#he doesn't count

This is a sentiment I see quite a bit in the dragon age fandom, and while I think an argument could be made for it being true to the Origins and Inquisition companions, I fully disagree with it when it comes to the da2 companions.

What if there was a version of Void who wasn't born inside of any universe? He's not a god, he's a just a Void, but by some cruel miracle, he was born in an abyss. This Void would wake up, all alone, in a cold dark "world", where he is technically the sole thing that exists.

He would endlessly float around in the vast nothing, until, somehow, some way, a portal opens, and he falls through it, landing somewhere unkown. Everything is bright, and attacking all of his senses violently. To put it very lightly, Void would be overstimulated. Before, he knew nothing, and now he's discovered everything.

He wouldn't know how to react. He would probably attempt to drown everything out, to stop feeling everything. Then, after who knows how long, he'd somehow be pulled back into his abyss, finally able to calm down. Yet he would be unable to forget about this. He has seen everything, and he can't go back.

These little rifts are probably an accident of the multiverse. They werent meant to open, and anything that falls out will eventually be pulled back to where it was created. Maybe the universe should have a bit of trouble with Void, since he came from outside the multiverse itself? However maybe the multiverse was able to identify Void as a being who doesnt exist, so threw him where nothing exists.

A few more of these rifts would probably open, and Void would peer through them as much as he could before it overwhelmed him. Eventually he may get used to it, and soon work up the courage to go through one. Of course seeing a universe and being in one are two entirely seperate things so he'd have to get used to that too. Exploring all he can before he's pulled back home.

It would probably take endless amounts of time for this to work, but Void exists outside of time, so he doesn't exactly have to worry about that.

I imagine seeing himself for the first time would be interesting. I mean in a reflective surface. It would probably take him a while to realize he was looking at himself, but eventually he would.

Maybe then he'd truly realize his own existence, even if he didn't really have a word for it yet? I'm not sure, maybe he would have already realized that earlier? I mean probably.

I dont know how he'd do this, but maybe he'd figure out how to get those portals to appear and allow him to stay in the universe for longer? I mean he'd kind of have to? Maybe he has the ability to do it, or finds a sort of fail-safe forgotten by some god? I don't know. I guess the whole portal thing itself is a bit silly but honestly I dont really have a better idea right now. I'm just spit balling.

Either way, one day he'd stumble upon the orignal Void and his Accretions somehow. Original Void would never see him, never even realize he's there, never even know his very existence would shock this Void. Maybe he thinks it's a reflection at first but upon realizing it's not, it would interest him.

This would be the catalyst of him trying to be a Void. What I mean is, seeing original Void, he would soon find other Void AU's and learn he himself is also a Void, a Void without a universe. He would have no idea how to be one however. He would attempt to emulate these different Voids, to copy them, in order to be a proper Void.

He may also have a fascination with the Accretions, and the Jets. Simply because well most Voids seem to have them, so therefore he should as well, or something like that.

Maybe there is a universe out there, where he actually belongs, and there his Accretions and his Jet are waiting for him. However that's more of a hopeful wish than anything else.

This Void probably doesn't even feel like a person, probably even doubts the fact he exists. He's trying to force himself to figure out how to be a Void in hopes something feels correct, it never does. He doesn't want to think about it, how he doesn't have a real personality, it's just a blatent copy.

If he is a person, he has no idea who that is, and maybe he never will.

i love all of you a ton though !!!!!!!

In my n-th rewatch of the 1389 scene (I keep checking and re-checking the details for accuracy in my fics), I noticed something interesting towards the beginning of the scene: I think Dream was about to “poach” Geoffrey Chaucer, similarly to what he did in 1589 with Shakespeare.

It’s subtle, but you can see Death and Dream pause in front of his table, listen to their conversation, and Dream is noticeably interested - and why wouldn’t he be, Geoffrey here is practically catnip for the Lord of Stories! So he steps closer, he leans in, we can even see him open his mouth as if to strike up some conversation about those “tavern tales”...

...and then Hob Gadling says “Look, I’ve seen death”, and both Dream and Death stop in their tracks, and the scene proceeds as we all know and love it.

Now, I really adore this little moment for multiple reasons:

1) I suspect Death planned this. She dragged Dream into the tavern and led him over to Chaucer’s table, and was going to make her silly little brother talk to a promising storyteller in the waking world for once - but then they found an even more interesting human to spark Dream’s curiosity instead, which, still a win in Death’s book.

2) It’s just so Dream. Of course he wouldn’t be able to resist a storyteller in the wild, of course he would be drawn to that conversation. Of course he would do his whole “oh, is this your wish then?” spiel and play patron of the arts for a little while. This is what he does and is, which only makes it more interesting that he then turned towards Hob instead (and didn’t talk to Chaucer after, I’m pretty sure we see Dream leave at the end of the scene?) Which brings me to

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BIRTHDAY CONFIRMED

LAVA LAMP GUY ALSO INEXPLICABLY HAS THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS SAKURA/NOT SAKURA/WHATEVER HER NAME IS

SO ALL THE SAKURA BIRTHDAYS ALSO WERE LAVA LAMP BIRTHDAYS

MEANING HE WAS 14 ON THE SAME DAY THAT THIS ALL HAPPENED

(And what a terrible birthday party)

OH AND THAT MEANS THAT WATANUKI AND LAVA LAMP GUY HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY ALSO, BOTH FROM WHEN THEY WERE THE SAME PERSON (AND SO BORN AS ONE PERSON ON THE SAME DAY) BUT ALSO BECAUSE WATANUKI CAME INTO EXISTENCE AS A SEPARATE PERSON ON THEIR BIRTHDAY

AND

WHEN SAKURA GAVE (CLONE) SYAORAN HER BIRTHDAY FOR HIM TO HAVE, SHE WAS ACCIDENTALLY GIVING HIM THE SAME BIRTHDAY THAT HIS ORIGINAL SYAORAN ALREADY HAD, AND (DEPENDING ON THE TIMING) MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM THE CORRECT BIRTHDAY FOR WHEN HE WAS CLONED AS WELL

SO

The list of People who absolutely have the first of April as their birthday now includes: 

-Cardcaptor Sakura 

-Tsubasa Sakura (Original) (from chapter 1) 

-Tsubasa Sakura (Original) (from Lava Lamp’s backstory) (Who is not named Sakura)

-Tsubasa Sakura (Clone) (Or at least that is the birthday she remembers, so it counts)

-Lava Lamp Guy (Original Syaoran)

-Tsubasa Syaoran (Clone) (Both adopted birthday and real birthday)

-Watanuki (Real Birthday AND came-into-existence-day AND his name)