Portraits! Of da2 characters, because I don’t have time for anything more interesting these days
If the ride or die doesn't have a romance (like sten or varric or cole for example), still use them to cast your vote.
"what if a god falls for you" no, what if a man who walked the earth and heavens with you turns out to be god soon to destroy your world and he marvels you enough to shed tears for you and wish you peace and gently kiss you goodbye but not enough to love you like equal
Honestly something that really affected my view of Varric (and again, I say this with great love for the character) was playing my Terrible Hawke, Emilia, who ends the game an absolute anti-mage fanatic who believes that magic is a curse and it was a blessing that the Maker called Bethany back to His side before she could fall to demons. She is a Hawke who is mainly diplomatic, well-spoken, respected, and absolutely unhinged in her views on magic. She is the Viscount of Kirkwall, and by the time she comes to the Inquisition she's also taken Chantry vows and become an actual templar (after having practiced the discipline off the books for years). She singlehanded kept Kirkwall under Chantry control after Meredith's death. She slaughtered every mage to a one, even the ones who surrendered.
She's Varric's best friend. And he's just as starry-eyed about her in Inquisition as he is about any other Hawke. I love what a deeply unsettling side of Varric that is to see.
She's the best. She's a hero. She saved his city.
Some of the tags on this post are suggesting that this is a flaw in Varric's writing stemming from the fact that it doesn't account for the branching possibilities of Hawke's personality, and while I respect that people may read it that way, I just don't think that's true. For one thing, while there are a lot of choices in DA2, the ending choice is extremely binary. Hawke either supported the annulment or defended the mages. As world state quantums go, that's not a difficult one to write around.
For another, if the writers wanted Varric to have a strong opinion on the mage issue, he would have had one in DA2, which he very pointedly does not. He deflects the question when asked, and is dubious about the prospect of supporting the mages at the end, but when it comes down to it, he supports Hawke no matter what. In terms of game decisions, Varric feels strongly about two things: Kirkwall itself, and Hawke.
Like I wasn't just being glib in that last paragraph up there: Varric is so loyal to Hawke no matter what because Hawke saved his city. Twice. In that regard he sees Hawke's interests as aligned with his own regardless of whether Hawke did so by supporting the annulment or the rebellion. There was a crisis, the city Varric loves was on fire, and Hawke fixed it. For this Varric is not only deeply loyal to Hawke, he supports decisions that are like Hawke's decisions from then on, with his approval for the Inquisitor depending on how much the Inquisitor acts like Hawke. His absolute loyalty to Hawke, however unsettling it may be in certain circumstances, is a feature, not a bug.
Still love how once Lavellan takes a step towards Solas in trespasser when she’s confronting him, he literally takes a step back and hangs his head.
Like dang.
He just turned all these soldiers into stone, turned his back to a woman who held a spear and then turned HER into stone as well, but now is the time when he actually looks a little scared? It’s like her presence just overwhelms him and he has to stay away from her. She can’t touch him or he’ll fall apart.
Gosh it’s just sad but how are y’all doing???
The Witch of the Wilds. Some call me that. Also Flemeth. Asha'bellanar. An “old hag who talks too much!” Does it matter?
we feminized your hero. yeah, put him in a skirt and sandals. we also gave him a new arm with long nails. don't worry he's fine with it. he seems to like it actually
To the person who liked 82 posts on my tumblr throughout the day and then followed me: I'm kissing you on the forehead ❤️
thinking about how peoples blorbos tend to be men on here (makes sense with the trends in fandom of men being prioritised etc etc) SO please reblog and tag your female blorbo(s). this is NOT the post to be like “[male character] becuz he’s a woman to me” i Will come to your house and bite you. anyway i’ll go first mine are susie and julie from dbd and carly jones from house of wax 🖤
disliking a character not because I actually find them annoying or whatever but because the people who like that character are insufferable
Sera
I LOVE that face. Her eyes and lips are incredible beautiful.
We give Solas a lot of flack for grabbing your ass and then dumping you five seconds later but listen Fenris does the exact same thing. If you watch his first romance scene when Hawke’s got him pinned against the wall he full on grabs your ass and then guess what dumps you like an hour later. I think this is just an angsty elf thing. If the elf LI in the next game grabs your ass run
"I know, vhenan. And we are running out of time" Head empty, trespasser feelings only :,))))
I never spent so long on a drawing like I did on this one and it sure was an experience, this drawing taught me to have a lot of patience with myself :,DDDD This is on my Inprnt shop now!! you can find it here!
I like to romance Solas not just for the drama, but for the huge ego boost. Imagine having a main character so hot that an actual elven god is tempted to give up his world-ending plans because he wants to tap that ass.
Thus I freed the elven people and,
in so doing,
destroyed their world.







