Fandom: Dragon Age
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dotytakethisdownFair warning that this section will contain Veilguard spoilers.
DA: Origins
Alistair/Zevran Arainai
I love these two dumb bastards. Zevran knows what he wants and Alistair has no idea what's even on offer and it's a delicious combination. Not to mention living in close proximity by necessity, traveling together, and the opportunities to save each others' lives.
Fenris/Male Hawke
These two are literally the reason why I started playing the series. My wife was playing DA2 and showed me clips of her Hawke and Fenris and I had to play. I played DA2 first because of it. I've only played mage Hawke and I really enjoyed the idea of Fenris falling in love with Hawke in spite of his hatred of magic, but I'm open to any version of Hawke's class.
Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus
Best side pairing. I love their flirting. Friends with benefits to lovers interpretations are encouraged. Leaning into the size kink and height difference is also encouraged.
DA: Veilguard
Notes on Rook:
If Rook is in a monogamous relationship, I prefer a Rook that's the same gender as the other half (i.e. a woman Rook for Neve, a man Rook for Lucanis), but I'm open to straight-presenting relationships or a non-binary Rook. I don't have any preferences in terms of Rook's class or race. My first Rook was an elven mage Veil Jumper (she/her, I was romancing Harding) and my second is an elven mage Crow (he/him, I'm romancing Lucanis).
Notes on the Harding or Davrin Endgame Choice:
This is the only major decision that I feel strongly enough about to mention. I loved this game, I really did, but I deeply resent that, as a player, I'm forced to choose one to send to their death. I even more resent that losing Davrin means losing Assan. I would love any and all fix-its, as well as fics that avoid that particular piece of canon altogether.
Neve Gallus/Bellara Lutare
I'm genuinely a little upset that this pairing doesn't happen if you romance Lucanis and therefore disrupt Neve/Lucanis. I love their relationship, the understanding between them, and the fact that Neve calls Bellara "Bell." I'd love to see the two of them working together more, Neve supporting Bellara with the Nadas Dirthalen, Bellara studying the mystery of Neve's study filled with wisps.
Neve Gallus/Lace Harding
I really liked the conversations between these two in the early game. They're both sweet and would do anything for the ones they love. I'm obsessed with the idea of a post-game where Lace takes Neve back home to her mother and they just get to breathe for a bit while Neve figures out what she wants to do now she can finally face the destruction of her own home in Minrathous.
Neve Gallus/Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare
These three. I just want to see them curled up on a couch by a fire, reading books and occasionally talking about them. Precious little nerds in love.
Lace Harding/Taash
I don't have a ton of thoughts on this ship because I romanced Lace and therefore only had a few glimpses of what her relationship could be like with Taash. The size difference, though. Legendary. Also similar vibes with a post-game where Lace takes them home to her mom. I also think they'd have a lot to bond over with Lace's ties to the Titans and Taash learning to balance their Rivaini and Qunari heritage.
Neve Gallus/Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare/Taash
Because why not? They would have so much to talk about and I feel like Neve, Lace, and Bellara could draw Taash into their book club, perhaps with some spicier volumes.
Lucanis Dellamorte/Spite/Rook
I'm only just started my "romance Lucanis" play-through so I haven't gotten to explore the dynamics of how the relationship works in canon yet, but it's all I could think about in my original play-through when Spite is leading Rook to Lucanis, or when the three of them are at the coffee shop in Treviso.
Lucanis Dellamorte/Spite/Emmrich Volkarin
Brought to you by the simple fact that Emmrich is one of the few that can see and hear Spite, even when he isn't in control.
Davrin/Lucanis Dellamorte
Classic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers. Also, I lost Davrin in my first play-through and Lucanis sitting at the fire saying that Davrin should be with him and Assan at their feet broke me.
Davrin/Lucanis/Neve/Harding/Bellara/Rook/Taash/Emmrich
The entire concept of the Lighthouse gave me a need for polycule family. I would adore, like, "Avengers Tower era MCU" vibes. Just the eight of them exploring the Lighthouse, building a home there, getting to know each other, and being domestic. More scenes around the kitchen table! More of Assan and Manfred, Davrin's wood-carving, Lucanis's cooking skills, Neve investigating the mystery of the wisps, Harding's plants, Bellara's books, Taash discovering themself, Emmrich naming himself the team's physician. I love them so much.
Rook/Solas
It feels like they laid the groundwork with Solas to be a romanceable character again and then decided to shy away from it at some point in the creative process. Probably because they didn't want to do the romance-betrayal arc a second time. I want to see it, though, and I'm also OBSESSED with the dimension that it could've given the endgame where you can convince Solas to give himself over to maintain the Veil.
DA: Origins
Alistair/Zevran Arainai
I love these two dumb bastards. Zevran knows what he wants and Alistair has no idea what's even on offer and it's a delicious combination. Not to mention living in close proximity by necessity, traveling together, and the opportunities to save each others' lives.
Dragon Age 2
Fenris/Male Hawke
These two are literally the reason why I started playing the series. My wife was playing DA2 and showed me clips of her Hawke and Fenris and I had to play. I played DA2 first because of it. I've only played mage Hawke and I really enjoyed the idea of Fenris falling in love with Hawke in spite of his hatred of magic, but I'm open to any version of Hawke's class.
DA: Inquisition
Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus
Best side pairing. I love their flirting. Friends with benefits to lovers interpretations are encouraged. Leaning into the size kink and height difference is also encouraged.
DA: Veilguard
Notes on Rook:
If Rook is in a monogamous relationship, I prefer a Rook that's the same gender as the other half (i.e. a woman Rook for Neve, a man Rook for Lucanis), but I'm open to straight-presenting relationships or a non-binary Rook. I don't have any preferences in terms of Rook's class or race. My first Rook was an elven mage Veil Jumper (she/her, I was romancing Harding) and my second is an elven mage Crow (he/him, I'm romancing Lucanis).
Notes on the Harding or Davrin Endgame Choice:
This is the only major decision that I feel strongly enough about to mention. I loved this game, I really did, but I deeply resent that, as a player, I'm forced to choose one to send to their death. I even more resent that losing Davrin means losing Assan. I would love any and all fix-its, as well as fics that avoid that particular piece of canon altogether.
Neve Gallus/Bellara Lutare
I'm genuinely a little upset that this pairing doesn't happen if you romance Lucanis and therefore disrupt Neve/Lucanis. I love their relationship, the understanding between them, and the fact that Neve calls Bellara "Bell." I'd love to see the two of them working together more, Neve supporting Bellara with the Nadas Dirthalen, Bellara studying the mystery of Neve's study filled with wisps.
Neve Gallus/Lace Harding
I really liked the conversations between these two in the early game. They're both sweet and would do anything for the ones they love. I'm obsessed with the idea of a post-game where Lace takes Neve back home to her mother and they just get to breathe for a bit while Neve figures out what she wants to do now she can finally face the destruction of her own home in Minrathous.
Neve Gallus/Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare
These three. I just want to see them curled up on a couch by a fire, reading books and occasionally talking about them. Precious little nerds in love.
Lace Harding/Taash
I don't have a ton of thoughts on this ship because I romanced Lace and therefore only had a few glimpses of what her relationship could be like with Taash. The size difference, though. Legendary. Also similar vibes with a post-game where Lace takes them home to her mom. I also think they'd have a lot to bond over with Lace's ties to the Titans and Taash learning to balance their Rivaini and Qunari heritage.
Neve Gallus/Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare/Taash
Because why not? They would have so much to talk about and I feel like Neve, Lace, and Bellara could draw Taash into their book club, perhaps with some spicier volumes.
Lucanis Dellamorte/Spite/Rook
I'm only just started my "romance Lucanis" play-through so I haven't gotten to explore the dynamics of how the relationship works in canon yet, but it's all I could think about in my original play-through when Spite is leading Rook to Lucanis, or when the three of them are at the coffee shop in Treviso.
Lucanis Dellamorte/Spite/Emmrich Volkarin
Brought to you by the simple fact that Emmrich is one of the few that can see and hear Spite, even when he isn't in control.
Davrin/Lucanis Dellamorte
Classic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers. Also, I lost Davrin in my first play-through and Lucanis sitting at the fire saying that Davrin should be with him and Assan at their feet broke me.
Davrin/Lucanis/Neve/Harding/Bellara/Rook/Taash/Emmrich
The entire concept of the Lighthouse gave me a need for polycule family. I would adore, like, "Avengers Tower era MCU" vibes. Just the eight of them exploring the Lighthouse, building a home there, getting to know each other, and being domestic. More scenes around the kitchen table! More of Assan and Manfred, Davrin's wood-carving, Lucanis's cooking skills, Neve investigating the mystery of the wisps, Harding's plants, Bellara's books, Taash discovering themself, Emmrich naming himself the team's physician. I love them so much.
Rook/Solas
It feels like they laid the groundwork with Solas to be a romanceable character again and then decided to shy away from it at some point in the creative process. Probably because they didn't want to do the romance-betrayal arc a second time. I want to see it, though, and I'm also OBSESSED with the dimension that it could've given the endgame where you can convince Solas to give himself over to maintain the Veil.
