then smash cut to Emmrich trying to get advice from Davrin about his totally unknown, secret paramour while Davrin stares into the middle distance and prays for serenity

Rook takes one look at Emmrich and starts whispering to Davrin like,"Okay, daaaamn, Davrin, where were you hiding this guy? ?" and Davrin just throws his hand up, "He's all yours, bud."

and Rook's Davrin's close friend who is always coming around to lend a hand with Assan when Davrin's feeling overwhelmed. At some point, he comes over to drop something off while Manfred's over for a playdate.

so, he joins a single fathers' support group where he meets Emmrich, who recently adopted a precocious early elementary schooler

and the two are unlikely friends because their sons are besties and partners in mischief

omgggg the most beautiful handsome tragic man alive just dropped!!!!

now I’M thinking about cinnamon cheesecake 😍

third playthrough in and, it's not the Hawke mention that I wanted, but I just realized that the 'Malcom' that they're talking about in that one note in the library is obviously Malcom Hawke bruh why'd that take me so long

got me loading up saves on my emmrich playthrough just to feel something

the commitment scene and the content afterwards better be KILLER (delusional) or i'm KILLIN' this save!!!

he doesn't know!! he doesn't know that he's loved and cherished and has explored so much of the world alongside his dearest!!! in the canon timeline, here in this alternative one!!!

they really want me constantly tier listing all my save files so that the least fav can be deleted when im ready to romance someone new? they want me to tier list the romances? evil. mean!!

how am i supposed to romance each companion and create multiple save files within each playthru so i can rewatch all my fav romance scenes whenever i want but ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY create a save right at the beginning so i can replay w/o doing character creation all over again HOW