How is your sibling these days?

That's such a solid rationalization for that choice - it makes perfect sense (and fits with the general "everything goes wrong"-ness of Kirkwall in general). I think that's the only sibling option I didn't end up playing through, so it's interesting to hear more about it.



Answering the original question, I don't usually think of myself as having a canon version of any of the characters since I've done 9 unique runthroughs and I didn't originally particular favour any of them (although maybe I have a slight preference for templar Carver). But then given Hawke's warden-related plotline in DAI I feel like it makes the most sense for whichever sibling to be with the wardens (and probably romancing Anders, for the same reason).

My canon brother is Carver, because my canon Hawke is a mage. I prefer a Carver Warden because his character development (he becomes someone who isn't blaming Hawke for everything bad that happened in his life).

Well, Carver GW was non-intentional on my part. It only happened. I allowed him to come with Hawke because it was his brother. And Anders ended up in my group because he was a healer (and one of my favorites in Awakening... they ruined Anders for me in DAII). In the end, Carver ended up as a Grey Warden, and I believed in that moment that was the natural progression of the game (as, in Varric's exaggerated prologue, he was a Grey Warden). So, at the moment was normal for me.

It was a few days later, thanks to Youtube, that I learned about the different fates of Hawke's siblings.

Carver and Bethany both Wardens, either that or I have them die in my playthrough depending on what my Hawke is like.

How can you build a friendship with Carver? He so funny as rival! (And really hard to befriend with him.)

I'm sure, there is another possibility... perhaps I need to try again. This would be a real challenge, Fenris with radical pro-mage a joke compared with Carver.

Yes, I know, he and Fenris like the direct/aggressive answers. But my red Hawke and Carver just pretty good as rivals. Sadly, I just so much like to play a noble, provocative prick. Too funny to miss it. I don't know, only once I had Warden Carver, there is difference between friendship and rivalry path? But with Fenris, I changed my mind: Fenris so much admires him, I think not too late to switch to build a friendship with him: this weird friendship will be pretty.

I love Warden Carver. It would be interesting to see him as a Templar, but painful for Hawke, perhaps. I've only ever seen Circle Bethany, but it would be interesting to see her as a Warden.

I was spoilered on how to keep them alive from the start, so I've never had them die in the Deep Roads and can't say I'd want to.

Probably with an evil Templar Hawke. It's not that impossible, someone let Meredith kill her... to be honest many people find her boring.

Yes, he's a little bastard, and stupidly naive at the beginning, but he has reasons to do it (beyond that he wants to leave the shadow of his brother/sister): Aveline prevented his joining to the City Guards, his brother/sister leave him at home, and he doesn't like to be smuggler/sellsword, as I see. I think he wanted to be useful. 
Later he disillusioned (Act2, family letter). He not happy with his decision as Templar. (But I like it, this is his decision, not an accident.)

He was always loyal to family, not only at the end, if you take him everywhere, you can see. He constantly concerns about the Templars, because of Hawke, but Hawke mostly shits on his head... Of course, Carver wrote to the rivalry, sadly no much sense if Hawke is a nice-goody sister.

My canon has Carver as a Templar, and my Mage Hawke took it surprisingly well. She is at the point where she doesn't give a damn anymore.