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Post by helios396 on May 15, 2017 3:42:58 GMT
Driving by to say that Cassandra is my favorite romance and favorite character in DA games. Everything about her, from her voice, visual, and mostly personality, tops any other character in my book. I remember in my first playthrough playing blind and ended up with her as Divine. I couldn't accept that and rolled another character from the beginning. Yeessh. she could be a better divine than other choices perhaps, but regardless i love Cassandra too. she is not a fanatic. she has doubts but she did her research and made up her mind. she is not a barbie face (not in Inquisition) mary sue either. she has a soft side and her own hobby, background and has her own life even without a protagonist around. more than i can say for most female characters outside of Bioware works. of course it is not trendy to talk about these stuff i guess I know, I totally agree with her views regarding the Chantry. Respecting tradition but not fearing change, etc, she's going to be a great divine. It's just that my Inquisitor (and me) refuses to accept that after so much trudging all over Thedas saving the world we're still going to be denied a happy ending. On a different topic, I'm currently romancing Cassandra again as a Qunari and geez, she plants her face on my Inquisitor's chest in the romance scene. Or get herself blocked by his huge torso. Game's definitely not optimized for non human/elf Inquisitor. Still adorable though.
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Post by Marduk on May 16, 2017 15:01:41 GMT
she could be a better divine than other choices perhaps, but regardless i love Cassandra too. she is not a fanatic. she has doubts but she did her research and made up her mind. she is not a barbie face (not in Inquisition) mary sue either. she has a soft side and her own hobby, background and has her own life even without a protagonist around. more than i can say for most female characters outside of Bioware works. of course it is not trendy to talk about these stuff i guess I know, I totally agree with her views regarding the Chantry. Respecting tradition but not fearing change, etc, she's going to be a great divine. It's just that my Inquisitor (and me) refuses to accept that after so much trudging all over Thedas saving the world we're still going to be denied a happy ending. On a different topic, I'm currently romancing Cassandra again as a Qunari and geez, she plants her face on my Inquisitor's chest in the romance scene. Or get herself blocked by his huge torso. Game's definitely not optimized for non human/elf Inquisitor. Still adorable though. I am not sure but i think you can still be with her even if she is the divine. i think even Hero of Fereldan that romanced Leliana stayed with her if she becomes a Divine. i don't recall though so i could be wrong but yea as a divine she is probably gonna at least busier than a seeker. as for races i always stick with the human race. i know it is boring for some but i like being a human xD
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Post by crazydiamondp4 on May 16, 2017 21:21:24 GMT
Just my 2 Cent thought, but Cassandra to me is the best romance character in all of the dragon age series. Also the best ass kicker in the entire series, beating out last game ass kicker champion Aveline and squeezing by old school drunk champ Orghren. I just can't help romancing my male/mage Lavellan to the Lady Seeker, and making my Inquisitor a bit feminine looking to counter Cassandra stoic beauty also she's just a wee bit taller than her lover.
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Post by helios396 on May 17, 2017 12:46:58 GMT
I know, I totally agree with her views regarding the Chantry. Respecting tradition but not fearing change, etc, she's going to be a great divine. It's just that my Inquisitor (and me) refuses to accept that after so much trudging all over Thedas saving the world we're still going to be denied a happy ending. On a different topic, I'm currently romancing Cassandra again as a Qunari and geez, she plants her face on my Inquisitor's chest in the romance scene. Or get herself blocked by his huge torso. Game's definitely not optimized for non human/elf Inquisitor. Still adorable though. I am not sure but i think you can still be with her even if she is the divine. i think even Hero of Fereldan that romanced Leliana stayed with her if she becomes a Divine. i don't recall though so i could be wrong but yea as a divine she is probably gonna at least busier than a seeker. as for races i always stick with the human race. i know it is boring for some but i like being a human xD Leliana does maintain her relationship with HoF but Cassandra is less clear. From what's implied in Tresspasser and the epilogue, Cassandra put a distance between her and the romanced Inquisitor if she's chosen as Divine. Duty is number one for her. Even her non-Divine epilogue states that she and the Inquisitor often get separated for a long time for their duties. It's that kind of romance. I've played human twice, so this time I want to find things I've never seen in the game before. A qunari romancing Cassandra makes an interesting pair I think.
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Post by cespar on May 17, 2017 13:47:57 GMT
I love Cassandra and dwarves. But I really like the tale of Cadash and Cassandra, because he's just a thug that probably wouldn't have gotten any attention from a high up member in the chantry like Cassandra. Also, his achievements before becoming the Inquisitor was been able to protect their stolen goods and good with a sword and shield, while Cassandra is known as the Hero of Orlais and being the Right Hand to the Divine. Yeah, that would make a thug like Cadash think twice about even taking a shot with Cassandra. It makes for the perfect love story of Cadash trying to impress Lady Pentaghast, especially when she is hard to read. No matter what, Cadash tries to stay true to himself first, which can sometimes annoy Cassandra, but eventually his charm won her over. Back on the original BSN, I wrote so much on Pentash (Cadash and Pentaghast).
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Post by Marduk on May 19, 2017 5:19:31 GMT
I am not sure but i think you can still be with her even if she is the divine. i think even Hero of Fereldan that romanced Leliana stayed with her if she becomes a Divine. i don't recall though so i could be wrong but yea as a divine she is probably gonna at least busier than a seeker. as for races i always stick with the human race. i know it is boring for some but i like being a human xD Leliana does maintain her relationship with HoF but Cassandra is less clear. From what's implied in Tresspasser and the epilogue, Cassandra put a distance between her and the romanced Inquisitor if she's chosen as Divine. Duty is number one for her. Even her non-Divine epilogue states that she and the Inquisitor often get separated for a long time for their duties. It's that kind of romance. I've played human twice, so this time I want to find things I've never seen in the game before. A qunari romancing Cassandra makes an interesting pair I think. Honestly that kind of romance is what i expect to be the default outcome anyway considering it happened with Isabella and Morrigan too kinda.
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Post by Merela on Jun 6, 2017 21:01:33 GMT
Back on the original BSN, I wrote so much on Pentash (Cadash and Pentaghast). Pentash (or Cadashandra? Or Cadaghast? Pentadash? "Those two nerds in love?" ) is just the best pairing for Cass. The others aren't bad though, don't make me say something I didn't, they're just not as good.
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Post by Sifr on Jun 18, 2017 19:54:51 GMT
Pentadash is my preferred name for the ship, it rolls off the tongue far easier.
Or if you want to be more poetic, "The Seeker and the Smuggler".
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Post by Merela on Jun 20, 2017 7:25:21 GMT
Pentadash is my preferred name for the ship, it rolls off the tongue far easier. Or if you want to be more poetic, "The Seeker and the Smuggler". Ahah, same. Also "The Seeker and the Smuggler" totally souds like the title of a novel Varric would write about the two. Which reminds me of a short fic I once wrote on the matter. So please indulge me whilst I post it here. Varric doesn’t have the knack for romances, he knows it. It hasn’t prevented him from trying his hand at the stuff – big mistake, one he would happily rectify if he could, maybe by making every volume of his series Swords & Shields disappear in some deep chasm or burn them all on a giant pyre. He has even asked Hawke once if she knew a spell that would simply erase them out of the rest of Thedas’ memory. By closing his eyes he can still hear her laughing the question away.
But Hawke is no longer here and Varric is travelling with the Inquisition now. It’s not as bad as he feared, actually. Well, it’s not great either – he misses Kirkwall, he misses his friends, he misses his old life, but there are some highlights to the whole situation – the Seeker to be one of them is not something he had expected, though. Yet, as he watches her quietly discussing with Cadash on the other side of the campfire during a trip in the Hinterlands, Varric can feel inspiration kicking in.
He writes late into the night, the only sound in the tent the scratching of the feather on paper. Words flow from his mind to his hand to the paper, and Varric can see the story unfold as he writes; he sees the brash, violent, prompt-to-stab-people-in-the-book Seeker of Truth (he names her Sandrine) slowly falling for the dashing, charming lyrium smuggler from the Carta (Varric doesn’t have a name for him yet, but the character will have a handsome hat) as they’re trying to stop a hole in the sky from destroying the world (any similarities to actual persons or situations is merely coincidental and the product of a feverish imagination, or not). The first draft is done by the morning and by the time they return to Haven, the first chapter is ready. He sends it discreetly off with a courier and begins working on the next.
The answer reaches him four days later and it makes his heart clench in anguish for one second or two – Hawke is too close for his peace of mind – but the quip makes him laugh anyway. “What have those two people done to you for deserving such a punishment?” The funny thing is, he’s not even sure he hates Cassandra anymore. Well, he still hasn’t forgiven her for the way she has treated him back in Kirkwall but she may have one or two redeeming qualities: firstly, she’s a gullible listener – which is pretty amazing giving her job, but it makes lying to her all the easier; and secondly, she’s good at hitting things. Like, almost at the level of Aveline; if the two of them ever met and decided to do a hitting contest, Varric honestly doesn’t know on who he’d bet. And Fjalar is a good boy, though his taste in women is obviously questionable.
The attack on Haven doesn’t drain his inspiration. It’s actually quite the contrary. Varric writes for hours, until his wrist aches or until the cold wind blows his candle off. He writes so he’ll stop thinking for a while of the familiar tall dark figure on the snowy hill, outlined against the moon (Corypheus is dead, he saw it – damn, he helped Hawke kill him in the first place!), of the corrupted dragon (the kid with the weird hat said it was an archdemon, of all things!), of the sound of the avalanche destroying the village (like a thunderstorm), of the harrowing wait for Cadash. Then the boy finally shows up, wounded and exhausted and cold but alive, and there is no doubt left in Varric’s mind: he’s really sent by Andraste. But Andraste cares little for mortal bodies as it turns out, and Varric works twice as hard on his story so he’ll not listen to Fjalar’s screams of agony as the healers meticulously break his bones again to set them back in place. He tries to pays him a visit later but finds the boy asleep, resting from his ordeal, with the Seeker sitting by his side. Her eyes are so red that Varric can’t tell if she’s exhausted or if she’s been crying for hours, but the glare she throws him is as deadly as always, if not more. Still, he scampers away with some new writing material.
By the time they move in Skyhold, the Seeker Sandrine and her smuggler (he still has no name – what kind of parents give their son a name that starts with the letter F anyway?) are living a passionate and, well, graphical, love story. Like romance, Varric doesn’t have the knack for smut, but in that case he’s willing to give it a try. And it’s not like he’s planning to let anyone except Hawke to read it. However, finding out that the Seeker is actually one of his fans after the whole Swords and Shields affair does change his mind, and he leaves the first chapter by the training dummies one time Cassandra is away. And waits.
She enters the Great Hall the day after with the face she used to wear during the interrogation in Kirkwall and she slams the book so hard on his excuse of a table that the dwarf fears for a moment a stone will come away from the roof and crush the two of them. A painful death for sure but not as terrible as the one she’s planning for him, if the look in her eyes is anything to go by. But then she asks under her breath if he has written more of it, and he can’t help but smirk. Totally worth it.
So he keeps writing for Cassandra Pentaghast, even after she and Fjalar get together (though he asks her to hide his work when the Inquisitor is around). In return, the Seeker agrees to give him details to make the story “as believable as possible” (some of them give him a new, unexpected outlook about both Cassandra and Fjalar). The well-oiled affair meets its end one afternoon, when the Inquisitor enters the hall with the last chapter in his hand and an abashed look on his face. He waves Varric’s explanations away, simply asking him not to print the story once it’ll be done, and Varric is more than happy to agree. But as Cadash walks away with a shake of his head, he already knows he’s going to break his word: Varric will print that book, a single copy, which he’ll offer to the two lovebirds on their wedding day.
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Post by dawnold on Jul 3, 2017 6:13:51 GMT
Hey guys, so I'm not quite ready to move on to MEA yet. Instead I started my 3rd play through of DAI and decided that roleplaying as a female Qunari would be a nice change of pace. I also turned on the Fair Weather trial at the very start, resulting in a lot of "great" disapprovals by the time we arrived at Skyhold.
Cass' drinking scene took me by surprise but makes sense. What's weird is afterwards she gave me the quest to hunt down the 5 rogue templars and mages. I assumed after her drunken cutscene she would cut all ties with me, lock all her quests for good, thus making the relationship unsalvageable. But let's say after I take her with me to hunt down her targets, will the game pretend that the drunken scene didn't happen or will there be a cutscene/conversation with Cassandra in regards to the "repaired" relationship. Hoping for the latter.
Sorry if this info is on the net, I couldn't find it.
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Post by Xesthan on Jul 5, 2017 13:26:56 GMT
Hey guys, so I'm not quite ready to move on to MEA yet. Instead I started my 3rd play through of DAI and decided that roleplaying as a female Qunari would be a nice change of pace. I also turned on the Fair Weather trial at the very start, resulting in a lot of "great" disapprovals by the time we arrived at Skyhold. Cass' drinking scene took me by surprise but makes sense. What's weird is afterwards she gave me the quest to hunt down the 5 rogue templars and mages. I assumed after her drunken cutscene she would cut all ties with me, lock all her quests for good, thus making the relationship unsalvageable. But let's say after I take her with me to hunt down her targets, will the game pretend that the drunken scene didn't happen or will there be a cutscene/conversation with Cassandra in regards to the "repaired" relationship. Hoping for the latter. Sorry if this info is on the net, I couldn't find it. Take your time. Andromeda will be there for you when you're ready.
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Post by marcusaurelius on Jul 17, 2017 21:08:15 GMT
Was anyone else disappointed by the Cassandra romance slides after Trespasser? I think what I disliked most was that it was the same as the Jaheira romance after Throne of Bhaal, and did not have anything special from her relationship included in it (e.g. Leliana spends time at her family cottage with the Warden) etc.
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Post by boxofscreaming on Jul 26, 2017 18:25:58 GMT
Cassandra's one of my very favourites and I kept her in the party for nearly all the important quests. That makes sense to me as she feels like one of the most important characters to the overall story (helps that she was in DA2, which I love).
Not romanced her yet, but I intend to in a future play through.
Her disgusted noise is legendary.
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Post by obbie1984 on Jul 29, 2017 10:50:05 GMT
I have a hard time choosing between Morrigan and Cassandra. Both are excellent romances.
Morrigan did annoy me at times. But she shows a lot of growth by DAI. My Warden romanced her and I was quite happy with how she turned out in DAI.
But Cassandra in general is such a well written romances. Her actual romance scene is one of the most satisfying and well written scenes. Though there are two gripes I had. I'm not a fan of making her a bit more "rugged" looking in the face. She was quite feminine looking in DA2. Also, the scene with the well was weird. Cassandra says Morrigan should be the one to take the risk. But when I let Morrigan drink, I get disapproval from Cassandra.. for listening to her?
But amazing character outside of those two issues.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Jul 29, 2017 14:36:18 GMT
I don't normally come to Romance/character threads, because I typically have very little to contribute, since I prefer discussing things like politics, magical weirdness, etc. Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast, is a definite exception to this. Although really it's just to describe just how amazing I think she is. Most romance options for me, don't ever really 'do' anything for me. I typically just pick from among the options whoever I like most/hate the least. I typically never have any strong feelings about the romance itself, and see it more as a game mechanic that I use for my characters enjoyment.
The first time I actually felt strong feelings about a character, was Aveline. She felt like she was literally my perfect dream woman, someone I actually wanted IRL. I found myself actually infatuated with someone made of pixels. It was ridiculously embarrassing. Needless to say, I was utterly crushed to discover she was basically the only person who wasn't an option, and that made me really irritated. (I ofc haven't forgotten Varric fans, but we know now why Varric isn't an option lol). During DA2, I was honestly too busy metaphorically carving "Me + Aveline" into a tree trunk like a moron to really pay attention to Cassandra's small appearances.
Then along comes Inquisition, with it's booming, absolutely amazing main title theme that is constantly stuck in my head every day of my life. Then I see Cassandra, really for the first time, since again I wasn't -really- giving her much thought in DA2. What I saw, was quite possibly the most gorgeous woman I had ever laid eyes on. Then she opened her mouth to speak, and the perfect amount of Bass in her voice just gave me shivers. At first that was all I thought, because she was threatening to stab me dead, and obviously that is not an attractive first impression. Then I got the the first *Disgusted Noise* at Varric's cheap, horrible joke. To this day I cannot explain why I absolutely love the Disgusted Noise, but I do. I myself am not particularly a religious man, as I struggle to take organized religions seriously. However I do love the uncorrupted principles religions try to represent. So I love to role play as Religious/ Lawful Good characters, I am consistent with this, even when I RP in MMOs. So my character, of course being a devout Andrastian, much like my Warden and Hawke found Cassandra's adamant faith a very appealing quality. It was to me as well, more so because she supports the principles upon which her faith was founded, not the overly political crap her religion has become. She was brimming with confidence and yet totally wasn't because she could not understand the type of threat that stood before them. She buries that fear of the unknown to deal with The Moment, and in The Moment she is confidence personified. She manages to avoid that razor's edge between confidence and arrogance, because she herself admits just how little she knows or understands. She is not the most intelligent individual and yet is in no way dumb or slow, she is ignorant. She hits things, and she seeks Truth and Justice, regardless of how painful those things are. She never loses control, her self discipline and her Will to act is borderline inhuman. She cares, deeply, about the world and the people living in it. No, she does not respect Beliefs different from hers, but those separate beliefs would not stop her from risking her life in a second if that person needed help. She is aware of her limitations, and yet accomplishes amazing things despite them.
Then when the killing is done and they return to base to relax, she sneaks off to read smut and giggle like a schoolgirl, blushing the entire time. Your first encounter with her when you discover her little secret, was just utterly adorable in ways I simply cannot describe. When shes alone and no one around, I often picture her basically doing this:
It was a very odd, yet very appealing shift to discover just how feminine and girly she is about romance, while also discovering she literally never wears underwear. It's such a hypnotizing dichotomy to see in a woman for me. She's so feminine one minute, and so masculine the next, and yet both are genuine aspects of her, never a facade or face she puts on. She is blunt, and tells it to you straight, regardless of weather or not it hurts. She does not play passive aggressive games, or expects you to read her mind. I cannot properly articulate just how sexy I find that to be. She also knows what she wants, and being her blunt self, throws the gauntlet and tells you so, all while trying to tell you not to and you're wasting your time, making excuses as to why it's horribly stupid because dammit shes just so bashful and is convinced you don't really like her, and hopes to the Maker shes wrong. Her feminine desires clashing horribly with her masculine bravado is probably the most insanely adorable thing I will ever see in a video game. "You cannot court me! I want flowers, lots of flowers. NO! it is a horrible idea, totally stupid! Oh and candles, I absolutely want candles. This is worst idea ever! you're the Inquisitor! Also poems, I absolutely must have poems. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! I will not allow it!" -storms off blushing furiously, and most likely utterly melts to the floor the nanosecond she slams the door-
She is clearly a woman who utterly fears romantic rejection, and so she pushes away in order to avoid even the possibility of it happening. It's only once you don't allow yourself to be rebuffed by her bluster and bravado does she realize "holy crap, he was serious! I didn't scare him off! This is happening!" She can barely contain her girlish glee when you emerge from the tree reciting poetry. Then her masculine bravado takes over, and she "takes the lead", literally jumping your bones. Once it is done, she confesses just how reserved she is, and you cannot help but feel honored to be in this situation. She then swears, in the most serious tone possible, that no force in the universe will take you from her. In that moment, you doubt it not at all, knowing just how stubborn and willful she is. The further I progressed into the game, the more I realized, her views on the Circle, the Chantry the Templars, etc were exact mirrors of my own. mages cannot be "free", it is simply too dangerous for everyone, mages included. But something must change it simply cannot go on like it has been. I cannot deny, knowing her views exactly matched my own only added to my attraction towards her. She is a moderate, and recognizes both sides have a point, and both sides are at fault for this gigantic mess. That being said, she does distrust mages, because they are magic, and magic means demons and weirdness. I don't think it's unreasonable to have a basic fear of Mages, knowing they are basically a giant neon sign for demons that says 'HEY COME POSSESS ME!" Also all those stories Varric told her about all the insane serial killer blood mages in Kirkwall probably didn't help. So needless to say, she was an obvious choice for me when it came time to choose a Divine....
This brings me to Trespasser...I truly cannot articulate into words, the agony I felt when I finally realized what her being Divine means for her and my Trevelyn. Sure, I could simply redo my game, make someone else Divine and stay with Cassandra, or make Cassandra Divine and just romance someone else. But no...no I cannot. In my mind, Cassandra MUST be Divine, she is the only sane choice, the perfect choice, to fix this awful, broken situation the South finds itself in. Likewise I cannot romance anyone else, because she simply too perfect, and I already know, without trying, that all the other choices will feel inferior by a large margin. And so I, as a player, and my Inquisitor have no choice, but to let her go, for the good of Thedas. Because the needs of many, outweigh the needs of the few...or the one. So I keep the Inquisition, and I give it Cassandra, now called Victoria. Because I know she would never abuse it, and will use my army for the greater good. I would never give it to Lelianna or Vivienne, not in a hundred years. But I know Cassandra, and she seeks Truth and Justice above all things, she cannot be bought, she cannot be threatened, she is incorruptible. She is someone who will always place Duty above everything...and anyone else. That is why no other romance option Bioware will ever write, will likely ever come close. That is why I love her.
Thank you David, for the perfect romance before leaving. Also curse you, for making her too perfect, which is why I have to always let her go.
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Post by Xesthan on Jul 29, 2017 17:24:22 GMT
Also, the scene with the well was weird. Cassandra says Morrigan should be the one to take the risk. But when I let Morrigan drink, I get disapproval from Cassandra.. for listening to her? But amazing character outside of those two issues. Women are complicated.
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Post by obbie1984 on Jul 29, 2017 22:21:37 GMT
Also, the scene with the well was weird. Cassandra says Morrigan should be the one to take the risk. But when I let Morrigan drink, I get disapproval from Cassandra.. for listening to her? But amazing character outside of those two issues. Women are complicated. Lol, yeah. Bioware totally get what it means when women do that double meaning thing they are known for doing huh?
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Post by Sifr on Jul 30, 2017 9:46:09 GMT
Lol, yeah. Bioware totally get what it means when women do that double meaning thing they are known for doing huh? Well, it's not like Cassandra is the sort of person who would have told us that she didn't want to be courted, walked away and shut the door behind her... then returned five seconds later and immediately went about recanting everything she had just said. Cassandra would never be that inconsistent, eh?
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Post by therevanchist25 on Jul 30, 2017 10:02:35 GMT
Lol, yeah. Bioware totally get what it means when women do that double meaning thing they are known for doing huh? Well, it's not like Cassandra is the sort of person who would have told us that she didn't want to be courted, walked away and shut the door behind her... then returned five seconds later and immediately went about recanting everything she had just said. Cassandra would never be that inconsistent, eh? Lelianna said it herself. "I am a woman, and I reserve the right to be inconsistent."
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Post by Iddy on Aug 18, 2017 13:15:01 GMT
Not sure about you guys, but Lin Beifong reminds me of Cassandra.
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Post by Quickpaw on Aug 18, 2017 21:26:30 GMT
Also, the scene with the well was weird. Cassandra says Morrigan should be the one to take the risk. But when I let Morrigan drink, I get disapproval from Cassandra.. for listening to her? But amazing character outside of those two issues. It might be because they hadn't coded a difference in approval loss/gain whether or not you were romancing her... I'd have to bring her along with an Inquisitor who hadn't fallen for her (that's hard though...)
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Post by therevanchist25 on Aug 19, 2017 17:30:51 GMT
Not sure about you guys, but Lin Beifong reminds me of Cassandra. I stopped watching Korra after the first season, but from what I remember, I would agree. Lin was totally awesome, just like her mother.
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Post by Domakir on Nov 2, 2017 20:40:09 GMT
This is some good cosplay, I reckon. I think I'm in love.
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Post by marcusaurelius on Nov 11, 2017 21:08:55 GMT
I miss Dragon Age, and Cassandra.
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