Sadare wrote...
Possible, but thinking more of a proper warrior class tank with access to the taunts and the warrior like skills that the other male chars have (sten, Alistar, Og'n) Maybe they will launch a female tank as further dlc as time goes on ?
But i guess on my next run thorugh ill make female tank char and go that route.
Modifié par Darpaek, 19 novembre 2009 - 03:09 .
You're right I did not wanna know that, thanks for the spoiler.Acesahn wrote...
Then we got Leliana. Religous... kind... at first glance. Of course when you find out she used to be a spy who specialized in becoming whatever type of woman her target desired and practically boasts she can bag any man. File that under "ThingsI would have rather not known about.
thegreateski wrote...
I thought you would already know that all women are evil, soul destroying, life draining demons.
No, I'm not bitter.
Modifié par Axekix, 07 février 2010 - 02:01 .
Axekix wrote...
Wynne is a very good girl!
MartinJHolm wrote...
You're right I did not wanna know that, thanks for the spoiler.Acesahn wrote...
Then we got Leliana. Religous... kind... at first glance. Of course when you find out she used to be a spy who specialized in becoming whatever type of woman her target desired and practically boasts she can bag any man. File that under "ThingsI would have rather not known about.
Modifié par purplesunset, 07 février 2010 - 02:50 .
purplesunset wrote...
This happened because Dragon Age is just another product of the "it's good to be baaaad" cultural trope.
The bad anti-hero type dominates books, TV, and movies. Bad is seen as cooler than good.
What eventually happened is we have reached a point where the "cool to be bad" trope is no longer original. It pops up everywhere. All we get is a bunch of self-absorbed prima donnas trying to out-cool and out-bad each other. (This is why I hated Wolverine from the X-men movies. Talk about a scenery chewing, grandstanding ******* all in the name of being a "cool" anti-hero)
Quite frankly, I"m tired of it all. It has reached a point where seeing a faithful, lawful good paladin would actually be original. Or the sweet, girl-next-door who you would love to bring home to mommy would be a breath of fresh air.
People need to realize that being good is actually cooler than being bad. Being good is not neutral. Just because you pay your taxes, and never commit a crime, doesn't mean you're good, you're just neutral.
Goodness is a constant struggle.
Goodness takes active effort.
The sweet, good girl is actually cooler because it's so easy to slip into evil. It's easier to be the narcisistic prima donna like Morrigan. Self-preservation (which drives characters like Morrigan) is a basic instinct that even the lowest life forms share. What's so cool about that?
Modifié par Dlokir, 07 février 2010 - 04:11 .
RangerSG wrote...
While I don't entirely agree that Leliana is a "bad girl" or an "anti-heroine," I do agree with much of what you say. We've gotten to the point in literature and gaming both where the anti-hero is so dominant that when we see a true hero the first assumption we make is, "This guy is going to betray us or fail."
Heroes aren't given a chance to be heroic anymore. And while I don't dislike Wolverine as a character, I do think the desire to clone him 50,000 times gets old.
Now, that said, let me add this; I do think that making "snow-white" characters is dull. A character is heroic in no small part because they overcome their own failures. Physical, emotional, or moral. That's why I like Leliana. In no small part, she does overcome her past to become a better person and make the world around her a better place, despite the fact she easily could become as self-serving as many other characters.
It's one of the reasons I like The Dresden Files, for instance. Harry is always making himself out to be this "hard" person. But when push comes to shove, for all Harry's snark, he is going to do the right thing, and you know it. (Hence the tombstone that the vampires bought for him.) Jim Butcher plays with your expectation that Dresden is going to be an anti-hero. But at the end of the day, he's about as close to a "white-knight" as the world can stand. And because he is such a white-hat, he gets loads of grief he wouldn't get if he covered his butt more.
Modifié par purplesunset, 07 février 2010 - 05:03 .
purplesunset wrote...
This happened because Dragon Age is just another product of the "it's good to be baaaad" cultural trope.
The bad anti-hero type dominates books, TV, and movies. Bad is seen as cooler than good.
What eventually happened is we have reached a point where the "cool to be bad" trope is no longer original. It pops up everywhere. All we get is a bunch of self-absorbed prima donnas trying to out-cool and out-bad each other. (This is why I hated Wolverine from the X-men movies. Talk about a scenery chewing, grandstanding ******* all in the name of being a "cool" anti-hero)
Quite frankly, I"m tired of it all. It has reached a point where seeing a faithful, lawful good paladin would actually be original. Or the sweet, girl-next-door who you would love to bring home to mommy would be a breath of fresh air.
People need to realize that being good is actually cooler than being bad. Being good is not neutral. Just because you pay your taxes, and never commit a crime, doesn't mean you're good, you're just neutral.
Goodness is a constant struggle.
Goodness takes active effort.
The sweet, good girl is actually cooler because it's so easy to slip into evil. It's easier to be the narcisistic prima donna like Morrigan. Self-preservation (which drives characters like Morrigan) is a basic instinct that even the lowest life forms share. What's so cool about that?
I believe we have a winner.Dlokir wrote...
No good girl? And for who is Alistair? For the pigs? Clearly not, Alistair is the good girl of the game, one is enough no need of two.
marshalleck wrote...
**spoiler**
Well there's the bit about watching you sleep and wanting to catch your eyelashes like butterflies and keep them in a jar.
Modifié par Maria Caliban, 07 février 2010 - 06:30 .
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