#But Saarash Mercar kinda finds him annoying and unpredictable

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As much as I love Dorian (and I love him A LOT) the fact that I can make him an Archon and the fact that he somehow seems more sensible of the two options in game is hysterical to me.

The man avoided the politics for better part of his life in order to spite his family and he admitably god VERY good at being as politically abhorent and unacceptable as it is possible. He will sometimes say the wildest, most out of pocket shit that comes to his mind. If there is a thing to say that will offend the largest amount of people in a room any given time, he will not only say it but make it ten times worst. And part of it is an act sure, but something about the way Emmrich talks about young Dorian makes me think he has put on this act for so long it's basically nature to him at this point. Like during half of convos he has with Solas- I am sure he doesn't mean to offend him... he is just so used to saying first thing that comes to his mind he does and he ends up saying some wild things. And the codexes we get that mention what Dorian has been up to in the Magestirium for this past years does tell me he still absolutely does this although he has gotten better at who he directs it at. But he still can't help himself, pretty much ever, to not cause some good old outrage.

All that to say- although Dorian is great at being a pariah and amazing at annoying the living hell out of uppity politicians... it does feel like he is not particularly careful about doing it or how it affects his standing. It may win him some support from the common folks, sure, but Tevinter isn't a democracy. What I am trying to get at is that to get good at politics Dorian would need to be a little bit more... well, a little bit more like Vivienne. And I am willing to belive he could do this in 10 year time skip but nothing in Veilguard leads me to belive he did. Which makes it hilarious he can become a political leader of this nation because I can just imagine what kind of things he will end up saying there.