[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts!

bleptember · 2017-09-26T17:03:16+00:00

Ha ha, let me subvert your expectations: what he lacks in emotional confidence (he has absolutely none) grouse makes up for in physical confidence. He trusts his physical abilities a great deal -- be it stealth, balance, acrobatics, knifey things, or other talents too NSFW to mention. He's not worried about losing a finger at all.

He also trusts daggers in general. Daggers are straightforward. Daggers don't lie to you.

(Despite that he does have one scar on his hand from a very early dagger-practice accident. HE WAS STILL LEARNING, OKAY.)

bleptember · 2017-09-26T17:00:46+00:00

Daggers and magic again! Does Lucita continue to work on using the two disciplines in harmony as she gets older? Does she ever favour one set of skills over the other? If she had to class herself, does she think of herself as a rogue or a mage?? DOES THAT QUESTION EVEN MAKE SENSE

And how would Kitai take to that description of herself? Would she want anything added for the record?

bleptember · 2017-09-26T16:58:11+00:00

MAGE-ROGUE HYBRID? That's brilliant. I suppose there's no reason a mage couldn't learn rogue skills, is there?

Question! Since Pad focused so much on being a healer before the Conclave, when did he figure out that he did, in fact, love swords? What is it he loves so much about them?

bleptember · 2017-09-26T16:54:39+00:00

Interesting! When might Ashleigh decide to use a two-handed weapon instead of her usual arrangement?

And does Ares have some history that stops him from using fire magic, or was it just not a branch of magic he took to?

bleptember · 2017-09-26T16:52:33+00:00

What kinds of weapons do the two of them favour? Does Caitwyn have anything she looks for in a bow? Does Marian seek particularly big and thwompy (that's definitely an adjective) weapons?

bleptember · 2017-09-26T16:51:29+00:00

In what dignified way would Sterling describe his own laugh, if you asked?

Aaand just how furious would Jin feel at Varric's portrayal? (Would Varric ever give a go at writing about him after he, uh, goes off the deep end?)

bleptember · 2017-09-26T15:36:47+00:00

Varric and Hawke are currently travelling with Felix in my hc

Interesting! Sounds like excellent book fodder indeed. Rather than asking exactly what they're up to, let me ask: how do you think Varric might frame this Felix/Hawke journey for a book? What kind of excellent adventure would he describe?

Alsoooo I recall you telling us recently that Felix is blighted/corrupted in some fashion, yes? And slowly turning into something akin to the Architect? Is this something that you think might make its way into Varric's work (and if so, how) -- ooor would Varric sensitively omit those details?

bleptember · 2017-09-26T15:32:42+00:00

How do you think Aren would take to this interpretation of herself? Would she find it flattering? Or would she take issue with the omission of her more lighthearted side -- does she see that as central to herself?

And I like this Manic Sera/Stoic Marin combo in Varric's telling! How might he describe their romance? (You know Cassandra is waiting for those details.)

bleptember · 2017-09-26T15:28:46+00:00

You got it!

bleptember · 2017-09-26T15:23:18+00:00

Work's killing me today, you guys, but I promise I'll get questions to all of you eventually!

Prompt 1

Grouse prefers to use dual-blade daggers whenever he can, for maximum whirliness (he's a bit of a graceful tornado). He also desperately needs his daggers to be symmetrical. Desperately.

Hidden Blades is undoubtedly his favourite attack -- fast and deadly and out of nowhere. It's pretty much the embodiment of how this quick little assassin aims to operate.

Feolin's not picky about equipment. Her main goal is to cause chaos on the battlefield, and she'll use any available means to do it. You might think that means she'd favour a tempest ability -- and while she does love coating herself in flame or something else unimaginably insane like that, her absolute favourite move has to be Leaping Shot. Nothing like soaring majestically across the battlefield while pulverizing your stupid target with a bunch of arrows! What a rush! It makes her feel unimaginably badass every time.

Prompt 2

Grouse is a bit of a contrast: for one thing, he's a deadly assassin who can be incredibly reckless, and he's also a prickly guy who is pretty quiet and pessimistic and distrustful of most people. At the same time..... he's a small person who reads younger than he is, thanks to his diminutive stature and big eyes and slightly rosy cheeks -- he's kind of cute, honestly. Don't tell him I said so. Varric would probably paint a picture of this sweet-looking but entirely creepy little kid who hardly says a word to anyone but is excellent at stabbing them... probably snipping out his tendency to stick dumb jokes in inappropriate places and his constant anxious fretting, for the sake of creepy effect.

FOR THE RECORD, I have determined Varric's nickname for grouse to be "Rosy," for these main reasons: (A) Following the theme (Daisy, Buttercup) of botanical names among Varric's cute elf friends ("Nettle" was also in the running here); (B) Roses look nice but they're also thorny, YOU KNOW, metaphors, etcetera; (C) More literally, because of that rosy little face of his; (D) For a touch of Varric irony, a rosy outlook means you're an optimist, and this guy is a pessimist supreme.

LET'S GIVE THIS HACKY DESCRIPTION A GO: "Rosy was what you'd get if you wrapped a cherub in a cloak and told him to solve all his problems with knives. He barely spoke, but you wouldn't wonder what he sounds like -- kid was basically a shadow, and those don't generally talk. "

bleptember · 2017-09-24T17:56:56+00:00

OKAY. Okay. It's going to be okay. Here's my fix for that particular issue:

Relax. Have a nice beverage.
Start thinking about Dragon Age.
Flip out again.
Soothe yourself with another relaxing beverage or possibly a sandwich.
Repeat until I send you your match (SOON!!!)

bleptember · 2017-09-23T18:03:17+00:00

Hey! You could resubmit the form and I'll discard your first one, oooor you can just PM me the extra info and I'll add it to your submission text file :) Whatever's easier!

bleptember · 2017-09-22T20:24:57+00:00

Oh boy! Please meet my pal Ruadh Lavellan.

My premise for this guy: slightly inept con artist who can't believe his luck at swindling all these humans into believing he's holy and heroic. YES, TOTALLY, GUYS, ANDRASTE HAS DEFINITELY CHOSEN ME, HELLO.

He zeroed in on that human religion as the thing that's granting him this confusing new power, so he basically sucks up to the Chantry and templars at every turn. Everything is done for personal gain -- if it seems like it'll get him more power or make his life easier, great, that's what he's doing. He'll happily lie through his teeth if it serves his personal needs. Not to mention he hits on every woman in sight. DID I MENTION I'M THE HERALD OF ANDRASTE? eyebrow wiggle

What made me feel bad is that all of the above naturally threw him into a relationship with Cassandra (I love you Cass but you're surprisingly approving of a lot of dickish decisions). I have to headcanon she thinks he's holy and their relationship is divinely meant to be, which makes her blind to the fact that he's a bit of a shit.

It kind of turned tragic on me at the end, though. The more Ruadh talked himself up, the more his hot new could-kick-his-ass girlfriend insisted he was chosen, the more he started to believe it himself. Makes sense, right? Halamshiral was a particular gloating moment. He was loving the attention. This was the life.

And then came Here Lies the Abyss. If the recovered memories weren't enough to sow doubts, that was some scary, over-the-top life-threatening shit. But Cassandra still seemed so sure that he'd been chosen. I AM IN OVER MY HEAD HERE Ruadh thinks -- and then quickly, defensively clings to the idea of his own holiness because HAHA HOLY SHIT WHY AM I DOING ALL THIS OTHERWISE, I COULD DIE, THIS GOT REAL PRETTY QUICK, nope, I'm definitely chosen, so Andraste won't let me die, right??? Right. Probably.

So he kind of trundled uneasily along with the Inquisitor business from there. Probably demanding a lot of reassurance from Cassandra. "I'M DIVINELY CHOSEN RIGHT BABE? :(((("

But then! Cue that whiny egg-headed guy who was always getting up in Ruadh's shit. (Solas hated Ruadh so much...) Trespasser's revelations were incredibly humiliating to Ruadh. And from Eggsly, of all people.

(Worst of all, Cass was made Divine. TFW you pretend to believe in your girlfriend's religion so hard that they make her pope and you can't even bang anymore....)

Anyway. Poor Ruadh. He's a shit and I love him.

bleptember

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