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Couples Meme

stolen from this post

Dorian/Ash Adaar

Is the most affectionate: Definitely Ash. He’s a mushball.

Their most common argument: ?? Who’s hotter? Idk that’s pretty shallow but they’re both pretty pretty. Also Ash rarely gets angry.

Nicknames for each other: So I headcanon that they call each other dessert names: “Pudding,” “Sugar,” “Honey,” “Sweetness,” etc. And of course Dorian with the occasional “Amatus” when he’s feeling especially affectionate (but only in private)

Who initiates kisses: Dorian. Ash likes to be a tease.

Who kisses the hardest: Ash

Who said I love you first: Ash

Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times: Dorian but he can never manage to actually make Ash blush, since Ash has a way of filing things away until a later, more appropriate time

Who’s the better cook: Ash (bc Ash had to learn to cook for himself and Ataashi, while Dorian had people cooking for him in Tevinter)

Who wakes up to calm the baby: They take turns

Their favorite non-sexual activity: Just spending time with each other in the city, walking around, shopping, eating, and most importantly: holding hands.

1 sad headcanon about this couple: They never get married, because of Dorian’s stupid family and Ash can’t exactly go and live in Tevinter. Actually, Dorian asks Ash to marry him in the beginning (post-game but pre-Trespasser) and Ash says no, because he knows Dorian is just doing it to piss off his father. In modern AU, however, they WOULD get married. They would get hella married.

1 sugary-sweet headcanon about this couple: See above with the nicknames. Can’t get any sweeter than that.

Ataashi Adaar/Bull

Is the most affectionate: Bull

Their most common argument: in the beginning, they argued about his use of the word “saarebas.” but they quickly made up when Bull made it clear he did not view her as a “thing.” (he insists she is dangerous, though. To their enemies, that is)

Nicknames for each other: Kadan

Who initiates kisses: Ataashi

Who kisses the hardest: Ataashi (But only bc I imagine Bull, even with a fellow qunari, is constantly conscious of how gentle he needs to be since literally everyone is smaller than him)

Who said I love you first: Bull. Yes, it surprised him, too.

Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times: Bull because it’s Bull. Ataashi wouldn’t since she’s gray-asexual but I imagine every once in a blue moon she will surprise Bull at the most inopportune time when he’s definitely not expecting it, as payback (but he just laughs and tells her he loves her)

Who’s the better cook: Bull; Ash did most of the cooking for Ataashi when they were growing up so she never quite learned

Who wakes up to calm the baby: Bull

Their favorite non-sexual activity: Cuddling on the couch, watching tv

1 sad headcanon about this couple: ? Nothing too sad, really. Ataashi has bad anxiety though and she got really scared the first time they tried to get intimate because of her fear of being tied up. She legit had a panic attack over it.

1 sugary-sweet headcanon about this couple: Going off of the sad headcanon, Bull took good care of Ataashi when she freaked out, staying with her until she calmed down. Ash used to be the only one who could calm her but after that, Bull kind of took over that role and it brought him and Ataashi closer together.

Raye Cadash/Thom

Is the most affectionate: Thom

Their most common argument: ?? There’s honestly not too much they would disagree about, probably just a few stupid, insignificant things now and then. Thom knows better than to get into an argument with Raye. She can be pretty hot-headed so if he senses she’s not in a great mood, he’ll do his best to stay on her good side.

Nicknames for each other: “My Lady” and “My Bear” (but in bed he’s her Great Bear, teehee)

Who initiates kisses: Raye

Who kisses the hardest: Thom

Who said I love you first: Raye but only bc Thom is afraid saying it first might push her away so he waits patiently until she’s ready to say it

Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times: So this is actually an ongoing contest between them, to see who can get the other to blush harder. Raye almost always wins.

Who’s the better cook: Thom. Raye can make a mean nug stew, and that’s about all she knows how to make

Who wakes up to calm the baby: Thom

Their favorite non-sexual activity: This is tough bc sex *is* their favorite activity, period. But I think that outside of getting each other off, they like to have laughing contests as well. See who can make the other laugh harder. In modern AU they like going to comedy clubs on date night.

1 sad headcanon about this couple: (ugh, enough. I hate thinking about sad things) I mean there was that one time they almost broke up because Thom is a liar and a criminal, but things worked out, in the end.

1 sugary-sweet headcanon about this couple: He’s so stupidly sweet with her, treats her like royalty when she’s the farthest thing from it because he looks at her with so much love in his eyes that he doesn’t know the difference. (I love them sfm)

#DAI #dorian pavus #ash adaar #ataashi adaar #twinquisition #raye cadash #thom rainier #cadashwall #iron bull #adaaribull

[bardinhightown]

Girls don’t want boys, girls want Dragon Age Origins remastered with Inquisition graphics.

#true

[bardinhightown]

I’ve just seen the most incredibly wrong thing about Zevran on my dash and I need to say something.

Zevran was groomed from childhood to be a killer. He had no choice in the matter. Kill or be killed, that was his life.

Now I see where people would be coming from, saying he’s done so without remorse if they never bothered to get to know him, but here’s the thing. He takes an impossible mission to kill two Grey Wardens, who are famed warriors of great skill and are not to be trifled with. I say impossible because that’s what he wanted. He didn’t want to succeed. He wanted to die. Your character sparing him is a mercy he neither expected nor wanted when it was given.

If you go down his romance path, or even just get to know him well enough to get him to stay after Taliesen confronts you, you would know this. You would know he does this because he’s filled with a profound guilt after he allowed Taliesen to murder the woman he loved because he trusted the wrong man. He laughed and spit on her corpse and when he found out he was wrong, he became suicidal. That is not the reaction of a person who lacks remorse.

And frankly, with this in mind, his humor is no longer the trait of a callous person. It’s the defense mechanism of a person so broken by what his past made him that he has literally zero faith in himself as a person. He can’t see himself as a good person, he hates himself for what he did. He’s aloof in his interactions with the Warden because he doesn’t think they would believe him.

LIke at the end of the day, Zevran did shitty things, but those things tore him apart. He’s not happy with himself and it takes the literal entire game, which spans the course of a year, to believe himself worthy of love or respect.

And that’s it, really. 

#oh this #this is a good #i cry #zevran arainai #dao

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#thank #okok so not DA-related but it’s about art and creativity which is why i made this blog SO #lin manuel miranda #quotes #not DA

[bardinhightown]

This is the single best take on Dragon Age 2 I’ve ever read and why I will defend it with my life AND TWO OF THE WRITERS BASICALLY CONFIRMED IT??

(Also everyone go follow Margaret Owen on twitter. she writes books.)

twitter thread here

#woah #i have my beef w.DA2 #and i think this explains prt of it #but it also explains why it’s an awesome game so i can’t be mad?? #i’m still mad about the ending especially as an anders fan who thought he deserved better writing than just goescrazymakeschantrygoboom #buuuut everything before the end is so gooood #and i love every single character so much #to the point where they all love my hawke so no one ever betrays me #so sometimes i don’t think about how easy it is for literally everything in this game to go so so wrong #but yeah #da2

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Burn away the name and enter.

#my hawke-awkwardly: hiiiiiii #please love me #byeeeee #fenris #da2

[bardinhightown]

Sweet Pea - Blissful Pleasure 

First in my eventual series based around various flowers and characters

No one ever draws pretty Zevran, and it makes me sad. 

Do not repost. Do not steal.

#ugh get your pretty face on my blog please #zevran arainai #dao

[bardinhightown]

been working on these for a while! I miss the da:o squad so much (✿´‿`) 

(some notes on the flowers and symbolism under the cut!)

EDIT: it’s a little late but i finally fixed the bit of fur coat on alistair’s drawing that was bothering me lol

Keep reading

#hit reblog as soon as i saw the notes on zev’s flowers #dao #zevran arainai #alistair theirin #morrigan #leliana

[bardinhightown]

ah yes the four dialogue wheel options, Diplomatic, Humorous, Aggressive, and Git Wrecked.

#omg #dai #corypheus #lavellan

[bardinhightown]

I started playing a new Dragon Age: Origins character, and noticed I never made any fan art. Am I too late to join in?! D8

I can’t fix this pose, but maybe with refs I can later. Will post if finished, with a couple more sketches. :)

#i’ve been in such an elf-romancing mood during these past few replays #(let’s hope that doesn’t last by the time i replay da:i bc i can’t go down that road again...) #anyway yes good this is beautiful and so is zev #zevran arainai #dao

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#pfffahahahha #how have i never heard of this meme #y is this so accurate #da2

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This is the worst idea I’ve had all day.

#literally my current playthrough #hehehe #fenris #da2 #fenhawke

[bardinhightown]

| ZEVRAN + INDESS | Dragon Age: Origins |

“You’re so much stronger than you know.”

#heart eyes mothafucka #zev/tabris 4eva #zevran arainai #dao #tabris

[bardinhightown]

And now that all the ten intended Dragon Age makeup tests have been done, here is a set of all of them.

edit: added fenris and flemeth to the list. stupid tumblr for limiting photo posts to 10 photos max.

#HOW IS THIS THE SAME PERSON #op u r beautiful #cosplay

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| ZEVRAN ARAINAI | DA:O+ | Docked |

“Stay with me. I can offer you shelter, good company and… all of my heart.”

An updated version of this is now available on my Redubble.

#SEND HELP #for real i am blown away bythe beauty of this art and the beauty of this man #so glad i finally romanced him #zevran arainai #dao

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“It’s sort of a long walk to the graveyard. I hope you wore comfortable shoes”

MERRILL.

#MERILL YOU LITERALLY HAVE NEVER WORN SHOES A DAY IN YOUR LIFE #da2 #merrill

[bardinhightown]

random da thoughts i had last night

If I were Hawke, I’d be constantly wearing a t-shirt that says “I’m surrounded by idiots, no really, literally everyone in this city is a tool, can’t you people do anything for yourselves, dear Maker it’s exhausting being me”

#random da thoughts #da2 #hawke #for real the only reason my own hawke isn’t tired of everyone’s bs is bc they pay her good coin to put up with it