Why I stopped reading your DA2 fic
Huge DA2 fanfic pet peeve of mine: when authors turn Leandra into some shrew who just cares about money, status, and so badly wants to see Hawke married to some other rich noble.
She talked about Hawke getting married ONCE in a 20ish-hour game. ONE TIME.
You know who Leandra is. She’s the woman who ran away from a life of privilege and wealth to marry an apostate, fully accepting a life on the run and believing that she would never return to Kirkwall. She’s a loving and caring mother who is angry at Gamlen for losing the family estate, forcing her CHILDREN to live in squalor. EVERYTHING she does is for her kids. Fighting with Gamlen, she still stands by her statement that “love is more important than money” and seems to approve of Hawke’s relationships with their party members. I’m pretty sure she’d be pretty okay with whoever Hawke wanted to marry, because she did the same thing.
“But it’s an AU!” AU doesn’t mean that you get to change the most FUNDAMENTAL aspect of a character’s personality without giving me a damn good reason.
I have legit only read 1 AU fic that gives Leandra this treatment that did it well enough that I bought it.
One line in an entire game does not a character make.