Can the people who genuinely believe Epic!Penelope was sitting/standing in front of the axes (so she would die if someone managed to string the bow and make the shot (leaving her son to fend for himself against the suitors)) tell me when they think she gave up and decided to leave the room?

"We could have" is often much more accurate than "we were supposed to," because sometimes a concept is put out there just for the sake of putting it out there and seeing what can be done instead. Like finding where you want to draw the line in the sand and back up a bit. Not to say "supposed to" is always incorrect (especially if the devs themselves phrase it that way), just that concept art is often times more about exploration than a solid intention. Someone saying "we considered the idea of doing x" doesn't mean it was brutally shot down in the last leg of the race, sometimes it means they had one conversation about it and the idea didn't fit. It could be because of art, narrative, design, development, budgetary, and/or scope restrictions, it's not often as watered down as "they just didn't see the appeal of how this was better than what they gave us." Sometimes it is! But sometimes people (myself included) just get so attached to an unfulfilled concept that it almost feels personal that it was scrapped.

Anyways, Elgar'nan is wearing a wig in-game

WE COULD'VE PULLED HAWKE FROM THE FADE AFTER TEN YEARS JUST TO TELL THEM VARRIC DIED LIKE A WEEK AGO???

Granted that's because any in-game mention of the mage vs templar conflict I could find seems to be limited to one late game side quest you can easily miss, but seeing the enemies named "Undead Templar," "Chantry Zealot," "Envy of Power," and "Murdered Mage" where one is clearly portrayed as being more sympathetic and it's not even TRYING to be the Chantry/Templars this time kind of got to me. Some of them show regret, but it's because they know they were wrong.

Points docked for not letting mage!Rook even mention being in a Circle, the College of Enchanters, or the Bright Hand. We get to talk about how the ancient elven mage tyrants are bad for the elves but not the mages. Would've been a fine standalone game but you let your players craft the past twenty years of this world's history and how did this turn into a rant about the world states god damn it

Spirit of Compassion: Glinting. Gleaming. Stealing us with steel. Splinters flying as they kick in the door to our home.

Spirit of Compassion: Baking in my armor. So much hotter here than back in Ferelden. Kill on sight. But they don't look like abominations. They just look sad.

Spirit of Compassion: We run, but they chased us. We tried to surrender, but they killed us as we knelt. The spirits roar as the fire comes. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Spirit of Compassion: The wood will always be scorched, but the rain has washed away the fire and smoke. Thank you.