#da: anders

[blearyfog]

Anders and his kid brother (the future hero of ferelden), Sasha. As spirit healers, the two were both apprenticed under Wynne and were very close. I like to think their brotherly relationship is part of why Anders seeks out the warden in Awakening

[aaahple]

Fenders is a fun ship because of the mutual “damn bitch, you live like this?” response they would have to each other’s living quarters. Every fic the little hypocrites bash on the other’s standard of living while simultaneously surviving like a frat bro alone and in poverty, and it’s great. They should go on The Property Brothers together

[mmthemayoarts]

Doodling Dragon Age things, waiting for more DA4 news....

[pastelideas]

All is undone. Demons have come To destroy this peace We have had for so long

[quartzcontentment]

I SEE YOU BIOWARE

[blearyfog]

had this in the drafts for a whilleeeeeee. Feel free to interpret this as romantic, platonic, tragic, whatever you want, I just want more people talking about these two

[blearyfog]

a lap nap wouldn't have saved them, but it wouldn't have hurt them either

This is the part where I add an unrelated rant to propagandize my ships. I hate when ppl genuinely believe that Anders hated Merrill. He hated her blood magic. Anders himself cared for Merrill and genuinely wanted the best for her, but he went about it terribly by tormenting her for her choices. He saw the worst of himself in Merrill and projected onto her, trying to fix what he could not in himself. He had merged physically with justice, so it was too far for him, but maybe he could at least save Merrill. When he evidently couldn't, those feelings culminated as frustration which ppl confuse for dislike, and that just isn't the full picture. I think Merrill saw her worst parts in Anders as well; Someone who would give everything, even themselves, to their cause. Merrill, who only realized how far she'd gone and lost when Marethari had died, watched as Anders spiraled down a very similar path and could do nothing about it. They understand eachother to a complicated degree, which is why Anders comes off as hating Merrill and why Merrill is his biggest defender. Boiling down their relationship to 'Anders hates her because she's a blood mage' is a shame because their actual relationship is so much more tragic and fascinating.