Toasted Llama wrote...
You know what? I'm not even going to consider talking about your ridiculous points. They have no footing to stand on as they assume that the Chantry rules over everything and cannot be toppled, which is easily can. The Chantry sh*ts their pants in 20 colours when it comes to blood mages and if it is required for blood magic and demons to topple the Chantry's hold on mages then that is necessary.
"Indoctrination" by the Chantry can easily be battled with education, as has been proven in our own history as well. (Christianity was toppled as soon as things such as humanism came to existance)
You are extremely biased and this thread was brought up in existence to talk about ideas to get a proper, non-oppressive system that functions for both mages as well as templars. Considering you use ridiculous "what if" situations and throw the power of the Chantry (that is build on lies, I might add. And a foundation made of lies is not very strong) to support your anti-mage ideology you basically have no reason to be here. You hate mages because you think they are ticking time-bombs and a danger to your character as well as to the world, yet is this very magic that has helped shape the Dragon Age universe to what it is and magic is not just a curse, it is also a gift. I applaud Bioware for being able to convince people like you with biased Codex entries that magic is inherently evil.
Cheers.
PS. I like how you think the Chantry is evil and corrupted, yet at the very same time you completely accept and embrace their concept that magic is inherently evil, which is a lie that is obviously established to prevent mages from power as their offense has, as of yet, no counter measure. Fear is a great weapon to rule and you are caught in it.
Chantry rules and will rule this as long they won't be brutally overthrown you should figure answer now after 2 games and how chantry deal with things and what that leads to...
Chantry won't allow on such things and before that every will be allowed to learn it is long time chantry want power and are fanatics so they will do everything to keep their position.
There is no no-opresive system templars and non-mages want safety when they don't care about mages and often hate them for being different so if they will end in charge they will abuse (watch circles) and mages want freedom what means that they will be great danger for world and they will have to protect themselves to keep that position because non-mages will want take it.So deal with that humans are too di*** to not abuse mages when get power to rule them and mages freedom will destroy world or end like teviner. Simple peoples hate others for smaller things and differences and it will never end.
If im biased because well i mock every idea mages should huge with templars and then we will have eternal peace or mock that same ideas that was and didn't worked well yes then im biased.
I don't hate mages i m just telling truth they are ticking bombs and threat and i will eliminate every threat whether it is not mage or not.you are right about that magic helped shape dragon age universe but it did it in very negative way magic provided very littlle and destroyed civilizations and caused many rly many problems for peoples living in thedas.Magic is curse why simple because it provides a little for user and well takes so much that it isn't even for comparison/It is like yay you can heal your grandma minor injuries nay you can also burn your city at any moment of your life because of demons there is good reason why mages in dragon age ended as example of
this .
Well evil is rather matter of your own opinion and i rly don't care about morality all i care is corruption which isn't good for business and their incompetence that causes mora and more trobules in practice they are nothing more than sadists who try explain kicking dogs as necessary evil and keeping victims alive with fu*** morality which often is hypocrisy ultimately thead lead to many magical incydents that caused damage im not sadist im simple get rid of danger quickly killing mages and finally remove danger of abomnations and demons from the world.
I don't think that magic is "evil" that same for blood magic ,i am not interested in chantry twisted morals not in any other morals.Simple all i care it is me and effectiveness... I see that in that way
Mages-many destructive incidents caused by them some of them are on global scale-world destruction is bad for my business-their circles absorb money and time and incidents are still being continued- kill mages remove the threat save money and time dealing with problem ultimately to the moment that new mage will born then repeat process.