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[maturiin]

dragon age 2 doodles

[technofeudalism]

modern empath crisis of faith

[weirdundead]

The Conquerer [5 of swords tarot] this evil knightess is for https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/novaandmali/star-crossed-a-queer-tarot project! go get yours <3

[feyspeaker]

Reckoning commissioned by my patron, Sarah! prints | patreon

[sha-brytols]

you see in my mind palace where da2 was written by smart people with sexy brains the justanders merge would have been a slow burn you know. act 1 anders has that outgoing charmer persona he had in awakening and thats why he gets on so well with varric and isabela you know. i mean it makes sense as to why he's so well liked in darktown the refugees feel comfortable around him he comes across as warm and friendly. lirene all but calling him kind and disarming and sexy seems more appropriate instead of mildly offputting. but also you know there's still Something Different about him. he's more insightful. selfless. the way he talks is just a Little More formal. he's less flirtatious and more earnest and tender and he's notably far more respectful with the way he discusses his feelings on spiritual matters than you'd expect from the What If Andraste Was Actually An Ugly Hag guy.

then the justice reveal happens and you come to realize theres two separate forces at work here and you get to know each of them as individuals. the merge is still fresh and they're just so fundamentally different there's still a clear divide which means justice actually has the opportunity to be a character. you get to speak to justice and he's still that passionate, inquisitive spirit who finds value in the mundane and romanticizes humanity as the embodiment of freedom. he's blunt and direct to fault and feels almost alien to the people around him and his interactions with other characters are stiff at best and downright hostile at worst because like can you blame them. that's a demon possessing a mortal host. its the very essence of everything the chantry has conditioned people to hate and fear. but as the player you have this innate special insight to who he is. he's changed too. he's more light-hearted. he has a far better grasp of humor and social cues. he loves animals and theres a running gag where characters find him trying to befriend feral cats. he's oddly charming and is the one that actually hits hawke with those initial anders flirt lines from act 1.

then act 2 rolls around and its subtle at first but theres this undeniable blurred line forming between justice and anders. maybe justice fronts less but anders is still picking up his habits and speaking more and more like him. maybe there's just much more "inbetween" moments where the two bleed into one another than there was before. either way its become clear that the possession is becoming something of a fusion and man maybe THATS where the rivalry conflict is truly born because hawke sees what's happening and is alarmed for the both of them and the major source of conflict is actually that hawke believes they're both losing their identity to this new unnatural being.

idk just SOMETHING that respects justice and anders' characters while still exploring what was objectively an insanely interesting story concept like do you see what im trying to get at here. do you understand my vision.

[cyanopsis]

[bleedthebeat]

↑ guy who is normal about justice dragon age

[bleedthebeat]

“a world so full of beauty that beauty is overlooked. i must see it with different eyes.” i’m going to eat cement

[nilovalentine]

no! healthy relationship will kill the character! he needs an unhealthy codependent romance with a side of power imbalance to live

[tinyshoopuf]

Bellara Appreciation Week Day 7 - Free Day

I wasn't able to completely finish this in time, but I wanted to at least post this WIP for @datvcompanionweeks since I managed to get Bellara done

[perplexingly]

Now that I started playing the Dragon Age series again, I can’t get Anders out of my head

[nerywen]

— fugitive with no future

[treatsformeeko]

i am still on my awakening kick thinking about designated party healer anders dragonage. thank you for your time.

[notebooks-and-laptops]

U know what I think. I think that Anders and Fenris aren't the real version of 'we have a mural friend so we have to put up with each other'. I think Anders and Sebastian are. I mean. Sebastian practically says it.

Theres a difference between this kind of antagonism and Fenris and Anders version. There's a familiarity in Fenris and Anders fights by act 2, it's not playful, it's meant to hurt, but asking someone if they've ever thought about killing themselves is something you do because you KNOW someone.

Whereas Sebastian and Anders are just kinda. Hanging with the same people. And they're not friends at all. They're just putting up with one another. The way Anders winds Sebastian up is with silly jokes about andraste on his crotch rather than genuine insults. And Sebastian is ready to hand Anders in from day 1.

[average-mako-enjoyer]

The other thing I'd like to add to the conversation about Anders and mortal possessions is that his earring, his pauldrons, and the fucking coat he buys himself to die in are literally the only nice things he's ever owned.

The only way for a Circle mage to get nice things is to be nice to their jailers and be useful to the Circle. Mages don't usually get out of the Circle, and if they do, they're probably not allowed to just go shopping, which means that to get something nice, you have to be allowed to not only make money, but spend it. Under strict supervision, of course.

Now guess how many nice things a guy who tried to escape 7 times and spent a year in solitary can have?

How many good wool coats has a Fereldan farm boy had in his life?

I suppose the only reason he has pauldrons and an earring in Awakening is because he got them from someone while he was on the run, and the Templars just haven't taken them away from him yet.

Can at least one element of his story not be so damn tragic?

[dapling]

No matter what.

[gjjuddmk2]

[imbackintheussr]

[girl--gwoe]

The spirit of Justice turns Anders away from the light