My Valentines For The Current Year 💜

insane taash lucanis banter where taash asks why the butcher didn’t just move to treviso like their mother moved to rivain and start a new life in the city he loved instead of occupying it and lucanis says:

Lucanis: Antaam are trained from childhood, yes? The Butcher would have grown up only ever learning how to be a warrior, a conqueror.

Taash: So he invaded the city and turned into a monster, because his tama never taught him how to do anything else.

Lucanis: He still had a choice. There is always a choice.

not that this is relevant to lucanis at all

lucanis and his beautiful sad brown eyes text post compilation

Demon of Vyrantium

from a screenshot study of this post

I didn't know Lucanis was so worried if Rook got hurt on the battlefield. Maybe I didn't get injured enough 🤔

Rook! Hold on! x 3 Hold on, Rook! x 3 Rook is down! Get to Rook! We need to help Rook! Fall back! Help Rook! Rook needs us! Get to Rook - hurry! I've got you. You're all right. Hold on. No worries, I have you. Hang on. I'm here. Hold on.

Collection of Lucanis' thought fragments from Inner Demons quest

Edit: added a Spite one I missed (ty @carabas)

cis+ Lucanis who isn't transgender but he's always been drawn to femininity and that's why he's always so tightly controlled in how he dresses and presents himself

he allows himself long hair and well-tailored outfits of high quality fabrics, but he resolutely Does Not Look at any skirts or dresses when the team goes shopping

he lets Bellara paint his nails after Emmrich and Davrin go first, because it's just a funny little joke that the boys get their nails painted too, and then hides them under gloves until the paint chips because he can't bear to either look at his hands or scrub the paint off

he has to mind his facial expressions to make sure he doesn't give Illario's eyeliner and gold jewelry too many jealous stares. it would be wrong if he wore that. he's mentally comparing himself to other women instead of men and thinks he'd be too ugly--

or worse: everyone would finally see. they'd look at him and know how much he enjoys it, wants it, not just as wealthy status symbols and peacocking and machiasmo, but genuinely getting to be soft and pretty

so when Rook (of any gender) rescues him, and buys courting gifts for him, and treats him gently, and doesn't pressure him to take a dominant sexual role in the relationship ...

well. it takes him a long time to accept that. to put aside all the Antivan ideals of masculinity and the Crows' attitude toward casual sex and the perfect stoic male heir his grandmother wanted

to believe Rook might want him, love him, be just as smitten by him in the soft moments, not the sexy dangerous assassin he worried they expected him to be

I didn't want you to see that. Again. How do you always do that? Break apart my perfectly gathered clouds of doom. You deserve better than to deal with my mess. This isn't a good idea. You like to walk a little close to the edge. At least I know I'm doing it. I… need to clear my head. Excuse me.

Dragon age: Origins - 9:30 Dragon

Dragon Age: Awakening - 9:31 Dragon

Dragon Age II - 9:37 Dragon (act 3)

Dragon Age: Inquisition - 9:41 Dragon

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - 9:52 Dragon

We know literally nothing about the age of some characters (like Oghren). I used canon information and/or logic. If empty - the character has not yet been born or has already died.

About Cole - since he died as a human, I didn’t add a year to him.

About Solas - for the year of "birth" I used the approximate date of the founding of Arlathan

Rook… saying I owe you my life is not enough. You know my mind. I've assumed you know my heart because… it beats for you. It's been beating… When I wanted you. When I was afraid to want you… Tell me this ends with me asleep in your arms, and I will kill any god you ask. I love you, Rook. And I won't let you down.

I do find it really funny that Lucanis just immediately started referring to Spite with he/him. Like Spite’s a demon, realistically “it” would probably be more appropriate, but instead Spite got handed he/him pronouns and just rolled with it lmao