#(and bull -- hissrad -- has set himself up to be and will remain in unless you help him)

[vaguely-concerned]

the more I think about it the more hilarious AND moving it is that of all people, dorian 'you're asking me to become a unicorn when I've never even seen one' pavus and iron 'did not grow up with even a cultural conception of romantic relationships/attraction except as a sort of regrettable mental illness that gets you sent to the secret police for Reeducation' bull, with the full nonsense of their romeo and juliette-esque sociopolitical backgrounds and the pressure of having to be long-distance most of the time bearing down on them to boot, can somehow manage to stumble into one of the most stable and committed background relationships in the entire franchise fjdskaflas

#As it turns out my adoribull thoughts and feelings have not faded as the years went by. #they have become both deepened and heightened. It has in fact only gotten worse lol #it's one of those where it's taking me years to work out what the hell I mean but I think I'm getting there #adoribull #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #iron bull #dorian pavus #They are Important #I think it's because there's stuff going on in the fabric of the narrative here more than in the dialogue itself #in the whole structure of it #the way they're a thematic mirror to each other and not always in the ways you'd expect #do you ever think about how the horrific thing dorian almost had done to him by his father... bull went and asked for from the reeducators? #can you IMAGINE the impact on how bull looks at dorian b/c of that depending on whether he goes tal vashoth or stays with the qun? #because god help me I can't think about anything else #attraction vs. love vs. recognition of the self through the other vs. the FAILURE to be recognized (as dorian has been by his father) #(and bull -- hissrad -- has set himself up to be and will remain in unless you help him) #and how these can all exist separately *and* together and at different times between two people. like. fuck.