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[R2s Muse]

Avilia and Gala, I bow to your awesome talents. Ah, the things lyrium drives people to do... *giggle* Just WOW!

Edit for top, and since it just deserves to be a page topper, I'll just quote gala:

Galagraphia wrote...

That was my maximum without anything I could draw with. I'll do a remake one day maybe, in better quality:

Modifié par R2s Muse, 16 août 2011 - 12:37 .

[Galagraphia]

You can try to quit a lyrium addiction, but any attempt to quit a templar addiction is foredoomed to failure.

[Avilia]

This has all cheered me up. I've got Cullen in the middle of Lyrium withdrawal - hence why I was not so discreetly picking your brains for ideas...

Perhaps some chocolate dipped mint might help him - do they have chocolate in Thedas?

[Illusionary Ennui]

*blinks* I disappear for a day and a bunch of pages pop up... do I see dependency of a different kind?

@ Gala - By the way, although I personally am not a fan of strawberries, I do rather love that little sketch...

Modifié par Illusionary Ennui, 16 août 2011 - 04:22 .

[Sialater]

Avilia wrote...

This has all cheered me up. I've got Cullen in the middle of Lyrium withdrawal - hence why I was not so discreetly picking your brains for ideas...

Perhaps some chocolate dipped mint might help him - do they have chocolate in Thedas?

I actually glossed over the lyrium addiction in my fic.  I now regret that, but I did make him a bit more irrational than he might otherwise be because of it, but I didn't put in any physical side effects.  However, he quit gradually, not cold turkey.

That can't be an easy addiction to break.

[miraclemight]

Not to ruin your chocolate/Templar fun, but I felt like adding something to this:

Galagraphia wrote...

Hm, when you mentioned song, I started thinking about lyrium and the wardens' calling. Can they be related somehow.

Bartrand's steward says to Hawke and Varric that the older brother started to force the servants to eat lyirum so they can "hear the song again". That's something suspicious to think about, considering the fact that the spooky idol was made of pure lyrium to begin with...

[Galagraphia]

@miraclemight, wardens also hear the Calling when they dream, when they are in the Fade. Maybe lyrium in the Deep Roads serves the archdemons as a radio transmitter? They enter the Fade and "sing".

[Bekkael]

OMG, you guys slay me. *Hugs board* (Of course we all know I like my templars minty...YUM!)

Hmm, since my mind goes naughty places, I wonder if taking lyrium wouldn't affect body chemistry...and, um, taste?

Like someone who eats a lot of garlic smells like garlic? Or, like that one movie set in France I saw, where Kate Hudson's character drinks a rosewater and something concoction because her lover tells her it "perfumes the juices". Wouldn't a lyrium addict have it affect all of him/her, so you could even taste it in their kiss?? As well as other places.

I better stop before I get in trouble. :innocent:

The whole lyrium addiction thing makes me terribly sad, so I haven't really focused on it in my stories. I usually just make a passing mention of it.

On another note.
You know you've played too much Dragon Age if....
1. Half your conversation consists of DA quotes...because you can always work an appropriate one in somewhere.
2. You suggest your daughter name her new cat Ser Pounce-a-lot.
3. Your teenage sons think it's really hilarious that you play more Xbox than they do.
4. The six-year-old jumps onto the top of the couch with a toy bow in hand, screaming, "Face me, creature!" to her older brother.
5. Other moms your age think you are off the deep end...but all their kids think you are "Way cool!" because you share the same interests.
6. Your husband gives you new video games or Gamestop gift cards for your anniversary.
7. Your husband is often jealous of your cartoon lovers, but is still a good sport about it.
8. Your two-year-old falls down and busts her lip, and your first thought when you pick her up to comfort her is: "I wish Anders were here to heal this."
9. You planned your vacation around the release date for DA2.
10. Your Xbox gamer motto is: "Sausage? Bloody no!"

M'kay, really stopping now and slinking away.

[Galagraphia]

Re-make:

[Sialater]

LOL, he looks a little worried.

[Avilia]

@Gala aww poor Cullen ;-) Although, I notice he's on the strawberry, minty side of the cake.

@Bek lol - I know what you mean, I don't have children but my nephew thinks I'm cool because I'm a gamer. Everyone else thinks I'm odd....

@MM I assumed he wanted to hear the Idol singing and because he was demented he thought ordinary lyrium would do the same as the red lyrium. Its an interesting idea though, if I'm wrong, which is likely, that lyrium has an effect similar to the taint.

Its OT (how unusual for me) but I really really hope they develop the themes and ideas in Legacy a lot more. I found lots of great snippets I'd love to learn more about.

[Avilia]

Re Cullen and withdrawal - its taking me ages to write just a few pages. Its not the point of my story but he needs to get through it so I can not have to deal with him needing lyrium later. Poor thing isn't having an easy time of it.

I don't know why I'm so picky, it'll probably end up never leaving my pc.

[R2s Muse]

Avilia wrote...

Re Cullen and withdrawal - its taking me ages to write just a few pages. Its not the point of my story but he needs to get through it so I can not have to deal with him needing lyrium later. Poor thing isn't having an easy time of it.

I don't know why I'm so picky, it'll probably end up never leaving my pc.

I know what you mean about getting it right. I have this fear that if anyone were to ever read my fic, they'd quit in disgust over some little nitpicky detail I got wrong. LOL

Because of that, I appreciate all this withdrawal talk for my own purposes. But I will also be giving the topic short shrift, with probably only a few sentences in my epilogue. Just seems to me that two things should be true: (1) addiction can be cured, and (2) withdrawal will suck.The rest are just saucy, non-canon-y details.

And, Gala, oh my, Poor Cullen does not look like he's enjoying himself. Guess he needs more cake...

@Bekk - I love your list. It reminds me of my own moment this weekend, when husband and I were both gaming, same room, two computers, so my almost-3-yr old decided to set up his own computer out of his toys and an old keyboard. He told me he was playing his videogame. D'oh...

[Avilia]

I must admit I'm torturing poor Cullen as a tool to develop other characters, as well as to get it done.

Cullen's wondering what he's done that I'm torturing him "I thought she liked me"



Oh I commissioned a Cullen pic! /dances around

[Avilia]

 Another little something for Gala - I wasn't quite happy with the other one.

Linky

The joke's probably off the boil but I've gotten it out of my system so its all good.

This really shows how much 'camper' Greg Ellis' Anders voice is compared to his Cullen.  Only that little accent gives it away.

[Galagraphia]

@Avilia, Greg Ellis is awesome! He made all his characters sound so differently!

[Avilia]

@Gala he is. I really think he could have done both voices, had a conversation with himself, and no one would be able to tell. Except us mad fans ;-)

[LT123]

Avilia wrote...

 Another little something for Gala - I wasn't quite happy with the other one.

Linky

The joke's probably off the boil but I've gotten it out of my system so its all good.

This really shows how much 'camper' Greg Ellis' Anders voice is compared to his Cullen.  Only that little accent gives it away.

Neat! I have increased respect for Greg Ellis.



This will never stop being funny. Never ever.



And I think I actually cheered at this point.

[Avilia]

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Cullen is the first npc/character to put himself between the pc and a threat. Usually its the other way round.

Getting a Gandalf vibe from that pic "You shall not pass!" Except, without the beard, robes, magic, staff and Balrog. Okay, not much of a Gandalf vibe then...



I can't bring myself to chase him off in the Mage origin - I like the way he sttuters his way through "oh, you're not distracting me, well you are, but..."

[Sifr]

Avilia wrote...

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Cullen is the first npc/character to put himself between the pc and a threat. Usually its the other way round.

Getting a Gandalf vibe from that pic "You shall not pass!" Except, without the beard, robes, magic, staff and Balrog. Okay, not much of a Gandalf vibe then...

While he was definitely green in DA:O, Cullen definitely realises the sort of person he is at the end of DA2.

Cullen strikes me as a man who understands what being a Templar actually means, more than most, their duty is to be someone who is sworn to protect mages as well as watch over them, even if it means protecting them for other Templars who wish to do them harm. Cullen saw that the Mages of the Circle were not responsible for the Chantry-Bombing, and saw that Meredith's actions, after a long time of staying silent, were going to cause more harm than good.

Cullen has rules, and seeing innocents, even innocent mages, is not something, after all he endured while seeing other Mages and Templars murdered in the Circle Tower of Ferelden, he could endure again, without due cause.

Dammit, he needs to be a companion in the next game.

Modifié par Sifr1449, 17 août 2011 - 04:58 .

[Galagraphia]

@Avilia, Alistair did that if romanced. He killed the archdemon no matter what

But now I imagine how protective Cullen could have been if he was a romance option I bet he'd tell every man who whistle at you or, maker help them, slap your ass to beg your forgiveness. He would totally use his paragon interruptions to beat every bad guy who would try to harass you during cut scenes. He would pray for you every evening. He would carry you when you are tired of walking. And all other adorable (though a bit annoying) knightly things

@Sifr1449, I agree, Cullen is one of the best templars the Order has. He's seen what mages can do, they tortured him, and he still defends them.

[Sifr]

Galagraphia wrote...

@Sifr1449, I agree, Cullen is one of the best templars the Order has. He's seen what mages can do, they tortured him, and he still defends them.

I think this particularly counts if at the end he defends a Mage-Hawke... someone who is an apostate proving those mages outside the chantry's control, can prove to be one of the best of them. Particularly if playing as the heroic Hawke Mage, who proves that by putting Kirkwall above themself and never wanting any reward, that Hawke definitely shows that "Magic exists to serve man, never to rule over him"

[Galagraphia]

@Sifr1449, it reminds me of what Ser Maurevar Carver said about Malcolm Hawke (sadly I don't remember the exact quote). And Ser Carver let Malcolm leave Kirkwall too I think my Hawke will name one of her children after Cullen

[Avilia]

@Gala oh I forgot about Ali - how could I do that? He was one of my favourites but my girls didn't romance him as a rule so I've never had him kill himself on the AD for me. Loghain always enjoyed doing that job so much.... ;-)

And the quote - "Rule is not served by caging the best of us."

Cullen as an LI - "Did that man look at your behind?"
PC - *Opens mouth but doesn't get a chance to answer"
Cullen - *Holy smite*   "Beg your pardon sir, did you trip?"

Modifié par Avilia, 17 août 2011 - 08:03 .

[Galagraphia]

@Avilia, yes, awesome quote! Carver should have it on his templar shield.

Hee, I was writing Obsession!Cullen under the impression of that Gaider's joke about brushing your hair and stuff. When I found that thread, I was: "Lol, awesome! I could've had such an unhealthy relationship! I must do it all myself!" That's why my Cullen is so obsessive (hence the title of the comic ). Though years in Kirkwall made him less crazy. And he doesn't go berserker anymore.

Now I'm thinking about his wound from Meredith's sword. Since it damaged his left pectoralis major, he should have trouble with shield. I don't know what to do: heal him with magic, or leave him damaged and have an excuse to kick him out of the order?