Citations:rivalmance

English citations of rivalmance

Noun: "(Dragon Age fandom slang) a romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II"

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• 2014 October 30, ashkestar, Reddit‎^[1]:

  Mage rivalmance because Fenris HATES mages, and fighting him on the subject and then making out is much more fun than just having to listen to him moan about it constantly.

• 2017 January 31, Maleoppressor, Reddit‎^[2]:

  I think Isabela's rivalmance has a positive effect on her. It helps her deal with her fear of responsibility and such.

• 2017 December 17, CaiusGermanicus, Reddit‎^[3]:

  Yes, Anders' rivalmance is cruel. I never did it, and I don't plan it (I simply can't imagine).

• 2018 February 21, wardsarefunctioning, Reddit‎^[4]:

  I actually like the unhealthy aspects of the rivalmances (and some of the romances) in DA.

• 2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit‎^[5]:

  I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.

• 2022 June 22, TriciaTargaryen, Reddit‎^[6]:

  I actually liked Anders' rivalmance better than his friendmance.

• 2023 March 20, ghoulvsh, Reddit‎^[7]:

  I'm doing a run of DA2, and planning on trying my first rivalmance with Anders.

• 2023 May 19, HaitaShephard, Reddit‎^[8]:

  I friendmanced Fenris on my blood mage Tess (I hate the rivalmances) and it was hilarious how much pro-mage I could pull with him just sighing and saying ok babe u do u.

• 2023 May 19, KinkyApplesauce, Reddit‎^[9]:

  I think I’m too aligned with Anders at this point but a rivalmance with Fenris or Merrill is certainly on the table haha

• 2023 July 12, technohoplite, Reddit‎^[10]:

  A rivalmance with Anders shows mercy in him a lot of people don't think he has.

Verb: "(fandom slang) to romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II"

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• 2015 March 20, -Sai-, Reddit‎^[11]:

  I decided to rivalmance him [Fenris] for once for the lulz recently and I was almost personally offended by his vastly different reactions to his gifts.

• 2017 January 30, sangobirb, Reddit‎^[12]:

  By rivalmancing Fenris, you're telling him the trauma he suffered meant nothing.

• 2017 December 17, IntoTheCosmo, Reddit‎^[13]:

  And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.

• 2019 May 10, [deleted user account], Reddit‎^[14]:

  I love rivalmancing Anders and Fenris. Brings a lot of tension that I find really sexy lol.

• 2019 July 13, DreamsTyme, Reddit‎^[15]:

  I really want to rivalmance Anders but honestly I love his friendmance so much I can’t do it

• 2022 August 26, UniverseIsAHologram, Reddit‎^[16]:

  I only rivalmanced Fenris, but overall despite a few toxic moments I think it was fine.

• 2022 August 28, Vlad_Dracul89, Reddit‎^[17]:

  i wanted to rivalmance Merrill once but that would cause my heart to explode.

• 2022 October 27, letabitchdie, Reddit‎^[18]:

  I rivalmanced fenris as an extremely pro-mage, anti-chantry mage hawke, but I wouldn't do it again.

• 2023 November 25, highonforce, Reddit‎^[19]:

  I finished my replay of DA2 today and decided that my Hawke was going to rivalmance Sebastian because I was kinda curious honestly.