001 | Dragon Age: Favorite character: I love so many of them so on a different day I might give you a different answer...but today, that answer is Isabela! Least Favorite character: Cullen. Now that AO3 lets us exclude characters, I generally exclude all fics he’s tagged in. (To be fair...I think there IS room to explore his character and to argue that guilt is not the same as a redemption arc, but unless he’s already being written by an author I trust? Nah, I’ll just skip.) 5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Oh god oh god!!! I have so many!!! Leliana/Morrigan, Isabela/Merrill, Isabela/Aveline, Cassandra/Sera, and Josephine/Vivienne! Again, I have so many that if you ask on a different day I might give you different answers, but it will probably include at least a few of these! Character I find most attractive: Isabela!!!! Character I would marry: Ulp. Josephine? I love her and find her very attractive but also think that we’d be most suited for long-term compatibility!!!! Character I would be best friends with: That I would actually be best friends with, or that I’d want to be best friends with??? Probably Isabela, Merrill, or Josephine! a random thought: As much as I love Isabela and her fierce pantsless-ness, I think she’d be amazing with the most extravagant coat and jacket set, tight-fitting breeches, and gold glittering all over. An unpopular opinion: Elves are, at best, an imperfect representation of the struggle of POC and I am very skeptical of the parts of fandom that embrace this narrative while ignoring the colorism and entirely-human racism that also exists in canon. My Canon OTP: Um. Sera/Dagna or Aveline/Donnic??? I squeed for both of them. My Non-canon OTP: Isabela/Merrill!!! Most Badass Character: All the characters get great moments, but...nothing replaces the way my heart went ba-bump when we first meet Isabela during DA2, so I’m gonna go with her. Most Epic Villain: The Arishok. He was really cool as an antagonist, I loved how the game ramped up the tension and events until we had to face the Qunari, and it just. I really enjoyed this character, even if I think his ‘villain’ status is debatable. Pairing I am not a fan of: I’m not real keen on Anders/Fenris. Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I have so many gripes!!!! So a relatively minor one: I was really unhappy with King Alistair’s letters in DAI. I just. I know that Alistair’s a fan favorite so they wanted to include him, but it felt like they froze his character growth in order to show him as the players remembered him, rather than as a man who has been (hopefully) a competent ruler for ten years. Even if Alistair might speak this way in person, the letters should not be a verbatim transcript of whatever’s coming out of his mouth! Favourite Friendship: I love Isabela and Merrill’s friendship. Character I most identify with: Ulp. This goes into a lot of fanon and headcanons, but Dagna. I love Dagna. Character I wish I could be: I’m pretty happy as myself tbh!!! Plus (and this is going to sound incredibly trivial) Thedas hasn’t really developed proper indoor plumbing in all places and BY GOLLY I’d miss having hot and cold running water, showers, and toilets. D:
003 | Isabela: I’m actually going to cheat and C&P an answer I gave on Tumblr because I have already squeed about her so much!!!! How I feel about this character: I love her very much and she was my first love in DA2!!! The first time I played the game, I hadn’t maxed friendship/rivalry enough for her to come back after Act 2 so I cried a bunch and read online how to max out her approval so I could try again. Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: So many ships??? Not including Hawke (because there are many fine Hawkes) I love her with Merrill, Aveline, and Josephine. Those are my top three ships for her! My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: I love her with Merrill as best friends, even when they’re not romantic! My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t know how unpopular this actually is, but: I think she can be very happy in a long-term mostly-monogamous relationship, but don’t think she’d ever want to get married again. One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish she had a cameo in DAI, but at the same time I’ve been disappointed enough in the other cameos that I’m not really that bereft. Favorite friendship for this character: Isabela and Merrill!!! My crossover ship: I’ve been playing Sunless Skies, and I think that Isabela/The Incautious Driver could be exciting and terrifying!
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Date: 2019-03-08 04:42 pm (UTC)Favorite character: I love so many of them so on a different day I might give you a different answer...but today, that answer is Isabela!
Least Favorite character: Cullen. Now that AO3 lets us exclude characters, I generally exclude all fics he’s tagged in. (To be fair...I think there IS room to explore his character and to argue that guilt is not the same as a redemption arc, but unless he’s already being written by an author I trust? Nah, I’ll just skip.)
5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Oh god oh god!!! I have so many!!! Leliana/Morrigan, Isabela/Merrill, Isabela/Aveline, Cassandra/Sera, and Josephine/Vivienne! Again, I have so many that if you ask on a different day I might give you different answers, but it will probably include at least a few of these!
Character I find most attractive: Isabela!!!!
Character I would marry: Ulp. Josephine? I love her and find her very attractive but also think that we’d be most suited for long-term compatibility!!!!
Character I would be best friends with: That I would actually be best friends with, or that I’d want to be best friends with??? Probably Isabela, Merrill, or Josephine!
a random thought: As much as I love Isabela and her fierce pantsless-ness, I think she’d be amazing with the most extravagant coat and jacket set, tight-fitting breeches, and gold glittering all over.
An unpopular opinion: Elves are, at best, an imperfect representation of the struggle of POC and I am very skeptical of the parts of fandom that embrace this narrative while ignoring the colorism and entirely-human racism that also exists in canon.
My Canon OTP: Um. Sera/Dagna or Aveline/Donnic??? I squeed for both of them.
My Non-canon OTP: Isabela/Merrill!!!
Most Badass Character: All the characters get great moments, but...nothing replaces the way my heart went ba-bump when we first meet Isabela during DA2, so I’m gonna go with her.
Most Epic Villain: The Arishok. He was really cool as an antagonist, I loved how the game ramped up the tension and events until we had to face the Qunari, and it just. I really enjoyed this character, even if I think his ‘villain’ status is debatable.
Pairing I am not a fan of: I’m not real keen on Anders/Fenris.
Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I have so many gripes!!!! So a relatively minor one: I was really unhappy with King Alistair’s letters in DAI. I just. I know that Alistair’s a fan favorite so they wanted to include him, but it felt like they froze his character growth in order to show him as the players remembered him, rather than as a man who has been (hopefully) a competent ruler for ten years. Even if Alistair might speak this way in person, the letters should not be a verbatim transcript of whatever’s coming out of his mouth!
Favourite Friendship: I love Isabela and Merrill’s friendship.
Character I most identify with: Ulp. This goes into a lot of fanon and headcanons, but Dagna. I love Dagna.
Character I wish I could be: I’m pretty happy as myself tbh!!! Plus (and this is going to sound incredibly trivial) Thedas hasn’t really developed proper indoor plumbing in all places and BY GOLLY I’d miss having hot and cold running water, showers, and toilets. D:
003 | Isabela: I’m actually going to cheat and C&P an answer I gave on Tumblr because I have already squeed about her so much!!!!
How I feel about this character: I love her very much and she was my first love in DA2!!! The first time I played the game, I hadn’t maxed friendship/rivalry enough for her to come back after Act 2 so I cried a bunch and read online how to max out her approval so I could try again.
Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: So many ships??? Not including Hawke (because there are many fine Hawkes) I love her with Merrill, Aveline, and Josephine. Those are my top three ships for her!
My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: I love her with Merrill as best friends, even when they’re not romantic!
My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t know how unpopular this actually is, but: I think she can be very happy in a long-term mostly-monogamous relationship, but don’t think she’d ever want to get married again.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish she had a cameo in DAI, but at the same time I’ve been disappointed enough in the other cameos that I’m not really that bereft.
Favorite friendship for this character: Isabela and Merrill!!!
My crossover ship: I’ve been playing Sunless Skies, and I think that Isabela/The Incautious Driver could be exciting and terrifying!