🍓 she cannot stand being around tranquil. it makes her skin crawl. her best friend in the ostwick circle was made tranquil a few years before the circles dissolved and the trauma of waking up one morning to find your closest friend gone but not gone, and then spending years having to interact with a husk wearing her face? hasn’t left amadea still.
🍓 she has a really delicate sense of smell, she cannot handle things that smell bad without getting sick. that said, she also makes sure she smells very nice, and takes special care to match her soap and perfume smell. usually citrus scents
🍓 amadea genuinely doesn’t give two shits about orlais. like she has no opinions on the goings on of the nobility, she genuinely doesn’t care. HOWEVER. dressing up to attend the empress’ ball is so special to her. she’d never been to a party, never gotten to dress up, never gone dancing, anything like that. josephine, vivienne, and leliana all know this and put special care into having her dress made and helping her get ready, and amadea almost cries when she sees herself all pretty and sparkly for the first time :)
*cracks knuckles* hell yeah. oh this got long so, uh, gonna slap some of this under a readmore.
1. How do they move and carry themselves? Pace, rhythm, gestures, energy?: So Isseya is 5 feet tall, she is little, but for the most part she carries herself very proudly. Shoulders back, head up, eyes straight ahead. She’s a very fluid, graceful mover who is deathly silent, like no noise ever. Very steady pace, slightly quick unless she’s hunting and then she’s as slow as she needs to be. She talks with her hands, like, it’s a lot. She’s very physical really, she’ll get into fistfights and she throws her hands around when she speaks and she’s constantly rubbing her collarbone or pinching the bridge of her nose.
Denerim the first time does overwhelm her a little bit and she’s definitely worried about all the staring but does that stop her from walking around like she’s the Queen of Ferelden? No. No it does not.
5. How do they dress? What styles, colors, accessories, and other possessions do they favor? Why?: Across everything she prefers fitted breeches and looser shirts. If she has to wear shoes it must be knee high boots otherwise she won’t do it. Always has at least two daggers on her and unless she has to leave them behind, her bow and quiver are with her as well.
Growing up until she leaves the clan, there’s a lot of leather, she tends to stick with darker greens, opts for footwraps instead of shoes and definitely leans toward practical. She needs to be able to move and move silently.
As a Warden she prefers the rogue armor, though the metal makes her uncomfortable because it feels restrictive, and she ditches the boots 95% of the time. The color scheme is solid though, she likes it a lot.
After everything, when she’s enjoying her life with Zevran, the color palette shifts. When they’re out doing Warden/Crow related things, it’s blacks and greys with threads of dark blue woven throughout. Continues to prefer leather and footwraps. However when they’re parked in Rivain/Antiva in whatever little home they’ve decided to live in, she prefers more color in her wardrobe, things like bright blues and greens and reds. Sometimes she’ll wear a dress but she definitely continues to be most comfortable in breeches and a shirt.
She has various piercings (Isabela gives her a septum piercing, Zevran pierces her ear the first time so she can wear his earring) and when she isn’t traveling and worried about things getting caught/broken during a fight she wears rings and necklaces. If it isn’t on a leather string, it’s made of gold.
30. What is their preferred level of activity and stimulation? How do they cope if they get either too little or too much?: She isn’t necessarily like, high energy but she is absolutely high stamina and by that I mean she needs to move and move a whole lot. Growing up Dalish, and then as a Warden, there’s a lot of moving and hiking and hunting. Too much activity and she just passes out, just goodnight see you whenever she wakes up. Too little activity and she’s flitting about from place to place, trying to drain some energy. She’ll pace, run through drills, exercise in any capacity she can. She is guilty of shooting her bow until everything hurts when she isn’t able to move enough.
ok wow i'm going to take you back 16 years, to a tiny 5 year old me who is currently hiding under her blanket bc she's watching her favorite movie, beauty and the beast, and is deathly afraid of the scene where beast is introduced. BUT DESPITE THAT, i always rooted for him and belle, always. i've loved them for as long as i can remember and i feel like they've shaped how i see and make relationships, they're my go to, they're the kind of relationship i crave i just....... when beast lets belle go near the end and you can HEAR THE PAIN IN HIS VOICE i can't it's too much... and then you have belle trying to hold back tears as he's dying and telling him everything is going to be ok bc they're together now ..... DISNEY REALLY FUCKED WITH MY CHILDHOOD HEART. THEY JUST RIPPED IT STRAIGHT OUT OF MY CHEST AND STOMPED ON IT. of course they brought him back, BUT I HAVE SHED TOO MANY TEARS OVER BEAST'S DEATH SCENE TO EVER FORGIVE THEM. also the live action one sucked, so i don't forgive them for that either
2: talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life.
ok obviously belle and beast are number one and i've already talked about them but uh the next one that comes to mind is dorian and aelin from throne of glass (pls don't anyone come for me i'm soft ok) i just...... i can't get myself to ship rowan and aelin, i can't i had a taste of the sweet life that dorian and aelin offered and i can't go back (especially not after reading the original throne of glass that maas had uploaded to fictionpress back in the day) they make my heart ache. i've cried myself to sleep over them, i'm not exaggerating, ask my best friend. i've sent her plenty snapchats of me crying over the fact that THEYRE SOULMATES THAT DONT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT they balance eachother so well and that one scene in queen of shadows where they're holding hands and using their magic and then WHEN THEY LET GO AELIN FALLS TO HER KNEES AND HER MAGIC BASICALLY IS CRYING OUT FOR HIS IDC WHAT MAAS SAYS IDC WHAT MOST OF THE FANDOM SAYS THEYRE IN LOVE AND NOBODY CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE. also dorian x aelin x fenrys is my maas ot3. wow ok i rambled about that too much um..... let's see.. i'll most definitely get hate for this one (maybe) but the other ship that i feel was important in my life is hans x anna from frozen, yes i know he's garbage ok i get it but he's my garbage alright. and they reignited my love for shipping, after i saw frozen i got so immersed in the world of fanfiction and fanart again and the very first piece of fanfiction i ever wrote was hanna related!! it was beautiful and i miss being in that fandom but it's just so...... gross :/ not the hanna fandom itself but moreso the frozen fandom, people can't just let you live and like different things and i don't need that kind of negativity in my life bc as i've said many times before i am a baby
3: what's your current otp?
ohh this is kind of hard, i usually obsess over a couple at a time but at this moment i'm particularly soft for hawke x fenris
20: talk about a ship you feel alone in shipping.
well :/ hanna to an extent, but honestly that fandom is bigger than one might think so !! this honor goes to dorian and aelin, there's a few of us yes but..... not so many now, not after maas killed our ship for good and i feel like i can't even go into the throne of glass fandom bc there are some rude as fuck people in there that think if you don't ship the main ships you're the worst person ever! and making a ship out of nothing!! (i'm looking @ you anti manon x elide shippers) i get we can't all ship the same thing but i feel like fandoms should be welcoming to everyone and from what i've seen the maas fandom isn't
bonus: i really like the thought of mahariel and fenarel???? you know that one elf from the dalish origin that's there for maybe 5 minutes? idk i started shipping my mahariel with him and made up a whole story for them and now i love that ship but i don't think i've ever seen anyone else talk about it
Santhe, like me, is an introvert, so eventually she gets tired of being around other people. She loves being around her companions and friends, and even social interactions like balls and formal events are fun if she gets to dress up, but ultimately she really values her time alone. She can spend entire days without speaking to a single person and sometimes she’d honestly prefer it that way, but if she ever gets lonely she knows she can find someone to sit in silence with.
021. How do they display affection?
She’s big into nonverbal cues, and not so much into saying things like “I love you.” Something special she does with Solas is hold pinkies when they’re taking walks away from camp/Skyhold alone. With the rest of her friends, she’s really open to hugs and holding hands, and sometimes pecks on the cheek if she’s really happy (Josie gets a lot of these!!!). With her closest friends, she’ll show affection by seeking them out to nap with them or pore over books or just lay her head in their lap.
052. What is your character’s worst flaw?
I guess these kind of tie together, so: pride, remorse, doubt. It’s kind of a cycle for her where she’s so proud and doesn’t want to rely on others, so she ends up taking on a lot of work and stress, and eventually makes a mistake that leads to remorse and makes her doubt herself the next time she’s faced with a problem, which leads to more problems and worsens her mental state. She’s so proud and used to being able to handle things alone that she’s almost bullheaded about refusing help!!!! IT’S A BAD TRAIT YOU NEED TO LEARN TO ASK FOR HELP
i guess it depends ! my first actual oc’s name is daniel harper, but he’s gone by a lot of different names over the years. he was one of the protagonists for an original story i wrote when i was like 12 ghuirthugh but i loved his character so much he’s always kind of stayed with me. but my first gaming oc was actually ella cousland !! she’s stayed pretty much the same aside from a few minor changes but i still love her so damn much
28. Your most dangerous OC?
definitely my dovahkiin again, freya ! she has no emotional attachments or loved ones who are currently uh, living dsfdsfsdfsd so really the only thing she cares about is fucking up the people who killed her brother. as a result she really doesnt care who gets hurt in the process and she will do WHATEVER it takes (making deals with daedra/becoming a vampire/double crossing literal gods aaaa) to become powerful enough to kill Everyone involved in her brothers death, so i guess her sheer willpower and lack of fucks given makes her my most op protag ever
40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share!
ooo i actually do !! it was with my first ever playthrough of dao, with ella cousland as my chara. i first played dao when i was in a really low point and i basically just wanted to make a character who just??? was SO nice and good and wholesome and did everything they could to make the world better bc i really wanted someone like that in my life at the time. and yeah playing as her was so enjoyable and made me SO happy and really helped me get thru a lot of the bad stuff at the time so... thanks ella for my Life
yeah! if i generalize, all things that matter in my life have improved. like, chances of getting into uni? friendships? health? all of it is better!! and when i think back on the year i think of a bunch of great and happy things that happened! <3
6. If you traveled, where did you go?
me and three friends travelled to the spanish island gran canaria! it was the first time i travelled abroad with friends instead of family, and it was super fun! i also went to the swedish city gothenburg with my family, and some friends came there for a few days too! i had a really great time :’’)
19. What was one nice thing you did for yourself?
i realized my worth outside of academic success and let myself care, but not worry, abut my grades! (something i started doing before 2018, but it’s a constant progress!)