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[electricfish]

Oh, don't worry. I'll go down with the braid too, especially if artists continue to whip out awesome art with it.

[legbamel]

I read that wrong.     

[electricfish]

I don't even..

 

...

 

Yes. You win. Point for legbamel. xD

[legbamel]

There was whipping it out and a braid involved in my misreading.  That's all I'll say, except that fandom is very, very lucky I'm not an artist.

[electricfish]

I don't blame you. There was some going down in there too that could have made things really interesting. I wish I could art too.

[Mirielle]

Braiding Peens?!

[electricfish]

I think you mean the Temple of Sacred Asses. It's an common mistake to make. It's easily overshadowed by its sister Temple of Mythighs.

[legbamel]

Braiding peens has to be a euphemism for something that isn't literally braiding peens.       We should ask Zevran. He'd have a few ideas.

I have a mental image of dwarven pubic hair that I could have lived without for all my days.    This thread may kill me yet!

 

For anyone interested, Part Three of Mythal's Sorrow is up.  I'll post Part Four tomorrow.

[Kestrel]

I have a huge backlog of stuff I keep meaning to read, but I'm totally adding your stuff to the list legbamel. 

 

Also, I'm thinking of writing a longer series about Abelas and the Inquisitor because I've had some interest, and I really want to delve into the issues I think they would face, rather than concentrating on the fluff. Y/N?

[Sable Rhapsody]

Also, I'm thinking of writing a longer series about Abelas and the Inquisitor because I've had some interest, and I really want to delve into the issues I think they would face, rather than concentrating on the fluff. Y/N?

 

You know me, I love fluff.  And smut  But I do think it'd be interesting seeing how Abelas goes about adjusting to modern Thedas.  It's a much more abrupt toss into the deep end for him than it was for Solas...and Solas didn't handle it all that well to begin with.

[BoscoBread]

You know me, I love fluff.  And smut  But I do think it'd be interesting seeing how Abelas goes about adjusting to modern Thedas.  It's a much more abrupt toss into the deep end for him than it was for Solas...and Solas didn't handle it all that well to begin with.

As chill as Solas comes across - I feel like internally he was like 'oh god oh god oh god oh god'. Whereas Abelas is more 'welp...this is what my life is now. not great but it's a life'

[Sable Rhapsody]

As chill as Solas comes across - I feel like internally he was like 'oh god oh god oh god oh god'. Whereas Abelas is more 'welp...this is what my life is now. not great but it's a life'

 

That's true.  Abelas seems more resigned to what the world has become, and less likely to run off and do something monumentally stupid to try and fix it.

 

What?  Solas?  Oh, I'm totally not stink-eyeing Solas 

[BoscoBread]

That's true.  Abelas seems more resigned to what the world has become, and less likely to run off and do something monumentally stupid to try and fix it.

 

What?  Solas?  Oh, I'm totally not stink-eyeing Solas 

I'm more willing to forgive our fade nerd after I had a long deep meditation about what he's going through.  I have a lot of ancient elvhen feels RN.  Frankly - this is real talk - i think his romance did his character an injustice a bit. I know it's been brought up here. It's just not an appropriate lens in which to actually analyse him or his story.  I get that the "feels" for the breakup exist, but beyond that he's incredibly sad and fascinating.  It's just been nagging me the further I get from the release of the game.  Solas is this flotsam of a lost empire sort of just floating around the world.  I dunno - Im a little emo over lost history.  And he's a living piece of it - for Thedas.  Oh So-las(said in Cass voice). 

 

Same goes for Abelas.  As much as I was hardcore shipping Lavellan to him, I am wondering if it would just be better not to(if he ever came back).   Though I say this and then we have  a Sten situation on our hands and I'm cranky that I can't climb the hot elf next game. 

[Giton]

I'm more willing to forgive our fade nerd after I had a long deep meditation about what he's going through.  I have a lot of ancient elvhen feels RN.  Frankly - this is real talk - i think his romance did his character an injustice a bit. I know it's been brought up here. It's just not an appropriate lens in which to actually analyse him or his story.  I get that the "feels" for the breakup exist, but beyond that he's incredibly sad and fascinating.  It's just been nagging me the further I get from the release of the game.  Solas is this flotsam of a lost empire sort of just floating around the world.  I dunno - Im a little emo over lost history.  And he's a living piece of it - for Thedas.  Oh So-las(said in Cass voice). 

 

Same goes for Abelas.  As much as I was hardcore shipping Lavellan to him, I am wondering if it would just be better not to(if he ever came back).   Though I say this and then we have  a Sten situation on our hands and I'm cranky that I can't climb the hot elf next game. 

 

I actually like the idea of Abelas as not so much a romantic interest, as a wanderer. I mean, the Temple falls, he is finally free. I would like to think he wanders a bit around Thedas, as much to understand the world around him as to really feel what it means to be free of obligation. It would be interesting to see the world from his eyes. I just don't want him tied to an institution just yet.

 

This is not to say I want him alone. I want him to meet people, to enjoy these connections. 

 

But I also enjoy thinking of him like the Wanderers in Old English literature, (but less depressing). He is finally unmoored.

 

(I do love the shipping stuff!! I do! This is my weird preference talking. I mean, the one Abelas thing I wrote I shipped him with a book. So.)

[BoscoBread]

I actually like the idea of Abelas as not so much a romantic interest, as a wanderer. I mean, the Temple falls, he is finally free. I would like to think he wanders a bit around Thedas, as much to understand the world around him as to really feel what it means to be free of obligation. It would be interesting to see the world from his eyes. I just don't want him tied to an institution just yet.

 

This is not to say I want him alone. I want him to meet people, to enjoy these connections. 

 

But I also enjoy thinking of him like the Wanderers in Old English literature, (but less depressing). He is finally unmoored.

 

(I do love the shipping stuff!! I do! This is my weird preference talking. I mean, the one Abelas thing I wrote I shipped him with a book. So.)

It was a beautiful ship. You shipped him with knowledge. The last piece of knowledge the temple had. Maybe that old lady died and he promised her that he would protect it. SENTINEL FEELS. 

 

But yeah. I would very much enjoy seeing his perspective wandering Thedas. He doesn't hav enearly the same baggage as Solas does. Not the same urgency to "gotta fix it!".  he can just...be.  Which I like more.  Him just kind of being woven in and out of the people of Thedas' lives and his own thoughts on them.  His thoughts on his journeys. I would read this. Would probably be pretty powerful.   

[Kestrel]

You know me, I love fluff. And smut But I do think it'd be interesting seeing how Abelas goes about adjusting to modern Thedas. It's a much more abrupt toss into the deep end for him than it was for Solas...and Solas didn't handle it all that well to begin with.

I almost feel like it would be more about how modern life adjusts to him. As others have said, I don't think he would have weird panic as much as a resignation that this is his life. But I imagine seeing him wandering around would be quite a shock for many people in Thedas. I'm also curious as to how the racism present throughout would effect him, how he would react to things like the presence of the Qun, the Mage and Templat war, Orlesian political unrest... He's been locked away for so long, and suddenly this world is just absolutely heaving. The Inquisitor could help guide him, give him advice, and perhaps he would stay with them a short while, seeing where they went, the things they have to do to keep the people together.

I have a lot of Abelas feels and things I think would be so interesting from his perspective. It would be a nice challenge too. I mean, knowing me, if I wrote it I would probably eventually have fluff in there, but I want something so much deeper as well.

[Giton]

It was a beautiful ship. You shipped him with knowledge. The last piece of knowledge the temple had. Maybe that old lady died and he promised her that he would protect it. SENTINEL FEELS. 

 

But yeah. I would very much enjoy seeing his perspective wandering Thedas. He doesn't hav enearly the same baggage as Solas does. Not the same urgency to "gotta fix it!".  he can just...be.  Which I like more.  Him just kind of being woven in and out of the people of Thedas' lives and his own thoughts on them.  His thoughts on his journeys. I would read this. Would probably be pretty powerful. 

This!

 

This will be blasphemous, but I really like the notion that he is not tethered to the Inquisition. I am attached to the idea of exploring the little seen pieces of the world through his eyes, of opening up such scenarios. A tavern scene. Seeing the ruins for the first time. This is what I want. It would be powerful.

 

I do enjoy reading about his relationship with the Inquisitor, so keep doing that. YES! 

 

But my personal predilection is for a wandering figure.

 

This is coming from someone deeply, deeply attached to Corypheus. So. Make of this what you will.

[Giton]

Abelas is sexual. Yes, those thighs. Also everything else.

 

I think part of the reason I like Abelas without romantic attachment is that I think sometimes the romance clouds over other aspects of the character and soften really interesting edges. That the conversation becomes all about the romance. I want other sharp edges. You know?

 

Not that this happens always. And there are some beautiful, hypnotic, meaningful pieces of fan work that explore eros and romance in this particular pairing. I enjoy these pieces.

 

But, I guess I just see an opportunity for deep exploration with him that is separate from the romance. I'm not saying one is better than the other. Just my personal preference.

 

Again, this is coming from a person who writes about temple sex . . . repeatedly.

[Addai]

I like Solas because he's a Fade nerd with an interesting, somewhat contradictory and complex morality. He's also very grounded and confident despite being a reclusive nerd. None of that geeky shyness thing.

Abelas, we know hardly a thing about. I don't see how anyone "ships" him with anyone. IMO it's the fact that he's a cipher that lets people project romantic fantasies on him. But eh, if you think there's not a bit of "I'm so special" about the idea of getting a thousands-year-old mythical elf to be your waifu, then I think you're kidding yourself. It's the same dynamic as the wolf god thing.

[Kestrel]

I wonder how well Abelas would fare with a City Elf companion? I can just imagine the disgust he has at first... followed by a growing tolerance for the no doubt relentless series of questions this poor little elf would throw at him. It's the idea of having this commonality but being from such different worlds that appeals to me. Not even on a romantic level- he just gets saddled with this incredibly persistent person who wants to learn and sees Abelas as his or her opportunity to do so, and Ableas can perhaps question them in turn.

[Giton]

I like Solas because he's a Fade nerd with an interesting, somewhat contradictory and complex morality. He's also very grounded and confident despite being a reclusive nerd. None of that geeky shyness thing.

Abelas, we know hardly a thing about. I don't see how anyone "ships" him with anyone. IMO it's the fact that he's a cipher that lets people project romantic fantasies on him. But eh, if you think there's not a bit of "I'm so special" about the idea of getting a thousands-year-old mythical elf to be your waifu, then I think you're kidding yourself. It's the same dynamic as the wolf god thing.

I don't think this is really fair. 

 

Solas gets a lot of people's fantasies projected onto him as well. So much so, that it often derails conversation or flattens the character. For example, not all the time, but enough to be noticeable, the untoward aspects of Solas's character get filed down to fit a very specific narrative. And at times, because of how emotional the romance is, that conversation overshadows others. 

 

If I ever write Solas again (he is fun but there are other ponies I am riding at the moment)--it will be Solas/Cassandra BFF. That is the kind of thing I want to read, at this moment. 

 

And personally, I am thirsty for character interactions outside of the Inquisitor/whoever. You know? There are tons of fringe characters with really interesting stories.

 

Abelas offers a very interesting viewpoint. He is attractive because of that. Not because he is a Twilight-style waifu.