MKDAWUSS wrote...
Master Shiori wrote...
Honestly, expecting Morrigan to do a 180° and abandon everything she believes in just because she's your friend or lover is taking it too far. You can influence the way she sees the world but only to the point of making her accept love and friendship. Trying to do more than that would be unrealistic.
The thing with DA is that all companions are more like people in real life. You can't change who they are and how they think just because you want to. You can influence them with your actions and reasoning but that's as far as it goes.
That's not to say Morrigan couldn't eventually change even more, but that would take time and a lot of effort on the part of the Warden himself to show her there's another side to what she believes. You get to do a bit of that in Origins and might continue in the sequal, provided both Morri and Warden are in it.
I don't think anyone's expecting a 180, but at the same time, I'm not expecting the same Morrigan of the Korcari Wilds either. Also, I would think that there would at least be some acknowledgement of the prior interaction and relationship between the two. Would it continue? I doubt it - you'd also then have to give a continuation to the other romance storylines you developed in Origins. And that could mean basically bringing back your collection of Origins characters, which I really wouldn't quite care for. Besides, all of them could be dead at the end of Awakening.
Alistair/Loghain - executed at the Landsmeet, dies slaying the AD
Leliana - Killed at the Urn, killed in Lothering
Sten - Killed in Lothering
Oghren - Killed at Vigil's Keep
Wynne - Killed at the Urn, killed at the Circle Tower
Zevran - Killed during his ambush, killed in Denerim
Shale - Killed at the Anvil
And then there is the Anora relationship.
If we are to see Morrigan I would hope that the relationship is at least acknowledged and recognized, but at the same time, it could also leave the other romance stories out of the picture. Yes, none of the others produced the OGB, but not all Wardens were friends or lovers with Morrigan either.
The thing is Morrigan isn't important because of romance continuation. That's just a little extra for those who romanced her. The main point is to use her and the OGB as a plot element that can enrich the new story. Doing so doesn't mean you automatically need to bring back all the other love interests. Bioware said they have no problem with the idea of having a romance continue in a new game as long as it fits the story.
Morrigan does change during the course of Origins so that by it's end she isn't the same person you met in Korcari Wilds. However, if she and our Warden are to reunite in the sequal then that reunion needs to not only work for a Warden that romanced her, but also for all the other Wardens and also any new character created in DA2. That means we'll most likely get a few extra lines that would mention our past relationship with her, but kisses and hugs type of reunion shouldn't be expected. Most likely she'd be neutral towards us at first in order to allow us to rebuild (or build, in case of a new pc) our relationship the way we want to. Think of it more like how Ashley or Kaiden treated Shepard in ME2, even though they were his/her lovers.
As for bringing back companions from Origins, that is entirely optional. Awakening clearly showed, in case of Wynne and Oghren, that just because we may have been at bad terms with them or even killed them off they will be back if Bioware wants them to be.
Also, not all companions can be freely used in future games.
Morrigan, Leliana, Zevran and Shale could easily pop up again.
Alistair would be a problem since he has several different outcomes based on how you played, so the only way to handle him is by using canon which I find unlikely.
Sten could appear if the game deals with the Qunari in some way.
Oghren is a Grey Warden now and tied to Amaranthine, so don't expect him to show up again unless DA2 takes place in Ferelden.
Wynne is a circle mage and doesn't have the freedom to travel around as she pleases. At best she'd be an npcs like in Awakening.
Loghain, if alive, is stationed in Orlais so don't expect to see him unless DA2 takes place there.