Fandom Dumping Ground

No one hates Dragon Age more than Dragon Age fans

sometimes you can tell how much someone loves dragon age by how much they hate dragon age

#i could not believe how long and detailed zevran’s argument is during broken circle#there are so many dialogue branches#and the note specifically describing his laughter as nervous#the script actually just reads ‘chuckles’ but the VO comments say ‘nervous laughter’#the warden kinda just threatened him there! and this is a warden who’s willing to slaughter a bunch of mages so it’s a very real threat!#and zevran’s clearly very aware of that! and he keeps pleading for the mages anyway!#he is so ready to go to bat for this - no one else in the party argues the point in anywhere near this detail (via carabas)

bravely . i think aveline and isabela should primarily be fighting over who gets to do violence and against whom. and what actually counts as violence . instead of what being good at woman is like

like. aveline becomes captain of the guard after having previously been a soldier married to a templar. her Life essentially is defined by sanctioned, culturally noble and respected violence against those perceived as Other, Deserving by the state she serves. child bride to pirate pipeline isabela (who is on the run because she took on her powerful boss to free slaves he would have profited from the sale of) has been the Other against whom it is Acceptable To Commit Violence (but who is not legally or morally permitted to retaliate) her whole life, and i think this has made her incredibly protective of her right to engage in violence of her own. to me this has always kind of been the heart of their conflict— ideas about who is respectable, who is Allowed, who gets to define what that even means. especially with the context that As captain of the guard, aveline quite actively reinforces her institution’s right to enact violence & the Taboo against the disenfranchised returning it; her guardsman sexually assaults an elven girl, and she not only protects him, but literally (accidentally.) starts a war over her right to prosecute the girl’s brothers for killing him in retaliation when She failed to deliver appropriate justice. ISABELA WAS SOLD AS A CHILD BRIDE. it’s such a gimme. that’s like the main thing that differentiates them and the main difference in their interests. literally how is this not the main thing they’re clashing about?

[recommending something i sincerely love] ok so the thing about it is it kinda sucks

doctor "my theory is based mainly on vibes rather than physical evidence" t'soni vs commander "it was revealed to me in a dream" shepard

obviously i know idunna was a blood mage who tried to take over your mind to make you to kill yourself but the fact that hawke & friends can just murder her in the brothel with zero consequences is kind of crazy. like how’d they explain that one.

anders why is your carver knocked out dialogue just “carver’s dead!”

professional healer’s opinion

i love the tranquil guy in the gallows whose ambient line is "the first enchanter has marked up these potions well beyond the cost of making them. he is trying to earn money for the circle" like maybe i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure not having emotions doesn't stop you from knowing you weren't supposed to tell me that

i love varric being a bad writer. i think tale of the champion is technically badly written but accidentally thematically crazy enough to have some merit and everyone's really mad about it