Grey Warden Nahila Cousland
In Peace, Vigilance.
Loki x Daenerys;
my first big crossover, be niceTHIS IS PERFECT IN SO MANY WAYS.
(Quelle: alexisniablo)
I am a far cry from Fenris’ biggest fan, but I am going to have to defend him, here.
Fenris just spent who knows how many years of his life being treated as an object. As a slave, as a toy, as property. And he has little to no memory of anything else.
That fucks a person up. The fact that he’s functional at all is a feat in and of itself. I may not agree with a lot of what he says and does, and his behavior sometimes really agitates me, but I’d be incredibly remiss if I didn’t give credit where due.
A one-night stand is an intentional hookup that’s meant to have no strings attached. When Fenris slept with Hawke, that wasn’t the intent. He had a terrible personal reaction linked back to his previous abuse. He didn’t say, “Thanks for the sex, later toots!” and waltz out. He ran away, frightened and confused.
He doesn’t demand that Hawke wait for him. He doesn’t even ask Hawke to wait for him. He doesn’t hold any grudges if Hawke moves on. He doesn’t ever ask Hawke not to move on. He harbors no bad feelings if Hawke moves on to another LI.
He’s unbelievably loving and grateful if Hawke does wait, but that’s up to Hawke/the player. There are no penalties if Hawke doesn’t feel like it, except that you don’t get to complete the romance with Fenris. Letting him have that time to come to terms with the things that happened to him is part of the deal. And if Hawke is the type of person that actually loves and understands Fenris and wants to pursue a relationship, then you would think that Hawke would want Fenris to be happy and healthy and that pressuring him for more commitment after a bad reaction to a sexual experience wouldn’t exactly be the first thing on his/her mind.
Fenris doesn’t vanish off the face of the earth, afterward. Hawke can either dump him right then and there, or put the relationship on pause, not breaking it, even they’re not technically ‘together’ again until the next act. They still see one another, clearly. They’re still living in the same places and hanging out with the same people. They’re not physically separated for that entire time. It’s just implied that they don’t have sex again and don’t really deal with the issue and the relationship doesn’t ‘progress’ until the next relationship-centric event occurs.
And if Hawke doesn’t want to wait around and deal with Fenris’ personal baggage, and decides to drop him and/or pursue someone else? Then Fenris will hook up with Isabela, if she’s free. Are you there in the bedroom with them when they have sex? How do you know what happens between them? Maybe he did have problems. Maybe she helps him through it. Or maybe he’s learned to cope over the last three years between leaving Hawke and sleeping with her. If Hawke is free to do what s/he wants, then why can’t Fenris go out and find someone to make him happy?
TL;DR Version:
Yes, some people would wait.
How about not judging other people for their reactions to trauma and abuse? You can say, “Sorry, I can’t handle these relationship terms, I’m not the person for you,” without demonizing the other person and making morality judgements on the other person. Nobody told you you had to wait. You only have to wait if you want to be with him in the end. That means accepting who he is, and being willing to work with it. You don’t want to wait? No penalties, you just don’t get to be with Fenris.
You either accept that those are the terms, or you don’t.
(Quelle: biowareconfessions)
Another art raffle… why? Because I noticed that a long weekend is coming and I got no sketches I want to finish… so I got this idea to make another art raffle today while I sat in a very boring class.
So… the rules are like last time:
* you can get up to two votes in
* liking gives you one vote
* reblogging gives you another
(you can do both, or just either of them - as you like)
I can draw mature content, as long as it is not pornographic. I can also draw a scene to a fanfiction if provided/desired.
Dragon Age is the fandom I know the most about… I might be able to do basic Mass Effect fanarts, as well… I know the characters and played the second game for 9 hours so far… (only Dragon Age kept me from playing XD) … (I ship femShepard x Kaidan if anyone wants to know XD)
Legend of Korra and Naruto are the other two fandoms I could provide art for, since I know the fandoms and are into them enough to do decent fanarts ^^” OCs for all the fandoms are welcome and I love to meet new OCs :3Totally original characters are always appreciated and welcome as well :3 They tend to be real fun 8D
Raffle ends Thursday, May 24th - 7 p.m. German time
If I get a reply from the winner till Friday chances are I can finish a picture over the long Pentecostal weekend :3
I will choose the winner using random.org
Be sure to have your ask open, so I can contact you in case you’re the winner!
Depending on the interest in the raffle, I might add prizes (pictures).
Mako, Korra, and Bolin.
lololol
LOLOLOL
AAAHHHH!
(Quelle: superpsyguy, via -alona-aeducan-)
Zevran’s romance is much more beautiful than most people seem to realize… His goodbye at the gates is the most heartbreaking alongside Morrigan’s - romanced or not - exactly because they were the ones who never let people get too close.
Yes, in the beginning it’s all about sex; it has always been about sex with him because he was raised to be a goddamn assassin and the only time he had feelings for someone he helped to kill her because he was tricked into believing she had betrayed their guild. But you see as he gradually gets more and more attached to the Warden, how he reachs the point of being jealous if you’re too close of another (romanceable) companion, and how his loyalty just keeps increasing in every sense. He keeps telling you it’s just about the fun but you can see he’s only trying to convince himself of that. And the earring scene… the moment you say to him you want that to symbolize something he loses it, because he just couldn’t admit he wanted that too. He’s struggling so much because he knows he already fell in love and that scares the shit out of him; because he can’t bear to get attached just to lose another person dear to him again. And with the Warden living that kind of life and the Blight upon their shoulders, he knows they could end up dead any minute. But in the end he admits just how important you are to him, even going as far as saying you can take that as a proposal. Then the final battle starts and you’re heading to fight the Archdemon in flesh… and he can’t help but worry about you, wondering if you will come back alive, especially if you don’t take him. And if your Warden sacrifices him/herself… it kills him inside. The epilogue mentions he never fell in love again. And in the second game, even after seven years he tells Isabela he can’t have sex with her because the memories are still too fresh Zevran surely is a pervert but you cannot say he’s incapable of love. He’s the most loyal and passionate man once he has been won over.
Sorry, I just have too many feelings about this fucking elf.
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All of the characters in Origins are easily written off as tropes and caricatures if one chooses not to bother, yet utterly complex and interesting and sympathetic if one chooses to invest their time. The investment is worth it, and Zevran is no exception.
I wrote him off, the first time I played. Luckily, the second time, I did not.
(Quelle: dragonageconfessions)
