And when Anders finds the templar - the one that made the mistake of performing the rite on Hawke - his Hawke - it is not Anders' voice that growls. Nor is it Justice that reverberates; it is something new, something vengeful that is at last allowed to surface.

"Finally."

I have two Karl-Justice-Anders alternate universe story ideas squeaking to be let out from the depths of my mind.

Idea 1

Someone gets the idea for Justice to move into Karl in an attempt keep him from reverting back to Tranquillity. Justice!Karl and Anders are a terrifyingly effective trio.

Idea 2

Turns out that Justice!Anders can fully cure Tranquillity and they find this out either accidently or semi-intentionally. They cure Karl and specialize in helping the Tranquil, both freeing them and helping them readjust and function with their trauma. This may kick of the Mage Rebellion a few years early.

Idea 3: sort of a mix of the previous

Justice can cure Tranquillity but he has to temporarily possess the Tranquil to break the Tranquillity. This is tiring for Justice so he can't heal multiple Tranquil in a row. Justice still resides most of the time in Anders but they find the ability to talk to each other useful to maintaining their friendship. Anders is Justice's main host because they are friends and none of the released Tranquil are as comfortable cohabiting with the Spirit as Anders is.

I'll try and elaborate more on each of these ideas at some point but trying to pin down exactly how exactly possessions, Spirits, the Tranquil and the Fade work let alone how they all interact with each other is giving me a headache.

His love language is emotional manipulation

Finally finished my piece for the mage war! I know this took long but I finally found motivation to finish this and move on for more art lmao xD

also yes Anders has long hair here because ya all cant stop me

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Dick Grayson is such a baby girl. Wally and Kory literally carry him around like a princess all the time. His speedster bf, and alien gf give him so much princess treatment; I love it. (It also doesn’t help that they’re both taller than him)

NATHANIEL HOWE

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My Favorite "Magical Girl Transformations" Scenes in animation.

(Credit to @slades-wilson)

I will never shut up about how dirty Da2 was to Justice like. Justice is ROMANTIC, in Awakening! He was awestruck by a sunrise. Hes in a brand new world, terrified and alone, and took comfort in how lovely the sunrise was. He lets his companions put flowers in his armor, because he cannot smell that he is piloting a corpse (bc it is a corpse and cannot smell). He literally sounded on the verge of tears when he unintentionally upset the wife of his host, of whom he remembered, distantly, as if she were his own wife. How much did it mean to the warden, particularly the "bad" wardens, ruthless blood mages or criminal dusters who spit venom, that Justice Itself said "you seem like a good sort. I will follow you"??

Vengeance has always been part of Justice, he mentions even in his recruitment that fighting with the wardens is the least he can do to AVENGE Kristoff. Vengeance is not a demon, just a facet of Justice. And the fear of becoming something else has always been with Justice too—when Anders wants to know the difference, his prodding upsets Justice, and Anders apologized. Said "I hope you never learn why then." And Justice said "As do I."

LETS TALK JUSTICE AND ANDERS MORE

Justice sounds. SO. Empathetic. When he says "I hear you struggle with your oppression, mage." When we met him in the Fade, he was armored, not wearing the chantrys symbol but shaped like a templar, maybe molded by the villagers trapped by the Baroness. They needed a wicked mage defeated, so they conjured what they thought would win. But Justice IMMEDIATELY, in the physical world, turns his sympathies to Anders, pointing out that Anders is in a very unique position to aid other mages.

And something about that sticks with Anders, even when he brushed it off at the time. And in game, they seem less than friendly, but we also know that Justice was WITH Anders when he took the sword from the templar. Justice must have thought he needed the protection, and was right. I don't think they hate each other, I don't think they're constantly at odds like the second narrative leads us to believe.

WHICH BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK. TO ROMANCE.

There is no way that if ANDERS loves Hawke, that Justice doesn't.

He feels what his host feels!! He remembers what they remember, as if it were him!! He mourned Karl too. He is just as reluctantly charmed by Isabela as he was with Sigrun—who made a game of stealing his knickknacks just to prove she could. If Hawke is an ally to the mages cause, there is no way in my mind that Justice disapproves. And if Anders falls in love, I think Justice does too.

If there is any wariness at ALL, I could see maybe Justice remembering the way Anders hurt when Karl was killed, and worried of a repeat performance—especially with mage Hawke. But I don't think he hates Hawke at all.

POV the son of a war criminal, an apostate on the run, a banished elf, a dead dwarf, a drunk dwarf, and a possessed rotting corspe walk into your tavern wyd

I gonna upload here some of my older art from my old accounts. Ill try to not spam so hard.

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I just love Anders... what a piece of shit.

Anders and Justice both getting confused about what’s real, but they’re confused about different things so it cancels out

Justice: I want us to leave the room, why is this chair not turning into a door?

Anders: They don’t do that here

Justice: ok

Anders: Is there actually someone calling me from that cave?

Justice: I feel no vibrations assaulting our ears. But I do sense demonic influence, it is deception

Anders: ok

Awakening is such a funny game in retrospect. baseline expectations for DA status quo is DA2 team being all concerned about possession and blood magic, and half of the Inquisition crew being suuuper concerned about Cole, and many people being outwardly antagonistic to him based on his spirit-in-a-boy's-body nature.

meanwhile back in Awakening the Warden goes: oh worm? you want to come fight darkspawn with me? sure, the more the merrier! and then the whole gang is just workshopping how to deal with Justice's dead body decaying, Oghren wants to know if Justice fucks, and Nathaniel is all: what if you [spins wheel] possessed someone who was alive? if both parties consent i think that's basically like fine.

👍👍👌👌 top-tier comedy

Anders and Hawke having dinner, Anders holds up a pastry.

Anders: Aura used to love these.

Hawke: Who’s Aura?

Anders: My wife.

Hawke: Your…? You were married?

Anders: No. Justice. Well, not Justice. Kristoff. Aura was Kristoff’s wife.

Hawke: Who is Kristoff?

Anders: *takes a slow, deep breath as he remembers his Justice’s their brief time as a reanimated corpse* Actually, let’s just stop talking.