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[Inzhuna]

damn i didn't get the eleanor rigby reference and i'm a beatles fan! *facepalm*

[IronCladNinja]

Tapsters (in orozammar) and Brewsters, the pub/bar thing in reality are kinda easter eggy

[NvVanity]

When Zevran talks about he wishes he had some "Antivan Boots" you can reply "No boots for you!" which probably is a nod to the soup **** from seinfeld. No soup for you!



Also the Black Stone Irregulars could be a nod to the Baker Street Irregulars from Sherlock Holmes.

[Ubasti]

"I have a bad feeling about this" is an answer the PC can choose couple of times during the game (first was in Korcari Wilds as far as I can recall).

[knarayan]

I distinctly remember reading a codex entry or listening to a conversation about Paragon Ortan writing a story about seven dwarfs - but was not able to find it again.

Has anyone else come across this?

[Sandtigress]

Lughsan35 wrote...

Captain Cosmos wrote...

I found a ring called the "one ring" can remember what it did but is clearly a major reference to the one ring from the lord of the rings

As clear as the corpse of a 'small boy' with the note that says, "Why didn't we just take the giant eagles to the mountain?"

I can't find this in Lothering - Where is he?

[Zemore]

No one seems to have said it but it was pretty obvious to me Morgan le fay = Morrigan from the King Arthur legends and what not.

[Zemore]

No one seems to have said it but it was pretty obvious to me  Morrigan = Morgan le fayfrom the King Arthur legends and what not.
(dunno how i double posted o.O)

Modifié par Zemore, 18 janvier 2010 - 05:50 .

[Sandtigress]

knarayan wrote...

I distinctly remember reading a codex entry or listening to a conversation about Paragon Ortan writing a story about seven dwarfs - but was not able to find it again.
Has anyone else come across this?

I seem to remember this.  If you haven't goten a definite answer before I get home from work tonight, I'll go through my codexes and see if I can find it again.

[Xandurpein]

Sandtigress wrote...

Lughsan35 wrote...

Captain Cosmos wrote...

I found a ring called the "one ring" can remember what it did but is clearly a major reference to the one ring from the lord of the rings

As clear as the corpse of a 'small boy' with the note that says, "Why didn't we just take the giant eagles to the mountain?"

I can't find this in Lothering - Where is he?

I found the note on a corpse in one of those random encounters. There where two burnt corpses I belive. I assume it was frodo and Sam.

[Lady of Lore]

BomimoDK wrote...

DeExil wrote...

Red Viking wrote...

"If all else fails, go for the eyes!" on the loading screen.

"And if that don't work, use more guns" (sorry, I just had to post this - this is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the loading screen)

but the correct answer is.

"Boo will have his REVENGE!"

And of course "I must get aid soon. Boo is too young to have to avenge me."

[ArathWoeeye]

BomimoDK wrote...

DeExil wrote...

Red Viking wrote...

"If all else fails, go for the eyes!" on the loading screen.

"And if that don't work, use more guns" (sorry, I just had to post this - this is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the loading screen)

but the correct answer is.

"Boo will have his REVENGE!"

Because they are both big and use big weapons, I keep thinking Minsc's quotes with Sten.
Jump over Sten's sword while you can darkspawn, he won't be as gentle! (Leliana could disagree there though)
Sten will lead with blade and boot... Mabari will take care of the details.
...

[Tchos]

Zemore wrote...
No one seems to have said it but it was pretty obvious to me  Morrigan = Morgan le fayfrom the King Arthur legends and what not.

Unlikely.  Morrigan bears more resemblance to Morrígan of Irish legend, whose name has no cognate with the Arthurian character.  Morrígan of Irish legend was a shapeshifter as the DA:O Morrigan is, and although DA:O Morrigan's forms don't include Irish Morrígan's crow form, the black feathers on DA:O Morrigan's robe may be a reference to that.

[DizzzyDevil]

Kilafer wrote...

Axameter!
The legendary axe in the stump haha.
Seemed like it could have come straight out of the Quest for the Holy Grail.

I've not gotten this yet.

It refers to; 
Excalibur - King Arthur's legendary sword -  The 'Sword in the stone'

No?

[bucca09]

The artifact scholar in front of the Denerrim Chantry says something about a shoe dropped from the foot of a prophet... a Monty Python "Life of Brian" reference.

[Zemore]

Tchos wrote...

Zemore wrote...
No one seems to have said it but it was pretty obvious to me  Morrigan = Morgan le fayfrom the King Arthur legends and what not.

Unlikely.  Morrigan bears more resemblance to Morrígan of Irish legend, whose name has no cognate with the Arthurian character.  Morrígan of Irish legend was a shapeshifter as the DA:O Morrigan is, and although DA:O Morrigan's forms don't include Irish Morrígan's crow form, the black feathers on DA:O Morrigan's robe may be a reference to that.

well theres suspicions that La fay orginated from that Morrigan but the keystone might be shes  combination of both one is a god and shapeshifter but she isnt depicted as devious Cryptic mabye and a war deity war is simple Morrigan however is anything BUT simple shes devious and cunning much like La fay as well as a powerful magic user like La fay ( i dont consider gods having so much magic as just the ablity to bend reality to thier crazy ass whims? mabye im wrong )
but as i said La fay is likley based off your morrigan so who really knows

Modifié par Zemore, 20 janvier 2010 - 02:14 .

[Sandtigress]

Oh, and I totally got the dead hobbits last night. Ask and you shall receive, apparently!

[wwwwowwww]

A lot of lil ones in the game for sure.



I'm confused on how people can say someone from this game = someone from another game or movie though. I think some are trying to hard to find comparasins instead of asknowledging that not everything is something recycled.

[Tchos]

Zemore wrote...
well theres suspicions that La fay orginated from that Morrigan but the keystone might be shes  combination of both one is a god and shapeshifter but she isnt depicted as devious Cryptic mabye and a war deity war is simple Morrigan however is anything BUT simple shes devious and cunning much like La fay as well as a powerful magic user like La fay
but as i said La fay is likley based off your morrigan so who really knows

Well, I've read the speculations about Morgan Le Fay being based on Morrígan, but I've read more persuasive arguments that she was not.  But indeed, regardless of whether she originally was or not, many later writers have added to the legends with material that draws the similarities closer, so it may just be a matter of which point you prefer to start from.  Same with whether you prefer to use Morgan's English name (Morgan Le Fay), her French name (Fée Morgane), which predates the English version* in Chrétien de Troyes Arthurian stories, or going all the way back to the Latin version "Morgen", which is her first named appearance in any known Arthurian story, in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini.  I personally fall in the middle.

Also, the earlier Arthurian stories did not cast Morgane as a devious person.  She was a much more sympathetic and helpful character than her later incarnations (the familial relations were different as well).

*Small correction:  "Fée Morgane" is her modern French name, whereas it appeared as "Morgain, la fee" in Chrétien de Troyes' work.  So there's yet another spelling to choose from.

Modifié par Tchos, 20 janvier 2010 - 03:41 .

[The Gay Warden]

Sten says "The Cake is a lie."

[bucca09]

wwwwowwww wrote...

A lot of lil ones in the game for sure.

I'm confused on how people can say someone from this game = someone from another game or movie though. I think some are trying to hard to find comparasins instead of asknowledging that not everything is something recycled.

Think of the references as tributes/shout-outs, not recycling.  I admit that there are many references I don't get since I'm not familiar with the source material, but I enjoy the ones I understand.  Is there some over-reaching on some comparisons?  I can't say, since a lot of those are the ones  I don't get.

[Lord_Majeure]

In the Dalish origin, past the mirror in the cave is a "strange statue" that reads something to the effect of 'A tribute to trading dwarves that delved to high and frugally and found elves,' contrasting the lord of the rings 'Dwarves that delved to deep and to greedily' unleashing Durin's Bane(The Balrog).