Nocturne - Ding dong the witch is back.

Bookseller, bookworm, geek, writer, pursued by a bear, general enthusiast. A lot of stuff from a lot of fandoms. SPN, Star Trek AND Star Wars, the Witcher, ASoIaF and GoT, HoD, Skyrim, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. I like telling and being told stories, by any means.

[ozbian]

well hello ...

look who waited until the Halloween costume episode to maybe drop their character's bombshells (fingers crossed)

[notturnofelsineo]

I am weak, I am on my knees, I am in love and I have been for a long time, but oh me, oh my, oh my eldritch lord...

[sun-marie]

Isabela may have been slightly out of her depth when she decided to take in Lydia, an untrained mage child, but thankfully Anders is looking for a mage-friendly place beyond the Templar's eyes 👀

More info under the cut <3

(screenshots from chatting with a friend in discord <3)

I've mentioned here before how Lydia was trained by both Anders and Isabela, so I wanted to explore that a little bit more!

Despite semi-raising a child together, Anders and Isabela don't become romantically involved with each other. They do become closer friends through their shared love of Lydia than they ever were in Kirkwall, though.

While she was close to both of them, saying Isabela and Anders "raised" Lydia wouldn't really be accurate, as neither really filled in a parent role. While Anders was the more traditional "mentor" figure for Lydia, Isabela was more like her Much Older Buddy (for better and for worse). Lydia still had a lot of freedom as a child once she escaped enslavement, and was often involved with the Lords without either of them.

Lydia's Dagger-and-Orb fighting style is a result of being trained by both of them, as she wasn't making much progress with the traditional mage staff.

Being so familiar with Anders and the spirit of Justice possessing him is a big part of the reason Lydia is so unfazed with Spite possessing Lucanis, even if the circumstances are Different

[notturnofelsineo]

I love this whole concept!

[rocktheholygrail]

Hannibal (2013-2015)

3x03 || 3x06 || 3x07

[an-ruraiocht]

why do we even have legal genders anyway. maybe we should not have those

[r0zeclawz]

its important to have games on your wishlist that keep going on sale every couple of months and you still never buy it

[the-uncanny-dag]

[rocktheholygrail]

#Hannibal is babygirl

[shalizeh7]

[anikorsmthnidk]

KABOOOM🎇🎇🎇

[fanfoolishness]

Just losing my mind at the implications that the companions have all been trying to help Rook grieve Varric, and Rook doesn’t know

Emmrich, wise and long-familiar with grief, being told by Neve and Harding what happened; understanding why sometimes he overhears Rook’s muffled voice in the Infirmary, talking to no one. He takes Rook to the Memorial Gardens and mentions he talks to his parents, thinking Rook might be comfortable with the same. Rook lights candles and rings bells but Emmrich watches, sorrowed, to see Rook still seems in deep denial.

Neve takes Rook to the Wall of Light; a Shadow Dragon Rook knows just what this means but any Rook can understand the solemnity, the power of remembrance. Neve reenergizes Brom’s light and looks to Rook, hoping Rook will mention wanting to make one for Varric. Rook is kind and comforting to Neve, but Neve is lost in wondering why Rook doesn’t take the chance to open up. She can’t figure it. Maybe Rook just can’t face it, not yet. Maybe Rook does something privately. She isn’t sure but it nags at her.

Davrin’s not big on talking about feelings. He’d rather just move on. But he sees the way Rook seems a little hollow sometimes, a little distant; he sees how Rook takes so quickly to Assan. “Hey Rook,” he says, and invites them to come with him and Assan to safe places in Arlathan, where the woods are clean and green and growing, where real sunlight dapples through the trees. Rook always seems to love these outings, seems lighter afterwards. But Davrin feels a little confused in that Rook never seems to realize the outings are mostly for them.

Taash is another person not big on feelings. But they know how much feelings can twist you up and mess with your head. When Lace tells them about Varric they feel badly for Rook, and think to how they feel when they’re struggling. Epic fights, dragon fights, drinks with the Lords. Taash is perfectly capable of doing all that on their own. But maybe bringing Rook along will help get them out of their head a little bit. Does it help? Taash isn’t sure.

Bellara’s double-versed in grief after what happens to Cyrian. Rook helped her through trying to reach him, and Bellara wonders, in her own pain, if she can help Rook a little bit too. Especially if Rook is elven, teaching Rook about the braziers and the challenges is another tool she can share about her or their people, another way that might help Rook with their grief. Neve’s told her that the Wall of Light didn’t seem to help Rook much, but maybe a different funeral tradition could help them instead. Rook helps her light the braziers and Bellara feels her heart lightening, though she wonders at Rook, who seems more moved by Bellara’s reactions than anything else.

Lucanis is nearly as allergic to dealing with feelings as Davrin is, but he immediately clocks how Neve and Harding are acting, and asks what happened before he joined them. They tell him about Varric and that they’re worried about Rook, that Rook seems to just be shoving those feelings down without dealing with them. Lucanis is no stranger to that, but while it’s fine for him, he doesn’t want to see someone who risked their life to save him share that struggle. He brings Rook to Caterina’s funeral planning to show Rook it’s okay to admit the loss and honor it. When that doesn’t seem to make a dent, he falls back to his standard - lavish meals, small gifts, coffee. He knows it would help him. He just wishes it helped Rook too.

Lace hurts the worst after losing Varric and Lace is where Solas’ magic comes the closest to faltering. Rook can see Lace is down, she’s quiet, she’s afraid after what happens with the gods escaping; but Solas’ magic holds and Rook can still never see quite why. Lace would love to sit over drinks one night and share stories about Varric, but she sees that Rook doesn’t seem ready, and she doesn’t want to push. Instead she writes letters to Ma, to the Inquisitor, to Cassandra, to Aveline, maybe even to Hawke. She writes out her stories with Varric’s old quill and she carries a bolt of Bianca with her. A dozen times she goes to talk to Rook about him, and when she tries Rook turns away or changes the subject. It hurts, but Lace knows she can’t make Rook talk about him, and she hopes in time it will get better.

This just absolutely crushes me the more I think about it 😭

Edit: Varric’s death is Rook’s personal companion quest every other single companion tries to help them with, and can’t 😭😭😭

[pixiedurango]

Aren‘t we all Rook here?

[notturnofelsineo]

Thanks, this absolutely obliterated me.

[mightierthanthecanon]

Lucanis Dellamorte, Mage God Killer

[cykelops]

here's a funny bit of official concept art that shows spite pouring hot coffee on a sleeping lucanis.

[yelenhol]

[a-stale-donut]

It's difficult to concentrate on spell casting when there's an Antivan short king behind you, gushing over your kills and tossing out compliments left and right...

[sevrinve]

Tel banal ara'ma vir shiral ma'lasa belanaras

[jack-of-blades]

Gaby Soto is a gift

Edit: I missed one!

[notturnofelsineo]

I'm playing DA The Veilguard and having so many emotions all at once. I am 60hrs in and still nowhere near finishing and I DON'T WANT TO. I know I'm going to suffer and I am delaying. There are a number of things that I'm not crazy about in the game, but I'm also continuously overwhelmed by emotional onslaught with all the lore and the stories coming full circle and the revelations and THIS BAD BOY HERE! The joining chalice from Ostegar? HOW DARE YOU? This is a low blow, guys. Ah, yeah, and I am romancing Lucanis because come on, the pipeline from Justice to Vengeance to Spite in a pretty boi without a brain cell in sight and a complicated relationship with food and coffee... I mean, my grandma was from Treviso, what could I do? (But I have sooo many feels for the dapper necromancer and his soft dom vibes and I am already planning a second PT just for him and our son Manfred)

I have a thousand screenshot already. I am in a glass case of emotions.