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[Zarro-Morningstar]

Way to invalidate the choice of those that don't. 

 

 

I tried it only once just to see what it would look like. I was indeed a bit thrown off, but mostly because it was the largest Mythal design that covered most of her face, and she didn't have any eyebrows. (The Mythal vallaslin functioned very well as makeshift brows.) Add that to the palest skin, whitest hair, and no makeup except for thick black eyeliner, and she looked a bit strange.

 

I didn't keep the vallaslin for her looks, but it was nice to know what an added bonus it was.

I'm so sorry! I truly didn't mean to have my post to come off as offensive to those who kept their vallaslin. I'm going to go edit my post right away. Once again I apologize for making the assumption that I did.

[CapricornSun]

More Limpstella art from the Kiss Challenge on Tumblr.

 

This was what I requested from her (Kiss on the neck. xD).

 

Source: http://limpstella.tu...ure-still-doing

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Kiss on the lips (passionate)

 

Source: http://limpstella.tu...intense-eyebrow

[flabbadence]

I'm so sorry! I truly didn't mean to have my post to come off as offensive to those who kept their vallaslin. I'm going to go edit my post right away. Once again I apologize for making the assumption that I did.

 

I didn't think it was offensive, personally. But different people read the same things differently so *shrug*

[panamakira]

*sighs* I opened up my Lavellan save today, and I have to say that I wish there would be some DLC soon that gives us a lot of cinematics. And a lot of Solas as well. Halinia Lavellan still hardened after Solas left her, but looking as stunning as ever!

Damn she's gorgeous!!!!!!! 

 

Also I'm not buzzinn nope I swear~

[vierrae]

*stares for eternity*

so many interesting details

I know, right?! There goes about 15 min of my life, I cannot stop looking *sigh*

[flabbadence]

More Limpstella art from the Kiss Challenge on Tumblr.

 

This was what I requested from her (Kiss on the neck. xD).

 

Source: http://limpstella.tu...ure-still-doing

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Kiss on the lips (passionate)

 

Source: http://limpstella.tu...intense-eyebrow

 

Lavellan interrupting Solas's sleep with kisses is my new favorite thing

[Aetheria]

So that fanfic idea I was working on... I'm nowhere near being done, but I thought I'd finish up the first little bit and see if anyone had thoughts on it.

 

Here you go: http://writer.inkles...om/stories/6bh3

 

Very experimental. I'm not sure if anyone has even done this sort of thing before. We'll see how it goes.

[Moirin]

Oh--goodness! Thank you for your consideration, but you don't have to apologize. The fault is mine. I have something of a chip on my shoulder about seeing people discuss "popular choices," because I'm pretty used to making game decisions that are unpopular by most standards, then feel left out when everyone discuses... I don't know, how awesome it is to being a human noble (don't care for human PCs) / being happily married to King Alistair (non-humans who romanced him have no such option) / how dramatic it was to let Solas remove their vallaslin (which none of my elves can do because they value too much what the vallaslin represent now to discard them over what they used to be). And I'm standing over here like "... hi."

 

I was being a baby, you shouldn't have to apologize, and I shouldn't have put you in the situation to make you feel you should. I'm sorry. 

 

I kept my vallaslin too! *high fives*

[RoyalRel]

You talking Lavellan being smart right?  I have severe questions on just how smart Lavellan actually is. Asks question about culture that (As a first) should know and grew up knowing. Not knowing any elvish to save her life.   Seriously "Who is Mythal?" 

 

This. It bothered me so much. I imagine Solas being like

 

(on the inside of course, in reality poker face lol )

[CapricornSun]

Oh--goodness! Thank you for your consideration, but you don't have to apologize. The fault is mine. I have something of a chip on my shoulder about seeing people discuss "popular choices," because I'm pretty used to making game decisions that are unpopular by most standards, then feel left out when everyone discuses... I don't know, how awesome it is to being a human noble (don't care for human PCs) / being happily married to King Alistair (non-humans who romanced him have no such option) / how dramatic it was to let Solas remove their vallaslin (which none of my elves can do because they value too much what the vallaslin represent now to discard them over what they used to be). And I'm standing over here like "... hi."

 

I was being a baby, you shouldn't have to apologize, and I shouldn't have put you in the situation to make you feel you should. I'm sorry. 

 

If it makes you feel better, I sometimes feel that way too when I hear people discuss popular choices - choosing Cousland origin, marry King Alistair, Lavellan being a mage in most Solavellan fanfics, etc.

 

Almost everyone I know IRL who's played DAO has chosen to play a Cousland (male or female, it doesn't matter) for their first PT so it gets rather lonely sometimes being the only one who's played the Mahariel PT. (You'd think with so many origins, people would choose something else other than the Human Noble origin.)

[Zarro-Morningstar]

Damn she's gorgeous!!!!!!! 

 

Also I'm not buzzinn nope I swear~

 Much appreciated!

 

Lol, so you say...

 

Oh--goodness! Thank you for your consideration, but you don't have to apologize. The fault is mine. I have something of a chip on my shoulder about seeing people discuss "popular choices," because I'm pretty used to making game decisions that are unpopular by most standards, then feel left out when everyone discuses... I don't know, how awesome it is to being a human noble (don't care for human PCs) / being happily married to King Alistair (non-humans who romanced him have no such option) / how dramatic it was to let Solas remove their vallaslin (which none of my elves can do because they value too much what the vallaslin represent now to discard them over what they used to be). And I'm standing over here like "... hi."

 

I was being a baby, you shouldn't have to apologize, and I shouldn't have put you in the situation to make you feel you should. I'm sorry. 

It is rather late in Ohio right now, so my own interpretations of posts are a tad...off. Ugh, trust me I am quite aware of the struggle of those who romanced Alistair but were non-human or a mage, I am one of those who struggled with that. My first PT was an elven mage and it ended with Alistair becoming king which more or less forced him to dump my Surana flat out. Then Morrigan left without the DR being completed...so you know what that means. Finally, I brought Alistair to the final battle and he sacrificed himself for my Surana. Long story short...that PT was traumatizing. However, I did finally make a Cousland and I fell in love with her as much as did with my first character. 

 

People find it dramatic for Solas to remove their vallaslin? Eh, to each their own. My character was pretty standoffish with those in her clan and cared little for the markings, so she gave it up since at that point she fully trusted Solas...which ended horribly. Magic and knowledge were what made my Lavellan who she was, not the markings.

 

I was just surprised that my post came off the way that it did since a negative thought never crossed my mind while I was making it. You just caught me off guard, lol!

[Moirin]

Lavellan being a mage in most Solavellan fanfics, etc.

 

Really?!? I made my Lavellan a mage, but all the fanfics I find is with her as a rouge.

 

Though to be honest, I'm really picky about fanfics, I don't like to try and picture someone else's Lavellan, so the fanfics I like best are as vague about Lavellan as they possibly can be.

[RynJ]

If it makes you feel better, I sometimes feel that way too when I hear people discuss popular choices - choosing Cousland origin, marry King Alistair, Lavellan being a mage in most Solavellan fanfics, etc.

 

Almost everyone I know IRL who's played DAO has chosen to play a Cousland (male or female, it doesn't matter) for their first PT so it gets rather lonely sometimes being the only one who's played the Mahariel PT. (You'd think with so many origins, people would choose something else other than the Human Noble origin.)

 

I'm sure I'm not the only one who chose it just because I enjoyed the Cousland story the most and the integration of the background into the story. It was a good and dramatic background that keeps you connected to the plot well so it's not surprising that people are drawn to it. Out of all the origins, it just felt the most right to me. As in it fit the most. People find what they like and stick to it even if there are other options, and the Cousland origin had a lot of pieces that made it compelling such as getting to know your family, their deaths, the revenge plot and your missing brother. Getting to choose whether or not to be a monarch was a perk too.

 

I've actually had the opposite experience from yours! My friends who have played DA all chose non-humans and they always got on my case about choosing the "boring" and "vanilla" option. I saw a lot of that around the fandom too for a while, where some people were full on angry with Cousland players for reasons I don't really understand. I guess nobody can win, huh? 

[flabbadence]

So that fanfic idea I was working on... I'm nowhere near being done, but I thought I'd finish up the first little bit and see if anyone had thoughts on it.

 

Here you go: http://writer.inkles...om/stories/6bh3

 

Very experimental. I'm not sure if anyone has even done this sort of thing before. We'll see how it goes.

 

MORE PLEASE

 

Edit: It would be helpful to indicate from the start that Corypheus's already been defeated though, just so the reader knows where they stand in the timeline.

[RoyalRel]

If it makes you feel better, I sometimes feel that way too when I hear people discuss popular choices - choosing Cousland origin, marry King Alistair, Lavellan being a mage in most Solavellan fanfics, etc.

 

Almost everyone I know IRL who's played DAO has chosen to play a Cousland (male or female, it doesn't matter) for their first PT so it gets rather lonely sometimes being the only one who's played the Mahariel PT. (You'd think with so many origins, people would choose something else other than the Human Noble origin.)

 

Eeeh, also played Mahariel first time!

 

And romanced Zevran

[Rabbitonfire]

 

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[Sable Rhapsody]

Really?!? I made my Lavellan a mage, but all the fanfics I find is with her as a rouge.

 

Though to be honest, I'm really picky about fanfics, I don't like to try and picture someone else's Lavellan, so the fanfics I like best are as vague about Lavellan as they possibly can be.

 

Rogue: stabby shooty goodness.  Rouge: makeup 

 

As a writer, I'm pretty much the opposite; I have a hard time finishing fanfics with a generic PC, and almost always wind up using my own or a someone else's if I'm writing a story for them.  But I can definitely understand the appeal of fanfics that are more vague; I'm just terrible at writing them myself 

[Siha]

I figured out a way to make your individual Lavellan a bit smarter: just don't pick the stupid questions.

 

 

I understand you are annoyed that the developers allow her to ask such things in the first place, but please understand that there's some players who don't know anything about the DA universe and BioWare must somehow satisfy them, too. Sure, there would have been ways around letting her ask silly questions (like having a companion do it), but those ways are more expensive and time-consuming (writing, recording, animation, etc). So let's just settle for "Better this than waiting even longer for the game to be released". Or let's call it "freedom" - the player can play an imbecile Lavellan or one who'd spent her life under a rock, never interacting with her people.

[Moirin]

I have a question for you guys. Today I re-did the ball at Halamshiral and managed to reconcile Celene and Briala. But I noticed that when I did that this time, in having the follow up conversation with Solas, it skipped over the part where I get to ask who his people are etc. Anyone else run into this?

 

Rogue: stabby shooty goodness.  Rouge: makeup 

 

As a writer, I'm pretty much the opposite; I have a hard time finishing fanfics with a generic PC, and almost always wind up using my own or a someone else's if I'm writing a story for them.  But I can definitely understand the appeal of fanfics that are more vague; I'm just terrible at writing them myself 

 

Lol, oops, I always do that.

 

The personality doesn't have to be generic. I just prefer it when neither the class or a first name is mentioned. You can get some pretty great fanfics out of it but it takes extra work I assume. I haven't written fanfiction in ages. I just feel it's too bad not many people like to write this way, I got a prompt I'm dying to have someone write but I feel like asking them to keep a specific class and name out of it is asking too much.   

[CapricornSun]

Really?!? I made my Lavellan a mage, but all the fanfics I find is with her as a rouge.

 

Though to be honest, I'm really picky about fanfics, I don't like to try and picture someone else's Lavellan, so the fanfics I like best are as vague about Lavellan as they possibly can be.

 

Haha! Really?! xD I play an archer Lavellan and most of the Solavellan fanfics I've read has her as mage (you know, the whole "She's the First who's supposed to protect the clan from the Dread Wolf but unknowingly falls in love with the Dread Wolf" bit).

 

And yes, I'd rather they kept her class vague at least (so I could get a chance to pretend it's my Lavellan smexing Solas up in the fic, hehe! ).

 

I'm sure I'm not the only one who chose it just because I enjoyed the Cousland story the most and the integration of the background into the story. It was a good and dramatic background that keeps you connected to the plot well so it's not surprising that people are drawn to it. Out of all the origins, it just felt the most right to me. As in it fit the most. People find what they like and stick to it even if there are other options, and the Cousland origin had a lot of pieces that made it compelling such as getting to know your family, their deaths, the revenge plot and your missing brother. Getting to choose whether or not to be a monarch was a perk too.

 

I've actually had the opposite experience from yours! My friends who have played DA all chose non-humans and they always got on my case about choosing the "boring" and "vanilla" option. I saw a lot of that around the fandom too for a while, where some people were full on angry with Cousland players for reasons I don't really understand. I guess nobody can win, huh? 

 

Yes, the Cousland origin is the most connected to the plot in DAO, I admit. I've played male Cousland for my second PT and it's pretty fun, though my Mahariel will always be my baby. I'm just tired of hearing from people I know saying they chose Cousland as their first PT. My cousins, my sister, my brother-in-law... All Cousland players! Also, I just found out that one of our interns is a big fan of Dragon Age and Mass Effect and when I asked her what she played as in DAO, she said "Female Cousland who married Alistair." So yeah... 

 

And yup, I guess it just goes to show that nobody can win. ^__^;

 

 

Eeeh, also played Mahariel first time!

 

And romanced Zevran

 

 

HIGH FIVE!

 

 

 

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[RynJ]

I figured out a way to make your individual Lavellan a bit smarter: just don't pick the stupid questions.

 

 

I understand you are annoyed that the developers allow her to ask such things in the first place, but please understand that there's some players who don't know anything about the DA universe and BioWare must somehow satisfy them, too. Sure, there would have been ways around letting her ask silly questions (like having a companion do it), but those ways are more expensive and time-consuming (writing, recording, animation, etc). So let's just settle for "Better this than waiting even longer for the game to be released". Or let's call it "freedom" - the player can play an imbecile Lavellan or one who'd spent her life under a rock, never interacting with her people.

 

Didn't Weekes say it was a bug?

[flabbadence]

 

SOLAS CHAT INSANITY

Spoilered FOR WAY TOO FABULOUS and     .+*°`*..+*°`Sparkle triggers`°*+..+*°`*+.

 

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I adore this thread

[Siha]

Didn't Weekes say it was a bug?

I would not know what Weekes said. But a strange bug it would be.

 

But however, I simply pointed out that one can be annoyed or relax and take it eeeaasy (Aha!).

[Moirin]

(so I could get a chance to pretend it's my Lavellan smexing Solas up in the fic, hehe! ).

 

Agreed.