#also my feelings on Oghren are so fucking weird

[malevolententity]

thinking about here lies the abyss. thinking about how the option of leaving hawke or a warden was wasted. stroud's only emotional connection to the player relies on the chance and memory that you brought carver or bethany into the deeproads with anders, so he could say he knows where the wardens might be so that stroud can show up and conscript ur baby sibling. he is so easy to leave in the fade because hes not My Character. loghain is super easy because hes an asshole and usually i let alistair get his revenge in dao. alistair is the hardest choice in the three presented because while hes not Your Character. he is a party member he could have been your romance and you dont wanna kill ur wardens husband. but hawke is still Your Character.

heres my proposals on how to make that choice actually hard, almost a decade later! (side note: has it really been almost a decade since this game came out?)

if you made beth or carver a warden have the choice be hawke or their sibling! have the creeping horror of a family reunion slowly turn into "oh god whos going to be the final hawke sibling alive" because both of them would fight over who gets to stay in the fade because they cant let the other die even if theyre enemies. hawke can not loose yet another family member when the choice is in the palm of the hand to definitively save them. and beth or carver would feel both a warden need to stay and also would not let hawke make another sacrifice the twins know that hawke has given enough.

i know canon wise HOF has disappeared and thats why theyre not the inquisitor. so having them show up for this would be weird but they coulda just not made that a plot point and have HOF show up and then you have to pick between your two player characters. and then you have to deal with the dilemma of whoever you leave their partner is going to be so fucking angry. and picking between two of ur Played Guys is going to be so much harder! esp with dao and the background and romance choices you made. you could have an ex crow mad at you, you could have one of your advisors pissed at you and That being a crucial event to harden leliana, you could depending on even witch hunt dlc choices have morrigan mad at you, while she lives in your castle, and youve just killed her husband and the father of her child that you have met and was actively raising his son. you could have the king of fereldan mad at you for killing his queen/consort. which is probs Why the HOF isnt an option if you kept them alive because it would get messy with how many dao companions are involved in dai to a degree.

THEY COULDA MADE ANY OF THE AWAKENING COMPANIONS THE OPTION TO YEET. granted that puts them in the same space as alistair of Yeah id feel bad but like. its not my warden its my wardens friends theyre easier to leave than hawke. BUT IT COULD GET SPICY IF ANDERS IS ALIVE. AND THE CHOICE IS LEAVE ANDERS OR HAWKE!!! esp if you romanced him does hawke loose everyone in their life or does anders loose everyone in his life. OR LIKE say its nathaniel that really only hurts if you played cousland at any point because nates a shit but also a childhood friend. most people wouldnt care about oghren and hed be same boat as loghain. sigrun and velanna would hurt for people who got personally invested in them since theres so character background tie ins from memory. but like any of them could be options to hurt around the alistair level of choice.

there are so so many other good npc and companion choices from games to make here lies the abyss a hard choice and to make it hurt no matter who you leave behind. but no the fucking options are :checks notes: loghain an ex military general who staged a coup and had an active hand in slavery. stroud a warden npc you met twice if you even remember him at all. or alistair your companion who most people made king so he never shows up as an option here.

#da #dai #this is literally an essay so its goin under the cut #main tags dont need to see this rant of mine that m always thinking about #please talk to me about my theories and ideas i wanted this quest to hurt and make me cry but instead it was lukewarm like all other #go into the fade quests in previous games altho i think it was the nicest done and the most polished of the tries

[twixitativi]

having bsd dragon age au thoughts. help

NOTE: these are just initial thoughts without too much thinking into them and odds are i would have different opinion post thinking about it. this is just vv basic on a surface level stuffs

port mafia - im going to go out on a limb and potentially claim the chantry/templars are the port mafia just because like... i could see dazai breaking away from that + having the antimagic properties is fitting

on that note chuuya being a half-elf templar and then realizing that he's a mage and having to break away from the chantry mayhaps

chuuya being half-elf and dazai being an ass and making fun of him for being short and upon discovering that he's a half-elf being like SO THAT'S WHY--

dazai taking wynne/alistair's role and being at ostagar -> arrival at the tower and chuuya is just like "YOU" (said angrily but /affectionate) and they're angrily talking to one another about the circle situation

atsushi as a shapeshifter... but that would make him a mage. hmmm

will forever be obsessed with the idea of dazai as a rogue. iirc dragon age 2 had a templar/rogue mix and like. i feel like thatd be very on brand for him

yosano as a healing mage (but also as the warrior/mage specialization bc bffr do you really want to tell me she wouldn't be fighting like nahhhhh)

kenji is 110% a warrior. maybe dual-weapon? honestly id find it fucking hilarious if he went around with a greatsword

akutagawa would probably also be a mage

kunikida as a rogue

tanizaki as a rogue

mori as a knight-templar? maybe? complicated

oda as a mage-templar????? maybee??????

fukuchi as loghain....

on that note... fukuzawa as king cailan? THAT GETS WEIRD THOUGH LMFAOOOO

WAIT WAIT so if im thinking narrative-wise, what would make sense would be for loghain to be mori, cailan to be... idk someone, duncan to be oda, alistair to be dazai, the hof to be atsushi... oh man its all coming together

morrigan is chuuya. bam. it works

leliana gives kenji. idk. similar vibes; could also see her being atsushi tbh

sten would be kunikida maybe? ideals the qun etc etc

wynne.... wynneeeee yosano?

i could see lucy being zevran MAYBE. nikolai also gives hella zevran vibes but idk

oghren. man, oghren. who tf would be oghren. i guess fukuchi gives oghren vibes??? LMAOOOOOO

shale my beloved would probably be like,,, q if we're being literal, but maybe kyouka? idk. could also be akutagawa

dog.

i will also say this is trying to fit people into the dao companions without even TRYING to tackle da2 or dai...

anyways

[bearsizedant]

1, 4, 22 👁👁

these are all gonna be dragon age bc I'm not really in any other fandoms atm (shocker ik)

1)What OTPs in your fandom do you just not get?

Fenris and Merrill. I don't think it's insanely popular but like. why?? I don't get any sort of romantic vibes between them ever in any capacity (it's alright if you ship them but I personally do not understand it) also once I saw Iron Bull and Vivienne stuff and I really don't get that one either

4) Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?

Alistair and Cullen. 100%. I can't pinpoint exactly what it is about that pairing but it makes my blood boil when I see it. I'm also not sure how popular this one is.

22) Popular character you hate?

ehh? it's hard for me to like hate hate a lot of the characters and most of the ones I do hate are fairly universally hated. closest is probably Bianca (the lady, not the crossbow) or Oghren (I Do Not like Oghren but I don't hate him hate him?)

#the takeaway from this is i apparently have no clue what is popular within my own fandom #also my feelings on Oghren are so fucking weird #i cant hate him bc he reminds me of a copy pasted short redheaded version of my bio dad #and spoilers on my Tragic Backstory™ but i havent spoken to my bio dad since i was 17 and i hate him but i dont hate him? #but literally if he didnt act almost exactly like my bio dad i would despise him #i don't know how to not ramble in the tags anyway #thank you for the ask!! <3

[kiivg]

.I decided to just go with my three heroes instead of like all my dragon age romances because I’ve got someone for Blackwall, Gaspard, and I’ve got a mind for someone with Dorian too. Then I’ve got a whole load of OC x OC as well, and trying to draw all of them would be time consuming. However! During drawing this, I realised that, technically, Andrastopher, Anders, Marcus, and Zevran, have all slept with one another. Whether that’s between two people or more just depends on when in the timeline haha…. ,’:)c.

.Anyway there’s some things about my Heroes and their love interests below :), thank you for asking! I’m always excited to talk about my OCs.

...

.Andrastopher and Zevran’s relationship starts out as quite a basic thing. Something that’s not talked about in camp or on any of their journeys, but everyone knows it’s happening. On Andrastopher’s side, it’s something to make him forget for a little while, something to take his mind of everything that’s happening to him. Zevran, after all, offers this to him as more of an incentive to keep him alive knowing that Andrastopher most likely will end up killing him. Something that Andrastopher wasn’t exactly quiet about, he did actually plan on presenting Zevran’s head to Arl Howe at some point.

.Of course, everything changes with the course of time. Fighting beside one another in such dangerous situations, it was bound to leave them closer than before. They save each other’s lives, they tend one another’s wounds, and one night, Andrastopher doesn’t slink back to his own tent with a satisfied hum in his belly and stays curled around the other man. There’s a tenderness that blooms between them both, and what was not talked about before, is shown more and more openly.

.Zevran, I think, falls in love with Andrastopher before Andrastopher falls in love with him. He’s too broken to glue himself back together long enough to even think about such a thing. It probably doesn’t help that Zevran had started off by complimenting him on his looks above anything else, and Andrastopher knows he’s a weird looking man; more of a curiosity than a crush to anyone who looks at him. Anything Zevran had said after that was taken with the knowledge that the man would be lying.

.By the end of the blight, something that Andrastopher had hoped to die in, he’d found a reason to live again. Completing Morrigan’s ritual was a risk to take, but one he did so willingly so he could waken next to Zevran another day. However odd their beginnings were, neither man was willing to see the other one gone.

.After the blight, Andrastopher struggles with everything he knows. There’s no place for him in the world, and he cannot hide in Zevran’s arms as if there is nothing wrong. He takes a year to himself, sacrificing himself to the Qun, accepting that he needed a restriction in being who he was meant to be. It was a hard time apart, but the reunion was a sweet one. Though time and work takes them apart for perhaps months at a time, they remain loyal to one another. They marry at some point, a small thing which really only included the pair themselves, a chantry Mother, and Oghren who was both amused and embarrassed about it all.

.To this day they remain together, and regrets have been spoken about how they had initially started out. Andrastopher knows he should have treated Zevran better, something the man has forgiven him for over and over throughout their years. 

...

.Marcus and Anders’ relationship was in-game the rivalmance because it’s so much more delicious than the basic romance. But, in my mind, it’s different.

.They start off butting heads in Kirkwall, Marcus needs Anders’ help, and Anders’ needs Marcus’ help. The idea of anything between them isn’t really on the table at the time since Marcus has been spending his time between Meeran’s legs more often than not. They both find each other insufferable for a variety of reasons; Marcus is egotistic, narcissistic,  overtly cocky, and spends most of his time either fighting or fucking or playing that ridiculous lute he won in the Hanged Man. Whilst Marcus thinks Anders’ fight has been blown to unrealistic proportions, and he’s championing something that can be overcome easily enough, the man has a hero complex that grates on his nerves. Marcus is a Fereldan apostate who lives freely, and he can’t understand why people don’t just escape from the circle; his father did easily enough.

.After the Deep Roads expedition, coming home after eating nothing but mushrooms and drinking rock water for weeks, just to return to Carver’s newfound templar job really makes him rethink his attitude in Kirkwall. Marcus becomes openly supportive of the Templars, he has no choice; Carver’s relation to a mage has him under valiant watch, and though money helps, Marcus has to be on his best behaviour. Being seen with Anders can only damage his reputation, but they had kissed in that foggy desperation in the Deep Roads, not that they’d spoken of it, but it remains a memory that tasted sweet despite their breath.

.Marcus spends most of his time in the Blooming Rose in the next few years, wealth and desire letting him flaunt his time in rented beds. Anders yet plays on his mind, pulling him back time after time whenever he hears the man needs his help. They fight and disagree, snapping with magic curling in their fingertips. Anders feels like Marcus is betraying the very core of himself; denying that he’s a mage in every positive song he sings of the Templars. He hates the man with an intensity that boils over in the need to return to that time in the Deep Roads; when mages and templars didn’t matter, and the once fat Fereldan apostate gave away his shares of tasteless fungi to the mage who knew how to heal wounds. They fight and kiss, biting at each other with teeth and nails, and it is Marcus who storms away; burning with confusion and singed footsteps, and awaiting a visitor at the end of the night.

.When things get particularly bad, Marcus gives in to Anders’ way of thinking, apologising for what they had been through over the years. He gives him a key to the Hawke estate. It’s a safe place to hide, a safe place to smuggle mages in and out. He warns him on Carver’s inclusion, Marcus can’t be seen helping; it would only come back upon his brother and he’s not willing to risk such a thing.

.Anders stops by the estate more and more, and the animosity between them settles into something of a comfort. The man is there when Leandra is killed, he is there to stop him from killing Merrill just a few nights after, he is there to drag him home from the Blooming Rose when he drinks too much to remember where he lives. Marcus knows he doesn’t deserve any of it, and he is selfish when he kisses Anders for the first time in years, selfish when he tries to drag him into bed, selfish when he asks him to stay the night. Marcus’ rise to Viscount is the only thing that keeps Anders safe, and is the only reason that Anders is able to be smuggled from Kirkwall after the explosion.

.It’s a year and a half before they see each other again. Justice has been calmed over the months, and Marcus’ attempts at keeping Kirkwall sane had slowly been overthrown by a group of zealots. A mage couldn’t hold position for any longer, and he had no choice but to flee. He’d spent six months building a home for himself in the ruins of Lothering, and he welcomes Anders with laughter and disbelief when he sees the man again. Years had passed since they had first met in Darktown, but seeing Marcus with a small herd and a weight settling in his gut, it’s the most real he’s ever been.

.They settle together, never intending for it to be permanent. But there is a loneliness that could only be combatted together, and when mages begin to find them it’s hard not to fall in love with one another when they work to rebuild what was once lost. A small village sprouts around them, mages seeking safety and succour found under the guidance of a heavy stranger named Conchobhar, and that taller fellow named Jarl.

...

.Goddard and Yetta’s relationship isn’t actually an in-game thing, since he’s seventy-one at the beginning of Inquisition, and like what options do I ever have apart from making him a sugar daddy (I missed a thing there for sure AH), so I gave him a wife called Yetta.

.Essentially, it’s an arranged marriage for them. Which begins terribly, because neither want to marry the other; Goddard is still holding out hope that he will find his first love again, and Yetta was betrothed to him since she was a child so she’s never had a choice. Their wedding is awkward, Goddard tries to convince his little brother, Milward, to take his place, and Yetta is caught trying to escape from the actual event. Goddard also turns up in Orlesian finery in an attempt to insult Yetta’s family and to remind them that he spent a good few years in bed with a chevalier. It works, but, the wedding still goes ahead, and they’re both miserably married by the end of the day.

.Despite his tactics, Goddard promises Yetta that he’d stay truthful to her regardless of whether or not they end up in bed together. And, in the beginning, neither of them wanted to. Goddard spends his nights sleeping on the floor, and there’s a more than obvious rumour floating around that they haven’t yet slept together. Despite all the pushes and shoves they receive; Goddard being pushed into Yetta’s room as she dresses for the day, Yetta being forced into the bathing chambers whilst Goddard is alone in there, conversations of sex being brought up at their meal times, and even being locked in their bedchamber for so long that Goddard ends up bum rushing the guards who bring them food at meal time.

.It’s not the best beginning, but there is a camaraderie that begins between them in their joint frustrations. Their attraction to one another begins in the written letters they send over the years. With Goddard working in Ferelden, and Yetta remaining in Ostwick, it’s the only way of communicating they have. And though it takes years, it’s hard to deny the way that their feelings grow each time Goddard gets some weeks away from the military.

.Together they have three children over the years, agreeing to stop trying after that due to Wakefield’s complicated birth. They remain happy together until this day, accepting a few blips over the years, and the rather gargantuan blunder of Goddard having an affair whilst incapacitated and presumed dead in Ferelden. Everything that is thrown at them is tackled head on and together, and it is obvious in almost everything that the do together, that their love grows ever stronger every minute they spent beside one another.

.TL:DR: all my heroes are happy and loved and alive :)c.

#andrastopher cousland #zevran arainai #marcus hawke #anders #dragon age #goddard trevelyan #yetta trevelyan #dai #dao #da2 #dragon age 2 #dragon age origins #dragon age inquisition #mxm #mxf #andrastopher x zevran #zevran x andrastopher #handers #hawke x anders #anders x hawke #goddard x yetta #yetta x goddard

[howyouducan]

Fun Facts!

My blind Aeducan run, experiencing Origins for the first time

The playthrough was blind, so I had NO IDEA what Dwarven names sounded like. I hated the name Sereda, I wanted a rowdy tomboy princess. I had no experience in the medieval genre either, so no weapon knowledge. I named her Iron, which is also Apparently the Worst Metal. (Canonly this was definitely the result of namecalling from her brothers that she never let go of)

Iron particpated in the Proving and when I saw that lightning sword I was confident I chose a great origin. Bhelen’s treachery caught me off guard despite his lack of subtlety and Iron went to the surface with absolutely no money because she spent it at the marketplace :’’’’D

ABSOLUTELY FORGOT that pickpocketing was a thing even though I leveled it up. I only remembered it halfway through the game when she went back to Orzammar. So she robbed Every Single Dwarf in the Noble section and then took that habit back to Denerim to become ~The Dark Wolf~

I had no fucking idea who Oghren was. The only Dragon Age character I knew about in the whole franchise was Varric. I kept expecting to see Varric. And here’s the thing: if you play any other origin, the whole fucking point of going to Orzammar is to recruit Oghren. Not for Lady Audrun “Iron” Aeducan. She’s in Orzammar to kick her brother’s ass; that whole political entanglement WAS the plot. Branka? The Anvil?? The Deep Roads??? That’s a sidequest for the politics! Saw Oghren TWICE before the Deep Roads and YET did not recognize him when he showed up and was like “I want to come with.” Thought he was a temporary tour guide companion! Was VERY VERY confused when he followed Iron out into the sunlight. Thought he was gonna split but nope! Still in the party, following Iron around like a weird puppy. It’s funny but I feel bad about it now lmao

And lastly, I went around the whole origin story making Aeducan puns. Chiefly, greeting members of her House with “How you ‘ducan?!” Iron visited Denerim for the first time pretty late in the game. Flipped out when I realized who The Fine Dwarven Crafts Guy was. GORIM! H O W Y O U ‘ D U C A N ? ! ! ?

#iron aeducan #dragon age #dragon age origins #dao #da

[thessalian]

Molly!Warden vs Caridin’s Cross

Wynne: Feeling better?

Molly: Sort of. Though I have a feeling a lot of this was ... staged. I mean, Zevran telling me stories of Ten Times He Fucked Up An Assassination, Leliana pulling out all the stops on the euphemisms, Alistair ... erm...

Wynne: Being less euphemistic?

Molly: He’s the show-don’t-tell type, yeah. And then there’s Woof and Sten.

Woof: *play-snarls*

Sten: *also play-snarls, but seems to be taking it more seriously*

Wynne: We care. I mean, there’s also the passingly curious fact of you being the world’s best hope, but also we care.

Molly: No pressure or anything.

Wynne: Just know that you have our support in this. We will see this through until the end.

Molly: I was actually talking about the caring part. I know I’m Paragon of Weird; that can be tough to power through.

Wynne: Believe it or not, the Blight is worse.

Molly: You are the Grand Empress of Backhanded Compliments.

(En route to the Deep Roads)

Molly: Hang on. We’re about to have company.

Oghren: Warden senses tingling?

Molly: Not unless you’re a very well-disguised genlock. More my sinuses shutting down in protest. Look, you probably know better than we do where Branka was going, we have a map. Have a decent drink, grab a weapon and let’s go.

Alistair: We don’t have enough armed lunatics with the party?

Molly: If I hated armed lunatics, I would be in a self-loathing spiral right now.

Alistair: ...Tell you what. I’ll work on my self-esteem issues if you work on yours.

Molly: Deal.

(Down in the Deep Roads)

Molly: So what’s the significance of this place?

Oghren: You keep asking this crap! I am fed up with explaining all of this to you!

Molly: I have never been down here and I know sod all about the history or politics involved here! I want to actually be armed with information!

Oghren: It was out there to be read!

Molly: IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BRAND ON YOUR FACE, SURE!

Oghren: ...Oh. Right.

(Later...)

Ruck: AAAAAAAAA!

Molly: ...Oh, that’s going to be a tricky conversation with that poor sod’s mother...

Ruck: No! Don’t tell her! No no no!

Molly: Okay, lemme just ... trade you some food and water and ... like ... weapons and stuff. In return, we’ll take whatever shinies you feel you can part with and some information. Okay?

Oghren: You are not leaving him my ale!

Molly: No; we are leaving him some of your clean water. Enjoy the hangover while dehydrated.

Oghren: Sodding women.

Molly: He gave us a clue. He deserves to drink something that’s not darkspawn blood.

Oghren: Honestly surprised the blighter’s still alive after that.

Molly & Alistair: *exchange looks* Yeaaaaaaaaah...

(Later...)

Molly: FUCK OFF, GHOSTS!

Oghren: The spiders and darkspawn I expected. Didn’t count on ghosts.

Molly: They probably rose up to kick She Who Is Shunned By The Stone out of sacred territory or some shit.

Oghren: They want me dead too, Warden!

Molly: And how close are you to getting booted out of the Warrior Caste, again?

Alistair: And Wynne and I are human and clearly don’t belong, so...

Stone Golem: *STOMP STOMP STOMP*

Molly: Should’ve brought Shale. We could have had, like, a girls’ night out!

Wynne: Ah, yes. Wholesale carnage. Accessorising with gore. Perhaps tying little ribbons in Oghren’s beard.

Oghren: *World’s Most Suspicious Stink-Eye*

(Down around the Ortan Thaig area...)

Molly: That ... was the mother of all spiders. I hope that fight was worth it...

Oghren: Branka wrote about me in her diary!

Molly: ...I’m ... sure that’s not the most important part of this, but okay... So we’re headed to this Dead Trenches place. You were saying how the darkspawn nest there. I don’t suppose...?

Alistair: Even with a creature that size, what are the odds?

(Later still, overlooking a crevasse...)

Archdemon: *ROARS DEFIANT CHALLENGE AT THE WORLD!!!*

Molly: *veryveryquiet* Rule two: never ask the odds.

Alistair: ...What’s rule one?

Molly: Never tell me the odds. Come on; let’s just sneak around.

Oghren: But that’ll take hours!

Molly: You wanna fight that?

Oghren: ...Kinda, but I take your point.

Molly: Man after my own heart, but yeah, not the time. Let’s go.

(During short break...)

Me: Y’know, after having gone through the Hissing Wastes, the Deep Roads feel so much less painful...

#Molly!Warden #Thess liveblogs Dragon Age #All Molly All The Time

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Bitter asks

found it in the depths of my drafts again - tagged by absolutely noone but we’re doing this regardless and bc I have not suffered enough we will do it for Dragon Age

What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?

Tbh I don’t get the Sera/Dagna thing? It feels like a lazy “pair up the spare” pairing to me. 

Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?

Dorian & Bull tbh. Their flirting banters are weird and don’t click for me but I could see them as close friends rather than an otp

Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion?

oh hell yes. 

Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?

Aveline/Isabela - I nope out of that fast and probably block everything around it. And a popular one to a degree... but  that’s the next question already

Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

Solavellan. The fandom around it has mostly been a complete shitshow in the past few years. The amount of creepy teacher/student fics I stumbled upon and just the way this fandom goes overboard with the wolf/halla symbolic in the creepiest way possible... Just a big yikes for me.

I think I trust about 3 authors with that pairing and no one else.

Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?

I didn’t necessarily hate any pairing. Fandom has made me interested in combinations of characters I never thought about though. 

Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?

The concept of Bioware’s “grey morality” - veeeeeery in the beginning (we are talking about 2009 here) I thought it was a nifty idea.

Then I realised Bioware doesn’t have the chops good enough to bring nuance across and they don’t actually understand what grey morality is...

Have you received anon hate? What about?

ahaha... about everything from shipping things wrongly, disliking your fav, not treating canon as the be all end all, being a self indulgent wish fullfiller to simply not liking a character. It#s why I dipped out of fandom space for years  

Most disliked character(s)? Why?

Oghren bc anyone who is regularly drunk triggers my flight reflex

Aveline bc of all the shit she says

Most disliked arc? Why?

“Who the fuck is Mythal?” But basically the entirety of the writing in DAI with the exception of very few scenes.

Don’t get me started on this awful, horrible cultish sing-along everyone loves so much. As someone who spent over half her life getting away from a very oppressive church/cult upbringing that scene was absolutely horrific.

Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Blackwall. He got the redemption arc people like to pretend Cullen got...

Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

I love the fade bits in DAO? idk why anyone would want to skip it.  Storywise: I don’t wanna side with them but I think the templar questline in DAI is better written than the mage one. Sue me.

Unpopular opinion about XXX character?

I think nothing is unpopular in this fandom, not with the amount of fighting going on all the time... ;)

Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

Most people in this fandom (much like the Bioware writers really) have no idea how trickster gods work and have zero understanding about polytheistic religions and it shows...

Unpopular opinion about the manga/show/game?

It peaked with Dragon Age 2...

If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

Hire a more diverse writing team

Does not shipping something ‘popular’ mean you’re in denial and/or biased?

Sometimes it just means you have good taste... ;) 

What is the purest ship in the fandom?

idk, I don’t care much for pure and uwu stuff.

What are your thoughts on crack ships?

Wonderful! Fandom needs more of them

I also am in constant danger of turning a joke into something I actually ship so that is a very fine line to walk.

Popular character you hate?

Hat is far too strong a word. I refuse to get that invested into this whole thing. If I actually hate something it’s a sign for me to take a step back

But dislike because of the way they are written in game and/or the popular fandom interpretation, there are quite a few actually. I think you can guess.

Unpopular character you love?

Loghain. Don’t get me started!

Would you recommend XXX to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes - with a few choice words of warning

Most shippable character?

tbh the player characters? Maybe Cassandra, because everyone could become a better person by having more Cassandra in their life!

Least shippable character?

see most disliked character...

tagging @curiousthimble, @edencalder, @knallbart @elveny and whomever wants to do it!

Feel free to change fandoms or ignore - the usual disclaimer :D

#ask meme #negativity #just to be sure bc it IS bitter asks #Dragon Age

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dragon age non player canon companion romances ranked

1. Fenris/Isabela. Love stoic one/chaotic one ships. They genuinely like each other, and even though they're "only" sleeping together they're also not the types to talk about their real feelings so you can't convince me they don't care about each other. Also it's the rare case of fictional m/f ships where they're both bi and the resulting pair doesn't feel remotely straight. The fralthier of dragon age

2. Dorian/iron bull. You guys know how I feel about this one already. Dorian is highly strung and iron bull knows how to get him to relax, plus he cares about his feelings. By trespasser they are very happy together. Gays win

3. Sera/dagna. I love me some femslash but boy do I wish they had interacted on screen even once. Kind of feels like a weird pair the spares type thing. Still valid though

4. Cole/Maryden. They're sweet, I like zoe's hc that human Cole was still trying to set maryden up with krem but maryden just took that as Cole coming onto her and got interested lol. Best version of this ship is cole/maryden/krem. Extremely valid throuple

5. Vivienne/Bastien. I don't care for Bastien, or how old Bastien is compared to Vivienne, and I hate how it's a writing excuse to not have a viv romance, but I love how Vivienne feels about Bastien. This ship is really an excuse to showcase vivienne's deep and undying love for the people she cares about, and I love that aspect

6. Varric/bianca. I actually really like Bianca, and you can see how they care about each other, but varric just seems so miserable in a perpetually long distance relationship. Varric just get on fantasy grindr and find a man close to you

7. In the darkspawn chronicles leliana/alistair end up together and that is so distinctly unfathomable it's no wonder it's a doomed timeline ship. Leliana is way too mature and competent for him and also prefers women way too much? Like she's very much the bi woman who prefers other women, and if she did date a man I feel like he'd also be bi, like zevran. No way she'd settle for a milquetoast straight dude who can't even tie his own shoelaces

8. Aveline/donnic. Theyre both straight cops that I don't care about. At least they are not inflicting themselves on other people

9. Velanna/Nathaniel. He goes from insulting her to fondly calling her "my lady" and velanna is upset by it. I get they were going for a thou-doth-protest-too-much tone, but I'm also not a big fan of that sort of thing in f/m. Just leave her alone Nathaniel let her hate humans in peace

10. Blackwall/Josephine. He's way too old to be so taken with her. Thank god they only do the flirtatious glances thing and then drift apart

11. Oghren/Sigrun. He sucks with women in general but the way he speaks to women he wants to fuck is just the fucking worst. Sigrun mostly isn't here for that but towards the end of their banter it's implied she's just worn down from the advances and actually wants to try talking to him and/or do something, which is bad writing when oghren has just been so incessantly vile lol.

#dragon age blogging #long post ////

[loghainmactir]

how does padril get along with others in the origin crew?? i love him so much i need All the info on him 😩😩

ohohoho!!!!! this is so sweet thank u so much!!! so, like, alphabetically:

alistair’s his best friend through all of origins; he actually harbours a lowkey crush on him but never gets the nerve to tell him (and alistair was too oblivious). they’re SUPER close, share everything with eachother, and they literally were practically attached at the hip. and then loghain happens, essentially, lmao, and alistair gets PISSED. they reconnect later but they’re never the same. that’s all in the fic i’m writing, though. :^)

dog (who he called dannan!) is his baby……….. padril spotted him post-ostagar and literally almost cried jsdgfnkjdfg.

leliana…………. he’s good friends w leli! originally, he was super unsure of her; like, haha, cool………. this shem thinks she can talk to the maker…….. ok.jpg……….. but they grow closer during origins. leliana was often there to encourage him & be a shoulder to lean on for him during the blight, and conversely, padril was always an ear for leliana when speakin about the maker and the chantry and her visions (even if he didn’t get it– i feel like not many other companions were too keen on it? lmao) and helped her get rid of marjolaine. they find eachother in inquisition again and cry together lmao

morrigan………… is difficult to answer. here’s the thing: padril’s super emotional, morrigan is….. not. i’m sure they warmed & respected eachother at the end of origins, but their way of processing situations and feelings is SO different (though they have some similarities!). padril lets his emotions take control of him often, he’s often unsure of himself, and he’ll ALWAYS help people no matter the cost. morrigan is the exact opposite– she bottles it all up, she knows what she’s capable of and she’s confident about it, and she doesn’t openly like helping people djfgndfgk. similarities wise, though, they both let other people decide shit for them– the dark ritual and padril as a warden In General. during the blight their relationship is tense and very avoidant, but at the end they both kinda sit down and they just go…. “well, it’s been a year, huh.” padril gets SO FUCKING MAD when he finds out about flemeth’s abuse towards morrigan, and morrigan just shrugs it off and that makes him madder, which is… difficult. but in inquisition, when padril arrives at skyhold, they wind up hugging it out!!

oghren: A BRO, a buddy!!! they’re both really warm to eachother and they were like that almost from the get-go!!! in the next chapter of my fic it shows a lot. padril appreciates his sense of humour (but doesn’t let him get away w nasty stuff) and his loyalty, while oghren appreciates that padril never stops encouraging, helping and believing in him. it’s a really brotherly, warm relationship they have where they drink together, snap at eachother occasionally, and then gross eachother out.

shale: kinda similar to oghren and leliana. padril doesn’t really get a lot of what shale says, BUT they bond over sarcasm directed @ shems and shale’s pretty, sparkly gems! padril misses shale a great deal, because their bluntness is something padril needs (and while loghain’s great for that, there’s nothing like being nonhuman and grumbling about humans together, lmao)

sten: another weird one. pad is super hesitate originally with sten; he slaughtered all those people, after all. BUT padril’s usually not judgemental without good reason, and he tries to figure out someone’s motives for stuff and then make a judgement on it, and he believes in second chances. he gets really close to sten as they work out eachother’s personalities and the backgrounds they come from. wanna know a secret? sten is the second person in the origins crew that padril tells about him being trans– he tells alistair first, and it comes up in a private conversation that he and sten have. sten is immediately like “ah!!! like the aqun-athlok!!!” and they both go !!!! at eachother lmao (in sten’s own sten way, lmao)

wynne: got on padril’s nerves, lmao. she kept butting in on his relationships and choices and often made pad feel bad about them. ESPECIALLY regarding recruiting loghain. padril felt like he was being watched like a hawk whenever wynne was in the party, and he didn’t appreciate it in the slightest. he likes her, but there were moments where he considered telling her to stick a sock in it because she could be so rude, honestly, especially re: zevran!!!

zevran: highkey padril almost fell in love with this asshole. they have a relationship through origins, but padril admits he’s not in the right place to go any further because the blight was a lot and he was scared he was going to either lose zevran or he’d die and leave zevran alone and he wasn’t ready for that. along similar lines to alistair, they were both really close and shared a lot with eachother. padril had to teach him how to properly unlock locks lmfao, and zev helped him with his dagger skills. but yeah, if loghain hadn’t shoved his ancient ass into the party, they absolutely would’ve been a thing post blight :^) he also looks after their kids occasionally & pad writes him frequent letters when he’s back in antiva!!

#asks #anon #long post #my writing #OC: Padril #hey thanks anon this was a nice message!!

[sundogsandrainbows]

Do you have any distinct "headcanons" (your OC, your canon lol) for your Wardens? Like, what makes them distinct? I really love what I know of your Mahariel, and I'm wondering if you have any others that you've developed as much! ^^ -A Gay Bloodmage ♡

Lenya occupies 99% of my creative writing headspace, so there is not really much room for other characters or wardens beside her right now, ahem xD Which has the unfortunate effect that I don’t talk about them as much as I probably should.

I do have a Brosca, who I would call my main Warden aside of Lenya. Or second Warden, for that matter. Saria is pretty much an accidental byproduct of me playing around in the character creator and gosh, how could I not play this cutie then:

HC/random facts: (oh boy, this got long)

Saria is a shield and sword warrior, mainly because she’d looted a shield from a corpse someday and found out how much fun it is to bash people in the head (or, if they are much larger than her, into their dicks/respective squishy bits) with it.

Alistair is fucking terrified every time he sees her fight, because it is such a stark contrast to her otherwise shy and rather insecure persona.

Fighting is cathartic to her, because it means (re)acting rather than having to think, which she does all too much. About everything. She is very self-conscious.

Speaking of which, her insecurity, shyness and questioning of self-worth stems from a life of abuse through her alcoholic mother, who made her feel unwanted whenever possible.  

Rica was the one who gave her the name Saria, since their mother only called her mockingly “duster”and never bothered to name her properly.

Rica is also the one who raised her, showed her love and protected her from their mother’s aggression/frustration whenever possible.

Thus her sister means everything to her. She is also the reason why she joined the carta, despite her struggling with this line of work. Saria hates it, but knows as duster there is little choice other than follow orders and be a carta thug.

Leske makes it easier. At least a bit. They had an one time thing/tumble, but stone it was weird and no, never again. They agreed to stay friends and partner in crime, ofc.

If you threaten Rica you are dead, no matter who or how tall you are. Bye bye. Never threaten her friends either, unless you like being smashed to a pulp. 

She had a few casual flings with women and men. Rarely, but it happened. 

Duncan is the coolest, kindest human she’d ever met. Also the first, but hey, that doesn’t count right? He immediately treated her like a person, with respect. Unlike the rest of Orzammar

She had a total Eowyn “I’m no man” moment in the proving arena.

Saria can’t understand why Duncan wanted to recruit her, but holy nugshit yes yes yes, she agreed before he could change his mind.Though even then she couldn’t leave without making sure that Rica would be okay.

First time she stepped outside was a disaster. She saw the big gaping hole above, clung to the next stone she saw and refused to let go. Duncan needed an hour to convince her that it was save. 

After walking a few steps she became wobbly and queasy, and emptied the content of her stomach into the next brush. Duncan was very patient with her, which she appreciated a lot. Even more that he endured how she clung to his leg for half the journey to Ostagar. 

Water from above? Why? How? This shit is terrifying. Even more so thunderstorms. Snow is awesome, though. Mainly because she can form it into round projectiles and throw at somebody. 

Flowers and herbs are weird. Why are there so many different ones? And why is Morrigan yelling at her not to eat them? What purpose have they then?

Saria can never remember the many names and looks of animals Alistair and Leliana explained to her, and thus calls almost every animal a“nug.” Or if they are bigger “bronto.” She learns it later on, tho.

She managed to convince Shale to give her piggyback rides. The golem has a strict 1 gem=1 ride rule, however. Too bad that Saria seems to stumble over gems EVERYWHERE xD

She is sort of head over heels for Alistair? Like he is so fucking huge, a giant basically, but he is friendly and patient and smiles as she asks all the things about the Wardens?

After Ostagar, they both bond over their shared grief about Duncan.

Her crush on Alistair solidifies as well during that time, but she never acts upon it. He is so pretty and tall and when he tells her that he is a human prince in Redcliffe, because ofc he is, it is obvious that he will never love her.

Leliana’s forehead is constantly reddened from all the facepalming she does, because these two are hunting from one misunderstanding to the next, and are thick as bricks regarding their attraction to each other. While it is obvious to everyone else of course.

After Redcliffe, Alistair and Saria hit a new low, after he yells at her for letting Isolde sacrifice herself. So 10000% certain she butchered any chance with him and pissed and shocked he’d yelled at her like her mother always did, she takes Zevran up on his offer for a “massage”. Ironic twist: She is so tense that Zevran focuses on the massage alone, because brasca my dear warden you needed that.

Vanishing into Zev’s tent naturally made matters only worse between Alistair and Saria. Both are pouting and avoiding each other for days afterwards.

Save Leliana’s forehead Dragon 9:30

Zev is unsure whether to help or make another move, but is amused about their…complete lack of understanding romantic relationships. Not that he is the one to talk, still, it makes long evenings spent at the camp fire much more interesting. 

Morrigan and her never get along well, mainly because she feels defensive/protective of Alistair and dislikes how she is always insulting him. They hit off much later in Orzammar, after Morrigan met Saria’s mother. They basically bond over their abusive parents. Which is not the best, most positive thing to bond over, but hey it works for them.

She is fearful to return to Orzammar, knowing what is waiting for her there. It takes a lot of pep-talk of Leliana and Zevran to go there at all.

Seeing her sister again months later, and her doing so well for herself let her forget about her anxiety quickly. Naturally she is all for supporting Bhelen. 

She is an aunt, gosh. She loves the little boy so much. 

Then Leske happens and everything falls apart again. Seeing how devastated she is after she’d to kill her best friend, Alistair throws aside his stupid grudge/jealousy and consoles her. 

Afterwards, they talk things out, and he confesses his feelings for her and gives her The Rose™.

Naturally Saria does not know what to do with this, but gosh he called her a rare and beautiful thing, when she thought she would never escape dust town, even after becoming a Warden. So she might keep that herb…flower thing instead of eating it. After all, she doesn’t need Morrigan to yell at her again, after they get along now. 

They kiss and spend the rest of the day cuddling. Somewhere in Orzammar, Leliana dances a happy dance. 

She hates the Deep Roads. But then again, everyone does.

Bhelen is crowned king and her sister is his mistress. Wow, cool. And with Alistair being a prince and heir to the throne she could have that too :)

Due to her alcoholic mother Saria never touches any drinks. Also out of fear to become like her then. Naturally her and Oghren don’t get along well. She tries to help him in hiding his stash, which goes over just as well as you imagine it to go. Their relationship is very distanced, tho she appreciates his aid in battles. Beyond that, she lets the others handle him.

Being caught between fearful and fascinated by magic, she nearly recruits the templar in the circle quest, until the passionate plea of Zevran changes her mind and she save the mages in last minute.

Wynne becomes the group mom and is practically/somewhat the mother Saria never had.

Alistair’s and Saria’s first time is after the circle quest, in the inn. Saria had made moves before, quite enthusiastically even, but Alistair asked her to still wait a bit, since he wasn’t ready.

Loving Alistair is terrifying and beautiful alike. Saria had always conflated love with sex, so learning that she is worthy of love and even is loved in such an open, genuine way by him, is a whole different experience than the quick tumbles before. 

They are that gross lovey-dovey doe-eyed couple who can’t get enough of each other and make Morrigan gag while Leliana (and also Zev, bc no hard feelings here) cheers them on xD

Saria never hardens Alistair (well she does, quite often in fact, but just in another way…ahem) since after visiting his sister the last thing she would say is “everyone is out for themselves. You better learn that.” She consoles him and they declare their love for each other…again. Somewhere in the distance, you can hear Morrigan gagging.

She breaks the curse and saves both, the elves and humans turned werewolves. Forests are weird, especially this one. Saria is happy when they are able to leave there again. 

After meeting Arl assho…Eamon awake and seeing how he treats Alistair like a pawn despite him protesting against it, very loudly and often, Saria quickly changes her mind on making Alistair king. He should be free to choose his life and not be bound to the family and blood that never even acknowledged him and treated him like nugshit. (If they weren’t all dead already, Saria would smash them into a pulp for that)

She is not a huuuge fan of Anora, mildly put, simply because she reminds her too much on the dwarven nobles at Orzammar. But, as Alistair puts it, better her than him. 

She hates human politics and is glad when the landsmeet is finally over and Queen Anora gives them the much needed troops for the last push.

Alistair is so happy to NOT be king that he visits Saria in her room afterwards and declares once again his undying devotion to her and thanks her…with sex. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

The Dark Ritual is as always an ugly affair and nearly doesn’t happen. But, like Lenya, she let him choose whether or not to go through with it. And Alistair does, bc, like Lenya, he doesn’t want her to die.

Saria is the one killing the archdemon and ending the Blight. Alistair and her run off to rebuild the Wardens together. After putting up a memorial for Duncan in Highever and having many weeks off from darkspawn slaying, ofc.

Zev and Leliana stay around in Amaranthine, helping to run things. At least until the Crows come knocking again and threaten Saria once more. Then Zev leaves to “clean up their ranks” but always returns to those he calls his “true friends.”  

#daughter of war #saria brosca #brosca #dragon age #alistair theirin #alistair/brosca #my other oc's #I also have a #cousland #evie cousland #to be exact #tho #this got too long #to fit her in here #so if you wanna know more about her #lemme know

[degenerate-perturbation]

Top 13 Most Unfuckable Men in Dragon Age (according to me, a lesbian)

Honorable Mention: Oghren

I am not including Oghren on the official list for a couple reasons. Firstly, jokes about how gross Oghren is are basically everywhere. I can't make a remotely original joke on this subject because they have all already been made. Secondly, I don't want to subject anybody to actually thinking about fucking Oghren. And third, it's no fun punching down. Nobody likes Oghren except me. And I get it. Oghren is a pretty cool character who was grossly mishandled by writers who think sexual assault, alcoholism and homophobia are hilarious jokes and not serious issues. Sorry about all this, Oghren. Enjoy your free pass from being mocked by a lesbian on the internet.

13. Zevran Arainai

Zevran is the least unfuckable man in Dragon Age because he wouldn’t make it weird. He’d give you a nice lay, do a good job, and then high-5 you afterwards. He’s nice-looking and experienced and would overall be an almost not-unpleasant experience. If there was a gun to my head and someone forcing me to pick a Dragon Age man to fuck, it would be Zevran.

12. RDP Sten

I say Realistic DAO Project Sten and not regular Sten because frankly RDP Sten is the true Sten. Honestly, look at this man. Assuming you didn’t die during intercourse, he’d make you breakfast the next morning, then reshackle your roof and do your taxes. RDP Sten would take care of you. RDP Sten would treat you right.

11. Justice

…as long as he gave Anders’ body a bath first, because wow he sure is a guy who lives in a sewer. Justice is a friendly Fade spirit curious about the mortal world and its many wonders. Fucking Justice would be a nice opportunity to show an otherworldly being a good time. Not to mention the novelty. Think of the puns you could make afterwards. “It was a spiritual experience.” “It was truly righteous.” “Justice isn’t easy–no, Justice is hard.”

10. Varric Tethras

Varric would be the ideal sugar daddy. He'd indulge you, buy you nice things, tell you stories, and when it's time to go to bed, you'd just have to put up with him bringing his crossbow with him. Honestly, he probably wouldn't even get to the sex. You'd have half your clothes off and then he'd start telling a story and three hours later he's cried a little about his ex and fallen asleep cuddled up to his crossbow. Meanwhile, you are free to go back to your house with your money and jewelry. Ideal.

9. Alistair

Alistair is inexperienced, but a nice boy. You could show him a good time, and then pat him on the head and give him a cookie afterwards. He’s funny and nice and if you aren’t his first lay, it’ll probably be Morrigan and she would probably turn into a spider halfway through just to fuck with him. I’m willing to fuck him just to spare him that being his first time. Alistair might make it weird and try to give you a flower or something, but he’s young and easily dissuaded. Fucking Alistair would be acceptable and satisfying in some ways.

8. Iron Bull

He ugly, but otoh, monster dong, if you’re into that. Iron Bull wouldn’t make it weird emotionally, but he would definitely make it weird sexually. Assuming you survived, you would have a hell of a story. I would bring that up at every cocktail party I went to for the rest of my life. “I fucked a minotaur man,” I’d say, sipping my martini. “He had an eyepatch, and a dong the size of your forearm. I’m lucky to have survived.” The party guests gasp and fan themselves at the scandal.

7. Nathaniel Howe

I have no feelings either way about fucking Nathaniel Howe. I would show up, do the deed, and leave. Maybe give him a thumbs up, to be polite. My entire soul doesn’t rebel against the concept, but neither can I think of any benefits to fucking Nathaniel Howe.

6. Sebastian Vael

I wouldn’t hate to fuck Sebastian, and he seems nice, I guess. He’d be on par with Nate, except for the fact that he’s a devout fantasy Catholic. I’m morally opposed to fucking Catholics, because I don’t like Catholicism, and because I don’t want to deal with their ensuing guilt. I would tolerate fucking Sebastian.

5. Fenris

Fenris is objectively one of the best-looking men in Dragon Age, but oh lord, the canon romance path is so much. I’d do it just so I could touch his pretty hair, but I’d feel real bad about it. I like fenris. I don’t wanna cause him troubles. On the other hand, Isabela seems to manage it without much emotional fallout, so perhaps it would be alright. Fucking Fenris might be perfectly fine, but it might end terribly for all involved. As a lesbian I’m not gonna risk it.

4. Anders

Anders is a nasty sewer man who has no particularly attractive physical features to make up for it. He’d probably be an alright lay, but if you fucked him he’d definitely fall in love with you. Possibly he’d have already been in love with you for like three years. Then post-fuck he’d say a lot of weird stuff and ask to move into your house, and you’d be so worried about his eating habits and his stress that you’d be like “sure :)”, and then you’d have to change your name and flee the city to escape. Don’t fuck Anders.

3. Blackwall

I previously had Blackwall a spot higher, but then when I went to google a picture of him I realized he actually looks okay. Lumberjack aesth. Nice beard. Probably nice chest hair. Good muscles. But he’s also kind of a stinky old man who is kind of like your dad, and he would make his weird guilt issues your problem. I’d rather not, although I grant that if he was a couple decades younger he might be Acceptable.

2. Cullen

I would really hate to fuck Cullen. I find him morally repugnant, physically unimpressive, and overall vile. Not to mention that he seems like the kind of sexually inexperienced dude to just try inserting Tab A into Slot B with no foreplay–but then, would you really want foreplay from this guy? At least it would all be over within 5 minutes and then you could make your escape through the window.

1. Solas

Solas is the absolute most unfuckable man in Dragon Age. Not only is he bald, and a genocidal maniac, but he would also get weirdly hung up on you. Then he’d like, haunt your dreams. “Vhenaaaaaaan,” you hear every night forever, to your horror. “You’re not like other girls,” he says, before showing you a picture of his fursona, which is a wolf. I would rather do literally anything else but fuck Solas. I thank G-d every day that Solas is not real, and that I am in no danger of ever fucking him. Solas is the least fuckable man in Dragon Age.

#people kept asking about varric and oghren so here they are i guess

[cactuarkitty]

Random DA:O Thoughts - Pt 12.

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Orzammar we go!

The shop keeper at Orzammar said his wares were guaranteed by his 24hr life time guarantee. LOL

Wow I’m shocked that the first scene I saw between the dwarves is of one being killed with an axe because he disagreed with him. Maybe I shouldn’t be shocked.

What is a nub?

Well a nub is a naked rat animal thing haha. Kinda cute. Collecting the nubs now.

The King has died. There are two dwarves, a noble and a prince who I are vying for the throne. You have to pick a side. I was sooo confused I really didn’t know who to choose. I ended up going with the Prince. We’ll see what happens haha.

I had to show two nobles some papers, proving that the other guy had promised them the same land for their vote. I’m pretty sure one of the nobles had Canderous’ voice from KotoR. :D

I had to travel into the deep roads to find one of the nobles. Found it kinda creepy. More of those baby raptors who squeak awww.

Every time I die and get swapped to Alistair or something, I have no idea what the hell I’m doing haha.

Oh yeah just searching the Dwarven palace and looting chests. Just another day as a grey warden. :P

Now I have to clear some gang out. That was fun! Quite cool how they have little secret quests. Like having to take the least expensive item from each chest to be able to access their stash. Also it made me laugh that the exit was out through a shopkeepers wall lol.

Dwarves carry lots of coin.

We’re off to find Branka. Her husband I guess joined our team. Yay I have the dwarf now!

I like how Oghren says sodding a lot. His beard and hair are so red :D

Ahaha he keeps making funny comments on Alistair’s and Norua’s relationship.

The deep roads quest is very long. Only thing that bothered me about it being so long is the fact I ran out of health potions and those roots to make them.

I found Huck. He is crazy, doesn’t want me to tell his Mum he’s still alive. So I won’t.

That whole bit with the dwarf lady saying some weird poem super freaked me out! :/ Creepy.

Eww what the fuck is this brood mother thing. Gross! So they’ve been feeding her heaps of dwarfs maybe.

Killed her. Focused on her with spells while the rest of the team fought her minions and tentacles.

I don’t really like Branka much.

The totem poll fight with the spirits was super hard! Probably didn’t help that I was low on health potions.

Oh so the other paragon guy is in a golem (I forgot his name). He wants me to destroy the anvil because to make the golems they had to take actual lifes. Wow so yeah I decided I’d destroy it and of course Branka wants to fight. -_-

Awww after I destroyed the anvil he committed suicide. I guess it wasn’t much of a life for him. He made a special crown for the next King.

As planned I chose Baleen and instantly regretted it! He ordered Harrowmont to be executed :O even after I said “I didn’t give you the throne so you could be a tyrant” he refused to change his mind. I’m actually finding him super annoying now. I actually had a memory of watching my ex play as a noble dwarf, and a picture in my head that someone had poisoned others. I think it was Baelen. I felt so bad I loaded and gave the crown to Harrowmont, who was like “I’m surprised.” cause I never tried to get their trust. Baelen attacked us lol. So now he is dead. Oh well.

I said to the new king I wanted my face on a giant rock ahaha

I think I only have a bunch of side quests before the lands meet stuff, so I’m kinda at that point where I dunno what to do. I don’t really want to go to the lands meet. Maybe I’ll buy some of the dlc to do in the mean time.

It’s weird but I wondering why I hadn’t gotten Leliana’s loyalty quest to do yet, since she is at full approval. Also when I talk to her there is no new convos. Someone said that she talks about your relationship with Alistair but it’s never came up. I found out that for some reason her approval being so high has locked out convos. I had to give her some rotten onions to get it down. Then she had more convo options. There was even a cutscene with her singing which I thought was beautiful. Kinda makes me wonder if I missed other convos cause I gave them too many gifts at once. Oh no I just did that with Oghren. Oops.

I think when I play again I’ll try to talk to them more often and space out the gifts a bit more. Like one gift per quest. This time I usually gave them about 5 gifts in a row lol. What if I missed out of Alistair convos by giving him too many gifts. I actually have about 4 gifts for him now which I useless since he has the gold heart now. Don’t really wanna mess with his meter.

Haha Oghren is drunk and he told me to sod off.

Did Oghren’s loyalty. Lmao of course it’s to help him hook up XD was very funny!

Now I’m doing Shale’s loyalty. It was a cool quest. So Shale used to be a female dwarf - interesting. I guess Shale is still a they/them since they have no gender, being a golem. Actually just now in a convo with Leliana, Shale said they weren’t a she… that they are a golem.

Don’t really have much else to do so I’m going to do the prep for the lands meet. I was relieved that it wasn’t yet the point of no return.

Ugh I hate Loghian so much! And that horrible Arl who he has under his thumb. He’s obviously a snake. Gonna enjoy killing them. No fucking way am I making Loghain a grey warden.

So a handmaiden elf needs us to rescue Queen Anoia. That bastard snake arl has her locked up. I knew he was creepy! I know he has Tim Curry’s voice and he’s good at playing creepy evil weirdos haha.

Haha we had to get dressed up as soldiers. I’d never seen Norua in armour before - she looks quite striking. Not as lovely as in her robes though. Of course I had her and Al kissing before they got into the castle.

AHAHAHA OMG! I intruded on a maid giving a guard a bj XD so funny! Now he is dead. I hope he enjoyed his last moments of pleasure.

I was so excited when I found all the treasure piles in the locked room :D

Whoa a guard just got strangled. Pretty graphic haha. Poor Norua took a step back all scared like towards Al. “Hold me Alistair!” “Come here, my love. Alistair has you.” Tee hee <3

Oh it was a grey warden who had been captured. Wow so King Cailan had asked about 200 grey wardens to come help. Damn that Loghain bastard! The grey warden seems cool. Alistair had met him previously at his joining. He just told us about a wardens stash… oooooh! Exciting!

Holy crap some of the fights are super hard! Had to load a couple of times.

Yay that Arl dickhead is dead! That was a hard fight too cause he had two mages helping him.

In the dungeon there was the real Arl. He seemed to be a bit of a dick but I let him out anyway. Zevran disapproved by 5 points. Also opened the door for a captured Templar. I feel so sorry for him :( he has lyrium withdrawal so isn’t right of mind. He was captured trying to bring Jowan back. God that Jowan all he does is cause trouble. I really dislike him. Anyway the Templar asked me to give his sister a message or a ring, I can’t remember.

Rescued the queen. Loghain’s second in command (can’t remember her name) stopped us when we tried to leave. I made the mistake of revealing the queen was with us. Then the queen said we tried to kidnap her :O Norua was NOT happy! Wasn’t until later she realised she wasn’t as subtle as she could have been. Oops!

Haha Norua and Al have been captured and are in the cell together half naked. Who’s great idea was that?!

I took Wynne and Leliana to rescue them. Hehe this mission was amusing! Some of the fights were quite hard. I summoned a spirit wolf with Leliana to help us. :)

Aww when we travelled back to the Estate, the spirit wolf died. Made me sad :( I thought it wasn’t an actual wolf. Maybe I can dismiss it while in combat. Kinda gross to have the wolf just drop dead then turn into a skeleton.

The warden gave me the location of the stash - woo!

OOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGG I FOUND DUNCAN’S SHIELD TO GIVE TO ALISTAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was SO happy!!!! He said he would cherish it forever. It was amazing! I’m so happy! Looks awesome with his Warden armour and Starfang sword too. :D 

Norua: “Who loves you, Al?” Alistair: “My sweet little rose petal.” <3

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