#morriganposting

[heliomanteia]

So many of Morrigan's lines are like "Ok. Go die then. I do not care." and the following comment in toolset is "she said, caring" like this could be a comedy

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Morrigan

[heliomanteia]

Randomly thinking about elation in Morrigan's voice when she tells you she's glad you were the one to drink from the Well, if you do. Because she's just escaped a noose and watched it tighten on someone else.

[heliomanteia]

When still in Toolset, I was looking at the optional convo that occurs if Morrigan is taken to the Fade during Broken Circle, and truly it is haunting that Morrigan begins somewhat acknowledging (though mockingly?) the spirit acting like Flemeth only when it begins insulting her and saying that pride should be punished. A lot to think about.

[heliomanteia]

I out of nowhere wondered, "Morrigan must have been only truly happy in the Wilds when she was away from Flemeth, among animals, huh?" and I went to check this conversation:

MORRIGAN: A world full of people and buildings and things was all very foreign to me. If I wished companionship, I ran with the wolves and flew with the birds. If I spoke, 'twas to the trees.

And while I do remember that she audibly sounds wistful when talking, it's nice to have a confirmation.

VO/Localization comment: she speaks of these things wistfully, they are fond memories

[heliomanteia]

Astarion's "Ugh, stop being so nice to me. It makes me want to be nice back" could easily be something Morrigan says btw.

[heliomanteia]

Characters who, by their initial/inherent narrative role, were never meant to be saved, to have a hero come for them, to matter. Intended to be fodder in a villain's plan, food and fuel for something greater. Everything about them screams "prisoner in the tower" but they are not allowed to be the Victim or the Princess in Distress. They're a Monster and a Witch. And maybe they've been told that often enough to start believing it.

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Morrigan Aensland