[cuunos]

peak dynamic in my opinion

[ripzaraschips]

Rook’s voice was the first good thing Lucanis had heard in a year, and when Rook was trapped in the fade, he didn’t get to hear it for weeks. Can you imagine how devastated he probably was ?? And the relief he felt when he f i n a l ly heard it when they were getting Rook out? Theres probably a lot more to this but i cant seem to word it properly.

[void-bitten-ghost]

Yaknow, part of me thinks that Lucanis would be terrified of continuing his family's lineage. There's been so much blood and sweat and trauma in his life, and of course Caterina wants nothing more than to have little Dellamorte great grandchildren running around.

Can you imagine the pressure he must feel? Being how he is now? What he is now? I'm guessing that, before the Ossuary, he thought it'd be a business thing, getting married. Something sort of... decided for him with his input.

But here he is, First Talon and in love with his saviour. The world's saviour. He can hear his grandmother now. Good genes. Better reputation. Caterina looks between them and taps her foot and Lucanis knows she's not so subtly telling him to get a move on already, she's not getting any younger.

But he's still so scared. He's scared of failing. Of complications. Of losing Rook in the process--

But then one lazy morning he has Rook in his arms, and they tell him between slow, sweet kisses, in no uncertain terms "I want to have your kids"

I think that would awaken something in him

[void-bitten-ghost]

Hey I started writing something

"You... what?" Lucanis asks, eyes wide and stomach swooping. He could've sworn he heard her say--

Rook sees the change in him, leans back to clarify, having never been so sure of anything in her life. The covers drape down to pool on her back as she pushes herself up over him. Her hair a dark curtain pulled to one side.

"I want to have your children, Lucanis," she says, gently touching his cheek. He turns to kiss her hand on instinct, tangling her fingers with his to press her palm to his mouth.

"You realise Caterina already likes you, yes? You don't need any more points in your favour. Teia will get jealous."

"Oh shush," she says as she bops his nose with hers. "You know Teia is her favourite. Plus, saving the world got me plenty of points. This--" She settles down again, trails off, fingers now tracing idle shapes on his chest. "This is something for us. For me."

And Lucanis, he doesn't know what to say to that.

"Only if you want to, that is," she quickly adds as the silence spreads like an oilslick in water. "We haven't actually talked about it--"

He peppers brief kisses to her knuckles, his fingers between hers and holding fast.

"Rook de Riva Dellamorte," he says. "I would deny you nothing, least of all myself."

"But is it something that you want? This isn't something you just go along with for the ride--"

He has her beneath him with a quick twist, her hair now a halo on the silken sheets.

"The idea of you being so vulnerable scares me," he whispers into her neck. "And then there are the children themselves. What if something happens to us and they are left without guidance? Without love and tenderness? I love my grandmother with all my heart, and I am certain that she would love our children at least ten fold, but she is not a kind woman, Rook. They would be trained practically from birth. Not to mention Viago. If that man poisons our child I will not be held accountable for what--"

Rook's bubbling laugh under his chest makes him pause. Lift his face again.

"What?"

"You're talking as if it's happening tomorrow," she hums, warm and conent, fingers combing through his hair to calm him some. "Nothing is happening right now. You know that."

Ah yes. The tincture she takes every morning after. He takes a breath.

"I know that."

"Good." She settles down into the sheets. "We don't have to decide right now. You take your time to think on it."

He hums when her nails scratch at his scalp, eyes so heavy he might be dangerously close to nodding off for a second or two.

"Just know, I think you'd make an amazing father," she whispers into his hairline, and something happens in his guts. It's not the cold dread of fear he'd felt at the idea of complications. It's warm, and light, and sets fire at the idea of Rook, his Rook, curled into his side with a bundle cradled between them. Her eyes soft and so full of boundless joy as she watches their baby --their baby-- fidget and reach for his beard.

Another image pops up, Rook by the window, lit up in the early morning glow and quietly singing to the fussy babe on her hip. She calls him over, tells him it's his fault they have a child so spitefully determined not to sleep a wink. And he kisses her. Kisses her and kisses her until the sun is high and full in the sky.

"You're certain?" He asks Rook, the real Rook, the one of flesh and blood and chaos beneath him. "It will not be easy."

"Nothing worth the effort usually is," she says, arms now wound around his neck as he looks at her. "Anyway, we've literally saved the world before. How much more difficult can parenting be?"

And he laughs. Nuzzles into her neck once more. "You'll be the death of me."

[void-bitten-ghost]

PSSSST COME GET YALL SOUP

[dellamortte]

I... need to clear my head. Excuse me.

[ripzaraschips]

You know that httyd line, “You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you.” ? Yeah that’s sooo Rookanis coded. Like specifically when Rook comes back from the fade prison.

[the-girl-who-didnt-make-anysense]

Lucanis looking at Rook -Dragon Age: The Veilguard

[reaganhawke]

[deadlovedonoteat]

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requested a cameo from gdl and asked him to make solas say 'fuck'. enjoy.

[if-youre-not-a-dog-then-leave]

I can’t remember which companion it is, but one of them says that Elgar’nan basically nuked Tearstone Island after Ghilan’nain was killed and everyone barely made it off the island in time. Can you imagine what that must’ve been like for Lucanis?

Imagine watching the first person you have ever loved- the person who has been there for you time and again without fail, the person you trust more than anyone else in the world, the person you swore to never let down again mere hours ago- disappear right in front of you and having to leave them behind. Having to wonder if you could’ve gotten them back if you’d had just a little more time. Having to wonder if you’ve lost the only way to save them because Tearstone Island is decimated now and you left them behind.

[360iris]

Feeling as though Rook is secondary to Neve? You shouldn’t, not really at least because Rook is irreplaceable for the same reasons people are holding animosity towards Neve.

‘Neve gets him without doing any of the hard work.’ Rook is the only person alive who could even be able to. That’s the whole point.

Saving Minrathous results in the Inner Demons quest never happening.

Meaning an unhealed Lucanis never makes peace with Spite.

Meaning he goes on to enter a relationship with a woman (to no fault of her own) who could never, and would never, force him to face his fears and give him the unyielding encouragement needed to live without compartmentalizing every important thing to ever happen to him.

Without Rook completing that quest— Lucanis remains chained down by his debilitating fear of disappointing Caterina, the shame of being made into an abomination against his will, the guilt of being the one who got off easier than Neve and the pain and anger Illario’s betrayal brought onto him.

“Thoughts live here. Ideas. Feelings.” Disappointment. Shame. Guilt. Betrayal. All of which Lucanis felt were too big, too messy to face.

Solavellan is Rookanis’ foil. Except Rook is if Lavellan had succeeded in persuading Solas to face his regrets.

And what was the crux of the replacement Fade prison Solas crafted for the Evanuris? It was a prison built on regret, and the only way to leave would be to face them. Which Ghilan’nan and Elgar’nan would never be able to do.

Spite says “Lucanis is here. Behind locked doors. I can’t break through.” But Rook can.

In his mind’s eye, Lucanis makes Caterina, Harding, Neve and Illario his jailers of negative emotions in a prison of his own creation.

And in all that inner turmoil, his idea of Illario says, “Rook, you’re too good to be here.”

Rook isn’t one of his jailers, not because they don’t matter enough compared to the others, but because Lucanis’ thoughts, ideas and feelings for Rook are too good.

Rook opens doors, they’re not a jailer who throws away the key. In Lucanis and Spite’s eyes, Rook is the key. They are a liberator, a hero, the only one he’ll listen to.

Love, understanding, the unwavering promise of companionship (platonic or romantic) despite the risk to themselves sets Lucanis free.

I’ve seen people who are disappointed in his storyline complain that it feels as though ‘Rook strong arms him into a committed relationship’ that he somehow ‘feels obligated to indulge’ and engage in as a result of saving Treviso. I believe these claims just end up ignoring the really good diamonds in the rough we’re given in terms of Rookanis relationship development.

A romanced!Lucanis gives way to lines like “I don’t know what Rook sees in me. I’m happy to just be around them.”

And paralleling scenes like when Caterina chastises a kneeling Illario with “A Dellamorte never kneels.” Only for Lucanis to later walk over to a post-Fade trapped Rook and literally kneel at their feet like they’re the only deity he cares to worship like this is Take Me To Church by Hozier.

And what is Rookanis as a ship, if not Rook teaching him it’s okay to assert himself, which leads to Lucanis reclaiming his humanity through an act of love? Just saying. Given time, and love, he turns into a Gomez Addams sort of romantic figure.

If Rook were associated as any feeling to Lucanis then they’d be love. Affection. A state of understanding. Purpose? Freedom?

Better yet, Rook could be determination. After all, Rook’s defining characteristic is that they ‘just can’t seem to quit’— in the face of the man they care about saying ‘give up on me, i’m damaged goods’ why wouldn’t they win him over in the end?

[goldenherm]

I was surprised no one was talking about Rook trying to say Lucanis that they love him before the battle against Ghilan'nain, and Lucanis not allowing it, just for Rook to be lock up in the Fade for weeks. The angst, the regrets Lucanis should have felt.

Then I realized that it might not be as obvious in English. In the second wheel of that conversation, if you choose "I'm here to help you" Rook starts a sentence with "Lucanis, I...", before Lucanis makes them stop. There are a lot of things they could have said with that "I", but in the Spanish subtitles, Rook doesn't say "I...", they say "Te...".

There are a handful of sentences you can say, but there are far less possibilities than in English. One of them, the one that makes more senses in the context, is "Te quiero". I love you. Lucanis knows what they are going to say and he doesn't want to hear it, because when you put your businesses in order, you're preparing for the end. He said that much during a banter, but sadly I can't remember why or with whom.

Anyway, Rook complains after that conversation.

In English it would be: "Right, business as usual. Definately not thinking about that all day" They've been waiting the whole day to say that. They've been preparing themself to say "I love you" to Lucanis, and Lucanis didn't let them.

Then he lost Rook. Rook tried to say I love you, and now Lucanis would never hear that, he could never say it back. They lost their only chance and it was his fault.

Or so he thought, because Rook comes back.

That's why there is no more hesitation after. That's why Lucanis is the one that says 'I love you' before the final confrontation. Because he made that mistake once, and he's not making it ever again.

[doraingrid]

You're here. You're really here.

[juxhex]

"i sure hope no elven deity breaks free from their prison in the fade and starts wreaking havoc on thedas"

the nefarious ghilan'nain:

[forsakenwitchery]

I was 100% sure Lucanis would look weird as Bel's swap but nope, babygirl fits right in. No, seriously, it somehow looks 100 percent in character to me. 😹

All my DATV gifs

[kppigpen]

Rumble Feature pt. 2

Follow up to this, because Y'ALL ARE SO RIGHT.

Shoutout to my cat, this is just him at 4:30 am every morning.

[eurodynamic]

"You like to walk a little too close to the edge..." "So do you."

LUCANIS DELLAMORTE ❤️‍🔥 Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024)

[serecenhawke]

Sigh