My problem with expecting Fenris to acknowledge a difference between Tevinter mages and mages in the rest of Thedas is, the difference is in their birth and upbringing, and he does acknowledge that. But Tevinter mages aren't some strange, different breed of mage who are somehow born without morals. They're raised to believe their magic is to be used to serve their whims and can be used at the expense of others to promote their own position and status, while mages in the rest of Thedas are taught that their magic is to be used for the greater good. And even then, he sees how many turn to blood magic in Kirkwall?
So if that upbringing is changed, what happens? How are they taught? What moral code do they learn? To Fenris, the abuses that occur in the Circles are less dire than the abuses that could occur if you end the Circles.
From our perspectives, we may think there's more hope for mages as a whole to be good people. But Fenris has seen a land in which mages are free to do as they choose, and in his experience, they choose to be abusive and power-hungry. His perspective is not ours. What he sees in Kirkwall does not make him overall positive. Kirkwall is a terrible example, of course - but it's the example he has.
Much of this is, of course, my interpretation of Fenris! Your may vary.
Modifié par Harle Cerulean, 29 juillet 2011 - 02:16 .
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