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Redemption Prompts

1. “I know I messed up terribly—and I swear, if you let me, I’ll spend every waking moment trying to make it up to you.”

2. “Go. Save yourself.” “But—“ “You have a future full of things that need to be done. Me? I’ve already done too much.”

3. “I was wrong. About you. About everything. But I know how to help you, so please, let me do one thing right.”

4. “Trust me.” “How can I trust you after everything you’ve done?” “Because I’m the last chance you have.”

5. “I saw…I saw a photo of me as a child. And I realized, that little kid would be horrified to see who I am today. So I have to change.”

6. “I never would’ve imagined that you would be the one to rescue me.” “Yeah, well, life’s full of surprises, isn’t it?”

7. “You have ten seconds to leave before I throw you out myself.” “Please, just listen. I’m tired of the fighting. I can’t…I can’t take it anymore. So I’m here to say, I quit.”

8. “You’re a better person than me. I see that now. And I can see…that I’ll never be like you. I’ll never be half of what you are.”

9. “What is this?” “My most useful possession. I want you to have it. I won’t be needing it anymore.”

10. “All the people I loved…what would they think of me now? Am I a monster?” “You don’t have to be.”

11. “I was selfish. I took everything I could get, and I didn’t realize…the more I took, the more I lost myself.”

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It must have been very amusing for everyone else in the Inquisition when the serious, scholarly hedge mage suddenly developed an obvious crush on Lavellan.

Like, I imagine he thought he was being subtle but I am sure everyone knew. They saw the blushes. The longing glances. Dorian looked over the balcony and saw him sketching her. Varric caught him looking up love poetry in the library. It was an open secret maybe even before Lavellan herself knew.

They were definitely all gossiping about it. Cass pretended to disapprove but secretly found it romantic. Dorian thought he had no chance of landing her. Varric tried taking Solas aside to give romantic advice. Sera was continually making fun of him.

Then one day all of a sudden Solas and Lavellan are both quietly glowing and can't stop smiling at each other. Everyone else just gives each other knowing looks, and Varric collects money from everyone who bet against it. They all comment on how they've never seen Lavellan look so happy; and after all Solas may be odd but he's clearly devoted to her, so they all feel confident he'd never ever hurt her.

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That part in Trespasser where the inquisitor is crying angrily to low approval Solas about how he never caaaared about them and Solas is calmly like “You have a castle. An army. And a title that leaves every world leader quaking in fear. Be content.”

Like lmaooo he truly views Inquisitors he disapproves of as enormously spoiled, impossibly young, unbearably stupid children, I love his zingers so fucking much

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Apotheosis 1

The aftermath of Valerian Fields

(1) Victory! Sweet song rising from the lips of the vanquishers, The host of Shartan, the clans of Alamarri, a thousand freemen Held aloft blade and spear and to the Maker gave thanks. But for every one who stood and sang the hymn of praise, Two lay at their feet, soul seeking the Light eternal. Maferath’s heart grew cold

(2) As he looked upon the field of the dead and heard The chant of “Glory! Glory! Glory! Hail to the Maker Most High! Hail to Andraste, Prophet and liberator, Light of the world! Look upon our work, O Maker, and rejoice!” (3) And Maferath forsook the celebrations of his people And went apart, taking not even his Aegis, his shield-brother. In the solitude of the night, Maferath dwelled in his bitterness, And the Light which once burned within him extinguished. Maferath meets with Hessarian

(4) The lord of the Alamarri sent forth his most trusted runner To the gates of Minrathous itself, to call the Archon to parley, That like the leaves after a long winter, peace too might return to the land. Hessarian was filled to overflowing with doubt that the offer might be true, Yet did he reply with message of his own and arrange to meet the war-chief. (5) Maferath took with him his Aegis, and arrived at the appointed place Where Hessarian waited with his guard, and the two leaders of armies spoke, Guarded in riddles, and came to an understanding between them That peace bore a heavy price which must be paid in blood. (6) And they returned to their own people, and said nothing. Andraste prepares to lay siege to Minrathous

(7) The armies of the Maker marched to the heart of the Imperium. They looked upon those gates guarded by the Juggernauts25 of old And despaired, for surely neither army nor god could oppose such might. Andraste’s sermon to the armies

(8) So Andraste said to her followers: “You who stand before the gates, You who have followed me into the heart of evil, The fear of death is in your eyes; its hand is upon your throat. Raise your voices to the heavens! Remember: Not alone do we stand on the field of battle. (9) “The Maker is with us! His Light shall be our banner, And we shall bear it through the gates of that city and deliver it To our brothers and sisters awaiting their freedom within those walls. At last, the Light shall shine upon all of creation, If we are only strong enough to carry it.” (10) And the armies of Andraste raised their voices, Singing a hymn of praise to the Maker. And feared no more. And Andraste went apart to seek the Maker’s wisdom For the battle to come. Maferath delivers Andraste to Hessarian

(11) Maferath went to his wife and said: “In the hills lies a silver pool where they say The Voice of Heaven can be heard most clearly. Let us go together and hear the Maker’s Will.” (12) Andraste went with Maferath and the Aegis to the silver pool. As she knelt in prayer, the servants of the Archon surrounded them, Spears raised. Andraste drew her sword And pierced one man through the heart, but Maferath, With a blow from his axe, struck the blade from her hands. And it fell to the ground, and where it landed, tears welled from the land. (13) The Aegis faltered; his hand could not draw against his own lord, But neither could it be stayed as his Prophet was betrayed. Unarmed, he stood between Andraste and the Tevinters. A spear pierced his chest twice, and he fell. (14) With neither blade nor shield, Andraste gave herself up To her enemies. And Maferath bound his wife’s hands And delivered her to the Archon to be put to death.

25. The giant, inactive golems that guard the gates of Minrathous.

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Okay look. Stephanie Meyer contributed four (4) cool things to the contemporary fantasy genre, which I shall now list here in the hopes of getting it out of my system. In descending order of importance:

1. Writing a story about a girl who wants something. Plot driven by a woman’s (non-vilified) desire. Truly dreadful execution but still a good idea, sort of a literary incarnation of the “he a little confused but he got the spirit” meme.

2. The fact that when Bella becomes a vampire she can still breathe but “there’s no relief tied to the action” which I remember verbatim because it fucking slapped. The idea of human physical sensations being partially defined by our mortality and the sensations still exist after you become undead but your experience of them is fundamentally different because you no longer need any of it? Extremely cool. The closest Meyer came to taking an interesting stance on vampires being dead.

3. Werewolves are immortal but they can literally stop whenever they want. That shit’s hilarious. Curse of immortality who.

4. The fact that vampires don’t sleep or get tired so their communally-raised baby doesn’t have a crib because she is always in someone’s arms. That was extremely cute and there’s a different, better book contained somewhere in that specific concept.

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The way Solas looks at his vhenan.

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He shifts on his feet alot……………  

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Anders Was Just As Angry And Cared Just as Much About The Templars, The Chantry, And The Oppression Of Mages In Awakening As He Did In Dragon Age 2: a gifset 

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people here like “the inquisition risked their lives to end the war anders started” and i’m like???? um hello??? anders gave up his life — offered his neck on a silver platter — for this. anders didn’t risk his life, he walked into that fight believing he was a dead man. no chance of survival.

he did that because he knew there was no alternative. not to start a war, but to finally put it out in the open, to give mages a fighting chance. those are his words. mages were being systemically massacred, raped, turned tranquil to make them easier to abuse, killing themselves in droves because there was no escaping the templars, no escaping the chantry, no escaping the thedosian everyman’s mass disgust and fear of mages. 

the chantry was in charge of the templars. it is not some innocent charitable organization, but a military one, wielding the sword of divine right to abuse mages to their breaking point, and then driving the sword home when the mages finally fight back. for years anders did everything humanly possible to end this war peacefully. he blew up the chantry because he was being ignored by everyone — by those in power, by his friends, even by his potential lover. he blew up the chantry because mages were already suffering and had been suffering for 1000+ years, not to pick a fight.

if you think anders started a war, you haven’t been paying attention.

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GDL HOW DARE😂😭

Original tweet

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So I came across this video and I just couldn’t resist…..

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✨Closure✨

[lies down- i finished it but my brain is still whirring I had to draw happy things]

[and now there's more]

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Epilogue

Fade Couple

[needed to do more...] [part 1]

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BioWare on Twitter: Take only the Elfroot that you need. #EarthDay🌍 [x]

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So it's Cannon that the Inquisitor can have her people investigate the Temple of Mythal and if you do this you get schematics for Sentinel Plate.

And you can just....equip it onto Solas.

Like.

Can you imagine.

How fucking halarious that would be.

Inquisitor: Hey Babe, made you some new armour. It suits you! :)

Solas:

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little intimate things that leave me breathless

feel free to use these as prompts

you're talking on the phone and your lover quietly comes up behind you, wraps their arms around you, and starts gently kissing your neck. you begin to lose focus on your phone call as you concentrate on not making any noise.

your crush gently touching you on the arm or putting their hand on your shoulder as you two have a conversation.

having a piece of hair brushed off your face as you're reading or looking down.

looking at your crush or lover only to find them already looking at you and when you make eye contact, they smile at you.

holding hands while having sex and/or making out.

"i'm so proud of you."

being asked "are you sure?" (there's nothing sexier than consent)

you and your lover sitting next to each other at a table and they rest their hand on your thigh, gently rubbing their thumb back and forth.

your lover playing with your hair or vice versa.

telling a stupid joke and hearing your crush laugh.

helping your lover fix their tie or zip up their dress. or, you two helping each other undress.

telling your partner how stressed out you are and they are simply just listening before opening their arms and holding you until you feel better.

"i love you."