Blackwall Discussion Thread - The Resolve!

Yay! Let me repost how I got sucked into that glorious beard of angst!
I've only started and completed Inquisition so I can't compare the other two. I heard that Solas' romance was the most popular so I started off with a Dalish Inquisitor to romance him.
Thing was, the more I progressed the more she seemed to be drawn to Blackwall. Did not expect that. Sure, she and Solas had a lot in common. They were quiet, thoughtful, academically inclined. But it never seemed to go anywhere beyond respected colleagues. With Blackwall, there was an unexpected sense of kindred spirit for her. He was a wanderer, despised wherever he went because of the past, never able to truly rest, never at home anywhere. To her, he became a symbol of everything she felt about her people: flawed, horrible decisions made, looking for ways to take back the past but never able to. If she could not forgive this man, a human whom her people taught her to be wary of, then how could she ever expect her people to be able to move forward if no one else will let them? What right does she have to hold a grudge against him since she's lived her life on the receiving end of human grudges?

So I tried again with another Dalish inquisitor. A proud one who fiercely believed in her clan, less philosophical and more suspicious of humans.
She punched Solas.

So here I am working on a third one, praying that my roleplaying won't go elsewhere again.
...right, favorite romance. Went off tangent. I guess my favorite is Blackwall right now because his romance got me to feel something about the interaction between the Inquisitor and him. Second is the Iron Bull since he fitted so well with the second Inquisitor's attitude.

It's the beard, isn't it? That gloriously long, glossy beard!
Ok, ok, it's the voice too! That Markham burr *fans self*

This probably belongs in the Inquisition romance sub forum

*brofist for Browall*

I think his romance is pretty great and I love his BFF relationship with Sera.

I love him, Sera and Dorian in the same group.  They are who I almost always have with me.  They are the best!  Though I will sometimes bring Solas in place of Dorian so Sera and Blackwall can play with him, lol.

Oh that tarot card! I so wanted Lavellan to give the guy a big hug. Especially in that jail cell.
...now I'm wondering if Blackwall is wearing Cullen's coat in that tarot card.
"My lady? What did you put on my shoulders?"
"Shhh, don't tell Cullen."
O_o

You can always stuff him into the qunari armor for a little peek at those muscles. 

Ugh... that scene when she sees him waiting for her in her room just gets me every time! God I just thought he was so gorgeous there!

I really loved his romance! It wasn't almost perfect like Cullen's, just blowing off steam like Bull's or tragic like Solas' it was a mix of all 3 (love, lust and passion) with an actual happy ending in Trespasser if you made the right choices! It was truly beautiful to experience!

So well said! and it sums it up perfectly. 

I never got around to IB.  I liked Solas and Cullen well enough.  But as you said, Blackwall was a mix of it all

Headcanon for why the Inquisitor cannot break him out of prison right away:
*Blackwall's crouched with his head against the bars, ashamed that the woman who dared love such a disgrace is now here, seeing him this way*
*hears a rattle*
Blackwall: what are you doing?
Inquisitor: I don't know how Sera makes it look so easy, just a click and turn and poof, the door's open!
Blackwall: MAKER'S BALLS, WOMAN!!! DON'T BREAK ME OUT OF PRISON!!!
Guard:...come along, Inquisitor.
Inquisitor: Hey-let go-I can walk by myse-YOU'RE NO FUN!!!

^I love his romance card! It just looks so accepting and forgiving and beautiful.

In, uh, other news... Blackwall has the best dick jokes.

Sera: Why are dwarves so short but carve their tunnels so tall?
Blackwall: They choose to show their stature in other ways. ...Or it's compensation.
Sera: Okay, the second obvious reason is funny you answered. You're swinging a giant sword around!
Blackwall: That's not compensation. That's a counterweight.


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