#anders mod

A01 [Anders] I had a friend like you once. Got in all kinds of trouble, dragged me along. Didn't think I'd be doing that again. A02 [Anders] I got a bit weighty the last time we talked. Sorry for putting that on you. - [NE - Helpful] I'm always ready to listen. [Go to B05] - [E - Humorous] It happens a lot. [Go to B07] - [SE - End Romance] Don't do it again. [Go to B03]

B03 [Hawke] Keep your personal issues to yourself. Our relationship is strictly professional. B04 [Anders] Understood. [End conversation]

B05 [Hawke] You can tell me anything. B06 [Anders] Anything? Be careful what you offer. [Go to B09]

B07 [Hawke] You'd be surprised how people just tell me their darkest secrets. I must look trustworthy. B08 [Anders] You look… something. True. Proud. Like even if you don't agree with me, you'll be honest. [Go to B09]

B09 [Anders] I just… I hope I didn't seem too selfish when I told you about Justice. B10 [Anders] I didn't know what would happen. I figured a willing host, a friend… it had to be better than playing the demon and haunting some corpse. - [NE - Diplomatic] You did the right thing. [Go to C11] - [E - Humorous] That doesn't make it better. [Go to I59] - [SE - Aggressive] You should have known better. [Go to I61] - [SW - Romance] At least he got a nice body. [Go to D25]

C11 [Hawke] We can't always predict the outcome of our actions. We can only make them with a true heart. [Go to C12 (mHawke) or C13 (fHawke)] C12 [Anders] Well. Under that scruffy exterior, I think you've got a bit of a soft heart, yourself. [Go to C14] C13 [Anders] Kind, wise and beautiful. You must have made a deal with some demons, yourself. [Go to C14]

C14 [Anders] I'm sorry. I shouldn't presume. I just… we've hardly met and I feel like I know you. C15 [Anders] Am I making you uncomfortable? - [NE - End Romance] Yes. [Go to D16] - [E - Romance] No. [Go to D18 (mHawke) or D19 (fHawke)] - [SE - Romance] It's… Unexpected. [Go to D22]

D16 [Hawke] I don't want you thinking about me that way. D17 [Anders] Everyone wants to control my thoughts… [Go to G44]

D18 [Hawke] Am I making you uncomfortable? [Go to F34]

D19 [Hawke] Keep telling me I'm beautiful. You can't go wrong with that. D20 [Anders] Oh, I'm sure I can get more creative. D21 [Anders] No. I shouldn't do this. I don't want to hurt you. [Go to D26-DW]

D22 [Hawke] Doesn't mean I want you to stop… D23 [Anders] I'll keep that in mind. [Go to D24 (fHawke) or F34 (mHawke)] D24 [Anders] I warn you, though. I'm not a safe man to get involved with. I'll hurt you. [Go to D26-DW]

D25 [Hawke] Well, he can't complain about his looks, anyway. [Go to D26 (fHawke) or F34 (mHawke)] D26 [Anders] No. Don't go there. That's not going to end well. I don't want to hurt you. [Go to D26-DW]

[D26-DW] - [NE - Diplomatic] Hurt me? [Go to E27] - [E - Romance] I don't mind a little pain. [Go to E28] - [SE - Aggressive] I can take care of myself. [Go to E29]

E27 [Hawke] Why would you hurt me? [Go to E31]

E28 [Hawke] Hurt me. I might like it. [Go to E30]

E29 [Hawke] I'm a big girl. I can make my own decisions. [Go to E30]

E30 [Anders] No. E31 [Anders] You saw what I did in the chantry. That's who I am. E32 [Anders] A year ago, maybe we could have had something. But I'm not that man anymore. I'll break your heart. E33 [Anders] And that might kill me as surely as the templars. [End Conversation]

F34 [Anders] Growing up in the Circle, everything is about order and rules and the templars. The apprentices… we found ways to make that bearable. F35 [Anders] Karl and I… he was the first. We could forget that out in the world we were nothing but templar slaves. F36 [Anders] We hadn't been together for a long time. But still… it hurt. - [NE - Helpful] I'm sorry. [Go to H55] - [E - Romance] Let's talk about me. [Go to H52] - [SE - End Romance] Too much information! [Go to G41] - [W - Investigate] Together? [Go to F37]

F37 [Hawke] You… and Karl? F38 [Anders] I've always believed people fall in love with a whole person, not just a body. F39 [Anders] Why would you shy away from loving someone just because they're like you? F40 [Anders] Does it bother you that I've… been with men? - [NE - End Romance] Yes. [Go to G43] - [E - Romance] No. [Go to G45] - [SE - Choice] I've never thought about it. [Go to G48]

G41 [Hawke] Oh! There's an image I didn't need. G42 [Anders] Well, pardon me! [Go to G44]

G43 [Hawke] Let's not speak of this again. [Go to G44]

G44 [Anders] Fine. I hear you, strictly professional. [End conversation]

G45 [Hawke] I'm just glad it didn't take me any longer to find out. G46 [Anders] It's hard to believe Karl is dead. And at my hand. G47 [Anders] Damn the templars! I should have come to Kirkwall sooner. [Go to G51-DW]

G48 [Hawke] I just had… never considered… G49 [Anders] Well, perhaps I'll give you time to consider, then… In as much detail as you fancy. G50 [Anders] This is hardly the time or place, anyway. G51 [Anders] Not after Karl… [Go to G51-DW]

[G51-DW] - [NE - Helpful] I'm sorry. [Go to H55] - [E - Romance] Let's talk about me. [Go to H52] - [SE - Aggressive] Those bastards! [Go to H54]

H52 [Hawke] What if we just get back to the flirting part? H53 [Anders] I wish it were that easy. But I have this… voice inside me, this drive for justice… When I think about the templars, it's unbearable. [Go to I64]

H54 [Hawke] They'll pay for what they did. [Go to H58]

H55 [Hawke] No one should have to go through that. H56 [Anders] It's the bloody templars. [Go to H57 (mage Hawke) or H58] H57 [Anders] You know how it is. H58 [Anders] They don't see us as people. They don't care that Karl was someone's son… someone's lover. [Go to I64]

I59 [Hawke] Still creepy. I60 [Anders] Fine! What would you do? How would you try to stand against the templars? [Go to I63 (mage Hawke) or I64]

I61 [Hawke] Spirits aren't meant to inhabit human bodies. That's what demons do. I62 [Anders] The templars have everything! For a thousand years, they've had the knights, the lyrium, the bloody Maker on their side. [Go to I63 (mage Hawke) or I64]

I63 [Anders] You're lucky they never found you. Most of us, they hunt us down before we've even learned our letters. [Go to I64]

I64 [Anders] If you're born with magic, they hear about it. They search your little rat-spit village and find you. I65 [Anders] They tell your parents they'll be thrown in prison if they ever ask about you, stripped of their rights in the eyes of the Maker. I66 [Anders] And if you run away, they hunt you down. Again and again and again. - [NE - Diplomatic] That's horrible. [Go to J74] - [E - Humorous] You're getting angry. [Go to J67] - [SE - Aggressive] The templars have reasons. [Go to J71]

J67 [Hawke] You're starting to glow again. J68 [Anders] And since yours is the only head here and I don't want to rip it off, I should stop. Yes. Sorry. J69 [Anders] Besides, we have so much to do before the Deep Roads. J70 [Anders] Next time, I'll try to keep to more… pleasant… topics. [End conversation]

J71 [Hawke] Mages are dangerous. Would you have the templars leave them to the demons? [Go to J72 (mage Hawke) or J73] J72 [Anders] How can you say that? You should know better than anyone! J73 [Anders] Magic is a tool, same as a bow or sword. Would you cut off a child's hands to ensure he never wields one in anger? [Go to J75]

J74 [Hawke] You're speaking from personal experience? [Go to J75]

J75 [Anders] Andraste's words were that magic must not rule over man. J76 [Anders] It is not ruling to simply wish for the same rights as any man. [Go to J77 (mage Hawke) or J78 (flirted with Anders, romance not cut off), or J79)]

J77 [Anders] Doesn't every mage deserve the freedom you've had? [End conversation]

J78 [Anders] But I shouldn't say that too loudly. I don't want you hurt just for knowing me. [End conversation]

I had actually—before this, recently—been eyeing the way isabela's romance scene had been put together and thinking to myself that I could probably recut it such that any differences in her romance dialogue were based on friendmance vs rivalmance, rather than Hawke's gender. so that's on the docket.

the one thing I know I've got to address but have stringently avoided mentioning here is that I do in fact now know what's the issue with that bug where Anders' rivalry can break abruptly in the climax with Anders Romance Dialogue Overhaul installed. I just. have been trying to avoid, at all costs, having anything whatsoever to do with Anders' big dialogue especially since there are already multiple (abandoned) mods with multiple versions already modding it lmao

...god I thought for sure I knew exactly which line you were talking about but then I looked... and it wasn't that one... and then I looked for the other one I thought it might be... and it wasn't that either... why does anders' dialogue have to be filled with so many fuckin landmines, jhepler pls. anyway, the one during his act 3 justice quest, right? ^^;;

as far as I know, the only mods touching his main dialogue are anders romance dialogue overhaul and anders dialogue edits, but neither of them mention that line on their mod page. probably because most anders mods are made by andersmancers and that doesn't play in an andersmance. if I’m wrong and there is a mod that takes care of that line, someone let me know!