Yesterday I finished DA2 for the first time - I liked it very, very, very much, thanks to its wonderful story and great character development - and I'd like to share my thoughts on Anders.
I obviously spared him and agree to run away with him. Before I explain, let me say that, one way or another, that scene was incredibly written. It was truly magnificent in my opinion. Every single line of dialogue was outstanding, from Orsino shouting "You fool! You've doomed us all!" to Anders saying "I removed the chance of compromise, because there is no compromise."
I'd love to know who wrote that scene. My sincere, heartfelt compliments.
Back to Anders, though.
In my opinion, Anders did the right thing. Surely, it's horrible. But it was necessary. There's only one bloodless revolution in history, and that came after an incredibly bloody war. It was inevitable. Elthina was a petty, decrepit old hag who believed that sit on her hands and do nothing was the will of the Maker. By doing so, she was
de facto allowing Meredith to torture the Mages. I won't mourn her loss. Not a bit. And yes, it's a tragedy that the Chantry bombing made casualties even in the civilian people, but, like as I said, it was inevitable. Anders is a visionary, a revolutionary, an incredibly brave man who fights for freedom no matter what. His actions may be questionable, but his intent his pure. If you romance him, in the end he says: "Ten years, a hundred years from now, someone like me will love someone like you, and there will be no templars to tear them apart." This is a world worth fighting for and if it takes his act to set this revolution in motion - the ending clearly states that Circles throughout Thedas started rebelling as well, after what happened in Kirkwall - then so be it. If he would have said to me what he was planning, Hawke, initially, would have tried to convince not to, but in the end he would have helped me nonetheless.
His actions have a striking resemblance with what Karl Marx worte in 1848 in his
Manifesto of the Communist Party: "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!" If you put it this way: "We Underground Mages disdai to conceal our views and aims. We openly declar that our ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the Templars tremble at a Mage revolution. Mages have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Mages of all Circles, unite!" it almost seems something taking straight from Anders' manifesto, no?
I'd be interested to know if Jennifer Hepler actually had Marx in mind when she wrote Anders' Act 3 or something to this effect. But, whatever the case, that DA2 manages to be so nuanced and thought-provoking it's a testament to its quality.
At least in my opinion
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People have been complaing about how little sense it makes for Hawke to be an apostate and not being recognized as such? I wanted to slap Fenris for being a chicken. Hello? Haven't you been complaing about mages for years? Hypocrite!
Carter. It's hard for me not to be a mage, because I love his surly attitude.
