is this anything? (i’ve been informed, it is, in fact, everything)
As such, [taps mic] I'd like to present
The Toxic Yuri Wreath Of The Upper Echelons of The Orlesian Empire
(not pictured: Vivienne facepalming so hard it leaves an handprint on her forehead and that's why she's wearing the Hennin (true story!!))
For ease of read:
(under the cut)
Leliana has:
hate-boner with Celene (non-reciprocal arrow) and Morrigan (reciprocal arrow). Different types of hate-boner, of course, but it remains. (For the Celene connection there is ALSO a whole lot of projection there, Leliana, babygirl).
reciprocal arrow for mentor/mentee for Marjolaine, which also has the In Love (neg), which I think is self-evident, and Lives Ruined, which I also think is self evident.
reciprocal arrow of Unimaginable levels of Understanding and Co-dependency with Justinia… also self-explanatory.
Coming from Celene, Leliana has a non-reciprocal arrow that goes "Doesn't think about her That Much tbh" (at least until Leliana becomes Divine) and I think that's hilarious.
Marjolaine has:
reciprocal arrow of Lives Ruined with both Leliana and Dorethea/Justinia, also for self-explanatory reasons,
reciprocal arrow of mentor/mentee with Mantillon, because goddamn there is some shit going on there for all they molded Celene/Leliana, tbh. And of course, reciprocal arrow of mentor/mentee with Leliana.
Justinia has:
reciprocal arrow of Unimaginable levels of Understanding and Co-dependency with Leliana.
reciprocal arrow of Lives Ruined with Marjolaine and, controversial but I do what I want, Mantillon. Because something happened there, because I want it, and I think it would be fun/messy.
and of course reciprocal arrow of One Night Stand (neg) between Justinia and Mantillon .
Mantillon has:
Reciprocal arrow of Mentor/Mentee with Celene and Marjolaine - I haven't said it before but all the Mentor/Mentee relationships are fucked up (affectionate).
Lives Ruined and One Night Stand with Justinia just for the messy dyke drama.
Unbeknown to her, she has a little arrow that goes "That One Dream That Celene Refuses To Talk About" and tbh, with good reason, because that is Her Girl But Not Like That, She's Young Enough To Be My Grandaughter, Holy Shit.
And of course, The WLW Disaster-In-Chief herself,
Celene has:
The most complex and yet simple relationship: a reciprocal arrow of In Love But Making It Everyone's Problem with Briala. No explanation needed, I assume.
Reciprocal Arrow of Mentor/Mentee with Mantillon, plus That One Dream She Refuses To Talk About that she had when she was a teen/very-early-Empress.
Unfortunately for Morrigan, Celene is her WLW Awakening (neg) because while Celene would normally be considerate about a woman going Through It after making that Connection of "OH-shit-I-think-I-Like-Women", Morrigan had the happenstance of bedding Celene during her breakup with Briala. Which just means that they have that One Night Stand and Celene is in her own head just missing Briala while Morrigan is having her Third Eye Opening and contemplating all those Situationships she got into with the Warden (any gender) and mayhaps Leliana and having A Time:tm:. Shame too, because Celene def has a non-reciprocal arrow Crush on Morrigan.
has a non-reciprocal arrow of Doesn't think about her That Much tbh with Anora, and that's because Anora is thinking about Celene in a Hate-boner and Orlesian Harlot (flirt) way all the fucking time. When Celene does think about Anora she's just like Competent(flirt) that Anora DOES NOT reciprocate lmao.
has a non-reciprocal arrow of Doesn't Think About Her That Much thb with Leliana. Like, until even during the novel after she's met her twice she's like ??? okay and?? are you going to help me? no? okay. out of sight, out of mind.
Morrigan
It is very important to me that, regardless of like or dislike, Morrigan does not have a crush on either Leliana or Celene. She thinks they're both losers, and only finds Celene marginally better because Celene is Like That while Leliana is Like That (decipher that at your own peril).
Things I should have added but I'm lazy:
Mantillon and Briala def had something close to a mentee/mentor relationship, not a formal one. In some way, Mantillon left Briala the job of taking care of Celene when she allowed herself to be killed by a young Briala - which tbh, might be the highest sign of trust in Orlais, lmao.
Marjolaine and Celene; while Celene also doesn't think about her often, she does think about the fact that Marjolaine apparently committed fucking treason lmao. So, there's that. Prob a non-reciprocal arrow of Contempt, if Competent (not flirt), while Marjo doesn't think about Celene at all, evidently, lmao.
Celene and Justinia, for obvious reasons.
All the Warden Relationships, but I can't be arsed
Josie can also fit in here, and I'm sorry I left you out queen 😔. Crush on Celene, too-much-closeness-with-Leliana-perhaps-with-a-side-of-dating-and-a-one-night-stand-once, competent(flirt)-Anora
