Well, not all Templars are as bottled as Cullen, Duty First, Mages Are My Charges I Shouldn't etc...
Let's see, how many mages/templars couples we have already?
Confirmed Couple
- Ellendra - Mattin (Hinterlands, DA:I)
- Rhys - Evangeline (Asunder)
Feelings only (not acted)
- Cullen/Surana or Cullen/Amell
- Carver/Merrill
Who else?
Wynne and the templar who fathered Rhys. And wasn't there a templar in DA2 with a child (I never watched that quest, so I'm not certain a mage was the mother)?
She surely looks like Aveline.
Spoiler
IIRC, the guardsmen is Donnen Brekovich (or whatever he is called) might be a pun from Donnic. So maybe Varric change a bit the role to not pointing the finger too directly to Aveline?
He's putting Guardsmen Donnen (Donnic) fall in love with Knight Captain (Aveline). and maybe he change Cullen's position of Knight Captain elsewhere?
No, that guardsman is in Hard in Hightown (which is based on Lethal Weapon).
Actually after doing a bit of Googling, I found out there are scents available with Oakmoss and Elderflower as ingredients..........................
Oakmoss is actually fairly common in fragrances.
All you wanted to know about Oakmoss and a list of fragrances that use it:
http://www.fragranti...Oakmoss-39.html
It's a scent note in my signature fragrance - Chanel No 5 
I saw someone was looking for some videos earlier in the week of Cullen and a version of a video where he says the Inquisitor hasn't always seen him in the best light. Found the variation of the conversation (And another conversation) if anyone is interested:
Not the best light - First Kiss
I Like Who You Are
Oh I bet that would smell very nice...earthy and like springtime...
To my knowledge, oakmoss is a pretty common scent in modern masculine fragrances. I collect vintage perfumes as a hobby...
Elderflower is a delicious scent; sweet, but not cloying or overwhelming (I used to pick elderberries for my ex to make elderberry mead 
) I'm not as clear on oakmoss.
No, that guardsman is in Hard in Hightown.
True, I mixed both. Donnen is from Hard in Hightown...
Maybe in that book Cullen's the guardsman & Aveline's the Knight Captain 
True, I mixed both. Donnen is from Hard in Hightown...
Maybe in that book Cullen's the guardsman & Aveline's the Knight Captain
...except that Aveline is wearing her guardsman uniform on the cover...
anyhoo, just a little break in continuity, i think...
Elderflower is a delicious scent; sweet, but not cloying or overwhelming (I used to pick elderberries for my ex to make elderberry mead
See my post above...I'm pretty familiar with Oakmoss...it's lovely.
I do like elderberry tea...not sure I know what elderflowers smell like.
See my post above...I'm pretty familiar with Oakmoss...it's lovely.
I do like elderberry tea...not sure I know what elderflowers smell like.
Hard to describe, especially since I last smelled them over 15 years ago 
Elderflower fritters are yummy, though it's been even longer since I had those (a friend made them once with flowers we picked in exchange for a couple of bottles of the mead).
I saw someone was looking for some videos earlier in the week of Cullen and a version of a video where he says the Inquisitor hasn't always seen him in the best light. Found the variation of the conversation (And another conversation) if anyone is interested:
Not the best light - First Kiss
Spoiler
I Like Who You Are
Spoiler
The way he tilted his head when he said that "not in the best light"... 
These scenes melt my heart even more... Whew, the context...
Annnd now I have to go back and watch all my scenes with Cullen. Just seeing you guys talk about them makes me want to rewatch all the things. Kicking myself for not getting the Prayer when I did it the first time and not having a save when I got back from the temple before I went to talk to Cullen ><
The way he tilted his head when he said that "not in the best light"...
These scenes melt my heart even more... Whew, the context...
I can record my rogue's versions of these...with the American accent if you'd like.
Here we go, Cullen's writer's personal head canon for her Inquisitor:
@bbattye: "Ok, if it's *my* canon inquis with him... he *realizes* it sometime after finding her in the snow. But other canon Inquisitor's will have different personalities and pacing, so every canon one can be different! :)"
When Brianne said that...
RealMcGee is really talented!
I can record my rogue's versions of these...with the American accent if you'd like.
Wasn't sure if you'd like to see it with the alternate voice?
The way he tilted his head when he said that "not in the best light"...
These scenes melt my heart even more... Whew, the context...
I Know right? Oooh Cullen 
Got a new computer over Christmas been going back through the saves to rewatch cut scenes with the new hardware and just wow. The game is so beautiful happy to be using all ultra settings now
Another quick fic question for you ladies and gents: quoting game dialogue. Is it considered bad form to use any of it at all in a fanfic, 100%, or is the odd line ok? Should any quotes be marked or indicated somehow in the text? On the one hand I don't want to plagiarise or be in a position where I am passing off stuff as my own, but it's not completely intuitive for me since as a fanfic it's all Bioware's intellectual property anyway - all the characters, the plot, the setting, the names are theirs already and I'm not pretending to own any of it.
Wasn't sure if you'd like to see it with the alternate voice?
Yes pleeeeeease
It's hard to find video of Cullen romance with Sumalee's voice...
Yes pleeeeeease
It's hard to find video of Cullen romance with Sumalee's voice...
Ok, I will try to do that tonight. I did get Shadowplay working and recording just fine. It's now a matter of signing up for and figuring out how to upload onto youtube.
Let me know what other scenes you'd like to see as well. I have every cutscene up through the first kiss and I can trigger the date scene any time.
Another quick fic question for you ladies and gents: quoting game dialogue. Is it considered bad form to use any of it at all in a fanfic, 100%, or is the odd line ok? Should any quotes be marked or indicated somehow in the text? On the one hand I don't want to plagiarise or be in a position where I am passing off stuff as my own, but it's not completely intuitive for me since as a fanfic it's all Bioware's intellectual property anyway - all the characters, the plot, the setting, the names are theirs already and I'm not pretending to own any of it.
Naw, folks do it all the time. Just put a disclaimer at the beginning if you're worried. That's what I do. (e.g., "The Dragon Age setting and the Chant of Light belong to Bioware." I use that sometimes when I have a lot of chant of light quotes)
Another quick fic question for you ladies and gents: quoting game dialogue. Is it considered bad form to use any of it at all in a fanfic, 100%, or is the odd line ok? Should any quotes be marked or indicated somehow in the text? On the one hand I don't want to plagiarise or be in a position where I am passing off stuff as my own, but it's not completely intuitive for me since as a fanfic it's all Bioware's intellectual property anyway - all the characters, the plot, the setting, the names are theirs already and I'm not pretending to own any of it.
I am not sure what the "rule" is, except to be sure that you state that all chrcaters belong to bioware in the your description. For reading, I personally enjoy a bit of both in there. When the scene is just bioware lines, it can boring. When you mix some new lines, etc, it makes it more interesting. I personally like to play with the lines...like, if there is a line I love from Cullen in the game, l plug that line in a different context as a shout out to the original writers. Imagine all the different scenarios where Cullen can say "I'll keep that in mind". I think it is a compliment to the writers, not plagarism...but I could be wrong...
TYVM both! I expected disclaimers were a given, just wasn't sure if they'd cover dialogue too.
Oakmoss is actually fairly common in fragrances.
All you wanted to know about Oakmoss and a list of fragrances that use it:
http://www.fragranti...Oakmoss-39.html
It's a scent note in my signature fragrance - Chanel No 5
I headcannoned that he would smell woodsy so it fits for me. lol
TYVM both! I expected disclaimers were a given, just wasn't sure if they'd cover dialogue too.
Well, if you're really worried about copyright, then you shouldn't be playing in their sandbox at all with fanfic. BW is only concerned (in practice!), potentially, if you start selling stuff with their IP. And folks still even do that.
My philosophy has always been that so long as you're respectful, generally, you'll probably be ok.
I am not sure what the "rule" is, except to be sure that you state that all chrcaters belong to bioware in the your description. For reading, I personally enjoy a bit of both in there. When the scene is just bioware lines, it can boring. When you mix some new lines, etc, it makes it more interesting. I personally like to play with the lines...like, if there is a line I love from Cullen in the game, l plug that line in a different context as a shout out to the original writers. Imagine all the different scenarios where Cullen can say "I'll keep that in mind". I think it is a compliment to the writers, not plagarism...but I could be wrong...
I think it's new even if you draw the dialogue from a scene verbatim. An ingame script and a fully written scene still can be quite different.
In any event, I would just tell the story you want to tell, and it's already drawing from the Dragon Age IP even without direct quotes. :shrug:
A kiss from Cullen is like a breeze in the forest on a summer's day.
tee hee...my man smells like wood chips and summertime...I can dig that!!
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