Yeah, that definitely makes sense. It was just unexpectedly sad for her.

Yeah, my Quiz is in the same boat. One year left.

That's what I got. I thought it was a sweet resolution.

 

Though someone else romanced him

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and was upset at his disappearance and getting back his pin and griffon feathers.

 

 

Ok this is actually my main/canon romance and I've done some tweet-asking on the subject so here's what I know:

Yes that was addressed in Asunder (de-Tranquillizingngngn)

Yeah, I couldn't get through Asunder, tbh. But yeah, I think there's definitely a Very Significant reason for it being there, besides on its own merits (which are still very significant).

Hmmm

 

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Why are people certain Veil is insta-kill? Solas said that one the Veil would've been removed with foci (using the anchor) Thedas would've "burned in chaos" while he restores the elvens. I think it's not literal "burn", it's just that there will be chaos because people will change and things will change.

Is there something I missed that suggests otherwise?

hooo boy it's been a busy day. But I put out the first chapter of my solavellan fic (majour trespasser spoilers from the very first sentence)! I'm only planning 3 chapters, it's not going to be long, I don't think. Fair warning that this might not be everyone's speed, but by the same token, it might be interesting to read a fic on the ship by someone who didn't really have feelings about it until after Trespasser?

Hope people like it, though!

I'm Canadian.  I just watch a lot of BBC shows on Netflix and what not.  One of our channels here carried Broadchurch so that was how I saw it.  Also really loved The Fall and Luther.  Love Doctor Who.  (Unfortunately never watched any of Classic Who)  My engagement ring has the Tardis on it, fiance picked it out on his own.

Canada buddies! Dr Who doesn't do it for me but yeah.

Ghilan'nain

 

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Shut it all down, close the thread, nothing is ever going to top this.

Goodness, I'm out of likes and there's things I need to like! Curses!

Yeah, I definitely cannot write a 'default' inquisitor whatsoever, even when I'm writing an undefined quiz. Just how it goes for me; that sort of blank slatery doesn't work for me.

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When the Inquisitor's mark flares up when talking with the advisers, does anyone not choose the "Can one thing in this ****** world stay fixed?!" option? I'm curious about what they say, but I can't resist that juicy outburst.

 

I may also love Alix Wilton Regan (British Inquisitor's VA).

Actually, yeah.

Do your best to stick with it, Dorian's is super sweet and really refreshing after one of the heavier romances, it's a wonderful change of pace.

 

I have a question for anyone who might know/be interested:

 

On the balcony, when he says "ar lath ma vhenan", the subtitles say "ar lath ma, vhenan", but when GDL says it, it sounds like "ar lath, ma vhenan". Or am I wrong? Which would be more correct?

I honestly don't think it makes a difference to the translation as far as it goes, tbh. Remember the words are chosen for euphony; there's no defined preference as far as vocal stress goes. 

Yeah, it would be hard to get a real relationship going with anyone as Inquisitor. My canon quiz outright says she refuses to marry her LI (Blackwall fwiw) because she explicitly wants to be able to entertain political marriage proposals. (and reject them, but an offer is always open to a counter-offer)

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No. I don't know if it was confirmed by the devs officialy if the Fade person is dead.  It seems to indicate that they are though. Whoever is out of the fade is happy and a live though and with their LI. That is confirmed.

How I like to look at it, is the way Buffy was with Angel(boo hiss). LIke...clearly the love of her life but that was a mess. So she had other very important partners.  Some she may have stayed with.  But she recognized his importance and if things were a different way...then maybe. And he was the same.  I never thought THAT was creepy. Just that Angel was boring and worthless and clearly Spike was the best. 

Yeah, that works. I mean there's lots of ways to swing it without it being badweird. Just especially in the gap between trespasser being announced and coming out, I saw a loooot of badweird.

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Ironically, last night I starting writing a oneshot that involved Lavellan recruiting Fenris to spy on Solas. Makes sense to me. However, Lavellan isn't completely sure he won't double cross her.

 

I don't know about Fenris being all about Solas though. He is a mage after all.

He is, but...

Yeah, my poor Lelaila Hakwe had to die because she was both good-intentioned and competent (for a Hawke), and we can't have that in our heroes. Now I'm so worried about Fenris. Don't go meet Solas, Fenris!!!!!

My Hawke would object, but she's dead. Oops! Drunken mourning sex, it's good for the soul.

oh god this reminds me, I'm like pretty convinced that in this scenario

Just my two cents on what those people giving flak on tumblr might be thinking.

Moving on with life doesn't necessarily mean loving someone else or even sleeping with someone else. It means getting up in the morning, going to work, socializing with friends, keeping up on your hobbies. It's like when someone you love dies. The relationship doesn't end (at least on your end) just because they are no longer around. You keep living, but you also keep them in your heart. If there was a chance to reunite you might hold on to that relationship--that love--even tighter. 

 

Solas dumped her, but he called her vhenan as he did so. He told her he couldn't say he didn't care. Then he says "what we had was real" right before he leaves in the base game. Yes, he ended their courtship, but the love never ended. Why he broke it off is more important than the fact that he did. He was hurting himself as much or more so than he was hurting Lavellan. I suppose players who take offense to Lavellan sleeping around in fanfic probably think her giving up on Solas is selfish. It depends how serious/clingy/empathetic/idealistic your Lavellan is.

Possibly, but my objection really is to it being considered the romantic ideal when acting as though the relationship is still on in some way is a massive, massive consent issue. Like, I normally hate this sort of thing, but if you were to flip the genders and it was a man being as hung up on a woman as some of the fics/art/meta I've seen? It's scary to me.

Like, writing/pondering/etc things that you know are not okay is fine with me, that's my stock in trade, but when people are slinging 'you've clearly never been in a long-term relationship' etc over expressing the notion that remaining obsessed with an ex for so extended a period of time is a bit creepy, ehhh.

It can be done, it can be done well, I just oftentimes feel a weird failure to separate the self from the fiction.

The thing is, people move on with their lives in different ways and at different speeds. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to go and have flings or even be interested in other relationships at the time. Two years isn't 10 years. It's not Lavellan becoming Miss Havisham. You can heal and move forward without jumping into something else, or even want casual flings and such.

 

I'm cool with whatever people want to headcanon for their characters but this notion that if you haven't hooked up with others you're pining away or haven't moved on with your life is a bit silly. Everyone operates differently.

Oh, sorry if it sounded like I meant that I think she has to be seeing other people to be 'moved on'; that's not what I meant to convey at all. I've just come across a lot of content that was seriously acting as though the breakup didn't/couldn't occur solely because he still loves her, or because he didn't explain why, and so on (and creators who agreed with this position). And that I find legit creepy.

He revokes consent to be in an active relationship with her. That's all that's necessary. Doesn't matter how happy anyone was with the outcome. Lavellan needs to move on with her life, somehow, and especially over a period of two years, I'm unsettled by one who doesn't at all. Doesn't mean someone can't/shouldn't write it. But I object to that being portrayed as the ideal.

Have you seen some of the jokes Weekes makes on Twitter? What he wrote into the game with characters like Bull? I promise you those sorts of questions don't make him blush.

Yeah, it's just still kind of a tacky question to ask, I think. Not a big deal and still probably better than people going 'but why didn't you fulfil my personal unreasonable wishlist'. but yeah. A bit tacky.

Yeah, and I have absolutely no problem with the game defining 'yeah, this was an extremely significant relationship to you' because, I mean, the game's giving you lines to colour inside, it's not giving you complete control. So even for a Lavellan who's completely moved on, it's gonna mess with her head. And that works for me, I can deal with that.

Yeah, it plays out identically both ways

And yes absolutely I will read the **** out of lavellan banging that huntmaster.

Especially because he broke up with Lavellan. It's not like he simply vanished and she waited for her long lost love to get back home. He ditched her completely. She doesn't have to wait two years doing nothing. I mean, she doesn't even know if she's EVER going to see him again during those two years.

Yeah, I mean, I caught some flak on the tumbles for this, but it's not like he owes her an explanation for the breakup, especially at the time of the game. He dumps her, it sucks, and staying hung up on it is fine if you want to run with it that way, but I personally find it really weird to make no attempt to move on with your life, especially over a period of two years.

That doesn't have to mean finding a new beau, of course, but man, I had a ten-year-long relationship end on a combination of 'it's not you, it's me', 'i like you as a friend', and 'i like this other girl as not a friend', and I was, you know, more or less fine within a month. Not happy about how the relationship ended! And I'm still not sure how I'd react if he said he wanted to try again! but a breakup is only the end of the world for a fairly short period of time.

Yess, absolutely, I really prefer when a (so)lavellan doesn't just spend the whole time pining away.