#(or fenris)

[fallingdowntherathole]

No mutuals, you did not see me in dragon age tag again. I promise.

I swear I'm obsessed and deranged okay.

[mabaris]

yknow, I’ve joked before, “idk I don’t really go for the whole ‘I can fix him’ thing (except Zevran, don’t look at me)” but thinking about it more, that’s…. not entirely true. like, that’s not really who he is

(idk maybe i misunderstand the appeal of that character type, but to me it seems like it’s about guiding and comforting someone who needs help to get through some kind of hardship or grief, which leads to that emotional intimacy; it’s not just about a character who does bad things or who bad things have happened to)

like yes he’s been through Some Horrendous Stuff but he’s remarkably well-adjusted despite it all. some of it is pretense (because his coping method of choice is humor and deflection), and also because he doesn’t fully trust you, but even when he’s at max approval, really the only thing that’s actually still bothering him is the thing that led him to leave Antiva (Rinna’s death). even then, he’s been struggling with that guilt for a while and you don’t really have to help him through it, you’re just someone he can open up to bc he’s been keeping it to himself. and he admits that he mostly feels guilty for falling for the trick in the first place; he still largely holds the crows responsible for what happened. he realizes he was manipulated.

(honestly, the crows are a HUGE reason for his baggage, but by the time you meet him he’s done most of the work: he’s already realized that and left. it’s clear he’d been feeling stuck for a while and looking for an out, but the most he needs you for, at least initially, is a foothold out of there. he says himself that he’d never had a real opportunity to leave Antiva before.)

[acegirlsjustwannahavefun]

[roguelioness]

Okay, so I’ve been obsessively playing DA2 over the past week, rivalmanced Fenris, swore at the screen whenever Meredith appeared, finished Deirdre’s playthrough, and... promptly proceeded to create not one, but two new Hawkes because... I mean... Hawke!

I wanted to either do a hoe! Hawke run or romance Isabela, but... hnggggghhhh I’m not sure I can say no to Fenris...

I have a problem, send help.