yeah.īut that shark still has the soft little feathery feelings of the beta fish. A beautiful GORGEOUS awesome, smart, subtle shark, but. It wasn't a swordfish, either: It was a shark all along. It was not swirly and cute and pretty and inoffensive. Romancing Leliana in DAO is like admiring the grace of a beta fish and not knowing it was a shapeshifter fish. Her romance therefore reveals a vulnerability and sweetness that is doubly charming. Morrigan has literally been raised to distrust closeness, kindness, and generosity. Tell you what a rare, and wonderful thing you are to find amidst all this. It's all been death, and fighting, and tragedy. You've had none of the good experience of being a Grey Warden since your Joining, not a word of thanks or congratulations. here I am, doing all this complaining, and you haen't exactly been having a good time of it, yourself. In a lot of ways, I think the same thing when I look at you. The Darkspawn would come and their Taint would just destroy it. I remember thinking, 'How could something so beautiful exist in a place with so much despair and ugliness? I probably should have left it alone but I couldn't. It's just lovely (and beautifully acted by Steve Valentine).įor me it's Alistair's most beautiful, literate and genuinely poetic moment:

It's one of my favorite-ever romance moments in Dragon Age: He's young and vulnerable but he's not wrong to use this one moment in a time of tragedy and torment to declare his feelings.

He's sweet, brave, and bashful, and his declaration of love for the Warden, giving her a rose in a world of darkness, really moved me the first time, and always will. So instead of a ranking of romances, which I just feel wouldn't be productive and wonderful, I'd rather provide a rundown of my personal favorite sexiest, most romantic and most poignant moments across Dragon Age, for all companions.Īlistair is a lovely Prince Charming, especially when he begins to face the Blight-ridden world he's supposed to save, and grows up. And because we are all fabulous Dragon Age fans here, let's face it, no matter who we are, we've all had a perfect romantic moment with the companions we love. The lovely thing about pixels is, they never let you down. And the Inquisitor would look at her watch. better late than never, right? Hawke would forgive me instantly. So, I wanted to post this a few days ago. If she had a nice afternoon and took a nap, you'd stop reading. Varric: Look, Seeker, if you love a character, you give them pain, ruin their lives, make them suffer.

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