The collection is complete!!! This series of portraits took so long 😭 but I am happy with how they turned out 🥲💕
These will all be available as prints when my shop launches on Friday! And, if you’re interested in a giveaway for the whole set, check out my instagram (same username!) where we’re celebrating 15k 🥰
"i miss when the dragon age companions were mean" y'all can't even handle vivienne
i'm not the best with dragon age character meta, but a romanced dorian's letter from veilguard is like. making me so emotional.
one thing i remember distinctly about dorian's romance is that he wasn't very direct with vulnerable sentiment. he hides his real feelings beneath lighthearted teasing and jokes. it's to protect himself from getting hurt.
one moment that always stuck out to me: if the inquisitor isn't ready to sleep with him yet, instead of being offended, dorian's almost... moved? because that means the inquisitor isn't with him just for pleasure like he feared, but for a serious, long term relationship.
verbally, the most we get in inquisition from dorian is him calling the inquisitor amatus - a term of endearment that dorian never actually explains the meaning of. we never see a direct "i love you" per say.
so seeing this letter, especially the sincere, vulnerable sentiment of preferring a letter due to it being a physical object associated with his lover - "i love you, i love you, i love you"... literally what a fantastic little bit of writing and character development for dorian.
putting this here because you're so right. cole's commentary marks the start of dorian's development -
while dorian's letter in veilguard marks the conclusion.
MAY THE DREADWOLF TAKE YOU
My favourite reaction memes from here
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i'm not the best with dragon age character meta, but a romanced dorian's letter from veilguard is like. making me so emotional.
one thing i remember distinctly about dorian's romance is that he wasn't very direct with vulnerable sentiment. he hides his real feelings beneath lighthearted teasing and jokes. it's to protect himself from getting hurt.
one moment that always stuck out to me: if the inquisitor isn't ready to sleep with him yet, instead of being offended, dorian's almost... moved? because that means the inquisitor isn't with him just for pleasure like he feared, but for a serious, long term relationship.
verbally, the most we get in inquisition from dorian is him calling the inquisitor amatus - a term of endearment that dorian never actually explains the meaning of. we never see a direct "i love you" per say.
so seeing this letter, especially the sincere, vulnerable sentiment of preferring a letter due to it being a physical object associated with his lover - "i love you, i love you, i love you"... literally what a fantastic little bit of writing and character development for dorian.
if you are like me and want to enjoy having the armour you want for your rook right from the start, you can do so via this new cheat table by user zachillios.
follow these steps:
it works on armours, helmets, casual outfits, weapons, as well as those of companions:
for reference, your cheat table should look like this:
enjoy! 🖤
the thing about anders is he has literally everything except a writer that loves him. he is so compelling and interesting and has a lot of lore-compliant potential that can easily slot into any dragon age narrative seamlessly. but because the writers (and, truly, the world itself) loathes him, he can’t
there is something about being hated by the universe in both a watsonian and doylist sense.
anders was explicitly a character designed to be hated from his very inception (as he exists in da2, at least). that is the intended emotional response from his writing. however, that is simply not the narrative role he was meant to serve for the vast majority of the game— he’s a close friend (and potential lover) of the protagonist. therefore, everything he does is made retroactively reprehensible. the cause he champions, his abuse at the hands of the church, the sacrifices he made for the wardens, his tendency to push people away because he has learned that closeness is a liability he cannot afford, it’s all treated with an air of dismissal, as if they wrote every last line of dialogue while rolling their eyes. they allow no room for sympathy, and so his downward spiral cannot be tragic. it can only be evil. it can only be deserved.
not to mention the fact that they inadvertently gave him internalized homophobia because his role necessitated bisexuality but his writer is homophobic
Antivan Crow armour concept art from The Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview [x]
Mage robes would get heavy when wet, and definitely would tangle around the body wearing them, so it's not only imo impossible to swim any decent distance with them, but also there's a high chance of drowning, especially in cold waters. THEREFORE Anders swam across lake Celenhad in his small clothes.
templars watching Anders takes off his robes on the lake's shore VS templars watching Anders swimming to freedom
Dragon Age has a lot of funny moments but this one really takes the cake I think
10 years later, Marian's still got a way with words.
my post about da4 being like da2 has a lot of ppl saying “unpopular opinion but i actually like da2” which makes me wonder how unpopular that take really is???
whatever you answer write your reasoning in the tags!!
Dragon Age: The Veilguard DA Keep tiles <3
