#poc inquisitor

[blightbright]

Sea of Frozen Words

Author: redhandsredribbons on AO3

Rating: E

Pairing: Solavellan

Wordcount: 75K (as of chapter 21, with one or two chapters left to go)

She thinks she remembers a story someone told her long ago. It must have been Deshanna who told her, when Idunn was a child. An old folktale, about the Dread Wolf and a Dalish woman. Once upon a time, there was a Dalish woman who gave herself to Fen’Harel, and let him make her a fool a thousand times over. Never hardening her heart, never learning her lesson, she swallowed her pride, until one day, there was no pride left in the world. When Fen’Harel saw this, he—? She doesn’t remember how the story ended.

Summary: Inquisitor Idunn Lavellan tries to save Solas from himself. Reality is fickle, and nothing goes to plan.

This Lavellan POV fic is a combo of dark, surreal horror adventure + hurt/comfort romance + healing + rebellion + sex + folklore + an extreme quantity of Solas' "Hallelujah" cadence. Angst with a true happy ending for the characters and the world, and a true relationship of equals, but some upsetting themes along the way. Warnings in the tags and in chapter notes. Spoilers for Veilguard, and Mythal critical.

A fix-it fic that's technically canon compliant... in the same sense that, technically, Fen'Harel rarely lies.

Read on AO3.

Moodboard by me.

[pinayelf-archive]

immy portrait I did a couple weeks ago when I started my dai replay ❤️

[kirkwall-age]

The phoenix hope can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite, revive from ashes and rise. — Miguel de Cervantes

[wyllapproves]

Respectfully I need more of yall with POC and/or midsize/plus-size rooks and inquisitors to make more art of them with solas bc (dis)respectfully I’m sick of seeing so many blonde thin ones it’s BORING.

[lawkills]

Actually quite gutted there won't be an Acolyte S2. I know it wasn't the best SW show but it had some really interesting plot lines that are unfinished and mysteries that will go unanswered.

I don't know why. The show was getting hate before it even started and most of it was down to it being female lead and POC which is just disgusting. It also got hate because it isn't linked to Skywalker but that should be a good thing. We should be getting other stories. There is a whole universe of different events to pull from that we have seen in books and comics.

This show was unique, and it brought elements from what is now considered Legends because Disney decided to disregard it. That was a real win for us who have loved the universe beyond the original and prequel trilogies

I'm hoping the writers/Disney will find some way to answer those in other projects. Like what happens with Qimir and Osha? What is Qimir's real name? How exactly did he get that scar? What is Plageius plans? How did Osha and Mae get created? Is the Power of Two the Rule of Two or something else?

And another thing. Qimir was interesting because he was unique in what he was compared to what we have seen. He wasn't a Jedi, he wasn't a Sith. He was someone free in the Force just doing what he do. Yes he said the Jedi would consider him a Sith, but never explicitly said he was one (and if we go by canon he didn't have the Sith eyes so at most he was more in line with Kylo Ren or the Inquisitors).

Please Disney, let us have some answers. I will even take it in book form if I must

[cdsillyposting]

Lorch should watch:

I will be marking these with "tv recommendations" if you don't want to see em

I'll use the Grand Galactic Inquisitor as much as I wanna

Yes I know she don't want recommendations but it fits all her criteria. Badass poc main female character, abusers get beaten up, found family (though more mother daughter than sisters), devoted main characters

[thedasincolor]

Welcome to @thedasincolor: Meet Cute Mondays!

We want to create a space to collect, celebrate, and elevate works by fans who are POC and/or Jewish. Please respect our goals! Reblog this for exposure, but please allow this to be a platform for POC/Jewish creators! If this applies to you, your dragon age OCs can be anyone or any race.

In this new WEEKLY event, let us highlight and celebrate your OCs! Reblog this post, or create a new post and tag @thedasincolor with an OC introduction! We’ll reblog throughout the week.

Screenshots and art are encouraged. If you need an idea, here’s are some questions and also some art templates to introduce your OC!

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Name:

Pronouns:

Origin:

Class:

Specialization:

Role (Warden, Champion, Inquisitor, or others!):

Age:

Are they inspired by any real world culture?

What characters are they closest to?

Do they have any rivals?

Did they romance anyone?

What is your favorite headcanon about them?

Are they friendly?

What is the happiest ending you can think of for your character?

-:-

Feeling more visual? Here are some visual templates to fill out!

Dragon Age Origins | Dragon Age II | Dragon Age Inquisition (source)

[chaifootsteps]

Been playing BG3 again (I stopped at a certain point because I disliked enough of it to shelve it) but I'm back at it to actually form a good opinion on *why* I dislike it, since the refund period was already well out the window by the time I was fed up the first time around.

Why am I coming to you about this? Because I noticed something while playing and doing some digging on the other romance routes that I will not be doing. Astarion and Stolas are incredibly alike. It's fascinating to me, Astarion literally admits to the player that he manipulated you so you wouldn't ever cross him, but only after *he* fell in love does he decide you get agency. Which sounds very similar to how a certain owl treats a certain imp.

Honestly the more I play the game and do some digging on the fandom the more BG3 feels like Helluva Boss. Both stories had initial premise (for BG3 it was the Early Access, for HB it was the pilot/season 1) but fell into just being romance or focusing on the writer's pet (for BG3 this is Astarion). Both stories handle abuse abysmally (Wyll and Gale are both victims and yet their abuse isn't treated as serious? There was even a 'patch' where the PC could pressure Gale into group sex and he still expresses being uncomfortable the entire time, Wyll's abuse is... A fucking lot to get into) and both stories are just. Flat out racist? HB has the whole... Imps and Hellhounds metaphor going on (that gets conveniently forgotten about when we need to focus on how sad Stolas is) and BG3 also has fantasy racism (playing as a Teifling apparently has NPCs call you slurs right out the gate) but also just has normal, everyday racism in the foundations of the game (Wyll is the most lacking companion in content while Astarion gets more and more content, the lack of options for POC to make a character that even looks like them). *This* was 2023's GotY?

I'm so, so tired of mediocre at best pieces of work being propped up as 'the best thing ever and if you disagree you're a bad person' by fandom at large. I wish people were more critical of the things they consumed, I wish stories about male victims of abuse were treated seriously and not just made as wank fodder or without the author constantly implying that the victim 'deserved' it.

Apologies in advance if this is heavy, I generally try to form my thoughts about these things more constructively as I believe it's important to establish *why* something is flawed, but I'm so frustrated. It's hard to be charitable and kind all the time when it feels like doing so is coming up against a dead end. It also goes without saying that if any fans of BG3 see this, I don't hate you, I don't think you're a bad person for liking this game I despise, I'm just... Tired.

(I'd also like to request that this ask, if you decide to answer, is paired with the suggestive tag due to the language I've used. It's a personal preference, thank you in advance.)

Haven't gotten around to playing BG3, but between the resemblance to Stolas and the terrible flashbacks to actual worst character Iron Bull sleeping with your Inquisitor as a means of spying on them and then "catching feelings," I'm thinking I might have to skip romancing Astarion. At least there's plenty of other fish in the Baldur's Gate 3.

[dreadfutures]

Starting a new event on @thedasincolor​: Meet Cute Mondays!

Of course, I had to take this time to introduce my main OC, Ixchel Lavellan!

Young!Ixchel art is mine, and older!Ixchel art is by GerryArthur. Templates here.

We want to create a space to collect, celebrate, and elevate works by fans who are POC and/or Jewish. Please respect our goals! Reblog this for exposure, but please allow this to be a platform for POC/Jewish creators! 

A little about Ixchel below:

Name: Ixchel Lavellan

Pronouns: she/her

Origin: divergent - she’s an orphan who was adopted by Clan Lavellan

Class: Warrior - Two Handed

Specialization: Champion

Role: Inquisitor

Age: young!Inquisitor @ ~16, current!Inquisitor @ ~25

Are they inspired by any real world culture? She’s Mexican <3

What characters are they closest to? Solas, Dorian, Cassandra, Cole, but she’s friends with many!

Do they have any rivals? You might say she and Vivienne are rivals, but they care about each other very much and respect each other.

Did they romance anyone? As a girl, no! She just loved everyone around her as a friend/found family. Now she romances Solas.

What is your favorite headcanon about them? Her Ardent Blossom is made of magic marigolds <3

Are they friendly? Ixchel is incredibly friendly, but due to trauma she can have a difficult time warming up and trusting.

What is the happiest ending you can think of for your character? Ixchel deserves to have a quiet future in which she can explore ancient history, learn new magic, and help people and spirits coexist, while keeping in touch with all her friends. ;-; <3

[pupkinpumpkin]

Since my HoF is a redhead, my Hawke has black hair, and my Inquisitor is a brunette I've been thinking of making my Rook blonde or ginger, but I've also been like, wow I love all all these Inquisitors and HoFs and Hawke's being poc, they're so pretty, but I'm not a person of color so I can't make anyone with a tan or dark skin tone....

And then I realized I'm fucking Mexican which I seem to have forgotten somehow so now I'm making my Rook a super hot Antivan (so probably a part of the Antivan crows or Lords of Fortune cuz that sounds super cool) with a mole or two bc ppl with moles don't get enough love

Still deciding whether to give her blonde or black hair tho

[gxldencity]

4, 7 & 24 for the 🔥🔥 asks!

4. what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

Tbh I don't have a last straw anymore. I use and abuse the block button liberally. If I see an annoying opinion, I block. Sometimes, I don't even finish reading the post because you usually can tell it's rancid from the first 2 lines.

I've blocked half a fandom at this point bc of the constant negativity. I simply don't care anymore. I'm here to have fun. If you take personal offense to that then that's your problem not mine.

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Alngksgnw as you're said hate IS a strong word and I don't hate characters really unless there is a good reason for me to hate them.

So when I say I began to dislike Dorian Pavus after seeing how the fandom acted towards him, I don't hate him. I guess I do find him fascinating and relatable to an extent but I also don't think he's written perfectly as some people act like he is. Revisiting Dorian's quest as an adult with a fully developed brain and way more comfortable about my own queerness made me realize that I dislike how Dorian didn't really have agency whether to reconcile with his father or not. I know it's the point of The game to have a choice but Idk a bit more dialogue about the choice could've easily solved that problem for me.

I also have issues with Dorian's Indian coding lmao and have since felt like I was duped. It just feels like a cop-out? Like Gaider and team knew about the complaints people have about his comments wrt Asians in Thedas so they made him Asian—only mentioning it in a forum post or Twitter I think 🫠 so to this day ive seen people still surprised that he's Asian—without considering how to code him as Indian in the game.

Things like his clothing having some influences from the cultures in India or family structures and mannerisms. I mean it could be as simple as Indian coding the people of Quarinus so you don't just have this one Indian coded family in the entirety of Thedas. The Alexiuses could've also been Indian coded.

(An aside there's more layers to this like the unfortunate implications of coding a group of people who own slaves as poc but I could write a whole post about Dragon Age's attempts of trying to put Asians in this game)

Anyway, that's canon lol. Fandom makes this all worse. I could just point at the Orientalist depictions of Dorian in fanart and just end it here but nope it goes deeper. Somehow, Dorian attracted the worst kind of fandom. Like the Solas and Cullen stans maybe louder but I was there Gandalf. I was in the trenches. People were forming cliques around this one BNF and their friends. I was in the clique and it was all good until Tresspasser dropped.

You see this clique hated that Tresspasser ended with Dorian and the Inquisitor being in an LDR—because Dorian was off trying to fix a country—to the point where some of them acted like they broke up. Hello? Okay 1) That is such a poor reading on long distance relationships 2) Dorian...got a phone crystal for the Inquisitor, u know a tech that didn't exist in Thedas so they can stay in touch.

It also isn't enough that they didn't like it. Others have to Not like it as well. I remember talking to the BNF about my Inquisitor and Dorian, how they stayed in touch as Dorian was y'know trying to fix a country and the BNF told me that it was a depressing situation for my Inquisitor and Dorian...even though it isn't and they're perfectly happy.

(An side, not from this clique but I wouldnt be surprised if some of them also held this opinion but I saw some accusations from folks that Bioware is homophobic because Dorian and the Inquisitor are in an LDR. This is how batshit this fandom is).

Anyway, to keep it short, I was 19-20 when all of this happened. I probably said some stupid shit around that time but I should tell you these people were in their late 20s to early 30s. They were affected by a 19-20 year old with just a handful of followers saying stupid shit. They were so affected by the barely adult saying stupid shit that one of them stalked me, vagueposted about me and when I found out they were vagueposting about me, proceeded to gaslight me and told me I was the one stalking them. :)

Not only that, they also harassed one of my friends to not posting their fics ever again, harrassed a friend of a friend for trying to steal the BNF's spotlight 🙄. Come on some of you have fucking children.

I don't think I could look at Dorian in the same way which is a shame because for a time he was important to me but like God, it was rough.

I also have not forgotten nor forgave :) hence why I have the studio behind that chorus game or whatever it's called now blocked :) and would not be playing it. Do not care if David Gaider is the one writing it. I mean he kinda was the weakest link in that writing team imo (and I also hate his prose).

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Very cliche but anything to do with the mages and templars

[pinayelf-archive]

Immy is candy hearts and bubblegum pop 🩷

[oakdaddypreserveme]

let me see your POC inquisitors and tavs! whether it be screenshots or art!

[bonesaints]

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[short-wooloo]

"I still think Trilla Suduri had better motives than whatever that Reeva nobody has."

1. FUCK OFF

2. I am so goddamn tired of this constant comparison/bringing up Trilla to bash Reva, why? WHY!? They are not the same character, yes they have similarities, but so do most of the other Inquisitors, and on that matter, why is it that Reva is only compared with Trilla and not any of the other Inquisitors? (Oh let me guess, it's because they're both poc women?)

3. This implies that Reva's motivations were unclear/not shown

And thus we see that someone did not watch and/or pay attention to Kenobi

Reva's motivations/goals are: revenge, punish the person responsible for destroying her family, find some modicum of justice

And in comparison, Trilla's are:

"cause as much misery as I can because that's all i have anymore, maybe hurt my former Master along the way, earn Vader/The Emperor's favor" and her motivation seems to be more or less "I was hurt/betrayed"

I'm not saying one is better than the other, but acting like we don't know Reva's or that Trilla's are inherently better is just incorrect

The Dawn of the Rebellion visual guide has confirmed Reva's official age

She is 22 years old at the time of the Kenobi miniseries (set in 9 bby), therefore she was 12 at the time of Revenge of the Sith (19 bby), so she was born in 31 bby, just a year after Phantom Menace

Guys,

When Reva chose to let go of her grief and hate, when she rejected the dark side, she was the same age as Anakin when he became Vader