#varric knows all

[olessan]

uh oh. oh boy. oh boys, even

[mourn-and-watch]

on the one hand, i think merrill should be in datv because lore-wise her arc perfectly intertwines with the narrative of the veilguard (elven history, gods and magic are her thing; not to mention that we're literally going to travel primarily through eluvians), and also perfectly fits the main theme (there is so much in merrill's story that has to do with regret). on the other hand, i think merrill should be in datv because she'd love to hang out with bellara and davrin and also she's always wanted to pet a griffon

[feykrorovaan]

Girls don't want boys, girls want fully romanceable dwarves in Dragon Age.

[sapphim]

I know dragon age is never going back to making switch hitting a thing again because it doesn't lend itself to ~iconique imagery~ but I loved how flexible origins was about weaponry

[albaharu]

im so excited for da4 i drew all my charas with my faves for each game <3

[the-northern-continent]

Love how Varric is all “damn thing probably sensed Solas’ ego” as if he himself isn’t strolling in to stop a god with the power of dozens of Tevinter mages.

[enigmaticagentalice]

please Bioware just give me any indication in Veilguard that Varric and Cassandra are still friends and in regular contact, I am on my knees, one single crumb is all I need to sustain me

[reichenbachfalle]

[kirkwallsquad]

The Veilcast Episode 2: Before The Veilguard

in this week's episode, max chats about veilguard lore, all the companions, and manages NOT to go on an hour-long tangent about how hot davrin and taash are.

people and posts i reference in this episode:

@felassan, specifically the companion compilation post

@dalishious, specifically the catching up with thedas post

elle tchi's post about animating lucanis, which as a non-twitter-user i can't find or link to rn, but @biowho posted these screenshots

@bryceypants' post about emmrich being a sweet bean (with gorgeous fanart by @timethehobo)

@anneapocalypse's dragon meta post

[johhans]

Dragon Age 2 gang

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

So I went searching for special dialogue for a romanced Alistair, who stayed with the wardens, about a HoF who made the ultimate sacrifice. Specifically for what he says in DAI. For reasons.

I know what he says about her when she's alive in DAI, so I was curious if he'd saying anything about her if she's dead, like Leliana and Morrigan do. After reading through all sorts of forms and reddit posts where most of the answers were "huh I dunno what he says in DAI, I've never done that route," I eventually found out what he says.

Nothing.

Romanced Alistair says nothing about a dead HoF in DAI. At first I thought this was odd? Surely there's something referencing the fact that he and the warden were in love? even if just for fanservice like in DA2? Some of the comments on these posts blame it on Bioware doing bad writing again but it's hard to tell if they actually mean that, or if they're conflating "I don't like this" with bad writing because honestly? I disagree.

Intentionally or not, Alistair not saying anything about his dead lover is completely in character for him. He doesn't know the Inquisitor. Why should he tell them anything about the love of his life that he lost ten years ago? He's not as open about that stuff like Leliana or Morrigan.

You know what's actually out of character? Alistair giving a random stranger he met for two seconds an item that belonged to his dead lover because "she doesn't need it anymore."

Wasn't it enough to ruin his face, DA2? Did you really need to throw in some botched fanservice as well?

Wait a minute, Varric's telling this story...

Alright, new headcanon: Varric is, as per usual, full of shit. Alistair did give Hawke an item because he felt bad that he couldn't help them with the qunari except it wasn't anything special. But that's not interesting enough, so Varric lied and said Alistair gave Hawke an item that belongs to THE Hero of Fereldan for the sake of showing how super special Hawke is.

[sanzosin]

Anders’ panic attack in deep roads Act 1 and the hairband that saved him! :D

[hannahwdraws]

Just a couple of girls from The Free Marches

"I can't believe the girl I taught to weave flowers at the Arlathvhen grew up to be the 'fearsome' Inquisitor."

"I can't believe Varric didn't put two and two together sooner that we might have already known each other."

"Try not to blame him, you're so different from the girl I knew from back then."

"I'm still just a Dalish girl from The Marches"

[huldrabitch]

I know a lot of people don't want Cullen brought back for various reasons, BUT it would be really satisfying to have just a minor voice acted appearance of Cullen done by anyone else than Gregg Ellis to distance the character from him.

[shift-shaping]

Is Solas getting paid by the Inquisition for his work

[herearedragons]

tag the oc that's most likely to get stuck in a time loop and what kind of time loop it would be