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[Sylvanfeather]

Said I'd cap an image for submission, and here she is (sorry, quality is just so-so from ps4)

 

[leelaya]

Since Líadan is quite a reserved character, I chose a picture that shows her sadness in a more subtle way.

 

[Seregwen]

Happy Lavellan

 

 

Happy and Pretty Lavellin

 

 

Don't leave me!
 

 

Nooooooo!!!! Whyyyy?? aghhhhhhhhh 

 

 

 < the end > 

[Chrys]

Wow, you all removed the vallaslin  My poor Lavellans will feel completely left out of the Wolf Club.

[lapsi4ka]

I've changed layout a bit Thanks for contribution!

 

@Chrys,

I think my warrior will also refuse to remove valasliin

[SS7]

Sad face:

 

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And the sad pose:

 

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[TheComfyCat]

Wow, you all removed the vallaslin My poor Lavellans will feel completely left out of the Wolf Club.

Well, it means Lavellan is so much more isolated, and it's such a visible sign of their last moments together. So apparently I just really like making my fictional avatars feel sad. But you're definitely part of the Wolf Club, Vallaslin or no.

Also, that shot of Lavellan after he's walked away is pretty much the worst thing ever. She looks sooo sad.

[Seregwen]

Wow, you all removed the vallaslin  My poor Lavellans will feel completely left out of the Wolf Club.

I seriously sat at my PC for five minutes trying to figure out what my Starling Lavellan would do. I picked her to have a non-elfy name, because I wanted that to be the name she goes by, not her birth-name. From the beginning, I wanted her to be a radically "progressive" elf, both sad and happy to be slated as Keeper. Sad because she didn't agree with all of the current Dalish culture, but happy because she thought she might change it. Outwardly, she would have Dalish pride, get angry at others who criticized Dalish culture, yet be the biggest critic of all. No one was allowed to pick on the Dalish, except her.

 

I saw her as an elf who wanted to stop the nomadic Dalish lifestyle, cultivate magic, build libraries, a beacon of a city/realm, live in relative isolation from other cultures in some kind of magical elvhen utopia etc etc (I thought of my Starling Lavellan as a younger, naive, and more idealistic version of myself). Then, she met Solas and, well, you know the rest.

 

At first I thought that she might want to keep them, as a reminder to herself of the past mistakes. Then I reminded myself that she is a radical. She changed a lot after becoming the Quizzy, but at her core she still held the ideals of moving forward. She has no time to look back and dwell. Her clan is gone. She would not go back to be Keeper, but as The Inquisitor she could shape the world on a larger scale; something greater than just Elves. That is why she asked Solas to cast his spell, and remove her Vallaslin.

 

I think both choices are viable, and say a lot about how the PC views Lavellan. Why did you keep yours?

[Chrys]

I see. Well, I see my Lavellan a lot closer to their clan so I did not want them to look isolated, quite on the contrary. I also considered that they would go back and how that would work.

On one level, I think my Lavellans just care more about what the vallaslin mean now than what they used to mean. Now they mean community, kinship, belonging. Precisely because I don't want them shackled to the past, I can't see them throwing out that meaning in favor of what Solas said it meant in a time they know so little about. I have a hard time imagining them going back to their clan bare-faced... In fact, I think it's my most conservative Lavellan that might remove it because she will be more concerned about ancient lore while my more progressive and practical ones care more about current life and how it would work being the one bare-faced Dalish in Thedas.

On another level, I just think they don't want to repeat the mistake of having their lives dictated by little bits of information from an incomplete picture. They prefer to encourage the clans to take pride in what they are now and change for the better rather than change everything every time they learn another incomplete bit from the past. I also think they might want to learn more and talk it out with other Dalish than make a brash decision about such a core feature in the heat of the moment, given that our characters don't know that's the only chance to do it.

I'm interested in hearing more opinions. Please note that I'm not dissing the option at all and will take it with one character eventually, I'm just really surprised it's so unanimous. My first thought was "hell no" after all xD

[Prince of Keys]

I was actually surprised how quickly I made the decision, because although I wasn't fond of the vallaslin in Origins at first, I grew very fond of it once I actually made a Mahariel I loved. And part of the reason I picked the vallaslin I did for Fennel (the biggest tree/Mythal vallaslin) was because I wanted her to be very visibly Dalish.

 

But then Solas said that they're slave markings. "Never again shall we submit," the Dalish say. Meanings change, yes, but how? Why? How could slave markings get twisted into a rite of passage into adulthood? It probably would have been wiser to look into things and find out (if it was possible, which it isn't in game and probably isn't anyway just because of how much the Dalish have lost), but my Lavellan was tired of everything she thought she knew about her ancestors/people being wrong. So she wanted to have this fixed, if she could. She didn't drink from the Well partially because she didn't want to be bound to anyone--she is no one's slave, and she's not going to be marked as one.

 

I like to think that she assumed she would have no regrets, but every once in a while a mirror or random comment makes her feel a little doubt about her decision. She still wouldn't regret her choice, but she would probably worry about what the other Dalish would think of her... especially since it's not going to be easy to explain why the hell she got rid of the vallaslin. No one is going to believe her if she tries to go tell them something like that without any proof.

 

(I kind of rushed this response at the end of my lunch break, so apologies if something doesn't make sense. x_x I might come back and add more later... (And also I obviously don't think less of anyone that chose to keep the vallaslin! I completely understand why people would choose both things.))

[_Lucinia]

This isn't from that final romance scene.  But here's what my Lavellan looks like when she's mad.  



So angry! 

[Wheels]

I can't believe you made me go through that scene again. *sniff*

[lapsi4ka]

@  _Lucinia,

 

Whoa! She looks superpissed But I guess we've already has your pretty lady in our collage?

 

@WheelObsession,

 

Thanks for contribution!

[sunhair]

depressed and heart broken

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[nightwolf667]

Oh I lost this thread! So glad I found it again via the Solas love.

 

Sad puppy.

 

 

Broken heart.

 

[Birdy]

Here's my contribution.    

[Uirebhiril]

Aw, why not. I'll play too. Quality seems off somehow, but I suppose the confusion and hurt is evident enough.

 

 

[_Lucinia]

@  _Lucinia,

 

Whoa! She looks superpissed But I guess we've already has your pretty lady in our collage?

 

 

Yes she's already in the collage.

 

I didn't want to clutter up the Solas thread.  But still wanted to share her angry face.  Felt like this was the most appropriate place!

[Solas]

Here:

 

 

Contributors:

 

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Oswin

Prince of Keys
_Lucinia
BubbleDncr
lapsi4ka
Ajna
Irkalla

Sable Rhapsody

Eiwuvan

Nika

Tamyn

Nhadalie

Toastbrot

Onecrazymonkey1

InkQuest

zambixi

Kath

WaterMage100
TheComfyCat

Sylvanfeather
leelaya
Seregwen

Magically Melicious

WheelObsession

electrickalgypsy

nightwolf667

Birdy

Commander of the Grey

Solas

Uirebhiril

 

If anyone left, please let me know - I will gladly add you

I'm amused that my Lavellan is basically the only one that is angry out of the lot. xD

[Aviena]

Okay, here we go Sorry if the image is a bit large.

 

[Tigrae]

I created a little mental breakdown photo gallery: http://imgur.com/a/ilkkL

 

But here's my puddle of sad Lavellan:

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[juweee]

Hello, dropped by via the Solas discussion thread to leave my poor heartbroken Lavellan here   I just wanted to scoop her up and tell her it would be okay... I'd be lying, but I wanted to!

 

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[lapsi4ka]

Thank you guys! I've updated my post with your pretty ladies.

 

I just worry that I will miss someone by a mistake

[Shari'El]

A bit in a delay:

 

Lavellan foresees what Solas is about to say:

 

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Lavellan almost falling apart

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Geez, makes me sad only looking at the pictures.

There is also unrelated Solas heartbroken look

 

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[Shari'El]

By the way, seems a lot of us here think freckles and Solas go together well..

Myself included