#i still can't believe i got the best ending with Solas only because I asked him the stupidest questions all the time

[tench]

DAI taught me a lot of things, for example, that you can "befriend" a man by letting him monologue at you.

[cityandking]

kickin my feet, twirlin my hair, ready to hear about girlies: 2, 5, 22, 31, 39, 49 for all three inquisitors

ur so good to me <3 // 50 inquisitor asks

2. How did they decorate and structure Skyhold?

VESPER — mostly sticks to Inquisition heraldry because she doesn't feel any strong connection to the other groups or orders. she's got a couple marcher pieces, but for the most part it's inquisition all the way down. (some of that is vivienne’s advice: even decoration speaks to allegiance, and it's a strong statement that the inquisitor keeps no banner but her own.) (and the bed I can't believe I almost forgot the bed. her one indulgence. she's got this orlesian monstrosity.) she customizes skyhold with a herb garden, infirmary, and mage tower NARAYANI — dalish decoration all the way!! except for the throne; she's got the Ferelden Legacy Throne because it was the most fun option I had unlocked. but yeah she's putting dalish shit up everywhere. customization-wise she's got a herb garden, training ground, and mage tower. ROSIE — decorates with a mix of chantry and orlesian heraldry, because she's the holy leader of southern Thedas and don't you forget it. plus she loves the gilt and gold, and if she's to hold court in the mountains it should look the part of a court, no matter how remote. as for the customizations, she has a Chantry garden (to honor the Maker), a training ground (to hone her soldiers) and a mage tower (because, well. she rescued them, didn’t she? it's only polite to offer them somewhere to study)

5. Who is their favourite follower and adviser?

VESPER — it's hard to choose favorites among the inner circle, but if pressed she'd say dorian and cullen respectively. she clicks with dorian in a way she's never quite clicked with anyone before, and it's strange to find a best friend in the middle of a war but here they are. cullen... grew on her. a lot. (she'd probably trust leliana or josephine more in matters of running the inquisition, but his support is unwavering and their relationship is an unexpected joy in the middle of everything being (sometimes literally) on fire.) NARAYANI — solas and leliana. honorable mention to bull, but rani isn't even friends with most of her followers so it's solas by a mile. same with leliana; rani likes her MUCH more than cullen and josie. they speak the same language, especially when it comes to doing what's sneaky and pragmatic. it's nice to talk to someone who gets that. (she also 100% has a crush on leliana and has ever since she watched in hushed whispers!leliana strangle a man with her legs while chained to a ceiling) ROSIE — loves josie, who is a good ambassador and a good ally and a good advisor. rosie's always agreeing with her perspective on things. of the followers, vivienne is her favorite—rosie respects the hell out of her and values her advice and her level-headed perspective on the dangers of magic, something everyone else seems eager to forget.

22. What is their biggest regret?

VESPER — hasn't managed to forgive herself for going to the templars before the mages and leaving them to their fate. she knew the situation was uncertain but she still went to therinfal. she'd hoped redcliffe would keep them safe for a little longer, but hope isn't the same as knowing. she should have known better. NARAYANI — watching celene die. letting celene die. putting gaspard on the throne to ensure the inquisition could puppet the country through briala and all of that being for nothing when the inquisition folded. she regrets the mess of orlais beginning to end, but isn't sure there was a better path to take to protect her people. (learning in the end that briala had also been one of solas' people was a hell of a blow.) ROSIE — regrets leaving hawke in the fade. such a storied hero; it was a pity. but the wardens needed leadership and hawke was a liability, so it had to happen. (truly, the thing she regrets most isn't leaving hawke so much as seeing varric afterwards. that’s what she remembers at night when she can’t sleep: varric’s face when he asked, where’s hawke?)

31. Did they let Solas kill the mages?

VESPER — no. it's not who she is as a person, and she's intimately familiar with the ruin and regret that anger brings. even if he hates her for it, it isn't right to let solas kill them NARAYANI — yeah! she supports solas rights and solas wrongs. the idiots got what was coming to them. ROSIE — no. the situation was over and there was no need for further bloodshed. besides, it was only a demon.

39. To void the assassin contract on Josie, do they take Josephine or Leliana’s advice?

VESPER — took josie's advice. she wouldn't have been able to rest if josie's safety rested on destroying a bit of paperwork. NARAYANI — also took josie's advice. it's josie's life; it's her choice. rani doesn't care one way or another but she's not going to be sloppy about it ROSIE — also took josie's advice, but mostly because elevating a house meant positioning people and favors in such a way that the inquisition, josephine, and her own house could come out on top. it's just good business.

49. What is their least favourite foe to fight?

VESPER — darkspawn. vesper hates darkspawn. going into the deep roads sucks. also bears. NARAYANI — qunari. they're so big and sturdy and hard to bring down, and half of them are quick and clever too which makes sneaking around a nightmare. wyverns also suck. ROSIE — any of the demons, but especially pride. get that shit away from her.

[fthechantry]

@queer-amann��� So this is going to be a kinda lengthy reply and I had to copy and paste your original reply to answer some of it, Sooooo I am putting it under a cut for space’s sake.

In regards to what you said about Fenris and Blackwall, does it mean you play more as self-insert than roleplay/can't roleplay characters with values that are very different from yours? (that's all valid, it's just interesting to see how different people play the games and how many play styles these games actually allow)

So, I don’t intentionally self-insert when it comes to these games. (I know I end up doing it though) I have played through DA2 with a Pro-Templar agenda, which is the complete opposite of me, and romanced Merrill and hit on Anders as a Red!Hawke. It was difficult though, because I didn’t agree with my own decisions.

As far as romancing Fenris or Blackwall, my roommate said that she doesn’t think I can romance Fenris because he is too like me? which I think is only part of the issue. If it was the whole issue, I wouldn’t be able to romance Anders and I adore him. I think it really is just that I can’t roleplay an anti-mage stance. Even in my Pro-Templar playthrough I romanced Merrill, so I still had mage love in there. Blackwall, he just doesn’t interest me at all. I also don’t think he is bisexual? I usually play as a male!Inquisitor and don’t change that. The only thing I change is my race. I also usually play as a mage, but have played as a M!Rogue Lavellan before. He was one of my faves.

I see what you mean with Josie and Alistair. They're cute when you want some fluff and that's definitely some people's jam, but it's not for everyone and not at every moment of your life. (though you CAN have intense psychological damages from Alistair's romance if you make bad decisions. Not that it happened to me or I'm salty or anything 🤡)

I definitely pissed Alistair off by killing Isolde one time and he went off, but he was super easy to calm down. I felt like I was gaslighting him or something.

Sera's romance is very complicated if you don't want power play or abuse from one hand or the other. It sucks that their first lesbian character fits the toxic sapphic trope Bioware loves so much and you have to headcanon your way out of it so much, like with many DA2 LIs.

The best thing I saw about the Sera romance though is going through and telling everyone that you are dating her and Dorian, Vivienne, and Cullen’s responses are *chefs kiss*

I refuse to believe anyone in the Circle is straight tbh (yay toxic representation with the Templars). He would've definitely been more interesting if he had been bi. He *ahem* needs to open up more. Kinda reminds me of Tali in ME2, who is very intense with femshep and they hug and then she goes "no homo tho" lmao that's cold. Maybe it's my chronic consumption of queer medias that give me a brainrot, but yea, I think you're good and he's indeed hitting on M!Inquisitor or having a small crush and then they cut it short because they didn't have the time to make him bi or something (funny how they always have the time to make their characters a straight option tho).

RIGHT He definitely did then. He is all like “as I was saying” all sultry-like to the M!Inquisitor. 

I also don’t think anyone who came from the Circle is straight. I got that idea when they brought Anders back in DA2 and he was pansexual. The fact that he was a womanizer in Awakening and then this HUGE shift to falling for Male Hawke the second he saw him and Cullen just being Cullen in DAI, I was like… oh they all gay in Kinloch at least.

What happened with Solas that put you off and how come it didn't work with Bull, if I may ask? (I mean I definitely see how a certain Tevinter being around and stealing the spotlight doesn't help lol. We all have a bunch of characters we're Very Normal about)

So, when it comes to Solas, I have an extreme dislike of him. His story and his interactions with the Fade are interesting for sure, but the romance bored me to death. The chaste romances are always super boring for me. I kinda need the “implied” sex haha.

Bull… I was having issues flirting with him. Every time I hit on him he would just say like “uh huh” or “why” or he would get offended that I was protecting him and stuff.

Zev was like, the most unexpected character of the list tbh! I would've thought he would have caught your attention! Did you just got bored with him?

With Zevran I actually just had no interest in progressing his romance past sleeping with him. I have since learned that his romance is actually incredibly interesting, but like the game mechanics for DAO are bad for me now. The fighting kinda takes you out of the game (by not controlling each swing of your sword etc) that I just can’t really replay it. I have tried since then. I can only replay Awakening, much shorter.

I like the mental image of the Warden trying to stealthily get out of Leli's grip and thinking she's completely insane, it's beautiful.

I had a fight with Morrigan and broke it off with her and went after Leliana. Leliana told me she loved me after sleeping with me and then like.. was trying to say we would be together forever and stuff. So I broke it off with her and talked to her again and she was saying the same things! I couldn’t get away from her. I actually had to reload a save and get my relationship with Morrigan back.

The Isa approval fuckery definitely didn't happen to me last playthrough djfjfkf. Though there's a vibe about Hawke being dumped by their wife on front of everyone and divorced but nobody has done the legal papers and now you need a court order to get back the overpowered items you gave to her before she left

Based. There's a mod that fixes that on PC, thanks the Creators.

I play on XBOX so no mods. I just lost Isabela and couldn’t get her back in that game. I frequently forget about her approval level and think of her as Varric and everything is just kinda cool with them. So I lose her a lot.

I'm a sucker for Hawke who have a very unsubtle and unrequited crush on Cullen. Garrett-dear likes Circle sandwiches and we stan. What is your HC about it? Did Hawke flirt with him? If so, how did Cullen react? How does Garrett react to Cullen in DAI (and the DAI companions, if you want to expand on it and still need some distraction)?

My HC about Garrett having a crush on Cullen is that he and Anders would have a competition for who could get Cullen to crack/blush first. Hawke would show up with his biceps exposed for Cullen to see and try flexing to get his attention. Anders would just be as provocative as possible towards Hawke and like try making out with him in front of Cullen to get his attention. What finally gets Cullen to crack is Garrett showing up in just his smalls and shoes and he catches Cullen’s lingering glance. Cullen never outright acknowledges the crush, but he definitely is not opposed. He’s the Champion of Kirkwall for Maker’s sake!

Garrett actually didn’t realize until super late that Cullen was even with the Inquisition. When he joined Varric outside the War Room is the first time he found out that he was there. At this point, his crush has subsided and he is totally comfortable with his relationship with Anders while on the run, so Cullen no longer has an effect on him.

Garrett’s reactions to Companions:

Dorian- Good guy to get a drink with, very attractive, loves his confidence. He has stories for days and he thinks Dorian needed to meet Fenris and Anders and watch the debates that follow.

The Iron Bull- Not well received considering he is who killed the Arishok. He is very weary of the Iron Bull and the Ben Hassrath because of his interaction with Tallis. He slowly begins to notice that Bull is different from the other Qunari he has encountered and by the end of his time there, he is on okay terms with him.

Vivienne- Hates her. He thinks she is a bitch and that she is just using the Inquisitor to further her own political goals. He doesn’t trust her and doesn’t like her love for the Circles, especially since it is my HC that he actually did help with the Chantry Boom and Varric lied to cover it up on Anders’ behalf.

Solas- He has a feeling that Solas has ulterior motives, he just isn’t sure what they are. The way he speaks is off from the other apostates/Dalish he has encountered and he writes to Merrill with a description of the man with both of them feeling nervous about him.

Blackwall- He thinks he is a good man. He knows he isn’t a Warden though because he doesn’t answer any of his questions that he got the answers to from Anders already.

Cassandra- He basically hates Cassandra because she kidnapped his BFF and wanted to beat the shit out of her. He would lose that fight though because he is a mage, and she can basically light him on fire from the inside out.

Varric- He knows Varric lol

Sera- Thinks she is annoying and she doesn’t trust him and his mage “shite”. He stays away from her.

Cole- He sees Cole as a potential option for Justice. If he can find a way to separate his love from Justice, then Justice could be his own sentient being outside of Anders. Seeing Cole gives him hope for his future.

Are there any LIs you never romanced in the DA franchise? If so why?

Also does any of your OC has a unrequited crush on a character?

Oh there are plenty @queer-amann, like a shocking amount considering how many times I have played these games. I am adding a 3rd option to this because there are quite a few that I have just... failed.

Never romanced:

Origins~

Alistair- I couldn't really tell you why except that maybe it is because I had already seen the romance? My roommate, and best friend, played the games first while I watched her. She is a strong Alistair-mancer and so I don't need to see it again? If that makes sense. Overall, I think his romance is cute, but boring.

DA2~

Fenris- I like his character arc. I think it is really interesting. I am very pro-mage though, so we clash on opinions a lot.

Inquisition~

Sera- I have watched her romance on Youtube to see how it was. It was cute, but she annoys the shit out of me. I couldn't do it.

Blackwall- I can't get behind romancing someone who's entire identity is based on a lie. I also clash opinions with him.

Josie- Another one that is too fairytale. Much like Alistair, I find it boring. Not enough at stake. I like my people slightly insane.

Cullen- I have only played as a female one time and that was to play a Solas romance so I could see what other people were talking about. My roommate has romanced Cullen before. The entire thing is cute, but not for me. I probably would be more open to romancing him if the bisexual coding had been left in. I mean he hit on my Inquisitor? or maybe I misread his intentions, idk.

Failed Romances:

Solas- I got bored. Not gonna lie, I cannot stand Solas so that is probably why we didnt work out.

The Iron Bull- I was having issues getting him into the romance phase. Eventually I gave up and went after Dorian again before abandoning this playthrough.

Zevran- I honestly just wanted to sleep with him to see what he said. I didn't take it further than that.

Leliana- She got super clingy in Origins which skeeved me out. I backed away slowly on this one.

Isabela- I was romancing her, but then forgot to get her approval high enough and she left after Act 2. Whoops.

Sebastian- I hated playing as a female Hawke. The animations for her walk was way to feminine and it drove me insane.

(Edit: forgot a failed romance)

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As for unrequited crushes, the only one who comes to mind is Garrett. Garrett Hawke has a huge crush on Cullen and wants to destroy him. He wants him and Anders to let him "Know why mages are feared" if you catch my drift.

(Send me an ask to distract me!)

[theblackcat-iswriting]

"Ser o no ser" esa es la cuestión existencial.

"Ser o no ser, esa es la cuestión" (William Shakespeare). Ésta frase célebre pertenece a su obra Hamlet y es tan compleja entenderla que cada vez que la oímos la asociamos con nuestra existencia y nos preguntamos cuál es nuestro fin en este mundo.

Si hablamos de ello, muchas veces me pregunté esto, incluso lo sigo haciendo. ¿Cuál es mi propósito en este mundo? ¿Cual es mi misión? ¿Por qué me afecta? Y muchas preguntas más que rondan mi mente, sobretodo cuando sufro por situaciones en las que me veo atrapada y no logro encontrar la solución, me estreso fácilmente, me cuestiono la vida.

Hablando de mi situación actual...me encuentro tan sola y no puedo compartir mis sentimientos con nadie es que no quiero que se preocupen por mi. Sé que yo sola me metí en en este camino, me expuse a una situación de incertidumbre. Suele dolerme el amor talvez por mi inseguridad porque la mayor parte de las veces sufrí el abandono y la mentira, reconozco que me cuesta confiar en los demás. También juega un papel fundamental que es la soledad, si bien soy una persona bastante solitaria, realmente esto de andar viajando, teniendo un estilo de vida nomade, reafirma el concepto de estar literalmente sola, no cuento con nadie cercano, extraño compartir momentos de diversión, risas y anécdotas, realmente es triste andar sola. Se siente como nadar en un mar de dudas y sensaciones de adaptación, lo que conlleva a la falta de determinacion para cumplir ciertos objetivos, esa negatividad de no poder cumplir mis metas, también por momentos me despierto y pienso... hace falta un cambio y ahí de nuevo el sentimiento de inseguridad aparece, cuestionandome y creándome una resistencia al cambio, aunque sepa que es necesario. Esto es lo que muchas veces me lleva a tener un estado de ánimo tan bajo, que parece un círculo vicioso del cual me cuesta salir. Se que no soy la única que le afecta atravesar ese estado, con mis amigas hablamos del tema, no tan en profundidad, y se puede entrever esa preocupación que es universal y tan compleja, siento que hace bien hablar el tema y entender en profundidad las sensaciones que nos provoca está incertidumbre existencial, nos consuela saber que estamos de paso, que la vida es una, y que estamos en modo presente, que los problemas tienen solución y que la mejor forma es levantarnos cada mañana con un pensamiento optimista y positivo. Cuesta por supuesto, pero creo que el fin de nuestra existencia en este mundo es luchar contra las adversidades, ser fuertes, independientes, constantes, y romper los miedos, animarnos a cambiar, porque como dicen... todos los cambios son para bien aunque nos cueste el proceso una vez logrados nos sentimos plenos, y esa sensación de haber superado los obstáculos es tan gratificante que nos alivia el alma y se desvanece ese estado emocional, nos hace invencible saber que nuestra mente es tan potente y que el mundo lo creamos con nuestros pensamientos y para vivir en un mundo feliz, en paz y en armonía hace falta eso, resetearnos constantemente y tener pensamientos positivos, agradecer a la vida por darnos la oportunidad de avanzar y crecer para ser mejores personas. De a poco un día a la vez.

Y vos...alguna vez pasaste por un sentimiento así? Que te genera? Sentís que podés cambiarlos?

"To be or not to be, that is the question" (William Shakespeare). This famous phrase belongs to the work of his Hamlet of his and it is so complex to understand it that every time we hear it we associate it with our existence and we ask ourselves what is our end in this world.

If we talk about it, many times I asked myself this, even I still do. What is my purpose in this world? What is my mission? Why does it affect me? And many more questions that haunt my mind, especially when I suffer from situations in which I am trapped and cannot find the solution, I get stressed easily, I question life.

Speaking of my current situation ... I am so lonely and I can't share my feelings with anyone, it's because I don't want them to worry about me. I know that I got myself into this way, I exposed myself to a situation of uncertainty. Love usually hurts, perhaps because of my insecurity because most of the time I suffered abandonment and lies, I recognize that it is difficult for me to trust others. Solitude also plays a fundamental role, although I am quite a lonely person, really this traveling, having a nomadic lifestyle, reaffirms the concept of being literally alone, I do not have anyone close, I miss sharing moments of fun , laughs and anecdotes, it really is sad to walk alone. It feels like swimming in a sea of ​​doubts and feelings of adaptation, which leads to a lack of determination to meet certain goals, that negativity of not being able to meet my goals, also at times I wake up and think ... a change is needed and there again the feeling of insecurity appears, questioning me and creating a resistance to change, even though I know it is necessary. This is what often leads me to have such a low mood that it seems like a vicious circle from which I find it difficult to get out. I know that I am not the only one who is affected by going through that state, with my friends we talked about the subject, not so in depth, and you can glimpse that concern that is universal and so complex, I feel that it is good to talk about the subject and understand in depth the feelings that this existential uncertainty causes us, it comforts us to know that we are passing through, that life is one, and that we are in the present mode, that problems have a solution and that the best way is to wake up each morning with an optimistic and positive thought. It costs of course, but I believe that the purpose of our existence in this world is to fight against adversity, to be strong, independent, constant, and to break our fears, to encourage ourselves to change, because as they say ... all changes are for the better although the process costs us once achieved we feel complete, and that feeling of having overcome obstacles is so gratifying that it relieves our soul and that emotional state fades, it makes us invincible to know that our mind is so powerful and that the world we create it With our thoughts and to live in a happy world, in peace and harmony, that is necessary, constantly resetting ourselves and having positive thoughts, thanking life for giving us the opportunity to move forward and grow to be better people. Little by little one day at a time.

And you ... did you ever go through a feeling like this? What generates you? Do you feel that you can change them?

[icharchivist]

whats your fave dai party banter? mine is with cole and dorian, when dorian is kinda like "be careful where youre going with these daggers i was casting fire spells at the enemies" and cole is just like "it can't hurt me, it's friendly fire" and then dorian (and me) kinda goes "that's- that's not really what you think it means" (i always disable friendly fire bc im a noob and i can't stand to involuntarily hurt my allies but cole, sweetheart, please don't get in harm's way)

Heyaa!!

Omg nonny :’D First, I’m completely with you on this one - this is such an adorable banter omg. It has everything, Dorian being concerned, Cole being adorable - this is beautiful. (and i feel you on the friendly fire stuff, just.. let’s limite damage ahah)

I don’t have a fave banter, mostly because i’m still discovering some banters i didn’t have before, and a  l o t of them are gold. 

Then, I generally love Cole’s banters. He’s always sweet and adorable and always with the most amazing replies, it makes me so happy. 

then man there’s so much banters i love. I love Varric/Dorian always betting about stuff, Varric/Vivienne was an extreme amount of fun.Bull has a lot of dialogue I really like (especially with Sera and Vivienne, I love how strategic he gets with them to different extreme, and well, always soft spot for his dialogues with Dorian) but I really, really love his dynamic with Cole (he calls him “my squirrelly kid” i’m gonna cry). There’s something in Cole/Cassandra dynamic that i find really sweet too bc it starts very badly but they end up pretty close? it’s adorable.

…. so ye I’d say Cole’s banters are always a win.

edit: i ended up making a list of some of my fav and I actually love too much banters to just narrow them down i love those dorks

As for my favorite favorite, this is so hard to pinpoint one banter, they are all so cool? I can’t narrow down one orz

huuuh maybe a few randoms i really like: (which ended up being a long list so under the cut ;O take care!)

Varric: Okay, try it again, you’ll get it.Cole: Knock, knock.Varric: Who’s there?Cole: Me.Varric: (Sighs.) Me who?Cole: Me, and I’m telling a knock knock joke.Varric: Uh… that was… closer. Keep trying.

Cole: I like your horns, The Iron Bull.Cole: But they’re dragon horns, not bull horns. You could have named yourself The Iron Dragon.Iron Bull: Oh, shit. That would have been better.

Cole: You got to pick your name, The Iron Bull.Iron Bull: Sure did. Thanks for sticking the “the” on there, too. Most people forget.Iron Bull: It kinda makes it sound like I’m not really a person. Like I’m this dangerous thing, you know?Cole: You made it a joke on yourself, making a mockery, so you would never be that.Iron Bull: It kills the joke if you explain it, kid.

Dorian: Ah, Solas. You startled me. You’re always so… nondescript.Solas: Please speak up! I cannot hear you over your outfit!

Blackwall: Sera and I were just talking about you. We need you to settle a question for us.Solas: (Sighs.) Sera’s involved? So this question will be offensive.Blackwall: Yes, probably. Sorry.Blackwall: You make friends with spirits in the Fade. So… um, are there any that are more than just friends?Blackwall: If you know what I mean.Solas: Oh, for… really?!Blackwall: Look, it’s a natural thing to be curious about!Solas: For a twelve-year-old!Blackwall: It’s a simple yes or no question!Solas: Nothing about the Fade or spirits is simple, especially not that.Blackwall: Aha! So you do have experience in these matters!Solas: I did not say that.Blackwall: Don’t panic. It’ll be our little secret.Solas: Ass.Blackwall: Now who’s twelve?

Blackwall: Do you have any advice for fighting demons, Solas?Solas: Survive the first thirty heartbeats, and you’ll have already won.Blackwall: So I should try not to die? Helpful.Solas: I mean that demons are rarely intelligent enough to change their tactics. If you focus on defending yourself, you will see the full range of their abilities within the first thirty heartbeats. By then, you should be able to find a weakness and exploit it.Blackwall: Ahh, that is helpful! I will try to remember that.Solas: Also, try not to die.

Vivienne: Varric, darling, what manner of villain am I in your novel?Varric: You’re the scheming duchess, coldly maneuvering her political rivals into a trap.Vivienne: Yes, but what am I wearing? You are not going to describe me in anything less than the latest fashions, are you?Varric: I’m… going to spend the next few weeks researching Orlesian gowns, aren’t I?Vivienne: Yes, my dear. And my mask should be inlaid with opals.

Varric: I can’t wait for Chuckles to say something about the VeilSolas: I don’t always mention the Veil.Cassandra: You do. Always.Dorian: You do. You really do.Iron Bull: Yeah, you do.Vivienne: Of course you do, darling.Inquisitor/Blackwall: Yes, you do.Cole: You do think about it a lot.Varric: See? Told you.

Dorian: Come on, just answer the question, Varric.Varric: My mother didn’t raise any morons, Sparkler. I won’t touch that one.Dorian: You must have an opinion. And you’re a dwarf! Completely unbiased!Varric: There’s no way I’m answering “which inquisition mage is the best-dressed.” Not for all the gold in Orzammar.Vivienne: Also, the answer is obvious.

Varric: So, Sparkler, what do you think of the Inquisition so far?Dorian: It’s interesting, I’ll give you that. An archdemon attacking me is a first.Varric: Five royals says you see something weirder before the day ends.Dorian: I don’t think I should take that bet.

Varric: What do you think, Sparkler? Ten royals says the next thing we run into farts fire.Dorian: I’ll take that bet. I win either way.

Dorian: You owe me twenty royals, Varric. I’d like them paid in candied dates.Varric: I haven’t lost that wager yet.Dorian: You said we’d be ass-deep in trouble. This is more like knee-high.Varric: I didn’t specify whose ass, did I?Dorian: Leave it to a dwarf, always lowering the bar.

Varric: I got to ask, does any of this shit make sense to you?Dorian: To me? Are you referring to the giant hole in the sky? Or the creature out of Chantry cautionary tale who wants to be a god?Varric: Either. I’m feeling generous.Dorian: What’s the problem? Someone shows up, tears the place apart, declares himself king? That’s half of history.Varric: Corypheus is that terrifying drunk nobody’ll ask to leave?Dorian: Even after he puts a hole in the ceiling. Terribly common.

Blackwall: Corypheus. One of yours, isn’t he?Dorian: One of mine? Like a pet? Like a giant darkspawn hamster with aspirations of godhood?Dorian: ‘Dorian, why can’t you look after your little friends? Corypheus peed on the carpet again!’Dorian: In this analogy, the carpet is Haven.Blackwall: Is he or is he not a Tevinter Magister?Dorian: Meaning 'the source of everything bad and evil in the world’? They are the same, yes?Blackwall: Certainly feels that way at times.

Varric: I can’t believe you picked the absolute worst of my books to read. Why not Hard in Hightown?Cassandra: I have enough mysteries and investigations of my own.Varric: What? You don’t want to solve more in your spare time?Cassandra: Then you killed my favorite character in Chapter 3, so I threw the book across the room.Varric: Ah, a critic. Say no more.

Iron Bull: “Blackwall.” “Iron Bull.” We could fight crime!Blackwall: Isn’t that exactly what we’re doing? Right this minute? More or less?Iron Bull: Oh yeah.

Iron Bull: You could’ve been one of the Chargers, Blackwall. You’ve got the stature, the attitude…Blackwall: And you’d be my boss.Iron Bull: Hey, I’m a great boss. I’m a firm believer in No-Pants Fridays.Blackwall: I’d rather fight for a cause.Iron Bull: Hey, No-Pants Fridays is a cause.

Sera: So do all Gray Wardens have beards?Blackwall: Just me. I stole all the beards, and all the power held within. There can be only one.

Solas: Have you ever had any interest in learning magic, Sera? While it has not manifested naturally, there are ways to determine whether arcane gifts lie dormant within you.Sera: What? Don’t make me think about that. I have to sleep at night!Solas: Sleeping would give you the chance to explore the Fade. I could introduce you to spirits.Sera: Right, you’re messing with me on purpose!Solas: Why would I do that? It is not as though I know who filled my bedroll with lizards.Sera: Heh. Fair point! That was pretty good.

Sera: I sent a box of rabbit raisins to some Lord What’s-his-tits in your name.Vivienne: That explains the letter of gratitude. They were, by all accounts, delicious.Sera: Ewww! Ew, ewww!Vivienne: You underestimate both the fragility of his holdings, and the severity of tribute demanded of him in the past.Vivienne: Perhaps he was grateful it was not a stew made of some lesser cousin.Sera: That’s lies, right? Must be lies.

And one that i just find beautiful:

Solas: You truly are content to sit in the sun, never wondering what you could’ve been, never fighting back.Varric: Ha, you’ve got it all wrong, Chuckles. This is fighting back.Solas: How does passively accepting your fate constitute a fight?Varric: In that story of yours—-the fisherman watching the stars, dying alone. You thought he gave up, right?Solas: Yes.Varric: But he went on living. He lost everyone, but he still got up every morning. He made a life, even if it was alone.Varric: That’s the world. Everything you build, it tears down. Everything you’ve got, it takes. And it’s gone forever.Varric: The only choices you get are to lie down and die or keep going. He kept going. That’s as close to beating the world as anyone gets.Solas: Well said. Perhaps I was mistaken.

And i’m stopping there bc i already copied and pasted a lot of the wiki and i’m not even done with half of my favorite quotes, so i guess those should count

hope you like it nonny ;O

Take care ;O