I cannot comment on all the romances in DA2 since the only
character I ever romance is: Anders. It was nice to have the option (finally)
to romance him, but truth be told it was a mess with dialogue options and it
all seemed rushed. Not the romance directly but as a whole it seemed like it
was written over lunch with no thought put in to it before hand.
Some of the lines were romantic and did show how passionate
Anders is. However if you go down the friendship path, the lines he fed you
seemed more like rivalry then friendship.
One line that irked me the most was this:
Anders “I can’t give you a normal life, if your with me,
will be hunted, hated the whole world will be against us.”
This line pissed me off, (especially playing a mage).
Throughout my character’s life, she has been hunted and hated. She is now an
apostate living in a city filled with Templars and is in a constant struggle
everyday to survive. I do not see how this can be called a “normal” life and I
doubt that anyone in Thedas can claim they have a “normal” life to begin with.
I can see this line being said to a player who is not a mage
and/or is on the rivalry path. However, on the friendship path and being a
mage, it just does not make sense-period.
Here is another line that pissed me off:
Anders “I’ll break your heart.”
OK, here is my issue with this line:
One, I have never seen someone or anyone have a perfect
relationship with anyone. No matter how much to try to proclaim your
relationship is perfect, at some point that person will do something that will
upset you. Your character lives in Thedas and having a perfect happy
relationship is not exactly easy, especially the life Hawke lives. I can see
this line playing into the rivalry romance but not down the friendship
path.
My character (along with myself) was not pissed or broken up
about what he did to the Chantry. But then again, we all are different. Hell
someone out there might have gotten pissed off with Anders sneezing the wrong
way. Cannot use a line a like that because it simply does not work. If you are
choosing to go into a relationship, you should already be aware that
consequences may soon come into play, especially involving yourself with a
possessed mage. In my opinion, if you do not have at least a somewhat strong
resolve to deal with someone like Anders, I do not see the point of involving yourself
with him at all.
Mage Side (last conversation with Anders)
Hawke: “If we win this, I’ll kill anyone that tries to
arrest you.”
Anders: “Kirkwall cannot change alone love. It will take
years of open warfare before mages can be safe. If you wish to stay with me,
you must join me in that fight.”
(Hits pause) Uh………what?!
Let us see here:
*I preached to Anders early on that, mages should be free.
*I saved the lives of countless mages over the years.
*When I had the chance, I told the Templars and Meradith to
F off.
*I joined Ander’s revolution by Act 2.
*Anders told my character I was a “leader” for the Mage Revolution.
*Leleina makes a claim that the mage troubles began with an
outside group. While my character Hawke cannot take full credit of this, she
however was a part of the uprising.
*I got a templar kicked out of the order by setting him up.
*Helped Anders kill Ser Alrick for forcing Tranquility on
Mages; especially his former lover, Karl.
*Helped Anders gather the ingredients and distracted the
Grand Cleric.
*Sided with the Mages
*Refused to kill Anders because I felt what he did was
right. (Course if you have no romance with him, and just friends, he tells you
it was a test to see how loyal you are with mage freedom).
My point is: this line does not fit well with the choices
you made up to that point. I can see Anders making this comment if he was
unsure about your loyalty towards freeing Mages or it not being there at all. Since my character is just as passionate about
freeing mages as Anders is, I would have assumed the choices I made would have
given Anders different dialogue in the end.
Such as:
Anders: “Kirkwall
cannot change alone, love. It will take years of open warfare before mages can
be safe. You have showed me how passionate you are about this, I ask you now to
stay with me and let us continue to fight for a future were mages are safe and
free. “
I wish your actions through the game played a larger part in Anders dialogue and not snips here and there.
But once again, I am babbiling.
Silfren wrote...
Quite a lot of people are together for years before they marry, that's not at all unusual.
But
if you consider the game's story. Anders is an apostate, and Hawke
potentially is. Who is going to marry them? In Circles, mages are
strongly discouraged from marrying and have to get permission even so.
Not to mention Circle mages are definitely not permitted to have
children, and any born to them automatically belong to the Chantry. So
it stands to reason that legally, Anders and Hawke can't get married. They're pushing the bounds of the law as it is just keeping Anders out of the Circle.
Hmm, true, true. I forgot about that.
And not to mention living openly as a mage couple.
Modifié par Cantina, 15 mars 2012 - 09:02 .
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lol 
If I ever choose to get married at all, it'll be in front of a judge ... if that!
