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[skeptiql]

The joys of a holiday quarrel

[spineless-lobster]

“Kill them with kindness” WRONG‼️ wooden horse

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[boxwearssocks]

Yeh

[corseque]

Hi! I've been following you for ages for your great Solas takes and immaculate taste in sad men. I've been thinking about this because I have a Dragon Age Inquisitor who is an abomination, what do you think Solas would think about abominations/do you recall him ever talking about them? Both Anders/Justice and the more demonic unwilling variety.

Personally I would assume he'd be initially horrified because that might seem like a violation of consent for both parties, but after learning more about them he might grow more curious/respect actual unions a mage might have as an abomination. I am basically just workshopping an OC and hitting a wall and you're the local Solas sage, so... XO

Oh, that's so nice..

Solas is more chill with willing abominations than you might think. And he seems to know all about it already. In Jaws of Hakkon, in the quest called “In Exile” you meet a young mage named Sigrid Gulsdotten who had been willingly possessed by a friendly spirit in order to teach her magic. Which is what the Avvar do culturally to make mages safer.

Sigrid was getting old enough that it was time for her and the spirit to part ways, but she didn’t want to give it up because she didn’t want to lose the spirit as a friend/confidant. Solas has a surprising amount to say in Jaws of Hakkon in general about how the Avvar interact with and relate to spirits, and he talks a lot in this quest too. He is very gentle with her. Let me look up exactly what he says. When you find clues about the mage's failed ritual to part with her spirit, Solas says (a mage in your party always speaks here):

"Residual magic. Someone was casting a spell, and was interrupted. Or stopped."

"If a mage was performing a ritual to part with a spirit, she may have needed to replenish her strength."

Then later, when you talk to her, the conversation goes like this:

Sigrid: "I could not do it! I have no close companions in the hold! No kin! I cannot lose my only friend!"

Inquisitor: "You're friends with this… spirit?"

Sigrid: "It has taught me with patience and kindness since I was a child, frightened of the fire I could suddenly call down."

Solas: "A great comfort. But you are no longer a child."

Sigrid: "Some mages need the help of a god all their lives."

Solas: "Very well. Perhaps, however, ask yourself if it is help you need, or companionship."

Sigrid: "I do not wish to lose the one who loves me."

Here is a playthrough that has this dialogue:

At the end of the quest, if you recruit Sigrid for the Inquisition, Varric, Sera, Vivienne, Iron Bull and Cassandra have strong negative feelings about it, while Cole approves. Solas doesn't seem to approve or disapprove, as far as I can tell. He doesn't say anything, at least. When talking to the Shaman about this Avvar practice, you get this conversation:

Inquisitor: "You let spirits possess your mages on purpose?"

Shaman: "What better teacher than one woven from magic? The spirits in the hold have helped us in this way for hundreds of years. Once a mage masters their powers, their teacher departs, duty ended. Unless the mage is weak."

Inquisitor: "What happens to these "weak" mages?"

Shaman: "Their teachers stay with them and the other gods watch them both, so neither soul turns sick. If one does sicken, or the mage stands in risk of harming the hold… One day, they do not wake in their bed. It is very sad. It is what must be done."

Solas: "It is kinder than what happens in many mage Circles."

So Solas seems to understand the reality that abominations become corrupted more easily, and that it's probably best for abominations to separate willingly.

Solas offers to separate Lucanis and Spite, and says their forceful combination was "a crime against [them] both" so I can only assume that it's the willingness factor that he gets upset by, along with him always being upset at the thought of spirits becoming corrupted.

[brainrockets]

I thought this was from Burrow's End. Lmao.

it's that time of year again

[the-archivists-left-eye]

*Odysseus voice-over while camera zooms out to show the palace* "Well, that was my story! Guess you could say it was pretty... heh... Epic!!"

*owl flies past Ithaca, pauses, winks at the camera, cut to black*

*pop version of Legendary playing for credits*

*Odyseuss voice-over while Troy slowly fades into view* "Oh... you're still here? Well, that was only the last half of the story... and the first half is just as crazy as the second-"

*opening seconds of the horse and the infant while Ody and soldiers come into view, cut to black right when you see his face*

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ILL BE HERE ALL NIGHT

[askblueandviolet]

Awww, it's nice to see you two actually sitting down and communicating like adults! This was long overdue.

[6-and-7]

the TARDIS better have a chair in it this next season, that's all I have to say.

[missnight0wl]

Oooooh, this is nice! :3 Thank you for tagging me, boo! 🖤

I'm tagging everyone because every moment is good for a cosy drink, so you should know what to pick (even if you don't want to post it).

GUYS I JUST FOUND THE CUTEST THING EVERRRR

what's your cozy cabin drink?

TAGGING SOME PEOPLE BC THIS IS SO CUTE

@toooster @glxsyymads @theodditylacey @junefl0wers @auntiejohn @stranger-detective @justafanbutcurious @daystarpoet @your-mommy-ems + anyone elseeeee

[celestefox13]

It's actually kind of funny that like half of the Lords of Fortune's few rules are explicitly the result of Isabela's dealings with the Qunari and Kirkwall.

Freeing slaves they happen to come across: That one really bad job that followed her into Kirkwall personally, her bad time in Qunari custody, and her becoming friends (ish) with Fenris

No taking cultural relics: Specifically, and almost explicitly, because of stealing that Qunari book that 1 time that not only followed her into Kirkwall, but also burned down half the city

Isabela really is just out to put as many defenses around herself as she can to keep from being the target of another specific manhunt while still doing at least the main pirate things: loot, drink, sail, and enjoy a bed in every port

[sleepy-hyperfixations]

Henry Foster "tig ol biddies" Collins

[amessformiles]

they’re in love, your honor 🤷

[titaniumshortcake]

Adding to this, as someone in their thirties and leaning toward the sex-repulsed side of the ace spectrum: We've always existed, no matter how hard people try to sell that sex is a must for a healthy relationship.

You can be an avid consumer of smut or porn and not all that interested in physically participating in sex. You can spend twenty years or more not understanding the appeal of sex and then meet that one person where it clicks and you Get It. You can want the romance and the casual intimacy without having an interest in sex. You can change your mind and decide you want to try sex with someone, and you might decide it's still not for you. You can be entirely uninterested in all of it and completely content with your life.

Asexuality takes a lot of different shapes. A lot of the time, that shape is fluid or changes depending on where we're at in our lives.

With Lucanis, specifically: He is a work-oriented man. If he's not busy on a contract, he's looking for some other job to do (i.e. taking over as the primary cook). Intimacy is not a priority of his, even if it might be something he wants. Add to that the fact that this man is a wallflower who does everything he can to avoid being the center of attention. He prefers to blend in and keep his head down, because there's a kind of safety in avoiding the notice of others.

Social cues are not his forte. He misses the fact that Rook is flirting half the time, and is genuinely taken aback when he realizes Rook is interested in him. It's not rejection when he pulls away from that near-kiss.

It's panic.

His body language during that exchange is stiff; if you watch his face as Rook leans in, his smile drops. Lucanis is trying to take the lead in the way that Crows are taught to seduce a mark. He's probably watched Illario do it a thousand times, is probably jacking his lines straight from one of the romances that he's read, and he doesn't know what to do with the realization that he wants to take that step. It's all new to him. All he knows is that Rook shouldn't be treated like a mark, but he doesn't know what that looks like.

Most of us have been there for our first crushes; wanting to get it right, terrified of screwing up something good. And that's before we even factor in how Caterina raised Lucanis, and the year of torture that he's bottling up for most of the game, and his struggles with Spite.

For all of Veilguard's flaws, and the fact that I don't think that the game handles its depictions of trauma consistently, when it gets things right...it gets them right.

A portion of people within this fandom are really letting their discomfort with asexual people and virginity show.

I hate to break it to you, but there are people who make it to adulthood as virgins (and it isn't inherently tied to being religious.).

I need you guys to breathe and be realistic for 5 minutes, and also realize the implications of your exclamation about how impossible you find Lucanis being a virgin is. Maybe it's not within your scope of focus, but yes, it happens.

No, I don't care that he's a Crow. He specifically tells you that seduction is Illario's thing.

Yes, you can read romance and be in love with the idea (and even long for it for yourself!) and still not take that jump.

Sex is not casual for everyone. Casual sex is not for everyone.

Please sit with that before you guffaw and call it impossible.

[nobodyinc1200]

Antinous, the first suitor to die...

(My Odyssey!Antinous 😌 reveal)

[mousetoe-wc]

Right ok I gotta know the peoples opinions