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[LobselVith8]

Throughout Dragon Age 2, mage antagonists were depicted as insane and stupid. Decimus is one of the first examples, as he can't tell Hawke and his companions aren't templars, even if Hawke is accompanied by a dwarf and two elves. We see Tarohne (with the purple lips) is insane. Quentin is clearly mad (and Gascard's note infers that he may be from Starkhaven's Circle). We have Grace becoming insane, even if Hawke helped her escape from the templars. Huon is insane. Orsino loses his mind because Hawke is winning against the templars. A story that was supposed to be about the dichotomy between mages and templars has instead become about Hawke being pitted against insane mage antagonists. Even a pro-mage Hawke has to fight a blood mage at the docks - I suppose this blood mage antagonist was pro-templar?

Throughout Dragon Age 2, I noticed an abundant of mage antagonists who are insane for the sake of being insane. There's no complexity to them, no ambiguity to their personality, there are no mage Loghains or Eamons who can be interpreted as having more layers than we see at the surface. Instead of interesting, exciting, and engaging characters, we're provided with simple mad men and women. Is this going to be the future of Dragon Age 2, with DLC providing us with more insane mage antagonists?

Even Fallout: New Vegas had Cesar (the leader of Caesar's Legion, which is viewed by many as the "evil" faction of the game) argue that he was trying to save civilization and that he followed Hegelian dialectics. I don't get the impression that this is going to change. Is the emancipation of the Circles of Magi going to mean more insane mage antagonists in DLC and Dragon Age 3? Will Hawke be denied meaningful choice in the narrative of the DLCs and forced down a linear progression to deal with insane and stupid mage antagonists? Will the mage antagonists continue to be depicted as insane and stupid characters?

[David Gaider]

LobselVith8 wrote...
Is the emancipation of the Circles of Magi going to mean more insane mage antagonists in DLC and Dragon Age 3? Will Hawke be denied meaningful choice in the narrative of the DLCs and forced down a linear progression to deal with insane and stupid mage antagonists? Will the mage antagonists continue to be depicted as insane and stupid characters?

Will the Divine ever apologize for oppressing all those poor, unjustifiably-portrayed insane mages? Will the writers ever admit to hating freedom as much as they clearly must? Will Anders ever get his cat back? Will the same three posters ever stop posting variations on the same topic over and over again?

These questions and MORE answered on the News @ 11!

[David Gaider]

CrimsonZephyr wrote...
Of course, if the OP's questions were ever answered, instead of mocked, perhaps they would cease. Then again, if you deliberately answered the questions in a way that would anger those poor stupid pro-mage posters, and they react very, very, very badly, you'd have the necessary pretext to bring out the ban-hammer.

Then you'd never see these threads again.

Have you not been on these forums long?

I've attempted to engage certain posters in a conversation on this subject before, and considering half the "evidence" brought up is a mixture of conjecture and subjective opinion the argument can and clearly does go around in circles ad infinitum. So, no, I see no need to answer more leading questions on the subject-- particularly when actual answers aren't being sought.

But feel free to continue the debate, if you like, provided everyone keeps the spittle and gesticulations to a minimum.

Modifié par David Gaider, 30 août 2011 - 04:16 .

[David Gaider]

AngryFrozenWater wrote...
How hard is it to simply answer them, instead of putting the same energy in avoiding them?

Because "Are all the mages insane and stupid or did you just write them badly? Will you continue to make them insane and stupid?" are not questions. They are opinions disguised as questions.

And there is no energy to be spent in not answering them (or trying to, as I have previously). I just happened to browse the forums and saw the thread and thought, "What? This again? Still?" And, yep, same bat-faces. I'm happy to answer legitimate, polite questions-- if I see them, and if I think they're interesting. Otherwise I shall feel free to mock. And then leave you to it.

Modifié par David Gaider, 30 août 2011 - 04:42 .