#i want her to meet liriel it would be hilarious

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6, 7, 8 and 9 :D

6. Do you have your Rook(s) planned out to any degree? If so, would you share some details or ideas you have?

My Rook is my Lavellan, Liriel. Liriel was not the Inquisitor in my playthrough - Sable Trevelyan was - but she, along with two other Lavellans (Lahariel and Mahanon, who belong to @orodrethsgeek), were headcanon companions instead.

Liriel had a Solavellan "romance" which was very different to the canon romance and was more like enemies with benefits, tho by the end of the game there was genuine fondness between them. (Stronger on Solas's side, due to Liriel's passion for knowledge; Liriel knew better than to get too attached to someone who looked down on her.) Liriel figured out who Solas was but didn't tell anyone other than Lahariel and Mahanon until Trespasser. At first she wanted to kill Solas, but Cole speaking up for him plus her softening over time means that by DA4 she's willing to hear him out, and possibly aid him if it means not killing innocents in the process. But if he goes ahead with it, yeah, she's gonna fuck him up.

She is convinced the Evanuris are the Archdemons.

DA4 actually perfectly lines up with my headcanon post-DAI for her - after meeting Mythal Liriel was bitterly disillusioned and set out on a quest to uncover the secrets of Arlath'an that Solas was keeping from her. The Veiljumpers fit her perfectly bc of that. I think she'd already be great friends with Bellara.

She did have a kid with Solas. Celysel will be around ten by DA4. She knows she "comes from" Solas but doesn't consider him her father at all; she considers Lahariel and Mahanon her dads and is a bit confused that people expect her to be upset that she never knew Solas. She doesn't know he's the Dread Wolf, but she may be told during DA4.

7. Which character from the previous games or other media are you most hoping will make an appearance in DAV?

So Fenris hasn't been Liriel's dad in eight years since I made her Liriel instead of Leandra, but it's still gonna fuck her up if he shows up lmao. (If he does I'm just going to headcanon that her actual dad is tagging along, since their backstories are still p much the same and they'd get along really well). I'm also hoping for Dorian and Leliana, our Divine.

8. What faction are you most excited to learn more about?

Veiljumpers, for obvious reasons!

9. Which romance, if any, do you plan to pursue first?

Liriel won't be pursuing any romances because she has husbands at home.

Altho if Bioware smiles upon me and makes it possible to romance the egg woof again I'd absolutely love to see how that goes purely bc I miss watching Solas and Liriel argue and I'd honestly love to see how the whole "yeah you're an omnicidal maniac" angle overshadows it. It'd be JUICY

also if Liriel brought Solas home it'd be hilarious to picture Mahanon's reaction of "yay! Solas is back!" contrasted with Lahariel's "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BRING THIS ASSHOLE HERE I THOUGHT WE GOT RID OF HIM"

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More folks! I really love Yvonnel honestly, she’s just weird in a really fun way.

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OK, so here’s my impressions of Shadows of New York so far. I’m enjoying it more than Coteries.

I am 55 minutes in.

Spoilers are very minor, but are there:

I mention which characters have returned and my impression of them, although I don’t give specific details.

I mention how SoNY has set up what happened to Sophie and the Fledgling, but this is right at the bottom and has been warned for.

I talk about Julia’s personality and my thoughts on it.

I do NOT discuss the main plot or any specific events beyond “this character showed up.”

So without further ado, read on!

It starts out hella pretentious but it quickly becomes apparent that that’s deliberate and part of Julia’s personality when things are being set up. 

When it gets interesting HO BOY does it get interesting. So far, even though the main plot hasn’t actually happened (I’m still getting through the setup and I think I’m just on the cusp of the main plot kicking in), it’s actually really interesting. The story is slower paced than Coteries but far from boring, less disjointed so far, and it feels like it will be longer.

It feels more like a novel than Coteries did. So far there’s been less opportunities because of how often Julia likes to monologue in her head. I can see why she’s described as dissociative. She has much more of a personality than the Fledgling did, who seemed to be really caught up in the here and now in comparison.

Minor spoiler here but I feel I should warn you guys -- she clearly has severe depression. No suicidal ideation that I’ve noticed, but she gets very lost in her head (it drags a bit when this happens -- the story is interesting enough I can handle it but it does stick out) rather than interacting with her situation as much as the Fledgling does. So if you have depression she may be triggering, IDK.

Julia’s an amazing character, though. She really irritated me at first but the bit that irritated me quickly got washed away by changes in the plot. Still, as a character she’s exactly my type -- if any of you VTM fans are familiar with my OC, Liriel, she’s a lot like Liriel, but less hyperactive. Has a bad habit of mouthing off, which is not a trait you want when dealing with other vampires lmao.

We meet a Banu-Haqim and another Lasombra. The Lasombra creeps me the fuck out and I want to punch her.

We also run into Thomas Arturo again, briefly.

We meet the Malkavian primogen.

Also meet another character whose clan I either missed or is unknown. His premise is quite interesting.

Comments on Coteries characters:

Qadir returns, and has a new (very sexy) design! Can I just say I’ve only seen one scene of him and Julia interact, but it was amazing. I love their banter. He has a different dynamic with Julia than he did the Fledgling, but it’s still somehow pretty in-character. It’s him, just a different side of him. Much like with the Fledgling, his bark is worse than his bite -- he’s not threatening Julia or anything, but if you look between the lines you can see he’s still quite patient and good-hearted. A different vampire would react to Julia a much different way.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Julia/Qadir becomes a big ship. I see them as an exasperated older brother and annoying younger sister, but I can definitely see people interpreting their banter differently.

We finally meet Samira! She’s beautiful.

Aisling returns, grumbling and grouching.

BENOIT RETURNS AND IT’S AMAZING, OMFG. Oh Benoit. I won’t spoil, and this might be a case of me finding something funny that other people won’t, but I thought his intro was hysterical. Especially Julia’s reaction. Julia’s reaction. omfg. At the same time though I feel really bad for Benoit. It’s hilarious in a “well I should probably actually feel sorry for him instead of laughing at him” kind of way.

Comments on Sophie and the Fledgling (MINOR SPOILERS FOLLOW):

Sophie Langley has disappeared, so nobody (other than the obvious parties) seems to know she’s met her Final Death.

It also appears that a returning character from Coteries was made the scapegoat and everyone thinks this person is responsible for Sophie going missing. I’m not sure if that’s actually what happened, or if Julia just said this to that person to push their buttons -- she’s been known to say things that aren’t true just to wind people up.

The Fledgling has disappeared. No other mention of the Fledgling so far except that they went missing at the same time Sophie did.