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Mara, that's wonderful. I'm rather jealous of your poetry--it would take me pages to talk about all that, and here you have it neatly packaged in a few words of very precise sensory details.

Speaking of pages, I'm trying to get back into writing, here's a short kmeme fill: Victory NSFW

Top of page, here's a pic from ZRS Beta: Posted Image

Modifié par Tellervo, 21 octobre 2010 - 05:06 .


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@Maradeux ~ Oh! I do envy your abilty to rhyme. I love Zevrans thoughts about his home, and even with it all he misses it! Posted Image

@Wildannie ~ That is great! How sweet with him holding his warden. I cannot believe it is a WIP, cannot wait to see it finished! Posted Image
@Tellervo ~ I have to agree with so many others.. Zevran, window, forearms bracers! Posted Image

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Prompt:  Poetry.


My poetry entry for the prompt. I am not sure I remember the last time I wrote a poem...so here it goes.
25 minutes


Need.

Gentle lips dance across hard skin
Breath struggles to advance

Desire presents itself, bare and wanting
Enflamed in searing heat

Love smothers the sounds of passion
Rife with raw need

Hands advance, possessing
Finding hold, embracing

I am yours


Edit: Format

Modifié par Hilde, 20 octobre 2010 - 02:02 .


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@wildannie - nice WIP. I think it could be one of your best pictures I've seen so far. And I'm curious how it will look when it's finished. :)

@FutileSine, Tellervo and Hilde - thank you for your feedback. :) I'm glad you like my poem.

@Hilde - rhymes are not absolutely necessary. Most of my poems are unrhymed. I like your little poem. The words and phrases reflect well the passion and sensuality of Zevran's "I am yours". :)

@Tellervo - I'm glad to see your short "coming back" as writer. I really admire your writing abilities; and if you wrote pages about Antiva, I'm sure I would enjoy every single line. :) As for "Victory" - I usually don't read these fills, because I'm more a friend of subtile insinuations. But you belong to the few who are capable to combine erotism and art, so your stories are good reading also for the head. ;)

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The prompts are great! I've enjoyed every one of them. This is NOT a prompt, but simply a bit of humor to toss out since it's what came to mind the minute I read the theme...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Alone in my bed,
I'm horny for you.

Modifié par Tigress M, 20 octobre 2010 - 03:13 .


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 @maradeux - what a beautiful poem, it evokes Zevran's Antiva so well.
@HIlde - I really like this you really capture the mood of being intoxicated by passion, desire, and love. 
@Tigress M  :lol:
@Futilesine, Hilde, & Maradeux - thanks for your kind comments re: my pic, I'm just getting to grips with drawing again - really enjoying it :)

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Corker wrote...

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Prompt:  Poetry.



The target’s name was Gianna. Zevran had been told her last name as well, of course, but he was – as always – far more interested in the first name. One never knew when a target was going to be the seducing kind, after all, and calling out a surname in the throes of passion – or worse, getting the name wrong – was really not the kind of reputation Zevran wanted to cultivate. Granted, his targets wouldn’t be living long enough to tell anyone anything about his performance good or bad but it was just good practice and a matter of personal and professional pride to maintain the same standards of quality at all time.
 
Gianna was a very lovely young women which was, paradoxically, both his favorite and least favorite kind of target. On the one hand, it allowed him to spend some time with a beautiful woman and perhaps sleep with her. On the other, he would shortly have to rid the world of such an attractive creature. Truly, the life of an assassin was a trying one. Gianna had long, golden blonde hair. He had observed her earlier that day and it had been done up tightly in braids but now it was loose and her curls were all over the place giving her a pleasing windblown look. Her eyes were a shimmering silver and her mouth was full and red.
 
She had not quite been asleep when he had entered her home and the moment she had realized what he was and why he had come, she had wasted no time in trying to distract him. Why she thought he was that absent-minded that if they simply didn’t talk abut him killing her it didn’t happen was beyond him and honestly a little insulting but he had very much enjoyed the tour of her home and being personally introduced to all of her fish all the same. She had some very nice men’s clothes that he had been allowed to try on and he had caught her staring more than once while he was changing. That was always promising.
 
“So what do you know about poetry?” Gianna asked him once they were sitting on her couch together. She had a glass of wine in her hand but though she had offered some to Zevran as well, he wasn’t about to risk being poisoned by his target because he hadn’t killed her right away. It really was an embarrassing way to die and if that didn’t kill him, the Crows certainly would for the indignity.
 
“I know a good poem when I hear one,” Zevran replied. Strictly speaking, he knew nothing at all of poetry but he was firmly of the belief that if a poem was a good one then he wouldn’t need any knowledge of poetry or special education in order to appreciate. If a taste was an acquired one that simply meant it wasn’t very good in the first place and thus one had to build up a tolerance for it before they could pretend to like it.
 
Gianna smiled seductively at him and began in a breathy voice, “The symphony I see in thee / it whispers songs to me. Songs of hot breath upon my neck / songs of soft grunts by my head / songs of hands on muscled back / songs of thee come to my bed.”
 
Now, Zevran could see very clearly that she intended to sleep with him. He should have just let it go and do so. Tragically, a laugh burst out of him before he could help it.
 
Gianna, who had been running her hand down his leg, drew back, offended. “Was there something funny about my poem?”
 
“Just a little,” Zevran admitted. “That’s not a very good poem, you know.”
 
Gianna flushed angrily. “And here I thought that you knew nothing about poetry.”
 
“I don’t,” Zevran agreed. “Except to be able to tell a good one from a bad one and that, my dear, is a bad one.”
 
“Well I just made it up on the spot,” Gianna said defensively.
 
“That excuses you, I suppose, from being thought of as a poor poetess,” Zevran remarked. “But it doesn’t make the poem any nicer.”
 
“I’d like to see you do better, Mr. Crow,” Gianna challenged.
 
Zevran shrugged his assent. How hard could it be?
 
“It is not hard to judge skill, you know
Your talent is really a no-show
Rather than prolong this hunt
Let me be perfectly blunt
If you want to have sex, just say so.”
 
Gianna sat there staring at him for a moment before bursting into laughter. “And what was that? A limerick of some sort?”
 
Zevran shrugged again. “Something like that, yes. I fear I may have broken all sorts of stylistic rules but I find myself strangely indifferent. I remembered to use five lines and I remembered that the rhyme scheme was AABBA and that’s good enough for me.”
 
“I guess I did recognize that it was supposed to be a limerick,” Gianna agreed. “I’m not sure that I’d say it was better than mine, though.”
 
“No?” Zevran asked rhetorically. “Know, show, and so all rhyme and I’m not cheating by using both forms of know. Hunt and blunt are also very clear rhymes. You rhyme neck with back.”
 
“Well…maybe those don’t technically rhyme…it’s close enough,” Gianna claimed. “And at least I got my chosen style right.”
 
“So you claim,” Zevran pointed out. “My lack of poetic training means I really have no idea.”
 
“We can call it a draw,” Gianna offered. “And say that our poems were equally good.”
 
“Or equally bad,” Zevran amended. “And that means I wouldn’t have done better but…why not?”
 
“Oh, how accommodating,” Gianna said, her voice becoming breathless again. “You know, I may not have learned much from my poetry tutor but he was one of the best-looking men I’ve ever seen. As such, every time I start talking poetry it gets me all hot. You want me to just come right out and be blunt? Take me, I’m yours.”
 
As Zevran helpfully began to oblige her, he decided that maybe that poem wasn’t so bad after all. It was certainly going to make the next few hours far more enjoyable for the both of them than they would have been otherwise. He’d have to remember those lines Gianna had said just in case.

Modifié par Sarah1281, 20 octobre 2010 - 09:45 .


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so quiet here...



@sarah - this is really fun (although quite dark - as it should be) Zevran's banter is spot on, I can hear him say it.

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“Hunt and blunt are also very
clear rhymes. You rhyme neck with back.”


I had to look into my dictionary... [baek] <-> [nek] - there is really supposed to be a difference in pronunciation - I don't even hear that. :blink: (and I ask myself, if Zevran's  "non native speaker's" ears are really better than mine (also non native...)) - all right - that should be an Antivan poem in original, but then we don't know if/how it was rhymed... ;)

Funny idea of a poetry-competition, Sarah. ;)

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SO... I'm doing a playthrough, TRYING to make sure my most recent changes to Alistair work and such, so he was my Dalish's love interest. Of course, I can't resist flirting with Zevran :) ANYWAY, I wasn't paying too much attention to approval, but I knew both were pretty high. So I finish the redcliff arc, and there is no way my Dalish is going to take the time to go to the mage's tower, so she has Jowan do the ritual.

Upshot, she gets back to camp, still upset and raw feeling, and Alistair rips into her. Zevran offers her a massage. So guess who she chooses when forced to pick in that next conversation? I'm going to have to use the console to turn the romance back on before making him king I suppose.

Edit: No poem from ME, but I'm loving the prompts!

Modifié par ejoslin, 21 octobre 2010 - 11:44 .


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Alistair is SO annoying at that bit. She deserves a massage after his storm of abuse! Even though I usually rescue Isolde and Connor - it doesn't sit well with me as the right thing to do - although there are no obvious repercussions in game, leaving abomination connor for a couple of days to go and fetch mages is not a very wise decision, who knows how many of the villages children could have been killed by then - Alistair is totally out of line!



That aside, none of my wardens could EVER pick pick Alistair over Zevran when forced to choose... I just don't seem to be able to allow it - I really am quite useless! :)




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maradeux wrote...

“Hunt and blunt are also very
clear rhymes. You rhyme neck with back.”


I had to look into my dictionary... [baek] [nek] - there is really supposed to be a difference in pronunciation - I don't even hear that. :blink: (and I ask myself, if Zevran's  "non native speaker's" ears are really better than mine (also non native...)) - all right - that should be an Antivan poem in original, but then we don't know if/how it was rhymed... ;)

Wow, interesting XD  It's definitely a false rhyme in English, and I think, in Zev's Antivan accent, with the Roman vowels,there would be even more of a difference, although I'm not sure.  Perhaps time to listen for his poetry reading again. :P

Lovely and fun entries so far, guys :D  Wish I had time to play, but alas.  Maybe a non-entry for (much) later. XD


@ejo and wildannie -- he's impossible to say no to, isn't he? XD

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@Wildannie He IS out of line :( And he knows it. He's worse there if you take his advice and kill Connor. The first time I played that is exactly what I did... And I was head over heels in love with him. It was... a shock.

@jenovan it really is. Actually, romancing them both the way I did, it reminded me how very different the romances really are. And why I like Zevran's better, but I totally get why so many people like Alistair so much. And why there is a mod out there to change the way he is after he falls in love (*grin* there are a few really good Alistair romance mods out there that don't do that -- but there is one, aside from it breaking Zevran's romance, really REALLY changes a lot about Alistair afterwards). If you take the first part of Alistair's romance (before he falls in love) and combine it with the last part of Zevran's romance (after he falls in love) you have the perfect harlequin romance.

*sigh* I like how everything is so out in the open with Zevran. There's no games there. And that he does fall in love is not so surprising, really.

If you want the pretty words, Zevran is not the partner. If you want honesty, openness, and someone to have fun with, he is. But even when he confesses his feelings, it's not a pretty conversation; but gah, it is sad and heartwarming at the same time. What a lonely, empty life he had.

Edit: Gah, so much squee.

Modifié par ejoslin, 21 octobre 2010 - 05:41 .


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@Sarah - Yes! The scene where we get to figure out where he got the poem from! And I adored the fact that he actually was able to make a poem (that rhymed better than hers) up on the spot! Well done!!



@Wildannie - Totally agree with you that someone needs to die...I know ME had you make some hard choices - I always thought it kinda sucked that DA gave goodie-two-shoes Wardens an easy way out...and like you said no repercussions....



@Ejoslin - Haha. The timing of the "make your choice" conversation is too funny. And for precisely the reasons you gave is why I evolved from my Alistairian ways and became a Zevgirl. :)

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Yeah, I hate the fact that nothing goes wrong back at Redcliff if you choose to seek aid from the mages.  That's so cheap.  Dristen was enough of a naive idealist at that point to think it would be ok to go get aid, but most of my wardens understand that it's a stupid decision from a tactical POV.

The first time I killed Connor was an accident.  After much arguing in the main hall, my mage Vallen was about ready to cave and drag everyone to the mage's tower.  She thought it would be a good idea to clear the private quarters of the castle first.  It would have been fine if my cureosity didn't get the better of me,  causing me to accidentaly ****** off Connor and have to fight the Demon.  OMG, that whole scenario with Isold was so fu**ed up!  How could she feal better about killing him herself?  Vallen couldn't let her do it.

The tirade back at camp caught me totaly off guard.  I knew Alistair would be distraught, but it had been his thought in the first place.  He didn't even acknowledge his part in it.  Rawr.  Such a hypocrite sometimes.  After all, it hadn't even been her intent to kill Connor.  You'd think we'd be able to do the ritual AFTER subduing the demon. 

I ended up re-loading and doing the ritual, because I don't think Zevran would have really been foolish enough to have gotten that close to Connor in the first place.  But maybe I should have stuck with it.  It WAS a compelling situation.  But I guess it's a testiment to the quality of the game that I was shaken up enough to re-load and change the outcome.  Needless to say, that shook up her romance with Alistair a lot.  She has some silly story-book notions that keep her coming back to Alistair anyhow.  But they are SO ill-suited for eachother.

She's activated the romance with Lel and probably also Zev by accident, too.  But she's been faithful to her stupid white knight despite just wanting to jump almost every decent looking NPC's bones thusfar.  It's a shame there isn't an ending where she can marry Teagan.  She wants a castle, or at least a decent mansion.  And a dashing husband with political power.  Zevran is amused, at least in how it plays out in my mind.  I'm sure she reminds him of countless marks.  Boy oh boy did his story about his pretty mage mark creep her out.  It's creepy to most Wardens, but doubly so for her.  It's a convenient excuse for why she does not get TOO cozy with him.

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Found some cool Zev art! I just love what they did with the blood in this one~

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That Bloody Crow Is Here Again by ~mesitka

And I always love a good pun. :D

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EccentricSage wrote...


Yeah, I hate the fact that nothing goes wrong back at Redcliff if you choose to seek aid from the mages.  That's so cheap.  Dristen was enough of a naive idealist at that point to think it would be ok to go get aid, but most of my wardens understand that it's a stupid decision from a tactical POV.

The first time I killed Connor was an accident.  After much arguing in the main hall, my mage Vallen was about ready to cave and drag everyone to the mage's tower.  She thought it would be a good idea to clear the private quarters of the castle first.  It would have been fine if my cureosity didn't get the better of me,  causing me to accidentaly ****** off Connor and have to fight the Demon.  OMG, that whole scenario with Isold was so fu**ed up!  How could she feal better about killing him herself?  Vallen couldn't let her do it.

The tirade back at camp caught me totaly off guard.  I knew Alistair would be distraught, but it had been his thought in the first place.  He didn't even acknowledge his part in it.  Rawr.  Such a hypocrite sometimes.  After all, it hadn't even been her intent to kill Connor.  You'd think we'd be able to do the ritual AFTER subduing the demon. 

I ended up re-loading and doing the ritual, because I don't think Zevran would have really been foolish enough to have gotten that close to Connor in the first place.  But maybe I should have stuck with it.  It WAS a compelling situation.  But I guess it's a testiment to the quality of the game that I was shaken up enough to re-load and change the outcome.  Needless to say, that shook up her romance with Alistair a lot.  She has some silly story-book notions that keep her coming back to Alistair anyhow.  But they are SO ill-suited for eachother.

She's activated the romance with Lel and probably also Zev by accident, too.  But she's been faithful to her stupid white knight despite just wanting to jump almost every decent looking NPC's bones thusfar.  It's a shame there isn't an ending where she can marry Teagan.  She wants a castle, or at least a decent mansion.  And a dashing husband with political power.  Zevran is amused, at least in how it plays out in my mind.  I'm sure she reminds him of countless marks.  Boy oh boy did his story about his pretty mage mark creep her out.  It's creepy to most Wardens, but doubly so for her.  It's a convenient excuse for why she does not get TOO cozy with him.

LOL yeah, oh god. The first time I played DAO it was a blind game and I did Redcliffe first since Al really seems to want you to. I sacrificed Isolde, not knowing the tower a real option, and had the Alistair blow-up that sort of shoved him firmly into the friend zone.

The time I killed Connor, though? On accident. I was playing Alley (which is lol by itself in this scenario) and also decided spontaniously to check the castle over before leaving. I'm used to NPCs not caring too much about whatever unless you click them (DAO has several instances where they DO care, though, which is cool) and figured Connor would stay passive unless I provoked him.

So I went charging right by him like a freight train and next thing I know, I'm in a cutscene and a fight. Whoops. XD

Nothing like having Alley suddenly forced to shield-bash a kid in the face to set the mood. XDD That whole thing was so OMGWTF that I almost kept it, like you (it was a very interesting twist) and I may keep it in the fanfic version, just because. But I reloaded anyway because I'm a pansy that way. You know, after punching Isolde out and killing her kid. Harsh, Alley. Harsh.

In fact, I think when I hit that point in Immovable Object I'm going to make a nod to that. Even though with choices A, B, or C, Alley is going to take "none of the above". :D

Modifié par Aroihkin, 22 octobre 2010 - 07:22 .


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Both Zevran and Morrigan REALLY approve if you punch Isolde out and kill Connor -- they approve less (but still approve) if you let her do it herself. Probably because it's the cleanest, easiest way to take care of the problem.

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SO quiet here... I think I'll ask one of my Zevran questions :) Zevran is such an incredible flirt. He flirts with everyone; what do you think his reaction would be if anyone actually took him up on it? I mean, we know when Leliana says "put up or shut up," he shuts up, but that could just because of the way she does it.



We also know that, IF the warden asks him to, he'll participate in a threesome or foursome (well, not with Alistair, but that's because he wants Alistair to enjoy his first experience of this kind to the fullest). Sooo.....



My personal feeling is he most likely would not. And that is probably kind of strange. I don't think it's because of any great love (before he's in love) or feeling of possessiveness or the need to be faithful -- I don't think he would even if he and the warden are not involved.



It's because of a couple of things. First of all, his flirting is so over-the-top; the way he flirts with the companions is nothing like when he tries to seduce the warden. Also, with the warden, if you ask him if he stares at everyone that way, he offers to desist to keep things from being uncomfortable -- which adds a bit of seriousness to the flirting which is not there with the other companions.



There's another thing, though, that you may get out of him if you tick him off a bit; he will say he had sex with everyone as a Crow to keep things at least interesting. But I don't think he's bored travelling with the warden, and I think, if you talk to him, he probably feels a bit more valued.



Ok, go ahead, tell me how wrong I am! Tell me I'm putting him up on a pedestal. But I do not think his flirting with the companions is just him being your over-the-top flirt, nothing but charm and fun. Really, if he were trying to seduce Leliana, would he ask her, an experienced bard, when was the last time she knocked boots? It's a guaranteed fail!

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I think the clue there is in the character of the flirtations, indeed. I think he might take Lels in particular up on it if she were serious instead of simply calling his bluff, but the others not so much. But his flirtations are very over the top, as you pointed out, while his interactions with the Warden are somewhat less so. Yes he tells outlandish stories and hits on you, but its not quite the same. He seems to actually be interested in sleeping with the Warden, whether that's to get close and secure his position in the group or because of genuine attraction is irrelevant. The others, he seems to be using his sensuality to keep them at arms length.

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I definitely think he's just sporting with the others, similar to the way he flatters the warden after his failed assassination attempt 'deadly sex goddess' ? It's not that there's not a part of him that believes it but I equally it's not a serious play.



The face that he puts is so well revealed in the circle tower when he refers to the luscious wood nymphs in the party company when he and the warden both know he was having a torturous nightmare about his true past life.



He'll flirt and put on a light hearted front but he is not revealing anything much about himself in his banters. The real stuff is reserved for more intimate times where his tone is always more serious.



However I'm sure that if offered (before getting together with the warden) he'd have happily had some fun with the others after a few drinks. I don't think he would ever have two timed the warden, even before he acknowledges his feelings...



I think I'm rambling...



Is everyone away playing Fallout NV? it is quite moreish

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I think in different circumstances, sex would have happened. I think at the camp, no.  After being involved with the warden, definitely no. But he's not one for the insecure.

I've played a bit of FO:NV. I'm trying to finish ZDF for good so I've been spending more time on DA:O, but so far, FO:NV is fun! It's just like FO3, but different :) I think it needs a mod with more music, though.

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The fact him and Morrigan approve more of punching out Issold than letting her do it is a bit unnerving, but appropriate. It really shows that under such circumstances their walls go back up and they can easily be cold. It's easy to forget that if one gets close to them before even making it to Redcliff.



Also, that jogged my memory. I'm not sure weather I killed Connor or Issold did. I remember arguing with her about the situation. There was no punching her out... I think my mage gave in at the last minute, and Issold did it. Bah, I can't remember exactly how it played out. Felt terrible though. I imagine it would be doubly unsettling if the bonus approval on Zevran's part were to get one propositioned immediately after. lol



As for the insufferable flirt thing... I think you are mostly right that he's just playing and isn't as interested as he acts. I think, if they played along, or showed sincere interest in him, that he might go for it, though. But of course, if they turn his joke around on him like Lel did, he won't. I think he has too much self respect to let someone get the best of him like that. I think he also likes to be the one in control of the situation, weather he is top or bottom, unless he views the other as above him as he does with the Warden, who spared his life and shows personal interest in him. So I agree the rules of engagement between Zev and other companions would be different than with the Warden, and that there would have to be something more to the situation to peek his interest.



The companions he is suspicious of, I think he'd be less likely to sleep with unless he could use it in some way to his advantage. The ones he's not threatened by, namely Alistair, I think he'd see sex as possibly working to his advantage. I think sex to him is more than pleasure, it's a power game.

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Sex to him definitely changes over the course of the relationship with the warden for sure. It definitely was something he used as a tool and as a diversion, depending on the circumstance. With him and Taliesen, there may have been genuine affection there as well, but the sex wouldn't have been an expression of that so much as just a way of unwinding.

The thing is, Leliana does show a bit of an interest in him -- especially hardened. They do find each other attractive for sure. Perhaps in a previous life, they would have hooked up. But sex for her is also something very different than it used to be.

The approval for killing Connor yourself as opposed to letting Isolde do it makes perfect sense to me. Compassion for Isolde doesn't enter into it at all -- it's a matter of taking care of business and being strong and getting it done.

You know, the Zevran proposition is such that, actually, it could be seen as a form of comfort. Kind of like, "Gah, what a rough day. You need to relax and forget."

It's funny how sometimes you really do see the ruthless killer, but at the same time, that kindness is also there. I still wonder how there could be that kindness, given the way he life had been.

Modifié par ejoslin, 22 octobre 2010 - 09:14 .


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See, I think when he was with the Crows, his affection for Taliesen had to have factored into sex, as it would have been the only SAFE way to experience affection without risking reprisal. It's not like they could talk about their feelings, or let those feelings get in the way of their work and their lifestyle. Those intimate moments alone would have been the only time they could have let their guard down a little, drunk with lust and passion as they'd likely be under such circumstances.



He never, as a Crow, would be able to outwardly aknowladge those feelings, but the kindness and ability to love had to have always been there, buried deep down inside, and outwardly denied, even denied to himself. The subconscious does it's own thing no matter what the conscious mind thinks or knows or fears.



I think he is probably aesthetically attracted to her, but recognizes that ether she is a master manipulator putting on an act, and thus could be a threat, or a delusional girl running from her past, thus a fool or worse. I don't think he'd want to mess with that. She's best kept at arm's length. Granted, some may think my view of Lel is coloring that, but, well... it's logical.



I agree his approval in the Connor situation makes sense for those reasons. That is precicely why it's such a blood curdling reminder of what he is.



I think it would depend upon the Warden. If the Warden is very hardened, then yes, comfort after a hard day's work makes sense. But for any warden who's soft hearted, it's disturbing to be offered sex right after punching a mother and killing her child. I mean, on top of the death, the last thing the kid sees before dying is his mother being hurt. That's fu**ed up.



It's still there because he built a wall between his kind side and the side that has to kill to live. It's a natural reaction. People in the real world have had to, and still have to, do exactly that to maintain their sanity in violent situations. I think humans IRL are built with a safety mechanism like that. Some still break, of course, but there are plenty that can flip a switch, and leave the horror of it all to their nightmares.

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what kind of a person do you think Zevran would have been if his parents had not met an unhappy end?



I don't think he'd have been ruthless at all - probably fun loving and kind.