Challenge 6

[kendiefox]

snowflake_challenge Challenges 6 asks me to make a list of things I want. oof.

1. More plotty femslash. By preference in a fandom I know, but I'll take fandoms I don't know and read 'em like origfic. I am not saying I'll read it all, I just really want it to exist in the world.

2. Someone to nod and smile and make approving noises at me while I flail about Dragon Age Inquisition. I've just last night finished the main storyline and started Trespasser and I have all the feels but no one to share them with.

3. Icons of women with swords or axes but not in 'that kind' of armor. (armor does not need a boob window)

4. More people to have contact info on the AO3. (email? twitter? any way to contact other than a comment?) And possibly a transformative works statement.

Comments

[zilentdreamer]

Josephine was an absolute treasure. I loved the fact that she was Antivan since in the first game Zevran was one of my favorite companions, the saucy little minx. I was over the moon when I found out that she was a romance option for the male and female inquisitor since I like to do several play-thrus to see all the potential consequences for different actions. Leliana as her best-friend was a delight as well. Having her be this BAMF assassin who was destined to take over the chantry after meeting her as the sweet and somewhat naive bard in the first game was one of the biggest bright spots in the game. The character development!!! *flails*

The open world was both fun and kind of headache inducing for me? I loved the minutae of some of the tasks, where you had to act the diplomat and try to make alliances, but there were some instances where I would skip some of the smaller quests since it didn't seem to contribute much and I just wanted to get on with the story. I will give the creators credit though as someone who has played the two previous games multiple times. Being able to revisit old territories and seeing them with all the new art and detailed graphics of the new game was amazing.

I loved all of the companions (except for Solas. He can go fall off a cliff as far as I'm concerned.) Sera with her odd dialogue and strange battle techniques (the bees always cracked me up), Cole with his strange balancing act between human and spirit and the way he could read people. Bull was so much fun, the way they played with the dichotomy of him being a large brutish Qunari, and yet he was a spy, a master of subtlety and misdirection which was part of what made him so effective! You don't expect that from a guy who looks like he should say "Me Grunt hungry!"

Varric is my absolute favorite though, just because he was my favorite character by far in Dragon Age 2 and I was overjoyed to find out he was going to be a companion again in Inquisition. I was heartbroken to find out he wasn't a romance option though since I having him hook up with my towering female Qunari Inquisitor might have made me the happiest person on earth. A towering pillar of ferocious womanhood and her dwarf lover...*cackles*

Cassandra is perfection. Fierce and loyal and her accent...I love that she was one of the heavy hitters in the party. My favorite party combination was usually Dorian/Varric/Cassandra.

:D more DAI babble

[kendiefox]

Honestly? I've been considering not getting rid of my Xbox One until I've acquired and played the first two at least once. Inquisition is my first Dragon Age and if I'm getting that level of characterization and worldbuilding in the first two? Sign me right up, even with older graphics. I really wanna watch Varric go from companion to Hawke (and probs an idiot) to the dad-friend he is in DAI, never mind watching Leliana grow from the upstart to the spymaster. (and I already have Leliana feels because I definitely read her bio and that backstory) And I want to fall in love with the other companions I've read about via spoilers. But I only have so much space since I'm moving from TX to PA and *panic face* logistics.

Solas can go eat an entire bag of sand as far as I'm concerned, but all of the other companions are just so themselves and I love it. Hells, even Solas is himself, he's just a manipulative lying arse. The end of Trespasser still hurt even though we were not BFF because he was a fully-realized character. I was sitting there half-laughing at myself because "the egg has betrayed me" but also the Egg betrayed me and it hurt? even though I knew it was coming?

I didn't mind the fetch quests and minor actions, but I also limit my workweek gaming time to an hour and a half, which is just about enough time for the piddly stuff, and then dump several hours on a Sunday into main quest stuff. Different playstyles and all. Since I play as a fighter, my party is usually Dorian/Varric/either Cassandra or Bull, and sometimes just hitting hard with Dorian/Vivienne/2 fighters for dragons or bigger bads. That sweet party banter keeps me going.