#once get past the howe/cousland thing theyre so in agreement on stuff. but she can also trust him to call her out on stuff | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

rosykims · 4 months

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the elspethian conundruum of conscripting the son of ur family's murderer in the hopes he dies horribly during his joining bc u want vengeance and yet are too self righteous to kill him yourself. ofc you're also not actually altruistic enough to let him go so you just pray to the maker it goes sideways and then it DOESNT and now you have to sit with the knowledge that u are a bad person for wanting him dead while he fucks around and raids the larder of Your castle bc he infuriatingly knows it better than you do. and you guys are literally platonic soulmates btw <3

#tay plays dao #oc: elspeth #obviously i have considered making them have a Thing either unrequited or like an ex betrothal pre blight or whatever #bc i feel like 90% of us have done that <3 #but eh i honestly dont see it. i dont think they ever have feelings for each other #i DO think their families might have been in talks for something to happen once upon a time. but i think nate disliked her immediately #(or maybe he just knew thomas was interested? IDK WE'RE SPITBALLING HERE LADS)#and the idea quickly fell apart lol #mostly they are just. wayyyyyyy too alike #too grim and jaded and short on patience. i think elles needs alistair so badly #bc he is the one person who can still make her smile and laugh and see the good things if life the way nobody else can #but nate is so good for her as a friend/second in command #once get past the howe/cousland thing theyre so in agreement on stuff. but she can also trust him to call her out on stuff #whereas alistair is too nice lol #anyway. im using all of my remaining brainpower to ignore canon and pretend nathaniel is hawke's warden contact #instead of fucking stroud 😭😭😭

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