Romancing Iron Bull

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[awesomechocolatesauce]

This is too sweet. I miss Bull so much! 😭 💕

[notjumpinglamps]

Thinking many Iron Bull thoughts because this one post where someone said bull never really made the decision to leave the Qun keeps coming back to haunt me; I’ve always disagreed with it but couldn’t articulate why BUT NOW I CAN.

And it goes right along that narrative theme of the pc/inquisitor coming in to help people deal with a mess that’s already happened (aka aftermath).

Iron Bull has already separated himself from the Qun as much as he possibly can without your help, before he meets you. He has left the Qun in all but name. “But he’s still Ben Hassrath” in name only (even that is stretching it—he chose a new name for himself outside the Qun, and he loves his name). “But he still reports to the Qun on Inquisition business” ish. See, the whole Ben Hassrath thing was Bull’s bargaining chip to get in on the inquisition, but he probably knew it had to go both ways for the Qun to be in on the deal. He didn’t join on behalf of the Qun. He joined because Krem convinced him it was a good idea. The chargers, and Krem, are the crux on which everything hinges for Bull.

One of the very first conversations you can have with Bull is about that one time he almost left the Qun, but chose to go get brainwashed because leaving was terrifying. He was convinced that it was stay with the Qun or become a monster. It’s significant that he tells you this story because that is exactly where he finds himself again in his personal quest.

Bull has already emotionally left the Qun by the time he starts his personal quest—not officially, because of his fear. If he’s “officially” still Qunari, he’s not a monster. That’s the truth he holds onto. But when it comes down to it, he doesn’t rely on the Qun for really much of anything anymore. When the big decision is upon him, he doesn’t look to the voice of the Qun on his right, he looks to his left, to you. When the voice of the Qun says “don’t do this,” he doesn’t say “you have a point”. He says “But they’re my men.” Bull’s people are not the Qunari, not by the time this quest happens. His people are the chargers. They’re his world. He wants to save them, even if it means sacrificing his connection with the Qun, it’s written on his face, it’s in his hesitation. He’s at that same place he’s been before, ready to give up the Qun, but that fear is still there.

The question for him isn’t “should I keep being Qunari”. It’s “would doing what I want to do, being who I want to be, make me a monster?” That’s what he’s really asking the Inquisitor. “Would saving them, choosing them, make me a monster?”

[kesterite]

leatherman bull based on the drawing @cansofbees did. LOOK AT THE DRAWING HE DID HERE!!!

[sinizade]

When I first met Iron Bull

[missgamerin]

[rock-teh-elf]

Bull side profile my lov

[haverdoodles]

CW: PARTIAL MALE NUDITY

Cropped sketch

— Iron Bull

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The people wanted more Bull, so I delivered! 🤷‍♀️ I included his missing fingers but sorry if it's not very visible here :/

Uncropped version can be found on my nsfw twitter @/ havasnsfw! I’m only accepting people who are 18+ and HAVE THEIR AGE IN BIO, be warned!

[thedasstruggles]

[serphena]

she receives the best hugs in all of Thedas 

[muchymozzarella]

Now that we're back in Dragon Age mode, it's very important for everyone to note that even if it is not necessarily your ship and that's totally valid, never forget that the greatest ship name in all of Dragon Age is the Dorian/Iron Bull ship name, "Adoribull"

And the greatest adoribull post ever made is this one, posted 6 years ago

[enderevynne]

IRON BULL APPRECIATION [1/?]

[elfrootsalad]

they r so cute they make me wanna eat rocks

[wardenkader]

Pink is a good color. Much better on you than red.

[a-drama-addict]

fav bull drawing i ever made

[flameshadowwolf]

Iron Bull Twitter thread

I just love him man

[sixleggedboar]

For some reason I ended up associating the song „Can Ghosts Be Gay“ by carpetgarden with adoribull so I had to draw the Iron Bull in some „pretty red lipstick”

[notebooks-and-laptops]

Okay also can we just. Just take a minute to think about how fucking integral Krem is to Bulls sense of self as The Iron Bull.

Because its such a mixture of things that makes their relationship sit at the very core of Bulls character and the crossroads of who Bull will become.

Because okay. So you have their friendship. This is the first friendship Bull built outside of the Qun, outside of the shit show of Seheron, outside of being under direct control. Bulls in the south as a spy, but (despite him telling us straight off the bat) it's undercover and very removed from the Northern regions of Thedas. So Bulls got this friendship.

And this friendship is also one that is full of banter and care. Its ribbing and gentle and laughter. It's the sort of relationship that let's Bull be the guy who drinks a lot in the tavern and is fun to hang out with and just is...Bull.

Then you've got the fact that the very act that made their friendship is the person The Iron Bull is. Not the person who Hisrad was necessarily, but The Iron Bull. The easy going man who would risk a limb for a complete stranger because it was the right thing to do? Yeah. That's The Iron Bull through and through.

Then you've got the fact that in Krem, Bull has someone who has his back who does so for no other reason than they're friends? Like. Krem sits beside Bull on his blind side in the tavern and watches the spaces Bull himself physically can't and...Trust, protection, outside of the confines of the Qun.

And then Krem is Tevinter. So the people that Bull was taught to hate his whole life? Yeah. That's krem. But Krem is fine. And so flows from this Bulls ability to seperate person from propaganda against peoples (Cole, Dorian, Krem etc.)

And just. Krem is so much at the core of who Bull is and it makes me so fucking happy that Krem is the knives edge on which Bull sits. Like it's Krems fate that decides whether all this shit built up through and by Krem as the example relationship and Bulls best friend...its all that that decides if Bull betrays you or not. Not whether or not you romance him or Dorian romances him. It's his best friend. It comes down to the life or death of his best friend. And that's so powerful. It really showcases just how important platonic relationships can be. Shdofkdlflf