Jackalope wrote...
So, considering you rivaled/friended the same way...how do you feel about your Hawke? Is she a bully and a thug, or just harsh but fair. Just wondering.
If she's a bully, then she'd be like a girl in a schoolyard, pushing around one boy in particular because she likes him
But I would say the latter, if anything. Someone who is kind and generous but not afraid to speak her mind, stick her nose in people's business or beat someone up...someone who would say, "No way, I'm not getting involved in this...now here's my opinion." I always had her send mages to the Circle, but because she believed in what she thought was the greater good. However, I also had a no exceptions, no excuses mentality with blood mages and demons...except when the game
made me excuse it...
So, the Sebastian situation I always saw as a matter of tough love. Good as his intentions may be, he needs to do right by his family (something that superceeds the templars versus mages and other various moral issues) and take responsibility. She'll pick him up and carry him to Starkhaven if need be, because...she's a warrior, and she totally could. It would be super easy.
Jackalope wrote...
Man, I am REALLY enjoying rivaling Izzy and Anders on this playthrough. I love how Isabela pretty much says that Hawke thinks she's a better person thans she really is...but both Anders and Sebastian call her out on doing the right thing. It's friggin' adorable. And Anders now scares me...in a good way.
I have yet to befriend those two, I'm so used to being their rivals. Even though I'm not a big fan of Isabela's, I loved her "Questioning Beliefs" where she asks my Hawke if there's an orphanage or some puppies to save. Then Isabela laughed at her because she believed it and because she said life would be empty without helping others.
With Sebastian, I think it's less about right and wrong and more about being..."unscrupulous". This wasn't exactly my intention, but the lesson taught to a rival Sebastian is that when your cause is noble, you do what you must to achieve it. My mentality for this Hawke was the value of hard work, loyalty, and resposibility...not utilitarianism.
I actually had a similar problem with Alistair in the first game. I wanted him to rule with Anora and Loghain to work for redemption...and the only way to do that was to tell Alistair that people are only out for themselves. I never liked that there wasn't a more...eloquent way of putting it, but I rationalize that sometimes people need and extra push.
Jackalope wrote...
I screw up my first playthrough because I just didn't get the system. I lost Fenris, Izzy, and Aveline before the final battle. It's tough the first time around because you're sort of learning everyone's personalities while you're playing...and unless you think about who you have with you when you're just accepting a mission, it can go crazy.
I mean, Sebastian approves of you letting that escaped mage have a one-night stand at a bar. Izzy, I could see her approving. Anders and Varric, yes. But Sebastian? Well, I guess he doesn't judge.
I always had one eye on the Wiki, and even then the first time I lost Fenris. Now I try to plan a Hawke's personality based on who I want as friends/rivals. Maximizing friendship/rivalry as early as possible takes a...lot of micro managing.
And I was take aback by that Emille situation, too...I guess Sebastian, even though for the Circle, still wants Mages to have some happiness in their lives like human beings, not thoughtlessly wrangled like cattle.
Jackalope wrote...
I did refuse to do the 'No one can tell a prince what to do...or who to do it with' line. His response cracks me up, but it sounded like something FemShep would say to Jacob.
I've used all the flirt lines for fear that skipping any one of them would disrupt the romance. I mean, the first time around, you
have to tell him to "listen to your heart" just to get the option to flirt, so I didn't want to miss anything.
...If I could skip anyone and still be in the romance with him, I'd like to avoid "I'm just talking about two people, one night, and forgetting all your problems,". That was the absolute worst, in my opinion.
Ashara wrote...
Jackalope wrote...
LessThanKate wrote...
Really, though...does a Mage Chantry sister make any more sense?
That's a lot of self-hating. Reminds me of the really devout mage in DAO.
I was thinking of playing a mage that doesn't think the Circle is neecssary and who will friendmance Sebastian. I picture her as a kind of Bethany who is OK in the Circle. For me this makes sense, even more after seeing what blood mages can do to pleople you love, like your mother 
...I'm sorry, what? It has nothing to do with hate, I just don't think it's allowed. Mages, even those of noble birth, are not allowed to titles or land, nor can they join the Chantry. Remember that one blood mage you can chose to spare or not in the Mage quest? If Alistair is in the party, he'll point out that the Chantry will never take her. I doubt non-blood mages are allowed if they pinky promise not to use it.
And Bethany seems to be rather devout. It is possible to believe in the Maker and not be fond of how the Chantry does things. I see my Hawke as being more conservative, but sees that there's fault on both ends. I always liked having that option.
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