1, 10 and 13 for Lanariel and Rylee?
1. Which should be saved – a bus full of innocent lives or a loved one?
“That’s... Maker, isn't there a way to save both? There has to be a way to save both. Whatever it would take, I could figure it out, I know I could. But...if I couldn't... I... I don't know. I can't make that decision.”
Basically, she’s the early Avengers-era Tony “I think I’d just cut the wire” Stark type. Or the Jim “I don’t believe in no-win scenarios” Kirk. Blood magic became a lot of answers for her, but she’ll always go for the option that saves both (naturally, she leapt at Morrigan’s solution to the Archdemon).
“My loved one. Why the fuck would I want to save a bus full of other people? And the way I see it - it’s a win-win situation if you’ve got a bunch of shems that meet their deserved end and the one I care about is safe. Easy choice.”
We all know Rylee, lmao. She just... doesn’t have as much empathy for people if she doesn’t know them. Her own people might be different. If the scenario presented a bus full of innocent elven lives, the situation might be different. But, for the most part, she has no problem selfishly saving those she cares about over caring about the greater-good and what-not.
10. If a lot of people, possibly innocent people, have to die in order to make a real change, is it worth it? Can you live with their deaths even if it helps people in the present?
“I don't know if I can live with it, but... I think if it's truly necessary, than it should be done. We cannot affect change if drastic action isn't taken.”
I don't remember if I've said it before, but that meme that goes around about Anders calling the Warden to come pick him up after blowing up the Chantry? Yeah well, Lana would 100% be supportive of it and absolutely come get him, lmao. She doesn't like the thought of innocent people dying, but could absolutely justify it in cases like that.
“Absolutely. I'll kill them myself if it means a better life for my people in the end. Ten, a hundred, a thousand - whatever it takes.”
She is the ends justify the means type, without much question. And anything that involves killing shems for the better of elves? She is alllllll over that shit.
13. Could you sacrifice yourself for the good of everyone else?
“I'm fairly certain I could find a better solution than sacrificing anyone in a situation like that. There's always another way - especially if it something the Chantry and the templars don't want us to know. If the knowledge is out there, I will find it and no one will need to sacrifice anything.”
So yes, see the earlier remarks on the first question, lmao. She just refuses to believe in a no-win scenario and anyone needing to sacrifice. She has an answer for everything and a way around any problem - so she thinks.
“That depends - who's greater good are we talking about here? For the greater good of my people? Absolutely. For the Qunari? The dwarves? I might. For the shems? Never. Let them suffer. It's their just... reward for all the shit they've put the world through.”
She really is a “depends on the scenario” type with a question like this. She’d do it in a heartbeat if she thought it the right thing to do. It’s just... her sense of what’s “right” can be very very biased and skewed. And she makes no attempt to ever hide that fact.