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[ZerioctheTank]

Welp, I got a bunch of writing done, but I didn't get to play the game at all tonight. *shakes fist* This stupid sleep thing I need to be able to work in the mornings, it's terrible and gets in the way of all my fun. :<

If it makes you feel any better I only got to the character creator last night. I'm torn on what class & spec to play.

[Sui Causa]

Go mage and be a Marshmallow, you know you wanna! P:

[Lady Luminous]

Argh, stupid hotfix making the game unplayable due to lag. The screen actually gives me motion sickness now because of the rocking pauses. 

 

I was so looking forward to recruiting Bull. 

[ZerioctheTank]

Go mage and be a Marshmallow, you know you wanna! P:

If I went mage Knight Enchanter would be the only spec for me. I pretty much have the build I would use memorized. If I went rogue assassin is the spec for me & I would drag Varric with me everywhere around starting mid game. But this damn 2H champion build is turning me on! I'm so torn.

Honestly I'm also tempted to replay DA:O. I don't know what to do lol.

[Sui Causa]

If I went mage Knight Enchanter would be the only spec for me. I pretty much have the build I would use memorized. If I went rogue assassin is the spec for me & I would drag Varric with me everywhere around starting mid game. But this damn 2H champion build is turning me on! I'm so torn.

Honestly I'm also tempted to replay DA:O. I don't know what to do lol.

KE Mage is fun, I went tempest rogue on my Dorimance playthrough (unfinished), and those are the only spec's I have tried so far. For KE I use a heavy fire-tree/KE build, with a few skills from the other trees, and it works very nicely in a game-breakingly-overpowered kind of way.

 

I want to replay the older DA's too, but I will never have time to do that any time soon, *and* write, *and* finish my Inquisition playthrough, haha. Someday, right? Somedayyy.

 

 

Argh, stupid hotfix making the game unplayable due to lag. The screen actually gives me motion sickness now because of the rocking pauses. 

 

I was so looking forward to recruiting Bull. 

That stinks! I didn't even know the hotfix did anything, nevermind causes problems. D:

[Qun00]

Good news.

I've read in the wiki that if Iron Bull was in your party during Into the Abyss, you get a cutscene with him when you get back to Skyhold.

That cutscene where you literally beat fear out of him with a stick was priceless.

Oh, and the last bit of dialogue...

" Inquisitor: I didn't know you liked it rough.

The Iron Bull: Only from you, boss. Only from you."


On another note, there was an interesting line today. I'm romancing Bull as a lady qunari, and when she asked him about Krem he said "Look, we both have to be careful not to damage furniture or elves when we walk. We're not in a position to decide what's normal."

I love how this game is always aware of race.

[ZerioctheTank]

I didn't take the big guy with me since I took blackwall & with me being a warrior I didn't want to have 3 of us in one party. Guess I'm one of those people that enjoys switching it up. In DA2 I ran the same team for the most part since I hated Anders, Fenris & Sebastian (I didn't hate him more like dislike).

[Qun00]

I had Blackwall, Iron Bull and Solas with me.

I knew he would get a major Fade boner as well as provide insight.

Oh, and the party banter between the two over Bull hating being there and Solas loving it was great.

[Sui Causa]

I usually run Dorian/Iron Bull/Cole. I'm considering switching Sera for Cole just because I like Tempest, but I don't know if I'll actually be able to do it or not. >.>

 

My squirrely little spirit child has a special place in my heart.  Right now I'm using Solas as I don't have Dorian yet, and him and Bull arguing about the Qun is amusing.

 

I decided to write a scene where Lavellan and Bull talk about how mages should be handled, and I think I got some inspiration from Solas bashing the qun for how Lavellan condemns the Saarebas. Of course, he's far more respectful about it than Solas is.  And at the end, Bull just says something like "So you won't be copying the Qun, I think every mage in southern Thedas just breathed a heavy sigh of relief."

 

It was really a lot of fun to write, though. I enjoy entertaining the idea of Bull taking on the role of an semi-Arvaarad, but I'm not really sure how to work it into my head-canon because I still know so little about them. I could see my Lavellan creating some kind of kill-switch to give to Bull, though. Like the devices an Arvaarad use. Just so he can sleep easy at night that if he ever got possessed somehow, he'd have someone out there with the power to stop him. And Bull pretty much shitting himself at the responsibility. >_>

[ZerioctheTank]

I usually run Dorian/Iron Bull/Cole. I'm considering switching Sera for Cole just because I like Tempest, but I don't know if I'll actually be able to do it or not. >.>

My squirrely little spirit child has a special place in my heart. Right now I'm using Solas as I don't have Dorian yet, and him and Bull arguing about the Qun is amusing.

I decided to write a scene where Lavellan and Bull talk about how mages should be handled, and I think I got some inspiration from Solas bashing the qun for how Lavellan condemns the Saarebas. Of course, he's far more respectful about it than Solas is. And at the end, Bull just says something like "So you won't be copying the Qun, I think every mage in southern Thedas just breathed a heavy sigh of relief."

It was really a lot of fun to write, though. I enjoy entertaining the idea of Bull taking on the role of an semi-Arvaarad, but I'm not really sure how to work it into my head-canon because I still know so little about them. I could see my Lavellan creating some kind of kill-switch to give to Bull, though. Like the devices an Arvaarad use. Just so he can sleep easy at night that if he ever got possessed somehow, he'd have someone out there with the power to stop him. And Bull pretty much shitting himself at the responsibility. >_>

The Arvaarad are pretty much handlers. I don't think there is much to their job outside keeping the mage in line (which isn't that difficult from what little we seen). The whole Bull being the inquisitor's handler is a little unnerving. In bed it sounds hot as hell but outside the bedroom not so much. Maybe you're fic will change my mind.

[Sui Causa]

The Arvaarad are pretty much handlers. I don't think there is much to their job outside keeping the mage in line (which isn't that difficult from what little we seen). The whole Bull being the inquisitor's handler is a little unnerving. In bed it sounds hot as hell but outside the bedroom not so much. Maybe you're fic will change my mind.

From what I've been able to read on them, they basically just 'hold the leash', which in the case of an actual Saarebas is quite literal. Definitely could have very kinky connotations, but I don't think that would be the way Lavellan would see it, despite the fact it could be hot. xD They are basically the qunari equivalent of templars, though.

 

I'm still not sure how I'd want to do it. But the way I see it, the Arvaarad usually have some kind of device to lock down a Saarebas under their control. I think Lavellan would try and find a way to mimic that.The Inquisitor is pretty much above any institution designed to control mages, though. So I think at a certain point he'd just be concerned that he will become a target because of that. So having a sort of fall-back, a "If I get possessed, neutralize me" type scenario.

 

I can't imagine Bull being particularly thrilled by the idea, but he'd probably do it in order to set the Inquisitor's mind at ease. But I don't imagine it resembling the Saarebas/Arvaarad relationship too closely, other than the your own personal templar thing.

 

Spoiler for an excerpt of what I'm working on, just because I'd love opinions on if I'm sounding like an idiot writing this or not. Also opinions on how Bull would handle all this so I could keep him in character best I can. (I really wish there was more in game where he could comment on his views on a mage inquisitor. ._.)

 

Spoiler

Lavellan kept looking at the sky then, the sounds of the nobles and the clatter they brought like white noise as he considered. "I read a lot on how the Qun handles magic. Do you think they do the right thing, with Saarebas?"

"It was never my job to think about Saarebas. It's an effective way to deal with a threat, I suppose. Whether it's right?" Iron Bull frowned. "The only consolation I can offer, is that they've never known any different. Outsiders are simply given Qamek. It is their purpose from the start, their way to serve the Qun. Saarebas is simply what they are."

Lavellan considered that, before he rubbed his cheek across Iron Bull's arm again, turning to look at the qunari. "I think they are set up to fail. They suffer far more than they should for the Qun." When Iron Bull gave him a questioning look, a silent request to continue, Lavellan sighed.

"I agree with Vivienne, on that mages must be trained. They must be taught. Saarebas are not trained, they are left to struggle as the magic they have festers within them. Of course they will fail. I couldn't even imagine." He shook his head then, "To be bound and silenced, cut off from anything but the thing inside you that inflicted it all upon you in the first place. Every time they sleep, they must be haunted by the demons that would thrive off their fear, their despair, with no training on how to defend themselves. To be so helpless against every threat, is it any wonder they are so often destroyed?"

Iron Bull seemed to accept this without argument, and with a soft expression he reached out to tuck dark hair behind Lavellan's ear. "The re-educator's would drive themselves to madness before they could ever change your mind." He said fondly. "So copying the Qun is off the table. Southern Thedas just breathed a sigh of relief."

[ZerioctheTank]

From what I've been able to read on them, they basically just 'hold the leash', which in the case of an actual Saarebas is quite literal. Definitely could have very kinky connotations, but I don't think that would be the way Lavellan would see it, despite the fact it could be hot. xD They are basically the qunari equivalent of templars, though.

I'm still not sure how I'd want to do it. But the way I see it, the Arvaarad usually have some kind of device to lock down a Saarebas under their control. I think Lavellan would try and find a way to mimic that.The Inquisitor is pretty much above any institution designed to control mages, though. So I think at a certain point he'd just be concerned that he will become a target because of that. So having a sort of fall-back, a "If I get possessed, neutralize me" type scenario.

I can't imagine Bull being particularly thrilled by the idea, but he'd probably do it in order to set the Inquisitor's mind at ease. But I don't imagine it resembling the Saarebas/Arvaarad relationship too closely, other than the your own personal templar thing.

Spoiler for an excerpt of what I'm working on, just because I'd love opinions on if I'm sounding like an idiot writing this or not. Also opinions on how Bull would handle all this so I could keep him in character best I can. (I really wish there was more in game where he could comment on his views on a mage inquisitor. ._.)

Spoiler

Lavellan kept looking at the sky then, the sounds of the nobles and the clatter they brought like white noise as he considered. "I read a lot on how the Qun handles magic. Do you think they do the right thing, with Saarebas?"

"It was never my job to think about Saarebas. It's an effective way to deal with a threat. Whether it's right?" Iron Bull frowned. "The only consolation I can offer, is that they've never known any different. Outsiders are simply given Qamek. It is their purpose from the start, their way to serve the Qun. Saarebas is simply what they are."

Lavellan considered that, before he rubbed his cheek across Iron Bull's arm again, turning to look at the qunari. "I think they are set up to fail. They suffer far more than they should for the Qun." When Iron Bull gave him a questioning look, a silent request to continue, Lavellan sighed.

"I agree with Vivienne, on that mages must be trained. They must be taught. Saarebas are not trained, they are left to struggle as the magic they have festers within them. Of course they will fail. I couldn't even imagine." He shook his head then, "To be bound and silenced, cut off from anything but the thing inside you that inflicted it all upon you in the first place. Every time they sleep, they must be haunted by the demons that would thrive off their fear, their despair, with no training on how to defend themselves. To be so helpless against every threat, is it any wonder they are so often destroyed?"

Iron Bull seemed to accept this without argument, and with a soft expression he reached out to tuck dark hair behind Lavellan's ear. "The re-educator's would drive themselves to madness before they could ever change your mind." He said fondly. "So copying the Qun is off the table. Southern Thedas just breathed a sigh of relief."

Pity that Bull isn't a bit more knowledgeable about Saarebas but it makes since because it was simply not his job. The Qun seem to keep everyone's roles rather...simple. Unless you are in a position of power you pretty much refer to your instruction manual to guide you. Being in a relationship with a mage would probably change the big guys perspective on mages a bit. When I first read the passage I was surprised at how Bull didn't defend the Qun but I'm sure this story is most likely way after Haven where Bull seemed more willing to correct you, at least with my Qunari anyway. This will be an interesting twist on things so I can't wait to see what you do with it.

[Sui Causa]

Pity that Bull isn't a bit more knowledgeable about Saarebas but it makes since because it was simply not his job. The Qun seem to keep everyone's roles rather...simple. Unless you are in a position of power you pretty much refer to your instruction manual to guide you. Being in a relationship with a mage would probably change the big guys perspective on mages a bit. When I first read the passage I was surprised at how Bull didn't defend the Qun but I'm sure this story is most likely way after Haven where Bull seemed more willing to correct you, at least with my Qunari anyway. This will be an interesting twist on things so I can't wait to see what you do with it.

The way Bull described the Qun when you asked him about it is, most qunari just understand enough of the Qun to get by. He probably would have more knowledge than most, but with his distaste of magic and that type of thing, I don't know, really. He probably would have never really considered the plight of a Saarebas any more than "Welp, sucks to be that guy." because he was focused on other things? Idunno.

 

And yeah, this is late-game, perhaps after arbor wilds, and a Tal-Vashoth Iron Bull. I don't really know how he would defend it to Lavellan at this point. I might strengthen the "This is all they've known, this is how they serve and they find purpose and fulfillment in that." argument, but just my personal failings prevent me from really seeing a defensible argument that Bull could have to try and change Lavellan's mind. xD Lavellan goes on to basically point out that the circle/templar relationship and even the Dalish have just as many problems, so at least he's pretty fair about thinking everyone is screwing it up, not just the Qun. (He also admits he doesn't have a frickin clue how to fix it.)

 

I should just stick to the porn. >_>;

[Hellion Rex]

I had a rough day. I need man bosoms, stat!

[ZerioctheTank]

I had a rough day. I need man bosoms, stat!

Well you're free to snuggle up to a bosom as long as your not writing that death crap.

[Hellion Rex]

Well you're free to snuggle up to a bosom as long as your not writing that death crap.

I might be...persuaded to set it down for a while. Scoot over, I need man bosoms!

[Joe25]

I had a rough day. I need man bosoms, stat!

Bioware would make so much money if they boyfriend pillows of all the romances in DAI. 

[Sui Causa]

Bioware would make so much money if they boyfriend pillows of all the romances in DAI. 

https://www.etsy.com...e?ref=related-0

 

It's already totally a thing. x3

 

Just wish I could convince my husband that I totally need this.

[Joe25]

https://www.etsy.com...e?ref=related-0

 

It's already totally a thing. x3

 

Just wish I could convince my husband that I totally need this.

There needs to be a Blackwall one.

 

You could always tell your husband that if he doesn't buy you that pillow he is going to have to start wearing an eye patch, horns and a leather chest harness to bed.

[Hellion Rex]

Let us all take a minute to gaze upon this gorgeous Inquisitor, cause hot damn.

 

 

http://oghren.tumblr.com/

[Sui Causa]

Let us all take a minute to gaze upon this gorgeous Inquisitor, cause hot damn.

 

 

http://oghren.tumblr.com/

I could never make blonds look good when I tried in CC, props to that guy fo sho!

 

[Joe25]

Am I the only one that think that Iron Bull would look really good with a nipple ring?

[Lady Luminous]

KE Mage is fun, I went tempest rogue on my Dorimance playthrough (unfinished), and those are the only spec's I have tried so far. For KE I use a heavy fire-tree/KE build, with a few skills from the other trees, and it works very nicely in a game-breakingly-overpowered kind of way.

 

I want to replay the older DA's too, but I will never have time to do that any time soon, *and* write, *and* finish my Inquisition playthrough, haha. Someday, right? Somedayyy.

 

 

That stinks! I didn't even know the hotfix did anything, nevermind causes problems. D:

 

The game played beautifully for me at release, and every patch and hotfix has made things difficult until the next update. It is intensely frustrating.

 

Like seriously, stop making me fix what isn't broken! I should be able to deny updates.

[Hellion Rex]

Am I the only one that think that Iron Bull would look really good with a nipple ring?

I kinda expect him to be pierced down below lol.

I also wish he had maybe earrings too.

[Ryzaki]

Great now I can't get the thought of my quizzy playing with Bull's piercings out of my head. Thanks guys.