#then there's varric but.....i dont think that's ever gonna happen

[mossattack]

emmrich we can so make it happen.

for context: he brings a skull of a deceased person to their wife's coffin so that they can reunite in death and stay together forever, never to be parted again <3

[a-drama-addict]

chloe for 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 20 heehee :3

[ask game] YEAHHHH CHLOE TIMEMEME!!!!!

1. What kind of person is your OC in a crisis? Are they calm and collected? Do they panic? Or are they chronically the cause?

I mean. She is calm, usually. She likes to pretend she's calm more than anything, she wants to be well adjusted and collected during a crisis so bad but she just can't be. So she just. lies through her teeth and pretends to be calm (not amazingly)

2. Is your OC a loner or a social butterfly? Are they satisfied with how they come across to other people?

Social! Chloe likes going out a lot, enjoys making friends and even acquaintances on the regular! She's sillay like that (not relatable). As to how she comes across to other people she just doesn't.. really care? I mean she cares a little, but the general public's opinion? Eh.

4. Does your OC have a failed friendship or relationship they still think about? What happened? Is it an unresolved regret or is there a chance for reconciliation?

Hm. Carver.

It isn't failed in a sense that they don't care for one another, or that they don't love each other, or that they don't grow to understand one another. It's just the regret that their issues were never really about one another as people, just.. about the situation. The carelessness in which Chloe wanted to live and in the anxiousness Carver knew she had to live. The clashing of those two factors was intense most of the time, but it is still something she regrets. Regrets not being able to... just be with Carver in the way she wishes.

5. Does your OC have a signature weapon and/or attack? How long did they train to master it?

Blood magic for sure- but specifically kind of... slashing her wrists/palm open and infusing her blood with ice magic so she just kills bitches with blood shards. (IS this possible? i dont know its cool though). learned it from her bestie merrill <3

8. What was your OC's most embarrassing moment? Does it still bother them or are they able to shrug it off?

Hmmmm probably when she was a teen, like seventeen maybe, she tried asking out a girl for the first time ever and oh was it so scary. She had hyped herself up all night "You got this, you've got mom's looks plus dad's charm has to work!" and this would've worked if Chloe didn't get so nervous her magic acted up. And burnt every flower she picked to a charcoal-y mess. She managed to pick SOME only for it to flare up again in the moment when she gave them. she was dying internally

9. Is your OC laid back or do they thrive on drama? What role do they play in their group of friends/associates?

Chloe's pretty laid back, usually acting as more of a... passive bystander to personal dramas within her friend group. Fenris and Anders want to kill each other with hammers? Okay, she's gonna drink ale with Isabela, Varric and Merrill.

11. What does your OC believe in? God(s)? Monsters? Love? The power of unbreakable bonds of friendship to overcome any obstacle? The ability of money to open any door? Or are they indifferent?

Chloe's pretty indifferent. She believes in people, in the good of people. She really wants to believe in it, she doesn't know what else to believe in.

13. How important are romantic relationships to your OC? Do they prefer casual sex, short flings, or long term relationships? Do they want to get married or are they content with what they have? Or do they have no interest in romance whatsoever?

Chloe's relationship with romance is complicated. She yearns for it on a deep level yet doesn't know how to act around it, she can't stand the thought of marriage and yet if she is in a relationship all she wants to do is marry the woman she is dating.

When she gets with Isabela it's all very "Hell yeah the hottest woman in all of Thedas is about to sit on my face" but when she catches feelings it's like... "Can we please hold hands i want you to my mom during dinner. if that's okay. i'm sorry that was so cringe i can show my dick instead"

She does prefer long term relationships. she can't imagine not wanting it

14. How important is friendship to your OC? Do they prefer to have one or two close friends or a large group of casual friends? Or do they prefer their own company over that of others?

SHE LOVES HER FRIENDS!!!!!! SHE LOVES HAVING AN INNER CIRCLE AND OUTER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS!!!!!!!! SHE LOVES BEING IN BIG GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND BEING IN THE COMPANY OF HER LOVED ONES!!!!!!!

15. What places hold significant meaning or memories for your OC? Do they have a positive or negative association with those places?

Kirkwall. It's like, yeah obviously. But so much of what Chloe is and becomes, it's all tied to that rotten city isn't it. She's met everyone she cares about in recent memory there, met the love of her life, learned everything she could about her magic, and truly experienced a semblance of freedom. It's both Hell on earth and paradise at the same time

20. Has your OC ever done something terrible and lied about it? Did they run away or blame someone else for it? How long did they maintain the lie and did the truth ever come out?

mmmm no. Chloe is pretty upfront with all her actions even if they ended up being terrible. She owns up to the way she helped Anders, unknowingly, get supplies for blowing up the Chantry. She hates that about herself, but can't lie about her involvement. It's things like that, she couldn't ever truly lie about things of her fault. she could lie about the size of the statue in her honour while standing right in front of it, but never things she has actually done (this is where she and Varric clash a lot)

[symphorine]

say hello to beryl ingellvar <3 she is a mourn watch mage and scholar. she has body scars from a magic incident involving semi-possession and an uncontrolled fade rift about ten years ago (when the sky split open in inquisition), who joined varric's crusade because she very strongly agrees the veil should not be sundered, having experienced firsthand dire consequences of its instability.

she believes in the power of debating and talking to resolve things, which means she and varric got along fabulously and never shut up. spare a thought for harding. incidentally she's also a terrible gossip. she has a bottomless thirst for knowledge about all things - spirits and the fade primarily, but anything can catch her attention, and she keeps extensive notes in field notebooks, about anything from pants and wildlife to societal norms and conventions to history. she has stacks and stacks and stacks of them in her quarters at the necropolis, and will populate the lighthouse similarly. she organizes them in her spare time. she adores manfred.

her birth and subsequent discovery in the nevarran crypts is still a mystery to most.

spoilers under readmore (like, spoilers for things revealed in the game)

i figured if ancient elves were spirit who took on mortal form, she could be too :') but she appeared as a baby and lost all memory of being a spirit. she nonetheless feels very strong kinship with spirits and demons both, and is very at home in the mourn watch. she finds magic easy and natural.

I think she might rediscover her origin in the game, as she encounters more varied spirits than at the necropolis and hears about the origin of ancient elves, and for sure a spirit materialization has been a theory, though not a very explored one. she herself, while wondering about it, tends to focus on the many other things that catch her eye, and she (and her mortalitasi guardians when she was younger) have made it very clear she is a colleague and not an object of study.

she's also trans bc 1) i dont think im ever gonna be able to make a cis rook and 2) i love the idea of transcending gender after transcending nature and form. the self is ever changing and malleable, the body a part of you that is far from immutable, and every choice you make about it adds to the world and to yourself!

her favorite subject to research and think about is What Happens To Someone When They Die (she is thus fascinated by corpse whispering and what it implies - personality and memories remaining! linked to the body! long after death! - and when younger did spend some time hounding emmrich for details, which he found endearing but irritating. she's better about it now.)

shes very lost at first... she did not come thinking she would have to take the position of leader, and does not know how to handle people getting hurt because of her decisions. the stakes of anything she's done before were never this high! I don't think it truly hits her what she got herself into with varric and solas until after the ritual.

[sangreprince]

Part three!

@weavewithin : Your Tali and your Multimuse were such unexpected but welcome surprises!! I love these lil dorks so much and the care you put into everyone you write is SO apparent. Whether that's modern verses, Runeterra stuff or even ATLA based things I can't help but think about all the different possibilities there is! And with that I want to say I appreciate your presence and I'm always so ready for more !

@edgymuses : Jay I know you're only here in bursts but man. We met so many years ago and I know we haven't written a ton but your portrayals still hit all this time later. I love talking with you and I hope we can do it more consistently as stuff goes on my guy!!

@scarletrotted : Your Malenia is so nice to see. I wish there were more fromsoft blogs around as I have an UNHEALTHY amount of lore knowledge, but seeing her at least get a bit more love?? Man does it make my day when it comes up. I'm excited to see how she and Zagreus end up interacting and please never feel any hesitation to hit me up!! Sometimes if I dont reply it's probably bc I'm corpsing so please never be intimidated, i know I can get a lil quiet skjfd

@shefoil : Have I mentioned I love that lil feral goober of yours because I do. I admit I have only just started She-Ra but I want Catra and Zagreus to just be the worst and best kinds of enablers for eachother as they get to know one-another. Even if it will be EVERYONE else's problem, it WILL be funny

@skyheld : Dragon age enjoyers are something that I greedily hoard, and even though I havent had a ton of time to hit you up and be like 'take all my plots' I want to say your Merril and Varric have me by the THROAT and from the snipits I've read??? Ciri you're so cooking. And same goes for every other character you write, it's consistent across the board but YEAH!! Please let me ramble at you sometime, I'm so stoked

@mirkc / @primegrim / @primewitch : PICHUUUU I'm so glad we met. It's such a blast to be able to talk to you about all the stuff we write and that extends to all the characters. I'd love to flesh out our pairings more, talk more plots, and just interact bc I cant get enough. You're super chill and I appreciate that immensely, so if nothing else know that I'm always gonna be feral to do stuff no matter what!!

@makrothumia : Niko I know I gotta get to you for things, I think I still have stuff in my inbox but dude it's SO good to see the fam written out and so well at that. Genuinely good to see them get love and attention,and that said please never hesitate to scream ideas at me because they're ALWAYS welcome!

@quickfavor : heremes... My beloved... Zagreus and Hermes have such a lovely relationship and I'm glad you give him the spotlight like you do. He's such a quirky lil guy and seeing him get around the dash more is just a consistently nice touch to my day when it happens!!

@deathfxnds : I know we've been mutuals since like.. The volibear days but man I am so sorry , I never approached and I've just been so busy ever since skfdh THAT SAID!! Dude your writing is wonderful and your graphics are gorgeous, if you ever just wanna yeet kayn at my inbox please do so!! And on top of that I'd be thrilled to do any and all plot ideas you got laying around at any point!!

@bhaalborn : Dark Urge my beloved... Coma your Durge is so well written. From the simple format style that's super easy to read to the graphics and just overall aesthetic choice, it's batting it out of the park. We haven't done a lot but please just throw them at me whenever you'd like, its always a pleasure to see your writing crop up!!

@curscdtm : Nathy all your writing is to die for. Your muses are fantastic, you're SO easy to talk to and plot with, and the way you portray things is always just the right flavor of nuanced and thought out. Even for silly things you have such a way of writing out expression that I deeeeeply appreciate and just. MWAH, it's so good.

@gallantry : Rosemary, I've only been able to read bits of your Leon but I adore him sm. I know you're not on here a ton but I'm so ready to do things, and I want you to know that I'm def. interested and stoked to feel things out and try some threads!!

@lunaetis : Hina plotting and chatting with you is such a blast. I love the effort you put into not just playing the characters well but also blending the worlds that made them so seamlessly into their personality. Idk how to describe it but you manage to nail tone in such an awesome way that I cant help but just be impressed. ANYWAY I'm so excited to develop Nessa and Zagreus more as we go along, it's something I look forwards to and I hope to see more of your content to come!!

@quillheel : Captain first of all, your muse list is SO Impressive to me. Dude I get overwhelmed with like TWO blogs and balancing those personalities in my head but you just slam dunk it with every one of them. I'd love to write with your Hades muses like Hypnos (my beloved), Than, Artemis, Orph-- YOU GET THE IDEA DKJFH. All of them are such interesting muses and people Zagreus would happily grabby hands at. I haven't had the time to approach in depth but while we're here, that's my interest and please don't hesitate to reach out and yeet thoughts my way!!

@pompedia : Speaking of impressive, Pom your blog and the amount of voices you can put into words is staggering in the bEST way!! I know I stil gotta get back to you about plotting stuff but man oh man am I excited. There's a ton of potential with so many of them and like, I'm just so excited in general sdkjfh PLEASE yell at me for any and all thoughts you have, you're so easy to get along with and I'm psyched for more to come!

@hariolor : Your Lust is gorgeus, Nana. Literally and metaphorically. I'd so love to see how she interacts with Zagreus, who always tries to bring out the very best in people and just UGH. It's so good, and I know I haven't approached yet but I'd love to get things started off at any point you want!!

@bulletshot : Pichu recommended you and I have NOT been disappointed. Your energy is just *chefskiss* and even though I still know like nothing about MHA I love seeing your writing crop up. Whenever you ramble about Snipe I always go ''hol up a second" since it's so fascinating as somebody who has like NO context KFDHDF. ANYWAY YES I'd love to do things and I'm so sorry for being so slow

@tenderthreats FIRST OF ALL I want to say the autism creachure profile got me instantly. Second of all your muse list is wonderful and I loved reading over some of your writing when going over your blog for the first time and it got my really excited to interact with all your muses , though Jester ofc stands out because. Well she's chaotic and she and Zagreus would be TROUBLE and I'm so here for it.

@rratedhero : Seeing Midnight is such a trip every time, and I mean that in the best way possible!! We've like only just met but I love her character so far and as somebody who has like no context?? It's so fun and I'm like "PUT ME IN COACH" ajkjKFHKJFD.

@frageepruto : Okay so first up, Naveen is a national treasure and I'm so glad I stumbled onto your blog, Amanda. I dont know how much you know about Hades but regardless I'm super stoked to have these two interact and be a menace to everyone around them. In the most unhinged, handsome dynamic duo of ADHD possible kind of way that is FKJHKJF

I wanna keep this brief (graphic design is my passion level effort but also it kinda works in a really funny way) !!! I wanna let you all know I appreciate the love you've given Zagreus and I'm so so happy to be here. You're all great and wonderful and I could say so many good things to say about each and every one of my mutuals. So fuck it, that's what I'mma do. Because you all truly deserve it. I'm super happy with Zagreus and being able to share my portrayal and have it be well received means so much !!! It's easy to say 'thank you all so much' but I want to acknowledge that I truly do appreciate and care about each and every one of my mutuals, even if my time / availability makes it tough at times. PART 1/4

@withinchains / @hercarnality : Elle you already know how much ily so I'm gonna keep this short. You're such an amazing friend and writer and you already have the screenshot about me gushing pinned so eat my shorts and play arams with me. Your Morgana is to die for and you write every character to a fucking T because of how you just interpret all their personalities and put them into words SO effortlessly.

@lasraichean : NEMO U SMELL LIKE BEEF and I think you're fantastic. You pour so much effort into all your OCs and that passion does you so much credit. You absolutely shower Annie with love in such a way that I shower everyone else with unrequested amounts of fromsoft lore so MWAH.

@blackrosesmatron : Lucy your LB is fantastic and you're so easy to talk to and communicate with. Genuinely every time we sit down and plot I find myself getting so enthralled in her antics and character. You do her so much justice

@avernusfuries : HAN You single handedly made me like Karlach and that isn't even a joke. Before we met and started writing I always thought her story was one of the weaker ones and you somehow managed to turn her into one of the more realized characters in the game. HATS OFF TO YOU and every day I beg for more of this big doofus.

@feuerwizard : Crys I know I need to get back to you for plotting things, I've just been so busy but I want to say: You and some of the other CR writers you write with are so talented and I adore reading your posts. Were it not for you guys I still probably wouldn't have any interest in CR and I'm so so excited to get started with more stuff and actually get threads going!

@soulcluster : Lilah I think all your portrayals are excellent. Your MM deserves all the attention it gets and I honestly couldn't pick a favorite muse if gave me truth serum. Plotting with you is a blast and I'm so thankful for all the ideas we pass between eachother!

@pitgritted : Your Sett, Taric, and Mutli are all so well done Jojo. I can tell you really care about all the people you write and it shines so brightly, right down the amount of detail you place into every reply and how you format things. Passion shows in the end and this is no exception!!

@palespawn : This sassy motherfucker. We've only just started writing and I still need to get to replies but you've showed interest since almost day one and I cant say how much I appreciate that. Courtney you do such a beautiful job with the twink, I almost dont wanna stab him. Almost~

@infinitysagas : I first of all wanna say thank you for writing such underappreciated characters. To see Damon get love brings me so much joy, I always take a second to read his posts when I see them come up. I know we haven't done a ton but please know that I see your writing and totally wanna do stuff, I'm just very busy skdjhf.

@deathdxnces : Irelia was a character I never cared about too much, but how you humanize her so much and have expanded on her character beyond what Riot's given us does SO much for me. I actually adore how you portray her, Mel, and I wish to get writing at some point soon!! I know you liked a starter a bit ago and I do plan to get to that, but please do not hesitate to hit me up for plotting in the meantime. It really does help and I promise I don't bite!!

@tealbeats : I know you're not super active on Ez (and I still owe you a lot of stuff actually) but I wanna say I love the amount of his personality you're able to paint into every interaction. You have such a way of making him the perfect amount of insufferable (in the best way) while still twisting it in SUCH an endearing light. I love that annoying little bug and I'm so glad you do too, because it really shows.

@agonizedembrace : Han it's been really nice to reach out and get into contact again. You're genuinely a really funny, interesting, and thoughtful person who cares about Evelynn in such a way that brings out every aspect of her character. The agony, the sex appeal, the sass, the confidence, you just nail all of it and I'm really hoping we can get stuff going soon!

@bendwill : Elder scrolls blogs are few and far between, but Miraak is absolutely one of those characters that deserves to be more written out. We haven't gotten to do a ton but please don't hesitate to hit me up and scream ideas at me, the idea of Tamrielic Zagreus is very fascinating to me. (And also I need somebody to ramble about my Oblivion D&D Campaign ideas with skdfjh)

@ofweave : First of all, trans gale is based as fuck and you have a vision. Second of all, I know you're on hiatus but once you come back I'd be so happy to get the ball rolling with this stinky wizard man!!

@kismetwilled : I'm not gonna lie, seeing how you pour effort into your headcanons and thoughtful replies kind of inspired me to do similar with my own. I also want to say that I'd love to plot more and yell ideas all day with you, your style is gorgeous and I find myself appreciating characters on your blog I've never even heard of or are barely familiar with. Seriously Dani, it's top tier and I'm so happy to be mutuals.

@enrogued : We haven't gotten anything started with but I'm so hyped. Rogue as a character has such fascinating potential with her powers, and that's not to mention her attitude towards others in general. Once stuff gets started I'm probably never gonna shut up in your DMs but like that's a constant sdfjkh STILL!!

@lunarrepel : Shadowheart my beloved. The aesthetics, writing, dialog, everything you do with her is SO on point and I can't get over it. I was already biased and liked her after Larian adjusted her a bit during the beta phase of BG3 but still. Man you just nail her and I'm so excited to develop these two out. They give wine aunt energy and THAT alone gives me so much life.

@dreadgloom / @cinderschild : I wont lie to you I was GIDDY when I found out you wrote a WoTR character. I honestly expected that fandom to have more of a presence on tumblr but I'll take what small fanclub we can get right?? And also can I comment on the takes you have from Salvatore are absolutely genius and play really well into WoTC's drow?? Genuinely fantastic worldbuilding and it's always a pleasure to see you crop up on the dash.

@nightsbloom : Your headcanons and replies have been gorgeus and I just want to say despite me being really busy and not getting around to approaching yet, I'm so excited??? Also a while back you reblogged a Qimir gifset and it's still living rent free in my head so thank you for the food chef--- Please though, if you have any thoughts or even just dynamic ideas - toss them at me at mach 5 and I will run with them because I'm HYPE.

@spiderwarden : I think you officially win the title of Minthara's #1 fan. Her performance (as I've mentioned) is absolutely captivating, as is your writing. I'm very excited to see where her interactions with Zagreus go and writing with you (or even just seeing your random hc posts and comments) is such a blast. I will always sit down and listen to you ramble about her, I think she's so fascinating and that's in no small part to how you manage to inject so much life and love into her despite all the cut content.

[puppypopcornpizza]

OC Questionnaire

big thanks to @oxygenforthewicked for the tag <3

tagging @nothisis-ridiculous @starsandskies @felan-daris @alyssalenko @citadelsushi @poppyfrittes and whoever else would like to, no pressure 

THE BASICS:

Character’s name: Aedra Lavellan

Role in story: Main character, though with everyone else she just considers herself there

Physical description: Long curly platinum blonde hair, usually half up half down. Lanky but more built in the arms and shoulders bc mage but she also trains with swords at times. Mythal vallaslin that carries on down her chest and ribcage, green to match her eyes. Lots of scars from battle and being stupid.

Age: 24-27 in Inquisition

MBTI/Enneagram Personality Type:

ENFP Type Description: Someone with the Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Prospecting personality traits. These people tend to embrace big ideas and actions that reflect their sense of hope and goodwill toward others. Their vibrant energy can flow in many directions.

Type 7w8 Description: “They tend to be enthusiastic, determined, and protective in their behavior. They are generally more tough and work-oriented than other seven types.”

INTERNAL LIFE:

What is their greatest fear?

Being alone, lack of control, spiders. The basics.

Inner motivation

Survival and protection.

Kryptonite

I think just loss as a whole. She has this ‘I need to save everyone’ mindset and she will fight until she can’t stand to make sure everyone gets out.

What is their misbelief about the world?

That good people will always be good and bad will always be bad. I like to think she grows out of it pretty fast during her first few months in the Inquisition, it’s just easier to look at things in black and white. (yes i’m still heavy into my mass effect playthrough and i definitely think garrus’ “i dont know what to do with grey” line would apply)

Lesson they need to learn

Not everyone is gonna make it out peachy 

What is the best thing in their life?

Definitely the people in her life, they’re her security and comfort. 

What is the worst thing in their life?

She is - a lot of the time actually. Not intentionally, she just has a tendency of making decisions before she’s had time to consider them.  

What do they most often look down on people for?

Very pompous “i know more than you therefore i’m better” behaviour. She didn’t really get on so well with Viv and Solas in the beginning bc of this.

What makes his/her/their heart feel alive?

Company, chatter in the background. Just being around loved ones. 

What makes them feel loved, and who was the last person to make them feel that way?

She’s not particularly good at voicing her emotions in a healthy way, so small acts of understanding make her heart swell. Things like still chatting to her when she’s low on social energy bc they know she’s listening or just being in her company. She’s very much a people person and she makes this known. 

Friends like Varric or Dorian, the type that like the sound of their own voice help a lot. Cullen helps for quiet nights when she can’t quite keep up the talkative, happy façade. 

Top three things they value most in life?

Light-heartedness, softer moments like above, smiles and laughter

EXTERNAL LIFE:

Is there an object they can’t bear to part with and why?

She didn’t really keep anything from the Clan, it wasn’t particularly the life for her. Cullen’s coin is definitely one, (i just haven’t thought about how she wears it.)

Describe a typical outfit for them from top to bottom.

Her casual usually has people mistaking her for the help at Skyhold. Half up half down hair on colder days, a bun when it’s warmer. Sometimes a braid but usually not. Loose cotton tunics tucked into high waisted leather pants with knee length boots. Sometimes she’ll have some sort of coat over if the weather’s unbearable but she prefers movement and she likes keeping busy so cold isn’t a particular issue. 

Her armour’s the same, mobility is very important to her so leather armour is her go-to. Leather coat with a metal chest piece and fabric wrapped around her waist, partially cosmetic yes. A lot of straps everywhere with pouches for lyrium and ingredients, etc. 

What names or nicknames has they been called throughout their life?

Varric dubbed her Songbird for obvious reason. 

What is their method of manipulation?

She prefers being direct, or avoiding the situation completely.

Describe their daily routine

Wake up, dawdle the barracks before breakfast - with Varric usually. Catch up with the rest of the lot, spend way too long in the war room arguing about bridges. Steal a kiss from Cullen sometime before dinner. Miss dinner, raid the larder at midnight and take everything to Cullen’s office because he also missed dinner. Help him with a nightmare or tell him to go to bed because he’s probably working, Fall asleep way too late.

Their go-to cure for a bad day?

Wicked Grace at the tavern, chatter and laughter flowing. 

GOALS:

How are they dissatisfied with their life?

I don’t think she’s ever dissatisfied, it’s more so confusion like how in the Maker’s name did I end up here.

What would bring them true happiness or contentment?

Towards the end of Trespasser, it would definitely just be peace. The ability to go as she pleases without the weight of everything on her shoulders. 

What definitive step could they take to turn their dream into a reality?

I guess quit being the Inquisitor and move to the country side but that kind of already happened? I dont know I don’t think she could ever really get peace, just a calm before the storm.

How has their fear kept them from taking this action already?

It’s not fear, she just doesn’t have the control to make everything stop going wrong in Thedas every two seconds.

Do they feel they can accomplish their goal while still steering clear of the thing they are afraid of?

If she simply chose to ignore everything, yes. 

[lunchador]

so when do we get the long post about your feelings about dragon age inquisition!!! i dunno if u wanna wait until dlc or not! i am i n t e r e s t e d (also its ok if u dont feel up to it im just!!!! again, interested in ur opinions/feelings)

kajsldkjf PLEASE I HAVE SO MANY DA FEELINGS ALL THE TIME and Inquisition was twice as long as the others so might as well do a word vomit now and I can always do another after the dlc (which several people have assured me are worth playing )

SO

Yeah so inquisition is long. I dislike open world games so a lot of the (super repetitive!!) side quests did grate on my nerves and that docks this game a few points but over all the LORE IS SO GOOD, and it tying in so many choices in from 1+2 is the greatest butterfly effect I ever experienced in video games. I thought telltale + Until dawn were fun for that but good LORD bioware has showed up all of those games and I am really stoked to try mass effect when its out later and play more bw games. I only played Anthem before this and that game seemed...idk, gutted against BW’s wishes.

ANYWAY

Yeah, I managed to go into the whole DA series knowing very, very little, despite how many artists I followed did fanart for it. Once I started playing, I added all the words I could think of to my blacklist but a lot of untagged stuff came through (fair, series is 10+ years old and inq is like what 4-5?). I allowed my friends to pressure me into playing an elf mage for the lore and to romance solas cuz they said he was as important to the story as alistair was. A lot of online followers said I should play how I wanted, which I def would recommend to anyone else, but honestly I can see where they came from and while he never would have been my first choice, I think he actually paired REALLY well with my Inq and how I was playing her. I put her as sensitive but trying to put her responsibility above herself, she was definitely the least funny of my 3 characters, but not incredibly serious. A bit reserved? Just more mature. She’s got faith but she didn’t think she was the chosen one but she’ll do her role the best of her ability. She makes hard decisions and then sobs her chest empty over them because how is one to ever feel like its the right one? I really like how the game lets you choose how you wanna approach the responsibility. Like i said, I wasn’t a reluctant chosen one, but she will do what she can. Versus my friend playing at the same time as me said he played as the second coming of jesus essentially lmfao Having so many characters come back for different roles was so GOOD!!! Like everyone told me Varric was in this one but were like ‘teehee you still cant romance him though’ but you how you play drastically changes your relationships with each person. Tons of characters I met I knew would be personal favorites but I ended up interacting way less because others were more fitting to my inquisitor. So i.e while I love Varric and would’ve smooched him a heartbeat with Hawke, I didn’t get that vibe with Clover. They were really good friends, he was a grounded friend with a sense of humor that was a good escape from everyone else and the ~inquisition~. At least, until the Beyond the Abyss quest. That obviously heavily fractured their friendship and hurt them both :( And i felt that for a long time, until the end. He looked tired. Poor guy is gonna be borderline dead in 4 at this point. But so many side characters you talk to coming back like Dagna and Samson??? Speaking of that quest, I got Stroud because, yeah...Alistair was dead for me and APPARENTLY IT COULD ALSO BE LOGHAIN??? If he stays a grey warden??  wish I did that so def would’ve preferred to save Hawke even if I think the wardens are more important as a concept but like.......i wanted to behead him, so....But yes even tiny details like..Varric wrote home to kirkwall to Carver for me because the rest of my family was dead and I never completed a full romance in 2 lkajslkdjf but the fact that changes based on your play through. BUT YEAH THE way this game weaves all your decisions in and how yeah, overall the story is the same but it makes it so personal to YOU and so different from everyone else ;w;

But I could see my Inq genuinely falling for Solas, and I see her best friends as Cassandra and Blackwall/Thom. Really close to Leliana and the Iron Bull as well. I just loved all their interactions. All the characters were so cool to get to know?? Like I thought I would’ve hated Cullen (hes a dick in O) and tbh I just got into the series as the VA was being a complete shit. But I liked him a lot!! I love the work buddies vibes between the Inq and the advisors. I thought I was going to love Sera!! And like, I did, but she hated my Inquisitor and their personalities clashed a lot. Shes the only one i didn’t get a cut scene for in the end :’) I loved coming back from story quests and having to take like 20 minutes to go around skyhold and make sure I talked to /everyone/ for their new dialogue. You genuinely feel connected to all these wonderful npcs ljkasljdf

I wanted to make Cassandra the new divine but I made leliana on accident and kinda dug it so I stuck with it. VARRIC IS THE NEW VISCOUNT??? h i l a r i o u s.

One of the things I loved the most in this game in particular, and while this is something in all of them it just really struck me in this one, was....everyone gave up so so much to devote themselves to the cause, y’know?? Like, it’s almost heartbreaking how much everyone loses and they’re still looking towards you with their belief and willingness to follow you to the end ;-;

The final fight almost felt, Idk, underwhelming? Dude dragons are way tougher than him asdkjhfkhjd. I even went up a difficulty in this game after feeling like I got the hang of the series. But at the same time, we just spend how many hours knocking down each and one of his advantages so fuck him lol.

But yeah there are so many things I wanted to do but I felt so worn out by mindless sidequests and story being level locked in comparison to the previous games. askdjhflkd

One of the things that blows my mind is so so many people were stoked i was playing DA and they couldn’t wait til I got to Inq, and so I find out most people I know only ever played Inquisition? TBH if I didn’t play O+2 I think I would’ve dropped inquisition and never finished it *shrug* all of the build up just means SO MUCH!!! Everyones argument seems to be the older games are ugly and yeah O has rough battle system but its easy to get over imo. Like, you need the chaos of 2 to get the real weight of the mage/templar stuff?? Theres so many characters and story and dialogue that go over your head without Origins?? Like yes inq can stand alone pretty well but, idk, I’m in love with this entire series and the world building and THE!! WAY!!! IT!!! ALL!!! CONNECTS!!!!!!!!!!!

I love how a quest can go differently by whos in your party, I love you can have more dialogue based on lore you’ve managed to pick up around, I love HOW COMPANIONS BICKERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! The lore of these games are so good. It’s like playing an epic line of novels. It’s so immersive and I don’t think I’ve played too many games to this level.

I didn’t like the skill trees to being a mage in this one, Idk why. It wasn’t nearly as fun for me as 2, but then  again I really fucking liked being a force mage haha. I wanted to be a rogue to complete a diff class per game but everyone said mage brings a lot more interesting story/lore stuff so

but yeah I love having the full context now and seeing other peoples Wardens/Hawkes/Inquisitors and asking people how they played and how their options differed from mine and THERES JUST SO MANY POSSIBLE DECISION TREES!!!!! No wonder the fans play over and over.

but yeah ultimately so much fucking happened?? I’m probably missing a lot of key points.

[werewolfhooligan]

hello i just got home if you dont tell me everything ever about your dragon age ocs right now im stealing ur cat xoxo

socks i love you but i can not for the life of me not throttle you for sending me such a vague question

url lavellan was first to his clans keeper and Hated it because it isolated him from the other cool kids and he didnt want the responsibility . he ran away from home like three times and came back with newer, worse injuries like every time like a sad baby. that thing where he meets sebastian da2 post-da2 isnt an au, that actually happened in his canon and they are in love. when he gets got by the fade rift he Hates it for not andrastian reasons and for genuinely i dont want to lead your inqusition reasons but hes also just gonna have fun with it because it gets him out of the house. just wants to Explore and Live His Best Life but keeps getting dragged down by That Motherfucker, Cory. mage-friendly because he is one. dating dorian for i am gay and rude and he is pretty and rude reasons. after losing his arm mr url forms a new one out of rock parts and electricity, so Watch Out!

i cant remember SHIT about my travelyan i think he was just like. Big. Kind. Gentle. Longbow. dating bull because again i am a home of sexual. templar route because i was curious, and honestly that route was kinda fun. there is 1 valid templar and i forgot his name but he was there and wonderful.

ALOW lavellan is a hunter for his clan cause i see a bow and i lose it. june vallaslin because i love crafts. v loyal to his clan and very HATING the inquisition. like he will not say a Word to Anyone in any official capacity , wont answer questions wont acknowledge awe or compliments, wont give the big speeches or try to gain favor. he tried to leave the day he woke up in haven but solas, the bastard, convinced him to stay by being kinda smart and most importantly, an elf. mage-friendly because i hate templars and he probably does too as yk. a dalish elf. gets along-ish with most of the companions after a while because hes angry and frustrated but he understands that however he feels this is something that only he can do, and these people are trying to help, even if they wont fucking stop talking about their religion like he cares. varric's disgusting son boy. bull's boyfriend, has heard him speak the most words and made him laugh at the most jokes. sera's friend because theyre both short and vicious. blackwall's friend because theyre both vaguely standoffish and dont like a crowd so they end up wallflowering in the same room a lot. writes josephine little notes about how xyz needs changing, thanks her later but not spilling all the ink in skyhold on cullens desk again. etc etc. sees a mission n goes this is a tiddies out kind of mission.

[pxperhearts]

is there ever a possibility of convincing someone to write varric for my hawke...how do people do that...it’s probably like the only thing I really wanna ship and I feel like that’s just never gonna happen. it doesn’t help that I’m too afraid to approach people...ahhhhhhhhhhhh im gonna go back to not thinking about this so i dont get my hopes up and then get all sad like I usually do

[queen-scribbles]

Jowan, Sebastian, Theron?

Hoo boy, this turned into A Lot. :D I have many feelings about Jowan, and only slightly fewer about the other two :D

Jowan

Why I like them– He’s so earnest. He wants so bad to do the right thing, even if he fails miserably and winds up making things worse. And then he owns up to it and is willing to accept whatever punishment you deem fitting, even including death(or potentially Tranquility, since that’s on the table if you send him back to the Circle….) (I have the Karma’s companions mod, so his “punishment” is usually becoming a Grey Warden. HE’S MINE NOW BIOWARE)

Why I don’t–Jealousy’s an ugly color, and he could stand to think things through just a little bit more(but, I mean, he’s supposed to be 20-ish iirc. Planning and foresight are not strengths for a lot of people around that age)

Favorite scene– His appearance in the Gauntlet 

Favorite line–either this exchange or the “Who want their hair on fire?” battle chatter(though the VA work on “Am I not allowed to have regrets?” makes that a strong contender, too)

Favorite outfit–When I recruit him, he usually winds up an Arcane Warrior and I put him in the Warden Commander plate from Warden’s Keep which looks fiiine

OTP–aside from various origins(most strongly Tabris or Brosca), Jowan/Leliana all the way, man. (redemption parallels ftw)

Brotp–TRINNE AND JOWAN 5EVER(Trinne ghostwrote this. Also, in OWaP canon, I think he and Harvey are gonna get along pretty well)

Head Canon–Have a couple, bc he is one of my faves and I almost literally never stopping thinking about him this can’t be healthy /cough 1) he’s artistically inclined. It started as doodling in class when he was bored, and he did it so much he’s actually really good now 2) he’s really good at fire spells(bc that’s almost always what the game randomly gives him for me, to the point I thought for a long time all he got was fire spells) 3) given the link between magic and your will I think part of why he’s not a better mage is constantly being compared to his best friend and hearing “You’re not as good”. Not saying he’d be a super powerful, war-hero-esque mage ~if someone just believed in him~, but I definitely think he’d be decent enough to not worry about passing the Harrowing if he wasn’t constantly hearing “You aren’t as good and never will be”. 4) He sleeps like a mcfreakin’ log 5) He’s extremely ticklish

Unpopular opinion–I actually like his voice and don’t find it annoying at all.  

A wish–a positive-slanted reference at some point in the franchise would be nice, but since he’s not even in the Keep, I’m not holding my breath 

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen– Anything confirming in any version of canon he gets made Tranquil. I don’t care that there’s a way to reverse it. I’ve read Asunder; that didn’t go well for Pharamond. 

5 words to best describe them-- Earnest, jealous, and trying his best

My nickname for them– My Disaster Mage Son

Sebastian

Why I like them--He’s kind, wants to help people, perseveres no matter how many times he loses almost everything, his banters with Merrill hint at an open-mindedness no one else in the entire Chantry shows, and, I mean, the accent ofc

Why I don’t--indecisive(pot meet kettle /cough), naive in regards to the Chantry, stubborn, quick-tempered

Favorite scene– I mean…. He’s DLC, so there’s not a lot, but him bowing to Hawke’s mabari is pretty cute.

Favorite line– Oh, so many. Mostly party banters with Isabela or Merrill, though the ever popular “I think I need to pray. A lot.” is definitely up there too.

Favorite outfit–He only has one, so…. his armor.

OTP– SebAstrid /sobs

Brotp– He and Fenris

Head Canon– He has a great singing voice

Unpopular opinion– What, liking him at all isn’t unpopular enough? xD Even if Astrid went the rival path, I really like his friendship romance too. And I do not wish we’d known him in the Wild Party Boy Sebastian days over when we do meet him

A wish– More content, but only if it’s ACTUALLY Sebastian and not some demonized fanon version BioWare throws in bc casting him as a joke/jerk is an easy way to earn points with this fandom (*GLARES at DAI, specifically Varric*)

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen– Have him go full-on villain

5 words to best describe them– “So pretty I wanna cry”

My nickname for them–Don’t really have one. I don’t even call him Seb that much; it’s usually the full Sebastian

Theron

Why I like them--Dry, sarcastic sense of humor, good heart even if he screws up sometimes, clever, snarky etc etc 

Why I don’t–when he screws up, he screws up big, seems the type to hold grudges, can be excessively reckless

Favorite scene– Either saving himself from the Revanites on Rishi or running into Lorman in KotET 

Favorite line– “And here they told me if I ever kissed an Imp I’d spontaneously implode”

Favorite outfit– I do love his jacket, but he also looks good in his deep cover get-up, and the Bold Hellion armor. Or Canderous’ armor. And none of them have a collar that get in the way of screencapping kisses, so. Sorry, Red Jacket. 

OTP– Theron/Taking a Gosh Darn Break (also him/Jaaide, obviously)

Brotp–Theron & Lana

Head Canon– I don’t really think I have any, tbh

Unpopular opinion– I like the Copero Cut™, which apparently most people don’t?

A wish–please don’t completely sideline him since there was the option for him to die in Nathema Conspiracy

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen– see above

5 words to best describe them– Reckless, well-intentioned, sarcastic lil shit

My nickname for them– I mean… “Idiot Spy Boyfriend” works really well, and I’ve been using that since NC dropped. :P Also, Theron You Nerd

Give Me A Character

[jamiedodgerart]

hey i marathoned da2 over the course of a week at @1500birds‘s house and drew a lot of stuff for it. there’s info in the captions but im gonna talk more about him under the cut (spoilers for all of da2)

this is mal hawke! (short for malcolm, he was named for his dad.) he’s a rogue

mal’s pretty purple, his emotions are behind 7 layers of jokes but he’s very dedicated to his family. he took his role as eldest sibling seriously- haha, no, he teased the shit out of carver and let bethany climb irresponsibly tall trees with him, but he did really care and look out for them. he was kinda lowkey a highwayman before the blight- probably did some poaching, robbed a few rich merchant vans, stuff like that. gambled and got drunk a lot.

blight happens, ogre smushes carver. in the moment, his mother blames mal. and although later she apologized and forgave him, he never forgot, and never forgave himself.

(aveline killed the ogre btw. mal was taking care of grunts, halfway across the field)

he joined the smugglers when they got to kirkwall. it wasn’t too far from what he did before and he wasn’t keen on going out of his way to harm people. he was good at finishing fights, though, and he gained a reputation for it over his year with the smugglers. it got his family into the city, and for that it was worth it.

mal got along REALLY well with varric, merrill, and anders (whom he later fell in love with. more on that later) he didn’t always agree with aveline, but they were still close, and he really didn’t get along so well with isabela or fenris. ah well. he tried to be friends, tried to help, but it didn’t work out.

he almost took bethany to the deep roads. almost. but as he was planning who to take... well, out of the game, my friend bran spilled the beans and said something very bad would happen if i did. EDIT bran said i got that part wrong and that i figured it out myself, which i forgot, and ordered me to clear their name. official statement: bran kept that secret. so mal had a really bad gut feeling and took merrill instead. bUT SHIT, SHE GOT CAUGHT BY THE CHANTRY INSTEAD OF DYING. i GUESS that’s better. but still, mal blamed himself for not being there to protect her.

so apart from lingering guilt, mal’s doing pretty well in act 2. hes got a relationship going with anders, hes financially stable, bethany’s doing pretty well, considering, he’s got a cool house- oh and kirkwall’s headed towards possible war but that’s nothing new, is it. 

a bit more bg on mal hawke: he’s real fond of compromises. in his mind, there’s always a way out, always a third option. he’s pretty pro-mage, bc he did grow up w two mages in his family and never really learned to fear magic, and later because he spent a lot of time with anders, whose enthusiasm for mage rights is kind of infectious.

that third option thing? a really bad philosophy to have in kirkwall. why are people so polar. have none of you ever heard of nuance

anyway can’t remember a whole lot more bc this post was supposed to be done and posted in june, when i actually played, but his mother is murdered. because he wasn’t there/because he didn’t get to her fast enough/because he didn’t solve that mystery in time/because he screwed up. so guess who he blames (it’s himself)

so amidst mal’s grief the whole city is going to shit, because the qun won’t fuck off and isabela stole a book. mal asks if she’ll please give it back, because Everything Is Going To Shit, This Is The Best Resolution We Have, and she refuses bc if she does she’ll be in deep shit herself, and runs off with it. damn. so mal fights the arishok, wins, and decides hes had enough of kirkwall’s shit for a little while and takes a long-ass nap.

three years later, kirkwall’s going to shit again, because it just can’t keep it together. come on, kirkwall. the templars and mages are fighting, and everyone expects mal to have some kind of authority on the shituation. he doesn’t bc hes literally just some guy who happens to fight good that everyone seems to think has a handle on things. he asks meredith and orsino if they could maybe chill out for two seconds but of course they don’t because this is kirkwall and nobody knows how to chill in kirkwall except varric. mal ends up supporting the mages

anders asks mal for help with getting un-possessed. mal 100% wants his bf to not be possessed anymore, bc it’s getting scary, so he readily helps out getting the stuff anders needs. but. it’s a little fishy. look mate i know the qunari are the only ones who know what gunpowder is rn in history but you’re asking me for saltpeter and i dont think you’re supposed to ingest that. anders is like ok, i did lie a lil bit, but there’s a point to this- and mal’s pissed! bc anders lied to him! but agrees to help a little more

so that’s how mal ended up chatting with the grand cleric about the shituation and how there’d probably be an ok solution if people just sat down and chilled out a little, while anders set up the charges to blow up the chantry and escalate the whole thing to hell tier

as you might expect, mal’s hELLA PISSED when anders blows it, not just because he lied, not just because he took advantage of mal trusting him, but because now the templars are going to, yknow, kill every mage, so mal’s remaining family (bethany, and merrill, bc she counts as family too) are in danger, and at this point mal doesn’t have a lot of family left to lose. he tells anders to gtfo before he kills him.

aveline, varric, and merrill stick with him, and fenris leaves to join the templars. later on, they fight. mal doesn’t WANT to fight, and makes an attempt to hash out some ending that didn’t involve one of them dead, but fenris isn’t having any of it. he’s not a fan of mal never wanting to make a straight decision on anything, and forces him to make a choice: die, or fight and kill his former friend. 

fenris dies.

the remaining boss fights continue as expected- bethany rejoins the party, orsino panics and goes full corpse-monster, meredith goes nuts and full lyrium-monster, the mages and templars are left without leaders and if things weren’t on their way to hell in a handbasket they sure are now. mal decides it’s time to retire, and never set foot in kirkwall the hell city again. 

hes got a cabin in the woods, living out the lumberjack life and drinking away his problems

[magesheart]

11 questions

tagged by @i-dont-even-like-elves on @htmlugh but im gonna post it here !

thank u for tagging me lol

1) THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HAPPY, IT WAS BECAUSE YOU ___.

the lovely @aathenns drew art of my inquisitor :)

2) WHAT’S THE BEST (OR STRANGEST, OR MOST UNEXPECTED) COMPLIMENT YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED?

the first thing that came to my mind was “you look like a stoner” from a girl in my seventh grade class. hate her. still do. she sucks. (lol we’re literally enemies but the tension wasnt as high at the time, thats why it didnt offend me)

3) BASED ON THE TALENTS YOU CURRENTLY POSSES, ARE YOU A WARRIOR, ROGUE, MAGE, OR BARD (OR IF NONE, NAME ANOTHER CLASS)? WHAT’S YOUR SIGNATURE SKILL? YOUR LEAST IMPRESSIVE SKILL?

i feel like i’d be a mage. i dont have many talents except drawing, writing, being able to read other people and stuff like that. i considered rogue but im not quick enough. signature skill would be confusing people with magic (i troll ppl lots so it makes sense) least impressive would be my healing lol

4) WHAT’S THE SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF THE BEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE?

astoria - marianas trench

5) MUST PROTECT AT ALL COSTS: ____

cole. help him. protect him. sweet child of mine

6) WELL, SHIT. VARRIC’S WRITING A BOOK ABOUT YOUR EXPLOITS. WHAT’S THE TITLE?

“things are about to get LIT” because it’d be a pun (i’d light ppl on fire it’d be a huge part in the book) and it’s just funny

7) WHAT’S AN OBSESSION YOU HONESTLY HOPE NEVER GOES AWAY?

my obsession for dragon age !! been here since 2009

8) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR RETIREMENT?

uhhh probably die

9) WHO WAS YOUR FIRST CRUSH OR HERO? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEM NOW?

first crush was 100% elizabeth turner & captain jack sparrow. i still love them both to death lol

10) WHAT’S SOMETHING THAT OTHERS EXPECT YOU TO CARE ABOUT, BUT YOU SIMPLY DON’T?

literally like anything donald trump does

11) WHAT MYTH, FAIRY TALE, LEGEND, OR SUPERSTITION DO YOU MOST WISH WERE TRUE?

i wish the rumour about the world ending in 2012 was true. does that count

think i gotta do my own questions now? here u go.

1) WHO IS YOUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER? WHY?

2) WHAT TYPE OF ROMANCE IS YOUR FAVOURITE? THE GUSHY ONES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SICK OR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE, PASSIONATE ONES? WHY?

3) WHO DO YOU CURRENTLY LOOK UP TO IN LIFE?

4) WHAT ARE THREE POSITIVE THINGS THAT’VE HAPPENED TO YOU TODAY?

5) WHAT IS THE WORST THING YOU’VE LIED ABOUT? WHAT WERE YOUR REASONS?

6) WHO IS THE MOST POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE?

7) IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE CHILDREN, WHAT WOULD YOU NAME THEM?

8) IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY BUT LEARNT IN A WEEK THE WORLD WAS GOING TO END, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE MONEY?

9) WHAT LIFE LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNT THIS YEAR?

10) WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?

11) SUN, MOON OR STARS? BLUE SKY OR CLOUDY SKY? WHY?

i tag you !! if you’re reading this you’ve been tagged. congratulations.

[symphorine]

end of game thoughts! basically all if act 3 i think. i put it in a notes app as i was playing so this is my thoughts as i went :') bed time now good night all

point of no return... end of game here i come

oh yes. i suppose we didnt account for them MAKING an eclipse. altho with elgarnan being lord of the day and night maybe we should have rip.

weird long pause when making the little speech... also god. some rly cheesy lines. it was cute a few times but its just kinda grating now. also "we might not all make it back" haha. lol. lmao even.

im making the rounds before checking on my li and actually not everyone rly has smth to say thats like... relevant to the situation??? why not??? Harding gave me a line that was clearly from around the treviso/minrathous decision! neve talked to me about bellara's serials 😭 what

lucanis "they moved the /moon/" idk what to tell u babe. ur right. we are fucked. onwards!

"if i have to kill every blighted creature in thedas to keep you safe, i will." no zevran but i like it anyway. also frustrated that rooks tone is always very similar no matter what mood u choose. the inq had little personality but rook Has One Personality which... i dont think is better. and even then ive had moments of They Would Not Fucking Say That. sigh.

also like... its sweet. but weve had so little romance content before that its... a little out of nowhere? just like. idk. i guess it never feels like enough. ill table this for now. later edit: yeah the i love you moment of later on doesnt feel super earned. i feel like some romance specific lines/banter, maybe a scene or two, would have helped flesh it out more.

oh we're gonna talk to varric? FAscinating 🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂 oh my god this is excruciating give me the reveal now i cant go through more varric stock phrases.

man are u telling me we really never get to suspect anything????? this sucks. i know somethings wrong!!! before i got spoiled halfway through i was already suspicious!!! why can't rook be also!!!!

i know whoever i choose is gonna die and im :((((((((

ok very funny that its the endgame but we can still get loot. bro what am i gonna do with a flawless crystal now, chuck it at the archdemon? (dont get me wrong im collecting all that)

neve asked what the antaam was chanting and my rook answered... how would they even know. theyre an elf and a warden

got a codex entry that says "andruil is gone. lost." and during their confrontation solas and elgarnan also said the other evanuris were dead... but solas imprisoned all of them right? so what happened? did solas kill them during that ritual? or manage to transfer them first? did they get consumed by the blight in their prison? were they already dead and he imprisoned their corpses?

SOLAS YOU MOTHERFUCKER

mortals cannot win this LET US TRY. HELP US. WHAT IS THIS. IM GOING TO TEAR YOU APART WITH TWEEZERS AND BANISH EVERY FRAGMENT OF YOU ACROSS THE FADE AND THE MORTAL WORLD.

ok i will say having allllmost romanced bellara and hcing rook and her are very close, seeing all those regret statues of her is hitting a little bit.

OH SHE TALKED... BELLARA ;n;

ooooh... "you taught me it was okay to be angry. that sometimes you /have/ to be. but that it shouldn't destroy you." actually so very fitting here when daea is feeling absolute rage and despair. they should be angry but they cant let it destroy and control them. they have to be a person and not an emotion. aughoughoughhhh

SHOT OF THE DOOR LEADING TO VARRICS ROOM... DAEA'S BEEN FEELING LIKE SOMETHING WRONG BUT UNABLE TO PUT THEIR FINGER ON IT... THEYVE DREAMED ABOUT THE DOOR BUT DIDNT REALIZE WHAT IT WAS... OOOOOOH

THE WHOLE TIME. THE WHOLE TIME!!! AND HE TOLD ME TO SAY SORRY TO VARRIC!!!!! AND NO ONE TALKED ABOUT HIM. SOLAS IM COMING FOR YOU.

pretty sure he didnt mean to OKAY AND THE REST??? THAT WASNT AN ACCIDENT.

wait so. was it solas impersonating varric or was it rook just... making him up in the fade???? what??? also wow why did no one ever try to talk to me about varric at all.

"only the venatori survived" sooo did they kill dorian?

man. and after all that the devs still hope i might feel sorry for solas? lol.

mannnn we were in there for days????

awww the little romance scene with lucanis was very sweet. his romance overall is very like. some sweetness amidst the desolation kind of feeling. i like it.

honestly daea has always gotten along ok with spite but right now? best buds.

i liked the little cinematics... we fightin. also i ended up with lucanis and davrin as a team which is a nice echo of weisshaupt - they fought about it, both feeling guilty, both wanting second chances. we're here now.

the venatori said "this is for zara!" and lucanis replied "she's dead. get over it!" beautiful

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO SOLAS ALONE?? ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM??? WHILE HE'S DOING MAGIC???? HE BETTER NOT STAB ME

"you are as surprising as ever. even i could not escape that prison. for you to manage it..." you absolute narrow minded imbecile. im going to stab YOU.

ok i cant liveblog the test of this conversation but im not happy. solas im going to bury you in manure. also confirmation solas did the varric thing. little fucker. oooh hes feeling bad now YEAH I DONT CARE AND NEITHER DOES DAEA

"by love for friends ive failed and hurt" maybe. if you stopped killing your friends. youd have more of them. and less hurt. ever thought about that.

BELLARAAAAA

ok fine the wolf transformation was cool. whatever.

aw dorians alive. also the inquisitor showing up with no armor... listen. was it really that hard to ask us for their class so u could give them some armor for this. like truly.

bellara... my blighted darling...

ok we get a little bit of factions helping each other at the end in a codex entry. why couldnt we get more? :( also i wish ambient dialogue that you accidentally cut off triggered again, like for companion banter

oh solas lied again. shocking. when did all the other gods die tho??? did i miss something????

when i ask if drawing solas' blood is the only solution i didnt mean that i didnt wanna do blood magic just that i wondered if there was an easier way... man the way the game treats blood magic... unsurprising but frustrating.

jdhdksks bc of the stupid high crits i get combat against small fry rly backs up the "i dont have time for this" feeling for daea. warrior fighting has been soooo fun and satisfying... i started dao for the very first time with a sword and shield warrior too and it was <3 atrocious <3 but im glad i picked this for davg

kinda wanna do another warden run with either bel or neve romance and being blighted wt the end... blight girlfriends <3 yay <3

so funny to me that when u can open a door the handle is highlighted. but rook has never learned to use a doorknob. not a single time through this while game.

couldnt they have made wolf solas... nicer... hairier- hold on is this because hes bald.

oooh bellara 😭😭😭 putting herself back into the blight 😭😭😭😭

"you... are mortal, elgarnan. enjoy it while it lasts!" YEAH OK COOL TOO

i like that even though i (and daea) am angry at solas for the, yknow, everything, its still satisfying to see him get his justice/revenge on elgarnan. it feels right.

U CAN SWITCH ARMOR BEFORE FIGHTING HIM AGAIN FLSGSLDHDLS ive been switching between 2 armors bc 1 is a good all rounder but another gives me v good protection against fire. so since elgarnan is clearly gonna be using fire now i went to see if i could switch to the fireproof one. and i can. amazing. also he was vulnerable to necrotic damage first and is vulnerable to ice now... i brought lucanis and neve... good pairing :>

man... i got all options. i think... daea is so angry at solas. for their friends, for all his victims, for themselves as a dalish elf and a warden. but theyre tired of fighting. and if they can ask him to stop before having to kill another god today... and thinking abt harding's words in the fade prison... hmmm... interesting in the sense that theyve been angry, lighthearted and nice but with a lot of that anger and desire for justice underneath, but now at the end theyre choosing to get past it. theyre tired of it. mmmm

ballaraaaaaaAAA UNBLIGHTED????? CAN WE CURE THE GODDAMN BLIGHT NOW????? BIOWARE

archon dorian... jdhsks hes the last magister left basically. he gets the seat by default. also every time we talk abt the griffons i have... questions abt how theyre gonna breed them out of extinction. idk maybe genetics work differently for griffons. better hope thats how it works cause otherwise uuuh extinction is just delayed

anyway i am a little baffled by that one chest i found after being able to interact with the last merchant but otherwise act 3 was v well done i think. not rly much more to say, it satisfied me, i liked that i got to actually fight (verbally) with solas lol and i do think the "good" ending of convincing him to bind the veil to himself was actually rewarding for me as a player, even when i spent the game exasperated at him. good voice acting but also good body language there!!! which was a pleasant surprise since body animations are a little lacking imo for the rest of the game. bellara worked rly well for the role of the blighted companion so im glad i picked her! curious if neve has different dialogue, bc if not then bellara is def best. a little sad that hardings gone but also baffled at like. the wasted potential for a further storyline??? this isnt dao they knew to plan for a possible future game, but harding can be permanently dead, so...? altho. i guess we didnt actually get the body after. no body no death? dead but not entirely, part of the stone now? hmmmm

ill replay it for sure, the ending/act 3 actually sold me more on the game. i stilllll think as a dragon age continuation its... err. not what i wanted. not what id have liked. all the retcon and smoothing over of potential... meanness or people/faction being bad stings and spells a future direction im just not that interested in for the dragon age universe. but as a game? yeah i enjoyed it, i liked the gameplay, the npcs, found the romance a little lacking but rly liked the amount of inter companion interaction and reactivity, i thought all companion quests had a good emotional end, the game itself is very pretty, im annoyed at the sort of One General Personality With Small Variations that rook seems to have (mostly bc itll be hard to like... feel like playthroughs are very different/rooks are different ppl), but tbh im about as annoyed with it as i was with the inquisitor, just differently. think they should def have done smth different for the inquisitor in davg bc that showed theyd learned nothing of the reaction to hawke in dai, but i expected it lol. i liked the music eventually! the main theme even grew on me. i have more particular gripes with lore/character treatment but ill let that simmer for a bit. im gonna go to bed nowwww

ps not suuuper happy about the solas toesucking tone that keeps popping up tho. it was hard to say i was angry at him for most of the game! to express it! and ur clearly presented with, at least, a lot of reasons to feel bad for him. and when u talk to the inquisitor... hmmm. yeah. altho i suppose ill try with my (never-finished-the-playthrough) solasmancing inquisitor next run and see what thats like

can't sleep so gonna jot down some thoughts abt davg under a readmore. itll have spoilers!

[lunchador]

ok but!!! what happened!!! im screaming!!! you finished the game but there are no details!!! friend i need details!!! who sided with who!!!! im just!!! so excited about ur playthru and i need any and all details about how u feel about anders rn especially!!! i think there was less different paths because funding but i still would like to Know

 SO!! MUCH!! HAPPENED!!

It was funny, cuz, y’know, in comparison to DA:O where the END OF THE WORLD is hanging above your head at all times, I felt the pacing was considerably more relaxed in 2. And in retrospect, it definitely was building up in ways you weren’t quite piecing together (Or am I dumb? That’s usually the case) as you aren’t even sure why you have the derogatory title from cassandras mouth of Champion. Champion, of fuckin what? I do chores for people.

So like most of the game feels like you’re chilling. Talk to some people, do some small quests, learn some lore.

Then like, the qunari attack happened. Which, I assume happens regardless, correct? Man that statue of me looks douchey as hell. Flaming sword?

ANDERS CAN SUCK SHIT. That fucker lied to me? and made everything OH SO MUCH FUKIN WORSE. Oh boohoo I want to rid justice, distract her so I can MURDER PEOPLE ACTUALLY INSTEAD?? Like, MAN, I really like him on paper, healer of the needy, activist, cat lover. But he is so warped in his thinking and self hate. Also I know I joked about this somewhere but our second conversation ever (first one being when I met him) he gives me a big speech about how he could see us together but how he’s so bad he’s a monster boohoo so i need to stay away from him romantically and I’m standing there like.......yeah ok man. 

I SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM - I was legit SO mad he did that. Everything was bad as is, and he made it worse. If I hadn’t have helped in that quest would it still have happened? AUGH. Almost everyone wanted him dead but I still felt bad. Of the companions, I think i bonded with him and sebastian the least. I tried really hard to side with the mages, cuz, i’m a mage, i dont think magic is bad but bad people can have magic, and Meredith IS a dick and instigated it, BUT THERE IS SO FUCKING MUCH BLOOD MAGIC IN KIRKWALL, WHY.

AND FUCKIN SEBASTIAN - SO MAD - was like if you let him live i’m coming back with an army to attack. like...bro what happened to being a peaceful monk or whatever the shit? I thought I told you taking the crown wasn’t worth it if you don’t want it? fuckin jude law looking motherfucker. But i barely played with him and i figured anders healing would be useful for the end. so, i took anders with me. So now I guess I’m gonna hear in inquisition about this dude coming in to attack kirkwall later idk SIGH

So yeah, I tried to side with Orison. Then that bitch ass gave in to blood magic too and turned into that disgusting abomination. I HATE when you try to defend someone and they too turn into a jackass. Fuck you, man. And Meredith of course is off her rockers with red lyrium. I hate all of these people. I tried to save the decent mages where I could and that bit me in the ass with one of them at the end FUCK YOU, UNGRATEFUL.

A N Y W A Y S,

since I’m sooooooo good at these games (how am I so so so bad??) Hawke basically...lost everyone. I didn’t officially romance anyone. Though in the epilogue, it says everyone eventually splits from Hawke except Isabela. I figured she had a soft spot for me. I think I couldn’t fully romance her because I didn’t get her the boat? Idk. I didn’t like the romance system in this game. Like, yes it makes sense for story plot reasons but it’s terribly confusing for someone not in the know and I hated looking at guides because they had spoilers.

My mom got murdered by a serial killer blood mage, r.i.p. My sister is dead. I am SO surprised Carver sided with me in the end. I thought he was genuinely about to pick being a templar over me and fight. I TRIED TO BE SO NICE TO THAT FUCKER.

i’m surprised cullen sided with me too. the few interactions you have with him in origins and here he’s kind of a dick. and i know all that shit going on with his VA so i am not stoked for him in inquisition

I tried/failed to romance Fenris. Man, I got SO attached to him?? He tries so hard to be grumpy but you get under his skin. Every time he called me his friend or smiled I was like YES, YOU FUCKER, YOU LIKE ME. But being a mage is such a cockblock. FUCK. I’m definitely kissing him next time.  But I can at least brag that I guess I did his companion quest correctly enough and he was maxed out cuz he didn’t leave me. He seemed begruding that he was gonna defend mages but he was gonna do it for ME. BFFs til the end.

how the fuck did fenris turn around and settle for compromise while anders was still pissy as hell? I guess anders just feels so much for others. also the whole tranquil shit was sooo fucked. Also I love they’ve known each other for 6 years and they’re still disgustingly snippy with each other - FIGHT!!!!

MERRIL TRIED TO CONFESS FEELINGS FOR ME. HOW? I kept pissing her off by not supporting the blood mage shit. I HAD TO PULL THE LIKE A SISTER LINE. MERRIL IM SO SORRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY. She’s so sweet, yet her quest was incredibly fucked up oh my god?? We had to kill the dalish group and I FELT AWFUL. WHY SO MUCH BLOOD MAGIC????????

I thought this game was going to end with assigning a new viscount. ANd I was like man that sucks, Sid isn’t the type for permanent responsibility like that but like, if it’ll get everyone to shut the fuck up ok. But...that wasn’t the ending. I hope that gets addressed in inquisition? I felt like that kinda got cliffhanger’d. Also I’m assuming Aveline had to run too being she was associated with me so the guard is probably in shambles too.

oh my god what about dominic? D:

anyway, I would die for varric, and while I understand the story reasons for not letting him be romancable, it still sucks cuz he pairs SO well with a snarky Hawke, sigh

but yeah there may have been less big decisions but there certainly were a lot of smaller ones I felt I fucked up. I’m just.......so good at that. I got so many people KILLED.

def some replay value in there!! I tried to do a lot more sidequests in this one than origins. so we will see how inquisition goes. It’s been super hyped to me and I’m told it’s pretty long

Its just crazy all the shit hawke got caught up in without even particularly trying. Like the warden is there because, yeah, they’re a grey warden, one of the few, but in 2 its just kinda like..............oops lmfao.