wendeeesaucy

[wendeeesaucy]

Lucanis: I can take you.

Rook, down bad, zero self-preservation skills: Yes, you can~

Lucanis: ...

Lucanis: I meant in a fight

Rook, grinning: Oh, I know.

Lucanis, clenching his hands so hard to keep blood in his limbs: *internal-fucking-meltdown*

[wendeeesaucy]

Obsessed with this smile I caught 😭🫶🏻 btw this is when he’s talking about coffee 😂

[wendeeesaucy]

Fully love the dynamic of Rook trying to find their place in the Dellamorte household while a bitter, vengeful, hostile Illario plots against them. But. but? What feeds my soul is an Illario who, after trying to butter up Rook, after playing nice, after using his charm to manipulate Rook into some trap, finds that focusing on this particular target (gasp) brought them closer.

Ooops, you played yourself, amico. You fucked up and created a Bond.

Now they're having brunch, and the talk is real, and the smiles are real. (He thinks. It's been a while.) Now they have inside jokes and--porca miseria they're sharing knives. Now he knows what Rook has lost in their life and he--unbelievably--doesn't want to take Lucanis away from them. Worse, so much worse, is that he wants to add himself to Rook's life. He's been a cousin, a brother, a rival, a failure. Rook makes him want to be a friend, whatever that looks like.

So, give me the Illario who fucks up his own plan and accidentally tricks himself into wanting to become Rook's family. The Illario who would kill for Rook, sure. But also the one who lives for them.

[wendeeesaucy]

If I tell you I cackled.

[wendeeesaucy]

Rook understands Lucanis's hesitation around outwards displays of affection around others. She has gotten to know him well enough to see that he wants to, but is hesitant. Like he isn't sure of what he wants or if he should want it. If she would want him.

He's nervous, but still so sweet with her.

That's when she decides to start with small gestures of her own. Little things when no one is looking. She can see he isn't so sure at first, but slowly grows into it.

Small little bumps of his hand against hers at the dinner table. The small press of his shoulder against hers while out on a misson.

It becomes more over time. Like stolen kisses in dark corners, and a hand on her hip as he walks past her. She smiles to herself as he grows more sure of his own wants, and letting people see them.

She's taken back when one day he places his hand in hers as they are out shopping at the market, and while he doesn't spare her a glance, acting like what he had done was nothing out of the ordinary for him, she can’t help but grin. She knows she wouldn’t trade anything in the world for this, and makes sure to show him how much she loves him when they are finally alone.

[wendeeesaucy]

Viago: (is a deadly wet-cat wifeguy with complicated family baggage)

Rook de Riva: Teia, you could do so much better.

Lucanis: (is a deadly wet-cat spouseguy with complicated family baggage)

Rook de Riva: …

Rook de Riva: Well, it’s hot when he does it.

[wendeeesaucy]

listen Veilguard may be an imperfect game, but it's brought me more joy and community and creativity and inspiration than i've had in a long fuckin time. so it's a perfect game to me.

[wendeeesaucy]

Its the fact even Spite says Rook does not close doors, they open them

Its the fact that Rook is supposed to be the first guard you meet in Lucanis' mind and even Spite says it could never work in any shape

Its the fact that even as low as Lucanis is feeling about himself, he cant in any part of his head or heart put Rook in a place of keeping him locked in somewhere

Its the fact they he knows that Rook will ALWAYS be the one busting the doors down to get to the people they care about / to save others and even his self loathing cant make him see Rook as anything but that

Someone who opens doors

someone who saves him every time from himself and others

[wendeeesaucy]

i couldn't resist.

[wendeeesaucy]

Rook pspsps'ing Lucanis, as he stares at them after having not slept for two days straight. Him sighing heavily as he takes the bait and lays his head against them, and then proceeding to fall asleep in seconds.

Rook smugly grinning to themselves both because they didn't think that would work, and because they are trying not to gush about how cute that was.

Lucanis wakes up and realizes that Rook called to him like an oversized cat, but doesn't have the energy to complain because he slept better than he has in weeks.

[wendeeesaucy]

so anyway i started barking at the screen like a dog which was the style at the time

[wendeeesaucy]

"Stay with them. I'm going to talk to Solas."

[wendeeesaucy]

bioware really made lucanis say shit like

"If I have to kill every blighted creature in Thedas to keep you safe, I will."

and

"If all the gods have to die for you, it's a small price to pay"

and expect me to be normal about him

[wendeeesaucy]

Cole: Shadows cling. Heavy, but not all yours. Sharp, small, sulking. Hiding in the dark. Fifty-seven candles, is it enough? Keep the dark away, keep the dark away!

Lucanis: Cole? Are you alright?

Lucanis (Spite): Make him. Stop. He sees. Too much. Of us.

Cole: Oh. I’m sorry.

Lucanis: There is nothing to be sorry for. Spite must be hard to handle for a Spirit of Compassion.

Cole: It’s hard for you too, but you carry him anyway. He was bright once. Strong, steady, always forward. Maybe he could be again.

(If Rook is romancing Lucanis)

Cole: It’s easier with her around. Lighter. Laughing. Less afraid.

Lucanis (Spite): Stop! She’ll. Hear you. She’ll. Notice.

Lucanis: (groans) Mierda. Is there a hole nearby I can jump into?

Rook: (laughs)

[wendeeesaucy]

hey, does it ever devastate you to think about how Rook spends so much of the game helping others move past loss and learn to pick up the pieces of their lives again, to the point that some companions might even think "wow they're so well adjusted" or "wow they're so good at dealing with loss" only for Rook to stumble out of the regret prison disheveled and exhausted and look at them all with tear-filled eyes and ask if Varric is really gone

yeah me neither 🥹

[wendeeesaucy]

You must be a very courageous man.

[wendeeesaucy]

If Rolan was romancible, I'd want one of his kiss animations to be tav kissing scowl off his face.