TheButterflyEffect wrote...
I don't care what anyone says. That half assed little breakup speech he gives to the female warden is just so callous and heartless and full of nonsense.
There was absolutely NO reason to dump her. I mean, she basically becomes a noblewoman in every sense of the word in Awakening so there is just NO reason they can't be together, NO excuse for this horrid, shoddy bit of writing.
Totally and utterly broke Alistair's character and destroyed the entire romance. First and last time I ever pursue it. It sucks. It's horrible.
Might as well have flashed a message across my screen saying, "Thou Hath Wasted Thy F*cking Time". What a ripoff.
Now I'm off to the much more elf humane Oblivion universe with my sweet Zev. (at least HE'S a good guy). I need a long, long vacation to Crucible.
In my first play through, I loved Alistair. I thought his romance was super-sweet, refreshing, and very heart warming. It was surprising to have a character like him. He was (and still is, just a bit less so) my favorite character, despite the occasional stupidity and spinelessness.
However, when I stumbled across the dumping scene, post-Landmeet, that was the catalyst to lose all respect for his character. I know he was approaching it the only way he knew how, but it does stick true to his, let's call it, buffoon side (not to mention the horrible timing). What is most insensitive, is to do it right on the eve of battle. That was the most foolish thing he does all game.
After seeing that, I can't not harden Alistair in any play through. It helps him to develop a spine, and if he is to be put on a throne, with Anora or not, something has to be done to make him a decent ruler.
So, unless you are playing a HFN with very high persuasion,and an ambition to be on the throne, romance Alistair Other than that, stay far away, and go after Leli or Zev. Their romances, imo, are much cuter, anyway.
Retour en haut
Oh, and you know that's a massive spoiler and shouldn't be in this part of the forum, right? Then there's the fact that it doesn't have to end like that, but hey, might as well write the whole thing off.
