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[MayriyaNoori]

Not Solas related, but I was at the fabric store Thursday and found a book on Granny Squares. 75 different granny square patterns and 20 project/pattern ideas for them! I'm super excited. The first throw I ever made was one huge granny square. And I made each of my kids an afghan out of granny squares when they were babies, my son still has his (gosh how sweet is he to have kept it this long!)

That is awesome.

I have one of those scrap yarn endless granny square blankets going. I'm hoping to make it ginormous for this winter so I can cuddle under it with hot coffee, my tablet open to this thread all while surrounded by beautiful yarn.

That's me in the Fade btw.

I guess I am a spirit of Cozy.

[TheyCallMeBunny]

Mine removed her vallaslin, because of what she had learned, and she thought that after all of this was done, she would go spread what she had learned. Though she didn't think she'd be doing it alone. For her, a lot of what she had been through was a new start, so with what Solas said about the vallaslin and freedom and slaves, etc, it fit that.

 

But they did a good job with the whole scene, and having him accept you fully even if you keep them, makes the decision ultimately personal.

 

Vallaslin headcanon stuff is going to come up in my writing soon,( in ALL THREE timelines - ), and I'm still sort of figuring out just how to do it.

 

Yeah, I think the scene still played well even though you did not remove the vallaslin. It was awesome that Lavellan could accuse Solas of dumping her because of it! I just kinda wish that instead of jumping ahead to the kissing perhaps we could have gotten something else? I feel a bit greedy, but the scene where he removes her markings is so beautiful that I can't help but feel that I missed out. But then again, with Solas you always keep wanting more! 

[Illyria]

I wrote a thing.  Read, if you want.

 

Spoiler

http://archiveofouro...apters/11771258

[drosophila]

Some pages back there was a discussion about the scene where Solas offered to remove Lavellan's vallaslin, and now I'm curious: How many of you chose to not remove the vallaslin and why? My quizzy kept hers because although she is passionate about the past and her culture she still believes in moving forward. She felt that removing the vallaslin would be like removing a part of herself and letting the past dictate her future. After the revelations and the end of the game and in Trespasser (and seeing how beautiful the scene truly is!) I almost wish I had let him remove them (I never change canon decisions though, unless I have a very good reason to).

So is my quizzy the only one who kept her marks? If you kept the vallaslin, what was your reasoning?

Mine kept it. She gives 0 f*cks about the gods. (Which is a shame, really, because HAIL DIRTHAMEN!) She sort of received it as punishment, and it feels very wrong to let go of it. Besides, at that point, it's pretty much the only bond she has remaining with her clan.

[Illyria]

Some pages back there was a discussion about the scene where Solas offered to remove Lavellan's vallaslin, and now I'm curious: How many of you chose to not remove the vallaslin and why? My quizzy kept hers because although she is passionate about the past and her culture she still believes in moving forward. She felt that removing the vallaslin would be like removing a part of herself and letting the past dictate her future. After the revelations and the end of the game and in Trespasser (and seeing how beautiful the scene truly is!) I almost wish I had let him remove them (I never change canon decisions though, unless I have a very good reason to). 

 

So is my quizzy the only one who kept her marks? If you kept the vallaslin, what was your reasoning?

 

Mine kept hers.  Whatever they meant in the past doesn't matter.  The Dalish have reclaimed them.  But she regrets that in Trespasser.

[pushtheheart]

I haven't posted in a bajillion years, because I've been (finally!) playing DA:I when life hasn't been punting me on my ass and taking up all my time. Also, I am gripped with a mad muse to write my Lavellan's story as I play the game. (And also inspired to write Solas's POV, after the whole "world of tranquil" revelation in Trespasser.)

 

If anyone is interested, it's posted at AO3 here. It's gonna be kind of dark, but hopefully good. I'm 6 chapters and about 48k words in so far and my muse isn't letting up any time soon. Also, please don't mind me, I'm just flailing and trying to enjoy being in the Solavellan fandom. Painful as it is, haha.

[MayriyaNoori]

Mine kept it. She gives 0 f*cks about the gods. (Which is a shame, really, because HAIL DIRTHAMEN!) She sort of received it as punishment, and it feels very wrong to let go of it. Besides, at that point, it's pretty much the only bond she has remaining with her clan.

Mine ditched them at the word slave.

And was happy, sharing a kiss with her also unmarked lover and began dreaming of how together they could try to teach the Dalish. Even if the Dalish didn't listen, it would be okay because Solas would be right there next to her.

Then he dumped her.

[Cee]

Mine ditched them at the word slave.

And was happy, sharing a kiss with her also unmarked lover and began dreaming of how together they could try to teach the Dalish. Even if the Dalish didn't listen, it would be okay because Solas would be right there next to her.

Then he dumped her.

 

 

Yep, pretty much all of this.

[Cee]

Mine kept it. She gives 0 f*cks about the gods. (Which is a shame, really, because HAIL DIRTHAMEN!) She sort of received it as punishment, and it feels very wrong to let go of it. Besides, at that point, it's pretty much the only bond she has remaining with her clan.

 

Chiming in with my usual hug Sophia campaign.

[MayriyaNoori]

Yep, pretty much all of this.

Because of said emotional trauma....I imagine that Aaryn finds Zevran's non Dalish facial tattoos very attractive.

[drosophila]

Chiming in with my usual hug Sophia campaign.

One day.

[Cee]

One day.

 

I'm holding you to that.

[Cee]

Because of said emotional trauma....I imagine that Aaryn finds Zevran's non Dalish facial tattoos very attractive.

 

I really need to write my middle piece, because the vallaslin stuff....let's say Nirwen's sister has some complicated feelings about it. I still can't believe I managed to go that far ahead of myself that I've written her teenage brother before really writing her sister as an adult.

[Ghost Gal]

Some pages back there was a discussion about the scene where Solas offered to remove Lavellan's vallaslin, and now I'm curious: How many of you chose to not remove the vallaslin and why? My quizzy kept hers because although she is passionate about the past and her culture she still believes in moving forward. She felt that removing the vallaslin would be like removing a part of herself and letting the past dictate her future. After the revelations and the end of the game and in Trespasser (and seeing how beautiful the scene truly is!) I almost wish I had let him remove them (I never change canon decisions though, unless I have a very good reason to). 

 

So is my quizzy the only one who kept her marks? If you kept the vallaslin, what was your reasoning?

 

Mine kept hers and didn't even think twice about it.

 

As Quizzy can express in the game, whatever the marks meant in ancient Elvhenan, the Dalish have since reclaimed them and changed their meaning. It's been thousands of years since Elvhenan, and the Dalish have been using the vallaslin for another purpose for centuries. Cultures are not cast in stone; many traditions and symbols change and evolve over the time as societies and geographies and needs change. 

 

On an individual level, my girl chose her design for a number of reasons that had nothing to do with the elvhen gods. Her parents fled the city and her father allowed himself to get caught and hung so his wife and child would have more time to flee, the Dalish are hidden and protected by humans by the trees in the forest, so she picked Mythal's design in part just so the tree design could symbolize the areas of her past she wants to remember and honor. (Then there's the symbolism of just being an adult, being part of the Dalish, etc).

 

My girl felt that getting rid of the vallaslin just because it used to have unfortunate beginnings is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Getting rid of vallaslin that represents so much good in her life just because it has some bad is like symbolically throwing out all the good in her culture just because it has some bad. (And what culture doesn't have bad in it?)

 

I always keep the vallasin and can never imagine doing otherwise.

[Raeona]

I wrote a thing.  Read, if you want.

 

Spoiler

http://archiveofouro...apters/11771258

 

You wrote a thing! I love things! Write more things!

 

 

My Lavellan meanwhile kept her Vallaslin because she's a strong independent woman who don't need no historical context, and then Solas left and she crumpled like an forgotten soufflé. 

[Cee]

I wrote a thing.  Read, if you want.

 

Spoiler

http://archiveofouro...apters/11771258

 

Finally got a moment to sit and read this. Connor gives me so many feels, and you captured that. It is short but that just means we'll want more.

[TheyCallMeBunny]

Glad to see my Lavellan wasn't the only one who kept her marks! Do you also feel a bit like you "missed out" on a romantic scene? And if so, what do you think could have been added to the scene for your Lavellan?

 

And also, does anyone think whether or not you kept the vallaslin will ever have any bearing on the story in the future (I'm very much inclined to think it will not)? If they chose to bring back the quizzy as an NPC in the next game I'm curious if the vallaslin will be available in the CC. When I saw that many Hawkes would not be able to wear the same tattoos as they did in DA2 I was very grateful that mine never had any, it would have felt so weird for her to have a different one!

 

Edit* Top Solas, let's have a classic!

 

[Illyria]

You wrote a thing! I love things! Write more things!

 

 

My Lavellan meanwhile kept her Vallaslin because she's a strong independent woman who don't need no historical context, and then Solas left and she crumpled like an forgotten soufflé. 

Finally got a moment to sit and read this. Connor gives me so many feels, and you captured that. It is short but that just means we'll want more.

 

Thank you.  Hopefully I will write more.  Apparently I'm the first person to ever tag something with that pairing.

[Raeona]

Thank you.  Hopefully I will write more.  Apparently I'm the first person to ever tag something with that pairing.

 

I know them feels, you should consider it a triumph! You're a trailblazer!

[MayriyaNoori]

I really need to write my middle piece, because the vallaslin stuff....let's say Nirwen's sister has some complicated feelings about it. I still can't believe I managed to go that far ahead of myself that I've written her teenage brother before really writing her sister as an adult.

I should write some "back in clan Lavellan stuff". Like, choosing her vallaslin and such.

 

But there's all this sad stuff like watching all of her younger sisters have gifts brought to them and get courted and such. And she's just chilling with sad puppy eyes. We can throw in no one asked because during her teenage years the clan had to deal with putting out accidental fires and such. You know. stereotypical fire mage nonsense that just leads to folks being nervous around her.

 

Oh, and I came up with a super sad head canon thing for her to add to the list of complicated relationships. At one point she went and lived with another clan where the Keeper used magic similar to hers so she could learn. And then she fell in love with that clan's First, but when the two of them asked their Keepers if they could bond the answer was 'No' because each clan had only two mages, Keeper and First each.

 

*shakes head*

 

This girl has some serious relationship baggage.

[Raeona]

Glad to see my Lavellan wasn't the only one who kept her marks! Do you also feel a bit like you "missed out" on a romantic scene? And if so, what do you think could have been added to the scene for your Lavellan?

 

And also, does anyone think whether or not you kept the vallaslin will ever have any bearing on the story in the future (I'm very much inclined to think it will not)? If the chose to bring back the quizzy as an NPC in the next game I'm curious if the vallaslin will be available in the CC. When I saw that many Hawkes would not be able to wear the same tattoos as they did in DA2 I was very grateful that mine never had any, it would have felt so weird for her to have a different one!

 

Honestly Hawke's suddenly terrible hair was bad enough. Even the bizarre but completely in character blood smear looked strange. Engine changes are a harrowing thing. 

 

If the Evanuris do awake, then the Vallaslin might make a difference. Probably not massive, but perhaps depending on her choice she'll either be seen either as branded property or one of FenHarel's unbranded rebels. 

[Kadan]

 

 

Ah yes, I take my kids' candy when they sleep. It's only fair after all.

[Cee]

I should write some "back in clan Lavellan stuff". Like, choosing her vallaslin and such.

 

But there's all this sad stuff like watching all of her younger sisters have gifts brought to them and get courted and such. And she's just chilling with sad puppy eyes. We can throw in no one asked because during her teenage years the clan had to deal with putting out accidental fires and such. You know. stereotypical fire mage nonsense that just leads to folks being nervous around her.

 

Oh, and I came up with a super sad head canon thing for her to add to the list of complicated relationships. At one point she went and lived with another clan where the Keeper used magic similar to hers so she could learn. And then she fell in love with that clan's First, but when the two of them asked their Keepers if they could bond the answer was 'No' because each clan had only two mages, Keeper and First each.

 

*shakes head*

 

This girl has some serious relationship baggage.

 

One of the things I'm setting up to write is Nirwen's process of preparation to adult, including the selection of her vallaslin. Which is the 'more serious' thing I've hinted at after the fluff I've been aiming to write. The one where the plot disappeared was supposed to be a plot with setup that leads into this time in her life. Which is another reason the whole 'how will the parents find out that she's with Nehn? Will there be consequences? What will reactions be?'

 

I'm also using the 'every possible PC choice was at the Conclave and only one survived, so the First traveled with Nirwen and, part of the reason Nirwen's sister has a lot of complicated feelings was they were each other's intended. This I already kind of hinted at in the fic I wrote where Nirwen has a nightmare (Venom).

 

Baggage. Baggage everywhere.

[Cee]

 

 

Ah yes, I take my kids' candy when they sleep. It's only fair after all.

 

My mom and I would do a sort and share after we got home. Everything out on the table.

[S.W.]

absolute tragedy guys.

I corked out on a pricier-than-usual bottle of wine, only to discover that it had a cork in it. No problem - have a corkscrew. Except, er, I've spent the last fifteen minutes trying to get the cork out and it literally won't budge.

I'm almost ready to cry. I've been looking forward to that bottle for days.

I haven't posted in a bajillion years, because I've been (finally!) playing DA:I when life hasn't been punting me on my ass and taking up all my time. Also, I am gripped with a mad muse to write my Lavellan's story as I play the game. (And also inspired to write Solas's POV, after the whole "world of tranquil" revelation in Trespasser.)
 
If anyone is interested, it's posted at AO3 here. It's gonna be kind of dark, but hopefully good. I'm 6 chapters and about 48k words in so far and my muse isn't letting up any time soon. Also, please don't mind me, I'm just flailing and trying to enjoy being in the Solavellan fandom. Painful as it is, haha.

I'll take a look at it tonight, if I have time - 48k is a hell of a lot though, well done!