
this wasn't according to plan -.-
Modifié par Lanfaer01, 27 septembre 2010 - 11:53 .

Modifié par Lanfaer01, 27 septembre 2010 - 11:53 .
Maria13 wrote...
Jadiefever wrote...
Oh ho! I was here for last smut Thursday. I never did give my opinion on the DR.
Now's your chance...

Modifié par Jadiefever, 27 septembre 2010 - 12:04 .
I am actually happy that made TopLanfaer01 wrote...
not enough Alistair on this page ...
sadly *snipped*
this wasn't according to plan -.-
Modifié par DahliaLynn, 27 septembre 2010 - 12:03 .
Modifié par Briiel, 27 septembre 2010 - 01:34 .
While the above does bug me, its how both her and Alistair will leave a nation to burn if they dont get their way.yukidama wrote...
Heh, Morrigan again? Eh, I just don't think it is fair to get so mad at her over the DR. You are the one making the choice. You may not like it or that she uses the situation to get something like that from you, but you can just say no. It not you weren't going to die anyway. You carry the burden just as much as her. I don't really get what her telling the PC about the DR early would have accomplished.
I will admit that Morrigan does not show MUCH compassion but she certainly shows some. Her philosophy is really social darwinism which she learned from her mother and living in the Wilds all those years. She seems to be under the impression that everyone CAN help themselves but choose not to for whatever reason and deserve what happens to them because of it (the mages who 'chose' to let the templars control them comes to mind). Just the same, if she feels that someone is powerful but has been brought down by circumstances beyond their control (such as Sten and even freaking JOWAN) then she'll show compassion and advocate their release.Maria13 wrote...
Actually, I think I do hate her because she shows no compassion, in her eyes only the fittest deserve to survive... All the rest are there to be used. That's a horribly inmoral philosophy IMO. And yet when it's turned on her, when at the forge you say "OK, I'll make you into a golem first then..." she immediately changes her tune. Hypocrite.
On the argument that she offers you an out, that she is not responsible for the situation you find yourself in: Might be true but she takes advantage... It's as if you're being persecuted and she turns to you and says, "I'll give you shelter but this is my price... If you don't pay it, you know you'll die..." Makes her a parasite and a collaborator with your persecutors... Once the war is over would we give such a person a medal because they've saved lives? No, we'd drive them out of town, hopefully...
Which also dovetails with the concealed intention: sure, parasites want the host to live but only so they can carry on feeding off it, they might even help the host survive every now and then, but it's only because their self-interest currently coincides with that of the host, they certainly won't tell the host "I'm only helping you now because I want something from you later"... Once their self-interest moves somewhere else, it's "bye byes..." as happens when she is refused on the OGB.
How she should be handled? Turn the situation against her and take advantage using immorality to address immorality, "So you want my baby? Beg me for it..."
This may be controversial but nope, don't like Morrie overmuch....
I actually don't think that that was a lie. Morrigan knew that she'd need to sleep with a GW prior to the defeat of the Archdemon to have an OGB but she seemed surprised to hear she'd be going with you post-Ostagar. Since Morrigan's acting skills never impressed me, I'm inclined to believe that this is genuine. How does that work since she knows about the OGB? She expected to do what she does if you make her leave at some point and just show up at the last second offering you a way out. She believes that this is a great deal for the Warden - regardless of whether it actually is - and that they'd jump at the chance to live and keep their glory even if they weren't friends/lovers with her. That still doesn't explain why Flemeth would risk getting Morrigan killed a year before the ritual was to take place instead of making sure she stayed alive in the Korcari Wilds where she had the means to protect her.After you hand Morrigan Flemeth's real grimoire, at some point the conversation goes like this:
Warden: So why would she risk sending you with me?
Morrigan: I do not know. Perhaps 'tis as she said: the darkspawn threaten her as much as they threaten anyone else. Or perhaps she believes that this journey will make me more powerful.
That, right there, is a lie. Not a "lie by omission", an actual LIE, right after my Warden has gone out of her way to to kill a crazy powerful dragon-witch, even though the woman has never done anything to her personally, and actually saved her ass in Ostagar. There's no real evidence of Flemeth's intentions, and my Warden's only reason for agreeing to do it is that Morrigan is a friend. She trusts Morrigan, and Morrigan repays that trust with a lie.
cmessaz wrote...
Even then you can't deny that he was being a stupid sh!thead....Zjarcal wrote...
cmessaz wrote...
I think that for the most part we can all agree that Jowan is an ****. Right?
NOOO! IJowan!
:crying:
Lol yuki- why can you type ass???
WTF, so now it lets me
Modifié par tuppence95, 27 septembre 2010 - 02:02 .
Modifié par rak72, 27 septembre 2010 - 02:13 .
No.rak72 wrote...
We need a Princess Cous Cous gush thread.
Modifié par yukidama, 27 septembre 2010 - 02:15 .
DId you get the part where she begs you to break up with her?No one answered my earlier question about Morrigan as a LI. When she gives the HNM the ring, does saying "I love you" put the relationship completely on hold until the DR? Or does Morrigan falling in love put things on hold?
Sarah1281 wrote...
DId you get the part where she begs you to break up with her?No one answered my earlier question about Morrigan as a LI. When she gives the HNM the ring, does saying "I love you" put the relationship completely on hold until the DR? Or does Morrigan falling in love put things on hold?
Modifié par tuppence95, 27 septembre 2010 - 02:27 .
That happens, once she gets to a certain point she wont sleep with the Warden anymore because it confuses her.tuppence95 wrote...
Sarah1281 wrote...
DId you get the part where she begs you to break up with her?No one answered my earlier question about Morrigan as a LI. When she gives the HNM the ring, does saying "I love you" put the relationship completely on hold until the DR? Or does Morrigan falling in love put things on hold?
Not that I recall. She pretty much stopped talking to him and if he'd suggest tent time, she'd snap at him. That was pretty much it for most of the game until he finally arranged a political marriage with Anora. Then Morrigan wanted to talk about their relationship. They decided not to tell Anora, and after that, she went right back to having nothing to say to him.
Did you get the dialogue where you ask her why she won't sleep with you? I think it's under 'personal discussions.'tuppence95 wrote...
Sarah1281 wrote...
DId you get the part where she begs you to break up with her?No one answered my earlier question about Morrigan as a LI. When she gives the HNM the ring, does saying "I love you" put the relationship completely on hold until the DR? Or does Morrigan falling in love put things on hold?
Not that I recall. She pretty much stopped talking to him and if he'd suggest tent time, she'd snap at him. That was pretty much it for most of the game until he finally arranged a political marriage with Anora. Then Morrigan wanted to talk about their relationship. They decided not to tell Anora, and after that, she went right back to having nothing to say to him.
Giggles_Manically wrote...
That happens, once she gets to a certain point she wont sleep with the Warden anymore because it confuses her.tuppence95 wrote...
Sarah1281 wrote...
DId you get the part where she begs you to break up with her?No one answered my earlier question about Morrigan as a LI. When she gives the HNM the ring, does saying "I love you" put the relationship completely on hold until the DR? Or does Morrigan falling in love put things on hold?
Not that I recall. She pretty much stopped talking to him and if he'd suggest tent time, she'd snap at him. That was pretty much it for most of the game until he finally arranged a political marriage with Anora. Then Morrigan wanted to talk about their relationship. They decided not to tell Anora, and after that, she went right back to having nothing to say to him.
Or makes her worry that she wont be able to pull of the DR anymore.
Sarah1281 wrote...
Did you get the dialogue where you ask her why she won't sleep with you? I think it's under 'personal discussions.'tuppence95 wrote...
Sarah1281 wrote...
DId you get the part where she begs you to break up with her?No one answered my earlier question about Morrigan as a LI. When she gives the HNM the ring, does saying "I love you" put the relationship completely on hold until the DR? Or does Morrigan falling in love put things on hold?
Not that I recall. She pretty much stopped talking to him and if he'd suggest tent time, she'd snap at him. That was pretty much it for most of the game until he finally arranged a political marriage with Anora. Then Morrigan wanted to talk about their relationship. They decided not to tell Anora, and after that, she went right back to having nothing to say to him.
rak72 wrote...
When you are strategizing at Flemeths in the beginning of the game, the whole deal is that you can't get to the other GWs in time, so it IS up to the two of you and your treaty allies. There is a banter b/w Mo & Al early on when he is becoming interested in the PC & Mori asks him what he would do if he had to choose between ending the blight or saving the warden he loved. So this is where she figures out her best way to get to Ali is through his woman, thus no need to seduce him herself.
Sarah1281 wrote...
I actually don't think that that was a lie. Morrigan knew that she'd need to sleep with a GW prior to the defeat of the Archdemon to have an OGB but she seemed surprised to hear she'd be going with you post-Ostagar. Since Morrigan's acting skills never impressed me, I'm inclined to believe that this is genuine. How does that work since she knows about the OGB? She expected to do what she does if you make her leave at some point and just show up at the last second offering you a way out. She believes that this is a great deal for the Warden - regardless of whether it actually is - and that they'd jump at the chance to live and keep their glory even if they weren't friends/lovers with her. That still doesn't explain why Flemeth would risk getting Morrigan killed a year before the ritual was to take place instead of making sure she stayed alive in the Korcari Wilds where she had the means to protect her.
Modifié par danitza81, 27 septembre 2010 - 02:51 .
Sarah1281 wrote...
I will admit that Morrigan does not show MUCH compassion but she certainly shows some. Her philosophy is really social darwinism which she learned from her mother and living in the Wilds all those years. She seems to be under the impression that everyone CAN help themselves but choose not to for whatever reason and deserve what happens to them because of it (the mages who 'chose' to let the templars control them comes to mind). Just the same, if she feels that someone is powerful but has been brought down by circumstances beyond their control (such as Sten and even freaking JOWAN) then she'll show compassion and advocate their release.Maria13 wrote...
Actually, I think I do hate her because she shows no compassion, in her eyes only the fittest deserve to survive... All the rest are there to be used. That's a horribly inmoral philosophy IMO. And yet when it's turned on her, when at the forge you say "OK, I'll make you into a golem first then..." she immediately changes her tune. Hypocrite.
On the argument that she offers you an out, that she is not responsible for the situation you find yourself in: Might be true but she takes advantage... It's as if you're being persecuted and she turns to you and says, "I'll give you shelter but this is my price... If you don't pay it, you know you'll die..." Makes her a parasite and a collaborator with your persecutors... Once the war is over would we give such a person a medal because they've saved lives? No, we'd drive them out of town, hopefully...
Which also dovetails with the concealed intention: sure, parasites want the host to live but only so they can carry on feeding off it, they might even help the host survive every now and then, but it's only because their self-interest currently coincides with that of the host, they certainly won't tell the host "I'm only helping you now because I want something from you later"... Once their self-interest moves somewhere else, it's "bye byes..." as happens when she is refused on the OGB.
How she should be handled? Turn the situation against her and take advantage using immorality to address immorality, "So you want my baby? Beg me for it..."
This may be controversial but nope, don't like Morrie overmuch....
I disagree with your persecution analogy. Morrigan cannot save your life without getting the OGB. She's not saying 'Yes, if I cast this spell then you won't die but I won't do it unless you do this ritual.' It's 'Yes, I do this ritual then you won't die.' Morrigan preserving your life and that of Alistiar/Loghain and getting a baby out of it (it doesn't matter if that's her only reason for doing it or not because one cannot be accomplished without the other and however much she might want to see you die if she hates you, that can't happen if she wants the OGB) is not a parasitic act because guess what? You're getting quite a lot out of it. You're getting life and most of the people in this thread are getting their love's life as well.
When has Morrigan 'fed off of you' outside of the OGB situation? She asks you to kill her mother and if she learns that she don't she does leave but that's because she's attempting to protect herself and she knows that the only person she knows who she thinks could take her mother out of the picture temporarily won't do it. A parasite benefits at the expense of its host and the OGB, while it may prove disastrous in the future, isn't something that does you any harm now. In fact, it's great for you now because you don't die. And it's your choice. Sure, it would be nice if she stayed through the Blight but I don't see how her leaving then is any different then if she'd left two minutes after leaving the Wilds. She's not there for the end but she's there for everything else.
And why ever should she beg you to save your life? It's not like you're not getting anything out of the deal and if you really want to throw your own life away or the life of Alistair/Loghain then that's your business. She's not asking you for a favor. She's offering you life in exchange for the OGB. One cannot occur without the other and they're something that you both want. She shouldn't need to beg you to do it anymore than you should beg her to let you do the ritual.
Modifié par Maria13, 27 septembre 2010 - 02:54 .
Sandtigress wrote...
rak72 wrote...
When you are strategizing at Flemeths in the beginning of the game, the whole deal is that you can't get to the other GWs in time, so it IS up to the two of you and your treaty allies. There is a banter b/w Mo & Al early on when he is becoming interested in the PC & Mori asks him what he would do if he had to choose between ending the blight or saving the warden he loved. So this is where she figures out her best way to get to Ali is through his woman, thus no need to seduce him herself.
In time to save Ferelden. Morrigan is raised on "the strongest survive" and "be the strongest". She does not expect you to undertake a suicidal mission to defeat the archdemon yourselves - this is confirmed by devs. She always thought that other Grey Wardens would enter the picture, and that she could have her pick of them. After all, Morrigan is beautiful - she could easily have seduced almost anyone but Alistair, who is probably unusual amongst the Grey Wardens for holding so strongly to his principles.