Drawing almost every Dragon Age character — Part 8, Carver Hawke
Guys fellas people, I love Carver with my whole heart. Sure he can be a jerk a lot of the time but no character in DA is just one thing, Carver isn't an exception. Being on the run his whole life, not really having a typical childhood, all because people he loves most are in danger just for who they were born as and there is nothing he can do about it. And on top of that feeling left out and not enough due to his parents putting everyone else in the family above him because of magic.
From his perspective one thing tied to all the bad in their life and the only thing he can blame — is magic. He can't put that responsibility on his loved ones, they don't control it, I don't even think he ever blamed Malcolm for prioritizing Bethany and mage!Hawke. Blaming magic was always just an outlet, because he could never blame his family, he loves them too much
And that complex knot of feelings just turned him resentful and snappy, not being able to have a tangible thing to blame or fix it. Don't even get me started on Carver always living in a golden child's shadow, his big brother Hawke. Again the duality of admiring, striving to be like him, yet feeling he can never reach the heights of a "perfect" child no matter how hard he tries, just because he's not Hawke
Anyway, I love our baby brother and will never tolerate Carver slander
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16
