#eric trevelyan

[oopsallmabari]

like. dispel magic and cleanse in da2 are effectively the same skillllll dispel and spell purge in dai are fairly similar skills man what if the distinction of mage doesn't actually matterrrrrrr you just accidentally (on purpose) trained a bunch of mages with latent ability and low natural mana stores and only trained them to improve their physical stamina while requiring large feats of magic that are too difficult to perform without a) lyrium artificially inflating mana stores or b) training over time to improve magical stamina. they use lyrium all the time so they're not actually exercising the muscle to make it strongerrrrrrrr. you're mostly recruiting children and teens so you've grabbed a bunch of magical late bloomersssss

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like you MUST understand that Eric sucks so bad but he would have been SO GOOD at leading the inquisition and he IS smart and he IS thoughtful and he does love his family despite trying several times to shake off the sentiment. if there was something other than a politically savvy and chantry-focused family whispering in his ear in his formative years devotion and duty and a sense of responsibility could have made him do great things. he does in some sense care about the common man. he is born and bred to lead and find solutions and make tough calls. he is unfortunately the exact wrong person for the job if you want a better thedas, on the whole

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i cannot sleep and have had next to no time to work on longfic but tossing out a scattering of more eric-focused wip stuff bc i love writing stuff with him so much it's deeply entertaining

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brb putting together a playlist for him called 'songs for a doomed man'

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oh no i thought about how eric is the only one of his siblings who has really short hair and he's also the only one who doesn't rly manage to escape the family expectations

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i am eternally blessed/cursed with fic scenes springing into my head before i am ready to write them alas

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LAST ONE...help me choose who to (re)play inquisition with before veilguard comes out

rhea adaar (rift mage, josephine romance)

arya trevelyan (knight enchanter mage, cullen romance)

eric trevelyan (templar warrior, cassandra romance)

ikenna cadash (tempest rogue, dorian romance)

make a NEW inquisitor (reply w class+romance suggestions pls)

Voting ended onJun 17, 2024

(help me choose for origins?) (help me choose for da2?)

[oopsallmabari]

like the fun thing about jim is that. i can't even play her. i literally will not ever pretend to make her inquisitor because it feels too wrong. not even so i can romance cass! bc i doubt that any of the in-game dialogue would capture the anti-chantry gay rapscallion energy. i'm doing an eric playthrough because he absolutely could be inquisitor. he would be great at being inquisitor. he would make a lot of people's lives miserable undoubtedly, but he would get the job done and probably restore a lot of faith in the chantry in the process.