#thats why ive always said hes lying when he first meets hawke etc etc

[vigilskeep]

what IS anders’ relationship with stroud. i’ve always been baffled that “i’m asking you” works. i think stroud says something abt this making them even? i guess anders probably saved his life or something which seems to happen to anders pretty regularly, and, admittedly, for obvious reasons; spirit healers aren’t a dime a dozen. but it is and has always been very funny to me that anders is all “oh those warden bastards [shakes fist at deep roads] will drag me back eventually 😔😔” and literally the moment you see him with one they not only have almost zero reaction to him being a deserter (well they cross their arms and shake their head at him. devastating) but immediately crumple and do something they had been actively refusing to do purely because he brought out the big guns by which i mean said “i’m asking you 🥺🥺”