it honestly sucks that the things that would make an avvar inquisitor so good are probably also the things that stopped them from considering an avvar origin
the avvar are basically completely outside chantry influence. theres no negative reactions to being a mage, a dwarf, an elf or a qunari. we know they have a close relationship with the dwarves, that they treat magic with respect and without fear, and that their founder had an elven lover. thane svarah sun-hair mentions that their people have had few dealings with qunari, but that it's nice to not have to look down when they talk. so if an avvar became inquisitor, the whole 'choose between templars or mages' just... wouldn't be a thing? imo, an avvar would look at the breach and be like oh yeah we clearly need mages. people would warn them about magic being dangerous because mages can't be trusted and they'd be like um?? we trust our mages and it's fine?? we literally practice spirit possession for our mages so they can be taught etc and it's?? fine?? we talk to spirits on the regular? what do you mean mages can't be trusted? the advisors would be like oh we need influence to talk to the mages and meanwhile the avvar inquisitor has gone straight to redcliffe to talk to fiona about the breach and how um yeah ur right that mages shouldn't be locked up ur chantry is whack. if they weren't let in they climbed the walls.
they go to val royeaux to talk to the chantry begrudgingly because they don't like the chantry and that revered mother is all the maker would send no barbarian in our hour of need!! and the avvar inquisitor is all?? I mean I don't believe in ur maker but wasn't ur prophet u know. a barbarian? queue outraged french gasps. cassandra slightly disapproves. seras cackling on a balcony.
the avvar inquisitor doesn't want to be called the herald, and gets their beliefs disrespected a lot, but is also probably happy with their role because they're healing the tears in the sky, and thus helping the lady of the skies. there'd be an actual connection for them outside andraste, who despite not accepting as their prophet, they probably have some respect for. the avvar are pretty outspoken about their gods and beliefs from the few interactions we've had with them (probably because they're not oppressed under the chantry) so maybe they're more insistent on being called something to do with the lady of the skies. like the lady's herald or something.
interactions with companions would also be very different. solas tries to do his whole I saw it in the fade thing and the avvar inquisitor, especially if they're a mage, starts to get really suspicious because of their understanding of spirits etc. they love talking to iron bull because he's one of the few non chantry companions and their neck doesn't get sore talking to him. sera reacts to a female avvar the same way she does with a female qunari. they can help sera understand that spirits and magic aren't all demons and things to be scared of, and as a consequence her crisis of faith after the temple of mythal goes very differently. dorian and vivienne are at first both kind of wary of the way an avvar inquisitor talks about magic, but if they become friends they both begin to understand that there are ways of being taught how to resist demons. this is especially impactful for vivienne, who grew up in the circle being told she was a ticking time bomb, and if an avvar inquisitor is friends with her there's the chance to teach her their ways. they're much less weirded out by cole, and since they're so familiar with spirits, maybe they work out he's not simply a spirit earlier on. they probably get close with varric quickly because of the avvars close relationship with dwarves, and they're the one to tell varric stories. blackwall is really interested in hearing about their culture and they sit together around the fire and whittle little animals together. they probably struggle the most with cassandra honestly just because of how pro chantry she is, and after learning about how seekers become seekers they probably call her out on how hypocritical it is of her to be critical of the way their mages are taught by spirits when she herself was possessed by one. they probably start looking into a tranquil cure much earlier, because of their understanding of spirits and possession.
also a lot of avvar seem to have animal companions. I'm just saying an avvar inquisitor could have a pet.
You know what, I can totally get behind the whole monster-fucker thing despite being aroace because I’m aroace. The reasons are twofold:
One, unlike most sexual relationships that get foisted on me in media, monster-fuckers will take the time to actually establish an emotional connection between the characters that I can truly see as the basis for a healthy relationship.
And, two, sex is already weird as hell to me. It might as well include tentacles.
battle couples has gotta be one of my favorite tropes though. The “you got me?” “Yeah, I got you.” The kiss for good luck. Fighting alongside each other for so long they know every strength and weakness. The dichotomy of being fucking terrifying to their enemies, but so soft with each other. When one is in danger and the other goes feral, protects them at any cost. When everything is over and done, it’s all “let me see where you’re hurt,” and washing off the dirt and blood.
why do y’all refuse to listen to bisexuals lol like why don’t you trust us to define our own sexuality? why do we have to pull up historical documents and peer reviewed articles for you to believe us? it’s great and cool those things exist but i shouldn’t have to cite a bisexual organization from the 90’s to convince y’all that im a nonbinary bisexual who is attracted to all genders and i don’t have a preference. you can just trust bisexual people to understand bisexuality and you don’t actually have to question us at every turn
If Trump goes to prison during pride month I will literally never stop laughing like to charge reblog to cast give me all of your evil thoughts and prayers for this freak to get his first ever consequence.
I can't believe this just occurred to me but like, by the end of inquisition (not even including trespasser) the game has established that the inquisitor is basically the most influential figure in southern thedas. we're directly responsible for whoever is divine, and whoever rules orlais. trespasser is all about how as a powerful faction with no ties to anyone, we're a threat. so why can't we use that power?
why can't an elven inquisitor demand the dales be returned to the elves as an independent state / country? the divine is literally the person with the power to do that. and what's celene/gaspard going to do when we've put them in charge and are potentially blackmailing them? if one of them is in power with briala pulling the strings, that just makes a stronger case. why can't we demand that? we're potentially really close friends with the divine, and even though we don't have an approval rating with leliana, she's the one who makes the most changes as divine, so why wouldn't she be happy to do that? it might not make the divine very popular, but leliana and vivienne aren't very popular at first. why would they care when they have the power to squash their opponents?? cassandra might object because she's pro chantry but we should at least have the option to ask.
like in dao, if you're dalish you can ask for land and alistair/anora will grant the dalish some in fereldan. by da2 that apparently didn't go well but it's never fully talked about. if you're a mage you can ask that the fereldan circle become independent outside chantry control, and if you're granted that, the only reason it doesn't happen is because the divine intervenes. but this time as inquisitor, you have ties to the divine and the ruler of orlais. you should be able to demand that. you should be able to end trespasser by going actually, i'm allying the inquisition with the dales. I'm staying in skyhold and if orlais tries anything (which they won't with the ruler in your pocket), I'll march. fereldan would certainly be happy to see orlais sweat. tegan probably high fives you.
I made a list for these a while ago but I had to update a bunch of stuff recently so I thought I'd post it.
Accents below are: southern, Scottish, German, French, Russian, Boston and Australian
Note: these tips are only found through my personal expirence and research (which is always fairly limited) so if anything's weird I apologize
Southern accent
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When writing anything ending in ing ALWAYS remove the g and replace it with a '
Ex: I was sitin' watchin' my game.
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Replace to (not too or two) with ta
Ex: "Trying ta work is hard. Too hard"
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When they have a strong accent, replace long I's with 'Ah'
Ex: "Ah was silent and Ah hated mah life"
Note: try not to change long I's in the middle of words (such as silent). Even if it is how it sounds in real life it just makes it too hard to read
Exception: You can change the long I sound in the middle of a word if it is a name.
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Contractions everywhere. Ain't, can't, don't, all of them. Use them all. Use them when you're not supposed to! Such as with its, of and than. Instead of its write s' infront of a word, insted of of write 'a at the end of a word and instead of than write 'n at the end of a wod.
Ex: "s'rather nice outside'a town. Rather stay here'n inside"
Exception: any word ending with an a can be left alone when it comes to adding 'a at the end. So so you don't have to put kinda'a. You can just leave it as kinda. Same with 'n and words like than.
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Dad is called pa and mom is usually maw
Ex: "mah maw and pa are at home right now"
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Replace you with ya
Ex: "ya seem to be havin' trouble"
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A southern accent is rather lazy, but not written in stone. Usually when a charecter gets upset their accent might get stronger but in the case of a southern accent it actually tends to get a bit weaker. The points it gets weakest at are wherever you have them speaking with the most emphasis.
Ex: 'ya are the lowest'a the low' would change to 'you are the lowest of the low'
Exception: ALWAYS follow the ing rule. Always. No matter what.
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Howdy and Y'all are still very much used all the time. Y'all is how to address any group of two or more people and howdy is how to say hi 87% of the time.
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Terms of endearment are used rather flipently. Sweetheart, darling, bo, partner, you get it. So unless they're being serious(and sometimes even then), it's good to use these terms. Also southerners use these terms even when they're being mean. Sweetheart (derogatory)
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Any time you're making comparisons or exaggerations use stranger terms that stay with a southern theme.
Note: exaggerations tend to be turned into comparisons.
Ex: 'Thats thing's huge!" And 'That looks like crap'
turn to
'That thing's bigger'n a tornado in a cornfield!' And 'That looks worse'n a chicken in a fox house'
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Scottish
Mom and dad are maw and da
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Write me instead of my
'me da was a great man'
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Instead of you write ye (for emphasis) or yeh (when relaxed). Also write yer instead of your.
Ex: "yeh've never seen me hair before?" Or "ye better keep yer damn trap shut boyo"
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Follows the same ing rule as a sothern accent. Always get rid of the g and replace it with '
Ex: "We were drawing, writing and singing"
turns to
"We were drawin', writin' and singin'"
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Men are lads and woman are lasses
"The lads and lasses are dancin'"
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Little turns to wee
Ex: "she was a wee lass" or "just a wee bit more"
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When you have anything with a 't contraction, keep the from half of the word and replace the 't with nnae
Ex: "can't, don't and isn't" turn into "cannae, donnae and isnnae"
Note: 'going to' also applied to this rule as gonnae
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When ow is at the end of a sentence and it makes and oh sound, replace it with a.
Ex: "window, elbow and arrow" turn into "winda, elba and arra"
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And, of course, there are a lot of random Scottish words and specific expression. The one's I have I'll list here, but I'm sure there is a LOT more.
Yer bums out the winda - you're not making sense
Backy - smoke, tobacco
Ball bag - insult
Bonnie - lovely, beautiful, sweet
Balloon - idiot
Bairn - child
Boggin - dirty
Crabbit - grumpy
Daftie - light insult
Bowfing - heavy insult, ugly
Steamin - drunk
Mink - gross person
Numpty - idiot (light insult)
Skelp - to hit lightly
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German
W sounds are replaced with v sounds
Ex: "we are one team" turns to "ve are vone team"
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Th sounds are replaced by z sounda
Ex: "that thing over there" turns to "zat zing over zere"
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When at the beginning of a word, s sounds turn to sh sounds
Ex: "seashells are super small" turns to "sheashells are shuper shmall"
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Y sounds turn to J sounds
Ex: "you know you like New York" turns to "jou know jou like New Jork"
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French
Again Th sounds turn to z sounds
Ex: "that thing over there" turns to "zat zing over zere"
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H sounds are silent and thus are replaced with '
Ex: "her hair is highlighted" turn to "'er 'air is 'ighlighted"
Note: there are still h's in the sentence but they are already silent so you shouldn't remove them.
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Russian
Small i sounds should be replaced by an ee sound
Ex: "the little man had kittens and kicks" turns to "the leetle man had keetens and keecks"
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Similar to a German accent, the w sounds are replaced by v sounds
Ex: "we are one team" turns to "ve are vone team"
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Boston accent
Th sounds are replaced by d sounds
Ex: "that thing over there" turns to "dat ding over dere"
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Another repeat of the ing rule, however this can be ignored liberally. So you can use it all the time, none of the time or only half the time and it still remains the same.
Ex: "We were drawin', writin' and singin'"
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Another use of lot of contractions, however you don't want to make any new ones up here. Just use them whenever there's a chance to.
Ex:"I will not, but why can I not?" Turns to "I won't but why can't I?"
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Australian
An Australian accent is mostly just slang words so if you're trying to write this I suggest you just look up a bunch of those words and use them. However I still have a few basic rules.
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Long I sounds are replaced with oi.
Ex: "I think nice people are liars" turns to "Oi think noice people are loiars"
Note: when it comes to y's that make a long I sound, just put an o in front of the y
Ex: "why is it my time to cry" turns to "whoy is it moy toime ta croy"
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Replace to (not too or two) with ta
Ex: "Troying ta work is hard. Too hard"
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The ing rule is back. Replace that g with a '. And again, it can be used liberally. Sometimes, all the time or none of the time. Just depending on how thick the accent is.
Ex: "We were drawin', wroitin' and singin'"
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And that's it! I hope this was able to help a few of you since having it all written down most defiantly helps me.
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