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Post by Abraxas on May 23, 2017 14:50:01 GMT
This confession is tough for me because I don't really know where I got this idea, but I can't seem to shake it so here it goes...I think the Evanuris were vampires. Stop laughing at me. Headcanon: The Evanuris created blood magic because of their vampirism.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 14:57:26 GMT
My ideal DA:O PT would have been with a Dwarven Noble that married unhardened King Alistair, but the game won’t let me have that (let alone I don’t even know if he’d marry a Dwarf at all), so I wonder if that compromise would feel any better to go with Warden Alistair in romance and US with my Warden… except, I take it, Alistair would then just die instead…. You can US with your Warden even if in romance with Alistair. Just leave him at the gate. As for the rest... I kinda get where you're coming from. I can't decide on my canon ( except for my canon Hawke, may she always be canon) because of things like the ones you mentioned :poker: My first DAK is my canon, with a mage elf dumped by King Alistair who never again was heard of, my beloved Revel Hawke on the run with Anders and my Qunari Inquisitor that ended up literally with nothing to show for his efforts save for a boyfriend that calls him once in a while. Yeah... good canon.
I thought I could wrestle something happier from the game, but seeing "happier" is killing my Warden while Alistair still loves her, and making a sacrificial Hawke I dislike die in the Fade to save an Inquisitor that I don't want to play... I feel the first one is positively a ray of radiant sunshine and a deluge of lollipops.
I should probably start with DA2 again, and play another Hawke. But then if I like him, the Warden will have to be Clarel, and a fake DAK, with Warden and Alistair both dying.... in a fake Inquisition run. because the only not-Dorian I want to romance in Inquisition is Cullen, and that means playing an Inquisitor I don't want to play.
so, I am probably better off playing DA:O with a Dwarf, then adding that to Blaze run I already have, then... thinking about Inquisition.
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Post by Iddy on May 23, 2017 15:22:56 GMT
This confession is tough for me because I don't really know where I got this idea, but I can't seem to shake it so here it goes...I think the Evanuris were vampires. Stop laughing at me.
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Post by Catilina on May 23, 2017 16:44:36 GMT
I'm with you in hating Solas. I like Anders, thanks to Awakening, but not to the levels of fanboying him (also, I disliked his change in DA2, even if is something that happened in a logical progression). We ALL loved him in Awakening. It's that damn Justice that ruined our favorite grey warden apostate Hey! Justice is fine! Anders/Justice changed, because they are merged, neither Anders, nor Justice same as was before, and this natural. But Anders didn't changed really: he was angry and sarcastc. He used his humor and charm to survive ( "I'm not dangerous, just wanted some fresh air..." :innocent, charming smile:), and I can imagine, that until he doesn't needed to be nice anymore, he just nice only when he want to be nice (for example toward Hawke and Varric, he's nice, and sometimes with the others too). But if we want to speak about who ruined whom: Anders's right, his anger can jeopardize Justice's cause and twist that. But Justice's corruption also started when he trapped in the "real" world... So: this change is a result of an excellent cooperation... Why people blame Justice for everything?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 16:54:28 GMT
We ALL loved him in Awakening. It's that damn Justice that ruined our favorite grey warden apostate Hey! Justice is fine! Anders/Justice changed, because they are merged, neither Anders, nor Justice same as was before, and this natural. But Anders didn't changed really: he was angry and sarcastc. He used his humor and charm to survive ( "I'm not dangerous, just wanted some fresh air..." :innocent, charming smile:), and I can imagine, that until he doesn't needed to be nice anymore, he just nice only when he want to be nice (for example toward Hawke and Varric, he's nice, and sometimes with the others too). But if we want to speak about who ruined whom: Anders's right, his anger can jeopardize Justice's cause and twist that. But Justice's corruption also started when he trapped in the "real" world... So: this change is a result of an excellent cooperation... Why people blame Justice for everything? Hey I'm not blaming Justice for making Anders a freedoom fighter. I may even agree with him. It's the things Justice makes him do in order to get there. And I still gotta point out that his voice acting was terrible in DA2 (reminded me of Jowan) which is also another reason I dislike him. People like sarcastc characters who use humor to deflect their problems, it's a universal truth. He wasn't that guy in DA2, not at all charming. In his romance all he talks about how he will hurt you and how he is the idea of mage freedoom. If you look at Fenris or Isabela, you can see how a proper romance should develop. Justice made him do horrible things in the name of freedoom. Maybe it's more of a personal opinion but I strongly believe that ends do not justify the means. All of these things combined makes me dislike Justice/Anders
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Post by Iddy on May 23, 2017 17:04:11 GMT
Hey! Justice is fine! Anders/Justice changed, because they are merged, neither Anders, nor Justice same as was before, and this natural. But Anders didn't changed really: he was angry and sarcastc. He used his humor and charm to survive ( "I'm not dangerous, just wanted some fresh air..." :innocent, charming smile:), and I can imagine, that until he doesn't needed to be nice anymore, he just nice only when he want to be nice (for example toward Hawke and Varric, he's nice, and sometimes with the others too). But if we want to speak about who ruined whom: Anders's right, his anger can jeopardize Justice's cause and twist that. But Justice's corruption also started when he trapped in the "real" world... So: this change is a result of an excellent cooperation... Why people blame Justice for everything? Hey I'm not blaming Justice for making Anders a freedoom fighter. I may even agree with him. It's the things Justice makes him do in order to get there. And I still gotta point out that his voice acting was terrible in DA2 (reminded me of Jowan) which is also another reason I dislike him. People like sarcastc characters who use humor to deflect their problems, it's a universal truth. He wasn't that guy in DA2, not at all charming. In his romance all he talks about how he will hurt you and how he is the idea of mage freedoom. If you look at Fenris or Isabela, you can see how a proper romance should develop. Justice made him do horrible things in the name of freedoom. Maybe it's more of a personal opinion but I strongly believe that ends do not justify the means. All of these things combined makes me dislike Justice/Anders Anders was just so... one dimentional. Less of a character and more of a visual representation of the mage plotline.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:16:21 GMT
Hey! Justice is fine! Anders/Justice changed, because they are merged, neither Anders, nor Justice same as was before, and this natural. But Anders didn't changed really: he was angry and sarcastc. He used his humor and charm to survive ( "I'm not dangerous, just wanted some fresh air..." :innocent, charming smile:), and I can imagine, that until he doesn't needed to be nice anymore, he just nice only when he want to be nice (for example toward Hawke and Varric, he's nice, and sometimes with the others too). But if we want to speak about who ruined whom: Anders's right, his anger can jeopardize Justice's cause and twist that. But Justice's corruption also started when he trapped in the "real" world... So: this change is a result of an excellent cooperation... Why people blame Justice for everything? Hey I'm not blaming Justice for making Anders a freedoom fighter. I may even agree with him. It's the things Justice makes him do in order to get there. And I still gotta point out that his voice acting was terrible in DA2 (reminded me of Jowan) which is also another reason I dislike him. People like sarcastc characters who use humor to deflect their problems, it's a universal truth. He wasn't that guy in DA2, not at all charming. In his romance all he talks about how he will hurt you and how he is the idea of mage freedoom. If you look at Fenris or Isabela, you can see how a proper romance should develop. Justice made him do horrible things in the name of freedoom. Maybe it's more of a personal opinion but I strongly believe that ends do not justify the means. All of these things combined makes me dislike Justice/Anders And I consider Anders/Justice the best romance ever, and their bravest character to date. It was a wonderful thing to see an anarchist/revolutionary that is not complying to the cautious Western ideals of today, but draws on another century with its crazy romantism and who was acting dangerous and controversial and still in fantasy setting, and he was so poignant, likable and determined and damned. It's the nineteenth century I see in Anders, the century of being on the verge and not yet bombed and gassed into wisdom.
Fenris is mild and too agreeable with Hawke, and has barely any content that relates to the central plotline of the game; he is careful of mages but can be convinced they are not "all bad". Sebastian and Anders are absolutely the best in that they represent the two extreme opinions and are in the direct conflict, forcing the PC to decide and avoid the compromise and the middle ground. Fenris represents that middle ground... which to me is way too sensible and boring for a video-game. Yep, he has a nice enough eye candy and angst package, neat and all, but he is not really different than other characters riding the anime angst hotness wave.
It's the extremes, the hearts that actually burn (Inquisition is such a joke...) that attract me in the video-games, and that's why I find Anders compelling beyond anything and anyone before and after. I am grateful that they did not dilute the experience any further. But hells bells, cutting Sebastian into a DLC was so wrong.... the places Anders and Sebastian take me in my RP are unparalleled. It's just so awesome.
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Post by Abraxas on May 23, 2017 17:32:46 GMT
Less of a character and more of a visual representation of the mage plotline. This. This is my problem with Anders in DA2. He was just a plot device to advance the Mage-Templar War (that later ended in nothing, as Marysuequisition—even more Mary sueits that the Warden—ended that plot in the most disappointing way possible). He didn't had a character development on his own, as being possessed by a spirit it was something already explored in DA:O with Wynne and Connor. The only part in the game that make me want to have Anders as a companion was in Legacy, perhaps because it explored a side of his nature that was seen in DA:O with the other possessed characters.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:34:53 GMT
Hey I'm not blaming Justice for making Anders a freedoom fighter. I may even agree with him. It's the things Justice makes him do in order to get there. And I still gotta point out that his voice acting was terrible in DA2 (reminded me of Jowan) which is also another reason I dislike him. People like sarcastc characters who use humor to deflect their problems, it's a universal truth. He wasn't that guy in DA2, not at all charming. In his romance all he talks about how he will hurt you and how he is the idea of mage freedoom. If you look at Fenris or Isabela, you can see how a proper romance should develop. Justice made him do horrible things in the name of freedoom. Maybe it's more of a personal opinion but I strongly believe that ends do not justify the means. All of these things combined makes me dislike Justice/Anders And I consider Anders/Justice the best romance ever, and their bravest character to date. It was a wonderful thing to see an anarchist/revolutionary that is not complying to the cautious Western ideals of today, but draws on another century with its crazy romantism and who was acting dangerous and controversial and still in fantasy reals, and was so poignant, likable and determined and damned. It's the nineteenth century I see in Anders, the century of being on the verge and not yet bombed and gassed into wisdom.
Fenris is mild and too agreeable with Hawke, and has barely any content that relates to the central plotline of the game; he is careful of mages but can be convinced they are not "all bad". Sebastian and Anders are absolutely the best in that they represent the two extreme opinions and are in the direct conflict, forcing the PC to decide and avoid the compromise and the middle ground. Fenris represents that middle ground... which to me is way too sensible and boring for a video-game.
It's the extremes, the hearts that actually burn (Inquisition is such a joke...) that attract me in the video-games, and that's why I find Anders compelling beyond anything and anyone before and after. I am grateful that they did not dilute the experience any further. But hells bells, cutting Sebastian into a DLC was so wrong.... the places Anders and Sebastian take me in my RP are unparalleled. It's just so awesome.
Hey it's your choice ı Respect that@catilina asked me why I blame justice for Anders' change and I answered. I really like second chances and I gave Anders a second chance by doing his pomance PT and that was it. He is the first character I hated more after doing their romance. I found it so one dimentional and couldn't see any depth to it. It is partly because how Anders was designed in DA2(just having the idea of mage freedoom in his head and all) but doing his romance added no extra depth to him . Fenris romance really made me care for him and I found it pretty compelling. Isabela is still my fovıurite though.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:35:55 GMT
Less of a character and more of a visual representation of the mage plotline. This. This is my problem with Anders in DA2. He was just a plot device to advance the Mage-Templar War (that later ended in nothing, as Marysuequisition—even more Mary sueits that the Warden—ended that plot in the most disappointing way possible). He didn't had a character development on his own, as being possessed by a spirit it was something already explored in DA:O with Wynne and Connor. The only part in the game that make me want to have Anders as a companion was in Legacy, perhaps because it explored a side of his nature that was seen in DA:O with the other possessed characters. We should start an Anders hate thread lol
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:39:22 GMT
And I consider Anders/Justice the best romance ever, and their bravest character to date. It was a wonderful thing to see an anarchist/revolutionary that is not complying to the cautious Western ideals of today, but draws on another century with its crazy romantism and who was acting dangerous and controversial and still in fantasy reals, and was so poignant, likable and determined and damned. It's the nineteenth century I see in Anders, the century of being on the verge and not yet bombed and gassed into wisdom.
Fenris is mild and too agreeable with Hawke, and has barely any content that relates to the central plotline of the game; he is careful of mages but can be convinced they are not "all bad". Sebastian and Anders are absolutely the best in that they represent the two extreme opinions and are in the direct conflict, forcing the PC to decide and avoid the compromise and the middle ground. Fenris represents that middle ground... which to me is way too sensible and boring for a video-game.
It's the extremes, the hearts that actually burn (Inquisition is such a joke...) that attract me in the video-games, and that's why I find Anders compelling beyond anything and anyone before and after. I am grateful that they did not dilute the experience any further. But hells bells, cutting Sebastian into a DLC was so wrong.... the places Anders and Sebastian take me in my RP are unparalleled. It's just so awesome.
Hey it's your choice ı Respect that@catilina asked me why I blame justice for Anders' change and I answered. I really like second chances and I gave Anders a second chance by doing his pomance PT and that was it. He is the first character I hated more after doing their romance. I found it so one dimentional and couldn't see any depth to it. It is partly because how Anders was designed in DA2(just having the idea of mage freedoom in his head and all) but doing his romance added no extra depth to him . Fenris romance really made me care for him and I found it pretty compelling. Isabela is still my fovıurite though. I will respect that. The opposite views here, prefer Isabela not recruited, and after romancing Fenris, he joins Jack and Jaal as characters that I yearned to romance until I actually did and was thoroughly disappointed by the experience.
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Post by Abraxas on May 23, 2017 17:49:14 GMT
This. This is my problem with Anders in DA2. He was just a plot device to advance the Mage-Templar War (that later ended in nothing, as Marysuequisition—even more Mary sueits that the Warden—ended that plot in the most disappointing way possible). He didn't had a character development on his own, as being possessed by a spirit it was something already explored in DA:O with Wynne and Connor. The only part in the game that make me want to have Anders as a companion was in Legacy, perhaps because it explored a side of his nature that was seen in DA:O with the other possessed characters. We should start an Anders hate thread lol I do not hate Anders. Is my fave from Awakening. I just don't like the way he was handled in DA2. And the fact that all what he did was meaningless. They transformed him into a monster to free the mages, but see what new Divine is doing new Circles after Coryphail was killed? I had to endure his vilification for nothing?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:51:35 GMT
Hey it's your choice ı Respect that@catilina asked me why I blame justice for Anders' change and I answered. I really like second chances and I gave Anders a second chance by doing his pomance PT and that was it. He is the first character I hated more after doing their romance. I found it so one dimentional and couldn't see any depth to it. It is partly because how Anders was designed in DA2(just having the idea of mage freedoom in his head and all) but doing his romance added no extra depth to him . Fenris romance really made me care for him and I found it pretty compelling. Isabela is still my fovıurite though. I will respect that. The opposite views here, prefer Isabela not recruited, and after romancing Fenris, he joins Jack and Jaal as characters that I yearned to romance until I actually did and was thoroughly disappointed by the experience. Why didn't you recruit Isabela? I mean you may not like her but I don't know, not recruiting companions always seemed to be throwing away content for me
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:52:03 GMT
We should start an Anders hate thread lol I do not hate Anders. Is my fave from Awakening. I just don't like the way he was handled in DA2. And the fact that all what he did was meaningless. They transformed him into a monster to free the mages, but see what new Divine is doing new Circles after Coryphail was killed? I had to endure his vilification for nothing? That's why we start it in Da2 section not origins
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:56:01 GMT
I will respect that. The opposite views here, prefer Isabela not recruited, and after romancing Fenris, he joins Jack and Jaal as characters that I yearned to romance until I actually did and was thoroughly disappointed by the experience. Why didn't you recruit Isabela? I mean you may not like her but I don't know, not recruiting companions always seemed to be throwing away content for me I don't like her banter when she is in party, and she wins over you if you do not get enough rivalry/friendship points for her to return. And to get those points, you need her in the party. And I don't like her banter. I don't like her quest either, and there is plenty of quests already. So, less content that I don't like is actually a Good Thing. Easier on the nerves and game's shorter, meaning better.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 18:13:00 GMT
Why didn't you recruit Isabela? I mean you may not like her but I don't know, not recruiting companions always seemed to be throwing away content for me I don't like her banter when she is in party, and she wins over you if you do not get enough rivalry/friendship points for her to return. And to get those points, you need her in the party. And I don't like her banter. I don't like her quest either, and there is plenty of quests already. So, less content that I don't like is actually a Good Thing. Easier on the nerves and game's shorter, meaning better. I have an easy solution for that: console commands. runscript zz_app_debug more spesifically
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Post by Catilina on May 23, 2017 18:47:18 GMT
Hey! Justice is fine! Anders/Justice changed, because they are merged, neither Anders, nor Justice same as was before, and this natural. But Anders didn't changed really: he was angry and sarcastc. He used his humor and charm to survive ( "I'm not dangerous, just wanted some fresh air..." :innocent, charming smile:), and I can imagine, that until he doesn't needed to be nice anymore, he just nice only when he want to be nice (for example toward Hawke and Varric, he's nice, and sometimes with the others too). But if we want to speak about who ruined whom: Anders's right, his anger can jeopardize Justice's cause and twist that. But Justice's corruption also started when he trapped in the "real" world... So: this change is a result of an excellent cooperation... Why people blame Justice for everything? Hey I'm not blaming Justice for making Anders a freedoom fighter. I may even agree with him. It's the things Justice makes him do in order to get there. And I still gotta point out that his voice acting was terrible in DA2 (reminded me of Jowan) which is also another reason I dislike him. People like sarcastc characters who use humor to deflect their problems, it's a universal truth. He wasn't that guy in DA2, not at all charming. In his romance all he talks about how he will hurt you and how he is the idea of mage freedoom. If you look at Fenris or Isabela, you can see how a proper romance should develop. Justice made him do horrible things in the name of freedoom. Maybe it's more of a personal opinion but I strongly believe that ends do not justify the means. All of these things combined makes me dislike Justice/Anders I said: he doesn't feel anymore, that he must use humor and charm for deflecting his problem or for survive. He now able to face with his problem (and create more), and never run away anymore. This was, what Justice did. And scared Anders, yes, because he doesn't understand Justice, and Justice doesn't understand Anders. This isn't funny. Justice killed a lot templar (Anders' short story), Justice (almost) killed Ella, and Anders doesn't remember, what happened. How would he be such a guy, who was before? And in Act3 he also was not funny. That thing, what he prepared to do, was terrible. Do you think he should have smile charmingly, and making jokes? Probably this would be more natural... to a psychopath. How terrible man, who's important his cause! Not mentioned, that we speak about ~7 years, I'm sure, Anders and Hawke did many things, what was not about the Mages. (Anders, for example, healed the people in Darktown and in the brothel.) He said he's not the best subject for love (to fem!Hawke) ... why Hawke wants him, if not really wants him (with his cause, this is clear, that this is very important to him...)? Because he has a nice tortured gaze? This is why he said before the romance starts to fem!Hawke, that he only can hurt her – and because he's unsure about Justice. (He doesn't say that to male!Hawke, just tell about that Karl was his first love, and seems happy, for a moment, if Hawke shows interest in him.) I think, not really fair to compare his romance line with Fenris' and Isabela's. Fenris' and Isabela's problem solved, Anders' problem only getting worse: Meredith liquidated the Mage Underground, Anders peaceful tool for Mages was gone... Before the war, at Gallows he can speak about the future (in this future included even to continue his work –and a free family, children (fem!Hawke), mage side; if Hawke supports the Templars, Anders believes, that he will die, even if Hawke spared his life). Happy end and tragedy, depending on the choice. This is the best Bioware romance ever... ofc, not for everyone. Anders and Justice's merger was a brilliant idea. It can be interpreted in several ways. But you're right. I'm sure, that a Facebook campaign would have been much more peaceful and nice.
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Post by Catilina on May 23, 2017 19:02:58 GMT
We should start an Anders hate thread lol I do not hate Anders. Is my fave from Awakening. I just don't like the way he was handled in DA2. And the fact that all what he did was meaningless. They transformed him into a monster to free the mages, but see what new Divine is doing new Circles after Coryphail was killed? I had to endure his vilification for nothing? Never will be same, even similar after a rebellion. Worse or better, something started. He spoke about "ten years a hundred years from now..." not today or tomorrow... What happened, I think, was better than he expected. Especially with Leliana. So: I think, what he did wasn't meaningless. Romanced Hawke in Inquisition speaks about that they wandered from Circle to Circle to help mages to take the last step for rebellion. His goal fulfilled.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 19:21:24 GMT
I don't like her banter when she is in party, and she wins over you if you do not get enough rivalry/friendship points for her to return. And to get those points, you need her in the party. And I don't like her banter. I don't like her quest either, and there is plenty of quests already. So, less content that I don't like is actually a Good Thing. Easier on the nerves and game's shorter, meaning better. I have an easy solution for that: console commands. runscript zz_app_debug more spesifically I could not enable CLUA when I tried to fix Sebastian cutscenes, and the internet suggested to do way more game file editing to enable it that I am comfortable with to try to make it work on origins copy of the game. I ended up deleting that conflicting file and putting it back to help Seb's scenes to trigger.
With Isabela, I can simply walk out of the Hanged Man and never worry about her again. It's in-game solution and is easy as pie. If I feel that I want to see her handed over to Arishok, I could make Ebon romance her on the 3rd PT and get all the blue between the bedsheets points. (Shrug)
I really prefer leaving the companions I do not want to deal with out, rather than collect them and let them gather dust. I would do that in Inquisition as well, if I ever manage another run. I feel it improves the game.
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Post by morir_a_solas on May 24, 2017 4:14:59 GMT
My warden and Hawke always sleep with Zevran but I've never romanced him properly I think it's very in character for him to be that irresistible I was hoping to see him in DAI so all my protagonists got to be with him but he was a war table quest Hope to find him in DA4 to continue the tradition
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Post by smilesja on May 24, 2017 4:32:28 GMT
I want to see Kal-Sharok in DA4.
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Post by phoray on May 24, 2017 15:02:18 GMT
I want to read the new DA comic so bad. I've been complaining about needing more DA stuffs and we finally get it. I want to read them all at once more because I hate cliffhangers. Self caused inner turmoil and torture.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 15:49:53 GMT
I want to read the new DA comic so bad. I've been complaining about needing more DA stuffs and we finally get it. I want to read them all at once more because I hate cliffhangers. Self caused inner turmoil and torture. Same here and since I don't like e-books i also have to wait for shipment too
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 20:24:33 GMT
On my second PT I am starting to grasp where the replayability lies with the DA franchise, at least for me. While replaying the first game is a hard sell and I just want to DAK it, replaying the second one is very enticing, and with it comes the temptation to build thematic world states to have the Warden, Hawke and Inquisitor to follow a certain set of rules at creation and align their choices (and, of course, romances to it). Building these states manifests most prominently in Inquisition, where the Inquisitor can define how s/he feels about Hawke, so I start feeling like playing Inquisition so I can get that. But I always start with Hawke and his/hers complicated relationships! So, I have been indulging to get my all DA2 PTs into those Themes... Now, actually playing that... lol, so weird, but I guess the DA did hook me that way. The Heartbreak WS (PT#1) Quinly, the Elven Mage, was abandoned by Alistair, and forced him to father a child on Morrigan. He assumed the throne of Ferelden. She rode off to never be seen again after a brief reappearance to defend Amaranthin.
Revel Hawk, the lovable rogue fell for a renegade mage Anders and together the two went on to ferment the revolution and defy the Circles and Andraste doctrine. If you hear about a new pocket of mage rebellion, you can be sure Hawke and Anders are at the heart of it. Rumor has it that his tireless crusade helps him to cope with a fast approaching death of his double-cursed lover.
Sin Fell, a powerful Qunari Mage, used to being ostracized by the society found a soulmate in Dorian, a heir to House Pavus of Tevinter. A stand-off with an ancient elf left Sin maimed. Aware of the suspicion and fear the Qunari Inquisitor caused in the South, Sin disbanded the Inquisition and went into seclusion.
The Rogue Dames WS (PT#2) Jorun, the daughter of kings, fell victim of the dwarven intrigues. She found both the adventure and love on the surface with a fellow dreamer, Alistair. However, when the moment of reckoning came, she did her duty as a Warden, and sacrificed herself to stop the Blight.
Blaze Hawke, an arrogant Apostate attempted to use the political unrest in Kirkwall to secure the seat of power for herself, wipe out all competition, annulling the Kirkwall Circle, and executing Anders the Renegade. She managed to bring Templars to her service for a short time, and was elected as a Viscountess of Kirkwall. Blaze was last seen in the Fade locked in an epic struggle with the Nightmare Demon. An elf of Tevinter, one Fenris vowed to find a way to her, even if it means tearing apart the Veil.
Rascal, the Elven Archer is the least likely person on Thedas to be venerated for her holiness. Yet, she is a Chosen of Andraste, and an Inquisitor. It’s a good thing that she is wed to an epitome of a sober, responsible man, a former Templar, Cullen Rutherford. Otherwise the idea that this carefree creature is now the foremost expert on the ancient elves and their assorted doomsday agendas would be deeply troubling.
The “White Knight” WS (?) James Cosuland, the Warden-King of Ferelden, is a ruthless nobleman who turned the fight against the Blight and his joining the Wardens into a stepping stone to marrying the late King Cailen’s widow, Anora. A banned song by an anonymous bard has it that he devised a plan to assume the throne through this marriage the moment he heard of the King’s death and has a heart of ice. Whatever’s the case with his heart, James has an impeccable sense of honor. He accepted the ultimate sacrifice by the late King’s bastard half-brother, Alistair, as his due, praised the man’s heroism, and had never given Anora a cause to be jealous.
Ebon Hawke is a warrior with an unshakable belief in the good nature of all men and women. Sebastian of Starkheaven had publically decried him as a naïve fool, twisted around the little finger of a particularly wily elven bloodmage, who showed mercy to an Apostate murderer and blasphemer, Anders the Renegade, and supported the Kirkwall Circle against the Templars to boot. Unwilling to give Sebastian more grounds to call an Exalted March on Kirkwall, Ebon Hawke escaped the city, helped Mical Cadash with rescuing (and redeeming) the Wardens, and came back even from the Fade to protect his One True Love, Merrill from everyone and everything (including herself).
Mical Cadash, a scion of criminal overlords, always felt that his purpose was to restore the glow of nobility to House Cadash, once a proud line of dwarven nobles. When the events at Conclave gave him a reason to believe he is a Chosen of Andraste, he took on the title eagerly, and was compelled to believe that an Inquisitor must be a model of chivalry, including the vow of chastity. His resolve was tested most severely when he harbored an unexpected passion for a Tevinter Mage, Dorian. Mical overcame the temptation with fasting and chanting. He now champions Lady Josephine Montilyet in a fashion that might just end up on the pages of a romance novel uncensored. Or so his best friend, Varric Tethras, claims.
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Post by phoray on May 31, 2017 23:16:35 GMT
I wholeheartedly approve, @carefull
I've committed to four canon worlds myself with some of them having themes (In my siggy)
But what I'm particularly glad of is you've found the magic of DA world building. ^__^
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Those darn apostates: 1. Amell/Morrigan -> Hawke/ Anders-> LAvellan/Solas LGBT Friendly: 3. Naderra Brosca/Leliana->F. Hawke Mage friend/Merril ->Trev Templar/Dorian Elves and mages for everyone: 4. Surana/Zevran->F.Hawke Mage/Fenris s>Mage Lavellan/Cullen
Although, actually, I kinda joke. It was important to me to make 4 distinct world state where all the LI's were romanced. This is easy to accomplish in the Four Format with Origins and DA2, but DAI with it's 9 options has had me a bit torn. Cullen and Solas definitely have a spot. The last two slots are a fight between Sera, Dorian, and Blackwall. Cass lost hard and I won't touch IB with a ten foot pole.
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