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[Nefla]

This has pretty much been explicitly stated in this interview (specific part in: 4:46-5:20):

 

Spoiler

I just hope it's not "continued" like the Mage-Templar war was "continued" from DA2.

[midnight tea]

I just hope it's not "continued" like the Mage-Templar war was "continued" from DA2.

 

Lol, it's rather hard to top "the world is about to end (by hand of my former companion, who also happens to be a legendary figure from elven legends and creator of the Veil that holds the magic at bay)"

[Almostfaceman]

That'd be a really great argument if it hadn't been said explicitly in response to somebody who touted his own credentials as a "history major". And it'd be an even better argument if your own username didn't include the word "academic". Get your prolix hypocrisy out of my face.

I don't pull out my credentials very often on the Internet. In this particular case, it seemed appropriate for the discussion. In most cases, it isn't, and I don't bring it up - I just post warrants and claims.

It's well and good to spout high-flown drivel about how the mission of academia is to teach people, not make them feel like crap. It's high-flown drivel I agree with, in a setting where academic discussion is possible. (Except conferences. Everybody is out to get you at conferences. Like the old joke: "if you can't say anything nice, say it in the form of a question".) But I also think that it's often (not always! not even "most of the time"!) a pointless endeavor on social media, where people have little interest in listening to reasoned argument. And it's especially pointless on topics where reasoned argument is almost definitionally impossible.

Look at the OP. The discussion did not start as one involving historical academia. The OP put up a series of reasons (s)he believed made the narrative of a video game flawed, because it didn't offer a choice that (s)he wanted, and that (s)he thought should have been able to have been made. And my initial response was basically in the same format, taking the fictional setting on its own terms and comparing it to other fictional settings. Then the OP claimed he had good reasons, and brought in his historical credentials, and there we go. Whatever you think is going on here, it isn't intellectual bullying.

 

Pointless excuses for being rude. Fail. 

 

[Nefla]

Lol, it's rather hard to top "the world is about to end (by hand of my former companion, who also happens to be a legendary figure from elven legends and creator of the Veil that holds the magic at bay)"

The world is always about to end, but this time...your character is dying of syphilis too!