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i should have prepared more for davrin week but here's a very rough take on a combo of day 1 and 2 @datvcompanionweeks

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Dragon Emblem: Origins

continuing my fire emblem sacred stones style demakes, my darlings, the ogs

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We all have a face we want to show, and a face we we do not.

*no altering or reposting to other sites*

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Davrin comm :)

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You’ll be the death of me.

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A few days early for the @dragonagekissweek reunion prompt but I couldn’t stop thinking about a reunited Hawke and Fenris after Hawke comes back from the Inquisition.

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been replaying origins lately. here's my butch elf sahlin with her beloved leliana

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Happy Birthday to the wonderful, amazing, spectacular, and lovely @flowersforthemachines!!!! ❤️

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"a soul can never be forced upon the unwilling, you were never in any danger from me" is, I think, emblematic of Mythal in a really juicy fucked up way.

We know that possession in DA requires a 'yes' in (most) circumstances. But we also know that that consent can be coerced; coerced consent is actually how 99% of demons operate.

It's probably true that Morrigan would have to say yes. But the way in which Flemeth raised her was designed to give her absolutely no choice in the matter. We see, consistently, that Flemeth emotionally abused Morrigan over and over. She kept her purposefully isolated from her peers, consistently needled and put her down, and with Morrigans mirror literally shattered a symbol of Morrigans individuality. Flemeth even has special robes for Morrigan (robes of possession) which reduce her willpower. In the fade, Morrigan says the spirit pretending to be Flemeth is acting more like her mother only when it physically slaps Morrigan suggesting a level of physical abuse.

In DAI, just before she says the famous 'you were never in any danger from me' line... Flemeth literally gives a horrid little ultimatum to Morrigan that proves just how manipulative she is. She literally says; I will take your son from you forever OR you can have him back but you'll never be safe from me as long as you live. And Morrigans response 'i will not be the mother you were to me' also points at the abusive Morrigan suffered under Flemeth.

The way in which Morrigan was raised then, was designed to create a person who would say yes, who had been groomed and emotionally (perhaps even physically) manipulated all her life for this one purpose.

Mythal seems to be characterised in a similar way; she is benevolent, the 'best' of the gods, and she believes herself to be compassionate. And yet, she kept slaves. You can drink from her well but once you do your bound to her will and will do anything she says. She sees herself as the good one, good to the people, but she's still willing to use them.

To reduce Flemeth down to a loving mother who never meant anything bad for Morrigan because of a single line she says (which itself is a manipulation) is to deny a lot of depth to Flemeth, Morrigan and Mythal.

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da:o if ur a female warden who decides not to kill loghain is actually so fucking funny like i went up to morrigan and she said i need to get knocked up and i was like uh and she said go tell the guy who we almost murdered earlier to come fuck this and then we gotta go to LOGHAIN and be like go fuck my apostate friend so we can kill the goddamn plague dragon thing and he’s like ok. for you. and then there is an entire sex scene where you watch the guy who did war crimes fuck your straight best friend ur in love with absolutely fucking peak who is this FOR? da:o best game.

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Bitches will play a whole ass game for like 3 cutscenes with a character they love just to feel something

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My four main DA Romances for DA Kiss Week- Prompt: Morning ☀️💗💗💗

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Day 4: Famous Landmark (a kiss on the back of the neck)

I don’t talk a lot about the lore/story of my Warden Cousland; Florence was too young to be asked to do all this shit, and had too much pressure on her back. She never wanted to be a grey warden. She never wanted to make the choices she had to make. She and Alistair agreed to Morrigan’s dark ritual to buy them some more time, but the guilt Florence felt after encouraging her best friend and her lover do that…it consumes her. She refuses to become the Warden Commander at Amaranthine, believing she might be happier if she just tries to be Queen of Ferelden. But the reminders of the Blight are everywhere. Every day, she looks up at the tower of Fort Drakon and wonders if she should have just died instead.

Later, Florence will leave Denerim, and Ferelden, seemingly in the middle of the night. When King Alistair is asked about the disappearance of the Queen, all he says is that “she feels compelled to duty.” What that duty is, the subjects of Ferelden do not know. Only the Hero of Ferelden, now fallen into self isolation and despair, knows that the last hope she has to save herself (and maybe save Alistair from her) is to find a way to stop her Calling, one way or another.

Details under the cut:

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Famous Landmark - the Archon’s Palace

DA Kiss Week - Day 4

Rook gets dangled in front of the dwindling and desperate Venatori at a victory ball in Dorian’s palace. But don’t worry, there’s a crow waiting in the wings to peck them off one by one.

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DA Kiss Week day 4 - famous landmark

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DA Kiss Week Day 4 - Famous Landmark (Redcliffe Castle)

Post-game, Dawes and Harding go to visit Ferelden. I imagined a lookout with a statue of Andraste looking out over the town (yea they're kissing on the statue har har har)

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3. Fade

Have you ever had your -just friend- come to you in the form of an effed up lyrium withdrawal vision or are you normal – I'm still trying to catch up 😆 hoping Tumblr wont eat me for this one. I am aware this is a part of their story I have never touched before publicly, but yeah. Please remember that Farie Lavellan is not an Inquisitor.

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"It wasn't supposed to end this way, but then again... Crows often don't live too long, so how could it have ended any other way?"

(sorry put lucanis in the blender again)