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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Dec 10, 2022 2:48:16 GMT
Tassia would make a great Tevinter companion. Yeah, I've wanted a Tevinter Templar companion in Dreadwolf for aaaaaages and Tassia would be a perfect one - someone who genuinely tries to do her duty and oppose blood magic but is hampered by her own personal loyalties and Tevinter being, y'know, Tevinter. And she should keep the hammer .
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Post by azarhal on Dec 10, 2022 2:56:06 GMT
I'm the only person in the world that does not own a cell phone OR have Netflix. If it makes you feel better, I do not own a cell phone either. Tassia would make a great Tevinter companion. Yeah, I've wanted a Tevinter Templar companion in Dreadwolf for aaaaaages and Tassia would be a perfect one - someone who genuinely tries to do her duty and oppose blood magic but is hampered by her own personal loyalties and Tevinter being, y'know, Tevinter. And she should keep the hammer . +1 for Tassia as companion. Although, I can see some people complaining that she is the 3rd badass warrior woman in a row. And that hammer is the size of DAI two-handed maces/hammers. It made me think of AC Valhalla where you can unlock a talent to hold two-handed weapons in one hand.
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Post by Kyros on Dec 10, 2022 3:00:34 GMT
Just finished the show it was alright but I really, really did not like Meredith being revealed to be alive. I'm honestly not interested in fighting her or the Red Templars again so hopefully they can be dispatched soonish in DAD if they do appear in the game.
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Post by bshep on Dec 10, 2022 4:13:01 GMT
Watched 3 episodes so far and it is quite good. Now i am out of here before i catch any spoiler.
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Post by githcheater on Dec 10, 2022 5:39:19 GMT
I'm the only person in the world that does not own a cell phone OR have Netflix. I only have Netflix because my wife wanted it and got it a year or so ago. Absolution was the first time I used Netflix.
I only have a cell phone now because I got scammed and abducted in India over 10 years ago (before DAO) ... My cell phone is mostly used to play Sudoku ...
After I landed in Mumbai India for my first business trip there, I could not find my contact. "Fortunately", a helpful "airport employee" made arrangements for me to be taken to "my hotel", but I was taken to the "wrong hotel" where the phones "were shut off for the evening". My $200 cash paid for my unplanned stay, and the hotel owner called my contact in the morning ... who quickly came and picked me up.
Anyway, i just finished watching Absolution and enjoyed it.
Netflix might be worthwhile to get for a month to see Absolution and a few other movies ... but its your "landline" call ...
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Post by AlleluiaElizabeth on Dec 10, 2022 5:45:28 GMT
Ok, so I'm finally watching this and I'm taking notes as I go. Thoughts on Ep 1: Its a bit too "straight to the action" imo, but it works well by the end. I can name the gang, anyway, so I guesss the characterization was strong enough despite the fast pace. And Fairbanks' accent is amusing me for some reason. Matt Mercer with an Orlesian accent.
Also, never trust an apostate, Miriam. We know this. I mean, technically Hira isn't an apostate, now, I suppose. But still. I don't hate her, but I don't trust her either. Its the manipulation. Ep 2: Ok, I went into this seeing the credits and expecting the magister to be the bad guy, but I actually kinda like him? Also, I'm a sucker for templar/mage romances, I think. >_>
Proud of myself in a nerdy way that I called it was a wisdom spirit before he said so. Also noticed it had 8 eyes. interesting.
Though I can't say I approved of how the magister treated Memory spirit. That spirit wouldn't have been a problem if you hadn't turned it, dude. Current theory on who is looking for the bracelet: Falon'din. Cus Solas being behind *every* artefact search deed is boring, though likely accurate.
Templar lady is cool. And I find myself wondering how the heck she moves that fast with that maul? But ok.
If spell effects in this anime are in the next game, I'm gonna be playing a mage. That walking bomb was awesome. And the flying platform. Also Qwydion is my favorite, I think.
Kinda hoping hand-to-hand combat is a thing next game now. Fairbanks' bar brawling inspired me. lol
Now I've gotten to the twist and... wth? O.o Current theory: Fairbanks is not Fairbanks. Second theory: Fairbanks is Fairbanks, and Hira is evil. Cus WHY ON EARTH would you release that ward if you aren't? How'd she even know it would do what it did? Cus she did seem to know. Also, the light bypassed her harmlessly... Yeah, no. Going with that as primary theory. Hira is suss.
Qwydion's reaction to being faced with a rage demon was lore-appropriate.
Something is off about the way that the magister guy is romantically expressing himself to Tevinter!Aveline to me. Its almost like he's aping emotion instead of feeling it? Its definitely not the same as when she was expressing herself back in the vault. I guess it could just be his personality? Its weird. But it also could just be me or the writing. Witholding judgement.
Miriam about to stab magister boy seemed a bit much, but she clearly has issues and they have history (though I don't think any memory showed HIM being evil to her?) so I'll let that ride for now.
Here's hoping Miriam doesn't get blamed for Fairbanks' death for more than one scene. I'm semi-optimistic cus I doubt Roland will think she did it, even if Lacklan does. WTF indeed, though. Ep 3: Upon seeing the credits again, I've noticed Neb the guard is featured prominently in them in a panel and he/she hasn't even spoken yet. Other than they seem elven in build, we know nothing. I'm now very curious.
Yay, Roland believed her and the misunderstanding lasted one scene. Huzzah!
Those guys dying as Qwydion runs by. I mean, its played for laughs (and was funny), but I feel bad for them. lol They're only stuck out there cus of her in the first place, after all, since they were gaurding people trying to clear her glyph.
Everyone talking at Neb is becoming a running gag and it amuses me. And then Razi-whatever has that moment of clear regret about Neb and now I'm even MORE curious and a bit worried.
Ok, I still think Hira setting off that ward was dumb as hell and pointless, but her reaction to Miriam having the circulum makes me doubt she's evil. A little. I mean, she seems to be sending her to Varric. Possibly? But she also still seems suss in that reaction, so I dunno. Like a little too covetous in that "...You have the circulum?" I dunno, I keep going back and forth on her.
"Giantess!" XD Yeah, Qwydion is definitely my favorite. Along with Tevinter!Aveline.
Ok, the way Rizarian (?) just casually knocked out the templar screamed "this is not a good guy" to me. And the blank yandere look upon spotting miriam doesn't help. Miriam's reaction to him isn't good either, especially for someone calling her sister. Ep 4: Ok, and he lost the emotionless look immediately in the first scene. Can't tell if that's just dramatic effect or sociopathy. I mean its Tevinter, so both? Or not? I dunno. I still half like the guy and I get the feeling we don't know something crucial here.
Getting my guess in before I find out: Neb is that other elf who was with Miriam and Riz in that childhood flashback. Brother, maybe.
Also, I *was* thinking Miriam might actually be Riz's sister, via infidelity. But I just remembered that half elves have almost always looked human, so now I'm very confused why he'd call her that.
Oh yeah, I definitely want to be a mage next game. Both the magister and Qwydion make it look excellent. That fade step of his was sick.
Ok, it was the elf AND her brother. Called it. ... Am I weird that I still kinda believe the magister might be an alright guy? Prolly. lol Its mostly cus he didn't kill them all.
Raised as siblings makes sense. Very interesting backstory there. ALso, his name is Rezaren. I got it eventually. lol
I don't see how Rezaren caused the incident. I mean, they woulda stole it regardless. But ok. Tevinter Aveline is dissappoint.
"A woman like that doesn't deserve your tears" does give off villain vibes, though I don't knwo what he means by "a woman like that"??? And I still think she's suss, so...Hmmm.
Aha, crucial missing info. And he's understanding of why she had to do what she did while she's mad at him for something that pretty much wasn't his fault. So he genuinely cares about her and I previously read him right?
....Oh. Oh.
Or he *is* a narcissistic psycho and those crazy cues I noticed before were correct?
I liked the idea of a human who was just as trapped as the slaves in the societal norms they were all saddled with from birth, finding kinship with them cus they were raised as family. It seemed like that was here. But it seems like its actually not, really. He'd likely claim it was, but he has a hell of a way of showing it. Seems like he's actually just a mad dog that's gonna need to be stabbed.
I still don't trust Hira. Ep 5: Qwydion remains my favorite. lol
I still don't believe Fairbanks was a traitor, for the record. Not after he willingly handed the artefact to Miriam with his dying gasp. (Speaking of, I wonder if his body is gonna be chekov's mcguffina dn show up again? I mean, I know they hid it, but still.)
At the interrogation: Its been bugging me since the artefact was introduced. I outright laughed when Rezaren said the bracelet rose the dead with no side effects. Cus there's no way that kind of thing would just get sealed away and left forgotten, in Tevinter of all places, regardless of what price it called for. I don't care what politics supposedly happened. And yet Tevinter Aveline seems to believe it. Though Hira is all scoffing. I don't trust the artefact and I don't trust Hira. She knows too much she shouldn't. (... I feel like Solas may have jaded me a bit. lol)
"All of Tevinter will burn" eh? Well, this confirms she's working with the person who's after the bracelet that Memory was worried about. Or the burner is just her, I guess, though that wouldn't explain why a spirit was reluctant to name her. Or knew abotu her at all. So, I'm still inclined to think Solas or some other big player. Either way, not surprised she's evil, too, with all the talk of burning everyone good and bad. Knew she was suss. Betting Fairbanks attacked her b/c her knowing the wards in the chamber confirmed some kind of intel to him.
"Once everything is out in the open", Rezaren says, ominously. Hmm.
Also, he's back to seemingly genuinely caring about Miriam and I'm getting whiplash. Maybe he's just supposed to be read as abusive? I'll go with that. I'm a bit disappointed by it, but ok.
I know I said it, but it bears repeating: Qwydion is my favorite. XD Her with that kid.
I like both ROland and Tassia, and I am glad they didn't kill each other.
Rez is dragging Hira off... and he's right, she bragged knowing where the circulum was. Which is something else she shouldn't know? Weird. I don't think "Its somewhere you'll never find it" translated to "In the dwarf's pocket" cus she didn't know it was there either? I thought she thought Miriam has it, but then her statment still makes no sense cus Miriam and the gang were coming. Ugh.
Anyway, Neb is decapitated and kitchen girl is saved, yay. Ep 6: Hira totally heard them and is heading to the safehouse anyway. She's looking to steal the bracelet.
Geez, I wonder how long that dragon has been imprisoned.
Also, wow, yeah Rezaran is a narcisistic nut. Also, Tassia seems to think the blood magic is new, by how she reacts, but I'm gonna guess its not.
Yay Rezaren is dead. Too bad Tassia is sad about it and will probably seek vengance. She seems alright as a person.
Hira can go away, I don't like her. lol
Ok, to the crazy bit that made me watch this in the first place: Meredith is still alive?! Or "alive" but still. WHAT.
Also, where the heck is she? This seems like it may be set pre-Trespasser, so maybe order hasn't been restored to Kirkwall entirely yet? Only way I can imagine the red templars having a base there that's that elaborate looking. I'd like to think Varric and Aveline are competant enough to notice them there in 2 years.
Though Qwydion says she's worked with Fairbanks "for years", which implies its been at least 2 and is on par with Tresspasser timeline-wise, so I dunno.
I do hope this means we get to see the Kirkwall gang if we get another season. Maybe invluding Fenris and the team from the comics. But more Merrill and Aveline, please. And animated Kirkwall. I'm down for that. Was a fun watch, especially for a DA fan. I dunno how they'll properly introduce a non-fan to... the person there at the end, honestly, but could say the same for the rest of the setting, really. We'll see how it goes, I guess. Final spoilery thought: I can't believe the bracelet actually seems to work. I wonder if its only on elves? Elves go to the beyond/fade when they die, but other species supposedly don't.
But yeah, I was totally expecting a horrific side effect, but no it just requires a lot of blood. Or a lot of magic, I guess, since a dragon can be interchanged for hundreds of ppl.
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Post by Hrungr on Dec 10, 2022 5:58:03 GMT
Timeline-wise, this seems to be set after Trespasser, but before (at least some of) the events in Tevinter Nights.
I don't recall any mention of the Qunari attacking Tevinter in the series. Let me know if they did though!
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Post by roselavellan on Dec 10, 2022 6:03:26 GMT
Timeline-wise, this seems to be set after Trespasser, but before (at least some of) the events in Tevinter Nights. I don't recall any mention of the Qunari attacking Tevinter in the series. Let me know if they did though! Ah, interesting. I just came here to ask which I should start on first. I'd been putting off reading Tevinter Nights to avoid a painful and interminable wait after (even so I somehow have 2 copies of it sitting in my bookcase).
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Post by Hrungr on Dec 10, 2022 6:10:09 GMT
Timeline-wise, this seems to be set after Trespasser, but before (at least some of) the events in Tevinter Nights. I don't recall any mention of the Qunari attacking Tevinter in the series. Let me know if they did though! Ah, interesting. I just came here to ask which I should start on first. I'd been putting off reading Tevinter Nights to avoid a painful and interminable wait after (even so I somehow have 2 copies of it sitting in my bookcase). I just need to make sure I don't lose the one copy I've got! I'm sure I'll have to read it again before the game drops...
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Post by AlleluiaElizabeth on Dec 10, 2022 6:24:25 GMT
Okay, I binged everything in one go. Overall I'm decently happy, but I have some thoughts: - So, Dorian's ancestor created the artifact... does this confirm Dorian's involvement in DA:D? - I might misremember, but didn't the spirit say "he" wanted the circulum? What he would that be? - Also, why does she hate Rezaren so much? he wasn't the one who killed her brother, and he obviously helped her escape. Why is she holding so much hatred towards him? Because of what he represents? Or did I miss something? - I dunno if it confirms Dorian's involvement, but it certainly confirms his bloodline had a thing for jewelry and impossible magicks. lol
- I am also still confused about who Memory was talking about. Like, why would he be hesitant to name either Hira or Meredith? Something more going on there. I am still guessing Solas is also after this thing. Or another faction that we haven't seen yet. Technically it seems everyone wants to burn down Tevinter except the Inquisition. Though Solas' goal isn't burning Tevinter per say, it is adjacent to it.
- Getting a read of Rezaren and Miriam is a bit weird, imo. Miriam seems written to already know that he actually just thinks of her as an object or something. Like she hates at him for, as far as I can tell, no concrete reason on her part up to that point. And then the narrative proves her right in her hatred by revealing that he just thinks of her as a possession when it comes to it. Which feels kinda out of left field to me personally, given his previous characterization, but ok.
I think we were supposed to be dealing with a raging narcissist with a savior complex. I dunno if it was shown well before the twist though. But when he starts quoting "there is no master without a slave and no slave without a master" to himself, its pretty clear he's just nuts.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Dec 10, 2022 6:30:52 GMT
Timeline-wise, this seems to be set after Trespasser, but before (at least some of) the events in Tevinter Nights. I don't recall any mention of the Qunari attacking Tevinter in the series. Let me know if they did though! Yeah, no mention of it. I think this is all really soon after Trespasser, in 944. Well before many of the events depicted in Tevinter Nights and the comics.
(Episode 6 spoilers herein ...)
This makes me think that the intention is to deal with both Meredith and the Circulum in a second season of the show, rather than in Dreadwolf. Hira is riding to Kirkwall in a big hurry, Miriam and the rest of the gang know where she's headed, this seems like a situation that's going to be resolved fairly quickly one way or another. Given how long animation takes to produce and how short the season was, I even wonder if Netflix agreed to two seasons up front and we'll get another one by the end of next year. (If they're waiting until they see the numbers for this first episode block, Season Two is either aaaaaaaaaaages away or not happening at all. Netflix barely renewed The Sandman and has been cancelling everything else lately.)
Another thought: if Varric is playing a significant role in Dreadwolf, it may be because he doesn't have a city to be Viscount of any more rather than because he's neglecting his duties. Meredith being there can't be good news for Kirkwall, even if it seemed OK when we last saw it in Knight Errant.
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Post by eaglepursuit on Dec 10, 2022 6:36:28 GMT
In more proof that Qwydion is completely 100% adorable, her VA is also Molly McGee from Disney's The Ghost and Molly McGee.
I knew she sounded familiar.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Dec 10, 2022 7:03:38 GMT
I wonder if the wife Fairbanks mentions is Clara, the woman in DAI who is the one to give the quest about Fairbank’s origins.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Dec 10, 2022 8:00:11 GMT
I wonder if the wife Fairbanks mentions is Clara, the woman in DAI who is the one to give the quest about Fairbank’s origins. That's my guess - at the very least, she certainly seemed to have a huge crush on him!
Which just makes me sad for her now . Whoever Fairbanks' wife is, I have a feeling the gang might have to break the news to her in Season Two (assuming it exists ...)
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Dec 10, 2022 8:07:47 GMT
Just finished the season. Favorite character is Tassia. If we can only have only character from this show appear in the games, hope it is her. Can’t help but appreciate a Lawful Good character that keeps to their morals and does what is right in a place full of corruption. Hope she doesn’t lose that in the future.
Out of the protagonists, favorite is easily Qwydion. A lot of what I love about Tassia she also has, seemingly a genuine good person. If we could have two appear ingame, she’s my second choice. Miriam and Roland overall I’m positive towards, and am mixed with Lacklon (definitely didn’t help my opinion of the Lords of Fortune). Not a huge fan of how they killed guards just doing their job (though with the heist itself sounded like they wanted no blood spilled) or the collateral deaths from releasing the dragon though.
I’m actually excited about the return of Meredith. She was a wonderfully fascinating character in DA2, and I hope they keep that and explore it further rather than just have her be cartoon evil.
Small side note, but yay moment cameo of Josephine! Glad to hear that the reason the Inquisition didn’t support Mira’s idea was because they didn’t want collateral damage of innocents. Good call too since her plan was genocide of Tevinter. If she didn’t have those feelings, wouldn’t be surprised if she was brought in to help Dorian bringing down Venatori remnants.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Dec 10, 2022 8:17:15 GMT
I wonder if the wife Fairbanks mentions is Clara, the woman in DAI who is the one to give the quest about Fairbank’s origins. That's my guess - at the very least, she certainly seemed to have a huge crush on him!
Which just makes me sad for her now . Whoever Fairbanks' wife is, I have a feeling the gang might have to break the news to her in Season Two (assuming it exists ...) Agreed. But she’ll also call him out, like calling him a stubborn ass about not wanting to talk about his past in her conversation with the Inquisitor, which also fits his wife whom he acts like genuinely loves him but will call him out on his bad habits. Makes me sad too. She seems like such a genuinely kind, sweet person who cares for the real him. I don’t think we’ll ever see his wife in the future, unless maybe silently in the epilogue for a split second (I imagine it would be Qwydion who breaks the news since she’s been working with him for years so best knows her) or we see them send a letter.
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Post by gervaise21 on Dec 10, 2022 8:29:15 GMT
I would opt for the latter. Everyone else was a new character so why do that? Maybe it was for the shock value for established fans of questioning how Fairbanks could possibly be a betrayer (I was thinking an impersonating envy demon initially), then when it turned out he was loyal after all, I felt really bad for the guy. They even gave him a wife (and family probably by then) as well. Couldn't they have chosen a different familiar person to kill off?
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Post by gervaise21 on Dec 10, 2022 8:38:27 GMT
Hmm. Well now this mural makes me wonder... Yes, the same thought struck me. I really hope not. Also, if that is the case, what does the other one mean? Qwydion is so goofy and lovable, I seriously wonder if she's Ben-Hassrath. Well anything is possible considering how they seem to be changing the Qunari. The old style Qun would not have mages among the Ben'Hassrath as they didn't trust them enough that a demon might not be lurking in them. Qwydion being so perky would definitely have them reaching for the qamek. I thought it daft when DAI MP had a Saraabas apparently working with the team with the Qun's blessing, yet without her minder. Remember back in DA2 how that group reacted to getting their saraabas back? He was automatically going to die because of "contamination" and he willing immolated himself because he could no longer be part of the Qun. No, Qwydion is so well adjusted, she can only be a Vashoth.
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Post by gervaise21 on Dec 10, 2022 8:45:39 GMT
A healing potion. I cringed just a bit. Surviving a knife to the back and chest that easily. Common, we do it all the time in game. Heck, the Arishok skewered Hawke and held them aloft, yet somehow they still survived. An iddy biddy knife is nothing in comparison.
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Post by gervaise21 on Dec 10, 2022 8:51:20 GMT
I liked the villains a lot, before the whole "I want the be the divine and you can be my slave" part I was kinda rooting for him Same here, although thinking about it, his relationship with Tassia was very similar to the relationship the current Black Divine had with Lambert (as recounted in Asunder). Lambert thought they were going to reform Tevinter and change the world. Then after his friend became Black Divine, Lambert discovered he was a corrupt blood mage after all. As Dorian said, they always think if they keep its use small and only use their own blood, it is okay, but it is always a slippery slope where you are constantly tempted to use that little bit more. As for the slave/master relationship and how he thought of the two elf slaves as "family", well actually that reminded me a lot of Dorian's defense of slavery as well. Luckily by Tevinter Nights Dorian had finally seen the light on that one, thanks to his experiences in the south.
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Post by gervaise21 on Dec 10, 2022 9:01:01 GMT
I ended up getting into the story. I must admit I felt her being part of the Qun would have made more sense with her personal motives. The Red Templars being once again a thing did seem superfluous in the light of the Antaam's current attempts to destroy Tevinter. However, I doubt Hira would ever consent to join them. She hates Tevinter, not mages like herself. Although I cannot believe she actually knew what she was getting herself into with the Crimson Knight. Did she really want to be shut up in a Circle, or worse still annulled? I can't think that red lyrium Meredith will have changed her stance on that. All that has changed is that she is now trying to annul the whole of Tevinter.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 10, 2022 9:27:56 GMT
Watched the first episode. Bloody hell. The over the top stop-motion combat scenes really aren't my thing. If this was a game running on my PC I'd change the settings to "low" in a panic.
And the protagonist. Jeez. So very tormented by her past but also so perfect, you can't even hit her with a dagger thrown from behind. Wish my Inquisitor or any of my game characters could do that. Randomly sacrifices a bunch of people as a distraction in the first minutes. How likeable.
What was the tavern brawl even about? No one should see these plans but they look over them in a public tavern?
Oh well, I'm probably not the target audience.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Dec 10, 2022 9:33:13 GMT
Randomly sacrifices a bunch of people as a distraction in the first minutes. How likeable. I hated that too, but to be fair they do say those three survive since the boss says they were arrested.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 10, 2022 9:38:23 GMT
Randomly sacrifices a bunch of people as a distraction in the first minutes. How likeable. I hated that too, but to be fair they do say those three survive since the boss says they were arrested. Yeah, it was still a *** move since there was no guarantee that they would not at least be severely injured. And given the accuracy of her... perfect, of course... aim with arrows, she could have just mail-slotted those two templars at the gate. The actual enemies.
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Post by fredvdp on Dec 10, 2022 9:53:11 GMT
Overall I liked the show more than I had thought. The pacing issues were just the first episode and I ended up getting into the story. I liked that Hira was the traitor, I did not see that coming.
I saw this one coming because I couldn't imagine them killing off Fairbanks just like that without him having a chance to explain himself. There had to be a reveal coming, and I couldn't see Fairbanks as a villain. He's based on Zorro, after all!
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