the ¯_(ツ)_/¯ has only been actually typed once by a single person, everyone else who has ever used it has just googled “shrug emoji” and copy-pasted it
vivienne de fer being close friends with the inquisitor, coming up to their chambers with a bottle of wine after their first time judging someone “I thought you could use something nice tonight, darling.”
vivienne having increasingly complicated banter with solas, where they test each other’s arcane knowledge companionably
vivienne rolling her eyes at sera’s brashness and grating personality, but at the same time putting in a quick good word to the bar maid she’s been shyly eyeing for the past week
vivienne using ice magic to repair a small hole in the food storage she found when she first walked through skyhold, rather than tell the already-strained builders about it
vivienne writing to orlais to gather more information about the red jenny’s
vivienne being rather impressed with how effective they are, and gently urging the inquisitor to continue to use them as a valuable resource
vivienne and a mage!hawke discussing experiences with tower life; hawke talking about bethany, and vivienne relaying her own story, offering to see if she can get bethany transferred to a more civilized circle if she wants
vivienne being humanized and the fandom actually talking about her
Sometimes, that “something different” is especially significant. When Shoba Narayan stepped in as the principal Natasha during Denee Benton’s vacation from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 in March, she became the first South Asian leading lady on Broadway since Bombay Dreams nearly fourteen years ago. Nearly every person I interviewed who called Narayan one of their favorite understudies mentioned this – and not because of some vague diversity support, but because they had very personal connections.
“The fact that I was finally seeing a woman who looked like me on Broadway for the first time was a very important factor that attracted me to the show itself and caused me to become a fan of [Narayan],” says Lar, a young woman of South Asian descent. A fan who identified themselves as “Chai” agrees: “There is something so amazing and unique about seeing a woman who comes from an ethnic background similar to mine.”
“I’m one of the worst drivers I’ve ever seen. And I just want you all to know that if you’re ever on the highway behind me, uh… I hear you honking, and I also don’t want me to be doing what I’m doing.”
reckless & terribly gay 