#rohan/zevran

[exantivancrow]

hiya! Mayhaps pre-relationship 2, love 10, and domestic life 7 for Zevran and Rohan? c:

laya ily tysm!!!

2. What were their first impressions of each other?

Rohan: who tf is that? >> great, more bad guys. >> oh he’s still alive >> is he flirting with me?? >> oh this’ll be hilarious. i’m keeping him.

Zevran: the grey warden. excellent. >> oh he is talented. >> rinna. >> oh i’m still alive. ow. >> oh no improvise!! >> he’s…. letting me live?

[this turned more into inner thoughts but i’m not changing it]

10. Do they prefer physical or verbal affection?

Rohan prefers showing physical because he’s not great with words, he never had to use them very often. He prefers receiving verbal affection because it’s lovely to hear it vocalized and it means that Zev is comfortable telling other people about them. His fling with Leske had to be secret or else it was a weakness but Zev is loud and proud about them.

Zevran prefers showing verbal because he’s great with words and loves to get reactions out of Rohan. He prefers receiving physical because it means that Rohan is thinking about him, and he’s never had a partner show affection visibly without treating him as a trophy.

7. Who kills the bugs in the house?

Rohan’s from Orzammar. He ain’t scared of no bugs. Zevran’s from Antiva. He shouldn’t be scared of bugs. “But they’re so creepy, mi quiero. Too many legs.”

ty again! these were really fun!!!

[ludjaci]

💉🔥✘ for all yo muses >)

bish i s2g. ok here goes

💉: Do they suffer from any sort of chronic illness or bodily fragility?

I'd say no, she's very very resilient and her immune system is very good--she takes care of herself. she has to be healthy and beautiful for her senpai <3

🔥: What’s a place that left them motivated in some fashion?

She feels most at peace and most motivated alone in her house, in her room, where she has, amongst other things, a shrine for her beloved senpai, and she believes it binds their souls together and she's that much more motivated to win their heart!

✘: Who do they detest the most? Do they typically avoid this person or antagonize them?

Ayano detests anyone who gets close to her object of affection--closeness can range from being her darling's friend, or to just existing in the vicinity of her darling. at best, she'll try and benignly manipulate the problem person to move away, in worst case she'll kidnap and torture them until they break

💉: Do they suffer from any sort of chronic illness or bodily fragility?

Chloe doesn't take care of herself that much so she's not exactly peaking when it comes to physical health... she tends to get colds n stuff like that easily. Also, back problems, springtime allergies, blech

🔥: What’s a place that left them motivated in some fashion?

the junkyard. so many memories good and bad, so much time spent thinking things through, and putting plans in motion whether on her own or with Rachel or even Max

✘: Who do they detest the most? Do they typically avoid this person or antagonize them?

Not to be depressing but I think the person Chloe detests most of all is her own self, and it reflects in how she treats and sees others, and it's why she's so careless and impulsive and has the tendency to get herself in dangerous situations

💉: Do they suffer from any sort of chronic illness or bodily fragility?

well... there's him being a vampire (...or is he???), and there's him having some kind of a unspecified, but definitely chronic mental illness, possibly caused by drug abuse... or the vampire curse... who knows...

🔥: What’s a place that left them motivated in some fashion?

when he was but a human teenage boy and ran away from home to get in the car with his shady friends and they drove to an underground party/concert in the capital of the country and he felt so much joy watching some dudes scream non-sensical dramatic lyrics into the mic while playing dark tunes on the guitar and he was like 'yes, i'll be a musician one day, probably, if i survive that far'

✘: Who do they detest the most? Do they typically avoid this person or antagonize them?

Messiah is usually too phlegmatic to detest someone in particular--rather, he thinks it's the whole damn world that's shitty--but if he doesn't vibe well with someone he WILL go out of his way to avoid them or ignore them... and if it's not possible he'll get really irritable and snappy, and if provoked too much he'll get REALLY scary and possibly violent. Just don't poke him too hard ok

💉: Do they suffer from any sort of chronic illness or bodily fragility?

He does have a form of anxiety due to the childhood abuse he went through... also, asthma, tho it doesn't affect him frequently, just when he gets too anxious or exerts himself physically... and his face is very sensitive bc of his scars

🔥: What’s a place that left them motivated in some fashion?

whenever he visits josuke's or koichi's house and hangs out with their families and he feels warm and welcome and appreciated...

✘: Who do they detest the most? Do they typically avoid this person or antagonize them?

He detests anyone who tries to start shit with him or his friends and he doesn't think twice before getting over-protective and maybe even outright aggressive if he feels their safety threatened enough, or if he feels they're being insulted or etc

💉: Do they suffer from any sort of chronic illness or bodily fragility?

So when he was a kid and played on the beach he broke his rib and ever since whenever he's in places where there's high pressure he feels sharp pains in his lungs

🔥: What’s a place that left them motivated in some fashion?

He's been to so many places, seen so many things, talked to so many ppl, but Morioh is his muse and the place he feels his life truly began

✘: Who do they detest the most? Do they typically avoid this person or antagonize them?

The classic example of someone Rohan detests is Josuke (even if it's kinda petty), but he doesn't really go out of his way to either avoid him or antagonise him--it just happens naturally. Rohan also very much dislikes people who are selfish and corrupt and a menace to society, tho they also kinda interest him, but like in a 'eughh ur such a horrible human being and ur going to hell but i wanna know who hurt you' way

💉: Do they suffer from any sort of chronic illness or bodily fragility?

Guy's been through so much shit that barely anything can get to him while he's in his prime, tho i think as he gets older his body starts to show effects of all the abuse and wounds and stress and etc he'd endured. also there's the depression which comes and goes

🔥: What’s a place that left them motivated in some fashion?

moreso a person than a place... at least in the case of the grey warden letting him live and join the party, because that's when zev finds his lost will to live... and if the grey warden let him off, i think zev ends up in the alienage in denerim right when it's in 'quarantine' and starts looking into shit and comes to some realisations and still ends up abandoning his life as an assassin and being on the run and dismantling morally questionable organisations bc it was #fate

✘: Who do they detest the most? Do they typically avoid this person or antagonize them?

Zev rarely cares enough to outright detest someone, and he is rather lax when it comes to morality, being an assassin himself... tho if there really is someone who grinds his gears, he'll do his best to ignore them but not go out of his way to ignore them--if he can't ignore them he'll get rly nasty and snarky and even outright cruel--or just eliminate them if they're a threat to him or his values

[loyaltycollared]

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄  !

list your fav characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people.

SK8 the Infinity: Kikuchi Tadashi, Shindo Ainosuke, Oka Shokichi, Kyan Reki, Chinen Miya, honestly i love them all…

Bleach: Hisagi Shuuhei, Muguruma Kensei, Tousen Kaname, Tsunayashiro Tokinada, Aizen Sousuke, Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia, Kira Izuru, Abarai Renji

Fullmetal Alchemist: Edward Elric, Solf J. Kimblee, Maria Ross, Dr. Knox’s son, Pitt Renbak (he’s from one of the light novels), Izumi Curtis, Winry Rockbell

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Kishibe Rohan, DIO, Higashikata Josuke

Persona: Sakamoto Ryuji, Kurusu Akira | Amamiya Ren | MC, Sakura Futaba, Akechi Goro, Sanada Akihiko, Makoto Yuki | Minato Arisato, Tatsumi Kanji, Shirogane Naoto

Final Fantasy: Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Aerith Gainsborough, Biggs, Leslie Kyle, Andrea Rhodea, Layle, Keiss (layle and keiss are from the crystal bearers game which i still haven’t finished bc my wii hates me)

Jujutsu Kaisen: Inumaki Toge, Okkotsu Yuuta, Choso, Itadori Yuuji, Fushiguro Megumi, Kugisaki Nobara, again i pretty much love them all…

My Hero Academia: Shigaraki Tomura, Todoroki Touya, Shinsou Hitoshi, Amajiki Tamaki, Toogata Mirio, Hadou Nejire, Kirishima Eijirou, Toga Himiko, Fumikage Tokoyami

Fruits Basket: Sohma Hatsuharu, Sohma Hatori, Shiraki Mayuko, Uotani Arisa, Hanajima Saki, Honda Tohru, Sohma Kyo

Dragon Age: Solas, The Iron Bull, Anders, Zevran Arainai, Alistair Therein, Morrigan, Sera

tagged by: @praeteritus-memories​ (ty lu!)

tagging: (shrug) you are welcome to grab this if you see it

[guccitama69]

I was tagged by @my-my-my

I feel like I have a tendency to gravitate towards tall, dark haired characters as far as appearance goes. But personality-wise I like characters who are morally dubious, catty, snarky, or downright goofy. Now that I’m typing this out I think I just gravitate towards characters I can relate to lmao

Anyway, from left to right starting on the top row: Kyoraku Shunsui (Bleach), Solas (Dragon Age: Inquisition), Dorian Pavus (Dragon Age: Inquisition), Sailor Mars, Rohan Kishibe (JoJo), Gladio (FFXV), Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing), Bruno Buccellati (JoJo), and Aizen Sousuke (Bleach)

Honorable mentions to my other favorite characters:

Link (LoZ)

Cullen Rutherford (Dragon Age series [please let him retire])

Zevran Arainai (Dragon Age series [please bring him back])

Jotaro Kujo (JoJo)

Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)

Popuko and Pipimi (Pop Team Epic)

Ukitake Jushiro (Bleach)

tagging @chrvstxl @thissilverfish @hardcorecoaster @hextme @buriedinbleach and whoever else wants to do this! Sorry if I forgot anyone.

[galpalaven]

#I don't have a da blog so this will have to do#but HOLY SHIT#CAN SHE PLEASE BE A DOWNLOADABLE COMPANION HOLY SHIT#IM SO WEAK FOR THE DOCTOR/KILLER TROPE AND THIS IS HOW TO GET ME PSYCHED UP FOR DA AND BLOOD MAGES. FUCKING INTELLIGENT AS HELL AND RUTHLESS#AND USING THE BODY AS A WEAPON WITHOUT THE REGULAR SPIRIT STUFF#SHE COULD WALK ON ME AND I'D SAY THANK YOU#KIANA PLEASE TELL ME YOU'VE WRITTEN HER AT LEAST A PARTIAL BOOK.#Nadia Surana#friend's ocs#galpalaven#i love her#i love her so much

@anosrepasi first of all this was a beautiful thing to wake up to in the midst of this damn cold (also if i could make her a companion i would because she’d be the first mage without an ulterior motive--she just wants to punch templars and darkspawn and thats it)

secondly i haven’t written much about her really aside from like. rambles about her story and whatever interactions she’s had with my main Warden, Kira, because Kira/Zev took a lot of my concentration lol. i have a few things sitting in my drafts that never got finished (Alistair/Nadia and Leliana/Nadia both but alas...) I’ll take this time I guess to tell you about her backstory and stuff!

pics and stuff below the cut because it got LONG

Nadia Surana was born in Denerim, to Rohan Surana (an apostate, merchant, and thief from Antiva) and Maelle Mahariel (First of her clan and sister to the Mahariel that was the parent of the other Mahariel). 

Here’s a photoset of the whole family!

Once they settled in the Alienage, they led a fairly normal life, even when Nadia began to exhibit signs of magic. Both parents helped her learn their each respective cultures, and the magic that came with it. Rohan Surana had taught himself magic without a staff, and helped his daughter do the same--much less conspicuous that way. He also taught her Antivan (which was what helped her be friends with Zevran when that time came). Nadia’s mother, Maelle, taught her Elvhen--told her stories of the Dalish, of the Pantheon, of the Dales, and while Nadia always felt a little disconnected from that side of her, she kept it close when she was taken to the Circle.

How she ended up taken to the Circle was a secret up until the Fifth Blight. She and her parents were out late one evening, having been at dinner to celebrate her birthday, when a group of city guards decided they were in the mood to beat up some elves. Long story short, ten-year-old Nadia was having None of That, and ended up accidentally killing them with blood magic after one of them cut her with a blade. The Templars came the next day, and her father took the blame for her. They killed him, but still took Nadia after she tried to set one of them on fire.

Her time in the Circle was rough and quite frankly awful. There were beatings, a couple of forced isolations, and if she hadn’t learned to stop using casual magic within the first three days, it probably would have been worse. She was lucky that she wasn’t as unfortunate as some of the other elven girls, of course--the ones who ended up pregnant by the templars and either were beaten to kill the baby, or were accused of blood magic and slaughtered where they stood.

Jowan (and I’m playing around with making an Amell as well) were her only friends for a long while, though she did follow Anders around after she heard about his many escape attempts, partially wondering if she might be able to do the same. 

She blames herself for Jowan’s turning to blood magic, because she’d kept a carefully concealed journal with notes and ideas about how blood magic could be useful to heal, instead of only to summon or kill. He must have found it and agreed, which is why she couldn’t have him killed when the Wardens ran into him again in Redcliffe. He was still her best friend, and who was she to judge a blood mage when she was one herself.

In my timeline, the whole fiasco at the Circle happened before the betrayal of Castle Cousland, and Nadia was in fact present for this. She helped Kira Cousland escape with her life, and they bonded on the way to Ostagar--Nadia found her strange, not just because of her face but because of the way she, a Noble, was treating an elven mage. They became fast friends, and Nadia developed the tiniest bit of a crush on the rogue. Just a little.

It didn’t last, as Kira became more like a sister, and Nadia ended up falling madly in love with Alistair for a time. He was sweet and funny and she could ignore the Templar training easily, especially since he seemed to have left because he hated it there. 

And then, they went to the Alienage. Nadia had been excited to see her mother again, excited to introduce all her new friends and hoped her mother would be proud of her daughter, the Grey Warden, but it was never meant to be. They didn’t find her body, but the leader of the slavers in the Alienage had her mother’s necklace--the only thing she’d kept with her from her clan. Nadia went a bit mad, using blood magic to kill every last slaver in the room before he could even try to make a bargain.

As she knelt in the pool of blood, sobbing and clutching at her mother’s necklace--“Mamae. Ir abelas, Mamae. Mi’nas’sal’inan, Mamae.”--(roughly, I’m sorry, Mama. I miss you so much, Mama... I think.) Kira came up beside her and held her close, snapping at the others to leave them alone, especially Alistair, who looked a heartbeat away from running to the closest Templar and ratting on her.

They took the long way home that evening, and ended up running into the Crows without the rest of their party. Shale, Leliana, and Zevran were worried, however, and found them before it was too late. Kira got cut by Taliesin’s blade, however, and there was a good few minutes during which everyone panicked before Nadia managed to pull the poison back out of the wound using blood magic once more.

She and Alistair weren’t the same after that, and Nadia herself grew angry, blowing up one night at camp because she wasn’t a monster and she was sick of everyone treating her like one. She grew closer to Kira and Leliana during this time before the Landsmeet, but by the time the Landsmeet came, she was still so angry that she talked Kira into killing Loghain, even though Kira was originally going to spare him.

After the Archdemon was slain, and Kira was named Warden-Commander, Kira named Nadia Warden-Constable, a position Nadia worried she wouldn’t be able to fill, either because of the mage thing or the elf thing, but Kira just waved her off and said, “You’re the best I’ve got. Anyone who doesn’t like it will have to suck it up.”

Before Amaranthine, though, there was a few months interlude while Kira rested up in the capital (after having gotten that nasty back injury while fighting the Archdemon). During this time, she and Leliana grew very close, traveling around a bit and eventually, with Alistair in Orlais reconnecting with the Wardens there, Nadia felt no guilt at all for entering a relationship with the bard. 

It was a good relationship, Kira told her later. It softened Nadia from the stone-cold person she’d become during the Blight. She laughed more, smiled more, sometimes sang to herself while she worked. She and Leliana were together throughout the entirety of the events of Awakening, and though they went their separate ways once Leliana was requested to be the Left Hand of the Divine, they remained on pleasant terms, both of them remembering those few years with fondness.

When Alistair returned within the next year, it was hard. Nadia knew she still had feelings for him, and he for her, but neither of them really knew where to start. They weren’t like Zevran and Kira--they hadn’t parted with any kind of promise to stay in touch or anything. They took it slow, though, first feeling their way back into friends, and eventually to lovers, after having talked about everything that had gone wrong and promising not to let that happen again.

By Inquisition, she and Alistair are married with twins, Duncan and Ellana. It’s also around this time, after she and Alistair left the twins with Kira’s brother, Fergus, that she discovers the true extent of the healing capabilities of her blood magic, as I mentioned in that blurb.

Anyway, I wrote a lot, but I think that about covers everything!

[oldgrumpycosplay]

I don't think I've penned any life updates lately. It's been mainly makeup and reblogs... Well, I've been out of school for two weeks on my winter break, and all of its been chaos. I've also been sick a lot which sucks for productivity. I have to take a self-guided medical terminology class this month before school actually starts again, but I'm hoping to get some things done this month. Or at least started... 7th Doctor's Pants These I'm a tiny bit worried might not fit cause the pattern called for a semi stretch wool, but I got non stretch, but otherwise, everything is cut out, I just need to spend a day and sew them together. Theoden's Crown I've repatterned and resized it, and I think it's now at a size I like. I need to get some craft foam, and I already have the black worbla ready. Daggers for Zevran I got some expanding foam, cause I wanted to try out that technique for prop-making, and I'd like Zev to have a couple appropriate props for Magic Con. I haven't drawn out any designs yet. Arwen's Embellished Slippers Finally finished one shoe. Just need to sew on the beads to the other. Flagpole for Rohan Flag I've spray painted half of it, cause I'm lazy. Just spray the other half and make cool finial. Those are the things I want to start/finish this month. I want to focus on these before really starting on any new cosplays, especially since some of these pertain to costumes I'm taking to Magic Con and have a deadline for. I suppose that's it for now. Maybe I'll make a post about hopeful conventions this year or something. I have to figure out what I have money for...

[exantivancrow]

hi again! 👀, 💘, 🧸 for any OC(s) you'd like? :3

hi laya! i got rohan as requested but i've been thinking about my og blorbo keala lately so she's on here too with the other canon ocs. ty for the ask!! sorry it got really long lmao.

does your oc believe that they are attractive? do they use that to their advantage?

rohan never noticed appreciative stares because they only lasted as long as it took to see his brand. on the surface, he was kind of busy, but zevran taught him how to use his body as a weapon in more ways than one.

nicholas is hot and he knows it. he uses it as conflict deescalation. he'll make a joke when his friends personalities clash, he'll distract the guard/nobility from a target so they can escape, etc. other than that, norah might kill him if he tries to use his "feminine wiles" on her one more time. it doesn't' work. stop flexing your biceps. (in the background, varric is banging his head on the table).

cody doesn't personally find herself attractive? but she knows other people do, and totally abuses this power. when she was a barkeep, it was to get better tips and politer customers, as herald to earn more favor, and as cody, it's solely to win friends and influence cullen. cullen has no power in their relationship, his girlfriend is too pretty and rewards him for good behavior, he's completely useless.

keala is attractive but doesn't pay any attention to it at all, and frequently forgets, so no, she doesn't use it.

is your oc a good flirt? are they charming?

rohan is incredibly charming in an innocuous kind of way! and he's not a good flirt in the way that his method of flattery involves telling people that they way they use that knife is really sexy. which really only works on zevran.

nicholas is very charming, and a great flirt. when it comes to women, it's the follow-through he has trouble with. he doesn't know how to take it any further. the bigger problem is once he gets with fenris he doesn't know how to turn the charm off. stop hitting on him! his boyfriend might glare you to death!

cody is an incorrigible flirt. she's terrible at understanding the difference between being friendly and flirting, so most people think she is when she's not. but also, all of her inquisition friends have been on the receiving end before. from cassandra to solas to bull to rylen, she flirts, and they all know she only means it playfully. she and bull are pretty bad about it, but she and rylen are actually worse. they're both solely teasing cullen. he's tired of both of them.

keala is charming in an unintentional way. she's just so earnest about how nice you look today, that you can't help but be endeared.

into public displays of affection or are they more reserved?

rohan will never really get over the idea that it's not safe to show affection. don't let anyone know that you have a weakness, a soft spot. that being said, he will still show affection just in a reserved way about it. brushing against zevran without real intention or purpose. acts of service. eye-fucking, yknow, the usual. things he can get away with in public.

fenris takes a while to open up to public affection. nicholas respects his boundaries about it. when it comes to the hightown market? a brief hand brush or caress is fine. when it comes to their friends, a casual kiss or grope is fine. when the agregio comes out, one will be lucky to avoid having to bleach one's eyes.

cody is as openly affectionate as she can be while still being professional. she has a public image to maintain or josie will kill her and then thedas is doomed, so despite wanting to pinch cullen's ass on the practice yard, for the good of thedas, she cannot.

keala is very openly affectionate! facial kisses, holding hands, or delrin's personal favorite, coming up behind him when he's not in full plate, and wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing her face into his shoulder blades.

[exantivancrow]

Hi lovely! ❤️ For the relationship ask meme, Pre Relationship 4 and 5, General 3, and Love 9 for Rohan/Zev please!

OH HO HO!! i see!! tysm for asking!!!

4. Who felt romantic feelings first?

[disclaimer, i’m aro-spec and don’t know what a romantic feeling feels like? so this question won’t really elaborate as much, sorry]

Okay, Rohan felt them first but he’s dumb (affectionate) and didn’t realize? He had a lot going on, cut him some slack. Zevran realized that he was feeling romantic feelings first though.

5. Did either of them try and resist their feelings?

They both did! Rohan thought Zevran felt obligated to be with them, so he didn’t want to force anything on the assassin; Zevran thought Rohan was only with him out of pity/access so he didn’t want to try for more and get hurt. Also should state that they both started up a friends with benefits after a full quest cycle together and didn’t get together until after Rohan killed the archdemon, so.

3. What was their first kiss like?

They didn’t kiss the first time they had sex, but they did kiss a lot the second time. Rohan realized the first might have been too transactional and wanted to show Zevran that he wasn’t just a body, but also a person. Their first kiss was really sweet and hesitant and it honestly made Zevran uncomfortable, because he’d never kissed anyone like that before. He thought about it a lot.

9. Who’s more protective?

Feral attack boyfriends with bad childhoods equally protective over each other, more at eleven.

ty again!!! ily!!!

[exantivancrow]

💌 for the oc ask !!

hi!! thank you for the ask!! i just went with my canon three, so this didn't get excessively long lmao

how would they plan a romantic evening for a significant other?

rohan would plan something private and lavish: two things he never really had in orzammar. he and zevran might take a long hot bath in a tub big enough to fit four, with lots of perfumes and a plate of fruits and cheeses. lots of candles too, placed safely away from the silk robes for bed after. they may talk or they may just sit in silence.

nicholas might ask his friends how to plan something special for fenris, but either way, it's going to go wrong in some way shape or form, and he and fenris will end up laughing about it and doing the same things they'd do anyway. they spend a lot of time just pressed together, talking or having reading lessons. maybe playing card games, or if it's a really romantic evening. killing slavers.

cody and cullen don't have a lot of free time, even after corypheus' defeat. their romantic evening is something they can do quickly. taking their mabari, solstice, for a walk, or complete paperwork in the same room in silence. sometimes a romantic evening is going for a walk on the battlements to check in with the recruits but at the same time. every once in a while it's special. dinner but it's on the balcony in cody's room, watching the sunset or the stars.

thanks again bb!!

[exantivancrow]

Hii! From the ask game

How quick is your OC to trust someone else?

Is your OC self-aware? Do they know their strengths, weaknesses, idiosyncrasies, are they capable of self-irony?

What are your OC’s gestures like? Vigorous? Weak? Controlled? Compulsive? Energetic? Sluggish?

for any OCs you'd like! :]

hi laya!! ty for the ask! i wanted to use this opportunity to work on my barely fleshed–out dwarves, but also included rohan for some familiarity. quick overview, rohan brosca (canon warden); eirin cadash (da2 companion post-warden carver)/dai npc; zolah kondrat (varric’s publisher/fwb/merchant’s guild associate iliad-verse); poppy rolfe [cadash] (varric’s half sister in his own related-inky worldstate).

rohan is not quick to trust at all. in fact, bold of you to assume he trusts. he may have at one point, but after leske tried to kill him, everything fell apart. he kept expecting it, even from his companions. his relationship with everyone took a hit, and nobody ever really got over it except zevran. occasionally, rohan still won’t tell zevran something, fifteen years later, just because he doesn’t trust zev to be able to handle it. 

eirin is largely the same way. it’s not wise to trust people easily in kirkwall, and she’s lived there her whole life. she’s slow to trust, you have to really earn it. the only people she trusts are her brother, her bodyguard/second, and varric. some people she doesn’t trust, but she doesn’t not-trust either, if that makes sense. they’re just people that are incapable of betraying her because she doesn’t ask anything from them. 

zolah is rather quick to trust, depending on what she asks of you. she’ll trust you if she has no reason not to, but it’s kind of misleading, given she’ll set up contingencies anyway. but she doesn’t trust anyone else in the merchant’s guild except varric. 

poppy trusts everyone explicitly, she’s fairly naive. it’s mostly a defense mechanism given that her mother didn’t trust anyone after her father left them, and she’s determined not to live like that. it backfires sometimes. 

rohan is fairly self-aware; he definitely knows his strengths and weaknesses. his pride is capable of removing his ability for self-irony, but he’s not prideful about too much. his friendship with alistair and bethany help, they encourage him to open up, but honestly zev can make it worse. he has trouble laughing at himself when zev’s around, he just gets embarrassed. he’s not aware of idiosyncrasies at all though, he thinks it’s weird that you don’t do that. 

eirin is the least self-aware out of these three. she only knows her strengths and weaknesses regarding comabt/her job as a carta boss. she understands that she has idiosyncrasies but only in the way of avoiding exploitation. not capable of laughing at herself at all. least introspective. has no idea she’s got a crush on varric. 

zolah on the other hand is incredibly self aware. she knows all of this. loves to laugh at herself, especially when it means someone’s attempt at humiliation or blackmail doesn’t work. understand that she’s a little funky and uses it to her advantage. secure in her strengths, willing to work with others to overcome her weaknesses. 

poppy is averagely self-aware. she knows some of her abilities and disabilities, but introspection is not one of her primary past times, she’s got stuff to make. no time. 

rohan doesn’t gesture very often. it’s frequently lackadaisical. he’ll throw a hand in the direction they’re traveling when someone asks, or in the vicinity of the thing that he’s asking to be handed. a toss of his head in irritation for the same reasons. the most clear gestures he makes convey violence. 

eirin only gestures when she’s too tired to talk or nonverbal. which instance it is will change the behavior significantly. nonverbal? serious. vigorous. controlled. tired? mostly incomprehensible. 

zolah is very concise. she’ll point a finger, make a fist, cross her arms and cock her hip. typically, slow meaningful movements to convey that she’s serious. or she’ll lazily wave a hand to shrug varric off, but even then, it’s only portrayed as being effortless. 

poppy talks with her hands a lot. very impulsive, high energy, largely incomprehensible. 

thank you for the ask! it was a great opportunity to flesh out some more kids!

[exantivancrow]

For the NSFW OC Asks: 4, 15, and 28 for Rohan, Cody, Nicolas, and Eluvia? 😉

ty for the ask!

disclaimer: these characters are bi and demi so keep that in mind

4. What's their favorite position?

Rohan's an ass man, so any position where he can grope Zevran is okay in his book. Giving, it's doggy, because he's a basic bitch. Nicholas loves a good 69- means he gets to put Fenris in his mouth while he gets pleasured. Win-win. Cody's favorite is anything that puts her legs over Cullen's shoulders, because it makes him feral. Eluvia likes laying on her side, with her back to Solas' front.

15. What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to them during sex?

The tent collapsed on Rohan and Zevran once. Alistair saw much more than he ever needed to see. Rohan was embarrassed, but Zevran literally could not have cared less. Nicholas finished way too early his first time with Fenris. Well, the first round. Thankfully, Fenris thought it was hot, which was Nich's saving grace. On Cody and Cullen's wedding night, Cullen forgot to lock the door to their honeymoon suite (I refuse to believe they got married in Orlais) and the dog interrupted them. It was more funny than embarrassing in Cody's opinion but Cullen refuses to let her tell Dorian about it, so I'm saying it counts. It has to have been the one time with a boy from clan Lavellan where she farted really loudly just before he finished. He didn't laugh. They haven't made eye contact since.

28. What's their favorite body part on the opposite sex?

Rohan's an ass man, which translates to women, even though he's never actually met a woman he wanted to sleep with before. Nicholas is attracted to women in theory, but has never been able to practice. That doesn't stop him from Paying Attention to Isabela's thighs though. If Cody had to pick one thing about men, she couldn't. The breadth of a man's shoulders, the dexterity of his hands, a strong jawline, thick thighs, the quirk of Cullen's a mouth. Chef's kiss. Eluvia would choose hands. Specifically Solas'. How they look wrapped around a paint brush or a staff, turning a page, etc.

[exantivancrow]

Hiiiiii! For the Pairing Bingo meme, can I get Rohan/Zevran, Nicholas/Fenris, and Cody/Cullen? (Or just one if that’s too many 👀)

ilysm ty for the ask!! i did all three bc you asked!

rohan/zevran

they are mutual pining, slowburn, enemies to lovers to friends; i want what they have!

fenhawke

mage!hawke and fenris? romeo and juliet part 2: electric boogaloo, it was love at first sight, fenris put his hand through a slaver’s chest and nicholas went 👀, no i am not projecting.

codessa/cullen

they are both stupid your honor, mutual unrequited pining, both thinking they’re unworthy of love and affection.

going through this made me realize i have a type of ship… i have to go think about my life choices now

[exantivancrow]

For ship bingo—Rohan/Zevran and/or Alistair/Zevran? ❤️

alrighty rohan/zevran:

friends-with-benefits to unrequited mutual pining trope has my heart and so do they!!! people that ship them need therapy /pos and i ship them very hard. i want what these bitches have.

listen, they didn’t get together officially until after rohan survived the archdemon, and zev was so relieved he said “i love you” for the first time [insert the poetic cinema meme here]

zevistair:

canonically, i love their friendship and i think it works for them, but i love my boys and i want them to be happy, so i think their ship is really cute!! i love their dynamic and i think it works platonically or romantically. the potential,,,,

tysm for the ask!!!

[ludjaci]

⚠ all muses!

(( ok so, like... i got a lot of inboxes for this symbol LOL so i'll answer this one bc it features all muses... thank u everyone who asked tho!! *blows kissers* ))

⚠ : How does your muse react to possibly dangerous situations? Do they face them head-on, or do they plan out their actions first?

For Okuyasu, he is 100% acting on feelings in the moment, and 0% thinking, because he is VERY bad at planning and making decisions, since he’s kinda used to always having someone to do the thinking and planning for him... if he were to plan anything he'd just overthink it and get overwhelmed probably

Chloe is very impulsive and hasty, and she rarely thinks twice before getting herself in trouble... so she’s learnt to use her wit and quick thinking and act in the moment, when she can. she doesn’t have the patience to plan and consider possibilities and consequences bc she’s just get restless and anxious, she’s feeling what she's feeling, things are what they are, and she's gonna react accordingly and if she’s lucky it’s gonna work, if not... oh well, guess she’s gonna die l o l

Messiah prefers to solve situations and problems as they come, in the moment. He is a rather lowkey and agreeable person and trouble mostly avoids him, but being what he is and doing what he does it’s inevitable, so he’s always kind of expecting shit to happen. he has ways of getting out of danger and he’ll use anything at his disposal to do so--be it with carefully chosen words or running away or using his supernatural abilities (i’ll elaborate on those at some point). definitely prefers to avoid direct conflict tho. he is also very intuitive and often relies on the voices in his head to guide him on his next course of action, for better or worse...

Rohan might seem reckless and impulsive when it comes to dangerous situations, but in the heat of the moment he is definitely a planner. He has a way of keeping his cool in dangerous situations and stopping to analyse his surroundings and circumstances coming up with an efficient way to solve the problem... and he has enough self confidence and faith in himself to pull off the CRAZIEST shit and get out unscathed. except like one time but ultimately he still made it out alive because he’s a superior life form, obviously

Zevran is a mix of both planning things out and acting in the moment. Due to his upbringing and the harsh circumstances of his assassin training, he knows there’s gotta be at least a vague idea of a plan to stick to, but ultimately it all relies on emotionally removing himself from what’s happening and assessing the situation and determining the best course of action in the moment in order to survive, because while one can set up a situation, one cannot possibly predict how exactly it’s going to play out

Ayano doesn’t have an emotional resonse to dangerous situation--if anything, she gets a huge adrenaline rush, which can be better than feeling nothing at all, and it might cause her to get carried away and act recklessly, especially if her senpai / love interest is involved. she’s very observant and logical and aloof and goal-oriented and competitive so she always knows what she could get away with, and how... unless she allows herself to lose all control and inhibition, in which case she’ll just go batshit. So I guess she’s the planning type, if all is well

[exantivancrow]

hi! I’m Crow! Here’s a brief(ish) summary of my DA OCs while I work on something better.

canon worldstate:

rohan brosca: he/they, dual handed rogue, zevran romance

nicholas hawke: he/him, force mage, fenris romance

codessa “cody” liath: she/they, dual handed rogue, cullen romance

[companion ocs]

eirin cadash: she/her, two handed, unrequited!varric romance

keala ghilain: she/her, spirit mage, barris romance

[npc ocs]

mirevas surana: she/her, barkeeper, sera romance

romilly amell: she/her, theoretical arcanist, bull romance

iliad worldstate:

thetis mahariel: she/her, archer rogue, leliana romance

briseis hawke: she/they/he, blood mage, merrill romance

patroclus kokkinos: he/him, two handed warrior, ??? romance

[companion ocs]

silvain “butler”: he/him, dual wielding rogue, dorian romance

sekhmet adaar: she/him, archer rogue, sera romance

[npc ocs]

tatenen aqun: xe/xir, rivaini seer, josephine romance

zolah kondrat: she/her, sword and shield warrior, varric’s publisher

damocles kokkinos: he/him, spec unknown, patroclus’ little brother 

current playthrough:

elisedd cousland: he/him, sword and shield warrior, morrigan romance

eponine hawke: she/her, archer rogue, sebastian romance

eluvia lavellan: she/they, spirit healer, solas romance

assorted w/o worldstates:

iapetus mahariel | cassius tabris | mirenan surana | baldr aeducan | dis aeducan | islay cousland | brenna cousland |

aramis hawke | ygraine hawke | oberon hawke | caspian hawke | nerissa hawke | nimue hawke

poppy rolfe | phoebus | rigel | yuda lavellan | orrin cadash | foxglove & wolfsbane |

[exantivancrow]

For the Rank Your OC ask meme: 🫂 🧨 😈 for Rohan, Nicholas, and Cody? :D

ty for the ask!

🫂 are they a good romantic partner?

Rohan: 10/10 exactly what Zevran wants in a relationship: intelligent, passionate, and not overly clingy.

Nicholas: 6/10 he’s trying, but he’s very impatient, and a little forgetful, and not a little brash. thankfully, Fenris loves him enough for them to work through it.

Cody: 8/10 she’s a little too codependent, and a bit awkward but she’s very patient and affectionate: two things Cullen needs.

🧨 how feisty are they? do they have a temper?

Rohan: 7/10 he had to be feisty to survive in the carta. but he also knows a temper will get you killed. grows into his temper the more frustrated he gets with the hoops he has to jump through to end the blight.

Nicholas: 9/10 very bold and brash, and he has a mean temper that only comes out when you mess with innocent people or his friends.

Cody: 5/10: she’s witty, and quite lively, but she mostly grew out of her temper when she ran away from home and found a healthy family.

😈 how chaotic are their morals?

[disclaimer: very much depends on your moral compass]

Rohan: 5/10 true neutral.

Nicholas: 9/10 chaotic good. best friends with varric and isabela.

Cody: 3/10 good leaning true neutral. not chaotic enough for sera.