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[Sephirona]

I was pretty happy with the way his lyrium story turned out, I guess because I'm too much of a sunshiney optimist and like to think that he's pioneering a new way of life for the Templar order as a whole. And that he'll succeed. I have too much faith in Cassandra's optimism about it to think things will turn out bad, haha.

 

While I do agree that I'd have liked to see more of his psychological progression from wanting to control mages to being okay with being around them (and being a nice person), I chalked that up to the offscreen 5 or so years of time he's had since the fall of Kirkwall's Circle to think about how Meredith's actions and beliefs got them to that point. I wasn't all that surprised that he left the Templars since he joined up because he thought it was the best way to protect people in the first place. While some Templars were righteous it's pretty clear that the Order as a whole has failed somewhat royally in that regard, LOL. And even if the Order is reformed for the better I can see him being happy with the new path the Maker's shown him instead of returning. I don't feel like he abandoned everything he stood for or anything - I rather think he's just trying to return to what he stood for.

[timebean]

And they say that no God had ever walk on Thedas...

 

 

RORYYYYYYY!!!

 

Ooh say, did you get Ser Rory companion mod in DA:O?

 

 

Seriously?? That thing can get your bones melting & you can't even feel it if it touch your skin!!!

I did indeed get the rory mod...it was quite sweet (though his dialogue was a bit...overdone).  In my fic, he is a brooding, rather angry guy who has to watch the woman he loves fall for Alistair.  But he is soooo perfect for her and they fight all the time (like old friends who have sexual attraction to one another do). I had a blast writing that!!!  But things get...kinda dark...and i am stuck there and worried it will be offensive, so...need to think alot about where i want it to go...

[Queen Rowan]

I think they did know it was sensitive, and they used their usual tact and diplomacy in dealing with it (I don't mean that sarcastically). But... I really think there were other factors at play. For all the extra scenes he got compared to the other LIs, the economy of words that Brianne used was stunning. So every single word had to count, and those words were just limited.

 

Something I've been thinking is that his story wasn't... a story. I really expected, based on the reasoning Mary Kirby gave for Varric not being an LI once upon a time, that his romance would *have* to have angst. A reason they can't be together. So that there's actually a story there. That's what we didn't get. 

 

...bah. Yes, we're lucky to have gotten as much as we did, yadayada.

 

I'm glad he wasn't one of those "we shouldn't be together. I'm only going to hurt you." characters though. I guess it just comes down to the wide known fact that ALL of the characters should have been fleshed out more. I keep comparing the character development to that of DAO and it always ends badly. 

[moonmythology]

 

Editing a video. This is just the first minute or so, but I'd love to know if the sound levels are ok (this has been a problem before).

 

Thanks!

[Queen Rowan]

I KNOW! I would love to work with them too because I think I could bring something new to them in the ideas department, like so many of us here. We all could really make Bioware better...but the odds of any of us ever working with them...besides Lola...not great.

 

Well I'm currently in school for it, so I hope I get somewhere similar if not there. 

[R2s Muse]

I'm glad he wasn't one of those "we shouldn't be together. I'm only going to hurt you." characters though. I guess it just comes down to the wide known fact that ALL of the characters should have been fleshed out more. I keep comparing the character development to that of DAO and it always ends badly. 

LOL Yeah, I guess they gave that role to Solas this round.  

[Queen Rowan]

LOL Yeah, I guess they gave that role to Solas this round.

 

lol I wouldn't know. My game is still wonky 

[Zarro-Morningstar]

Well I'm currently in school for it, so I hope I get somewhere similar if not there. 

Same. There are three paths laid out before me...writing, history, or psychology. I love each and I have been told that I would be great in each one of those fields...so I have problems, lol.

[R2s Muse]

Well I'm currently in school for it, so I hope I get somewhere similar if not there. 

Oooh, I just saw a depressing post on advice to women wanting to work in game development from askagamedev on tumblr... have you seen it?  oy vey. 

[Teshayel]

I friggen hate HF!!!  The only guy in our lab that uses it is the most nonchalant guy about safety and it drives me nuts!!!!  I tell the undergrads just to NEVER work in his hood because I am sure there are HF drops all over!!  Ugg!

 

Yeah, I'm pretty anal about lab safety and sterile techniques, so I completely understand where you are coming from. Well, this is the place to be to regain your zen and get your daily recommended dose of Cullen

[Queen Rowan]

Oooh, I just saw a depressing post on advice to women wanting to work in game development from askagamedev on tumblr... have you seen it?  oy vey. 

 

I just read it. I've heard about this before. And honestly, I'm willing to face the challenges. If I don't, who will? Women aren't going to get anywhere in this field if we don't take a stand. I'm okay with facing hardships as a pioneer if it means bettering the industry as a whole in the long run.

[Cerulione]

That sounds awful! I hope she recovered with a minimum of discomfort.

 

Being in a Cell Biology lab, people are quite relaxed about safety. My friends would often laugh at me for always wearing my lab coat, but I don't want any bacterial gunk on my clothes, thank you very much Plus... talking about nasty burns - phenol is not pleasant, and we use that routinely.

 

As for fanfic: lots of Cullen is always nice Moar, moar, moar

 

They are crazy. In a lab I once did my summer internship, all people working in Bio wear that astronot-like suit...

 

I think they did know it was sensitive, and they used their usual tact and diplomacy in dealing with it (I don't mean that sarcastically). But... I really think there were other factors at play. For all the extra scenes he got compared to the other LIs, the economy of words that Brianne used was stunning. So every single word had to count, and those words were just limited.

 

Something I've been thinking is that his story wasn't... a story. I really expected, based on the reasoning Mary Kirby gave for Varric not being an LI once upon a time, that his romance would *have* to have angst. A reason they can't be together. So that there's actually a story there. That's what we didn't get. 

 

...bah. Yes, we're lucky to have gotten as much as we did, yadayada.

 

I don't get it, his story is not a story? There's drama in Cullen's story. And I really feel that he's one of DA's best developed character. The romance's an icing on the cake, he already gets the best dark chocolate in this world for the cake itself.

 

Well, maybe if they want to add some story, just make him much less self-confident in himself, that he doubt that he's good enough or something like that?

 

I did indeed get the rory mod...it was quite sweet (though his dialogue was a bit...overdone).  In my fic, he is a brooding, rather angry guy who has to watch the woman he loves fall for Alistair.  But he is soooo perfect for her and they fight all the time (like old friends who have sexual attraction to one another do). I had a blast writing that!!!  But things get...kinda dark...and i am stuck there and worried it will be offensive, so...need to think alot about where i want it to go...

Oooh, this I have to see

[Queen Rowan]

Same. There are three paths laid out before me...writing, history, or psychology. I love each and I have been told that I would be great in each one of those fields...so I have problems, lol.

 

You'll find your niche, I'm sure. Eventually all these things fall in place.

[Cerulione]

Same. There are three paths laid out before me...writing, history, or psychology. I love each and I have been told that I would be great in each one of those fields...so I have problems, lol.

 

How about all three of them? Writing Psychological Assessments of Historical Figures?

 

(I'm serious)

[Zarro-Morningstar]

You'll find your niche, I'm sure. Eventually all these things fall in place.

Lol, I hope. I just wish that I could have one straight path, but sadly that is impossible. Regardless I know that I enjoy helping people when it comes to their personal issues and no joke I have been pretty much the unpaid psychologist to my group of friends. Then I have always been enamored with history of ancient cultures and their customs...the same feeling I have for writing.

[Queen Rowan]

How about all three of them? Writing Psychological Assessments of Historical Figures?

 

(I'm serious)

 

That would actually be really interesting. You could analyze how historical figures' personality traits influenced the actions that made them famous. And you could try to find a link between the traits of those people, other historical figures, and people today.

[riverbanks]

While I do agree that I'd have liked to see more of his psychological progression from wanting to control mages (....)  I don't feel like he abandoned everything he stood for or anything - I rather think he's just trying to return to what he stood for.

 

We're looking at it from fundamentally different perspectives and different expectations of what we wanted to see from Cullen's storyline -your expectations were about his feelings on mages, mine were on his feelings on the Order- so of course the payoff of such expectations will feel different, depending on one's focus.

 

For the sake of keeping it short since I've gone over this at lenght before - the fine point is. Ser Barris got the storyline I wanted for Cullen. And that's pretty disappointing for someone who waited for years for that particular story to be told, only to see it being taken away from Cullen and given to the new guy we just met five seconds ago. It gave me a new character to love, sure, but it also took away a huge part of what I liked about Cullen before, and that's kinda hard to take in stride. I can't honestly say I'm satisfied with the half-baked storyline and character development he got, but it is what it is, Brienne did what she could given the constrains she had to work with, I should count my lucky stars that we got Cullen in this game at all, etc etc.

[Teshayel]

They are crazy. In a lab I once did my summer internship, all people working in Bio wear that astronot-like suit...

 

Have worked with viruses, but not at the highest biosafety level. So, no Hazmat suits for me... I think I'd be a little afraid of working with hemorrhagic viruses, so I doubt I'd ever apply for a job in a Biosafety Level 4 lab... 

[Zarro-Morningstar]

How about all three of them? Writing Psychological Assessments of Historical Figures?

 

(I'm serious)

Well for one that would be nonfiction and if I were to become a writer then it would certainly be in fiction and then narrowed down into fantasy. Although...it's not a horrible idea, lol.

[Queen Rowan]

Lol, I hope. I just wish that I could have one straight path, but sadly that is impossible. Regardless I know that I enjoy helping people when it comes to their personal issues and no joke I have been pretty much the unpaid psychologist to my group of friends. Then I have always been enamored with history of ancient cultures and their customs...the same feeling I have for writing.

 

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself when I talk to you lol, we have so much in common. And remember, whatever isn't your career can always be your hobby!

[R2s Muse]

 

I don't get it, his story is not a story? There's drama in Cullen's story. And I really feel that he's one of DA's best developed character. The romance's an icing on the cake, he already gets the best dark chocolate in this world for the cake itself.

 

Well, maybe if they want to add some story, just make him much less self-confident in himself, that he doubt that he's good enough or something like that?

 

Go read Mary Kirby's post. (it's about romance, not his whole character arc)

[Cerulione]

Lol, I hope. I just wish that I could have one straight path, but sadly that is impossible. Regardless I know that I enjoy helping people when it comes to their personal issues and no joke I have been pretty much the unpaid psychologist to my group of friends. Then I have always been enamored with history of ancient cultures and their customs...the same feeling I have for writing.

 

Hmmm... It depends on what kind of writing you want to do, but either historian and psychologist can write too or there won't be any published books/articles about the subject right?

 

EDIT: Okay I've just seen your post about writing fiction.

 

 

 

Go read Mary Kirby's post. 

 

I did. The thing is, for me there's already a good deal of content in Cullen's story. Too many probably: Lyrium, him out of Templar Order, him trying to "atone" for past actions. All of these elements can give real backbone & meat to the story, making roller coasters.

 

They just put too many things & not deep enough IMO. Maybe if they put less elements but with deeper exploration... hmmm...

[Zarro-Morningstar]

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself when I talk to you lol, we have so much in common. And remember, whatever isn't your career can always be your hobby!

Mmhm! If writing isn't my career then it would definitely be my hobby...I think we actually have some psychologists in this thread so it works for them. If I were to go into history then I think I would want to be a teacher in that subject...meh my greatest flaw would have to be indecisiveness.

[riverbanks]

Oooh, I just saw a depressing post on advice to women wanting to work in game development from askagamedev on tumblr... have you seen it?  oy vey.

 
Was reading through this earlier, and finding myself nodding along and thinking "this is so true" for like... every industry I've worked on before. Women play on Nightmare mode in any career we want to undertake, isn't it. I've let it get the best of me before, but these days it only makes me fight harder. The more my industry doesn't want women to succeed, the more them ladies own it.
 
Apropos: womenofthedas@tumblr: Dragon Age Women + Positions of Power 

[Zarro-Morningstar]

Hmmm... It depends on what kind of writing you want to do, but either historian and psychologist can write too or there won't be any published books/articles about the subject right?

 

EDIT: Okay I've just seen your post about writing fiction.

 

 

 

 

I did. The thing is, for me there's already a good deal of content in Cullen's story. Too many probably: Lyrium, him out of Templar Order, him trying to "atone" for past actions. All of these elements can give real backbone & meat to the story, making roller coasters.

 

They just put too many things & not deep enough IMO. Maybe if they put less elements but with deeper exploration... hmmm...

XD I had a feeling you saw my post about writing fiction, and I swear if I am on the top of the page...again..I will be very confuzzled.