#dragon age anders

[evilwiizard]

about Fenris and Anders banter:

[thefadecodex]

As discussed in the Theory of Spirit Complexity, spirits can evolve into more complex forms through direct interaction with the physical world or by observing and mirroring these interactions within the Fade. This concept builds upon and expands ideas introduced in the Spiritual Alignment Classification System and When Purpose Falters.

This creator is theorizing based on the lore that there are multiple, flexible pathways to purpose (or corruption) and evolution for spirits. An example of this train of thought is below:

In previous games and established lore, our understanding of spirits' purpose and corruption remains limited, often resulting in rigid assumptions about how corruption manifests. 

For example:

When Justice merged with Anders, he transformed into Vengeance, reinforcing the belief that a Spirit of Justice, when corrupted, must inevitably become a Spirit of Vengeance. (side note from the creator: I suspect this might be linked to the Blight present in Anders, which is discussed further down)

This narrow perspective overlooks the potential nuances and variability in how spirits might experience corruption or transformation. 

Instead, let’s look at other forms that a Spirit of Justice could possible become if it is corrupted: 

What determines what a spirit will be corrupted into? The creator of The Fade Codex theorizes that it is based on the situation that put the spirit against it’s original purpose. Going with the example above of Justice being corrupted:

Fear: A Spirit of Justice becomes so afraid of failure or further injustices it can become paralyzed or overly reactive.

Despair: A Spirit of Justice witnessing endless cycles of injustice and failure to make meaningful change.

Vengeance: A Spirit of Justice becomes consumed with frustration and anger leading an overwhelming desire to punish rather than balance.

Tyranny: A Spirit of Justice becomes obsessed with enforcing order and fairness to an extreme that it suppresses freedom and choice.

Passivity: A Spirit of Justice becomes overwhelmed by the scale of injustice or believes that intervention will always lead to unintended harm, leading to inaction.

Case Study: The Blight Within – Justice and Anders

Subject: The Spirit of Justice

Host: Anders, Grey Warden and Apostate Mage

Corrupting Influence: The Blight (disembodied rage of the Titans)

Background: Justice, a Fade spirit inhabiting the corpse of Grey Warden Kristoff, merged with Anders, a Grey Warden mage consumed by anger at the oppression of mages. Anders’ Blight-tainted blood, carrying the Titans' disembodied rage, began corrupting Justice's purpose.

Observation: Initially driven by balance and fairness, Justice was twisted by the Blight's primal fury and Anders’ deeply personal anger regarding the treatment of mages. The Blight amplified Justice’s purpose into something violent and unyielding, warping it into Vengeance—a spirit driven by rage, punishment, and destruction rather than resolution.

[madameevil]

I think I'm all over the place with this honestly.

Alistair wasn't my initial pick but he's such a clueless bumbling bean of a human. So he's too adorable.

Anders and Solas because I liked how their romances tied into the narrative personally. I also enjoy both of them a lot. Anders is very passionate in everything he does. Solas is someone who just wants to info dump about everything he loves to you and I relate to that on a spiritual (hehe) level. Both have some form of betrayal or conflict and I think there can be beauty in written tragedy so...here we are.

Lucanis...well you see...Lucanis's predicament reminds me of an OC I write about whom I love dearly. Except the OC is quite a bit more evil than Lucanis is. So I had to romance him. No regrets there.

Idk if it’s just me but I literally never choose BW romances by how the characters look bc uhhhhh

I mean for a long time they looked like very polygonal lol

I pick by voice + like… how much of a complete disaster they are usually lol

Curious how other ppl choose?

[andrastes-cheeks]

Did I disappoint you?

Will they still let me over?

If I cross the line?

Close up and wordless under the cut

[tharannas]

I love you Anders but you really need to step up your game

[theesteppenwolf]

If it be your will

So i made this playlist tying DA2 companions to my favorite songs, the criteria being ''I dunno feels like it'' and for Anders it was:

Want to Be Free by Sea Power or

If It Be Your Will by Leonard Cohen (the Antony version)

EDIT: Ok so originally i wanted all the hands to be effed up a little but then saw that i only did it on one so it just looked like a mistake, so i had to fix that hand to look normal (i wish i was making this up i feel like an idiot i only saw it after someone hashtagged it on a reblog, someone bury me please)

[lokri-art]

Just a cozy sketch~

[jinx-aesthel]

[maleficore]

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

[esthesiaart]

Gale and Anders, disaster wizards duo: cat lovers? Check. In a toxic relationship with otherworldly entities? Check. At imminent risk of detonation? Check! Jokes aside, just a little way to combine my favourite game series!

[arachanine]

Dragging age 2 is a good game

[skellagirl]

played DA2 for the first time and romanced the possessed bisexual poor little meow meow who's totally down for firebombing a walmart

[salemcantupdate]

DAO folks, plus DAA cause I love them. All of them a drawn to look about how I headcanon them at the start of DAA (hence why Anders is still a golden boy). Plus some general headcanons.

Specific praise to @kesterite cause I used their art as inspiration for specifically Sten and Alistair.

[minidoodles97]

I started this ages ago and finally finished it, since my last Dragon Age Awakening post is getting a lot of likes lately.

Don’t remember if I meant to add dialogue to this but here it is lol.

(Is it too much to ask if they show up again in DA4??)

[redmedic]

Patreon Request - Moment in Battle [Hawke and Anders]

Again, quite an old request but it has been so delightful drawing Dragon Age again, and these two have been on my brain a LOT. So thank you for giving me an excuse to draw them. They are so beautifully tragic, and I love expressing their sad dynamic in little body language details. I also ended up enjoying the lineart alone in this one too much so I decided against colouring it.

Let me know if you guys are interested in seeing more of these two in particular, because they have been knocking about in my head for the past week.

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Bonus close-up

[pumpkincalico]

His love language is emotional manipulation