Arquen wrote...
Oooooo I love that Fenris pic. Also, sup guys.....
At work but wanted to chime in. Its funny how people see Fenris as not so much a cliché elf, but a lot of people see him as cliché emo, angst, final fantasy reject. So really you don't win against cliché.
Personally I want to punch something when I see that as a reason to dislike something. People have their biases though so that is how it is. The best argument I have seen for not liking Fenris is because his personal story seems irrelevant to the main plot. Its hard to defend Danarius as fitting in with Templars/mages. Either way I love the character enough to not really care about this, but it is the only reason that I can understand people not liking him for.
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Those reasons for dislike irritate me as well. Particularly the Final Fantasy/JRPG thing. I'd be more understanding if there were no explaination for why he looks so outlandish, but there is, it's a major part of his background. And beyond the fact that he has the lyrium lines and his hair has gone white (I have always been intensely curious about the hair and why it is that way, speaking of which) he just looks like any other elf, albeit a rather attractive one (Why is there no smirking emoticon? I need one).
The "He lacks plot relevence" argument people have for not liking him makes much more sense. I can see where they're coming from and I think they are perfectly justified in their opinion, even if I don't share it. Personally I feel Fenris
does have plot relevence, though in a much more abstract sense than, say, Anders or Varric. He's there as an example of what horrible atrocities mages are capable of, just as Anders is there to show you how much damage the templars have done. Both are there to make the player question their decisions regarding the main issue of the plot as they play through (though I think Fenris does this a bit more than Anders since he comes to the table with a more controversial viewpoint, by modern standards (I really could have done with some characters like them in Origins, actually, you're never presented with any good argument for why what you're doing may
not really be the best decision, everyone's too busy telling you how great you are)). Still, I can totally understand why some people would rather have a character who is, to some degree, a plot device than a character who's essentially just there to give perspective.
Modifié par Ineffable Igor, 14 août 2011 - 04:33 .