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You're both different types of fans, I guess.
If I was sitting at a campfire with a good storyteller, I'd feel a little empty after he/she finished. I'd want to hear more. Some people are a well of entertainment. I think the same way with a good game world. I want to pick the brains of the writers, and hear whatever they have to offer. If the world as a whole they've dreamed up is cool, I don't recoil when I get the chance to hear more of it.
I have had to many movie based on books ruin both the book and the movie for me if I read the book first or saw the film first. I have had few similary experience with games, manga/cartoons/movies/books, based on games. I am very cautious when it comes to mixing medieas as an result.
I dragon age it comes down to us having a personal canon. I simply do not wish to know the writers canon. Since they claim that dragon age is still foremost a game universe, I want to see it in the game. The current number of comic worries me a lot and I am beginning to be cautious of wherever I should simply leave the franchnise after Inquistion. It depends on how they handle the comics and asunder in the game, I guess. If the game become intangible withouth having read the extra material I am out.
Edit. An none of this have anything to do with Cassandra.
For me I would say the first 2 novels (The Stolen Throne and The Calling) are part of the game's universe because they take place before the events of DA:O and deal with characters in that game that have major roles (Loghain, Duncan, and The Architect) in the game's storyline and the same with Dawn of the Seeker gives you insight to a character's history and backstory that seems to have a major role in the future of the franchise.
Asunder and the Dark Horse comics aren't because of characters like Wynne, Shale, Alistair, Isabela, and Varric and take place after the events the games and can contradict many of the possible fates for these characters.
Wow. Can't believe that I have to say this again. I will try once more. I must not have been clear.
It is not about canon. (That is an issue with the later books, but that is not about this). It is not about characterization in iteself
I don't do cross-media because the transition between the medias is often bad. Books, movies, games are different medias and have very different strenghts and unfortunately weaknessess.
As an example. Stohlen Throne might give and an eccellent characterzation of Loghain. Unfortunately in its very nature that same characterzation might just highlight the game's weaknesses in writing. Retro-perspective making the book annyoing to read because you can't let go of the nagging thought of 'I know how ruined this character become' and the game is destroyed by 'the writing is simply not good enough'.
I am not saying this is the actual case as I have not read Stohlen Throne, but I have had such transitions ruin both experiences for me enough time in the past that I simply just don't do cross-media anymore if I love the first example of the narrative I get.
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