also featuring krem<>bull feelings, a quick bit abt dagna, and a completely off topic link to the rly good alistair/anora fic
casimir reed-stark: ok no actually like seriously i would really like dagna to be a companion i would really like more dwarves and i would really like krem as a companion and harding as a companion that would be the ideal
casimir reed-stark: i honestly think harding as a companion in the next game is the most likely out of anyone
winters: it really would be i want to talk to them all so much. i want to hang out with them all the dang time
casimir reed-stark: and like!!! they’d be really interesting companions
winters: YEAH
casimir reed-stark: dagna would be like. a combination of tempest and artificer with the new rogue specializations and like??? shit that’d be cool
casimir reed-stark: and i reALLY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KREM ALWAYS also harding like i honestly
casimir reed-stark: i honestly wouldnt be surprised if harding becomes a dlc romance option
casimir reed-stark: bc no one else is talkign about it but
casimir reed-stark: there are a whole lot of flirt options with harding and if you take them it’s. not like. flirt options with non li characters usually are
winters: for friggen sure i've. definitely done those flirt options
casimir reed-stark: like vivienne turns you down outright on the one you get with her, aveline is totally oblivious
casimir reed-stark: but harding like. gigles and blushes and flirts back
winters: YEAH
casimir reed-stark: you go for “it’s too bad we never seem to get any time together outside of crisis” and she’s like “always work work work isn’t it your worship, haha oh well… maybe after this is all over”
winters: oh GOSH
casimir reed-stark: i think that’s in crestwood but that might be in emprise du lion bc emprise du lion literally had like
casimir reed-stark: three flirt options in the same dialogue
casimir reed-stark: the first one is basically “you look cold, sure you’ll be alright out there” and she’s like “nah no blighted snow is gonna stop me! thanks for asking though, don’t you go and freeze out there either"
casimir reed-stark: and you’re like. thank her for all the hard work she does and tell her she’s like. really amazing. doing all this. and she’s basically like. stammers a little. blushes. and is like “anything for the inquisition, right? and our herald”
casimir reed-stark: and you’re like
casimir reed-stark: im like
casimir reed-stark: ME
casimir reed-stark: ANYTHING FOR ME????? IM DYING
winters: OH G OD
casimir reed-stark: and you like. the further on you go in areas bc u talk to her at the first visit to each new area right
casimir reed-stark: you develop ur relationship more like she gradually goes from more formal and just really short sentences right to business but the later ones she’s like
casimir reed-stark: talks more and is more friendly and you get to have friendlier options in talking to her too
winters: yeah i've definitely noticed that
casimir reed-stark: i just
casimir reed-stark: its not fair
casimir reed-stark: i love her
casimir reed-stark: i love her and i love krem i love that he has a new story every time you ask him
casimir reed-stark: and i love… how much they both believe in you
casimir reed-stark: bc theyre not companions theyre subordinates but more equal than just the average joe running around
casimir reed-stark: so they arent like your companions who all kind of
casimir reed-stark: like they believe in you but they also will rival you and dont see you quite the same
casimir reed-stark: krem and harding both clearly see you as their boss but also they really. see you as the beacon of hope you are for thedas
casimir reed-stark: but they’re also close enough to see that youre a real person
casimir reed-stark: and that youre a good person. who gets tired and sweats and cries like everyone else
winters: they do. they're really important
casimir reed-stark: bull is the only one who really comes close to the way they act around you sometimes but he’s still a leader in his own right so
casimir reed-stark: not quite
casimir reed-stark: and then there’s also just that as far as the chargers are concerned i mean
casimir reed-stark: its canon that bull joined the inquisition bc krem suggested it.
casimir reed-stark: they’re there because of krem. and i. i know krem probably talked them around with smart diplomatic plans and discussing the money and stuff
casimir reed-stark: but i think he did it because he believed and he wanted to help
casimir reed-stark: i think he’s a mercenary because he’s good at what he does and because he believes in bull and trusts him and he’s his family after what happened
casimir reed-stark: but i don’t think he would’ve been one or stayed one all too long if he hadn’t gotten in iwth the chargers
casimir reed-stark: he’s just a really good person
casimir reed-stark: and i think. he persuaded bull to join the inquisition. because he knew the chargers could actually help people. that they could use their help and it would do good
winters: i think. i really think that's true. i definitely think that's how it's been framed too, the way he talks, the way bull talks about him just. krem is a good person through and through
casimir reed-stark: yeah
casimir reed-stark: i think. krem is bull’s humanity
winters: they're so necessary to each other at this point. from the get go
casimir reed-stark: yeah
casimir reed-stark: i mean the implication of how they met is. haha yeah
casimir reed-stark: idk if you’ve heard that whole story but it shows up in cole banter at one point with a little more detail than i think it shows up anywhere else
winters: im honestly on the verge of tears thinking about them. they're important in their own right but it's be truly impossible to have one without the other. you're friends with them both or not at all
winters: and yeah i have. i'm pretty sure i have
casimir reed-stark: basically like the story krem tells is “bull saved my life, that’s how he lost his eye, been with him ever since"
casimir reed-stark: the deeper story is something along the lines of
casimir reed-stark: krem had just been outed and whoever he was with at the time, unclear whether they’re someone who was actually after him for external reasons, but i suspect were the company he was with before
casimir reed-stark: anyway he’s outed, gets tracked down, cornered, outnumbered, and the implication is that not only was he beaten and down and no one there or stepping in to help him when bull got there but
casimir reed-stark: that they were also likely going to. yeah.
winters: yeah/ i remember
casimir reed-stark: and bull comes in and sees this stranger and what they’re doing and takes them the fuck out
casimir reed-stark: helps krem to his feet, his breasts are showing and bull assumes and krem corrects him and bull never thinks of him as a woman again
casimir reed-stark: and presumably they nurse each other back to health to some degree
casimir reed-stark: they bleed all over each other, share their stories of how they wound up thrown together, and when they recover… they’re family
winters: it's just. easy
winters: like they belonged together from the start
casimir reed-stark: krem<>bull is so real
casimir reed-stark: oh right unrelated forgot i had this tab open to link you
casimir reed-stark: http://archiveofourown.org/works/913448 read this at some point
casimir reed-stark: it’s hella good
