#fer no reason

[tramaqueen]

choose yer fighter! 🎮

[abyssal-ilk]

cannot think too hard about the fact that vivienne was young when she first originally met bastien, the head of the council of heralds, and he took an interest in her when he was likely well into his forties. cannot think about how the moment he set eyes on her during the wintersend ball she was made a target of the rest of the orlesian court. can't think about how she was forced into becoming a player of the game and that she NEEDED to become good at it and have bastien's support or she would of been killed. having a very normal one about vivienne today, clearly

[star--nymph]

Vivienne's fear being 'becoming irrelevant' isn't something that's linked explicitly to her pride, no matter what Solas says about her (and the irony of Mr.Pride himself saying that should not be lost on you), it reveals what and who Vivienne truly is.

She's a survivalist.

Because we don't spend as much time in the Free Marches or Orlesian circles, we don't get to experience what being a mage is in these cultures. In Ferelden and Kirkwall, a mage is a lesser being without freedom no matter what they do--but in the Free Marches and Orlais specifically, mages are commodities that are given freedom so long as they play an entertaining enough role. They can explore the world if they have a noble patron, if they catch the right person's eye. They are, in a way, two sides of the same coin--refusing mages agency and forcing them to relay on higher powers. Vivienne lucked out, as sad as it is, when Bastion fell in love with her; she found someone who was contrarian enough to recognize her as a full person and also someone with power that could help her rise through the ranks. This is not to say that Vivienne on her own wasn't an exceedingly talented and intelligent individual--by nineteen she was already the youngest full fledged mage in Circle history and she was skilled enough to make herself an enchanter. But, I can not emphasize this enough, none of that matters if she didn't also play the Game and impress enough people.

Vivienne could have been the most brilliant mage in the history of Thedas and it means nothing if she was overlooked by nobility.

So when Bastion made her his mistress, she gained not just a lover but also a means to an end. Now she can use her magic to protect herself. Now she can roam where she wants and not be question for it because she's Madame Vivienne. Now, she can walk into the Orlasian court and belong there.

And what happens? Celene notices her and makes her the Court Enchanter, a position that has always been the equivalent of a jester. Vivienne took that title, ignored that it was essentially a glorified insult to who she is, and made it a position of power. She made the Court Enchanter into an advisor, a political rank. She had done the impossible and made mages an actual political entity in the Orlasian Court, something that wasn't seen outside of Tervinter (not counting what players can do under very specific conditions if they made mages in DAO and DA2).

All that, however, only continues as long as the court recognizes her as something worth their attention. Vivienne needs to maintain her act as Madame De Fer, The Lady of Iron, the Court Enchanter, The Jewel of the High Court, because the second she just becomes Vivienne, it's over for her. The assassins coming raining in, her name gets devoured by rumors and gossip, and she'll be found dead at bottom of the stair case with a dagger in her back if she's lucky.

So of course when the Circles fall apart during the Rebellion, she clings to that Loyalist Mages to maintain that structure--of course she moves her pieces to the Inquisition, knowing that if the Circle DOES fall, she at least as another place for herself and mages latch onto--of course when she hears that Celene replaced her with a new Court Enchanter that appeared out of no where, she grows to resent Morrigan.

Like, Morrigan literally pops up out of thin air, makes herself invaluable to Celene, and then plants herself in the place Vivienne had to claw her way up to and create so she could survive. Would you not be resentful when your life's work is usurped by some random witch of the wilds because she happened to charm the Empress? Everything Vivienne strived for all whisked away because the court find a gem who glimmers ever so slightly more than Vivienne.

So yes, Vivienne fears becoming irrelevant because the world has made it so that irrelevance for an Orlesian mage means death.

[arielluva]

yet another late night rgu related drawing, tonight we have nanami!!!

[turrondeluxe]

[scriv3lloirl]

Watchin Little Shop right now, n yer' tellin me that Seymour Krelborn nev'r thought bout feedin Twoey some stray cats or sum t' hold 'er off??

Anyway, I keep hootin n hollerin at m' phone cus Krelborn keeps pissin me off.

[fuckin-pistol-whipped]

call me ricky kasso th way i’m always gettn kicked out, try & fail to pull my life together, take & sell fuck tons of acid, am suicidal, & have . to end th list here

[ship-garbage-pile]

let's talk about Inquistior Adaars facecard, never once declined.

[bobmckenzie]

deluding myself by thinking i could be a server. girl you are an INTROVERT!!!!!!!!!!

[inspector-gina-lestrade]

Oh so I'm "rum" now, am I, Miss Extra?

That's it. From now on, all you'll be doing at work is try and tackle my growing backlog of paperwork. Boring, very non-rum cases only. By the end of the week, you'll be crawling back to ask me to bring you along for the rum ones.

(For legal reasons, that was a joke. Since I am your boss now and all. I had to sign all these papers saying that I agree to stuff like "no abuse of authority" and "non-rum-only policies strictly forbidden".)

Oke doke better scarper before this gets awkward. See ya tomorrow.

-E.C.

......yeah yer still a rum one 🙄

[into-the-feniverse]

Still thinking about Trigun: Badlands Rumble

[abyssal-ilk]

it's been a full ten years since dragon age inquisition came out and i'm still not over the fact that you, as the player, can just give vivienne the wrong heart for her potion. she is the only companion who you can spite like this during their personal quest. not only does it involve you lying directly to her for seemingly no reason or gain whatsoever, but you still have to go out and kill a regular wyvern just to lie to her about it. like. wh.

[twistedappletree]

i know everyone’s always clowning on the horrid flute playing in mdzs but when are we gonna talk about the synthesized wild hog-esque nu-old western guitar riffs that twang out whenever someone in the donghua has an epiphany

[redlyriumidol]

Lyrium Idol but it's a singing contest judged by Vivienne, Dorian, and Varric. Leliana as the occasional celebrity guest judge

[turrondeluxe]

[scriv3lloirl]

oh shit u like mellow too? What do u think abt their rocky horror picture show headcanon for Arthur? Personally I think it’s a little too dark for my tastes but still interesting

I like pretty much ev'ryone in th' Little Shop Tumblr community (n TikTok community too,) n Mellow's pretty chill. I've had a couple interactions wit 'em n they've all been enjoyable if a bit brief.

As fer th' Rocky Horror Picture Show headcanon? Don't have any real big feelin's fer it. It's far from th' headcanons I have fer Denton, our Arthur fictive finds Mellow's headcanon absolutely fascinatin, but I've always enjoyed headcanons that intertwine multiple uh.. sources t'gether.

I've always liked dark headcanons, 'specially cus I project a hella lot whenev'r I make em, so the fucked-up-ness of it didn't bother me at all.

But I agree!! I also think it's interestin, enjoyed all th' dark themes n it's a fun concept. But anythin Denton related ain't really fer me. Source memories n allat muddled up m' opinion of th' guy lol