So, by popular demand, here is a masterpost of Anders defence, mage rights, and anti-Chantry posts, for all of your yelling needs. I’m sure this is by no means a complete list, but I’ve tried to include most of the extensive, great posts, whether they be short or long or even just gifsets and images to use as evidence. I’ve included work from others on here, all linked to their own blogs, the blog of the most recent contributor, or mine, if the those are inaccessible, but if something you made/wrote appears here and you would like it removed, let me know and I will take it down immediately. Furthermore, if you know of any great posts I’ve missed, or there are any broken links, let me know and I will add/fix it, to the best of my abilities.
This is also permalinked to my blog (which does also link back to this post). That link will be updated as new stuff is written, as will this post, though I can’t update reblogs, for obvious reasons.
There is triggering stuff behind these links, but I am not going to give each one specific warnings, so keep that in mind and stay safe.
Recommended blogs and tags: My ‘mage rights' tag, bubonickitten’s ‘da meta' and 'anders meta' tags, enrychan‘s ‘Anders defence squad' tag.
General: Basic Anders criticisms answered, Anders saved far more lives than he took, Why fans are nervous about Bioware ever bringing him back, Varric does not hate Anders, Friendly reminder that he tried peaceful methods for years, If you’re going to hate him make sure it’s not for the wrong reasons, Literally everyone in DA2 is a murderer, Why targeting the Templar hall was NOT a good idea
DA2 Anders is the same as Awakening Anders: His personality is darker because his life is darker, He was really just as angry before, He always cared that much about the Templars
On the Fenris slavery debacle: Anders’ writing is frequently all over the place and this is the worst example, Anders never once compromises his ideals any other time so this is incredibly OOC
Anders is not a terrorist: The word ‘terrorist’ does not apply here, 'Insurrectionist' is the word you’re looking for
Justice defence: Justice is not a demon unless YOU make him so, Justice does not understand emotions and is easily overwhelmed
Solitary confinement IS torture: Cells in Kinloch Hold, On sensory deprivation, The true effects of solitary confinement, And don’t forget about the demons, In case you missed the part where this is canon
Anders did not want to start a war: He was never just a Templar hating radical, “If you think Anders started a war you haven’t been paying attention”, All he ever wanted was to give mages a fighting chance
General: DA2 screenshot masterpost, ~Just little tower things~, Circles don’t fucking work, Nevarran mages, Grey morality is bullshit, Some comments from Tranquil at the Gallows (OP deleted their blog so the readmore doesn’t work but what’s there is still good stuff), With respect to the Dalish abandoning mages in the woods, Meredith’s was just as bad before the red lyrium and her past does not give her the right to do what she did
Kirkwall’s Circle is not the only problem: Every Cicrle is terrible and the ones that are less so get annulled, Tranquility is NOT a mercy, Kinloch hold is actually just as bad, Important things you may have missed in the Magi Origin, For every Vivienne there’s a Cole, More on Tranquility, Most common death for a mage was suicide
General: The Chantry is actively committing genocide, The Chantry may seem innocent but is actually terrifying
Elthina is terrible: Two children analogy, Elthina is the real villain of DA2, “Oh yes those poor mages” she says, “Once a horror”
Credit to the following users, who’s posts/contributions are linked here: myself, bubonickitten, derelictreaper, dorianpavus, ashkaari-meraad, thirdmagic, glasshalla, justiceanders, tiz85, mrsalenko, enrychan, sanctumofjustice, diamondunicorn08, actualhawke, dalishmarshmallow, arwingyoshi, sinaxi, aubergion, ominousdeer, apostatesanonymous, ippon-datara (my sincere apologies if I’ve missed anyone, but if I did poke me and I’ll add you)
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