I know that Liora won’t say she loves someone cause if she did then *gestures to the Jowan of it all* wouldn’t have happened lol

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I know that Liora won’t say she loves someone cause if she did then *gestures to the Jowan of it all* wouldn’t have happened lol
Liora recruits Loghain because DEAR MAKER SHE NEEDS AN ADULT WHO KNOWS HOW TO LEAD A GODDAMN ARMY. SHE CAN'T EVEN READ A MAP.
Liora and Zevran rolling up to Weisshaupt after the blight to report on All That and getting questioned who Zevran is. Is he a warden recruit? Is he her partner??? What IS he???? The debate goes on long enough that Liora tries to leave and walks into a wall while Zevran is still talking and without missing a beat he says he’s her seeing eye Antivan.
I think that the fact that Liora doesn’t actually remember a life outside the circle combined with her severe visual impairment is really what made her so wary of ever leaving the circle but honestly, I think there’s a degree of outright agoraphobia that was encouraged by the enchanters who raised her. Less for her to be disappointed and bitter about if she’s too frightened to even begin to consider a life outside.
There’s something incredibly funny about the development of Zevran trying So Hard to seduce Liora and meanwhile she’s friendzoning herself and doesn’t think he Like Likes her. Girl, please get it together.
The essence of a praise kink is there for Liora but there’s Just So Much to unpack first,
Liora being willfully oblivious to romantic and sexual interest is such a defense mechanism that she doesn’t even begin to unravel until at least awakening so she’s not really getting much farther than unrequited crushes during the blight itself unless you literally hit her with a hammer.
Watching how Liora and Jowan act in Redcliffe explains A Lot for why Liora acts how she does about romance but the companions who come along for the broken circle is truly bringing her friends to the scene of the accident. Learning that Uldred is her father-figure just explains The Rest of why she’s Like That.