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[thievinghippo]

This is the fucking funniest exchange in the entire game. This is peak fight banter. I cannot believe Lucanis actually says this during the final run through Minrathous

King shit right here. Absolute king shit

[okthisway]

yet 👀

[sasssha199]

No thoughts just Veilguard 🩷

[vaguely-concerned]

a) blessed are the youtubers making 'all options' videos the champions of the fandom b) truly I am never more enchanted with solas than when I'm whispering 'ohhhh you're such a fucking BITCH' to myself with demented glee at every single thing he says. the more insufferable he is the more my love grows deeper and hitherto unimagined dimensions

[ab121500]

I'm doing Harding's quest in Kal-Sharok and brought Lucanis.

Not a single person in this location is taller than 5'7 MAYBE 5'8.

Aylewin (Rook) is 5'1ish, Harding is a head shorter than her (according to google shes 4'8), and Lucanis is a head taller than her. (We all agree he's a short king but idk how short he is)

Team Tiny everyone!

[maabelasdaruth]

Amelin Lavellan after giving Briala the necklace that will reunite her with Celene: "I am a hopeless romantic, at heart. The man I love could burn the world down around me and I would still love him among its ashes."

[chibigingi]

Lich alternative to Harding and Emmrich's final banter. I'll be honest, I never kept Harding alive this long and had read about their final banter from other posts, and for a moment I legit forgot Emmrich went lich... I think he had, too.

God I adore these two...

[dinraa-l]

You're no leader

[taamlok]

another thing that's interesting to me is that the neve ending choice seems to be completely defined by what city was saved in a way that lucanis' wasn't. 70% of players responded that she was given the protector ending but 69% were forced to because they saved treviso. that means only about 30 people chose that ending when given an option!

[elcor-thespian]

Nephele: 💕💅

Nasreen: 💀🍄

Aleksei: ☀️🙈

Brenna: 🗡️🌹

Konstantin: 🫠🖌️

Elspeth: 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏳️‍⚧️

Paloma: 🕊️ 💄

rook qotd: what two emojis best remind you of your rook(s)?

[thievinghippo]

Two Garrus references in my DA: Veilguard? It's more likely than you think

[okthisway]

Elek Tavor from The Threads keeps things spinning 🧵

[loveisalwayswise]

I've seen Lucanis' family villa so I knew he was rich, but this banter made me realize that he's a rich boy who has no idea what money is worth lmao.

[elcor-thespian]

Update: I also killed Elgarnan with a machine gun.

The Sabateour specialization is so unserious. What do you mean I killed a dragon with a machine gun?

Spectacular.

[fanfoolishness]

Just losing my mind at the implications that the companions have all been trying to help Rook grieve Varric, and Rook doesn’t know

Emmrich, wise and long-familiar with grief, being told by Neve and Harding what happened; understanding why sometimes he overhears Rook’s muffled voice in the Infirmary, talking to no one. He takes Rook to the Memorial Gardens and mentions he talks to his parents, thinking Rook might be comfortable with the same. Rook lights candles and rings bells but Emmrich watches, sorrowed, to see Rook still seems in deep denial.

Neve takes Rook to the Wall of Light; a Shadow Dragon Rook knows just what this means but any Rook can understand the solemnity, the power of remembrance. Neve reenergizes Brom’s light and looks to Rook, hoping Rook will mention wanting to make one for Varric. Rook is kind and comforting to Neve, but Neve is lost in wondering why Rook doesn’t take the chance to open up. She can’t figure it. Maybe Rook just can’t face it, not yet. Maybe Rook does something privately. She isn’t sure but it nags at her.

Davrin’s not big on talking about feelings. He’d rather just move on. But he sees the way Rook seems a little hollow sometimes, a little distant; he sees how Rook takes so quickly to Assan. “Hey Rook,” he says, and invites them to come with him and Assan to safe places in Arlathan, where the woods are clean and green and growing, where real sunlight dapples through the trees. Rook always seems to love these outings, seems lighter afterwards. But Davrin feels a little confused in that Rook never seems to realize the outings are mostly for them.

Taash is another person not big on feelings. But they know how much feelings can twist you up and mess with your head. When Lace tells them about Varric they feel badly for Rook, and think to how they feel when they’re struggling. Epic fights, dragon fights, drinks with the Lords. Taash is perfectly capable of doing all that on their own. But maybe bringing Rook along will help get them out of their head a little bit. Does it help? Taash isn’t sure.

Bellara’s double-versed in grief after what happens to Cyrian. Rook helped her through trying to reach him, and Bellara wonders, in her own pain, if she can help Rook a little bit too. Especially if Rook is elven, teaching Rook about the braziers and the challenges is another tool she can share about her or their people, another way that might help Rook with their grief. Neve’s told her that the Wall of Light didn’t seem to help Rook much, but maybe a different funeral tradition could help them instead. Rook helps her light the braziers and Bellara feels her heart lightening, though she wonders at Rook, who seems more moved by Bellara’s reactions than anything else.

Lucanis is nearly as allergic to dealing with feelings as Davrin is, but he immediately clocks how Neve and Harding are acting, and asks what happened before he joined them. They tell him about Varric and that they’re worried about Rook, that Rook seems to just be shoving those feelings down without dealing with them. Lucanis is no stranger to that, but while it’s fine for him, he doesn’t want to see someone who risked their life to save him share that struggle. He brings Rook to Caterina’s funeral planning to show Rook it’s okay to admit the loss and honor it. When that doesn’t seem to make a dent, he falls back to his standard - lavish meals, small gifts, coffee. He knows it would help him. He just wishes it helped Rook too.

Lace hurts the worst after losing Varric and Lace is where Solas’ magic comes the closest to faltering. Rook can see Lace is down, she’s quiet, she’s afraid after what happens with the gods escaping; but Solas’ magic holds and Rook can still never see quite why. Lace would love to sit over drinks one night and share stories about Varric, but she sees that Rook doesn’t seem ready, and she doesn’t want to push. Instead she writes letters to Ma, to the Inquisitor, to Cassandra, to Aveline, maybe even to Hawke. She writes out her stories with Varric’s old quill and she carries a bolt of Bianca with her. A dozen times she goes to talk to Rook about him, and when she tries Rook turns away or changes the subject. It hurts, but Lace knows she can’t make Rook talk about him, and she hopes in time it will get better.

This just absolutely crushes me the more I think about it 😭

Edit: Varric’s death is Rook’s personal companion quest every other single companion tries to help them with, and can’t 😭😭😭

[ninawolv3rina]