She’s horrified & saddened when you find out what has happened to the Tranquil Mages
If the Inquisitor & Dorian enter a relationship, no matter if she’s not friends with the Inquisitor, she will defend their relationship from assholes putting the relationship down
She’s the only one to approve of you saving everyone during Haven’s attack
If you blame yourself for Haven, she offers kind & comforting words
When Cassandra blames herself for not being present at the Conclave & trying to save the Divine, Vivienne reminds her she did all she could & to not blame herself
After completing Cole’s companion quest, Cole reads her mind & discovers a part of her cares for him despite all her vocal vitriol toward him
She’s distraught over the violence between mages (those who want to rebel & those who don’t) & the innocent lives caught in the crossfire
In Jaws of Hakkon, she offers condolences to Finn after he speaks about losing his father
Oh, but don’t forget:
She’s just as adamant that the right outfit will make people respect you regardless of your race–when most people in the Orlesian Court find an elf, qunari, or dwarf in formal dress laughable at best.
Iron Bull basically adopts her as a mother figure, and she tuts over him like one.
She accepts Dalish mage training as just as valid as Circle training.
She consults both Solas and Dorian on magical matters, even though she doesn’t get along with either.
For all her ambition, she joins the Inquisition at the very beginning, when doing so is more likely to make her a social pariah than gain her any favors.
Her biggest problem with dissolving the Circle is that there is no viable alternative in place to protect and teach mages.
She climbs mountains and trudges through bogs in high heels and never complains once.
I think we all know about super smart “university professor in modern AU” Dorian and Solas, but let’s not forget that Vivienne de Fer is a well recognized scholar in her own right:
Her first companion quest is asking you to find Circle of Magi tomes because the thought of “priceless books in the hands of scavengers” in her words “makes her sick.”
She admits that she transferred the Montsimmard Circle not just for the Game but for the intellectual challenge (like she literally says this), AND she praises that Circle specifically because they have the best catalog of books in all of Southern Thedas (yes, the best Circle library outside Tevinter)
All the mages in Orlais recognize her as a highly talented mage and scholar and her intellect was enough to not only get her promoted to First Enchanter at a young age, but enough that she was named Imperial Court Enchanter – which includes serving not only as a political advisor, but an on-call alchemist.
And, just by the way:
(yeah, she just whipped together a little youth serum with advanced alchemy your Circle Mage Inquisitor can’t wrap their head around)
so I humbly propose that your DA!University AU has Vivienne in a science lab as a brilliant chemist – up late at night with modernAU Solas and Dorian as well, arguing late into the night about magical theory and application.
(Also have a feeling she wouldn’t try to argue with Solas re: the Fade in certain aspects, like she knows that Solas is very knowledgeable on that, but don’t test Vivienne on alchemy, because she. will. destroy. you.)
Sophie Turner attends the ‘China: Through The Looking Glass’ Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.
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