megski wrote...
@ Ethereal: That makes sense, I'm not sure why I never thought more about mages and the fade before. I did think it was cool when Cairn used some of his templar abilities against the saarabas.
Eh all that really happened with his Templar ability was that the point of his sword glowed when he did a little magic disruption.
Other than that there weren't any Templar abilities.
I think the poster that mentioned the Arvaraad had a good point. Wouldn't that make more sense?
Arvaarads are the Templar equivalents yes and it might make more sense in normal circumstances, but this was a special assignment for a Qunari that needed redemption -- hence the name of the series, though it also applies to Cairn and maybe even Josmael I guess -- and not a normal scenario.
And also, wouldn't Tallis consider herself Vashoth, I thought there was a difference. I remember reading somewhere that the Vashoth followed the Qun, but weren't Qunari. They were more peaceful or something. Maybe Tallis acting so brash all the time is her way of trying to imitate the Qunari and be 'tough'.
Tal-Vashoth abandon the Qun.
Some may still cling to the honor they held under the Qun since that's all they know, but generally they are not Qunari and abandon the Qun entirely.
Josmael seems so inexperienced, he probably doesn't even know what spells he can do. I just imagine him thinking he can heal because an aravel ran over his dog and he healed him once lol, or something else really minor. I don't think he knew what he was getting into when he approached Tallis wanting to tag along.
He was able to heal himself after taking a knife to the chest. Seems like he's fairly experienced as a healer, especially since the Keepers teach the mages -- though his Keeper was captured and killed, but he still would've learned the Keeper's magic prior to that.
I predict we'll be seeing Josmael as the Keeper of whatever clan we see in DAIII and we might see Nyree too.
Question: Was the Keeper of Josmael's clan named Solan? If not, what was his name?
Speaking of this guy, what about his girlfriend! I know that you got stabbed, beaten up, yelled at, your ass beat by a templar, and then almost mouth raped, lol, but you know, what good are you? ugh. And I wasn't really sure what happened with all of that either.
Not sure I understand what you're saying.
Brockololly wrote...
That was painful to watch. I was waiting for it go super slow mo and have him yell out "TALLIS NOOOOOOO!" as he takes the bullet for his new Qunari girlfriend. And of course Tallis avenges her dead lover by going against her Qunari beliefs and killing the Saarebas. *yawn*
It was pretty predictable. I think everyone knew that Tallis and Cairn would become close like that. I don't think 6 episodes though really gave enough development for it to feel natural, though maybe if I watch all 6 at once it might.
Watching one every week may be what the problem was. For me anyway.
But that said it doesn't make it bad for me. Predictable, but not bad. Not sure how others may see it.
Meh, overall it was an interesting project but pretty forgettable. The last couple episodes were pretty groan worthy, what with the Templar being a renegade just like Tallis and the sappy romance. Cliched stuff like that is not inherently bad, but when its done with mediocre acting and writing, it looks pretty bad.
I thought Nyree was a well-acted character. But some of the fight scenes were too brief. Lighting was also an issue along with camera movement and I could barely keep track of what was happening sometimes.
I just don't quite get why when you know its a low budget affair, you try to show stuff like tons of magic and stuff that requires that sort of special effects. Especially when I'm sure you could do other DA stories that wouldn't necessarily require that. Just put more of that into making better armor/makeup. I just couldn't get over the ending there with Saarebas being like a bad episode of Power Rangers.
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