#for all dragon age dogs

[lords-of-fortune]

not on that list but what are your wardens + hawkes dogs named?

I have the answer to this hidden somewhere in the depths of this blog beneath all the silly stuff lol, but I will absolutely answer this somewhere more visible ajskdl

Rodaine named his dog Babygirl. I'm gonna be honest I wasn't thinking about him as a character when I named his dog so I'm not sure what would have sparked the inspiration for him naming his dog this ajsjkd

Alding's dog is named Mochi. I let my roommate name him so again I didn't really think about what that might mean for Alding's character. Does mochi exist in Thedas? Probably not.

I'm adding Dessa in here even though I don't have her on my character page yet bc I just named her dog and I actually did think about it for more than half a second: Dessa named her dog Soris. Mostly because she misses her cousin but also just a little to dunk on him (affectionately of course)

Darien is the other one who I put thought into the dog name. His dog is called Peregrine. I think peregrines are technically falcons but this one is a Peregrine Hawke (ba-dum tsh)

Thank you for asking!

(Also idk if you are the same anon who sent the other question but I am working on that one, it's just gonna take a tiny bit of time to gather my thoughts)

[whoisnotmyname]

A very short and messy How I draw mabari!

[stealingpotatoes]

the adventures of hawke hawke continue! (ie more of mine & @highladyofdusk’s da2 playthrough)

(commission info // kofi support!)

[lavellaned]

A lot of the pro-veilguard arguments I see include a very specific way of viewing what “dark fantasy” is which misses the entire point as to why there are criticisms about the overall tone of the game.

Dark fantasy is not just “how much murder rape bigotry and overall suffering can we put in a story for the sake of doing so”.

It’s about having events and themes based off of the darker parts of reality and then, as the player, being able to do something about it. The general appeal is the catharsis. It’s about seeing these stories reflected through an interactive story in a meaningful, respectful, purposeful way.

Is dragon age the poster child for handling its complicated, real-life-inspired politics well? No. But veilguard was somehow worse. The bar was in hell and it still tripped flat on its face.

Veilguard’s lackadaisical, chronically ironic “well THAT just happened”, neutered writing and theme is not a good argument as to why this is a good dragon age game, and you can’t blame the dark fantasy genre for it.

[kagooleo]

the gangs all here!!!

[cacturne]

proximity

close-ups:

[coffeeworldsasaki]

I like that the flirting line changes depending on what Rook gets to drink

Tea

Hot chocolate

[nostalgiaclown]

Hey do you think there's a deeper meaning or reason Spite looks just like Lucanis...

There's the scene by the fireplace and I picked up on how Lucanis closes his eyes as he turns his head to avoid looking at Spite...

It's like looking in a mirror, right, and your reflection is staring back as you deliberately hurt yourself with your words.

Lucanis, I think, is stuck in a cycle of 'It’s all I know.' 'It's what I'm good at.' But there's cracks there that hint this isn't who he wants to be...

"Death is my calling."

I don't think he actually believes that, but he has to tell himself that, right?

I don't think he's ever been given the chance to explore who he wants to be, he's just been told this is who he is...

Demons are bound when you 'tell' them what they are so loudly that it's all they can hear. They have to be what you want." But a spirit who evolves to become more of a "real person" is less malleable than a spirit and if they have the certainty of who they are and who they desire to be, they can resist binding entirely.

Did someone else bind the spirit to him by force? Corrupt its nature so fit the needs of the user?

If Spite was originally Love (as I've seen some people comment Love being the opposite of Spite) and they were forcibly bound to Lucanis for whatever reason, did that cause Love to twist into Spite?

I think we're going to have to heal both Lucanis and Spite from whatever grief or trauma they've been through, make him come to terms and accept whatever fucked up thing happened, so it sticks, and he stops just "wiping the slate clean".

He comes across to me as a guy who's just like going through the motions, and needs more of a push to change, for himself.

Nevertheless, it is not unheard of for spirits to evolve and become more "human" by coming to terms with grief, heal from being emotionally hurt, and thus be able to learn from what they endured. By coming to terms with grief, a spirit is able to grow as a person and not "wash clean" like a spirit."

Then I was reading up on spirit healers, and again, there's that same theme of trust here, the spirit trusting the 'mage' and also the loss of trust when being tricked by a benevolent spirit...

To gain the services of such benevolent and righteous beings requires that the mage earn their trust. Often this requires a series of trials to prove that the mage's goals are as noble as the spirit demands, though some mages have claimed to command the compliance of such spirits through sheer force of charisma.

So if Spite was Love, imagine if the trust was broken from the get-go, by whoever brought them over from the fade, that surely would cause Love to twist into Spite?

More than one tale exists of a spirit healer being fooled by a demon masquerading as a benevolent spirit, and inadvertently bringing them across the Veil... or being tricked into letting down their guard, and possessed.

On the flip side, Lucanis is not a mage(?) but if he needed help or something idk- and he was tricked and possessed that way - tricked by 'Love'? Owch, the loss of trust there...

Oh and if Spite just a spirit of Love that was corrupted by Lucanis' own feelings? Like how Justice twisted into Vengeance(?)

We know Lucanis is relearning how to trust, and he's a romantic.

How can you trust others If you don't trust yourself? Spite feels like intrusive thoughts made manifest... And how can you Love others if you have no Love left for yourself? Spite seems to be chipping away at Lucanis slowly... he looks so tired.

What exactly happened to him, I wonder, I can't wait to find out cause it's gonna hurt...

[thesarcasticism]

love how much she just hates him on sight

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

my beautiful slimey son the sluge who will not let me approach him

its hard work but i do it for Him

[attractthecrows]

justhanders is delicious and i love it. however. please consider. i say through wheezing laughter. please just entertain this.

hawke & justice love anders but don't get along. maybe hate, maybe hostile indifference, whatever it is it's incompatible. so they get a custody agreement. . for anders. they have an arrangement where justice gets afternoons & weekends.

justhanders but justice and hawke are Extremely Divorced.

[trashwithvariety]

But enough about me. Tell me about you and Emmrich.

What? Who... How?

Morrigan has eyes everywhere.

Of course she does...

[vaguely-concerned]

For you. And Harding. And everyone we've lost.

*sob sob sob sob sob* it's fine I'm fine I just have to I just need a moment and then I'll be -- *sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob*

rye 'I want varric back you son of a bitch' ingellvar showing up to the narrative stricken to the core with grief and digging two graves. one for the dread wolf. and another one also for the dread wolf because by the time rye is done with him that fucker is hopefully going to be in several pieces. lucanis hold my shovel for a moment would you I need to commit some acts of grim violence and deep poetic irony (*supportive lucanis voice as rook grabs the fake dagger* go get him rook I've got your shovel). solas I'm sorry I love you but if you were going to pull that shit you probably should have done it to someone a little less like, well. you

[rhaenyratargeryn]

I wanna know what kind of "spirit" you all think your Rook, Inquisitor, Hawke and Warden would be. Feel free to gush and wax poetically i wanna READ IT.

Ex. My Rook would be a spirit of Tenacity. Inquisitor would be a spirit of Judgment. Hawke would be a spirit of Devotion. Warden Tabris would be a spirit of Justice.

Edit, now with DEMONS too cause yall so smart.

My Rook, Reine, would be a demon of Spite. Yes yes same as Lucanis. When tenacity becomes just a doged rage against whatever seeks to tell them "no" or they "cant". Well they will and the consequences be on everyones head! Sahlin Lavellan would be a demon of Woe. Upon her enemies, upon herself. All her sorrows and hurts sharpened to a cutting edge. Eislie Hawke would be a demon of Obsession-- devotion perverted to an unyielding and paranoid need to control and protect her loved ones. Devotion but with that harder, hateful edge. And Nadia Tabris, easiest of all, would be a demon of Vengeance.

[americankimchi]

this entire conversation with morrigan is just my rook going

just witnessed all of solas's "regrets" and truly after every single one i'm like. damn am i supposed to feel sorry for this clown bc LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it's called consequences baby!!!!!! no wonder his name is the elven word for pride HJKDGHFJGH

[hannahwdraws]

Just a couple of girls from The Free Marches

"I can't believe the girl I taught to weave flowers at the Arlathvhen grew up to be the 'fearsome' Inquisitor."

"I can't believe Varric didn't put two and two together sooner that we might have already known each other."

"Try not to blame him, you're so different from the girl I knew from back then."

"I'm still just a Dalish girl from The Marches"