#loriel

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Let’s take a closer look at her BC. We’re presented with two female characters, and in my opinion, this isn’t happening without a reason.

Sathia: 

– brave 

– free, goes wherever she wants 

– has a goal, matrimonial 

– fights for what’s hers: if Bryce doesn’t want Cormac, she should put him back on the market 

– stays true to her ideals, defends them – isn’t afraid to say what she thinks 

– earrings in her ears, which points to individuality 

Additionally, an important detail: it was in her brother’s home that Ruhn first noticed you can keep a child’s drawings

Lorin: 

– withdrawn 

– she’s “content” with the role of continuing the bloodline, sees it as an honor 

Alarming: 

– doesn’t want to trouble anyone, doesn’t impose 

– locked in her home, surrounded by guards 

– doesn’t want to cause trouble, doesn’t ask for help 

– doesn’t speak ill of the Autumn King 

– fixed daily routine? 

– gets nervous when pressed 

– feelings for a man who shows no interest in her 

– important: no family keepsakes, no trace of Ruhn in her home 

Additionally, from the books we learn that: 

– she’s passive in the face of unfolding events 

– probably only Ruhn visits her 

– she had no influence on Ruhn’s upbringing

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a woman wanting marriage, wanting to have a child, wanting to be part of someone’s lineage. It’s all fine if she does it out of her own beliefs, her own dreams. It’s all fine when she has a say in raising the child. It’s all fine when she has her own life.

Lorin doesn’t have that life. She lives shut away in a beautiful villa, surrounded by guards. She doesn’t have the courage to go out into the world, to meet people. The guards could go with her, after all. But she “doesn’t want to be a bother.” And she considers the person who locked her away to be a good man. Why does someone like Lorin agree to this? She knows the patriarchal system very well, one in which a woman has no say. She fled Avallen, she deserted. That clearly shows that the system didn’t suit her. And after that, she willingly agreed to be locked away? I don’t buy it. 

For example @fairburn-in-thedas and @loriel-elsinlock both have lived with pretty unshakeable guilt over merely existing due to mental illness for the bulk of their lives which leads them to be wildly aggressive pacifists and social justice warriors who tend to put their foot in their mouths, both falling into hero roles but the differences between them is this:

Fairburn might as well strip down in the middle of Haven to proudly dance naked before the Chantry the way that they've largely discarded shame over everything because of unlearning masking after so long, actively citing falling so deep into insanity that they came out sane on the other side and they will find joy and whimsy in everything and that is a threat. They treat their hero role casually and are making the most of it at every opportunity they can.

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Loriel at the most minor embarrassment is inwardly going 'please find a hole in the ground and bury me, I don't want to exist' while only expressing mild discomfort on his face. He is a massive pessimist on top of being clinically depressed. His response to being Dragonborn is less him being 'in charge' and largely reluctant 'I am very much the guy who is here'.

*cough spurs* R-ROYAL FAMILY AU-

Ok but seriously this is the first time I've drawn lydia, soriel, and their daughter loriel together