#and then Devana & Josie are just . . . hopeless. literally took Leliana intervening to get them to go anyway smdh

[sage-nebula]

Each of my romances in the three Dragon Age games has been like:

Lyra Mahariel/Zevran Aranai: Decided to use sex as a distraction from trauma, caught feelings by accident

Briar Hawke/Isabela: Heard “be gay, do crimes” and took it very literally

Devana Lavellan/Josephine Montilyet: Oblivious lesbians having their first real romance

#i like that all 3 have had very different flavors tbh. it fits w/ the different personalities of all 3 #Lyra & Zevran are both traumatized in different ways + are keenly aware how close to death they are at all times so they're like #''nothing matters! let's just work out restless energy + distract ourselves!'' #and then they caught feelings & were like ''well fuck (and not the fun kind)'' #(but kind of went w/ it bc it was the end of the world so like . . . why not right) #Briar & Isabela had instant attraction & chemistry & both use sass & humor to deflect things so they also got along great on that front too #+ both being rogues + both being criminals etc etc just a ton of things in common tbqh #the feelings came along organically & though Briar was the first to admit it to both herself & Isabela she also never pushed #bc she was fine with just seeing how each day unfolded (esp since wild shit happened every other day so. why try to plan) #so they just kind of live in the moment & the chaos & go w/ with it. with feelings involved despite Isabela's best efforts #and then Devana & Josie are just . . . hopeless. literally took Leliana intervening to get them to go anyway smdh #Devana at least has never had a romance before ever & honestly despite Josephine's fury at Leliana saying she's innocent in love #I'm pretty sure the same goes for her. she is oblivious too. but since it's a first romance they are so sweet & soft & fluffy #just cuddles and handholding & kisses for the time being. feels scandalous even though it is anything but #so in a way it went from like - most angsty (Lyra/Zev) - balanced (Briar/Bela) - fluffy (Devana/Josie) #something for everyone tbh #dragon age