And I guess you have a personal experience about losing a child? If not... well, how can you know?
Besides... you think a woman wouldn't have any pain from having her child lost to her? Or you think a man's pain over it is somehow greater? Because that's the feeling I get from that paragraph. And I am also pretty convinced that sylvanaerie played a male Warden at least once.
As for my male Warden, he didn't lose his child as far as I know.
On those decisions... I have to admit, about half of them were bad from both morale and logic point of view on Morrigan's part, but...
I would maybe set the werewolves upon Dalish, if I didn't have patience to talk some sense into their keeper. I was really tempted to keep the Anvil, because imagine the potential of golem army against the Darkspawn, but I wasn't convinced Branka or any of the dwarves currently in power would use it sensibly. Sacrificing Isolde would be my choice, if I couldn't get to the Tower and bring the magi, she had a pretty big part in what happened there and she agreed on the blood ritual, so pretty viable solution in my book. Some other stuff... well I think Morrigan is looking for a easy way out of things... my Warden would probably always want to go extra way to spare as many people as he can, but I won't blame her for thinking that way.
I cannot see the strength of your argument against it, since you invoked out of the field situations that were not even discussed or that don't fit there.
It was never implied a real life situation about mothers who lose their son, it was just a reference tied to Dragon age Origins which doesn't have a scenario like this.
Morrigan as far as i'm concerned cannot lose Kieran if he is conceived
(if he is not conceived it cannot be lost is pretty simple) only the male Warden can lose the child (Loghain,Alistair or The Warden) and in the scenario that was described in those post where i said to Sylvanerie that this could have been a trauma in the long run for Alistair and also for Loghain,and she said that a night with a woman is less traumatic than have to lost momentary a friend
(if you spare Loghain and then he will die 2 days later) which is not the case,because you are let those Wardens have a child that they will never be able to see,which is the absolute truth for both Loghain,Alistair and a male Waden who is not lover with Morrigan.
Also the whole thing work with a male Warden who was in romance with her as well,since you have no idea for 2-3 years if you will met her again,it's traumatic from a male perspective by far traumatic than just have to disagree with Alistair or make him angry..
You did the DR an d for 1-2 years you didn't not even know what kind of child you created.
My perspective? With an human Kieran is more easy(especially in DAI where he is not kidnapped by Flemeth),because the Warden who roamanced Morrigan don't get to know about him until WH.and so there is literally no problem,i don't lose a son,not even momentary because i don't even know that he exist,also he is not even used like a container for chtulu.
You argued of a possible female scenario,but i remind to you that Morrigan cannot lose Kieran,is not part of the game,you broughted up a situation that is not even in the game,so there is nothing to discuss about it.
I responded to the post by sayng that is not a good thing for a father to lose a son,and that this is more traumatic than just lose a friend or a lover,because you know a son is imho more important,and as i said neither Loghain or Alistair will come to really know him.
As for your Warden meet Kieran,you ar using metagame and also a scenario who was not even included in the first point in that post,and yet with your choice you altered his mind twice (one because of the ritual and one because o Flemeth)! and also put him in danger against FLEMETH WHO WANTED THAT SOUL.also Flelmth obtained that power and you will have no idea of the consequences,imho compared to the redemption this is a failure.
Now for your point 2 werewolves from a logical point of view are bad and Morrigan is a moron to want them more than the dalish.
Morrigan also enjoy the killing that the werewolves commit in the dalish camp,which is evil,she enjoy their killing,this is evil and yet people want ot justify her with that stupid comic?!?
Flemeth never rised her to hate the dalish or killing people for no reason,this is only Morrigan doing.
OH duu the world is mad or i'm trully not capable to comprhend!.
Werewolves are beasts you cannot honestly trust more some beasts in your camp rather than some elves.also werewolves are susceptible
(codex from DAA) to the corruption which will turn them against you if they got infected,also they have their own curse which is an epidemy,you and your allies risk to become one of them if you got infected.
The intelligent choice is to destroy the curse,is a benefit for all of Ferelden,otherwise,whats the point in stopping a blight if you will later have an invasion of werewolves and a more chatastrophic epidemy? Morrigan advice is stupid at best and evil at worse
Also Morrigan as i said approve of use blood magic to kill Isolde which is stupid.
The most logical ,smarter and also good thing to do is to sent the Warden alone to the circle of magi to call the mages,while the others members of your staff will remain with Jowan to guard Connor,if things will get worse before of the Warden return then use Isolde,but only then not immediatly.
Morrigan is one of the most stupidest character that i have ever seen in a video game,her suggestion are not only evil and stupid but also not pratical.
I still remember that her first suggestion at Lothering was to go to Loghain and kill him,ok now if i'm, i don't know someone like Majin Bu i have no problem in doing that,but this is not the case.
And so now i know on why Flemeth first advice was to not let Morrigan talk,be just a silent guide because everything that she said was never smarter or intelligent,Dark ritual included since i refused and because of that Flemeth never gained cthulu soul.
edit also as you said about all the points of my previous list no one as far as i'm concerned defended Morrigan,because there is nothing to argue about it,they were evil things,so i do not take Andy or Sylvanerie when they said that Morrigan of DAO isn't evil,she is,as i said a dog,a comic that do not even work in 90% of scenarios (but only maybe,maybe with a female warden who romanced Alistair) and the Warden as counterpoints are nothing compared to her dark side.
As i said also that comic that make only the fanboys like Andy cry
(which is for sure not your case since you already said that you honestly don't care about a fictional character) do not work in all cases but only one,you n eed only to see others forum or site about people who played the game and many many of them don't have an enthusiasitc opinion about her for all of her misdeeds,which as i said in DAi is also kill like a coward in the back Abelas for something that was not even her property.
Again the smartest thing to do in this scenario was to allow Abelas to destroy the well of sorrow and ask to him how to kill Corypheus,he is an high priest who already possess that knowledge (this is why he do not drink from the well).
To that point there is literally no reason for the Inquisitor to listen Morrigan outrageous excuses to drink from the well.
Trust someone who killed in cold blood someone who was not even attacking you while your party was the invader? Are we serious?
Stab someone who is in his home and is not attacking you, in the back is evil, plain and simple and anyone who said otherwise for whatever reason is just blind and full of bias,and i will not even listen to people who are ready to justify this because they like someone.
Suggest pointless killing of others is evil,use men and lovers of others to conceive child just to use them (both the child and the male warden) is evil,separate a father from a child for no reason like she demand during the dark ritual even to a romanced warden is evil,suggest to kill children is evil,suggest to kill people just because you don't like them( case of wynne) is evil,suggest to sacrifice the mother of a child before to try an alternative is evil, force a demon into an innocent child is evil,kill a merchant for no reason is evil.
Morrigan is more evil than grey and those are all proofs,proofs, not insignificant words.