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I feel like the first class you played in DND tells a lot about you
Reblog and put in the tags what your first class was
Ooooh from the Uncommon Questions game, can I get: #5, 10, 15, 22, and 30…
Plus A, B, and E? 👀💜
Ajdhdhjsjd THANK YOU!!!
5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust?
Despite everything that has happened to her in her life I think she *wants* to trust people? However, it's a one mistake type of deal. Fuck up once, lie once, hurt her once, and she's done. There's no earning the trust back, either. Unless Lucanis loves you and then fine I'll give you another chance for *his* sake but I'm gonna be pissy about it.
10. Answered here :)
15. How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot or do they rehearse it in advance?
Oh. She definitely rehearses everything she says. Never stutters never stumbles always sure of her words and always sure of everything she wants to say. To the extent where some people might even have a problem with it (Bellara). Until she gets extremely emotional (mainly angry). I think that's why I like writing her and Lucanis' dialogues so much cause it's like almost impossible for her to know she's saying the right thing? She stumbles and stutters a lot more when she's talking to him vs everyone else. The same thing happens with her mother, where she always says things without thinking them through first because there's just So Much emotion involved. She's completely aware and absolutely hates stuttering or not knowing what to say. It was part of her training for Andraste's sake!
22. How does jealousy manifest itself in them?
Hmm. I think she oscillates wildly between aloof and extremely possessive and blaming whatever object of her jealousy is making her feel that way. Definitely tries to hide it as long as possible. Definitely lashes out at said object about it. Definitely lashes out at whoever is the cause of it. Just overall an unpleasant experience.
30. Who do they most regret meeting?
ooh this is a terrible question. Genuinely she believes everyone she's ever met has been worse off for meeting her but I think Neve. I have to say Neve. Also Varric. Oh my lord does she regret ever meeting Varric.
A) Why are you excited about this character?
She's my vessel for exploring what Veilguard could have been I guess? She's also a link between all 4 games for me and a type of pathetic I don't really see in a lot of female characters. Pookie <3. My silly rabbit. My right hand arm woman.
B) What inspired you to create them?
I wanted a character with ties to the previous games because one of my favourite things about creating OCs in specific worlds is specifically seeing how I can make them fit in a way that feels natural but still interesting. I also love both Fereldan and Orlesian culture so I wanted to incorporate those in some way. Then also my beloved exhiled noble trope I couldn't breathe without you.
E) Answered here :) so I'm gonna replace it with
I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe?
Absolutely. I tend to dislike AUs in general because if the setting is that unimportant to character building then I probably wouldn't have been interested in the first place. Very much the setting has to be its own character and interact with characters in a way that truly shapes them.
7, 10, F for Cora for the Uncommon Questions ask game please? 💜
Ugh these are gooodddd
Questions
7. What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?
I think it's hearing music or tasting something from Ferelden/Orlais. Being reminded of something her mother would do or a story her father liked to tell. And no she absolutely does not enjoy it. Nostalgia is just thinking about everything she doesn't have anymore.
10. What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?
Oof, this is a good one. I don't know if I'd say she ever really lies outright it's more half truths and not giving anyone a full picture. With that being said, lie told most often is 'It doesn't matter'. It matters a whole lot actually but the second something matters it hurts when she loses it so it can't matter. You know? It doesn't matter.
I wouldn't say it haunts her but I would say that telling said lie is the equivalent to feeding her intestines into a paper shredder.
F) Answered here :)
For the uncommon OC and creator questions, #12, #23, and E please!
Mwuah!! Thank you for letting me yap!!
Questions
12. How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can't quite reach?
pre-Lucanis: Ignore it and pretend it's not bothering her
post-Lucanis: Ask him with an extremely unnecessary pout whether he can scratch it for her
23. How does envy manifest itself in them?
Annoyance mainly, and avoidance. I think we see this most clearly in Neve where Cora just gets a little too pissed off because she thinks Neve is so much of a better person than she is.
E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you?
Honestly I think she would be way too intense for me. And I think she would place me in the 'annoying younger sibling' category lmao
11, 16, 21 and F!
Thank youuuuuu
Answering questions from here
11. How do they cope with confusion?
She's never been confused over anything ever in her life <- direct quote. But as a serious answer I think she'd try very hard to puzzle it out on her own before asking for help in such a way that the person she's asking help from will try to kill her out of anger before actually being able to help her.
16. What makes their stomach turn?
As an apprentice it was mostly seeing the Tranquil around the White Spire. Any sort of bug or anything else with more than four legs, most types of grime and dirt. Places where a bath isn't within walking distance, Hossberg just in general.
21. Why do they get up in the morning
She has to somehow try and make up for the fact that she's alive
F) What do you feel when you think of your OC?
I feel what I think can only be likened to the pride a mother feels when their first born child walks for the first time? I also get cuteness aggression which is why I think I want to hurt her.
For Cora - 1, 17+18, 28?
What's the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?
Like. Maybe two minutes if she tries extremely hard. It's just she gets restless and starts thinking about things she doesn't want to and her legs start aching and wanting to move and. Maybe two minutes. She has some of my adhd symptoms.
17. Are they easily embarassed?
Yes.
18. What embarasses them?
Someone seeing her have an emotion or any needs/wants/desires. Also someone like... *seeing* her and not just the her that she presents to people. Anything at all to do with sex and nudity. Improper topics of discussion as specified in the Ferelden Circle Of Repressed Mages. There was probably an apprentice at one point that made a list.
28. Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth?
Oh my god yes Oh Maker please Andraste just lie to her once. Between her mother telling her completely honestly she would have wanted her to die instead of her father and Leliana and Dorian never seeing the need to sugarcoat or soften anything when speaking to her she'd literally cry if someone tried to just lie to her about something unpleasant once and soften a blow. Solas was doing her such a favour with the whole Varric thing.
questions from here
Thank you so much for the asks, these were so good for her❤️
DATV Character Sheet Template
I love character sheets and I remembered I have free will so I made one! Made with Rook in mind, but you can use it for any Veilguard OC. I recommend Photoshop, or a free alternative like Photopea.
[YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE]
font used was astoria roman
If you like it, please reblog so other people can also find it <3 Credit is appreciated, and if you tagged me I would be even happier because I would love to see your 🫵 character(s)! :^)
examples under the cut !!
WHY is Katara being made to practice waterbending with the scroll SHE STOLE in secretttttt
Having an OC tag is the best because I go through it and I'm like WOW this is sooooo my oc
Also are we really still doing this
So the veilguard survey responses DID make my blood boil as suspected. Look, I'm not saying the writing was great but what I am saying is a lot of people played the game, listened to the dialogue and took everything the characters said about anything as them being 100% truthful and factual at all times and then interpreted that with the biggest BAD FAITH glasses I've ever experienced in my life
Useless Veilguard fact of the day: Day 462
Apart from Neve and Bellara, Lucanis seems to be the last companion to succumb to Elgar'nan's spell during Blood of Arlathan, evident by the lack of red sparkles around his head in comparison to other companions.
He seems to get under Elgar'nan's control only close to the end of the cutscene, when Bellara starts to cast her counter-spell.
Check out the tag for more useless facts: #useless davg fact of the day!
You know what? Forget the discourse. This is no longer my hill to die on.
You wanna ship canonically aspec characters because “aro/ace people can still date/have sex”? Okay, then. LET’S DO IT. I wanna see an aromantic character with an alloromantic love interest. I wanna see that confession of undying love and the moment when the aro character says they will never feel the same way—not romantically.
I wanna see the asexual character with their allosexual partner. I wanna see that moment when the ace characters tries sex with their partner for the first time because they want to make them happy only to realize that they are 100% sex repulsed.
I wanna see the two demiromantics who don’t even know if what they feel is romantic attraction, but they adore each other and just want to make healthy snacks together and destroy each other at Mario Kart.
I wanna see the two aces who love sensual affection and are figuring out what they define as sexual or not.
I wanna see the romance + sex neutral aroace who happily and consensually does whatever makes their partner happy…but their partner still struggles with feeling undesired.
Oh, babe. You thought shipping an aspec character would be just like shipping an allo character?
He's just like me fr