KnightofPhoenix wrote...
This is a hard question, so you have been warned. Hypothetically. Imagine that your Warden can in no way accept what Morrigan is doing. Not just the means, the ends in and of themselves. They are directly incompatible with his beliefs / interests/ conscience / what have you. Would your Warden seek to stop Morrigan? And if he does, would he go as far as killing her? What if killing her was the only option?
Tough question indeed.
Well, to take the first instance- if there was absolutely zero way to agree with what Morrigan was doing or the means she was employing- then my Warden would obviously try to reason with her and if necessary stop her. But it really, really would depend on what she was doing. Which is the big question when it comes to Morrigan- what the hell is she doing?
I mean, if it was a scenario where Morrigan just went mad with power or similarly became some evil force, then yeah, my Warden might put an end to her if she threatened all of Thedas or something. Because at that point it wouldn't be the Morrigan he grew to fall in love with, but something else entirely. But if Gaider did something like that, I'd imagine it coming off as awfully Plot Hammer-esque and rage inducing here on the forums than anything else.
KnightofPhoenix wrote...
Alternatively, you agree or can agree with Morrigan's ends, but abhor or dislike the means she is employing. Would turn a blind eye? Would you seek to moderate her? Or would you seek to stop her?
Well, when my Cousland did the DR for the first time, he struggled with that choice and I seriously considered not having him do it, as the first thing to leap into my head was that this was bad news. But I took up Morrigan on the DR and do almost every time, because my Warden will be alive to hopefully correct any dreadful mistake should Morrigan go rogue or have the DR blow up in her face. Whereas if you kick Morrigan out and do the US, you'll just have a pissed off Morrigan out there which isn't good either, except now your Warden isn't around to do anything about it.
And with Witch Hunt, my Wardens mostly go through purely as Morrigan's lover, but also to help her out with whatever she has to deal with and to provide a moderating influence on her to some extent. Just as she was at times the devil whispering in the Warden's ear, there isn't any reason why the Warden can't be the angel/devil whispering right back in her ear when its Morrigan's turn to make big decisions. And I think Morrigan/Warden's relationship works well that way- as Morrigan says, its a relationship of equals and I think she means that and would respect what the Warden had to say, even if she didn't agree with it. Unless its just some cosmic force of destiny and fate out there dictating Morrigan's actions, I don't think she would willfully do anything that would cause the Warden undue stress or do anything that would harm him. I'd just have a hard time thinking up a scenario where the Warden would be forced to kill/stop Morrigan without her having essentially become a different character at that point.
Its a tough question to answer without knowing the specifics- I wouldn't take anything off of the table necessarily, but it would have to be pretty damn awful and horrific for my Warden to want to kill Morrigan.
KnightofPhoenix wrote...
Even when following Morrigan through the mirror, I was uneasy (and not only because of the stupid hurr derp face my Warden had) thinking about what might happen. I do not think Morrigan is "evil" nor do I believe she picks "evil" choices, but I know that Morrigan has little consideration for masses of people (perfectly understandable due to her upbringing) and might be imprudent, impatient, short sighted and might take things to an extreme.
Absolutely. Like I said, my Wardens go through the mirror with Morrigan in some sense to help her out and that would include trying to act as a moderating influence should the time call for it. I can very easily see BioWare having Morrigan's story turn into some sort of MacBeth like parable on the dangers of power or something, and so long as the dialogue options and choices are present, I think my Warden would try to steer Morrigan in less extreme directions. But knowing Gaider, we'll be neutered from asking any questions in dialogue and get Plot Hammered anyway with some tragedy.
So much would depend on what Morrigan has planned. If its some Architect like scenario from the Calling where it requires thousands and thousands of people to die...hmmm..my Cousland would have a hard time with that but my Amell would probably be ok with it.
But as far as the mirror ending goes, yes, there is a hint of "are you really sure about this?" type tone in Morrigan's voice when she mentions that it would be best for both the Warden and her if he stayed behind. I don't know quite what that means, but maybe its the some difference in that choosing to go with Morrigan, dooms both of them to some tragic death together, yet if the Warden had stayed behind Morrigan could have done a better job doing whatever in Mirror World and thus she would have come back and been able to live happily ever after with the Warden? That would be a huge GOTCHA! moment though...
KnightofPhoenix wrote...
So I know, or at least I am hoping, that I am going to be conflicted over this and that we won't have a purely happy ending with a Morritopia or something. Hence the questions above. Of course answering them accurately requires us to know what she is planing and what means she is using. But we can infer from what we know of her as a character, so I figured we could prepare for it hypothetically. It might lessen the impact of a potential tragedy 
The thing with Morrigan is that the tragic endings write themselves. You can pick them right out of the air. Thats not to say that you couldn't have a really well done tragedy with her, but its a bit predictable and if it went that route the line would be very thin between treading on a well done tragedy and having it come across as forced and Plot Hammer of Doom. And I'd likely be thinking its just a repeat of Gaider having Maric kill Katriel.
As I've said before, it would be nice if a tragedy was a potential outcome, but not the only one. That sort of blunts the inevitablity of a tragedy, but still, I'd prefer a possible ending where perhaps you have to go through Hell and back, make plenty of dubious decisions along the way, but through your choices and actions at least have the possibility of a measured happy ending. The doom and gloom is just so predictable with everything Morrigan that it would be nice if you had at least the possiblity of a partly sunny ending with her.
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:lol:Your Cousland is clearly a mentally challenged, emotional wreck- man up! 
Thanks Shiori. I would like to add viewing this pic while listining to this song is a must. 
