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[Ananka]

Liz Lehtonen ‏@Liz_Lehtonen  55s
"Inquisitor! Is there something you need?" Why yes, yes there is Cullen. :]

Mwahaha. I like Liz so much.

[Owlfruit Potion]

 

Liz Lehtonen ‏@Liz_Lehtonen  55s

"Inquisitor! Is there something you need?" Why yes, yes there is Cullen. :]

 

 

It's a tiny bit unnerving how happy I am to hear/read one of his lines, even one as generic as that...

[QueenofFereldan]

So I have been playing Dragon Age 2 and talked with Cullen...even though he thinks lowly of mages, some of the things he says rang true in some ways...

 

And not meaning to go off-topic...but I seem to be finding myself liking Anders a lot again...

[Dirgegun]

So I have been playing Dragon Age 2 and talked with Cullen...even though he thinks lowly of mages, some of the things he says rang true in some ways...

 

And not meaning to go off-topic...but I seem to be finding myself liking Anders a lot again...

 

 

It does ring true, doesn't it? His tone is harsh and unforgiving, but mages are technically 'not people like you and me.' It's why we need Thedas Hogwarts!

 

I like Anders. 

[Tishina]

 

Oh, almost forgot!

 

Inquisitor Question Time

 

A lighter question this time! Everyone has certain tasks, studies, family unions, things they find tedious and boring. What completely kills your Inquisitor's enthusiasm (that has nothing to do with fighting undead and listening to over-dramatic villains with a God Complex)?

 

Zhenya Cadash runs from anything vaguely like housekeeping, discussions of religion and mysticism, and people with no sense of humor. She and Sera will probably join forces to puncture anyone with an over-inflated idea of their importance.

 

For the Trevelyan mage I'm trying to develop for Cullen (still haven't picked a name for her), she hates a sterile environment (definitely will find plants and pets in her bedroom) and cruel people, and finds people with no curiosity boring.

[Hellion Rex]

 

And not meaning to go off-topic...but I seem to be finding myself liking Anders a lot again...

 

 

 

I like Anders. 

Sigh...Anders had good intentions, but I will never agree with the way he executed his beliefs. He threw Kirkwall straight into hell and provoked an Annulment on the innocent mages of that Circle. Every life that died that day was a consequence of his provoking Meredith. Granted, Meredith was crazy, but he helped drive her over the edge much quicker.

[Lady Shayna]

 

Oh, almost forgot!

 

Inquisitor Question Time

 

A lighter question this time! Everyone has certain tasks, studies, family unions, things they find tedious and boring. What completely kills your Inquisitor's enthusiasm (that has nothing to do with fighting undead and listening to over-dramatic villains with a God Complex)?

 

 

Also answering the questions from Sunday:

 

 

 

 

Inquisitor Question Time

 

Already forced into a situation where they have to lead an organisation with historical roots and that many once feared, I'm certain that might wear on the nerves of even the hardiest soldier. How does your Inquisitor deal with stress and uneasy situations when they're also forced to keep a brave face for their leadership role? Do they become more terse and short with their fellows? Do they deflect with humour? Do they grow quiet and hope that their companions will mistake silent panic for quiet concentration? 

 

Bonus:

If their reactions were different before they were forced to be a leader, how did they react to stress and uneasy situations before the Inquisition? And how do they swallow that natural reaction so they can pretend they're a strong leader now? Do they bother to pretend?

 

Bonus bonus:

Every leader has their breaking point, when things become too much, how would they calm down their nerves after a particularly grueling confrontation?

 

 

 

 

Elke, human noble of calm confidence

Spoiler

Elke is supremely unenthusiastic about paperwork.  She’s had to do a lot of it with the various financial transactions she’s negotiated over the years, and she’s had enough to last her a life time.

 

As for the other questions, she is used to hiding what she is thinking and feeling when she is in stressful situations.  She started working as her family’s negotiator in her teens, and learned quickly to act relaxed and in control, even when she felt anything but that.  Sometimes this calls for humor, and sometimes it calls for calm confidence, and she has learned to fake feeling both, if needed.  Previously, when this caused too much stress, she would spend time relaxing with her confidantes: a cousin in the Templars (when he visited), one of her personal guards (an ‘uncle’ type), her siblings, the family Chantry priest, and an elven stable hand she recently promoted to groom because she liked her so much.  Not having these people on hand will give her no release for her stress, so she’s going to actively seek out friendships with her companions, possibly coming off as a little too pushy in this area (which has nothing to do with my obsessive clicking on companions, wondering if they have something new to say, honest!  ).  In preparation for or after a particularly grueling confrontation, she is likely to spend some quiet time in a chapel, or somewhere private for prayer, then try to buck up by raising everyone’s else’s morale, because everyone else feeling confident would help her with her game face.

 

Aralan, dalish elf of grumpiness

Spoiler

Aralan would find meetings boring.  Constant arguing back and forth over the same topic makes his eyes glaze over.

 

As for the stresses of leadership, he has rarely before led anything but a hunting party, and even then he was likely to do little more than lead by example.  Expectations that he will lead such an organization is likely to leave him unhappy.  He’s not going to actively complain as that makes about as much sense as complaining that it snowed early this year, or that the ground is hard so tracks are hard to follow: it’s a waste to whine about things over which you have no control.  Regardless, he would much rather stay silent and be thought a fool, than open his mouth and prove it.  (If I have [Stay silent] options available, he’ll almost always take them.)  His game face when uneasy is pretty much to scowl at people until they stop bothering him – he has no patience for pretense.  To the extent that he inspires, it would be by what he accomplishes rather than how he leads.  Early on, he’ll want to focus on clearly delineated problems and how to solve them, and as long as he has a good idea of what needs done, that’s where his focus will be.  Significant conflicts between his advisors will cause him to get snippy, because he’s depending on them to give him a direction to go.   I’m hopeful that he’ll have a chance in the story to grow more confident in his role as he gets more experience under his belt, which will help him get less grumpy and more willing to talk with companions and advisors without having to worry about coming off as weak or servile. Regardless, when truly stressed or upset he’ll seek some alone time in a natural setting because it feels familiar – a walk through pine forests around Skyhold, perhaps, or even pacing in a garden, if there’s no other place he can go.  If he develops close friendships (or even romance) he will go to them instead, though less to talk out his concerns and more to just get some quiet companionship.

 

Sasani, human mage of panicked questions

Spoiler

Sasani is bored by fashion.  Clothes are for comfort, and it’s a matched set if it is all the same color.  Viv is likely to be at a loss with her on this topic.

 

Of the three, Sasani will have the hardest time adjusting to a leadership role.  She has mentored other mages and apprentices before, but only ever in passing on information and pointers on things she had mastered already, never on things she was trying to figure out at the time.  While on the run, she found some other mages, and pretty much followed their lead, objecting only when others advocated hunting out direct conflict with Templars.   If I have a chance to do so in game, she’ll do a lot of deferring to more experienced companions at first – whoever comes off to her as being knowledgeable and confident.   When confronted with making a decision, she’ll start asking a lot of questions as she desperately tries to learn enough to come up with the ‘right’ answer.  I can easily see her in Skyhold up late into the night, surrounded by candles and stacks of field reports as she tries to correlate all of the information.  (She has her own ways of being a fire hazard mage!).  When confronted ‘in the field’, she’ll do whatever it takes to defend herself and the companions who are so (unbelievably!) willing to put themselves between her and danger.   Much like Aralan, as she gets more experience she should get more confident in decision-making and with wielding magic in battle.   As a leader, she’ll view herself as rather a meta-mentor, trying to learn enough to be able to provide good decisions and advice for everyone.  She has the potential for decisive action (it’s what drove her to step out of that doorway and raise a magic shield to protect the Templar during her Circle’s uprising, after all), she just doesn’t believe it as of the start of the game.  After something very grueling, she will likely quietly agonize, second guessing herself and the decisions that led up to the event, probably seeking solace in books to see what information she might have missed that could have led to a better resolution, or wondering if this or that famous person from history ever faced the same type of things.   A friend or companion would need to seek her out to help her cope, otherwise she’ll likely be utterly unable to calm her own nerves.  Maybe she’ll get better at that part once she gets used to it. 

[SmilesJA]

It does ring true, doesn't it? His tone is harsh and unforgiving, but mages are technically 'not people like you and me.' It's why we need Thedas Hogwarts!

 

I like Anders. 

 

Anders is awesome.

[LolaLei]

Guys!

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Aw, we inspired someone! That's incredibly sweet! 

[serenai]

Starting from DA:I, Bioware will no longer support Bioware Points for PC games.

[serenai]

Guys!

http://dragonagefand...he-cullenites-i

 

And that.. is WAY too cool! 

[Iceyone]

So I have been playing Dragon Age 2 and talked with Cullen...even though he thinks lowly of mages, some of the things he says rang true in some ways...

 

And not meaning to go off-topic...but I seem to be finding myself liking Anders a lot again...

 

I am also replaying DA2 atm, Hawke has found herself in the Gallows spam-clicking Cullen more times than she probably should lol Even although she is a mage, she pretty much agrees with him.

 

I only romanced Anders once, it's not for me, however, he is still friended each pt, I like him too, don't agree with his extreme action though "He's no demon, just a deeply troubled man"

 

My mage hates housework/tidying up, she'll leave shoes & such at her backside, she prefers things in a guddle. Having to do chores like laundry bores her to absolute tears, not wanting to stink is about all that forces her to wash her clothing. 

On the rare occasion she is in company, if the conversation comes around to fashion, hair etc, she is outta there, she can't even pretend to be interested in it.

[MacyNell]

Anders is awesome.

 

*sigh* Don't get me started. I could easily talk about this subject way too much. 

[CuriousArtemis]

I only romanced Anders once, it's not for me, however, he is still friended each pt, I like him too, don't agree with his extreme action though "He's no demon, just a deeply troubled man"

 

I think I've romanced him... maybe three times? I usually play mages or rogues who either don't care or are fully supportive of him... cause I'm a romantic sap xD

[Dirgegun]

I think I've romanced him... maybe three times? I usually play mages or rogues who either don't care or are fully supportive of him... cause I'm a romantic sap xD

 

My canon Hawke romanced him... because I like making things painful for that poor boy. 

[morie91]

someone in #cullen tag on tumblr wrote this beautiful post about the change in his character since dao, how events of 2 previous games has changed his point of view on some things about the "war" between mages and templars. people like this, strenghten my love for cullen even more ;3;

 

"Cullen is a great character because he’s changed and grown so much and he’s just a minor character. He started out as a man who felt sorry for mages. He knew the system was messed up, probably felt like he wanted to change it but was in no position. He was just a man doing his job. And he watched mages that he NEVER suspected to be blood mages turn out to be blood mages. Like these were probably people he SAW every day, maybe even spoke to and had pleasant conversations with, considered friendly acquaintances. And they slaughtered everyone he cared about and knew, they tortured him with demons and abominations for who KNOWS how long before the Warden showed up[...]"

 

"[...]He wanted to believe that the templars were right, he wanted to believe what they were doing was right, he wanted to believe in Meredith but when you watch innocent people get abused everyday, even people that you thought you could never trust, you begin to question and reassess[...]"

 

http://fenrispenris....use-hes-changed (beware of the autoplay x])

 

ohhh how i wish writers could include something like that in his character ;u;

[Hellion Rex]

My biggest caveat with Anders, other than the whole Chantry explosion, is how cruel he was to Merrill. He harped on her blood magic, but he's the idiot who let himself be possessed by a spiritual entity, now demon.

[Liadan]

I`m a bit late but Happy Birthday CuriousArtemis  !!!!

 

[Lady Shayna]

someone in #cullen tag on tumblr wrote this beautiful post about the change in his character since dao, how events of 2 previous games has changed his point of view on some things about the "war" between mages and templars. people like this, strenghten my love for cullen even more ;3;

 

"Cullen is a great character because he’s changed and grown so much and he’s just a minor character. He started out as a man who felt sorry for mages. He knew the system was messed up, probably felt like he wanted to change it but was in no position. He was just a man doing his job. And he watched mages that he NEVER suspected to be blood mages turn out to be blood mages. Like these were probably people he SAW every day, maybe even spoke to and had pleasant conversations with, considered friendly acquaintances. And they slaughtered everyone he cared about and knew, they tortured him with demons and abominations for who KNOWS how long before the Warden showed up[...]"

 

"[...]He wanted to believe that the templars were right, he wanted to believe what they were doing was right, he wanted to believe in Meredith but when you watch innocent people get abused everyday, even people that you thought you could never trust, you begin to question and reassess[...]"

 

http://fenrispenris....use-hes-changed (beware of the autoplay x])

 

ohhh how i wish writers could include something like that in his character ;u;

 

 

^This.^  While I do find the character model attractive, this is why I'm so enthused about having him as an adviser, ally, and potential love interest in game.  

[Dirgegun]

My biggest caveat with Anders, other than the whole Chantry explosion, is how cruel he was to Merrill. He harped on her blood magic, but he's the idiot who let himself be possessed by a spiritual entity, now demon.

 

I think the Chantry's teachings are partly to blame for that-- which makes things rather interesting. Where the Dalish see them as all spirits and all spirits can be dangerous, the Chantry teaches a very, very black and white demons = bad, spirits = good point of view. 

 

Merrill sees blood magic as just another tool-- a dangerous one, but still a tool. Anders was taught blood magic = evil. Only evil people use blood magic. 

 

Not to say how he treated Merrill was right, mind! It's just interesting to analyse where such things come from in characters. 

[Hellion Rex]

I think the Chantry's teachings are partly to blame for that-- which makes things rather interesting. Where the Dalish see them as all spirits and all spirits can be dangerous, the Chantry teaches a very, very black and white demons = bad, spirits = good point of view. 

 

Merrill sees blood magic as just another tool-- a dangerous one, but still a tool. Anders was taught blood magic = evil. Only evil people use blood magic. 

 

Not to say how he treated Merrill was right, mind! It's just interesting to analyse where such things come from in characters. 

Oh, I can understand. But still, letting yourself be possessed by an spirit is as big of a no no as blood magic. My point was that Anders just didn't have any excuse to be acting high and mighty over Merrill.

[morie91]

^This.^  While I do find the character model attractive, this is why I'm so enthused about having him as an adviser, ally, and potential love interest in game.  

 

his looks is just an "additional bonus", sort of an eye-candy to please the ladies (tho i have to admit, as an artist i greatly enjoy staring at beautiful people)

but the character development and background story is what makes him such of a much-anticipated character to interact with ;u;

[alwayshungry]

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[EndlessForms]

Oh, I can understand. But still, letting yourself be possessed by an spirit is as big of a no no as blood magic. My point was that Anders just didn't have any excuse to be acting high and mighty over Merrill.

 

It's interesting that he hates the Chantry so much but has completely absorbed their teachings on blood magic.....I like Anders (sans bombing) and reckon most of his opinions are well-founded, but he can be a massive hypocrite too.