#it really feels like origins leliana!!!! girl!!!!! its adorable

[bhalspawn]

im FINALLY doing dorians romance and i cant believe leliana....

[wolgrahas]

tagged by: @falkreathh thank you!!  sorry for doing this so much later u_u’ tagging: whoever wants to!! (◡‿◡✿) 1. favourite game in the series ok... i don’t know if you already figured it out but my total fave is dao. why? maybe is the nostalgic feelings this game gives me or... i played it so many mcfucking times that i just get this hollow feeling inside my chest when i haven’t played it for weeks... idk. the trespasser dlc was spectacular too and gave my lavellan a lot of personality (what i thought the dai base game lacked, bc it made me feel like my inquisitor was an empty shell with no personality, solas’ romance save the dai base game to me tbqh). but... you can create such complex personalities in dao for your warden, and the relationships are so so realistic. i think (dao) is neat lmao. 

2. how did you discover dragon age? before being a dragon age fan i was a dark souls fan; i breath dark souls, i read dark souls, i ate dark souls, i was quite obsessed with dark souls, and before dark souls i was an obsessed skyrim fan (oNLY SKYRIM, not the previous games ashdgjasdgh) and with skyrim that was the first time i made video game oc's, like... they had such complex personalities and i cannot make complex character now... aNYWAY i'm getting carried away: i knew dragon age bc dai was being lunched and ALL the people i followed reblogged stuff about dai, and then i bought dao and loved it!! 

3. how many times have you played the games? hfgsdjfhsjfshd fffUCKKKK SHITT... alright... many mANY TIMES, but how many times i haven't finished my game?? countless times!! i think i finished fINISHED dao maybe... pls don't laugh at me... 10+ times. yes they are so so so many times, shame on me! shame on my cow! blah blah, but i lOVE dao. da2 maybe.... 3-4 times? and dai 6 times?? it's funny bc i played dao and da2 in many different ways but dai... m8, always the same, fuck you solas sdhfjdshjsdf 4. favourite race to play? qUNARIIIII!!! i lOVE tieflings so.. i obviously love the qunari too, but in the dai the first race i chose was qunari but then i talked to solas and i was like... bITCHHHHH i'm gonna create an elf to romance this egg, and then... my canon inky became an elf lol. and last favourite race are humans... ok don't hate me, it's not bc they are """boring""" or shit like that, it's bc they are the upper-class of thedas and i LOVE the "from zero to hero" trope... so... yeah agfshsdfhj 5. favourite class? mages!! bc i love the lore behind this class, it's fantastic, precisely blood magic. but if i didn't care about this, i would choose archer, tho in the first games it sucked but in dai is pretty cool :^) 6. do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time? as i've said before i have made many different decisions in dao and da2 but in dai are always the same lol 7. go-to adventuring group? origins: alistair/sten, morrigan, zev/leliana da2: aveline, anders, isabela/varric dai: solas, cassandra, cole/sera 8. which of your characters did you put the most thought into? i think prim/anika??(they're the same but one is a human and the other an elf lmaoo), she was my first da oc, and obviously the one i put most thought into bc i uSED to have a lot of creativity some years ago, what a pity my brain is useless now lmao 9. favourite romance? pfffff... solas, alistair, leli and cass!! i think?? idk i gotta play again dai bc i'm not sure :/ 10. have you read any of the comics/books? i've read aLL the books but not the comics :/, i want to read the comics but idk where i could read them online and free (sorry i'm poor lol), so... mi gozo en un pozo lmao 11. if you read them, which was your favourite book? my fav book was "the masked empire"!! patrick weekes is a good writer and i loved the orlesian politics, and i adored seeing these characters in dai! (tho briala was whitewashed lmao) 12. favourite DLCs? obviously: awakening and trespasser. these two dlc's were mcfUCKING AMAZING. i mean, with dao i expected the same quality of the base game, but trespasser was such an excelent and good experience, it gave a lot of insight to our inquisitors and also: sOOULASSSSS, so yep! i mainly lOVED trespasser and i hope weekes guides the team to make a game at least as good as this dlc! (tho, if ea is a greedy bintch this time [as always lol] it doesn't matter how many times the bioware time tries, ea will force them to do a shitty game :/) 13. things that annoy you how viv, anders and sera are written, i mean, i loved anders the first time i played da2 but his personality is obviously written to annoy the fuck outta you, tho i loved how he expressed his ideals freely (tho sometimes he even seemed too traidtional to me about topics like blood magic :/), but sera and viv were a lil harder to befriend and like, and i still don't like much viv, but i love her as a character, y'kno 14. orlais or ferelden? tbh, if i gotta live in one of those two places i would choose ferelden by fAR. but, now, if we're talking about which is more interesting; orlais. 15. templars or mages? like @/blckwall said: all templars are bastards :). i would love if thedas had independent magic schools, that there were no higher representatives or charges, that every village or city had its own magic school, and the crown would be the responsable of manage its needs. i haven't thought much about this so my thoughts are quite vague :/ 16. if you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one? they're from different universes, tho i'd love the idea of all of them being in the same universe, but some worlds states are incompatible with others. 17. what did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc) in dao: barkspawn (i'm extremelly predictable, sorry u_u') 18. have you installed any mods? all my dragon age games are modded as fUCK. i mean, i think dao is the most heavy modded game i have?? (mainly bc i cannot install many mods in skyrim lol) but when i have my gaming computer again i will mod the shit out of dai >:) 19. did your warden want to become a grey warden? prim had been working in the circle her entire live to be in the higher ranks, and then she saw how all her work was lost made her really conflicted: she didn't wanted to leave bc she yearned to be more powerful and make the circle a better place for mages (yep, she's deeply anti-circle bc of her traumatic past), and she was going to die if she refused duncan's offer. even so, she was never sorry for supporting jowan. and, she became the king of ferelden's mistress; she loved him obv, but she could also take some advantage of his power to make the mages and marginalize people's situation better, and gain fortune by that; alistair was well aware about her plans by prim's words herself, but he never objected. altho the main cause prim made alistair king is bc she wanted him to have a good life and not waste it as a grey warden, so... anyway, i got acrried away... this is long af ghdjsdgf 20. hawke’s personality? red mostly, tho he used to be purple/red in the first and begining of the second act :/ 21. did you make matching armor for your companions in inquisition? yes i did!! i lOVED to be fashionable in dragon age instyle!! 22. if your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change? prim : she would have tried to convince jowan and wait some months until she could convince him. also: sometimes she wishes she didn't make alistair king, mostly bc of her daughter (her daughter is the only heir to the throne of ferelden, and basically she doesn't even know that prim is her real mother, mostly bc anora adopted her bc alistair and she couldn't have children), sometimes, in her alone saddest times, thinks how things would have been if alistair was still a grey warden, they would have a happy family and wouldn't even had to hide inofensive stuff like a cheek kiss. but anyway, her duties as a grey warden are more important and doesn't have time to think about it. garrett hawke: he regrets not defending carver, he would have prefered to sacrifice himself instead of any of his siblings. he also regrets going to the deep roads with bethany, letting the grey wardens make her one of them (obv he doesn't know that if he didn't she would have joined the circle lmao). and obv her mother's death... if he had been there, with her mother, he could have done something... :'/ maia: she regrets not being strong enough when that shem tried to hurt her when she was a litte girl, that made her mother kill him to save her bc she was too defenseless, she should have been stronger, that caused her mother and she part ways, because now maia's mother was a criminal and she had more proabilities of getting caught, so maia should go on her way and find the next village, but she found the lavellan clan. she deeply regrets not going after her mother. she also think she was too stupid to not found out the true identity of solas and try to convince him that this world has meaning :'/ 23. do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon? mmmm... no? :/, i like my decisions to have consequences?? 24. are any of your characters based on someone? sahgdashsd pls don't make fun of me but in the first stage of prim's/anika's 'personality creation' was inspired by mother gothel, then she was inspired by...... mikasa ackerman dsfgdjsdf, i'm still inspired by that character tHO i know that shingeki no kyojin is nazi propaganda and i no longer watch that anime lmao. maia is inspired by... a mix of me and rapunzel (from tangled)?? she's basically a shy rapunzel :') 25. who did you leave in the fade? some of you will hate me bc i had to choose between hawke and stroud but i still chose hawke dsfgsdf. m8, hawke is just a 'figure' who isn't widely recognized in thedas, while the grey warden are 394789x more useful, idk i always put myself in the shoes of my characters even if their decisions hurt me (tho, tbqh, i'm not tHAT attached to hawke so this choice was easy lol) 26. favourite mount? royal sixteen!! she's so pretty!! ♡♡♡ thanks for tagging me!! ♡♡

[bellabooks]

8 of the best queer video game heroines of the past decade

Gamers, gather round. Non gamers, pull up a chair too. 2017 is looking like a pretty good year for women in gaming. There’s been some significant progress in the last decade but that doesn’t let game companies off the hook for the lack of characters of color (and a near total absence of QWOC characters), trans and non binary characters, folks with disabilities, and female characters of different sizes, however. (We’ll be tackling this and more in an article coming soon.) It is good to see that the gaming industry is listening though, and working (albeit slowly) to catch up to their audience. That being said, there is cause for celebration with this new batch of new female fronted games including Mass Effect Andromeda, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Unchartered: The Lost Legacy. So let’s give it up for the queer gaming heroines, rare and wonderful, who have captured our attention and hearts over the last decade.   Femshep via realmsofchirak.blogspot.com Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) You’ll be hard pressed to find a more kickass leading lady that Commander Shepard (or Femshep as she’s know in gaming circles). Part of Mass Effect’s massive appeal is its customizable leads, allowing gamers to create a Shepard of any race or ethnicity, and really shaping the character by the choices you make. Jennifer Hale, one of the most well known voice actors in the industry, gives Shepard her voice and has been lauded by many for making Femshep a better overall character than her male counterpart. Commander Shepard is who you want her to be: A hero for the universe to cheer for. Or maybe even a real jerk. That’s the beauty of Shepard. Shepard’s sexuality is entirely up to the player, and her love interests include Liara T’soni (who is mentioned later in this article), yeoman Kelly Chambers, Asari warriors Samara and Morinth, Comm specialist Samantha Traynor, and reporter Diana Allers.   Ellie (Last of Us) The Last of Us may have come out in 2013, but Ellie’s story is far from over. When we first meet Ellie, she’s a young teen, trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic Texas. A mutated fungus has turned most of the world’s inhabitants into zombie-like monsters. Ellie is special however, and wanted by the renegade group, The Fireflies, as she was exposed to the fungus and survived. She teams up with a man named Joel, who is tasked with escorting Ellie to safety…we’ll, at least that’s what he thinks. Ellie is quite a fighter herself and the you play as both Ellie and Joel throughout the game. She’s one of the most compelling and rich female characters in gaming history. In the game’s DLC, (which takes place prior to her meeting Joel) we meet Ellie’s best friend and crush, Riley. The two try to steal a few moments to be teenagers together, and end up sharing a sweet dance and a first kiss. Unfortunately, they are both bitten, and only Ellie lives. Naughty Dog Studios, who created The Last Of Us, have announced that the game’s sequel will focus on an older Ellie, who is dealing with the still dangerous existence and the fallout from Joel’s choices in the previous game. Perhaps Ellie will find love, or at least some peace in the sequel.   Max Caufield (Life is Strange)  Life is Strange was a surprise smash hit in 2015, and had gamers chomping at the bit for each new released episode. The premise deals with the Butterfly Effect, and how lead character Max’s decisions will profoundly alter the space/time continuum. Back in her hometown of Arcadia Bay to attend a prestigious high school, Max is reunited with her childhood friend, Chloe. Chloe and Max’s connection runs deep, and after trying to help Chloe find her missing best friend (and girl that she loved), the world that they know is changed forever.  Max, who is an introverted but brilliant young photographer deals with decisions no one should have to, and as the game goes on, the weight of those decisions changes her. The game’s final choice, led to the fandom cry, “bae before bay.”   Tracer (Overwatch) The incredibly popular multi-player game, Overwatch, dropped a pretty big glitter bomb on players this past December. It was revealed in a comic, that Tracer, the perky time traveling former Overwatch agent, has a live in girlfriend. Tracer has been one of the games most popular players since its start in May of 2016, even gracing the cover of the game. A quintessential good guy, Tracer can travel through time, in addition to her skills as a shooter. She also has an adorable accent and a pixie cut to die for.   Liara T’Soni (Mass Effect) Brilliant, beautiful, blue. Liara isn’t a playable character in the Mass Effect series, but she’s most certainly its heart. A scientist by trade, Liara is also an adept fighter from the Asari race of aliens. Liara was actually created to be genderless, so she can be considered a hero and a heroine. She is fiercely devoted to Commander Shepard and the characters share a tender and passionate love story if the player so chooses. When the Commander disappears and is badly hurt in the second game, Liara fights tooth and nail to find her. A series of comics detail Liara’s experience and how she ends up becoming a hardened information broker by the time Shepherd catches up with her again. Her arc is one of the more fascinating in the series, and after spending 100 hours in the Mass Effect universe, you’ll find out just how much you count on Liara. Liara joins Shepard in her final fight, and the game allows the player to rekindle their romance, which is totally worth it. Definitely the kind of person you want on your team.   via Youtube The Warden (Dragon Age: Origins) The original Dragon Age doesn’t get nearly the love it deserves for being a hell of an epic RPG. Sure, clunky warfare and the fact that your character doesn’t speak can be a bit distracting, but DA:O is still a pretty fantastic game. Released in 2009 and with two sequels, DA:O is the only game to star the Warden. Studio Bioware was already ahead of the curve when it came to offering players a chance to create diverse character designs, but your Warden also has the choice to romance a same sex love interest. (I still heart you, Leliana.) Throughout this  sprawling game, the Warden deals with multiple serious issues like classism, xenophobia and war. While the Warden doesn’t speak out loud (something that was fixed with leads in the sequels), they still have a tremendous appeal, especially as you are romancing one of your companions one moment, and trying to save the world from being plunged into darkness the next.   Samantha (Gone Home) If you haven’t played this gorgeous little indie game, stop everything and pick it up. It’s ok, I’ll wait. Set in Portland during the mid-90s, Gone Home is a thrill, filled with riot grrrl rock and angst. While you are actually playing as Samantha’s older sister, Kaitlin, Gone Home is most decidedly Sam’s game. You follow clues around your family’s empty house, trying to figure out the whereabouts of your little sis. Along the way, and through Sam’s voiceover in journal entries, letters and tapes, you discover she had fallen in love with her classmate, Lonnie. You can’t help but relate to Sam and her emotional journey that feels so rich and authentic, that your heart will be pounding out of your chest as you near the end of the game. We never meet Sam, but her presence is everywhere.   Marjory Delaqua (Guild Wars 2) Guild Wars 2 is the only MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game on this list, but it’s a beloved and popular one indeed. Marjory is a necromancing detective (get a girl who can do both) and one of the only queer women of color featured prominently in US gaming. In addition to being fierce and fabulous, she’s partnered with an equally cool lady love named Kasmeer Meade. Gotta love a lady who can raise the dead. Who are your favorite queer game heroines?   http://dlvr.it/NBdkmF