Bible Doctor wrote...
DanZOAR wrote...
but he blew up the chantry! I've been wanting to do that since Lothering!
YEAH MASS MURDER!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!
Bible Doctor wrote...
DanZOAR wrote...
but he blew up the chantry! I've been wanting to do that since Lothering!
YEAH MASS MURDER!
frustratemyself wrote...
I've never killed Anders, just can't do it. I also have not yet sided with the templars. I will eventually to see what happens but I sympathise with the mages too much. Meredith's annul the circle because of 1 apostate was too much for me.
Even if I didn't agree with what Anders did, not killing him is the better option (IMO) than making him a martyr for magekind to hold up as an example.
Edit: Also he expects you to kill him and even seems to want it. If you really want to punish him let the healer live with the fact that he is responsible for the deaths of a lot of innocent people. Not just inside the chantry but loyalist circle mages that didn't want to be involved, templars like Ser Thrask that try and find the best peaceful solution and bystanders that get caught in the crossfire.
Modifié par Nepenthe87, 17 avril 2011 - 04:59 .
Nepenthe87 wrote...
frustratemyself wrote...
I've never killed Anders, just can't do it. I also have not yet sided with the templars. I will eventually to see what happens but I sympathise with the mages too much. Meredith's annul the circle because of 1 apostate was too much for me.
Even if I didn't agree with what Anders did, not killing him is the better option (IMO) than making him a martyr for magekind to hold up as an example.
Edit: Also he expects you to kill him and even seems to want it. If you really want to punish him let the healer live with the fact that he is responsible for the deaths of a lot of innocent people. Not just inside the chantry but loyalist circle mages that didn't want to be involved, templars like Ser Thrask that try and find the best peaceful solution and bystanders that get caught in the crossfire.
I agree with this 100%.
In Anders' case death is a release, not a punishment. The true punishment for him is forcing him to live with the sins he committed and every day watching at the death and destruction he has wrought, and forcing him to fix what little bit he can.
choosing the death option just because it seems like the most righteous one doesnt undo what he did and he is in fact released from having to deal with the aftermath of his actions. Killing anders doesnt bring back the people who died by his hands. Forcing him to face that atrocity and attempt to atone for what he has done, rather than letting him go on his terms seems like a better way to attain justice for the people he killed.
Jedi Master of Orion wrote...
Nepenthe87 wrote...
frustratemyself wrote...
I've never killed Anders, just can't do it. I also have not yet sided with the templars. I will eventually to see what happens but I sympathise with the mages too much. Meredith's annul the circle because of 1 apostate was too much for me.
Even if I didn't agree with what Anders did, not killing him is the better option (IMO) than making him a martyr for magekind to hold up as an example.
Edit: Also he expects you to kill him and even seems to want it. If you really want to punish him let the healer live with the fact that he is responsible for the deaths of a lot of innocent people. Not just inside the chantry but loyalist circle mages that didn't want to be involved, templars like Ser Thrask that try and find the best peaceful solution and bystanders that get caught in the crossfire.
I agree with this 100%.
In Anders' case death is a release, not a punishment. The true punishment for him is forcing him to live with the sins he committed and every day watching at the death and destruction he has wrought, and forcing him to fix what little bit he can.
choosing the death option just because it seems like the most righteous one doesnt undo what he did and he is in fact released from having to deal with the aftermath of his actions. Killing anders doesnt bring back the people who died by his hands. Forcing him to face that atrocity and attempt to atone for what he has done, rather than letting him go on his terms seems like a better way to attain justice for the people he killed.
That does make sense. But is there any evidence that he shows he is facing up to it in the brief time left in the story before the game ends? I know if you are on the friendship path with him he seems to show no remorse for doing what he did before you kill or release him.
DanZOAR wrote...
Spoilers:
Why does everyone enjoy killing Anders at the end?
I know that he's massively changed and all that, but he blew up the chantry! I've been wanting to do that since Lothering!
Modifié par BanksHector, 17 avril 2011 - 05:30 .
Plaintiff wrote...
Why would I kill Anders for blowing up the Chantry? If anything, there should be a 'brofist' dialogue option.
dreadpiratesnugglecakes wrote...
And for those of you too consumed by your hatred of organized religion to get it, that's sarcasm. I find the 'I hate the chantry' and 'i've been wanting to blow up the chantry since DAO posts a little disturbing. A)You guys aren't distinguishing between yourselves and your character; you understand this is a game right, and you're hating something that doesn't actually exist?
B)I can understand being bothered by the chantry's methods but I don't get the sense you guys are looking at this in the context of the game. The Tevinter Imperium was a menace to all of Thedas; it still is; they enslaved, they murdered, they experimented, ect ect. Andraste's rebellion happened because regular people were sick of mages cr*pping all over them. Now, if Andraste had been as bloodthirsty as some of you purport to be, they would have killed mages outright, and continued to kill them through the ages for the misery they caused. Instead, they spare them and allow them to develop their talent; making sure they can control it through testing.
Not pleasant, but it beats being dead because of what your ancestors did. Modern mages don't engender much sympathy; blood mages running around and killing people; if you're an average guy in Thedas, do you honestly feel sorry for them? Doubtful.
Then I see this bile posted here; taking pleasure in blowing up a church.
Oh, elthina wouldn't reign in Meredith? Blow her up! Really? So someone doesn't do what you want so they should just die? Gosh, Bioware, why can't I use the murder knife on Aveline because she won't romance my character?
Jedi Master of Orion wrote...
I find myself confused about exactly what Anders' role is. Is the implication that it's Anders' fault if your friends and Justice's fault if your rivals or is the idea that it's always Justice's fault and Anders just hides it if you're friends.
Jedi Master of Orion wrote...
That does make sense. But is there any evidence that he shows he is facing up to it in the brief time left in the story before the game ends? I know if you are on the friendship path with him he seems to show no remorse for doing what he did before you kill or release him.
Oneiropolos wrote...
My main issue with the "Spare him and make him live with it" line is that....we have NO IDEA WHAT VENGEANCE IS GOING TO DO. Seriously. He blew up a Chantry and there's burning debris over the entire city. Innocents died.
Rifneno wrote...
He clearly feels terrible about the innocents caught in the crossfire so to speak. 3 or 4 years before this happens he warns Hawke that he's doing his best to control Justice's impatience but "this impasse cannot last." I don't really think he'd attack a Chantry again. He did it once to spark a rebellion. The rebellion is happening. There's no need to attack another Chantry. Now templars on the other hand...
Modifié par bleetman, 17 avril 2011 - 03:17 .
BanksHector wrote...
I do not like killing him at the end. Its one of the harder choices I have to make. Most times I keep him alive just because I like having a healer. If I did not need a healer, I would enjoy killing him everytime because Grand Cleric Elthina was the only one trying to do the right thing and keep peace. I know many people do not like that she was not picking sides, but I wanted to be able to solve the problem without picking a side because neither side was right. I agreed with parts of both, but I did not agreed with either side enough to be happy about having to side with one.
Modifié par nekhbet, 17 avril 2011 - 03:55 .
Modifié par BanksHector, 17 avril 2011 - 04:36 .
BanksHector wrote...
I just have to disagree with you on Elthina, but I do not see Anders as the evil force here either. Anders is trying to do what he sees as right. The problem with that is that when Justice turned into vengence it changed Anders for the worst. I believe that Vengence help cloud his view on what he did. I just have a hard time supporting him after what he did. What else would he do after that? Vengence and Anders at the end I see as one and there is no more controlling or holding it back.
Elthina stayed in Kirkwall which showed to me that she cared deeply about what was going on. If she would of left,war would of broke out because there would of been noone to calm down the storm that was coming. I think by not picking a side it help the people of Kirkwall out because that might cause the people that supported her view. Also, I believe she sees the two in charge like her kids, and they may be going throught a hard time right now, but she believes they will work it out. The problem with this is that she does not know the idol is driving one of them mad.
That is just how I saw it, but I could be just seeing what I wanted to see.
Modifié par BanksHector, 17 avril 2011 - 05:09 .
On the friendship path Anders is in tune with Justice and Anders wants what Justice wants.Jedi Master of Orion wrote...
I find myself confused about exactly what Anders' role is. Is the implication that it's Anders' fault if your friends and Justice's fault if your rivals or is the idea that it's always Justice's fault and Anders just hides it if you're friends.
Modifié par klarabella, 17 avril 2011 - 05:15 .
You mean a lack of results means a lack of action?nekhbet wrote...
... but nothing to indicate Elthina is doing anything behind the scenes.
Modifié par klarabella, 17 avril 2011 - 05:34 .
Modifié par BanksHector, 17 avril 2011 - 05:32 .
Modifié par BanksHector, 17 avril 2011 - 06:13 .
nekhbet wrote...
But Anders actually wanted to resolve the issue with Elthina. It's only in Act III that he changes his mind (or Vengeance makes him change his mind).
Oneiropolos wrote...
Jedi Master of Orion wrote...
Nepenthe87 wrote...
frustratemyself wrote...
I've never killed Anders, just can't do it. I also have not yet sided with the templars. I will eventually to see what happens but I sympathise with the mages too much. Meredith's annul the circle because of 1 apostate was too much for me.
Even if I didn't agree with what Anders did, not killing him is the better option (IMO) than making him a martyr for magekind to hold up as an example.
Edit: Also he expects you to kill him and even seems to want it. If you really want to punish him let the healer live with the fact that he is responsible for the deaths of a lot of innocent people. Not just inside the chantry but loyalist circle mages that didn't want to be involved, templars like Ser Thrask that try and find the best peaceful solution and bystanders that get caught in the crossfire.
I agree with this 100%.
In Anders' case death is a release, not a punishment. The true punishment for him is forcing him to live with the sins he committed and every day watching at the death and destruction he has wrought, and forcing him to fix what little bit he can.
choosing the death option just because it seems like the most righteous one doesnt undo what he did and he is in fact released from having to deal with the aftermath of his actions. Killing anders doesnt bring back the people who died by his hands. Forcing him to face that atrocity and attempt to atone for what he has done, rather than letting him go on his terms seems like a better way to attain justice for the people he killed.
That does make sense. But is there any evidence that he shows he is facing up to it in the brief time left in the story before the game ends? I know if you are on the friendship path with him he seems to show no remorse for doing what he did before you kill or release him.
While I'd love to send him to get locked up...how long would locks really work on an abomination? He can't be made tranquil because the existence of Justice in him brings the Fade there. He can't be cut off from it. With Anders, the only choice is to go "Eh, okay, you can live and possibly even go turn on allies in the future because Justice/Vengeance was even willing to kill a young female mage earlier" or you can make the hard call and kill Anders while he's still Anders, and know he won't be responsible for taking more lives. It's hard, and it's tragic, and I'm really sad to see what Anders turned into. But risking his continued downward spiral? I don't see how that can be considered punishment on anyone except the others in the future that he'll one day kill. And he will. There's little doubt about that.
Modifié par Nepenthe87, 18 avril 2011 - 05:25 .