Heard A Few People Enjoyed The Last Silly Cameo From Gdl, So I Am Back To Feed You With Another!

“The Inquisitor is gone.”

Ellana Lavellan did not survive the fight with Corypheus, though she defeated her enemy and closed the Breach.

——

That cruel twist of fate, in the unnatural twist of her limbs. She was looking directly at him, her eyes open wide, her lips slightly parted like she had been surprised. "Ellana?" he said, voice cracking, dry, hopeful. Slowly he rose and walked cautiously down to where she lay, a hand extended before him in the decline. Her eyes did not move to meet him, she did not beg him to pull the slabs of stone off her, did not move or make a sound. She did not move or make a sound, and never would again. "…Ellana?" he asked again…

A Secret Chord, Chapter 1 - A Sullied Defeat

“The second our eyes met, I knew something has changed...”

“He looked at me as if I somehow mattered more than anything around us. For a time, I thought I would have followed anywhere he asked me to.”

Have you seen Solas’ emotional support Lavellan? He needs her bad.

Pride Goeth Before the Fall

A slow burn Dreadrook fic!

Lei'lessa Thorne is a disappointment of a Warden. She was raised in Orlais in a tradition of intrigue, lies, and trickery that some would call The Grand Game. Her family's strongest piece in their fight for elven rights. Before she failed, of course, and ended up conscripted to a group she would never belong in.

Until it's time to play a new Game: against the Dread Wolf

An enemy to lovers slow burn we're all wanting. With a slight alternate canon where Solas escapes the Fade early, and ends up tied to Rook regardless as they struggle against the gods.

(The first several chapters are rehashing certain game events but with some extra flavor and added details. Now updating weekly on ao3)

Redraw of an old comic to celebrate 3K followers on twitter!

Thinking about the Felassan's codex entries:

It's clear that Felassan serves the same role to Solas as Rook's companions do to Rook in the game, and I keep on thinking about Felassan needing to reassure Solas over and over that people dying and suffering as a consequence of his rebellion wasn't his fault until it wasn't effective anymore; until Solas started seeing lives as disposable for the 'greater good', because people were dying under his direction anyway.

Rook is who Solas used to be and what Solas used to have before his regrets broke him. And it's sad to think about the sort of pall that must leave over their conversations. Imagine seeing the good, whole person you used to be in someone, and knowing you're going to break them the same way you were broken? There's such an intense degree of cruelty required to do what Solas did, but Solas was used to being cruel out of necessity by that point. He'd already done unspeakable things to so many people, so what was one more?

That must make it all the more impressive to Solas when Rook rises above his efforts to break them and escapes the prison, and it's no wonder he stares at Rook with such intensity and awe when they reunite... but that must also make the bad ending all the more devastating, since Rook becomes a mirror of Solas' current self instead of his past self, willing to make immense sacrifices for their own 'greater good'. And now Solas potentially has to live with what he's done to Rook forever.

I never noticed how he pronounced “ferals” in this sentence until now.

(And Curie is being very curiously observant in the background while Nick talks to his daughter)

he’s pretty like a girl

but doesn’t dance

even though he can

when you grab his hand

he jerks like a fish caught

red-handed in lies

lays with her under false pretense

but not of malicious intent

„come with me” didn’t go

past his choked throat

it’s better to be a hero than happy

soft hearts don’t deserve

tender handling

only something angsty

the real tragedy

he did it to himself

but no one stayed to listen

to his grey regrets

truth doesn’t dissolve

because of hiding

lies by omission can only hurt

when binding was already done

bare-faced and embarrassed

that’s what they say

but it’s not a pain you can heal

only help to forget

wouldn't you like