Talking Codex

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[rookanisstuff]

“I wanna take you in the kitchen. Lift up your wedding dress someone was probably murdered in.”

[wabart]

when they spend the night together and its not subtle

[sango-blep]

baby 🤲

[galedekarios]

what it feels like to take emmrich and davrin with you as your team

it's basically just emmrich 'gentle parenting' volkarin vs davrin 'tough love' the warden

[elefluff]

Different dads, different techniques

[queenstardust]

Why can I not kiss my man whenever I please? Why BioWare?

[kabsey]

in light of veilguard, the valleslin removal scene as solas's turning point is fascinating to me

up until that moment, he has spent inquisition indulging in quasi-denial. he's lost a good proportion of his power. he has no authority. no one fears him or respects him. during that time, he is not and cannot be fen'harel

can you imagine how free he must have felt? he can't do anything about the veil in his current state. he tried, but it didn't work, so now he has to help fix the mess with corypheus before he can deal with the veil. that burden has been at least temporarily lifted from him

so he focuses on the present crisis. he does what he can: he fights alongside his allies (friends) and supports the inquisitor (vhenan) with his knowledge (wisdom). he is and can be solas

but etched into the skin of the woman he's grown to love is a horrible reminder of his true duty. he looks at her and sees either the tyranny of one of the evanuris or the debt he owes to mythal. and he desperately wants to erase that reminder. he tells himself that he wants this for her sake, so that when he tells her the truth and they face the future together, they will stand as equals

but he is so focused on what her valleslin means to him that he has barely given any consideration to what it might mean to her

and in the moments after, whether she has (perhaps somewhat reluctantly) accepted or refused, the realization hits him: he just encouraged her to change herself to please him

just as mythal encouraged him to take a physical body to please her

(when he first displayed his physical form, do you think mythal gently touched his cheek and said, "you are so beautiful"?)

and the spell he's been living under breaks. all that comfortable denial comes crashing down around him. he has not been solas for millennia. he is and always will be fen'harel

and he will not drag the woman he loves down with him

[high-dragon-bait]

It is hilarious to me that Davrin insists so strongly that he has no bond to the griffons. He’s just the bodyguard. When the first time we ever see him Assan is viscously protective of him and then immediately flies over to him and nuzzles his leg. Then when all the griffons are in cages Davrin’s going to each one one by one and saying their names and calming them. Yeah bud. Just the bodyguard. Whatever you say

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As someone who’s work in animal rescue this is 100% accurate and how everyone behaves right before they cry at their adoption

[fjordfocused]

i’ll say a lot of shit about Veilguard but none of it is about Johanna Hezenkoss. she’s an evil old bitch who traded her ethics with thematics and cartoon-level planning. she holds a party for The Top Most Murderable People, located at a Murder Manor she’s been squatting in, and you’ll never guess how many Murderable People don’t predict what she has planned there. she shoots finger guns in a setting where there is a non-zero chance she’s never seen a gun. she tells a former dear friend that he’s a pussy for not killing himself. she’s everything and more.

[wild-magic-oops]

One of the funniest ways for Rook to interact with Solas is if they're on the verge of falling apart emotionally so Solas would have no other option but to be helpful and bandaid them back together bc he needs them functional for now.

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

Viago, when playing as Rook De Riva: you IDIOT you were my favorite fledgling why did you have to make a mess of this now I have to jump through all these convoluted hoops to keep you safe. Teia stop telling Rook how much I missed them it's not funny they could have DIED. also your room is exactly the way you left it please come home

Strife, when playing as Rook Aldwir: Why hasn't this weird bug i kicked out of our camp ages ago died yet :|

[nightmarecait]

Vorgoth when playing as Rook Ingellvar:

"HOW IS YOUR VACATION GOING? ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP?"

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Isabela, when playing as Rook Laidir:

“Are you still having fun? Did you find anything good? Here’s another of my babies for you to look after!”

[lordofthemushrooms]

Extremely funny to me how many of Davrins companion quests are some variation of “do you want to go take a walk” yes king I absolutely do thank you I love you

[proffbon]

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[eva-taash]

The Veilguard : Taash "𝘚𝘰… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘶𝘩?"

[necromosss]

"If you meant what you said Alistair, then swear on the divine. 'Tis not often you get to be in her presence" "I- It's- You never stopped being mean, do you?"

[pumpkinlass]

Expectation vs. Reality of playing Crow Rook

Atticus De Riva my beloved - please stop missing all your jumps.

[sparrow-in-boots]

loaf 🦅🍞

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