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Post by Aurora'Harel on May 14, 2017 22:59:25 GMT
They know what I am. Let them come, if they find the courage.
Welcome everyone! Here is where we can discuss our lyrium-tattooed warrior from Dragon Age 2. Fenris is a fugitive slave from Tevinter with a penchant for ripping men's hearts out of their chests. Post your favorite fan arts, fan fiction, and Fenris moments!
Written by David Gaider and voiced by Gideon Emery
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Post by nocte on May 14, 2017 23:22:34 GMT
This is still my favorite piece of Fenris art.  But this one is good, too:
Maybe we'll have a cameo from Fenris in DA4! Since we're going to Tevinter, it's a good time to bring him back. I'd love to see him again. |
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Post by Scottphoto on May 14, 2017 23:39:02 GMT
I haven't played DA 2 yet but I already feel he might be the one from these pics hahaha.
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Post by Aurora'Harel on May 15, 2017 0:13:24 GMT
I haven't played DA 2 yet but I already feel he might be the one from these pics hahaha. I love Fenris! Gideon Emery does a good job voicing him, and I always swoon at his first scene in DA2. |
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Post by nocte on May 15, 2017 0:29:16 GMT
I haven't played DA 2 yet but I already feel he might be the one from these pics hahaha. You should play DA2! I love both Anders and Fenris, you can't go wrong with either. The game is really good and Hawke is my favorite Bioware protag ever. Plus, it's Reyes's voice! Can never go wrong with Nicholas Boulton. |
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Post by Suaimhneas on May 15, 2017 0:30:05 GMT
I haven't played DA 2 yet but I already feel he might be the one from these pics hahaha. He's the one. |
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Post by JewlieGhoulie on May 15, 2017 0:30:08 GMT
Fenris is the only romance that can turn my gaze from Isabela. I love him  |
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Post by Lee on May 15, 2017 6:15:21 GMT
This is still my favorite piece of Fenris art. But this one is good, too: Maybe we'll have a cameo from Fenris in DA4! Since we're going to Tevinter, it's a good time to bring him back. I'd love to see him again. Nice ass on my favorite BioWare Husband. He can top me anytime though. |
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Post by Leto on May 15, 2017 22:12:11 GMT
Yes! Thread on favourite husband.
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Post by Catilina on May 15, 2017 22:24:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 5:17:37 GMT
Fenris is my favorite character and favorite romance in all of BioWare Some art: Some text posts and mini-fics: by kaerwrites* * * Guard: Inquisitor! There's an angry elf storming the hold! The guards can't stop him! Hawke and Varric: Ooooh someone's in trouble! Guard: He's...he's glowing blue! Hawke: Oh god, it's me. I'm the one who's in trouble. (by delicateweepingaudreyflower) This is about 1/100th of all the stuff I have... |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 19:12:55 GMT
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Post by Leto on May 17, 2017 15:06:24 GMT
There is not enough Fenris love in here. So I shall post some ancient fanart . I really need to do some more of him. Because reasons.
On second thoughts, that's too embarrassing. I'll draw something new lol Shouldn't take too long to rework.
In the meantime:
Fenris imo is by far the best romance Bioware have ever come up with (Kaidan coming in a close second). I always friendmance him as a mage Hawke because I like that the relationship has to build up so much trust considering where they're both coming from (I probably headcanon most of this).
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Post by vertigomez on May 17, 2017 15:11:40 GMT
I love Fenris! He and my beardy son Garrett Hawke are my canon DA2 romance.
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Post by Catilina on May 17, 2017 17:39:32 GMT
There is not enough Fenris love in here. So I shall post some ancient fanart . I really need to do some more of him. Because reasons. On second thoughts, that's too embarrassing. I'll draw something new lol Shouldn't take too long to rework. In the meantime: Fenris imo is by far the best romance Bioware have ever come up with (Kaidan coming in a close second). I always friendmance him as a mage Hawke because I like that the relationship has to build up so much trust considering where they're both coming from (I probably headcanon most of this). Initially, I thought same, I could not imagine, how I can rival him, but the friendship was a bit weird as an apostate (or with an apostate sister), who hid and/or ran in his whole life. So I started Fenris-rivalry run, and found more believable. True, there are one-two bad wording/shit answers, but I can select the best one (not necessarily the diplomatic). The point is: Hawke can be rival with him, without hurting him, or questioning his goal (become free and leave his past behind with focus on the future), and can support him. Sometimes (especially in romance), I felt that Hawke can more show, how disappointed about that Fenris left – don't forget, he didn't know the answer (but perhaps is just me). Fenris can be more offensive than in Friendship (Feynriel's Fade quest, Book of Shartan, Blade of Mercy), but at the end, when Fenris finally was able to continue the romance, there was no difference between the friendship and rivalry. As I saw, the rivalry or friendship (with rebel mage this is just soft rivalry, because they really don't agree about the mage issues!) depend only on Hawke's temper. Of course, if Hawke doesn't interest about the other mages, from some incomprehensible reasons supports the Circle system or Meredith(!), he can agree with Fenris. But this is not necessary, because Fenris' goal is not to close every mages, just live freely and happily. and later to free the slaves –Varric, Inquisition–, but in this cause, Hawke also can help to him. So: the rivalry with him can turn into a friendship, of course if Hawke's not pro-slavery, but in this case, we can't speak about "romance" only some kind unhealthy relationship, that's clear. My last two games were friendships (romance and non-romance), and was pretty good. Before I did two rivaly playthroughs (romance and non-romance too), and also was very good. Which is my "canon"? I don't know, really. |
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Post by Leto on May 17, 2017 18:19:54 GMT
There is not enough Fenris love in here. So I shall post some ancient fanart . I really need to do some more of him. Because reasons. On second thoughts, that's too embarrassing. I'll draw something new lol Shouldn't take too long to rework. In the meantime: Fenris imo is by far the best romance Bioware have ever come up with (Kaidan coming in a close second). I always friendmance him as a mage Hawke because I like that the relationship has to build up so much trust considering where they're both coming from (I probably headcanon most of this). Initially, I thought same, I could not imagine, how I can rival him, but the friendship was a bit weird as an apostate (or with an apostate sister), who hid and/or ran in his whole life. So I started Fenris-rivalry run, and found more believable. True, there are one-two bad wording/shit answers, but I can select the best one (not necessarily the diplomatic). The point is: Hawke can be rival with him, without hurting him, or questioning his goal (become free and leave his past behind with focus on the future), and can support him. Sometimes (especially in romance), I felt that Hawke can more show, how disappointed about that Fenris left – don't forget, he didn't know the answer (but perhaps is just me). Fenris can be more offensive than in Friendship (Feynriel's Fade quest, Book of Shartan, Blade of Mercy), but at the end, when Fenris finally was able to continue the romance, there was no difference between the friendship and rivalry. As I saw, the rivalry or friendship (with rebel mage this is just soft rivalry, because they really don't agree about the mage issues!) depend only on Hawke's temper. Of course, if Hawke doesn't interest about the other mages, from some incomprehensible reasons supports the Circle system or Meredith(!), he can agree with Fenris. But this is not necessary, because Fenris' goal is not to close every mages, just live freely and happily. and later to free the slaves –Varric, Inquisition–, but in this cause, Hawke also can help to him. So: the rivalry with him can turn into a friendship, of course if Hawke's not pro-slavery, but in this case, we can't speak about "romance" only some kind unhealthy relationship, that's clear. I have thought about taking the rivalry path with Fenris to see what it's like as it probably does make more sense certainly for a lot of people's Hawke. My canon Hawke, whilst being very pro mage freedom, does tend to do things like send blood mages to the circle, so I suppose for him it works, they don't agree on a lot, but they've a shared mind on enough issues to bridge the gap. One day I might run through with a Hawke rivalling him, as I figured it'd possibly be less traumatising than rivalling Anders (which I genuinely could not do). But yeah, Mage Hawke even on a friendship based romance is still soft rivalry, certainly to begin with. As I said, I headcanon a hell of a lot of thier relationship so it fits in with my playstyle  |
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Post by toomanyclouds on May 17, 2017 18:40:32 GMT
Most of my Hawkes have been celibate because it's Varric or bust for me and Isabella was so far my only alternative, but I wanna go Fenris the next time I play. I have my ideological disagreements with him about some stuff (tranquility), but I think throwing a mage Hawke at him will just make for a very interesting dynamic. Plus, I always liked him as a character. I think I'll start out with the friendship romance as well, although I imagine his rivalry path is interesting, too.
Good thing companions don't really react to gameplay, though, because I love blood magic in DA2 and spec it pretty much every time I play a mage. Oops... I'm sorry, Fenris.
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Post by Catilina on May 17, 2017 18:58:16 GMT
Initially, I thought same, I could not imagine, how I can rival him, but the friendship was a bit weird as an apostate (or with an apostate sister), who hid and/or ran in his whole life. So I started Fenris-rivalry run, and found more believable. True, there are one-two bad wording/shit answers, but I can select the best one (not necessarily the diplomatic). The point is: Hawke can be rival with him, without hurting him, or questioning his goal (become free and leave his past behind with focus on the future), and can support him. Sometimes (especially in romance), I felt that Hawke can more show, how disappointed about that Fenris left – don't forget, he didn't know the answer (but perhaps is just me). Fenris can be more offensive than in Friendship (Feynriel's Fade quest, Book of Shartan, Blade of Mercy), but at the end, when Fenris finally was able to continue the romance, there was no difference between the friendship and rivalry. As I saw, the rivalry or friendship (with rebel mage this is just soft rivalry, because they really don't agree about the mage issues!) depend only on Hawke's temper. Of course, if Hawke doesn't interest about the other mages, from some incomprehensible reasons supports the Circle system or Meredith(!), he can agree with Fenris. But this is not necessary, because Fenris' goal is not to close every mages, just live freely and happily. and later to free the slaves –Varric, Inquisition–, but in this cause, Hawke also can help to him. So: the rivalry with him can turn into a friendship, of course if Hawke's not pro-slavery, but in this case, we can't speak about "romance" only some kind unhealthy relationship, that's clear. I have thought about taking the rivalry path with Fenris to see what it's like as it probably does make more sense certainly for a lot of people's Hawke. My canon Hawke, whilst being very pro mage freedom, does tend to do things like send blood mages to the circle, so I suppose for him it works, they don't agree on a lot, but they've a shared mind on enough issues to bridge the gap. One day I might run through with a Hawke rivalling him, as I figured it'd possibly be less traumatising than rivalling Anders (which I genuinely could not do). But yeah, Mage Hawke even on a friendship based romance is still soft rivalry, certainly to begin with. As I said, I headcanon a hell of a lot of thier relationship so it fits in with my playstyle Anders rivalry romance IS traumatising. Let's be honest: In Kirkwall the main problem isn't the slavery rather Meredith and her Circle. If Hawke rival with Anders, he questioned all thing, what he believe, the meaning of his life, and this crush him (and probably became suicide, or/and dangerous abomination). In Fenris' case, this isn't true. Hawke can work for his cause (freedom) wholeheartedly, even in rivalry, only the rivalry shows, that Hawke a bit bitter because Fenris accepts something, what according to Hawke's wrong. For example to send back Ella, into the hands of those who wanted to rape her – and dont forget: Karl Tranquilized because of an escape attempt. Okay, the immediate danger is over with Alric's death, but who know, how many idiot among them yet... so my Hawke never ever could send anyone to this shit place – ofc, except Idunna the exotic wonder. So: I can decide, Hawke tell him his decision and opinion patiently or less patiently. After that Kirkwall's problem solved, Hawke can work for Fenris' cause: to free every slave in Tevinter. So: Hawke agree with Fenris. Fenris doesn't agree with Hawke, what is understandable in his viewpoint, of course, but Hawke's disagreement doesn't crush him. Anyway, I didn't found that traumatized, but in the friendship he undeniably softer, but still questioned Hawke's every decision. The 100% friendship is easily accessible (I found easier, than the rivalry) even with radical pro-mage, without compromise about mage issues. So: his friendship more about Hawke's temper (patience), than his fear. Feynriel's quest, rivalry and friendship: |
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Post by Catilina on May 17, 2017 19:21:43 GMT
Most of my Hawkes have been celibate because it's Varric or bust for me and Isabella was so far my only alternative, but I wanna go Fenris the next time I play. I have my ideological disagreements with him about some stuff (tranquility), but I think throwing a mage Hawke at him will just make for a very interesting dynamic. Plus, I always liked him as a character. I think I'll start out with the friendship romance as well, although I imagine his rivalry path is interesting, too. Good thing companions don't really react to gameplay, though, because I love blood magic in DA2 and spec it pretty much every time I play a mage. Oops... I'm sorry, Fenris. I don't think that he "agree" about tranquility, or "supports" that, only he sees and accepts as a tool, what makes the mages harmless. I don't think, he ever thought about what is this exactly. I don't know, how people speak about the Tranquility in Tevinter, but the Chantry speak about this as a "mercy". So: every non-mage (and even Vivienne) can consider that this is some acceptable thing. |
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Post by Leto on May 17, 2017 22:42:27 GMT
Most of my Hawkes have been celibate because it's Varric or bust for me and Isabella was so far my only alternative, but I wanna go Fenris the next time I play. I have my ideological disagreements with him about some stuff (tranquility), but I think throwing a mage Hawke at him will just make for a very interesting dynamic. Plus, I always liked him as a character. I think I'll start out with the friendship romance as well, although I imagine his rivalry path is interesting, too. Good thing companions don't really react to gameplay, though, because I love blood magic in DA2 and spec it pretty much every time I play a mage. Oops... I'm sorry, Fenris. I don't think that he "agree" about tranquility, or "supports" that, only he sees and accepts as a tool, what makes the mages harmless. I don't think, he ever thought about what is this exactly. I don't know, how people speak about the Tranquility in Tevinter, but the Chantry speak about this as a "mercy". So: every non-mage (and even Vivienne) can consider that this is some acceptable thing. It's a shame the game wasn't longer as this could have been an interesting point to address with him. iirc if you hand him back to Danarius, Danarius sends a letter to you saying about how Fenris is 'compliant now his memories have been removed'. I don't know what Fenris remembered when his memories came back, but I wonder if it was the lyrium tattooing that removed his memories or a separate act (possibly done at the same time) by Danarius to remove what Fenris knew of his life before. If the latter was the case and Fenris remembers it, then it could have been a jumping off point to address tranquility being wrong, as whilst not the same it would seem to have some shared issues inasmuch as a lot of who you are is tied up in your memories. To have that stripped away from you is an enormous loss to you as an individual. To be made tranquil is an even bigger loss to you as an individual. I think him and Hawke could have reasoned and found some common ground there in the threat of losing who you are. I put way too much thought into this. Okay, not huge amounts but probably more than I should. |
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