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DA 4 Veilguard predictions

Okay so I wanted to get a whole ass post about what I think is likely to happen in DA 4 done before the reveals but I haven’t had the time between work and life.

There are MASSIVE spoilers for every Dragon Age game, book, comic, and most internet theories in this post. Proceed with caution.

Also I swear like the truckers I grew up around. So CW on language.

First and foremost, I’m going to warn you all that I’m a die-hard Solavellan. If you don’t like that? Don’t bother reading this. And for gods’ sake don’t bother arguing with me about it. Depending on my mood, I’ll either first roast your face off and then eat it with bbq sauce or if I’m feeling generous, I’ll just block your ass. You like what you like about games. I’ll like what I like. I don’t shit in your porridge, I ask you to not do it to me. As I’m writing this, I’m 47 years old and I’ve been gaming since I was 9. Which means I’ve been gaming longer than a lot of you have been alive. Stop yucking on people’s yum. There’s far too little joy in this world. Go find your own.

So, this is just a partial post (albeit, in true to me fashion, an incredibly LONG one XD). It will cover stuff I think we might see revealed in things this weekend at either SGF or Xbox whatever (I have no idea why they’d bother with the Xbox thing since they hold such a small share of the gaming market these days but whatever.) We’re seeing something between Friday and Monday. Hopefully, enough to give hope to the masses.

Depending on how much time I have before I have to serve dinner I might add some more of my theories.

It’s a bit silly of me to be so obsessed about this game because my computer definitely won’t be able to handle it, and because I’m a disabled, neurodivergent author with a family to support… well… the likelihood of me being able to buy both a computer able to handle it and the game itself any time in the near future isn’t good. So, I won’t be able to play it. I am going to add my links and a go fund me to the bottom of this post (which has taken me hours to research and write so if you would like to donate to the cause I would be so deeply appreciative. Dragon Age is one of my AuDHD special interests, and it’s killing part of my soul to know I can’t participate when it comes out. I promise I’ll write all sorts of interesting stuff about it!)

But I can’t help myself. Letting my research-oriented, lore-obsessed brain noodle about Dragon Age is one of my very favourite special interests. So, without further ado… here goes!

CLASSES

I think we have a good chance of seeing some of these as playable classes.

Knight-Templar ❌

Lord of Fortune ✅

Antivan Crow ✅

Mortalitasi (Nevarran necromancer) ✅

Grey Warden ✅

Shadow Dragon ✅

Shaper/Carta/Kal-Sharok/Sha-Brytol Dwarf ❌

Veil Jumper ✅

Fen’harel Fanatic (not his usual people, the fanatical ones detailed in Tevinter Nights) ❌

Companions

A lot of these ideas come from the supplementary material that I’ve read at least three times each. I’m obsessed. What can I say?

Qunari: ✅ Tal-Vashoth Sarrebas, maybe Qwydion? ❌

Rivani Lord of Fortune: ✅ ‘Hollix’ maybe? That would be fun, plus they are canonically non-binary! Please please please? With sugar on top? ❌

Tevinter Mage/Magister: ✅ Maevaris Tilani ❌ would be so cool, but I’d be equally as happy to see Neve Gallus. ✅ Honestly, they both have benefits for me. Mae is trans and Neve has a prosthetic leg. Alternatively, I liked Myrion ❌ well enough that he’d be a cool companion too. And he’s canonically bisexual from what I read between the lines.

Grey Warden: ✅ Please let it be Antoine! ❌ (Antoine absolutely has ADHD and I would love to see more of that rep in a AAA game.) Evke ❌ could be fun too.

Templar Knight-Commander: Rana Savras ❌

Spirit Companion: I really hope it’s not Audric. 1. He’s not really a spirit, he’s a higher undead, which is a Zombie by any other term. And all the poor guy wants is to organize his library. I’ll be quite disappointed with the writers if they go this route.

So, we’ve had Faith/Wynn, Justice/Anders, and Compassion/Cole. There are two other widely known benevolent spirits in Dragon Age canon. Valor and Hope. Given what I think is gonna happen in DA4, my money is on a Hope spirit. ❓

Antivan Crow: ✅ Illario Dellamorte. ❌ (I really really hope it’s not Lucanis Dellamorte. 💩 He’s so damned annoying and gods that is NOT how an assassin operates. Here's my professional editorial opinion of why Lucanis is an absolutely terrible character.

Veil Jumper/Dalish/City Elf: ✅ Strife. ❌ Please please please? He’d be so awesome as a companion character. He’s not young! I want an older companion character. (And it would let them get away with the white hair on a darker skinned character without it being racist as fuck.) I just really hope he looks better than he did in the comics. The art style in those was just fucking terrible.

I am hoping that we can somehow romance Lace Harding. ✅ But I just don’t see how she could fit in with the reported likely classes and things I’ve personally considered.

That gives me 8 even though reports say we only get 7. But did you notice in this picture that there are 8? So either we’re gonna get a ‘secret’ companion like Loghain Mac Tir. (Three guesses who that will be and the first two don’t count.) Or they have a surprise for us. Or the art is off.

I could also see Kieren ❌ as a companion. (Morrigan’s son) He’d be just about old enough if we get the time jump reports are saying we will. He was roughly 12 in DAI. + 2 for Trespasser puts him at 14. Ten years minimum between Trespasser and DA4 puts him at 24. So, it’s possible. I could also see Vaea as a companion. But I’m not exactly sure how she would fit with classes.

Potential Advisors

Some of these I’ve got as potential companions as well because I could see them fitting either.

Dorian Pavus for Tevinter Magisters (I think this is very likely given Tevinter Nights.)

Maevaris Tilani (Same as above.)

Charter (I think we’ll see Charter stepping into Leliana’s place as Spymaster given what we saw in Trespasser and Tevinter Nights.)

Myrna/Audric (Mortalitasi)

Ramesh (Grey Wardens)

Genetivi (Scholar) (given what happened in Tevinter Nights I have a feeling we’ll be seeing him again under a new name)

Viago De Riva (Antivan Crows)

Andarateia Cantori (Antivan Crows) I’d love to see Zevran again but considering what he was up to in DAI I think it’s unlikely. Although something did happen in Tevinter Nights that might make it possible.

Lavellan: With how the story in DAI ended and what we saw in the end scene of Trespasser, I think they’ll be important in some way.

Fenris: (Wandering Warrior)

Cameos we might see:

Fenris

Isabela

Arishok Sten

Antaam Rassan

Kieren (Morrigan’s son)

Zevran

Vaea

Sebastian Vael

Viago De Riva

Andarateia Cantori

Lavellan

People I don’t think we’ll see or if we do it won’t be for long.

Cassandra (thank gods)

Morrigan

Leliana (sads)

Most of the cast of DAI and the previous games.

Bosses we’re likely to fight.

Solas. He’ll be a mini-boss and maybe one you can talk out of a fight.

FleMythal

Elgar’nan ✅️

Ghilan'nain ✅️

Andruil. She and Ghilan’nain often go together.

Critters/bad guys we’re likely to see.

Bone creatures from the necropolis.

Changed darkspawn/humans from Ghilan'nain’s labs. ✅️

Tentacley sea creatures from Minrathous and other ‘experimented upon by mages’ monsters.

Werewolves may make a comeback.

Antaam.

Venatori. ✅

Fen’harel Fanatics (these are different from Fen’harel agents).

Whatever or whoever the people across the sea are.

Carta dwarves

Titans

Sha-Brytol dwarves

Antaam Rassan

Antaam

Things I think we’re likely to see.

We’re going to see trans/non-binary rep. ✅ I deeply believe this is happening. I will be so sad if I’m wrong.

Sad as I am to say it. Varric is gonna die. The writing has been on the wall in drippy red marker since they fired his writer. I hate this, personally. I grew up listening to Brian Bloom (Varric’s VA) and he’s just one of my absolute favourites. But I don’t think Varric is gonna make it.

The how? I think, narratively, they’ll do it in a way that hurts Solas a very great deal. In DAI, Varric is one of the few people that Solas listens to. Apologizes to and actually talks to with a sense of respect in his tone that he rarely does with anyone else. Given events in the comic The Missing where Solas saves Varric several times… yeah. ✅️

If I were writing it? It would be an angsty as fuck scene where either something Solas does accidentally kills Varric in a friendly fire isn’t friendly sort of situation or that Solas can’t get there in time to save one of the few people he actually probably considers a friend.

So, the pain of Varric’s death will be what in the writing/editing trade we call a pinch-point for Solas’s character arc. How the player decides what happens will likely be one of those crucial choices matters points that will turn Solas down a darker path or possibly toward a redemption arc.

Flemythal isn’t dead. I’ve talked before about how she is not the happy fluffy bunny version of a mother goddess. Sure, she might be a mother goddess. But she’s the type that reminds us that mother nature is often more red in tooth and claw than nurturing.

And the lady is bent. Bent on revenge. Bent on using people to get her revenge. Just… if she ever was the good and kind person that Solas remembers? She definitely isn’t anymore.

I have a feeling given one of the stories in Tevinter Nights that FleMythal has infected Solas (vs sharing her power in a simple power up to help him save people move) with the dragon soul. Which could have been part of Mythal's soul even before the dragon had it, if some theories are correct. There’s been a lot of imagery and description of a dreadwolf like creature that is half lupine, half dragon. So, something is going on there.

And honestly, I think that’s going to be Solas’s breaking point with mommy dearest. (Please, please don’t let them have been lovers, that will squick me out so fucking bad.)

“Betrayal is always worse.” Is one of Solas’s really heartfelt lines in DAI. If I’m right, and FleMythal somehow manipulated that dragon soul she got from Kieren (talk about fucked up action right there) so that it’s gonna change Solas into a half dragon half wolf demon thing… welp.

I think FleMythal will find that Solas has a bit more backbone than he ever had in the past. He’s not alone now. He knows he’s not alone. He’s got friends. He’s got someone who deeply loves him in a romanced Solavellan playthrough. I don’t think Solas is going to be very happy with his dearest ‘best of them’ Mythal.

Best of them? Yeah. It doesn’t mean she was actually good.

So Mythal isn’t dead. I think she’s likely to be one of if not the BBEG along with whoever that voice was at the end of the teaser. My money is on Troy Baker ❌️for the VA and I’m really curious if I’m right. I’m thinking that’s probably Elgar’nan. God of Vengeance. Perhaps Mythal and Elgar’nan patch up whatever divine argument they’ve been having via celestial couples therapy or something. Who knows.

I think we’re going to see a split path depending on the choices of the player for Solas. Depending on our choices, he could go really dark, or he could have a redemption arc. Patrick Weekes tweeted to me that ‘there’s a possibility of a happy ending for Solavellan’ so I still have hope. I trust Weekes to write a satisfying conclusion to the Solavellan Romance. (I just don’t trust Bioware as far as I can throw them.) Weekes was the lead writer on this game, so I think it’s a good possibility that that’s how it’s going to be structured.

I think the game will very possibly be a multi-act structure like DAI. The first act is possibly going to be like the Hinterlands leading up to Coryphyfish blowing the hell out of Haven. I think the veil coming down is going to either be what starts off the game ✅ (like the explosion of the conclave in DAI) or will be the final ending situation of Act 1. Again. Player choices will likely affect this to some extent.

But y’all? That veil is coming down. ✅ And yes. I’m aware of that silly new name for the game. I don’t like it. (That ‘the’ was a mistake. Veilguard by itself would’ve been much better linguistically.) But if you’ve been following my ramblings about Dragon Age for a while, y’all will know I have issues with their linguistic usage and editing already.

Dumped Drunk and Dalishious did a fantastic piece on her blog about the veil. It’s here if you haven’t read it. Firstly, the veil was never meant to exist in THEDAS in the first place. If you deep dive the lore (and trust me, I really have. A LOT.) It’s obvious that the veil has been the cause of more problems than it has fixed. It’s been slowly killing magic in THEDAS since its creation. It has to come down. It’s also as holey a granny’s doilies anyway. Solas taking it down in a controlled fashion is very likely going to prevent far more deaths than if it keeps just falling apart piecemeal like it’s been doing forever. It’s unfixable and it really really needs to go. ✅

So once that veil drops… I don’t think it’s going to be as horrific as everyone has been bellyaching about forever. Solas’s often misquoted and wildly overblown lines from Trespasser (seriously do y’all even know what the word genocide means? You make me doubt.) are very likely a red herring at best. People are being willingly misled. ✅ I can’t really blame y’all.

Weekes is an absolute Master at playing people’s expectations and assumptions off of their preconceived notions, then throwing a bomb of ‘oops you were all wrong and it was right in front of you the entire time’. They’ve even said they really love to write things like that. I want to write as well as Weekes does when I grow up.

Humans existed before the veil. Why wouldn’t they afterward? Given some of the lore, Qunari also existed before the veil. Why wouldn’t they continue to? Will there be chaos? Yup. ✅ But change is often painful. And if anything needs change it’s the world of THEDAS. (Both for story reasons and for gameplay reasons.)

One of the changes I think we’re likely to see is the implosion of the Chantry. (I am absolutely hoping for this. I’m not a fan of organized religion on a grand scale like that and the Chantry has soooooo damned many skeletons in its closets and atrocities under its belt that I will absolutely celebrate when it burns to the ground.)

Which will happen if it comes out that Solas put up the veil in the first place and took it down too. The Chantry either outright claims or strongly insinuates that the maker put up the veil. It’s the cornerstone of their entire faith. Also, in the story Genetivi Dies in the End in Tevinter Nights, Genetivi is absolutely wrecked by the discovery that everything he’s ever written as a travelling Chantry Scholar has been a lie. The Chantry is going down.

So, there’s gonna be some chaos there. And that’s not going to be Solas’s fault because that veil is coming down anyway.

And can you imagine the absolutely hilarious chaos that’s gonna happen when word leaks that an elven god-mage was the one who is technically the ‘maker’ by Chantry doctrine? With all the horrific racism and sheer awfulness the Chantry has done to elves over the centuries? I’m popping popcorn.

I think we’re gonna see Felassan again. ✅️ Cause that elf isn’t dead. And no, Solas didn’t kill him. Please trust me, I’ve combed through all the lore, I’ve read The Masked Empire where it supposedly happened several times, and there is not a shred of actual proof that Solas was the one who did the deed. It’s a Weekes misdirection again. They've got the nickname Tricksy Weekes for a reason.

The actual facts about the 'murder'.

It was someone Felassan worked for.

Someone he knew.

Someone who he knew wouldn't listen to his reasoning. (Solas has been shown to actually listen to his friends and let them change his mind.)

Someone who could very likely have been female because Felassan likens the murderer to Brialla.

It was someone who could fade-walk or move in the fade.

Mythal can do that.

A Somniari/Dreamer can also fade-walk.

Probably most of the still extant Elvhenan can do it (which there were quite a few of in Mythal’s temple).

And we know from DA2 that at least one modern born Somniari/Dreamer exists in the world.

Point being, there’s no actual ‘Solas killed Felassan’ spelled out anywhere. No, not even in Cole's lines in Trespasser. Those lines only indicate that Solas knows about Felassan’s ‘death’ and that he’s sad about it. Cole talks in riddles and references to modern TV shows all the time. I have no idea why people take him even remotely literally.

I have a few theories about this.

IF Felassan’s spirit actually was killed in the fade (possible) his body wasn’t. His body would’ve been just lying there in the woods breathing like any other Somniari. Possibly made tranquil (which we know can be reversed).

What if Solas lost his original body in putting up the Veil?

What if he had a deal with Felassan or maybe came to Felassan to help him get back to his body after the attack and Felassan decided he was done and wanted to move on?

They're said to be friends. Never said to be employer/employee.

If Solas was awake and in the fade and sensed an attack on Felassan, he'd certainly have gone to help.

What if he gave his body to Solas?

Felassan's 'death' chronologically lines up to when Solas 'woke up'.

Felassan has purple eyes. So does Solas.

Felassan has fade-green magic. So does Solas.

Felassan is incredibly powerful. Stares at Solas.

Felassan knows far more about Fen'harel than even a scholar would.

Felassan knew far more about Eluvians, ancient Elvhenan, and The Forgotten Ones (Imshael is a Forgotten One) than anyone would reasonably expect any elf to know.

Felassan let Imshael see into his head about what was coming in the future. Which Imshael almost got off on. Imshael loves destruction and chaos.

I can make a list as long as my arm on similarities there. So, either Solas didn’t kill Felassan and the old? Felassan will be in the game once the veil falls, or it will be revealed that Solas has actually been wearing a (voluntary because a soul cannot take a body involuntarily) Felassan suit the entire time.

Probably blew some minds there, huh?

So given that Weekes has said that if Felassan was a popular enough character they would consider bringing him back… I think it’s likely we’ll see something to do with him again.

Also? The sheer hilarity factor of elves who do not want magic (Fenris anyone?) getting magic returned to them is going to be sweet.

I think we’ll see blood magic as a much bigger mechanic than in previous games. (And I hope they did some work on it to make it make more sense this time.) The game is going to have a lot of Tevinter content. Blood magic is a big deal there. Ergo… it’s likely.

Given some of the things that happened in Tevinter Nights, which honestly really feels like a teaser book to DA4 (I really hate the Veilguard name) I think it’s likely that we’ll see the Templars again. They’ve been in every game and book so far. I doubt they’d get rid of the useless bastards in this one.

Given some of the things in Tevinter Nights, I think it’s possible we’ll see just as many puzzles as we did in DAI, if not more. I’m hoping for more. I do love puzzles in these kinds of games.

I believe it’s highly possible that whoever drank from the Well is going to be completely fucked. Especially, if they follow a ‘kill Solas’ route. Remember who the well binds you to in Trespasser? Bingo.

I think it’s very likely that someone close to the main character is going to be a dual agent of Fen’harel. And it will not be someone we expect. We’re all gonna be side eyeing the mages after the last three games. But what if it’s a warrior or rogue who hides their magic? There was at least one character that completely hid their magic in Tevinter Nights.

We’re going to see more of the Evanuris and The Nameless/Forgotten ones. I base that on Imshael being in DAI and in Masked Empire and some of the dialogue between Felassan and Imshael.

Titans. We’re going to see the titans waking up and being royally pissed off. This is going to cause so much chaos for the dwarves. Who will also regain magic and a kinda creepy hive-mind thing, too. Again. That’s not going to be Solas’s fault.

We’ll have at least one Gala event. Very possibly in Minrathous or Vyrantium. Hopefully with better clothing.

Finally, for things I think likely… The Grand Necropolis in Nevarra is gonna burn. People seem to forget that Solas doesn’t just fight for the freedom of the Elves. He fights for the freedom of spirits too.

In case you haven’t read it… the Nevarrans imprison spirits in the corpses of their dead using mages called the Mortalitasi. I really don’t think that is going to sit well with Solas. In fact, I know it doesn’t. It’s spelled out in Tevinter Nights.

I think it’s probably going to be a quest line for the main character to go and save the necropolis or let it burn to free the spirits. This, of course, will be one of the choices that matter and likely another pinch point on whether Solas goes dark or gets a redemption arc. It will also deeply affect Nevarran politics and the way the country is run. The Mortalitasi basically rule the monarchs of Nevarra sooooo. It’s gonna cause chaos there too.

We’ll obviously see a lot of chaos with the Qunari. Their culture is splintering already. The Antaam have decided to go off the rails and attack anything and everything. Maybe the Ben-Hassrath will be able to rein that in. Maybe not. I don’t have very many predictions on the Qunari to be honest. They’re at war with Tevinter at the end of Tevinter Nights so that war will figure heavily in the game, most likely. But how that’s going to play out I haven’t a clue.

Some mechanics I think we might see.

Fade-touched weaponry that can stop mages.

Elemental interactions. (IE: Magic lightning x water = lots of zap)

Magically treated arrows. ✅️

More magical bombs and poison effects. (I might be just wishfully dreaming there because one of the things I miss from DAO is the poisons and traps mechanics. They felt like an afterthought in DA2 and DAI. I want to be able to make cool traps and set up ambushes again.) But there was that story with Dorian in Tevinter Nights where several of those things were used, so maybe? It would be cool.

I think it’s likely that we’ll see the Despair Demon from Tevinter Nights. And I’m still so mad that they fired the writer of that story. It’s one of my favourites.

Some things that are very possible? But I’m not sure of and could just be wishful thinking.

I think we might see Abelas again. (Abelas romance? Pretty please? ❌😭) His story does have one of those endings that kills him so it’s possibly just wishful thinking. But they brought Leliana back for DAI, so I don’t see why they couldn’t with Abelas too. And also, I have a voice kink and love his VA Matthew Gravelle.

We might see non-linear storytelling. I kind of hope we do because I love non-linear storytelling. Perhaps one storyline will be Arlathan (through dreams or time travel perhaps?) and the fall of it so we finally get some answers to all of this lore. (Please let us get some answers!)

We may see some problems from a rather irrational faction of people who say they’re working for Solas but are using methods he would never approve of. They may be sort of like the Venatori in the last game. Though I do think it’s likely we might have to fight a few more of the Venatori too. ✅ They’re still out there having really messed up rituals and stuff to destroy things.

I think it’s possible given a few clues in the lore and in Tevinter Nights that we’re either going to see not just a double blight (regular darkspawn and red lyrium darkspawn) but a triple blight with the green/yellow lyrium found in Ghilan'nain’s labs. Remember that Ramesh only destroyed one of them. There are eleven more. I think that’s going to very possibly be a big part of this game.

Settings/Levels/Areas I think likely.

So, we already know that the game will be taking place in the north of THEDAS. That’s a no brainer after the map reveal in the teaser.

But where exactly will they take us?

In Tevinter, I think it’s very possible we’ll see Minrathous ✅ and Vyrantium. We may see the Black Divine’s/Archon’s palace.

We’ll see Arlathan Forest. ✅ That I’m almost certain of. We’ll probably also see ancient Arlathan somehow. (Dreams or barely used time-travel mechanic from DAI?)

We’re going to be spending a lot of time in the deep roads and even farther below the deep roads. And dear developers please let me have some answers to all this lore.

We may spend some time inside a Titan again.

Pre-veil drop, we may spend some time in the fade. I actually hope that with the veil dropping we get to rescue whoever got left behind in DAI. That would make my heart so happy.

We’re likely to see the crossroads at least a little bit.

Antiva! Gods I’m looking forward to seeing Antiva.

Anderfels/Weisshaupt. We have no idea at the end of DAI or Tevinter Nights or Last Flight what the hell is going on up there, so I think we’ll have to find out in the game. Also… more chaos that is most definitely not Solas’s fault.

Rivain?

I think we’ll see the Golden City. And the Black City. Which is likely the same place.

And I don’t think it’s up in the sky. I think it’s deep underground below the deep roads.

Ships! I think we’re going to see some more ships. That’s based on a story in Tevinter nights and some of the splash art. But gods I really want more ships. Especially in a place like Minrathous or Antiva for fuck’s sake!

I think we might see some underwater levels for various reasons. And I hope we do.

These next things are honestly my hopes and dreams that would make me so happy, but I have little to back them up with as far as lore or books/comics and supplementary materials.

Polyamory options. PLEASE give me polyam romance options. BG3 did it. It’s 2024 and only 30% of dating people are monogamous. Get with the times! ❌️

I want CC body sliders so bad. ✅ Give me the ability to make a fat player character please! Not just because a lot of gamers tend to be on the heavier side but honestly? Because a fat adventurer is going to be able to go farther than any skinny twig. Real strong men/women/enbies do not look like gym bunnies and models. They have a good layer of fat over that muscle for stability. Guess what fat is? It’s energy storage. A fat adventurer is going to be able to survive longer than a twig. I could go on… but come on Bioware. Be brave. Let me have a fat adventurer. ✅️

Decent. Fucking. Hair. ✅ Please let the CC have decent hair options. LONG hair options! Let me have my long haired elfy prince dude!

Isabela cameo. She’s one of my favourite DA2 characters and some of the early splash art makes me hopeful we’ll see her again. ✅️

I’m hoping for DAO origin style stories for the Main Player Character. But ideally? We’d have something like BG3 where we could play one of a number of origin stories or make our own blank slate character. ❌ Given the gossip going around the gaming community I’m thinking this is unlikely, but damn do I want it.

Useful. Mounts. Please let us have actually useful mounts. And GRIFFONS. ✅ Give me flying mounts you cowards!

Prosthetic using characters. ✅ Bioware has the worst track record when it comes to ableism, but gods please. They’ve got it set up perfectly with Inky losing their arm. There’s a prosthetic leg user in Tevinter Nights. PLEASE LET ME HAVE PROSTHETIC USING CHARACTERS.

Better Crafting Options. The crafting was okay in DAI. Especially if you mod it in so you can buy the stuff to do so easier (I really hate killing dragons but it’s the best crafting material!). But it also often felt more like an afterthought?

Better. Clothes. Seriously. Give me some razzle dazzle with the clothing. ESPECIALLY since we’re going to Tevinter where how you dress is absolutely important!

I know this is sniffing the genie smoke here, but could we have actually attractive armour options? With BRIGHT colours? Research shows that a lot of historical armour was 1. Gorgeous and well fitting. 2. Brightly painted! Let me have bright colours! (And please not the yellow plaid. Ugh.)

I hope for more gardening options in whatever base we end up using. I loved the gardening options in DAI, but they weren’t big enough for my plant loving heart.

I really want to see Solas in flying Wolfie form. We see him like that in Tevinter Nights. So, I really hope we get to see him like that in game.

Finally… and I know I’m high on my own hopes here… I really hope we get the gifting options back. Completely unattached to approval is fine. I just want to be able to find the perfect gift for my companions like I do in real life with my friends. It brings me so much joy.

Things they’re likely to fuck up.

Sadly, I think there’s some things Bioware is very likely to fuck up. This could just be me being too pessimistic, but they’ve screwed these things up throughout the entire series and to my knowledge they didn’t hire any diversity consultants in the making of DA4 sooooo…

Ableism. Bioware has a terrible record when it comes to ableism. ✅ (the demon design is going to cause visual strain and possibly bad effects for epileptic gamers).

White-washing. The North of THEDAS is like the South of Earth. If they make most of the people there have light skin I will probably boycott the fuck out of Bioware for the rest of my life. ✅️

No fat character ability in CC.

Really fucked up hair options. Seriously Bioware. It’s bad.

And I think they’re going to be in trouble when it comes to the Lords of Fortune. Look. I love the idea of the class and I even love how a lot of them are described in the books. But it’s absolutely glomming onto the stereotype of the Romani, and I don’t think that’s going to go over well at all. It won’t for me with my Romani heritage, and it really shouldn’t for anyone. Cause you know what that stereotypical usage is? It’s Racism. Bioware also doesn’t have the best track record regarding racism either.

As more thoughts come to me I’ll either append stuff to this post or do others (probably the latter.)

And here are my links if you want to toss me a buck or two as a tip. I'm recovering from a pulmonary embolism (do not recommend) and every penny helps because I'm the sole income for my family.

And if you're in Canada like me you can use Interac. Kaija.rayne.author@gmail.com.

As always, thanks for reading my rambles!

[doghawke]

Hey I'm Crow! I took a longgg break from Tumblr but I'm back baby >:3

he/him only, bi, poly (not looking, i already have two girls <3), 21, auDHD and physically disabled! This is my main, mostly fandom and aesthetic stuff but probably personal posts when I feel like it!

minimal politic posting, but I'm a punk tranny who supports all good faith identities and hates TE.RFs and transmeds, just so we're clear where i stand :3

main fandoms are: Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed, Stardew Valley, MLP, furry, TS4, and HSR!

I'm an artist but I likely won't post my art here, and if i do I'll make a separate blog for it.

and since I'm an adult, I wanna say, PLEASE no minors! this blog will not be SFW, even if it just ends up being suggestive/artistic nudity type stuff!

[deadcrow-donteat]

pinned post .......

hihi !! we're corvid or crows , 8teen , mspec gay , nonhuman , genderhoarder , audhd , n disabled. might be a system not 100% sure ? but there's definitely some dissociative tendencies so y'know. we also have pretty bad social skills so if you try to make smalltalk with us it won't go very far ^^;

we like art + making things in general , esp sewing / fashion !! we also spend a lot of time drawing + reading + writing

we also like horror , markiplier , the uncanny valley , my chemical romance , fall out boy , green day , stray kids , ashnikko , plane crash investigations , true crime , missing 411 , cryptids , the backrooms , plushys , vulture culture , cute stationary , urban legends , old web graphics , aesthetic stuff , fashion , unsolved mysteries , ww2 + war crimes , radiation accidents , vintage shops , collaging , making carrd layouts

some of our absolute fav aesthetics are crowcore (surprise surprise) , goblincore , cryptidcore + cryptid academia , bastardcore , dark forestcore , babacore , whimsigoth , early 00's emo , classic punk , n maximalism just in general

some of our fav fashion styles are decora , vkei , fairy kei , also classic punk + early 00's emo , scenecore , pinup , lolita (esp goth / punk) , menhera kei / yamikawaii , pastel goth , gyaru / gyaruo

here's our carrd !! it has links to some other stuff :3c

we have a redbubble shop , and a post ab comms n stuff here !!

prolly gonna open carrd layout comms eventually ?? and art comms hopefully soonish.

image ids in alt text ^^

blog tags; crows rambles : msc posts crows creates : stuff we make shit to send to my mom shit to send to my dad stuff for the cube : things to send to my friend's disc

[wheeliecoolpigeon]

An extended introduction for those interested! (And also a fundraising post, because damn my life isn't going great)

Hello everyone, I'm Phoenix Rose! I'm AuDHD, physically disabled, nonbinary and use They/it/She pronouns.

I'm a big fan of Homestuck, the Arc Of A Scythe book series, and most types of music, currently jamming out to a lot of hyperpop!

I absolutely adore pigeons, crows, ravens, and chickens, as well as snakes, spiders, and cats.

I'm a practicing Hellenistic pagan, an artist, and tend to dabble in writing short stories and poetry

I have limited use of my legs, partial seizures, and a slew of other problems, and recently got thrown out of my previous home, leading to me having to pretty much pack up what I could carry and move states, causing me to leave all my mobility aids behind.

Now for the part I hate the most! Asking for help!

As of right now, I'm currently homeless, in need of a new wheelchair as the one I'm currently using is being loaned to me and has a severe veering problem, and struggling to stay fed and hydrated enough.

If you'd be so kind as to send donations, I have CashApp and PayPal.

Any donations sent will go towards keeping me fed, any hospital bills I may end up having before I can switch over my insurance to the state I'm now in, my wheelchair fund, and other necessities!

If direct monetary donations aren't your thing and you'd prefer to send a specific item I might need, I also currently have an Amazon wishlist and a place I can receive packages!

Any and all help is appreciated! Have a wonderful day/night!

[gh0st-eaterr]

Welcome to Hell

(read: ya boy's getting around to actually cleaning up his blog a bit)

This is my main (only) active blog. I mostly post in relation to Guild Wars 2 and art, but there's gonna be some unrelated stuff mixed in, because I barely have enough spoons to run one blog let alone multiple for various purposes. This blog does not generally have 18+ content, but I'd frankly much prefer you to be 18+ should you decide to interact. I do not and will not interact with minors.

Anyways, hi. I'm Ghost, or Av (short for Abhartach, 'Av-ar-tagh').

I'm a long-time player of GW2 of about...9-ish years, I do art on a semi-professional basis, I'm an IRC mod for the SCP Wiki, and I used to be a software engineer in the days before the Great Plague.

I'll pop more under the cut so this doesn't turn into some massive, screen-consuming post.

A Little Bit More About Me...

20s || He/him || Several crows in a trenchcoat, but you didn't hear it from me || Your Local Friendly Neurotic Houseplant™

Not gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you

AuDHD; disabled.

Have an honors degree in computer science for some fucking reason???

Art Related Stuff

Stuff relating to my art and characters will be tagged #my art and #my characters respectively. Tags specific to a character will generally follow the #oc: [name] format. I'll compose a list of these and come back and edit this when my brain's not running on fumes.

I will do my best to tag any potentially triggering content, such as eye strain, gore, insects/bugs/creepy crawlies in general, sensitive topics -- you get the idea. If I miss something, do reach out and let me know.

I do, occasionally, take on commissions. As of right now I typically do this through Ko-fi or P@ypal directly. I am working on a pricing list for in-game Guild Wars 2 currencies or gemstore items.

This blog has never and will never condone the usage of Generative AI for art in any medium. GenAI is theft. Fuck off with that shit.

Corollary to the above, I do not consent to the usage of any of my art for such things, nor do I consent to the reposting of my art on any platform. I do not mind if people take some inspirations from my work, but please, for the love of god, don't start ripping off my shit wholesale.

General Blog Stuff

Tagging methods still apply. Mostly. Sometimes I will just reblog shit without tags, and I may or may not go back and fix this.

My rambles are typically tagged under #houseplant.txt

I tend to live under a rock and as such, I don't deal in drama. Especially fandom drama. Odds are, I won't have a fucking clue what you're on about anyway unless it's something major.

I'll come back and edit this at some point with links to specific character stuff. I'm sleepy.

[aazrael-reaverr]

○•°•☆Intro☆•°•○

Hello!!

☆ Mostly reblogs here

☆ I am Azrael, or Raithe. Either or. Or both.

☆ I go by they/them or xe/xir, but I use they/them more.

☆ I'm an ftm enby who is aroace but bi for fictional characters.

☆ I mostly reblog posts I find interesting, and every talking post will be tagged with "azzy speaks."

☆ Other things are tagged with "snazzy azzy."

☆ I write and draw a lot so that might make it's way on here.

☆ Helping run the maggot sideblog.

☆ My blog is a safe place with a gentle on the eyes theme. My inbox is always open. I am AUDHD and have chronic migranes so please be gentle with me.

☆ I may or may not add image descriptions because I've been going through a rough time. I am disabled too so please don't send me asks about that or hound me, I will block you. I will block any hate.

☆ My fandom are: Batfam, Res evil, Good Omens, Doctor Who, Six of Crows, Marble Hornets, and some Creepypasta.

☆ My intrests are: Sea slugs, rain frogs, music, art, cats, dumb animals, anime, food, and sleep.

☆Love you guys!!☆

[corneille-moisie]

my tags master post in alphabetical order

abolish money ^^ i just like that this is my first tag in alphabetical order lol. pretty self-explanatory and tells you exactly what kind of person I am B)

an addams family post includes posts about the comic, the tv series, and the movies, fanart, cosplays...

an audhd post includes posts about both adhd and autism

an art post includes traditional art, sulpture, digital art, some fanart when i feel like tagging them as art too (sometimes nsfw)

a ballet post from now on, im gonna refer to myself as a retired ballerina

a book post includes posts about books, that i read, that I want to read, that i'm writing...

a cute animal post includes cute animals : bats, cats, rats, crows, owls, etc etc etc

a decor post includes post about decor and decoration

a disability post includes post about physical and mental disability, chronic conditions, neurodivergence, etc

a fanart post self explanatory

a fat post because i gleefully glorify obesity :D

a feline post meow

a flora post includes plants and flowers and trees and

a food post usually comes with a recipe, might also only be me talking about what i'm making

a handmade post sewing, knitting, mending, crafting, etc.

a language post post about languages, linguistics, etymology, translation, etc.

a movie post includes posts about movies i'm watching, want to watch, or that i like, sometimes includes reviews

a music post includes mostly audio posts, probably also post in which i talk about music in general, a lot of japanese and/or goth music

a queer post includes posts about genders and sexual identities, including but not limited to mine

a pirate post arr ! get stuff for free :)

a poll post self explanatory

a pun post i want to make a pun here :(

a resource post includes a lot of master posts, drawing resources, writing resources, etc.

a tv show post includes posts about tv shows im currently watching, or shows I like in general the addams family, ReBoot, Interview With The Vampire...

a vampire post including but not limited to the vampire chronicles, carmilla, dracula, nosferatu, the hunger, what we do in the shadows, the lost boys, eventually some of my ocs as well, and etc etc etc :)

a video game post includes posts about dragon quest I through XI, dragon quest builders 2, zelda in general, animal crossing, stardew valley, sometimes mario kart and the sims (4 mostly) too

a visual kei post including but not limited to blam honey, BLOOD, dir en grey etc., eliphas levi (most of key party tbh), luci'fer luscious violenoue etc., malice mizer etc., schwarz stein etc., vidoll........

a writing post includes posts about my writing, writing resources, posts about writing and being a writer in general

firefox extensions i figured i could group them all under the same tag

hope this helps hope this helps !

my cats includes posts about Lugosi, Wendy, Frankie, and Storm

my ocs includes posts about Astride, Orlège, Gladys, Hydrange, Isadore, Jasmine, Ségolène, Victor...

obligatory corvid reblog includes posts mostly about crows and raven, but sometimes about blue jays and other corvids as well

obligatory schwarz stein reblog because its schwarz stein ♥ includes possibly all my posts about schwarz stein, rudolf steiner, hora, velvet eden (only with hora), kaya, femme fatale, node of scherzo, isola, meties (are there even posts about meties here lmao) because schwarz stein brainrot :)

show of face incudes posts where i show my face

[littlegirlwiththeblueribbon]

Tags Directory & All Your Navigation Needs

#wrenward, all my original posts (90%+)

#health update, to keep up with me

#disabled, #ambulatory wheelchair user, #chronically ill, #lupus, #POTS etc. for awareness, advocacy, rants (check for any of my diagnoses as tags, really, see tagged post)

#audhd and #actually autistic, for ND content

#special interest, for SI posts

[#musicals, #musical theatre, #theatre kid]

#wrendom, which is for my fandoms I swear

[no fandoms posted yet]

#crow hoard, for showing off my collections & pics of things I own

#irene’s art, for sharing original artwork

#wren writes, for sharing original prose, poems, scripts, etc.

#wren reads, for sharing books & reviews

#wren games hard, for mediocre gaming vids

[no games posted yet]

#daddy long legs, for chronicling my role as lead actor in the musical Daddy Long Legs!

#pride for lgbtqia+ related posts

#life of i for all sorts of posts about my daily life

#wren gets schooled is for posting about school (currently high school, soon college)

[littlegirlwiththeblueribbon]

NAVIGATION: #wrenward for each original post, #special interest for SI posts, #audhd & #actually autistic for ND related posts, #crow hoard for sharing about personal belongings & collections, #wren games hard for screencaps & gameplay of my faves, #irene’s art for my art, #wren writes for my prose or poetry, #wren reads for my ongoing reading list, and of course #navigation for a post of all of my tags I’ll keep updated.

***

Hello, a little bit (or a lotta bit) about me.

I’m Irene, AKA Wren. I’m 18, and I live in the state of California, and sometimes New Jersey.

I have Portuguese, Mexican, Tepehuán and French ancestry. English is my first language. I fluently speak Portuguese and Spanish, and am competent in French, Latin, Greek, and ASL. I can speak basic informal Basque, Nahuatl, and Irish due to exposure from relatives and friends.

My pronouns are she/they, I’m non-binary and genderfluid (specifically genderfae; my gender fluctuates on a female, feminine, non-binary, and agender spectrum). With my connection to femininity I consider myself a lunarian enby.

I’m aro-ace, sex–repulsed or “apothisexual” and rather the quoiromatic that rarely experiences romantic feelings aside for rare exceptions; and due to those exceptions, I’ve realized I’m a lesbian — & trixic, though I prefer the former. Therefore I tend to describe myself as a non-binary lesbian oriented aro-ace person and a non-binary ace lesbian to the public. It’s easier.

I’m autistic & have combined type ADHD. I’m also physically disabled. My diagnoses developed from different doctors over the years, but in all they are: Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, POTS, hEDS, Endometriosis, abdominal migraines, and eventually, moderate Lupus. I’m also hard of hearing and was recently diagnosed with mild hearing loss in my right ear, which I haven’t told to anyone yet.

I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user, but also use a cane or a walker depending on the severity of my flares. My 80 year old grandpa says I’m doing worse than he is. I tell him at least I don’t have diabetes, and that he can keep his.

I have no siblings, only half siblings I never see. Unless I’m in NJ with my aunt and uncle, I live with my parents, two cats, and two dogs. One day I’d like to own a snake, rat, horse, fish, or even one of those peregrine falcons they train for hunting. I also want either a queerplatonic or romantic relationship one day, though I’m currently single and not looking for one.

I am open to making friends/mutuals and overall just chatting, but I don’t use any other socials, won’t give out my number or email, and might not be able to keep up with convos often.

My blog is basically me journaling my life and thoughts. I’ll write about my life happenings, AuDHD, chronic illness & disability occasionally, my special interests likely all the time, and perhaps the occasional art or writing post. I’m in some fandoms but don’t really follow them.

Please DNI if you are under 16. Thank you!

[fceriestcrdst]

me: *worried my mk spin broke*

my brain: *STARTS YELLING STEVEN AS I WAKE UP & THROWS POE IN THERE TOO*

me: "oh...i'm just turntable-ing my spins----thank fuck."

[fceriestcrdst]

day & me: *discussing cass & pointy happy stimming together bc asd space boyfriends* me: *happy stimming in my chair because i thrive off making my faves asd & off making them have lil happy stims like mine <3!!!!!*

[fceriestcrdst]

am i struggling to be verbal bc im hungry or??

[fceriestcrdst]

*happy kit hums*

[fceriestcrdst]

oh also-

alsoalso--

i am fueled by coffee------just coffee----so if i am uh unhinged--i'm so sorry????

i wanna talk for like ten hours rn & make moodboard & talk about how i'm getting my steven nametag today & & &--

ollie made memes yesterday & i just THIS IS HOW I FEEL BUT IM DOING IT ALL INTERNALLY SO IM SUFFERING

[fceriestcrdst]

over the last few days i have noticed something---something i've never been able to do for at least, i don't know, ten years.

i have multiple special interests that all weave together---they even weave with spins I've most of my life. I've been sort of opening my brain like a jar & going "huh, how did we do that?" & i realized why. i have people who give a damn about my interests, people who send me posts even if i don't rb them, people who will let me gush & not make me feel bad bc i infodump a lot. i have qpr partners who love pressing my garble buttons so i just go on tangents as they stare loving at their screens until I've calmed down enough for them to speak.

i still struggle with some irls who have strong opinions about characters i like or characters im like somewhat selfshipped with. it could be called having a comfortable talking phase. its happening---primarily--with ben s*lo. one day i'll bring it up & try to fix it but for now i'm just accepting that i can talk about star wars without someone wanting to tell me why it's bad because i do not fucking care. i give zero fucks about how much you dislike the thing i love, truthfully i would rather you shut up the fuck instead of going "well i--" did i ask?

i'm also getting used to the fact that i have irls that want to genuinely listen to my infodump & spin & go brrr.

i've also been doing better because i've set boundaries, i broke lots of mutuals, i ended three friendships that i needed out of. could i have ended them better, maybe, but was i mean during the ending of any of them? no to really.

it's odd how i both care & don't care about how people perceive me. if you think i'm a bitch, cool! if you think i'm super nice, cool! i prefer to be seen as friendly, but i don't really care all that much if you think i'm a dick because ei set a boundary or just wasn't interested in what you were trying to see me.

i don't owe anyone anything, yanno? no one owes anyone a singular thing.

despite my brain imploding over & over bc of processing trauma--i've been pretty okay. i'm happy in my new spins, selfships, friendships, and qpr, i just feel like me. i do still psycho analyze but then i remember i am autistic, i have a fatigue disorder, i get overwhelmed easily---if i just don't want to talk at the time. i'm not obligated to & if i do i am not obligated to seem super thrilled about it, yanno? not to say i always seem that way i am just....getting better at only chatting when i feel up to it

this may all be a part of my journey to unmask & be myself even if that means I'm grumpy & overstimulated & sleepy & needy. i'm allowed to be those things, i'm allowed to have multiple spins, i'm allowed to have multiple selfships, i'm allowed to talk too much & not enough, i'm allowed to be me

2022 is still very weird for me but a good kind of weird. also if this makes no fucking sense i haven't slept & am sitting ay my pc going 'oh no--' as the hamster in my brain takes a snooze. mayhaps i will see this later & go "i had a solid plan...then i derailed--" or i'll just go "ah, i was havin' a moment-" who knows tho.

if you see me still awake just know i have plans today & didn't get actively tired until just recently. now i'm built to suffer (i'm 24..i'm too old & autistic for this--)