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Little headcanon comic with their last dialogue
I was trying to determine some way to show you what you mean to me.
I like to think that at some point, when FenāHarelās agents are being particularly shady, or the Inquisitorās team takes a blow, Sera goes and sets up a mannequin with a bald cap on it and just starts throwing darts at its crotch.
And eventually it becomes aĀ āthingā. Rough day in the field? Go hit Solas with a stick. FenāHarelās agents clear out a base before your people could get there? Go chop off Solasā head. Potential for impending doom getting you down and filling you with existential dread? Go light Solas on fire.
They have to replace the mannequin pretty much every day.
And then one evening, late, Sera spies the Inquisitor, sitting out in the training yard. Next to the mannequin. Talking. Not even shouting, just talking quietly, like she used to see the two of them doing sometimes. Long blah blah blah boring conversations, but sometimes Solas looked happyĀ during them. And usually, so did the Inquisitor.
The next day, she takes down the mannequin and doesnāt put a new one up.
āIt got old,ā she says, when anyone asks.Ā āAfter all, weāre trying to save the stupid arsehole, not lop his head off. Right?ā
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Cry. A lot.

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He is fixing his robes after battle
I blame Gareth David-Lloydās voice for this.
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According to Solasās writer, Patrick Weekes, Solas originally wasnāt planning on telling the romanced Inquisitor about the vallaslin. Not right then, anyway. In an interview with the podcast NerdAppropriate, Weekes said that Solas had been planning on telling the Inquisitor the truth about who he was and his involvement with the elves and Corypheus. However, at the last second he lost his nerve, and used the truth about the vallaslin as an excuse as to why he brought her out there instead. When he kisses the Inquisitor, he is fully ready to lose himself in her and forget about the mission he has dedicated himself to. However, when he pulls back, he realizes that he cannot do that lest he betray himself. He decides right then that he needs to break off his emotional entanglement with the Inquisitor, as much as it hurts him. Weekes says that he hopes that Solas romancers realize that Solas cares deeply for the Inquisitor, in more ways than Solas is able to express. He is always one step away from confessing everything to them.
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Just a nice romantic edit of Solas feeling Lavellan up with his thigh, no big deal.
Lets just break this down a secā¦
Not ONLY is he apparently smothering your mouth with his lips ( from the angle we were originally given) but, for his first kiss, this guy is so frustrated he must BEND you OVER, forcing you to cling to his body, WHILE riding his thigh! T
his guy made sure you felt EVERYTHING he could possibly do to you, in one fell stroke!Ā
No wonder your Lavellan looked so..windedO_O before he goes in for a SECOND kiss!Ā
No wonder he pulled away; Solas was already getting hot and heavy in this fade dream, he just managed to snap out of it in time before things went too far!
It makes me wonder if this was partially the fault of previous fade dreams he may have had about you;
Leading up to this one- then he realizes-
HOLy sh** wait- this is REAL Lavellan! Ialmostforgot!! stopstopstopstopstop! weshouldnāt!
What this genius up here said ^
On top of that, after some real life scientific tests (for science), the lifting motion in his thigh directly stimulates the clitoris. Direct pressure. I have to make a gif of it to show you, but, also what you see through flycam is that the first thing he does is grab your hips and pull them to his before he even gets his thigh in there. It starts out pleasurable to him and then he does a movement that can only really benefit you (the thigh).
Pretty suave and, dare I say, experienced, if you ask me.
On the subject of Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts, I just also have to say it makes zero sense for Cullen to support Gaspard?
Cullen is Fereldan. Gaspardās #1 goal is to INVADE FERELDENĀ and bring Orlais back to its Glory Daysā¢. Like that is is main reason for wanting to take the throne!
But no, the writersā desire to have each advisor say something different outweighs logic. (And I mean, they could have just as easily had him say something like,Ā āI donāt know, fuck politicsā which would have fit his personality better anyway, considering thatās been his stance on it up to this point.)
This! It makes me rage during the quest so much! Why would he suggest Gaspard? Because the Advisors go for what they represent. And still it makes no sense for Cullen, even if he would have no connection to his homeland, i doubt he would let Orlais invade Ferelden againā¦
The reason i never choose Gaspard (besides i donāt like him much and yes i read the book and still donāt like him) because my Heart is Ferelden.
Perhaps Cullen suggests Gaspard because he is a tactical man and you are in the middle of a war against a darkspawn wannabe God? What will Celene do? Take him to tea?
Gaspard is essentially the Leader of the Orlesian army, a well loved man by troops and chevaliers alike, he is the opposite of Celene who has done nothing to empower Orlais in comparison to the other nations. She is a political woman by all standards and would rather fix things with words, Gaspard doesnāt.Ā Gaspard will take action, he has the finest Orlesian warriors on his side in the War of Lions, and he was taking large steps to overthrow Celene and her delicate ways. (He also crushes her army (wah but they were tired) CRUSHED.)
Cullen is a soldier, all of his wartable missions are tactical, and he essentially refuses to do something if itās ridiculous and pointless. He has more in common with Gaspard than with Celene, why would he choose her?
Cullen doesnāt like the Orlesian nobility, he doesnāt really like politics either. Heāll choose the better option against the war he is fighting right now, and should Gaspard invade (which he probably wonāt because the Inquisitor can mediate things between Ferelden and Orlais, probably cooling the man off) Cullen would be there to fight against him. Of course he would. Heās not going to take a weak advantage to delay something in the future that might never happen.
But I mean, whilst youāre horribly against Gaspard, Iām completely for him. His representation in the book excels his reputation in the game. Heās a good leader, heāsĀ consistent, heās the better choice. But in your words, my heart is Orlesian.
I cannot believe Iām about to defend Celene, butā¦
Celene is proven herself ten times over to be a formidable opponent when she deems it necessary. Clearly youāve read the book so you know this. Just because sheās not on the front lines herself (even though she is skilled enough to do so, and has demonstrated her abilities in combat several times in the book,) doesnāt mean she hasnāt proven to have a tactical mind?
What has she done for Orlais? Sheās essentially led it into a renaissance. Sheās enriched Orlesian culture by encouraging scholars, artists, writers, etc. who before her ruling werenāt allowed to do shit without the Chantryās personal approval. Sheās worked to try and settle extremely tense relations between Orlais and Ferelden, while Gaspard would rather see things go back to the days of Orlesian occupation. Iām not sure if youāve read the Stolen Throne or not, but just in case you havenāt, the summary is, that would be bad. Celeneās words lead to action. She doesnāt have to pick up a sword herself, because itās easier for her to manipulate things her way. Celene is not afraid to go to war. But only if she canāt talk her way out first.Ā You know what that means? Less casualties.
I definitely agree with you on Cullen and Gaspard being a lot alike though lmfao. And also that Cullen has poor decision-making skills.
As far as mediation goes, yeah, Iām sure Gaspard is totally up for that. //Sarcasm (If the Inquisitor is a Lavellan or Adaar heād probably just as soon launch an attack against them.)
(But honestly, fuck Celene too lol; I am by no means a fan of her, either.)
Anyway I will say this, itās interesting to see someone who actually likes Gaspard āMake Orlais great againā de Chalons. Iāve always seen him as one of the most vile characters in Thedas. //Shrug
Iāve thought of how we couldāve had Morrigan AND Merrill in Inquisition.
Morrigan of course joins the Inquisition via Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts. The only difference is when she first shows the Inquisitor her Eluvian⦠Which isnāt in fact working. Morrigan has the chance to explain what sheās gathered on them but express her frustration over her inability to figure out this oneās key. She suggests that someone somewhere must know what they need. Varric conveniently has someone in mind. And so this brings you to a War Table missionĀ āFind an Eluvian Expert.ā
And so bam Merrill shows up. You can ask her about what sheās been up to, about what she knows on eluvians, about Hawke, (if sheās was romanced sheāll of course say she intends to track them down when itās all over, and if theyāre ādead,ā sheāll have quite the spiteful response saying she intends to find them in the Fade. If the Inquisitor tries to tell her Hawke is definitely gone, she will refuse to believe them.)
We get good, positive dialogue between her and Morrigan where they can share their knowledge and together open the eluvian, thus entering the Crossroads. (Bonus points for Merrill noticing her own mirror.) Merrill also gets to make observations on how important this is to the elvhen people, and feel the pride in succeeding in what sheās worked so hard to discover to the point of giving up her clan. Morrigan theorizes Corypheusā desire for the Crossroads just like normal, and so itās off to the Arbor Wilds.
Merrill is of course very eager to come along, and if the Inquisitor is not an elf/does not choose the elf-specific dialogue options to correct/explain things to Morrigan when discussing various items in the Temple, she will, thus the player gets the information in full. (She also will not take any shit from Solas.) Sheāll be disappointed in the ancient elves but remain optimistic and eager to see the Well just as much as stop Corypheus from using it.Ā
And she is of course a third option for gaining the Wellās knowledge, explaining that she is more than willing to pay whatever price it takes to uncover such lost secrets of her people, with whom she wants to share her discoveries with.
Regardless of if you pick her or not the Inquisitor can ask her how she feels about what was uncovered at the Temple. She will admit her shock and disappointment, but explain that while the elves should know their history, it doesnāt change anything about their situation of today. And that she is still proud to be elvhen. Not because of her ancestors, but because of herself.
After getting back from Flemethās reveal, (to which Morrigan is of course still the main centre of and Merrill does not need to be involved directly,) in the garden Merrill will ask Morrigan, āIs it trueĀ Asha'bellanar is your mother?āĀ To which Morrigan will tell her āOnly in blood.ā Sheāll say she has questions but, āPerhaps nowās not the time.ā Morrigan will tell her,Ā āNo, it isnāt,ā but looses her voiceās edge. (We can then assume Merrill offers her emotional support should she want it.)
She can join you in the end battle, to which she of course questions out loud why thereās an elven mosaic on the floor of the Temple of Sacred Ashes.
The ending slides. If she drinks from the Well and was unromanced, it will say she follows through with her intention to spread what sheās learned, and is met with both acceptance and denial, but is undeterred. Romanced with an alive Hawke, it will say the two eventually reunite and promise not to separate again. If she doesnāt drink from the Well and was unromanced, it will say she returns to protecting the alienage elves, and becomes an activist figure looking for equal rights with a new Kirkwall. Romanced with an alive Hawke sheāll head directly to Weisshaupt. If Hawke is ādead,ā there is a secondary slide that explains she doesnāt give up on searching for a way to bring people back from the Fade, insisting they are still alive.Ā
In WEWH, do you think the elven woman who knows about Briala and Celene - who thinks Briala wants her dead for knowing it - is right? Iām just asking because I literally replayed it last night, and I always found that part confusing, but now I just outright donāt think itās true. I believe that sheās scared, but I think her belief that Briala would kill her for it is probably influenced by the anti-Briala propaganda machine. Briala is too openly sad about it to also be killing over secrecy. 1/2
2/2 Itās just that if Iām right, that means that Celene and Gaspardās blackmail material is truthful and genuinely damaging, but Brialaās is a lie. So if the inquisitor uses it, youāre basically doing what Celene did - causing her to be taken away on an untrue jumped up charge (at the very least, a badly researched one). I just think itās interesting how the game treats their crimes and the evidence of them as equal
Oh man⦠I canāt tell you how much I hate that horrendously pathetic attempt at making Briala seem like sheās even remotely on the same level of horrible as Gaspard and Celene. And it really is pathetically done.
Elf: No oneās supposed to be here⦠Briala said⦠I shouldnāt have trusted her.
Inquisitor: Briala told you to come to this wing of the palace?
Elf: Not personally. TheĀ āambassadorā canāt be seen talking to the servants.
Elf: We get coded messages at certain locations. But the order came from her.
Elf: Sheās been watching the Grand Duke all night. No surprise she wanted someone to search his sisterās room.
Inquisitor: Is there anyone else who knows the code and the drop location who could have written those orders?
Elf: I⦠donāt know. Any of us could do it, but⦠no. No one else would send me here. It had to be Briala.
Inquisitor: What were you trying to find in Florianneās old room?
Elf: The message didnāt say. I should have known it was a setup.
Inquisitor: This wing is sealed. How did you get in here?
Elf: Easy. The door was unlocked. One of the others probably handled it.
Inquisitor: All sorts of people tonight are taking advantage of this wing being closed.
Elf: Briala probably knew it was dangerous and sent me anyway. One more embarassing secret erased.
Elf: I knew her. Before. When she was Celeneās pet.
Elf: Now she wants to play revolution. But I remember. She was sleeping with the empress who purged our alienage.
Inquisitor: Something like that could destroy Briala, if it were known.
Elf: No. Some know she has⦠a history⦠with the Empress. But they believe she was just a favoured servant.
Elf: If⦠if the Inquisition will protect me, Iāll tell you everything I know about ourĀ āAmbassador.ā
First off, if you ask the woman if she knows for sure it was Briala who even wrote her the message sending her here, she says that no, she canāt be sure. But lets believe her, because she does seem convinced it must have been Briala, becauseĀ āno surprise she wanted someone to search his sisterās room.ā Okay, that makes sense. Except then this woman claims that Briala sent her because she knew it would be dangerous, and wanted to just get rid of her⦠in which case, what about searching Florianneās room, then? How is that to be accomplished if she was in actuality sent to die? And why would Briala then personally go into said danger to rescue or avenge her people, when in doing so sheās risking her own life and everything sheās trying to achieve at the ball?
And fuck, this part really gets me: That Briala and Celene were lovers is not exactly a secret. The whole reason Celene burned down Halamshiral is because she had a hissy fit over a public play written about this, and claiming she was too soft on elves. And if the nobles of Orlais know about this, then their servants would know about this. But for some reason this elven lady says not only that Brialaās people donāt know the truth, but suggests that they would leave her if they did.
I hate this. So. Fucking. Much. This is literally weaponizing Brialaās past abusive relationship. This is the worst kind of victim-blaming, and itās played off like this is a legitimate reason to not trust Briala. Because she formerly had an abusive lover.
I even hate how itās worded as if Briala was with Celene while she was burning the Halamshiral elven quarter, when in reality that was one of the reasons she finally left her! (The other being that she uncovered the truth that Celene had her parents murdered.)
Flashback to in The Masked Empire:
āIf I admit to regret, you would pounce upon my weakness to remind me that my regret does the corpses little good. I would ask what would do some good, and you would tell me that nothing could. I will not twist in agony for your amusement because you blame me for their deaths!āāBlame you? You killed them, Celene.āāI did.ā Celene kept her voice calm, though the tremor in it surprised her. āWhen Gaspard spread the rumour, I had to either put down the rebellion or execute you in order to disprove him and keep the throne.āOn that, Briala spun. āAnd you chose me? Should that make me feel better? You killed hundreds of peasant elves to save my life?āāI killed hundreds of peasant elves because they rebelled against my rule and endangered the empire,ā Celene said, voice low and pleading. āTell me what else I should have done. Pretend it was a noble house or a merchant guild killing guards and putting barriers in the streets, and tell me what I should have done.āāYou could have found another way!ā
āDamn you, Celene.ā Brialaās big beautiful eyes filled with tears. They caught the light from the fire, shimmering in the darkness like a catās as Briala stepped closer. The pulse in her neck fluttered fast, though she moved as gracefully as always. āDonāt explain it. I know why. I just wished you had cared more.āāIt would have been a locked suite in the palace for a few years, nothing more!ā Celene kept her voice low, aware that Michel and Felassan had stopped planning and were looking their way. āIt would have changed nothing for us.āāYour hair still stinks of the smoke from the people you burned,ā Briala said. āThat is a change.āThe dead leaves crackled under Celeneās feet as she stepped forward. āHow many wars can our empire survive in such a short time? I wanted my legacy to be the university, the beauty and culture that made us the envy of the world. Instead, I may be known as the empress under whom Orlais fell. You have the luxury of mourning Halamshiralās elves and holding my heart hostage. Sitting on my throne, I see every city in the empire. If I must burn one to save the rest, I will weep, but I will light the torch!āBriala swallowed. āYouāre not weeping, as far as I can tell. Nor are you sitting on your throne.ā She stepped away, her movements fast and jerky. āWith your permission, Your Radiance, I shall go indulge myself in my luxury.ā
And whatās more⦠Whatās more is we also have characters trying to diminish Brialaās rebellion as if itās all just about personal revenge against Celene, and not because she wants freedom and equal rights for her people.Ā
Sera: Call it politics or the Game or whatever, thatās personal hate. Heh.
Inquisitor: Any thoughts on who weāre investigating?
Sera: The empress is pretty. Itād be fun to drink and kill stuff with Gaspard. Briala is frigging funny.
Sera: Elves-elves-elves, but itās really a pissing match with an old lover. Donāt know the rest, but that explains a lot.
Sera: (Shrugs.) Theyāre all lying, but Celeneās nice to look at. Good thing weāre here to save her neck.
Dorian: An empress dead, an emperor under your spell, and that elven harpy eating out of your handāif she doesnāt bite it off.
Like for fuck sake Kristjanson I know you really want to make sure we all know well and clear how bad Sera thinks elves are, but really? Sera, Sera, the Red Jenny woman who hates nobility and likes causing chaos for them, supports Celene and Gaspard over Briala? Sera makes the most sense to be a Briala supporter out of the entire party roster! What the absolute fucking fuck is wrong with you alsdfshagdfljs fuck fuck fuck you fuck you fuck you!!!
ā¦Anyway. That was probably a longer answer than you were looking for but uh, I got a little carried away. I have a lot of strong feelings about Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts, as you know.
If you could completely rewrite WEWH how would you do it and what would be the consequences for Orlais, the rest of DAI and Trespasser?
(So I did not intend for this to be so long but uh⦠here it isā¦)
My biggest priority of change would be better consistency with the events of The Masked Empire, and that means actual exposition instead ofĀ āoh I think maybe something happened along these lines that was bad and uh speculation = suspense, right?ā And honestly, what really pisses me off the most is there were ample opportunities and methods this could have been done, but just not taken.
Before you even start the mission, you have the opportunity to ask your advisors about the three main players of the peace talks. ONE OF WHOM WAS THERE DURING THE EVENTS OF ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTS OF THE BOOK. Leliana is standing right there, and are you seriously telling me all she has to say on the matter of Briala besides insinuating she is just aĀ ājilted loverā throwing a tantrum?!
(In fact almost the entirety of people talking about Briala is just how she was once Celeneās lover/servant, not just by Leliana but by everyone, even Briala herself. This is of course part of the push to reunite them⦠And a reduction of Brialaās character, turning her into someone that just revolves around Celeneās character. Why is it weāre told that BTW, Briala has amassed an elven underground army in passing, but get dialogue over and over about how she and Celene were totes in love? Even when at the same time saying it was a little known thing?)
Sorry, had to get that quick tangent off my chest, but this is actually relevant to this piece: The background weāre given by the advisors is relatively meaningless.Ā āThis is Grand Duke Gaspard, he is a Grand Duke.āĀ āThis is Empress Celene, she is the Empress.ā āAmbassador Briala isnāt really an ambassador. Just a ājilted lover.āā Iām not even exaggerating that much.
Cullen tells us that Gaspard is the cousin of Celene, would have inherited the throne except Celene won it via the Council of Heralds. Heās an army general and all the military and chevaliers love him, while hating Celene because they think sheās anti-military. Thatās it. We arenāt told of who he is as a person at all, a major asshole who oares about hisĀ ācodeā and the throne and little else. We arenāt told at all of how the last time he was at Halamshiral it was to launch an attack, and has since been waging literal war against his country. (How Gaspard is even invited back eludes me anyway like where the fuck did these peace talks even come from but whatever.) Yes we gather a little of this from the Exalted Plains, but this is an area the player very well may not even get to before this mission. And we arenāt told that the whole GD reason he wants the throne is to invade Ferelden!Ā Weāre told that his troops believe he canĀ ālead the empire back to the glory of Drakonās expansion years,ā but what casual fan who hasnāt read all the codexes on Orlesian history and bought WoTv2 to read about the lore behind Emperor Drakon will even understand what this means?I just⦠donāt understand how Cullen, a Fereldan, has nothing to say about Orlaisā manifest destiny bullshit.
Josephineās comment that CeleneĀ āworks tirelessly to secure peace for the empireā is hilarious. Yeah, as long as youāre human, maybe. Then weāre told the same thing Cullen says, that some Orlesians want war, not peace. We again donāt get much about who she is, or anything on what sheās done, good or bad! Even if youāre dead-set on ignoring Celeneās act of genocide, then talk about how sheās put a lot of focus on the University of Orlais? Talk about how sheās well trained in the bardic arts? IDK? Something other thanĀ āYeah sheās Empress and some people like her and some people donāt.ā
Hereās a super quick possible rewrite of this entire scene, that in my opinion wouldāve been a thousand times better:
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What makes Gaspard worse to you in your opinion? (Personally, I can't stand either of them and choosing one as the worst is like choosing which poisonous insect you should squash.)
Gaspardā¦
Wants to return Orlais to itsĀ āglory daysā of being an all-conquering empire, starting with invading Ferelden again
Is a chevalier
Thinks that people from the rest of the map are inferior to Orlesians
Thinks that women are inferior to men
Thinks that every other race is below humans, freely uses slurs, has literally commissioned papers written about how elves are more akin to animals and therefore not real people, and has gone on hunting trips to kill Dalish elves for sport
Is downright delusional about what an honourable man he is, speaking of his love for his ācodeā while also weaseling his way around ever loophole he can whenever he needs to
In summary? Gaspard is the Trump of Thedas.
But DA:I doesnāt do a very good job at sharing all this from The Masked Empire. Instead we have Sera saying stuff likeĀ āoh yeah itād be fun to drink with Gaspardā and Cullen, a Ferelden man, saying he should be Emperor.Ā
Title:profound asymmetry (a lesson in astrophysics) Word Count: 22482 Archive Warnings: No Warnings Apply Rating: General Audience Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley Tags: Crowley Was Raphael Before Falling (Good Omens), With A Twist, Historical, Historical References, Trauma, Self Induced Amnesia, Various countries through various time periods, Getting Together, legitimate astrophysics Summary: When the archangel Raphael fell he was split into two beings: Aziraphale and Crowley. Recognizing his lost part, Crowley engages in conversation with Aziraphale. However, Aziraphale doesn't remember ever being Raphael, though he is content spending time with Crowley and keeping him company through the centuries as they face fire, prosecution, and their own feelings.