Who makes the most compelling* romance dynamic for Inquisitor Adaar, based solely on the content in Dragon Age: Inquisition?
Josephine
Dorian
Blackwall
Iron Bull
Cassandra
Sera
Solas (even though canonically that's not an option for Adaar)
Cullen (even though canonically that's not an option for Adaar)
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Voting ended onMar 26
*from anon: It's not about favorites or who your inquisitor picked, just who people find compelling. I wanna read people's takes. Which inquisitor brings out the best/worst/most in their LI
Anon has asked for separate posts so that their examples don't bias the results, but I'll publish their post once the polls have finished.
I must write to his son, Laurent. And his sister will make a terrible fuss if she isn't informed first. And I'll need to arrange for the Chantry services; Maker only knows how long that will take.
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ok realizing that people who are newer to dragon age might not be familiar with what low-approval solas is like if they havent done a low-approval playthrough or been around long enough to see snippets so as a treat i have collected my favorite low-approval solas lines so that everyone may see the light:
and saving the best for last:
and honorable mention to one of my other favorite lines of his which is not exclusive to low-approval inquisitors and is so fucking mean but will literally be said to any inquisitor including one that he is actively in love with if they sided with the qun for bull's personal quest:
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you can read all his convos at beloved @daitranscripts <3 one of the best tools ever muah muah i love u daitranscripts
One of my favorite things about low approval Solas if you talk to him about how he abandoned the elves, is how he tells you his plans and makes it sound like some flippant and impossible thing.
Had the PLEASURE of contributing this piece to the Ardent Blossom fanzine (@daflowerzine). The leftover sale for it is going on now HERE. Highly recommend; the book is really stunning.
that does actually remind me i wonder if anyone else has ever like. considered that anders was actually right about justice being "corrupted" but also so so so so wrong about what exactly that means
like i do think justice has been irrevocably changed and this has partially resulted in him becoming more aggressive, impulsive, and prone to outbursts in a way that didn't exist before. a spirit of justice shouldn't be like. so willing to murder innocents, no matter how justified the outcome or how much the innocents are contributing to the problem. this isn't me speaking my own morality here, i'm saying that literally the entire concept of justice as a singular abstract ideal is predicated on a very rigid set of morals and ethics that cannot be compromised. civilians and bystanders are not acceptable casualties; the literal manifestation of justice would be furious at the very suggestion of the concept. how do i know that? well.
Justice: Destroying the city would mean murdering any survivors. It is not Justice. I cannot condone it.
Justice: This elf should be brought to justice. Why should we assist her at all?
Justice: You cannot mean to have this murderer join our ranks! She should not be allowed to escape justice so easily!
Justice: Sigrun may agree, but I do not. This monster murdered countless Grey Wardens. They must be avenged!
Justice: So you are a thief.
Nathaniel: Me? Not by profession, my friend.
Justice: And yet you were imprisoned for attempted theft.
Nathaniel: Of things that belonged to my family, and which were taken from us unjustly.
Justice: A likely tale.
criminals are criminals. justice does not care about the justification or rationale behind the deed. he cares that the deed affected someone who did not deserve to be affected, and he wants that wrong to be righted. it doesn't matter that there is a long history of violence between humans and elves. the humans velanna killed were innocent, therefore they deserved justice. it doesn't matter that she's desperately trying to find her missing sister, because she is a murderer. it doesn't matter if you were robbing back from someone who had already stolen from you, because you are still robbing someone. it doesn't matter if the deaths of a few dozen people will result in saving countless more lives in the long term, because you are still murdering a few dozen people. a spirit of justice would not compromise its own morals to justify a desired end; to do so would make the concept of justice as a concrete ideal obsolete.
so yeah. something's changed. justice is no longer driven by the rigid set of morals that previously guided his actions and thought process. the justice that still lived in the fade would almost definitely look at the justice that blew up the chantry and be disgusted. i think at the most barebones definition, that does count as "corruption".
buuuuut. i don't think anders was right about it meaning justice is now a demon. and i definitely don't think he was right about it being caused exclusively by their joining. i think this has been a gradual change that began the second he was ripped out of his realm. justice's character arc in awakening is essentially one long, beautiful, terrifying existential crisis. the mortal world is so beautiful. mortals are so fascinating. he wants to experience everything. what is a sunset? what does love feel like? why does the concept of death scare him so much when it was never a fear he possessed before? these aren't inherently negative concepts, but they are leading to uncomfortable feelings.
and that's exactly his fear. he thinks these feelings are a corruption and that he's becoming the very thing he despises the most. he's jealous of kristoff for having a wife who loves him so much that it persists beyond his death. but envy is a sin. it's inherently based on selfish desire, and selfishness is the very antithesis of justice.
and that's why he approaches the warden commander:
Justice: I continue to envy their love. But envy is what a demon feels, a desire for something it cannot have.
Warden: There's no harm in wanting something beautiful.
Justice: I... think I understand.
Justice: You co-exist with both great darkness and great beauty. It must be confusing.
and that right there is exactly the moment justice became corrupted. it didn't start with anders. and it doesn't mean he's a demon either. it means he's a person. co-existing with both great darkness and great beauty, just as everyone in the world around him does.
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