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it seems to me that cole is a terrible judge of character
because feeling guilty doesn't automatically make you a good person, right? it doesn't mean anything if they don't do anything. if a templar feels terrible about how they treated mages in the past, it doesn't mean anything if they continue to do their duties.
so yesterday I begged people to please tag their dwarves and their rooks on this poll about dragon age demons so I'd have more data from which I could draw conclusions about background-specific trends from the notes and the result of that, basically, was that it had no or negligible effect on aeducan or any rooks whatsoever, cadash actually continued to fall further behind the other inquisitors in mentions, and meanwhile brosca shot rapidly up the ranks from 6th place (out of 7) to 4th, surpassing mahariel and amell and closing in on cousland in 3rd. so well done, to team brosca specifically. proud of you
I am once again begging for Aeducan and Cadash players 😔 I've got more Aldwirs in my notes than I have either Aeducans and Cadashes (and as you might expect. I am not exactly swimming in Aldwirs here)
given that we know from Bioware's telemetry that dwarven characters make up only approx 5% of playthroughs (and general observation corroborates their relative unpopularity within fandom, despite fandom trends being heavily skewed in other areas) then who is surprised that bioware decided to entirely do away with the idea of race-locked backgrounds in Veilguard. and to their credit it does seem to have worked (at the cost of making some of those backgrounds weirdly deracialized, but the trend away from sincerely trying to address player character race is. fully precedented)
A poll for my fellow traumatized character lovers in the Dragon Age fandom:
Which OC of yours has the most trauma?
Hero of Ferelden (DAO)
Champion of Kirkwall (DA2)
Inquisitor (DAI)
Rook (DATV)
Other OC (not a game protagonist)
um. i think it's interesting bc da2 is possibly the game that's most willing to be critical of the templars, that presents the most unpleasant view of them in the series, but it's also a game with Notably quite a few "good" templars, who are shown to go out of their way to try to be kinder to mages than their peers — thrask, emeric, and samson (who is no longer a templar when we meet him because he was fired for his transgression. of. passing love notes.) & of course carver's namesake.
& the thing that they all have in common is that they subvert their orders. the "kind" templars in da2, across the board, all defy orders and expectations— thrask comes to you behind his superiors' backs to plead for you to stop his own colleague from catching up to some runaway mages for fear of what he'll do to them, emeric begs you to help investigate a series of murders of young women after both the city guard and his own superiors have already expressly told him to drop it, and. samson passed love notes between mages. (and when you meet him he may also ask for money in exchange for information on feynriel, but iirc he expresses hope that you're successful). maurevar carver helps malcolm escape.
and pretty much all of them suffer immensely for it! thrask and emeric are both ultimately killed. samson spends the entirety of the game homeless and suffering lyrium withdrawal before ultimately breaking, turning on you and returning to meredith.
& i think these characters and their actions and the consequences they suffer for their, let's be real, Basic Decency... really highlight what it is to be a templar who is still comfortably employed. like. the existence of these "good" templars, and the specific things they do in order to be "good," highlights how the only Good, kind, compassionate actions in this position are to Refuse To Do what templars do, especially in kirkwall. because these acts — stopping mages from being slaughtered, even passing harmless notes between them — are fireable offences. so, like, the templars that remain employed, that are Not going behind their commander's back... what are They doing?
@bleedthebeat no exactly lmfao like none of these people succeed in changing anything. but it is telling that they tried. and from a writing/intent perspective i think it’s telling that they’re Brand New characters being written to try while a returning character is Not!
It's not actually possible to understand Dragon Age.
since replaying the harrowing part of the circle mage origin recently I truly believe that every single dragon age mage OC even if they don't become possessed should have their own personal spirit or demon following them around giving them the 🥺 and the ol 👉👈 kicking their feet and twirling their hair at all times
"this doesn't apply to my OC because they didn't go through the harrowing but-" wrong. this isn't about the harrowing and this does apply to you. accept this truth into your heart. and accept this spirit into your life 🥺👉👈 mayhaps 🥺👉👈
this SHOULD be toxic. btw
Dragon Age fans: What type of demon would your Warden be most susceptible to?
Desire
Despair
Envy
Fear
Hunger
Pride
Rage
Sloth
Other / Results / Warden is bald
What type of demon would your Hawke be most susceptible to?
Desire
Despair
Envy
Fear
Hunger
Pride
Rage
Sloth
Other / Results / Hawke is bald
What type of demon would your Inquisitor be most susceptible to?
Desire
Despair
Envy
Fear
Hunger
Pride
Rage
Sloth
Other / Results / Inquisitor is bald
What type of demon would your Rook be most susceptible to?
Desire
Despair
Envy
Fear
Hunger
Pride
Rage
Sloth
Other / Results / Rook is bald
does anyone else ever think about the gender politics in orzammar and go a little bit more insane every time
it’s funny that da2 lets you cast dispel magic outside of combat. for what
[ID: reply from @eye-of-yelough saying “it’s kirkwall”]
fix-it fic where hawke spends the entire seven years casting Dispel Magic all over kirkwall instead of whatever else they were doing and everyone just becomes normal
morriana
what i wish happened in inquisition
Round #1 — Match 19 of 104
Hanashan
“She's just gorgeous, and even while being unable to speak she conveys so much stoicism and determination.”
vs. Cullen Rutherford
“Yes he's kind of basic (and is not very likable in the first game... ) but in Inquisition he's sweet. And he likes dogs.”
“Cullen works because his arc spans the whole series. You get to watch him be shaped by the Circle, by Kirkwall, by the aftermath, and then in Inquisition you see what it looks like when someone tries to build something better while still carrying all that damage.”
“i'm sorry but the combo of "commander voice" "looks like he hasn't slept since 9:37 dragon" and "keeps trying anyway" is doing a lot for me. also i love that he's awkward?? like he's competent at war and absolutely incompetent at being normal. relatable.”
“cullen is compelling because he’s one of the only templar-adjacent characters who feels like he’s living with the consequences of the system instead of just representing it. he’s had every reason to harden into something cruel, and he keeps choosing the harder route: take responsibility, try again, do better tomorrow, repeat. and yeah, he’s messy, and people can argue about his choices forever, but i like characters who feel like they’re actively fighting their own worst instincts instead of pretending they don’t exist”
Who should advance?
Hanashan
Cullen Rutherford
Peak Dragon Age player experience is rewriting canon in your worldstate regardless of what the game says.
big fella
A toxic trait of mine is that sometimes when dragon age is going on about how many people died in the Chantry explosion my first thought is "it was just Hightown"
"you're laughing. An anarchist blew up a megachurch in the richy-rich mcmansion part of town, and you think it's funny." I mean, a little bit.
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What makes not doing the Dark Ritual more tempting is it ultimately amounts to nothing long term anymore, since Kieran was written out of existence in DATV. It sucks because I strongly feel he should have in the absolute minimum been mentioned. This kid had the soul of an archdemon in him and he just disappears from any relevance!
Fucking hell. I would have preferred to see Kieran in Morrigan's place for that matter, if he was born!
Judex
