#rook asks

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1. Did Rook have any crushes within their faction before they left with Varric?

2. Is your Rook allergic to anything?

3. Sweet or Savory snacks?

4. What movie genre would they like best?

5. Favorite Season? Why?

6. What’s their favorite hobby/interest?

7. Favorite type of jewelry? (Rings/Necklaces/Bracelets)

8. What is your Rook’s favorite animal?

9. Pick a song from their playlist. What is it, and what made you choose it?

10. What is a random quirk your Rook has?

11. Extrovert or Introvert?

12. Something that annoys your Rook?

13. What languages does your Rook know?

14. Are they ticklish?

15. If your Rook could do anything, no repercussions, what would they do?

16. Would your Rook make a good villain?

17. What does your Rook do to wind down after a stressful day (like post weisshaupt)?

18. Your Rook discovered a portal to another fictional world. Where did they end up? (And how screwed are they?)

19. How easy is it to get your Rook out of bed in the morning?

If Marisol had an opportunity to learn any new skill what would it be? Can be as serious or unserious as she'd like :D

once again wanted to draw something to go with my answer lmao.

but, in general, Marisol can't cook. i don't think it's because she lacks the ability - she just doesn't really care to learn. as a child living with the woman who took her in, she mostly dealt with just begging for scraps. when the woman sold her to a magister, the scraps for food continued - and her labor for the magister and his cohort never involved kitchen work, and was focused more on her dancing/singing and entertainment uses.

when she's taken in by Viago as a teen, she gets put in the position of suddenly being under the wing of an incredibly wealthy Crow who is also very particular and paranoid. so lmao, meals are prepared for her just as they are for Viago, by a trusted member of House de Riva (i've mentioned her briefly, but it's basically the Villa's house minder, Roshanna de Riva).

so, she's never had reason to cook. and when she's travelling with Varric and Harding before DAtV, she adapts pretty quickly to camp food because it's technically still better than what she grew up with. she doesn't LOVE it, persay, because she got spoiled, but she's pissed off and feeling betrayed enough by Viago that she refuses to use the money he tries to send her thru Varric and she WILL eat Harding's horrific creations just to spite him in her own mind.

i do think she'd enjoy learning to cook - though, specifically, i guess she would probably prefer baking. mostly because she'd enjoy the final product the most. and if she could get a handsome abomination to teach her in a very "hands on" kind of way? then, yes, absolutely.

(Lucanis, meanwhile, will probably eventually kick her out of the kitchen because she's more interested in distracting him than learning after a certain point)

Thank you @amlusa for coming up with this one and thanks @babblingrook and @davrinsleftpectoral for the tags

I had to chase Zalan down and force the crocs upon him

I think he might actually enjoy heelys crocs and he’d wear the absolutely hideous grimace ones as revenge when pushed into buying a pair lol

And then my joke answer for modern assassins lol

Gently tagging @kabsey @jenn2d2 @grand-crow @woundedsoul12 (you’ve seen cowboy crocs riiiiiiiight)

@jukkaricity thanks for the tag

Jen found Pringles ones!! Zalan Pringles de riva is a go!

Ty for the tag @blackwall-my-tiny-husband!!

The vast majority of what I do is chibi, and depending on the base I'm using it can vary slightly. BUT these are the standard Ciobacore requirements. (I forget to add her scar a lot though... sorry babygir!)

Like where they fascinated? Terrified of touching something and lucanis having a break down? Was it another Tuesday? Idk I had to ask

lol thanks for asking! I think externally Rook was trying to focus on helping Lucanis, but internally they were freaking out on multiple levels.

Their thoughts probably sound like one long run-on sentence: "How does Spite even manage to DO this? How frequently is Lucanis shutting down emotionally like this? What am I about to see in this man's mind? What does Spite think I can DO exactly?"

Ultimately they end up ignoring their thoughts and treat his mind like they treat nerves medically. Following what's 'loudest' to the source of the pain.

I think my Rook probably had a harder time with Lucanis' conjuring of Illario than in game since Rook didn't want Lucanis to dismiss his cousin entirely since the two of them were so close. Definitely less, "You don't owe Illario a second thought..." and more "You've barely spoken to him and it's been over a year. We need to have a chat with the real Illario. We'll figure this out."

Gladius is a large kid, and pretty coordinated for his age. He's able to reach things a lot of little kids can't, but that mostly ends with him climbing everything. Shelves, tables, walls, people. The taller the better. Amazingly, he only knocks down a few things.

He chases the Candlehops, giggling the whole time. They're cute and are on fire. What could be better? He only gets singed once, but doesn't seem to mind.

Being very social, he will absolutely tailgate someone back into the hideout and talk to everyone. He asks all the questions. Climbs into every lap. Asks to sit on people's shoulders, especially if they're super tall, and if they're Qunari with horns he's extra delighted.

Has food all the time, and nobody is quite sure where he got it, but he seems happy.

Clothing

What’s your OC’s go-to aesthetic for a ball? Is it consistent or varied? What’s their goal behind this? are they just trying to fit in, to distract, to mislead?

Lise is going to wear whatever Teia picks out for her, which is usually something flowy, ethereal, and modest. Shes not supposed to look like a Crow at all, since her shtick is playing innocent and naive until she can (literally) stab you in the back.

She doesn’t have an alternative choice for what she would pick for herself because, if she had the choice, she’d simply not go. Although if she absolutely had to, she’d pick any of these just to see the look on Viago’s face. He calls her a fool a lot, so why not embrace it?

Lise to Viago before every dance ^ (spoiler it’s Illario)

Location

Where are you most likely to find your OC during a ball? Balcony? Bar? Spying behind privacy screens?

She’s on the outdoor terrace getting some fresh air, she finds the whole ordeal of these events exhausting and when she hides up here it’s less likely she’ll be told to perform or asked to dance by someone who isn’t Neve (or Manfred)

(Unless it’s a pre-VG ball, then you’d probably find her sneaking off to cozy up to a certain traitorous cousin)

Dancing

What’s their opinion on dancing? Do they have a favorite type of dance?

Lisel quite honestly hates partner dancing. When dancing solo, she messes up her steps all the time but is really skilled at making this go unnoticed. That’s a lot harder to do when you’re dancing with someone, especially someone you don’t know well.

With this in mind I think she’d be a waltz girlie, since waltzes are easy to keep time with and predictable.

While more of a performance setting rather than a ballroom dance one, I totally HC that Lucanis gets really good at predicting when and how Lis will mess up, so he might be one of the few people who Lis doesn’t mind partnering with.

Spite on the other hand would absolutely be calling her out: “SHE DID PAS DE BOURRÉE! SHES SUPPOSED TO PAS COURU! WRONG WRONG WRONG!”

Hopefully this is interesting to some of y’all! I’m obsessed with ballroom stuff in media so I personally will eat anything you say about your OCs up.

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