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She'd killed Marjolaine in cold fury after shielding Leliana from a thrown knife that had been hidden up the woman's sleeve.

The act and declaration made her come to terms with her love. For better or worse, her impulse was an act of love.

"I love her more than you ever will!" It was impulsive. She said it without thinking, and it left a lasting impact on both parties.

Alessandra spent the following two weeks wrestling with guilt for taking away a choice Leliana should have had in that confrontation.

Most importantly, she taught Alessandra that she deserved far more than the hand she had been dealt.

The "when" is unimportant; it's the "how" that stands out: she stood up and defended Leliana against Marjolaine, countering all her criticisms and blame. She blurted out her love to the entire room

She had compassion in spades, was patient, curious, very insightful, and rather good with words, among many other things. More importantly, Leliana treated her fairly and equally; she learned from her mistakes by making corrections when called out.

Alessandra knew she was attracted to Leliana, but kept shoving it down due to feeling disgusted that she was even attracted to a human woman. It was a complicated feeling; she hated humans for their continued treatment of her community, yet this woman wasn't like that

Favorite romance, hands down. She's so incredibly lovely and every time I think of her (all the time) I get so soft 🥰
Highly recommend!

Toss up between Morrigan and Cassandra. Only because they aren't wlw options (and I'll never forgive you BW!!)

A. I first picked up the game around 2012, on the Xbox 360. Made a f!Cousland warrior. Put it down when I got overwhelmed with combat mechanics in Lothering, and didn't pick it back up until 2018 and made a f!Tabris warrior.
Now I'm fully obsessed with Leliana and the DA world + lore (most of it)

It makes it look like he applied (or had Vesper do it) contour on his face or smth. That was one of my first thoughts when I saw this
Good shit 😁

The subtle shading on Astarion's face to detail his features?! Hello?? 👀
I am obsessed holy shit that's so good

Also bear in mind that Veilguard does not import any worldstate. You only have to select like a couple things for that game when starting a new run; it's very isolated and unusual for a DA game (not the standard by comparison)

*if you have several

And you have several, then whichever is the active world state on the Keep will be what gets imported to DAI
IIRC I think for 2 it's by completed DAO save file

I can't remember for DA2 (if you'll need this for that game; I don't think so) but definitely for Inquisition you'll need to use the Dragon Age Keep site to import your world state. It's real handy for keeping track of all your world states and decisions in each game

It do be like that ♥️
And now you'll have your first real worldstate to play with once you're finished with DAO! Which will change how NPCs and companions talk about things moving forward. I love seeing the continuity carry over from prior games

I didn't like how it sat with me. Like let me figure out how much I need, woman

(And I wasn't diagnosed until my early 30s! I'm 37 now)

My mother frequently said something like "your eyes are bigger than your stomach" when I filled my plate with more than I could handle. And maybe I might not finish everything, but the fact is I hated when she said this. I would rather have more than enough than hardly anything and need seconds

I send good luck vibes!

I'm excited to see how it turns out! That Connie piece is really good and I love how textured it is ♥️

She is! You never forget your first real sapphic romance in a video game and she definitely helped me explore that side of myself safely
I like to think of Shadowheart as a cross between Morrigan and Leliana

She's so cute! Can't wait for her to come home and join my DAI plush ♥️

That's an interesting placement in the book, but it would make sense they would want to provide that info I guess
I'll probably just lean on my hc more in that case

I would probably chalk it up to him getting this info from those scholars they're claiming he worked with to make this
Not that it makes this any better, but I figure these people most likely would have helped narrow down what his timeline looks like

The sapphic noises I'm making rn holy shit yeeesss
I love her sooo much 😭♥️
(She's the favorite I was referring to)

I saw you mention that after the fact, but yeah. Yikes.
It makes me wonder how that view changed over decades

I could see Petras as being full of hot air while Violet may actually do some damage, with regards to bullying
From what we see of Petras in-game, that looks close to truth and I will die on that hill

Look the man is very blessed and this made my morning

Me: Awww this is so adorable.
My gremlin brain: Damn boy he thicc af! Look at that cake! Come on Shart at least be distracted by that bakery!

"Gale-sized hole" takes on an entirely new meaning 😂

You know I wasn't even paying attention to that, dang
Much as I enjoyed the game fwiw, that does suck there wasn't one credited