a Sukuna-stan and Sukuna becoming a Gojo-stan after they fought is top tier romcom. These two are all brawns no brains (for social delicacy). OP-ness go BRRRR. They fucking deserve each other so much.

[dreamsofalife]

"You're so easy to read, but the book is boring me."

[walterkov]

Актрисы | Aktrisy | Actresses (2023) dir. Fedor Bondarchuk ► Best canonical pairing @giftober 2023 | Day 14: Reunion [x]

[ma-chi1993]

I blame you for reminding me how much I loved Sterek (and how much I hate the show) smh

no I don't hate you. I love you.

I'm always happy to remind people of their ancient loves

[navree]

"cleopatra movie starring zendaya as cleopatra and timothee chalamet as octavian" i was having a good day and now i have an anger headache

[defygrav1ty]

@invidentius. lex.

it felt freeing, to do whatever the hell she wanted without worrying about fitting into other's expectations of her. her life had been so restrictive, focused on making everyone, dead or alive, proud, squeezing into the goody-two-shoes mold as if it were a leather dress a couple sizes too small, robbing you of your ability to BREATHE. it wasn't like that, with lex ― she knew he wouldn't judge her, so she could just let every inhibition go, and dive headfirst into her most fiery, primal instincts. and if she wasn't so fucking turned on right now, she might've been absolutely terrified to do so.

one whisper after another, lana teases, and dares go one step further and further, shutting out the jiminy cricket voice in her head (that, ironically, sounded a lot like clark's) telling her to get up from that couch, straighten out her dress and carefully restore her image back to an immaculate one. instead, a quiet moan leaves her crimson lips as she arches her back in pleasure, the warmth of lex's touch spreading like an electric current throughout her body, and his words? ear candy to her deepest and most unconscious insecurities. lana could've never anticipated the urge she had next: that of taking control. ❝ i want you, lex. i want you all over me, all night long. ❞ then her silhouette lifts from the leather couch, and legs slowly but surely spread around lex figure on the carpet, flames from the fireplace lighting up her lust-filled expression. keeping eye contact steady, arms softly lift her dress up over her head, and leaves it a mess on the floor, besides the rest of his clothes. ❝ question is, do you want me? ❞ lana questions, red lace lingerie being the only thing covering her skin as she leans down against his chest ― her tongue explores her clear target preparing to whisper into his ear, and free hand drives his own down to her glutes, so she shoots: ❝ and, above all: can you handle me? ❞

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

I love the romances in datv (Neve my Beloved) but I can't get over all the talk about how it'd have the most romantic romances in the series. They aren't bad but most romantic? I wish I didnt go into it with that expectation lol

Oof. Yeah.

My opinion on Veilguard is complicated, but when it comes to the romances...? I feel that, anon. I feel that so damn hard.

The romances are one of my favorite things about a Dragon Age game because it's a choice that can, when done well, completely change your experience playthrough to playthrough, y'know?

And for me there are a handful of romances where if I don't choose them, if I do an alternate playthrough...? I miss them so goddamn much. I miss them enough that I actively struggle to even finish alternate playthroughs. That's how much they've impacted me.

I'll always hold Alistair up as like.... the romance for me. Honestly, I think DAO set the S-tier of romances with him, Leliana, Morrigan, and Zevran as far as writing goes and how interwoven their romances are with the HoF's arc and the plot... they're not just fluff that's tacked on, it's not just, "oh, if you romance them, you get one unique scene toward the end of the game, and some different dialogue!"

I could go on, and on, and on about Alistair and his romance with my Tabris. Hell, even outside of the romance, just their dynamic in the game. Their friendship! I could write essays about the little nuances and how beautiful and tragic his romance can be, and the branching paths, hhhhnnngggggg you can have so many different endings with him!

In DAO, you have many opportunities to flirt. You can give them gifts, and special gifts give you cutscenes where you actually talk about the gift you're giving them. You can set the pace of the relationship. You have different paths you can take and you can discover cute things, like okay.... for Alistair, there's the conversation where he gives you the rose. If you go out with only him in your party, and trigger that, you can get special extra dialogue because you two are alone.

Like... they thought about that. They thought about the player taking just Alistair around somewhere. Why would they? Why would you?

Unless you're roleplaying walking around Redcliffe together to gather supplies to bring back to camp and accidentally talk to him, triggering the scene on the docks.

It's little things like that, special things, that make every playthrough with a different romance feel unique. It feels like the writers put so much thought and care into every situation you'd be in, they thought about how the romance would not only affect your playthrough, but how it'd affect the character you're romancing beyond just... ending the game with a partner.

Hell, it makes you want to replay the game because if this romance was this good, what are the others like? Y'know?

Which is WHY when I heard them make the very bold claim that Veilguard would be the most romantic, I had doubts... because they're competing with Alistair. They're competing with Morrigan, Leliana, and Zevran. Not to mention literally everyone else in DA2 and DAI...... except maybe Sebastian.

If there's one thing I can say about Veilguard's romances, it's that at least they're better than Sebastian's... which is not a high bar because Sebastian's DLC, can only be romanced by a lady Hawke, and from what I've heard/seen of the romance, they don't even get a kiss...

Look, if Veilguard wasn't a Dragon Age game, I'd say the romances are fine, good even... for what they are. Because they do have good moments! They're just lacking, and in some cases, feel unfinished... like there are scenes missing.

I romanced Davrin on my first playthrough, Lucanis on my second. My third playthrough with Carver as Rook is undecided, though I'm thinking either Neve or Bellara.

With Davrin I played an elven Grey Warden, and that really enhanced his romance with me because 1. surprise, surprise, CJ really likes the Grey Wardens and when the opportunity for another Grey Wardens in love story to happen, she picked it, and 2. It felt like Nesryn and him had actual chemistry when talking about warden things, which led into feeling they had chemistry outside of that.

With Lucanis, I played a Lord of Fortune because I thought it'd be kind of funny for this himbo of a man, the literal embodiment of sunshine, to be a pirate who then falls in love with an Antivan Crow. And I have..... feelings. About Lucanis' romance. Especially as someone who also is an Andersmancer. It's good, but also not. It healed parts of me, only to then do more damage when I realized that Lucanis feels like the AO3 version of Anders who is chill and controlled and Justice is also in love with you, actually........ and that brings up conflicted feelings within me.

Looking back at these two now, I prefer Davrin's romance. But the problem with Veilguard's approach to romance, in my opinion, is not just the lack of content. It's not just the feeling that some of the companions have better chemistry with each other than they do with Rook. It's not just the weird pacing of it all.

God, how do I word this.... when I play Tabris, Alistair is crucial to her arc. Absolutely crucial. Remove the slow burn of their romance, or remove their friendship, and she's a completely different person.

When I play Ed Hawke, romancing Anders is interwoven into his arc. The playthrough wouldn't be the same if they remained friends. The impact of the ending would hit entirely different. Then, when I play Aris Hawke, romancing Isabela adds such a different flavor to the story. It's like night and day. And they're both great, that's the thing!

I think Cullen and Josephine are my favorite romances in DAI because they're not traveling companions, they're your advisors. It's different, and it adds layers to their romances. I'm in war table meetings with them. We're leading this operation together, and I find those dynamics so interesting.

In my opinion, the romances do not add anything crucial to Rook's story. At the end of my second playthrough, I wondered if I should bother trying the others out... which is not great!

Though, honestly, a criticism I have of Rook is in both playthroughs I did, they felt like the same character with different skins despite me picking different choices. Different faction, different dialogue.

Carver's run is going a little different but I think that's just my brain filling in those blanks, which.... yeah. I feel like any depth Rook and the romances had was concocted in my mind because the game didn't give me much to chew on.

So even though I did two romances that feel different, Rook remains the same in the end, and like.... that's not something I can say about HoF, Hawke, or the Inquisitor.

There's always going to be headcanon and personal writing when it comes to DA, that's how fandom works, y'know? But unlike the previous games, this actively feels unfinished, and like it expects me to finish it for them.

Yes, you get cute, flirty banter with them, and you get the scene where they go to your room... and from what I've heard Emmrich actually gets a bonus scene so like good for him.

I mean that genuinely, too. Seriously, good for him to be the standout of having an extra, romance specific scene. I haven't seen anyone mention any of the other companions getting one.

But do I feel like the romances impacted Rook to the same level of depth? No, unfortunately. And it sucks! Because I do enjoy the companions! And the bits we do get of the romances, I like!

But do not try to tell me they're the most romantic in the series because they're not, I'm so sorry. I want them to be! I want them to feel fleshed out and interwoven with Rook's arc within the actual game, and not through headcanon! I see the potential, I see the intrigue of certain Rooks with certain companions!

I could go on and on about this, and I will if anyone else asks, but yeah, anon.... I feel you.

Also, I'd like to hear other opinions on this since I've only done two of the romances, so maybe there is more depth to be found that I just don't know about. Maybe I haven't found my golden combo yet.

Plus, I just like reading about other people's experiences with DA romances, I find it super interesting.

[lyriumflames]

is remastered martin septim going to be hot

he deserves to be hot

[rampantrhino]

When you find your soulmate you fit together like a jigsaw ❤💕❤

[sav1ored]

@w1dowed

"...she's realizing, "of course I want my son back" but how do I feel about turning over this person that I've come to see is maybe not exactly the person I thought he was. He helps her put her family back together and in turn he will suffer for what he's done." - Eli Jorne on Maggie tricking Negan and trading him for Hershel. The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1, Episode 6.