#like yes he lies and manipulates and definitely offers to sleep with the warden out of self perseverance to a degree

[girlmadeofclockwork]

I do find the, well maybe not historical revisionism, but perhaps profoundly misremembering and or just changes in tastes that has gone down when it comes to Zevran and dragon age: origins to be quite interesting, like now that he’s very openly being compared to the newest hotness of Astarion, people talk about him as if he is/was the most popular because people love broody elves (even though Zev is the farthest from broody in his demeanor, and which kinda go hand in hand with people comparing him to Fenris, which isn’t new mind mind you, but it was fucking rare I saw anyone make that comparison 9 years ago) but I was there mind you, I was there 8-9 years ago. I remember clearly Zevran being the least popular romance option in origins when it came to the fandom.

#dragon age #this isn’t a digg on anyone I like all three of them (Zev. Fenris and Astarion) #but like the only thing I’d say these three characters have in common is being elves and having a terrible and horribly abusive past #well Zevs is different because he had an fucking awful and still not distant child hood (both Fen and Astarion don’t recall theirs) #but I think what’s really the kicker is that despite all that Zev dosen’t really hate the world at large and Is still nice to people #like yes he lies and manipulates and definitely offers to sleep with the warden out of self perseverance to a degree #but like Zev cares so fucking much about other people that finding out he was tricked into killing Someone he loved #made him stright up suicidal #another interesting fandom shift is with how the fandom treats Blackwall (who I also adore he’s my canon romance for my inquisitor) #like he was also the least romanced character in inquisition and people were fucking nasty about him (and very ageist) #but these days he’s much more beloved and people can understand and see that his story is likely the most completed and interesting #our of the companions in that game #anyway I’ll stop my musings now I doubt anyone actually cares much about what I have to say about it

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Fox Companion Party Banter Part 2 The Shattering Wood (Fox Recruitment Quest) Fox’s Faux Wiki Page Part One Here (Formatting was awful on mobile for the last one. Hopefully this way is better?)

Solas: Spirits cluster near you in the Fade. Fox: They're really very loud when I'm trying to sleep. Solas: ...You experience no other problems with them? Fox: What kind of problems? Solas: Temptation, for one. Fox: What's tempting is -explicit comment about someone attractive-. Solas: Spirits of lust could give you that. Fox: Not for REAL, though.

Solas: I confess, I’ve never before met a human who was unopposed to blood magic without being a blood mage. Fox: I kill plenty of people. Fox: I’ve lied and manipulated to get people to act against their own best interests. Fox: The only reason I don’t use a demon to do things I’m already doing is because I don’t trust the demon to follow what I intend to be its side of the bargain.

Solas: About blood magic. Solas: You said ‘what I intend to be its side of the bargain.’ Fox: Spirits have no use for lies. Fox: They have their purpose and they fulfill it. Fox: It’s not their fault if mortals can’t conceptualize what their requests actually mean to spirits. Solas: A surprisingly enlightened position.

Fox: It was the slaves. Solas: That caused you to understand the nature of spirits? Fox: Yes. Fox: People here in the South don’t understand what slavery really is. Fox: It’s not just your time and your energy and your body and your children. Solas: Slavery eliminates personhood.

Solas: You get along fairly well with The Iron Bull. Solas: That’s not what I expected. Fox: I’m no particular fan of the Qun. Solas: Precisely. Fox: I’m not entirely convinced he is, either. The Iron Bull: I’m right here. Fox: And you’d’ve heard of this conversation regardless.

Fox: Were you taught magic by the ancient elves? Solas: Pardon? Fox: You’re classically trained. Fox: For some definition of classic. Solas: There is a wealth of information to be gained from spending time in the Fade. Fox: And that level of question evasion is surely lesson one of mage training. Solas: (chuckle) The memories of the ancient elves still linger, if you know where to look.

Solas: You had no interest in the Well of Sorrows. Fox: Nor did you. Solas: I can gain what knowledge I desire from the Fade. Fox: I’ve had enough geas on my flesh to last several lifetimes.

Blackwall: So. Fox. That’s a name. Fox: As is Blackwall. Blackwall: What’s your real name? Fox: Faust. And yours? Blackwall: (grunts)

Fox: I’ve heard you know ‘my kind.’ Blackwall: Dorian’s kind. Blackwall: Not yours. Fox: Not mine? Blackwall: You know what you are. Blackwall: You don’t hide it behind veils and soft words. Fox: I don’t see the point of hiding, really. Fox: Anyone who matters would find out eventually and those who wouldn’t don’t matter.

Fox: Aren’t you surprised about me? Blackwall: What’s there to be surprised about? Fox: That I’m popular at Skyhold. Blackwall: Been listening to me talk to Dorian, have you? Fox: Everyone seems to think we’re in a competition for best evil mage from Tevinter. Blackwall: Believe me, there’s no competition. Fox: Of course not. He’s not actually evil.

Blackwall: Are you a fan of the Grand Tourney? Fox: Haven’t seen any tourneys. Fox: They sound dusty. Blackwall: You don’t have jousting in Tevinter? Fox: In our heat, it would kill the horses. Fox: And the jousters, but we’d hardly be bothered by that.

Fox: What do darkspawn feel like? Blackwall: Oily skin and rusted armor, mostly. Fox: I mean when you sense then. Fox: All of the Warden stories mention it. Blackwall: They’re like a bad smell in the room. Blackwall: Sometimes you know where it’s coming from. Sometimes you don’t.

Fox: The blackmarket in Minrathous stocks smuggled Warden beard oil. Blackwall: Are you taking the piss? Fox: It carries a scent strong enough to overpower the week-old corpse of a bronto. Fox: I like the mint ones. Blackwall: And it’s popular in Minrathous? Fox: You don’t want to know how many people go to the slave pens for entertainment. Blackwall: I suppose I thought it was some Orlesian frippery. Blackwall: I might have to get some.

(after Revelations) Blackwall: Ready to take your shot? Fox: Oh no, you betrayed and murdered an entire family. Fox: I’ve never heard of a crime so awful. Blackwall: I betrayed my men, too. Blackwall: I spoiled the sanctity of command. Fox: If I was going to condemn you, I’d’ve done it months ago. Blackwall: You knew? And said nothing? Fox: It was easier than finding a new Warden to exercise the treaties.

Blackwall: How did you know? Fox: Know what? Blackwall: That I wasn’t Warden Blackwall. Fox: Your nightmares are the horrors of men, not monsters.

Vivienne: You’re well-educated, Sa’alle. Vivienne: How can you possibly support blood magic? Fox: (mutters) You make one comment and no one wants to speak of anything else… Fox: I already do, without blood magic, anything I would do with it. Fox: If I’m going to kill a man, I don’t have the moral high ground if I use a cleaner sword.

Vivienne: I assume you also wish to abolish the Circles. Fox: Our definitions of Circle are wildly different. Fox: Mine made me. Fox: Would you want that kind of Circle all over the South?

Fox: What is it you enjoy about court life? Vivienne: It’s beautiful, complex, dangerous. Vivienne: If you know where to look, you can see into the hearts of men. Fox: I’ve seen the hearts of men; not something I’m particularly fond of. Vivienne: You don’t have to like it to find it fascinating. Fox: Point.

Fox: You have my condolences. Vivienne: Thank you, but they are unnecessary. Fox: I don’t offer them for your late partner. Vivienne: I’m afraid I don’t understand. Vivienne: And you should be afraid I won’t like it when I do. Fox: They’re for the weight you now bear. Fox: Surviving is always harder.

#fox au #da:i companion au #da:i fan companion #da:i fan party banter #dragon age inquisition