Lana

Somewhere in Thedas Cullen is grasping at his final straw desperately, because if this “Rook” person he’s been hearing about suddenly appears to do hero shit around him he’s letting that final straw go

Bro has met and been saved by the first three major heroes of the dragon age, he can’t do this shit again

Dragon age inquisition is fun and games until you realise that some of the content in the game is absolutely mental.

You hear the struggles of a gay man in Dorian. And how acceptance is still a far reaching concept even for parents, let alone society. I bawled my eyes out when he said "I'm never what you wanted". He was the only son and imagine thinking that you weren't what your parents hoped you would be just because you preferred men.

You hear about the struggles of trans people in Krem. Jesus fucking Christ, I have literally no words for this. When he tells us that how his father accepted (in contrast to Dorian's unaccepting father), I think I tore up a little. He shares with you how good it felt to be pretending to be a man when he was little. And God, this character will always have my heart. And can't forget Bull's "THEY ARE REAL MEN. JUST LIKE YOU ARE." 😭❤️

You learn about the struggles of drug addiction in Cullen. There are no words to say that I haven't already said or thought about Cullen. But this quest is titled "perseverance" and jfc, if that's not Cullen's whole character in a nutshell. A character so driven to service and helping that he marked his body permanently forever to achieve it. And then to change your views, to overcome and maintain a clear head while this drug is always on the back of your mind and your dreams are just terrible because of the lack of it.... I don't know how Cullen stands up and does his job every day for the entirety of inquisition. And please, please, don't give him lyrium. He looks broken when he takes it again and I've only seen that frame once in my life and I honestly can't watch it again.

You hear about the minutiae of being real in Cole. I have even less to say about Cole. The concept of spirit/human is a bit fast and loose in Da inquisition than it is in previous titles. But the cornerstone is forgiveness or letting go. You can't relate to Cole but you can relate to these choices. And it's fascinating to see Cole as a human, doing human things, making friends, falling for the bard in the tavern. And even better is his spirit quest line, which I personally like because Cole seems happier after it. And it produces good dialogues between him and varric and solas.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg really. You hear so much stuff about love and life and doing the right thing or wanting to do the right thing and it's just one the reasons that even after a decade later, this game remains so popularly talked about.

Bioware really did god's work in this game. ❤️

In Dragon Age: Inquisition you can romance:

Choose your fighter love interest.

I finished Trespasser last night for the first time in years and people, listen -

this makes me so happy

Look how happy he is

”After the Inquisition disbanded, Cullen and the Inquisitor retired to a private life together. Unburdened by the restrictions of their offices, they continued doing good works on their own terms. That is, after a long-overdue visit to Cullen's siblings, who were overjoyed to meet their new sister-in-law.”

i appreciate that the plot points for inquisition are just a list of cullen's ptsd triggers. demons, red lyrium, red lyrium templars, demon armies, blood mages, possible blights, definite undead, tevinter mages, tears in the veil, and worst of all, *checks notes* orlesians.

I love that 90% of the War Room operations are

Cullen: our soldiers will do it!

Leliana: our spies will do it!

Josephine, taking a massive toke: Some shitty noble in the area cheated on his wife AND his secret wife with his secret girlfriend’s mother, he’ll fucking do it if he knows what’s good for him

When I tell you I have been thinking about this for three days straight...

excuse me that's MY formerly-toxic, sleep deprived emotional support white boy