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Noun: "(Dragon Age fandom slang) a romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II"[ edit ]
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2015 December 27, [ deleted user account] , Reddit [1] :I've only ever done a friendmance with Fenris, and I was wondering what people think of the rivalmances in comparison with the friendmances !
2018 October 20, Kiralai, Reddit [2] :Fenris friendmance (especially with a mage Hawke) for heals and feels.
2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit [3] :I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.
2019 September 29, Toshi_Nama, Reddit [4] :My first playthrough of DA2 was a blind Anders friendmance with a blue F!Hawke.
2019 July 13, DreamsTyme, Reddit [5] :I really want to rivalmance Anders but honestly I love his friendmance so much I can’t do it
2019 December 4, PyschoFlashFan, Reddit [6] :Which is ironic considering it's Anders who ends up betraying Hawke in the friendmance path out of his own free will.
2022 July 25, dustandfire, Reddit [7] :Merrill’s friendmance is my favorite regardless of gender for very similar reasons - it’s a long term relationship all about mutual respect and understanding with the added bonus that it’s just 100% saccharinely sweet.
2022 September 1, MelloGlory, Reddit [8] :I feel like most people prefer the friendmances (especially for Fenris) but the rival paths are so interesting!
2023 February 7, Wren-bee, Reddit [9] :I feel like a friendmance is better for Merrill but if you want to go rivalmance then go for it.
Verb: "(Dragon Age fandom slang) to romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II"[ edit ]
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2015 March 31, inconsonance, Reddit [10] :I actually thought Fenris's character was better if you friendmance him, especially as a pro-mage mageHawke.
2015 December 28, [ deleted user account] , Reddit [11] :In my peronal[sic ] opinion, Anders and Merrill are for friendmancing only, unless you want to truly, deeply hurt and bully them.
2016 June 30, [ deleted user account] , Reddit [12] :And of course, I feel it's dramatically best to friendmance Anders in DA2 and kill him in the end.
2022 July 3, LootableSack, Reddit [13] :My canon is a mage FemHawke who friendmances Fenris.
2022 October 10, lalaquen, Reddit [14] :Friendmancing Fenris as a pro-Mage Hawke is another favourite. I really love the growth you see in him throughout.
2023 April 17, ashesforink, Reddit [15] :My personal favorite is Anders, friendmanced by a pro-mage male mage purple (default Garrett) Hawke.
2022 July 12, LadyNorbert, Reddit [16] :If female Hawke friendmances Sebastian, he will suggest a chaste marriage with her taking vows as a Chantry sister.
2023 May 19, HaitaShephard, Reddit [17] :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.