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[kromify]

maybe it just looked twilight because of that extra reddish glowing emanating from some building or other


my fav andrea from our selection

Modifié par kromify, 19 juin 2011 - 10:05 .

[Amondra]

I was just saying I think it really was night as my save said night in () so I thought that meant it really was at night.

[AndreaDraco]

SurelyForth wrote...


by AnastsuyaChubar

The first sketch, which I didn't quote, is very good, but this one is outstanding. The face and the expression are perfectly portrayed, Sir Pounce-a-lot is wonderfully drawn and every detail is just about right. Great work!

Modifié par AndreaDraco, 19 juin 2011 - 11:11 .

[kromify]

ser-p is beautiful

[Toastyblue2]

tmp7704 wrote...

Male Isabela totally needs to make out with



They could trade fashion tips and headwear or smth, too.

Since the Prince of Persia is a member of my video game harem, along with Anders, Arthas (yes, hush), and Sand, I'd love to see that.

On topic: since this just came up in a fic I'm working on, I'd be curious what other people did with it: any fic recommendations that might include Anders having a reunion and/or a confrontation with one of his own siblings?

Modifié par Toastyblue2, 19 juin 2011 - 12:40 .

[kromify]

don't let this thread die!!   :crying:

[kromify]

 

Modifié par kromify, 19 juin 2011 - 05:36 .

[ademska]

chantry jenga is at night.

i've spent an inordinate amount of time studying this, because while i'm not sugarcoating anders' actions in the slightest, it is a fact that the chantry is closed at night and has no sleeping quarters beyond what we actually see. the chantry has four windowed walls, what we see is the extent of the building

thus that whole "hundreds of people" figure i see bandied about has never quite struck right with me.

but, yes, night. they go to the gallows around sunset, travel BACK from the gallows, and by the time everyone convenes along the lowtown stairs, it's evening

Modifié par ademska, 19 juin 2011 - 06:33 .

[Evilnor]

ElleMullineux wrote...

Toastyblue2 wrote...

On topic: since this just came up in a fic I'm working on, I'd be curious what other people did with it: any fic recommendations that might include Anders having a reunion and/or a confrontation with one of his own siblings?

Do you know, I don't think I've come across this in any fanfics.
Sorry being absolutely no help at all.

It's my understanding that considering how long Anders had been in the Circle, any siblings he has probably wouldn't recognize him, even if he recognized them.  Also considering the fact that he has shown utterly no desire to seek out his family whatsoever, he probably wouldn't feel attached enough for it to matter anyway (unless he outright hated them, which is possible).

It's my personal head-canon that any siblings Anders had were much older than him (by 10+ years or so) and left home before he could really become attached.  The idea that Anders was a surprise to his family (in more ways than one) seems appealing to me for some reason

Modifié par Evilnor, 19 juin 2011 - 07:10 .

[kromify]

i could see him have a younger sister. whether she's a mage or not i haven't decided

[tmp7704]

told ya you'd rue giving me ideas~

[SurelyForth]

tmp7704 wrote...



told ya you'd rue giving me ideas~

LOL That's *awesome*. The hair, especially, is intriguing me.

@Queen-of-Stuff   

[CulturalGeekGirl]

I'm sure it's not meant to be but, that is... pretty much without a doubt the daughter of Anders and my Dalish Warden... except for the whole elves and humans don't produce elves thing, and also I'd thought that they probably couldn't have kids. The resemblance is uncanny though. It's bending my universe.

I wonder sometimes if being Elven is recessive. Like, in a few centuries, when a lot of people have some elven blood, will two people who are apparently human occasionally produce an elf?

[kromify]

that could have amusing consequences

[highcastle]

Evilnor wrote...

ElleMullineux wrote...

Toastyblue2 wrote...

On topic: since this just came up in a fic I'm working on, I'd be curious what other people did with it: any fic recommendations that might include Anders having a reunion and/or a confrontation with one of his own siblings?

Do you know, I don't think I've come across this in any fanfics.
Sorry being absolutely no help at all.

It's my understanding that considering how long Anders had been in the Circle, any siblings he has probably wouldn't recognize him, even if he recognized them.  Also considering the fact that he has shown utterly no desire to seek out his family whatsoever, he probably wouldn't feel attached enough for it to matter anyway (unless he outright hated them, which is possible).

It's my personal head-canon that any siblings Anders had were much older than him (by 10+ years or so) and left home before he could really become attached.  The idea that Anders was a surprise to his family (in more ways than one) seems appealing to me for some reason

I always imagined the opposite for some reason. I figured Anders was the firstborn. It's canon that his father turned him over to the templars when he was eleven, right? (Or is that just fanon that I've somehow imagined to be true? Wouldn't be the first time...) Anyway, that's a long-ish time to wait when you figure he had to have been showing signs of magic prior to this. So why, if Pa Anders was so freaked by his son's skills did he not turn him over to the Chantry sooner? Because he didn't have another kid yet. So in my streak of imagining the cruelest back story for Anders imaginable, I figure Pops waits until he has Kid 2, then rats poor Anders out as fast as he can.

Thus, neither Anders nor any potential sibling would ever recognize each other. The only way Anders might would be if he heard the kid's family name. But since we don't know what that is, we may never know if there's a mini-Anders floating around Thedas somewhere.

...okay, I've given this far too much thought. This is what happens when you try to write essays for school and end up thinking about your fandom instead.

[kromify]

pa anders was far too horrified by magic for me to think that. word of gaider says that anders was an only child when he was taken away but anything could have happened after that, which is why any sibling must be at least 11 or 12 years younger.

[Toastyblue2]

highcastle wrote...

I always imagined the opposite for some reason. I figured Anders was the firstborn.

I always had the same impression.

I've been toying with a plot bunny of Anders having a younger sister who was also a mage, but by the time he finds her, she turns out to be Tranquil. Someone is free to steal the plot bunny because I have other stuff that needs my attention so badly.

[madzilla84]

I was thinking about this recently, and I came to the conclusion that Anders's parents might not have wanted to have any more children, in case they were mages too. His father because he was disgusted by his child/children having magic, his mother because she didn't want to lose another child or children to the circle.

But I suppose they could have had more children, I mean, these things often aren't planned.

@kromify I didn't know that about him having been an only child at the time, thanks for the info.

I always wondered if Anders might have wanted to look for his mother, or if it was just too much water under the bridge. I had an idea for a post-game fic where Hawke and Anders go looking for his mother ... so many possibilities.

If anyone wants to feel thoroughly depressed, there's a wonderful fic about Anders being taken to the Circle as a child here: http://rhia-writing.....com/18066.html

Modifié par madzilla84, 19 juin 2011 - 08:35 .

[highcastle]

kromify wrote...

pa anders was far too horrified by magic for me to think that. word of gaider says that anders was an only child when he was taken away but anything could have happened after that, which is why any sibling must be at least 11 or 12 years younger.

Ah, I missed that, but I like it all the same. Can you imagine if Anders did run into a sibling that he didn't even know about? Would his parents have told the younger of their elder brother? Or would they keep it a secret?

Of course, I also think it'd make sense for Pa Anders to be so frightened by magic, he forewent having any more children. The primary reason I figured he'd have more in my earlier post is that in these times, your children were basically unpaid laborers, and thus rather useful. So depending on what Anders' folks did for a living (for instance, if they were poor farmholders), they might have relied on him to help tend the crops, etc.

[kromify]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

CulturalGeekGirl wrote...

I'm sure it's not meant to be but, that is... pretty much without a doubt the daughter of Anders and my Dalish Warden... except for the whole elves and humans don't produce elves thing, and also I'd thought that they probably couldn't have kids. The resemblance is uncanny though. It's bending my universe.

I wonder sometimes if being Elven is recessive. Like, in a few centuries, when a lot of people have some elven blood, will two people who are apparently human occasionally produce an elf?

From what I understand, "recessive" isn't strong enough to describe the Elven trait. Even if an elf-blooded human had child with an elf, that child would be human, and if this child also grew up to get with an elf, and this continued for generations, the end result will always be human offspring. Somewhat weird-looking, but still. Always human.

Which can't be explained in terms of genetics, so I'll just handwave it as either the Maker hating elves or the Dread Wolf trolling them something fierce.

wierd genetics indeed. i suggest thinking of elf-blooded as hybrids - like mules. no matter how many fertile mules you find and mate with a stallion, the result will not look like a horse.
good luck finding a fertile mule to try it though!!  

Modifié par kromify, 19 juin 2011 - 09:57 .

[maxernst]

It seems to me that Anders has had years to try and track down family if he wanted to. As a grey Warden, he wasn't an apostate fugitive, so looking for family or childhood friends would have been feasible.
 
It would be nice to have some idea of the genetics of magic. We know it runs in families, but how often does the trait pop out? My instinct is that most people in this kind of a society would need to have children, unless they're very wealthy. Old age as a childless peasant doesn't sound like a promising future. So younger siblings that Anders wouldn't know are quite likely.

Back to an earlier argument, I was thinking about it and even in the case of people who are clearly abominations, it does seem like the original personality maintains some effect. For example, Connor doesn't harm his immediate family. He keeps Eamon alive, Isolde is unharmed and while he does mind control Teagan, he flees if you defeat Teagan in combat. Teagan even survives in the village if the Warden doesn't help. I thought that was just plot armor, but it could be that Connor doesn't want to kill him. Evelina doesn't harm the Ferelden children in Lowtown. Maybe it's because demons feed off emotions so there's still vestigial emotional attachment to the most important figures in the person's life.

Modifié par maxernst, 19 juin 2011 - 10:04 .