#*chat: em

[12/29/14, 12:06:40 AM] casimir reed-stark: any time [12/29/14, 12:07:02 AM] casimir reed-stark: i mean. not any time obviously. i think i went to bed shortly after that bc i got too drunk and could no longer handle orlais [12/29/14, 12:07:14 AM] casimir reed-stark: i started drinking to get through orlais but i overestimated how much wine was the right amount [12/29/14, 12:07:21 AM] winters: that was. really good i was so thrown and shaky about it and seeing ur snaps helped me not think about it [12/29/14, 12:07:38 AM] winters: and y EAH i saw that. you didnt send any more snaps so i assumed you had gone to sleep [12/29/14, 12:08:58 AM] winters: orlais was like. so boring honestly i was not enthralled. the only cool thing was seeing what i could get away with to get court approval really. i truly gave up and sped through it in the end i was so annoyed [12/29/14, 12:09:37 AM] winters: also it would have been cool to dance w my li but that's abt it........ seeing ur companions react was nice but the actual mission was not [12/29/14, 12:09:51 AM] winters: stick me in the hinterlands any day [12/29/14, 12:10:27 AM] casimir reed-stark: i absolutely hate orlais not bc it’s boring but bc it’s just like [12/29/14, 12:10:33 AM] casimir reed-stark: i hate orlesians [12/29/14, 12:10:57 AM] casimir reed-stark: i fucked up really badly my first attempt bc i have a specific outcome i really would like to have happen bc i looked up epilogue stuff [12/29/14, 12:11:05 AM] casimir reed-stark: but it requires a lot of fuckin halla statues [12/29/14, 12:11:16 AM] casimir reed-stark: so i have to be meticulous about getting as many as i can [12/29/14, 12:11:26 AM] winters: those halla statues are the worst i got so mad and gave up. you have far more patience than i [12/29/14, 12:11:30 AM] casimir reed-stark: so anyway i reloaded bc i meessed up hardcore the first time [12/29/14, 12:11:48 AM] casimir reed-stark: and in my second attempt decided to bring the companions i knew would make the court the most uncomfortable [12/29/14, 12:11:52 AM] casimir reed-stark: so i brought sera, dorian, and bull [12/29/14, 12:12:04 AM] casimir reed-stark: AND SERA TURNS OUT TO BE THE BEST COMPANION TO BRING??? [12/29/14, 12:12:13 AM] winters: what?????? [12/29/14, 12:12:15 AM] casimir reed-stark: you can gain SO MUCH approval from sera if you take her to orlais with you it’s hilarious [12/29/14, 12:12:22 AM] casimir reed-stark: and also extra loot [12/29/14, 12:12:27 AM] winters: that's SO GOOD i'll ahve to rmr that [12/29/14, 12:12:47 AM] casimir reed-stark: she spends her entire time trashing the nobles and laughing at everything and then she also gives you tips to where there’s red jenny loot caches all over the castle [12/29/14, 12:13:08 AM] casimir reed-stark: also u know how they have a herald announce who u bring [12/29/14, 12:13:12 AM] winters: o yeah [12/29/14, 12:13:31 AM] casimir reed-stark: sera gets herself announced as “her ladyship… “my balls itch”… of course" [12/29/14, 12:13:46 AM] casimir reed-stark: and then she snickers loudly and i think cullen audibly groans [12/29/14, 12:13:55 AM] winters: w ow. im so proud :' ) [12/29/14, 12:14:04 AM] winters: my lady cadash is gonna love her [12/29/14, 12:14:17 AM] casimir reed-stark: i brought cass and varric and dorian the first time and tbh they were way too accepting of the first two [12/29/14, 12:14:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: like that’s my typical party build but [12/29/14, 12:14:29 AM] casimir reed-stark: nah [12/29/14, 12:14:30 AM] winters: yeah i varric, dorian, bull so [12/29/14, 12:14:47 AM] winters: bull @ the food is so funny [12/29/14, 12:14:50 AM] casimir reed-stark: cass got announced by her full name and she goes “ugh get on with it” [12/29/14, 12:14:54 AM] winters: oh my GOd [12/29/14, 12:14:57 AM] winters: poor thing [12/29/14, 12:15:02 AM] winters: what a mouthful [12/29/14, 12:15:18 AM] casimir reed-stark: so i mean i think ultimately from my observation literally the best companion to bring is sera and the worst is cole [12/29/14, 12:15:25 AM] casimir reed-stark: i know someone who brought cole and. never bring cole. [12/29/14, 12:15:31 AM] casimir reed-stark: he doesn’t get announced at all [12/29/14, 12:15:45 AM] winters: oh...... is it just. very sad [12/29/14, 12:15:46 AM] casimir reed-stark: and i’m pretty sure he literally disappears [12/29/14, 12:15:50 AM] winters: nO [12/29/14, 12:16:04 AM] casimir reed-stark: you can’t find him to talk to until you show up with your full party to arm up and explore [12/29/14, 12:16:25 AM] winters: i dont like this at all [12/29/14, 12:16:31 AM] casimir reed-stark: huh i just realized. i wonder if the special dialogue option with dorian is because we’re 100% friends [12/29/14, 12:16:37 AM] casimir reed-stark: or if it’s just there bc dorian [12/29/14, 12:16:57 AM] casimir reed-stark: bc you get a dialogue thing. or at least i did. to tell him thank you for coming bc you know it’s not going to be easy on him [12/29/14, 12:17:19 AM] casimir reed-stark: and he’s like “haha yeah you’d think i smelled of cabbages the way everyone’s looking at me. it’s alright though. thank you for saying something" [12/29/14, 12:17:33 AM] winters: yeah. i think... i think i remember that. but then again i have a feeling i was very close to full friendship at that point too [12/29/14, 12:17:48 AM] winters: he's so important [12/29/14, 12:17:51 AM] casimir reed-stark: i have no idea what my friendship meters are with everyone i just know that i am definitely friends with dorian and cole [12/29/14, 12:18:04 AM] casimir reed-stark: cole’s lunch date in val royeux….. the cutest thing i have ever seen....... [12/29/14, 12:22:10 AM] winters: i have not done that yet. actually both varric and cole are likely to glitch out and i haven't been able to talk to cole in ages bc he doesnt appear when i get close to him [12/29/14, 12:22:14 AM] winters: it's so frustrating [12/29/14, 12:22:18 AM] winters: i miss him [12/29/14, 12:22:40 AM] casimir reed-stark: woah weird [12/29/14, 12:23:18 AM] winters: ur tellin me. krem has found his way around a chari and understands how to use one, but cole just up and disappears [12/29/14, 12:23:22 AM] winters: thanks dragon age [12/29/14, 12:24:12 AM] winters: oh well i'll figure it out and get to him at some point [12/29/14, 12:24:23 AM] winters: if it's the last hting i do [12/29/14, 12:25:57 AM] casimir reed-stark: krem is like. fifty fifty. in mine [12/29/14, 12:26:08 AM] casimir reed-stark: he sometimes sits in the chair shoving the wine bottle into his cheek [12/29/14, 12:26:16 AM] casimir reed-stark: and sometimes stands on the chair [12/29/14, 12:26:24 AM] casimir reed-stark: he stopped descending from the rafters every time i walk in though [12/29/14, 12:26:32 AM] winters: he often talks while he has the bottle at his mouth too [12/29/14, 12:26:36 AM] winters: SHIT [12/29/14, 12:26:48 AM] winters: krem u light up my life with ur silly antics [12/29/14, 12:26:59 AM] winters: u light up my life anyway but stil [12/29/14, 12:27:13 AM] casimir reed-stark: ok totally unrelated but i’m really fuckin tired of people simplifying dorian’s views on slavery to “dorian supports slavery" [12/29/14, 12:27:19 AM] casimir reed-stark: did they??? listen????? to what he said about it??? [12/29/14, 12:27:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: it was slightly naive but at the same time like [12/29/14, 12:27:30 AM] casimir reed-stark: what krem says later totally validates it to me tbh [12/29/14, 12:28:24 AM] winters: i honestly havent come across people talking about dorian's views on it. i'm guessing i should count myself lucky [12/29/14, 12:28:50 AM] casimir reed-stark: literally when you talk to dorian (as an elf) about slavery in tevinter what he has to say is like [12/29/14, 12:30:07 AM] casimir reed-stark: “it’s an ugly business and i’m not saying it’s good but at the same time people outright demonizing people who have slaves in tevinter as always being bad people really don’t understand how tevinter is. honestly it’s not a good thing but if you’re poor and especially an elf in tevinter, you may actually be better off as a slave. no elf and no lower class person in tevinter is truly free." [12/29/14, 12:30:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: and then later krem literally tells you that he grew up poor as shit and lower class in tevinter [12/29/14, 12:30:30 AM] casimir reed-stark: and his dad SOLD HIMSELF INTO SLAVERY TO AVOID STARVING TO DEATH [12/29/14, 12:31:15 AM] winters: y eah. yeah [12/29/14, 12:31:42 AM] winters: it's a lot more complicated than just blanketing dorian's perspective w "supports slavery" [12/29/14, 12:32:08 AM] casimir reed-stark: yeah it doesn’t mean he doesn’t occassionally make unfortunate comments but he’s really self aware about it [12/29/14, 12:32:41 AM] casimir reed-stark: he outright says “i’m a fuckin rich tevinter mage kid my dad is a magister of course i don’t understand what it’s like to be poor or not tevinter” [12/29/14, 12:33:07 AM] winters: he knows his background and why he thinks these things. yeah [12/29/14, 12:36:15 AM] winters: dorian only wants to be better really, that's what he's striving for [12/29/14, 12:36:38 AM] casimir reed-stark: i just [12/29/14, 12:36:51 AM] casimir reed-stark: i love how worked up he gets sometimes when you’re talkign to him and he’s just like [12/29/14, 12:37:36 AM] casimir reed-stark: i’m FUCKING TRYING i’m trying to make everything better i’m here bc i want to make myself better and i want to make my country better and i want to make the world better and i want to prove to the people back home that i’m better but also that they can be better and also that we can all fucking work together and like [12/29/14, 12:37:45 AM] casimir reed-stark: i love my piece of shit country and it has so many problems and it doesn’t love me but i don’t care [12/29/14, 12:38:10 AM] casimir reed-stark: because i still love it and it still raised me and it can reject me all it wants and i’ll leave so i don’t get hurt anymore but i won’t back down [12/29/14, 12:38:21 AM] casimir reed-stark: wait what were we talkinga bout. right. tevinter. tevinter is what i was talkinga bout [12/29/14, 12:38:54 AM] casimir reed-stark: i was not talking about anything but tevinter and i’m sorry i yelled you don’t deserve that. you’ve only ever supported me and i don’t know how to deal with that bc no one ever has before [12/29/14, 12:39:01 AM] casimir reed-stark: “my best and only friend” shut UP [12/29/14, 12:39:38 AM] winters: goODBYE [12/29/14, 12:40:33 AM] winters: going into this i expected to fall in love with dorian but. not quite in all the ways i have. he's surprised me in the best ways and i love this asshole so much it hurts [12/29/14, 12:41:36 AM] casimir reed-stark: yeah [12/29/14, 12:42:00 AM] casimir reed-stark: yeah no i seriously wasn’t sure going in to things who was going to be like?? like in dao and da2 they’re all your friends and the difference in inquisition is that you [12/29/14, 12:42:13 AM] casimir reed-stark: you don’t have a ragtag band of misfits [12/29/14, 12:42:22 AM] casimir reed-stark: you don’t have a little group of friends u go gallavanting around with [12/29/14, 12:42:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: you have allies [12/29/14, 12:42:40 AM] casimir reed-stark: so i was really excited to find out who was going to wind up actually being my friends [12/29/14, 12:42:52 AM] casimir reed-stark: and i think it will vary a little for my other inquisitors [12/29/14, 12:42:58 AM] winters: yeah. like, i didnt really plan a best friend at all, but dorian slipped into the role so perfectly despite the character ianlen ended up being. [12/29/14, 12:43:01 AM] winters: yeah [12/29/14, 12:43:14 AM] casimir reed-stark: but i really. wasn’t expecting ru and dorian to wind up loving each other so much [12/29/14, 12:43:17 AM] casimir reed-stark: they’re such an odd couple lmao [12/29/14, 12:43:42 AM] casimir reed-stark: sometimes i just think about tinuverse and tintalle bringing dorian home with him and that’s when ru meets dorian and they just [12/29/14, 12:43:50 AM] casimir reed-stark: like they didn’t go through the same stuff but [12/29/14, 12:44:08 AM] casimir reed-stark: tintalle never shuts up about ru and dorian’s even seen letters from them and stuff [12/29/14, 12:44:32 AM] casimir reed-stark: and possibly met them once or twice bc while i don’t think tintalle comes to skyhold ever during the whole crisis bc he’s got to stay and support the keeper [12/29/14, 12:44:46 AM] casimir reed-stark: i think ru definitely does bc i mean [12/29/14, 12:45:20 AM] casimir reed-stark: ru is a hunter they have more place in the clan than. say. laurelin. but they’re still a disaster and the keeper is like “you already left once without permission so i seriously don’t think we can stop you from doing it again" [12/29/14, 12:46:03 AM] winters: "it's an ADVENTURE" [12/29/14, 12:46:22 AM] casimir reed-stark: i’m still laughing bc i had a hard time trying to decide exactly how and why ru has so many scars [12/29/14, 12:46:40 AM] casimir reed-stark: and why tintalle only has like. two. but why he has Any At All is still like. why would u have face scars u are a fragile nerd [12/29/14, 12:46:49 AM] winters: omg [12/29/14, 12:47:04 AM] casimir reed-stark: each of ru’s scars have a story to them that ends with “and THATS why the keeper wont let me do ___ anymore!” [12/29/14, 12:47:24 AM] casimir reed-stark: ru is forbidden from doing any kind of crafting [12/29/14, 12:47:53 AM] casimir reed-stark: tintalle has two scars. he got them at the same time. because ru snapped him in the face with a tree branch and it knocked him out [12/29/14, 12:47:53 AM] winters: i SAW U TALKING ABOUT THAT i cant beleive this child [12/29/14, 12:48:10 AM] winters: ah yes, siblings [12/29/14, 12:48:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: i mean…. they were like…. ru was probably about nine [12/29/14, 12:48:51 AM] winters: was it an accident or were they playing. this honestly sounds like something my brothers would get up to wow [12/29/14, 12:48:53 AM] casimir reed-stark: laurelin’s scars are similar to ru’s but significantly less triumphant [12/29/14, 12:49:01 AM] winters: nice [12/29/14, 12:49:04 AM] casimir reed-stark: they were playing but it was also an accident [12/29/14, 12:49:11 AM] casimir reed-stark: like [12/29/14, 12:49:19 AM] casimir reed-stark: ru did it on purpose but it wasnt meant to do any damage [12/29/14, 12:49:51 AM] casimir reed-stark: tintalle was just like “ru don’t mess with that get down from that tree youre going to hurt yourself” and ru was like “let go? ok” and tintalle was like “nO DONT LET G” and then he was concussed [12/29/14, 12:50:41 AM] winters: creators preserve me [12/29/14, 12:52:02 AM] winters: honestly in the elvhen clique where they all know each other ianlen is definitely that longsuffering silent cousin figure that just. patiently waits for someone to hurt themselves and then patches them up [12/29/14, 12:52:35 AM] casimir reed-stark: i can’t make as many jokes about laurelin bc every time i think about laurelin too much i get kind of :/ because honestly his life until the inquisition was like not bad but not great [12/29/14, 12:52:55 AM] casimir reed-stark: it’s rough living in a society where everyone has a role to play and you just. don't [12/29/14, 12:53:32 AM] winters: awh man [12/29/14, 12:54:35 AM] casimir reed-stark: he’s a mage but he’s not in line to be keeper, he can’t be a crafter (his “sight” only gets him so far), he’s rubbish with halla, he can’t hunt because they can’t risk mages on the hunt and also because he just can’t. see fast enough. to be much help. [12/29/14, 12:54:49 AM] casimir reed-stark: he’s good with kids and he’s good with stories [12/29/14, 12:55:03 AM] casimir reed-stark: so he mostly just. spends his time helping his dad out [12/29/14, 12:55:08 AM] casimir reed-stark: and babysitting [12/29/14, 12:55:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: but there’s still plenty of the clan that’s sort of unnerved by him and definitely pitying of him bc like [12/29/14, 12:56:23 AM] casimir reed-stark: he’s not old but. he’s not young anymore either. by his age most of the people would have had a role in the clan and. probably have picked a partner and settled down too [12/29/14, 12:56:35 AM] casimir reed-stark: he’s like. 33 or 34 [12/29/14, 12:57:04 AM] casimir reed-stark: and bc of the whole. like he can “see” but people don’t know quite how to be around him still sometimes [12/29/14, 12:57:08 AM] casimir reed-stark: and he’s kind of. weirdly quiet. [12/29/14, 12:57:30 AM] casimir reed-stark: except when he’s telling stories and then he just gets lost in them and seems almost like a different person [12/29/14, 12:57:35 AM] winters: oh [12/29/14, 12:57:47 AM] casimir reed-stark: but like a hahren doesn’t have a first the way the keeper does so it’s not like he’s in line for anything there [12/29/14, 12:58:03 AM] casimir reed-stark: there isn’t a role to fill by just. helping out his dad [12/29/14, 12:58:19 AM] casimir reed-stark: the keeper sends him to the conclave literally because like [12/29/14, 12:58:27 AM] casimir reed-stark: she just hopes it will help him find a place in the world [12/29/14, 12:58:39 AM] casimir reed-stark: like that some part of the journey will give him meaning? [12/29/14, 12:58:49 AM] casimir reed-stark: and it. does. the inquisition is the best thing that ever happens to him [12/29/14, 12:59:27 AM] casimir reed-stark: it’s so baffling when they ask him to be inquisitor bc here he is this blind mage kid in his mid thirties with no direction in life whatsoever [12/29/14, 12:59:45 AM] casimir reed-stark: and there are these incredible strong people and they want him to lead them??? [12/29/14, 1:00:03 AM] casimir reed-stark: and he’s like “i am not even remotely cut out to do this but i’ll try" [12/29/14, 1:00:16 AM] winters: what a darling. i'm so glad [12/29/14, 1:03:25 AM] casimir reed-stark: did u see the cap i edited of him [12/29/14, 1:04:32 AM] winters: yeah i did it was amazing he looks so good [12/29/14, 1:04:54 AM] winters: what a CUTIE [12/29/14, 1:05:18 AM] casimir reed-stark: i love my kids [12/29/14, 1:06:58 AM] winters: i love your kids too

em: BYE

casimir reed-stark: also im thinkin he wears his hair like. pulled back. a lot. young/concept art fen’harel style B) winters: oh snap. that's. r eally hot casimir reed-stark: solas sees him w his hair pulled back all braided and sides shaved and pulled back in a pony tail and nearly has a fuckin heart attack winters: FUCK casimir reed-stark: laurelin is like “dude what” solas is like *coughs aggressively* “nothing da’len you just look like someone i used to know” laurelin’s like “ok…. you sure you don’t need a glass of water or something jeez how old are you no one but like the keeper and my dad have called me da’len in like six years” casimir reed-stark: solas is like “you know what this was a great chat but i have important things to go do not here" casimir reed-stark: “ok grandpa" winters: im l aughing so hard. putting solas off his game is my faovurite thing casimir reed-stark: all my lavellans are pros casimir reed-stark: ironically ruive lkes him bc he reminds her of tintalle sometimes but drives them up the wall for all the. everything else casimir reed-stark: but tintalle just mostly is like casimir reed-stark: i know i can learn from you and fuck am i trying but casimir reed-stark: i also want to like??? stuff socks down your throat??? almost every time you talk??? casimir reed-stark: you condescending old asshole??? winters: OMGG casimir reed-stark: laurelin is the most laid back of them all and he’s just like casimir reed-stark: you’re kind of weird and old but i respect you but also like i don’t feel like we have as much in common as you think casimir reed-stark: and it kinda weirds me out when you act like im the first dalish youve ever met who was worthwhile like uh bruh how are u and sera both so racist towards elves so much casimir reed-stark: you are elves??? casimir reed-stark: just tell me your cool stories and leave out the weird condescending racist bits where u shit talk my culture in one sentence and then try and claim it as yours in the next ok gramps winters: honestly omg casimir reed-stark: the elves in da2 were so good and elfy casimir reed-stark: like totally different sides but so elfy casimir reed-stark: and i understand both sera and solas i do but im also just casimir reed-stark: petition for da2 to have like 90% elf companions

casimir reed-stark: ok no actually like seriously i would really like dagna to be a companion i would really like more dwarves and i would really like krem as a companion and harding as a companion that would be the ideal casimir reed-stark: i honestly think harding as a companion in the next game is the most likely out of anyone winters: it really would be i want to talk to them all so much. i want to hang out with them all the dang time casimir reed-stark: and like!!! they’d be really interesting companions winters: YEAH casimir reed-stark: dagna would be like. a combination of tempest and artificer with the new rogue specializations and like??? shit that’d be cool casimir reed-stark: and i reALLY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KREM ALWAYS also harding like i honestly casimir reed-stark: i honestly wouldnt be surprised if harding becomes a dlc romance option casimir reed-stark: bc no one else is talkign about it but casimir reed-stark: there are a whole lot of flirt options with harding and if you take them it’s. not like. flirt options with non li characters usually are winters: for friggen sure i've. definitely done those flirt options casimir reed-stark: like vivienne turns you down outright on the one you get with her, aveline is totally oblivious casimir reed-stark: but harding like. gigles and blushes and flirts back winters: YEAH casimir reed-stark: you go for “it’s too bad we never seem to get any time together outside of crisis” and she’s like “always work work work isn’t it your worship, haha oh well… maybe after this is all over” winters: oh GOSH casimir reed-stark: i think that’s in crestwood but that might be in emprise du lion bc emprise du lion literally had like casimir reed-stark: three flirt options in the same dialogue casimir reed-stark: the first one is basically “you look cold, sure you’ll be alright out there” and she’s like “nah no blighted snow is gonna stop me! thanks for asking though, don’t you go and freeze out there either" casimir reed-stark: and you’re like. thank her for all the hard work she does and tell her she’s like. really amazing. doing all this. and she’s basically like. stammers a little. blushes. and is like “anything for the inquisition, right? and our herald” casimir reed-stark: and you’re like casimir reed-stark: im like casimir reed-stark: ME casimir reed-stark: ANYTHING FOR ME????? IM DYING winters: OH G OD casimir reed-stark: and you like. the further on you go in areas bc u talk to her at the first visit to each new area right casimir reed-stark: you develop ur relationship more like she gradually goes from more formal and just really short sentences right to business but the later ones she’s like casimir reed-stark: talks more and is more friendly and you get to have friendlier options in talking to her too winters: yeah i've definitely noticed that casimir reed-stark: i just casimir reed-stark: its not fair casimir reed-stark: i love her casimir reed-stark: i love her and i love krem i love that he has a new story every time you ask him casimir reed-stark: and i love… how much they both believe in you casimir reed-stark: bc theyre not companions theyre subordinates but more equal than just the average joe running around casimir reed-stark: so they arent like your companions who all kind of casimir reed-stark: like they believe in you but they also will rival you and dont see you quite the same casimir reed-stark: krem and harding both clearly see you as their boss but also they really. see you as the beacon of hope you are for thedas casimir reed-stark: but they’re also close enough to see that youre a real person casimir reed-stark: and that youre a good person. who gets tired and sweats and cries like everyone else winters: they do. they're really important casimir reed-stark: bull is the only one who really comes close to the way they act around you sometimes but he’s still a leader in his own right so casimir reed-stark: not quite casimir reed-stark: and then there’s also just that as far as the chargers are concerned i mean casimir reed-stark: its canon that bull joined the inquisition bc krem suggested it. casimir reed-stark: they’re there because of krem. and i. i know krem probably talked them around with smart diplomatic plans and discussing the money and stuff casimir reed-stark: but i think he did it because he believed and he wanted to help casimir reed-stark: i think he’s a mercenary because he’s good at what he does and because he believes in bull and trusts him and he’s his family after what happened casimir reed-stark: but i don’t think he would’ve been one or stayed one all too long if he hadn’t gotten in iwth the chargers casimir reed-stark: he’s just a really good person casimir reed-stark: and i think. he persuaded bull to join the inquisition. because he knew the chargers could actually help people. that they could use their help and it would do good winters: i think. i really think that's true. i definitely think that's how it's been framed too, the way he talks, the way bull talks about him just. krem is a good person through and through casimir reed-stark: yeah casimir reed-stark: i think. krem is bull’s humanity winters: they're so necessary to each other at this point. from the get go casimir reed-stark: yeah casimir reed-stark: i mean the implication of how they met is. haha yeah casimir reed-stark: idk if you’ve heard that whole story but it shows up in cole banter at one point with a little more detail than i think it shows up anywhere else winters: im honestly on the verge of tears thinking about them. they're important in their own right but it's be truly impossible to have one without the other. you're friends with them both or not at all winters: and yeah i have. i'm pretty sure i have casimir reed-stark: basically like the story krem tells is “bull saved my life, that’s how he lost his eye, been with him ever since" casimir reed-stark: the deeper story is something along the lines of casimir reed-stark: krem had just been outed and whoever he was with at the time, unclear whether they’re someone who was actually after him for external reasons, but i suspect were the company he was with before casimir reed-stark: anyway he’s outed, gets tracked down, cornered, outnumbered, and the implication is that not only was he beaten and down and no one there or stepping in to help him when bull got there but casimir reed-stark: that they were also likely going to. yeah. winters: yeah/ i remember casimir reed-stark: and bull comes in and sees this stranger and what they’re doing and takes them the fuck out casimir reed-stark: helps krem to his feet, his breasts are showing and bull assumes and krem corrects him and bull never thinks of him as a woman again casimir reed-stark: and presumably they nurse each other back to health to some degree casimir reed-stark: they bleed all over each other, share their stories of how they wound up thrown together, and when they recover… they’re family winters: it's just. easy winters: like they belonged together from the start casimir reed-stark: krem<>bull is so real casimir reed-stark: oh right unrelated forgot i had this tab open to link you casimir reed-stark: http://archiveofourown.org/works/913448 read this at some point casimir reed-stark: it’s hella good

casimir reed-stark: sidenote did u read the thing i wrote abt tintalle choosing the knight enchanter class bc i just started thinking abt it and just. sweats casimir reed-stark: i havent decided what to make second lavellan who u know what i am going to go name him right now winters: "there are limited mages u kill off the others i Know this" "haha yEAH totally dude im the only mage in my clan ; )" winters: TELL ME ALL casimir reed-stark: did u see the post first of all bc its long and says a lot of it im just casimir reed-stark: im just really fucking gay for magic and i started thinking about like winters: i think i read it?? but i've forgotten lmao i can go read it now so you dont have to explain it all over casimir reed-stark: dorian and tintalle fighting together and they’re back to back with their staves and then tintalle pulls out his magic sword thing and lets out this snarl in elvhen and charges the crowd and just fucks them up and dorian just pauses for a second and winds up getting an arrow almost hitting him in the shoulder bc he’s just like “holy shit” winters: o hhhhhh shit casimir reed-stark: tintalle is usually so level and calm and like I Am A Peaceful Forest Elf but like. he’s ruive’s brother for sure winters: that's h ot winters: and i DID see taht post winters: hecked up about it i LOVE MAGIC i LOVE MAGES casimir reed-stark: he comes back all panting and covered in blood that is mostly not his own and smiles at dorian and is just like “we won” and dorian is like “yes we certainly did” but his voice totally cracks on the yes winters: FUCK casimir reed-stark: tintalle is still residually just tingling all over with magic and energy from the anchor and dorian kisses him and he fuckin tastes like the fade and dorian didnt even realize the fade could taste like anything but its unmistakeable casimir reed-stark: and then he turns and bounds off again and is like come on we’ve got shit to do and dorian is like “urhhhh i. right. yes. stuff important things saving the world and all that. not to be a bother but isn’t there one of our camps near here? i think there is. we should stop i. i’m terribly injured and must rest probably” winters: """"i must rest"""" winters: well. they'll be using the bed for SOMEHTING casimir reed-stark: cole’s like “you’re not injured though, dorian. you feel… better than you have in some time. the things that hurt you disappear when he kisses you, and even if they come back, they feel like dreams when he’s with you. when you touch him, its like touching the fade itself, but he’s not just that, he’s… warmer. you aren’t hurt at all, but you need to stop fighting a while anyway… you’re… breathless, burning and bursting, blood boiling, rushing, pounding in your ears, hard to hear yourself think, hard to hear anything but your heartbeat, and his, that’s the ache, not a hurt, but a healing, still harsh, hard and hasty, and” “THATS QUITE ENOUGH COLE” “…sorry" winters: S HIT winters: COLE LET THE CAT OUTTA THE BAG winters: dorian is BLUSHING casimir reed-stark: varric’s like “damn kid you gotta let me write some of that down someday, i’m terrible at writing romance” cole brightens up and is like “really? i could help you with your stories? letting me in to the worlds in your head, through a door that goes both ways, sharing, shaping, shifting words together, you’d teach me new ways to be honest, that’s what you do, varric, you’re honest, but you tell honest things through things that aren’t true. i could help, if you want." casimir reed-stark: dorian’s just like “yes yes alright turn my thoughts into dinner and a show while we’re at it why don’t we"