Don't F$ck with my people!
I think for my first play through I'm going to set up the most tragic world state possible (which is pretty much how my first playthroughs of DAO and DA2 went anyway lol...
): Female mage for DAO (human so she is related to Hawke) who gets dumped by Alistair and makes the ultimate sacrifice; female mage Hawke who loses both siblings and tried so hard to work out a peaceful resolution, but was betrayed by her lover Anders and in the end had to kill him, as he could no longer control himself. I think this will properly set up a maximum-feels run where I'm sure I will do something to end up with the most tragic result possible, since I won't use any guides on my first playthrough.
I love the idea of a tragic setting. Both games have had a lot of tragedy, and there's something beautiful about having Cullen get a potentially happy ending after all of that. Even if it does end in tragedy, there are a lot of feelings involved. I think I'd want some kind of happy resolution. I don't think I could handle playing three full games worth of sadness. I need a little sunshine to brighten it up.
Can we pleeeease not turn this into the Romance thread? There's a reason some of us don't go in there!
Varric, Viviene.
@Sable that is perfect. Purrfect?
I've been trying to get over this block about writing even simple kiss scenes (seriously, I cover my eyes at the movies lol), because I want to finish this Cullen fiction for page 3000.... it's even all happy endy-ey because reasons. I super suck at happy and kissy though. (flops dramatically) I need some more Cullen art, thats what I need
Any fic writers have anything like that? Prude blocks, or anything else that hampers writing? If so how did you overcome them, or are working to overcome them? Do you do exercises? I think my problem is, that becuase I've been role playing (table top gaming hoooo) for 20+ years, I put part of myself into everything I write/draw/play/read etc, so I have trouble with making that disassociation? Maybe? Does that sound plausible as a mental block? lol
Anyhow, page 3000 comes with rapidity, and I am not making enough progress. Ill just have to whip out the old journal, and hope I can read my own handwriting afterwards >.>
edited: and Morie posts art! Yay for Morie!
Well, I'm having writer's blocks a lot, especially at the beginning. There are excercises for that, yes. Off the top of my head, it helps if you just start writing without putting the pen down (yes, try to write with a pen on a piece of paper). Write everything down that's on your mind. Don't stop for about ten minutes. Your text could look like this at the end: "This kiss scene sucks. Why can't I get it right? I think it works so much better if Cullen would just do this or that..." It usually helps to get to the bottom of your problem.
I was so mad at Anders my first time playing DA2 lol. Like, really pouting a lot in real life. I don't think there's really a way for Hawke to end up happy in the end, unfortunately. However, my snarky Hawke is making full use of guides to make sure she still has Carver and Fenris in the end, at least.I love the idea of a tragic setting. Both games have had a lot of tragedy, and there's something beautiful about having Cullen get a potentially happy ending after all of that. Even if it does end in tragedy, there are a lot of feelings involved. I think I'd want some kind of happy resolution. I don't think I could handle playing three full games worth of sadness. I need a little sunshine to brighten it up.
Regular woo breaks sounds promising. I mean, I dunno if we'll be able to just run up to him and say "sex me up!" But it sounds like we can at least make out with him as often as we can with the other companions, like DA:O.
Regular woo breaks sounds promising. I mean, I dunno if we'll be able to just run up to him and say "sex me up!" But it sounds like we can at least make out with him as often as we can with the other companions, like DA:O.
Regular woo breaks sounds promising. I mean, I dunno if we'll be able to just run up to him and say "sex me up!" But it sounds like we can at least make out with him as often as we can with the other companions, like DA:O.
Femquisitor: Templar, wanna Rite my Annulment?
Cullen: Uh.. 
Regular woo breaks sounds promising. I mean, I dunno if we'll be able to just run up to him and say "sex me up!" But it sounds like we can at least make out with him as often as we can with the other companions, like DA:O.
I dunno, it'd be kinda awesome for our Femquisitor to have the dialogue option "Me want snu snu!" and drag him away by the feet...
But I suppose I could settle for wooing our LI DAO style as well, I missed that in DA2.
Femquisitor: Templar, wanna Rite my Annulment?
Cullen: Uh..
Oh gawd, don't set me off on those again!
Regular woo breaks sounds promising. I mean, I dunno if we'll be able to just run up to him and say "sex me up!" But it sounds like we can at least make out with him as often as we can with the other companions, like DA:O.
Does indeed sound promising! I can't wait to see how these romances work, and how intensive the experience at Skyhold is. I'm getting really hyped for it the more they talk about it. 
How long do you think it'll take for that exchange to reach Tumblr?
Kissing your Quizzie...question your well being...be relieved or threaten to keep you at Skyhold...XD
Ooooooh I like the sound of this. 
Regular woo breaks, irregular woo breaks, woo breaks between missions, woo breaks before leaving to save the world, woo breaks after returning from saving the world, woo breaks in the morning, woo breaks in the evening, woo breaks on the war table, woo breaks in the library...
I mean. Ahem. Yes. I may break the dialogue wheel a bit if this option is available every time we speak to him. *cough*
How long do you think it'll take for that exchange to reach Tumblr?
Are you sure it's not there already? 
I would not be surprised.
Oh gawd, don't set me off on those again!
Those jokes are why I love Isabela so much Also:
Cullen: Hey gurl, you a blood mage? 'Cuz you always on my mind
F!Magequisitor: Ew. (if disgusted)
Aw 
(if for some reason not disgusted)
How long do you think it'll take for that exchange to reach Tumblr?
http://cullenitemasc...n-eh-sign-me-up
Those jokes are why I love Isabela so much
Cullen: Hey gurl, you a blood mage? 'Cuz you always on my mind
F!Magequisitor: Ew. (if disgusted)
Aw
Pimpquisitor: Hey gurl, you know why blood magic isn't a specialisation in this game? Cuz, I don't need any help to keep it up all night long!
(What? Are you honestly telling me no Blood Mage ever thought of using it as Viagra?)
On the topic of Cullen...
Most people seem to be aiming to romance him with either a human (any class) or an elven mage. Even though I'm leaning toward a human mage, I think an elven rogue or warrior could be pretty fascinating with him too, especially if you get the opportunity to point out (gently) how in Dalish culture, mages aren't feared, and they don't apparently have any more (possibly less) problems with magic. There might be something about a non-mage pointing this out to Cullen and others that carries some weight?
Digging this out because there's some good exercise in thought to be had here. Not even going for the mage angle so much, but running away with the elf/Dalish angle, because I think there's a lot to explore in that.
On the romance angle, I think a Cullen/Lavellan playthrough would work best with a Surana Warden. Because it's notable that Cullen was, as a human, attracted to an elf, which is in itself enough of an oddity that when you romance Zevran (as a human Warden) or Fenris, followers and NPCs around you take notice and pass commentary about it. So I wonder, how does he feel about that? If it's something that even crosses his mind, or something he second-guesses when the other Templars maybe mock him about his crush on the knife-ears. And then, ten years later, he finds himself falling for another elf, and that brings up all kinds of questions - is this some kind of objectifying fetish he's not aware he has and maybe feels ashamed of himself for? Is he still projecting Surana on Lady Lavellan, even after all this time, even when he thought he was over all that? Or maybe he's finding he just genuinely has a preference for elven ladies that he wasn't even aware of, finds them charming in a unique way; and decides that that's alright too, because after everything he's been through, with people telling him what to think and how to act his whole life, ain't nobody telling him who he can fall in love with this time, at least.
On a more general angle of Cullen even interacting with, leave alone being commanded by a Dalish, it's interesting that his only experience with elves so far has been with Circle or city elves. We don't really hear of Dalish mages being captured and dragged to the Circle, usually the whole clan is destroyed trying to protect them, so I'd wager Cullen has never even seen a Dalish beside Merrill. This would possibly be the first time that he puts what he knows of elven culture (or lack thereof) against this whole unknown universe that Lavellan brings with her. So that would a very intriguing clash of cultures, Andrastian and Dalish trying to find a middle ground. Even more so for a non-mage Lavellan, as their conversations wouldn't need center on magic and mage rights, it could veer off to more academic discussions of the differences between their faiths, the social structures of human society and Dalish clans, the role that loremasters have in leading the culture as opposed to how humans prefer to put warfare masters in power and let knowlege fade to time, the essential role hunters have in keeping the clan alive while among humans they're reduced to running market stalls, etc. Maybe a nice candid exchange about Shartan, and how for Cullen that's more an old name he used to see in Chantry books when he was a child, a passage he recites in the Chant every day but never really pays much attention to; while to her, he's everything, his name is what has shaped her culture through centuries and still influences every aspect of her life right now. Heck I'm not even romancing Cullen on my Dalishquisitor, but I'm eager to have these fascinating conversations with him now, even if I have to headcanon them.
Back to romance... the other day I was wondering at the Solas thread what might happen to their relationship if Lavellan had the option to leave the Inquisition behind at the end of the game and return to her clan/search for a new clan if hers was destroyed, and I think that's a good question for a Lavellan/Cullen relationship too. Obviously there's no option to take Cullen back to the clan with her (neither would he even want to), so that would force something to break - either her relationship with Cullen for her clan, or her bond to Dalish culture for her sa'lath. Another interesting confict here, maybe easier for a non-mage because there wouldn't be the guilt of leaving behind the responsibility to be a shaper and maintainer of their lore, maybe harder because as a provider it'd be difficult to leave the clan behind knowing they're one hunter short, which could make all the difference.
May be my fascination with the Dalish, but I'm very curious to see how Cullen unfolds as a character with a Dalish Inquisitor. There's all sorts of places you could take this romance/friendship to, whether she's a mage or a hunter.
Pimpquisitor: Hey gurl, you know why blood magic isn't a specialisation in this game? Cuz, I don't need any help to keep it up all night long!
(What? Are you honestly telling me no Blood Mage ever thought of using it as Viagra?)
Did somebody say Pimpquisition?
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