#Dragon Age II Bethany

[bemorch]

DA2 companions: Family edition

[stealingpotatoes]

@highladyofdusk and I have been playing dragon age 2 together and I've been making comics to record our exploits (see: stupid comments). im basically like a worse varric

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[dragonagecinema]

Dragon Age Companions - Part II

Part I is here:

Part III is here:

Part IV is here:

Awakening is here:

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FAQ

[longiflorum]

Just finished DA2 for the first time and obviously had to start a new playthrough. This time I go with a Hawke that almost breaks under the treatment/expectations of her family/Kirkwall and stops to give a shit after a while. Her greatest friend is Sebastian Vael since he treats her kind and demands nothing if her (he is honestly such a sweet character, were is all the hate coming from? Did I miss something?) I don't hate Carver or Leandra, but they said some stuff to Hawke that is pretty heavy and especially Leandra reminds me of toxic things my mom does. Know however that I don't hate them.

[paunchsalazar]

some Dragon Age II scribbles

[hergnomieness]

The survivors

[wicclan]

Thinking about how much pressure Leandra has always placed on Hawke. It's like when Malcolm died, Leandra lost the person who took the leader / protective role of their family, and since our Hawke was the eldest born before the twins and clearly would eventually be as powerful if not more than him, Leandra basically forced Malcolm's role onto Hawke.

So Hawke watches over the twins and Leandra, and since Leandra doesn't seem to know how to take on any blame or responsibility for their unpleasant circumstances of their life now that Malcolm is dead because of (probably mostly) shame. Exactly what her parents were worried about happening basically happened and she was stuck with 3 kids, an ocean and a country away from her old family and noble roots.

Leandra blames Hawke when the first twin dies, like immediately. Hawke just lost their sibling, same as Leandra lost her child, and Leandra's first instinct is to blame Hawke, when Hawke wasn't even near the twins and Leandra. Leandra was right there. Bethany/Carver dies while protecting Leandra.

Yet then she blames Hawke, saying "how could you let this happen?"

Later, If you take your surviving twin to the deep roads and they either die, or are saved by the Wardens, Leandra blames our Hawke yet again, despite the fact that whichever twin is still with you, gets pissed if you don't take them. They insist on going and if you relent and agree, Leandra blames you. As if you're the one still in "charge". Like you all aren't a family, with fully grown adults making their own choices now.

Then when Leandra dies, the game nearly tells you without saying outright that it's basically your fault because you're the one investigating the murders as your mom is being targeted as the next victim.

And if you weren't out galavanting through Kirkwall, making the money your now 2 person family's needs ( Gamlen doesn't count ) to keep living in your fancy mansion - you might have noticed the suspiciousness of your mom's new "boyfriend", or perhaps if you'd been one or two days faster in your investigation, you could've saved her!

The Hawke family is tragically poetic, and i hate that if you make a certain series of choices, everything that Leandra threw in Hawke's face and blamed them for...would seem true.

But I think that it also comes down to the fact that maybe actually Leandra just blames Malcolm for dying and leaving her all alone with the life they were supposed to have together - a life she doesn't know how to live without him.

She's grieving, and Malcolm is gone, but Hawke? Hawke who is supposedly the spitting image of Malcom, and very similar in personality and even power is right there. The only thing Leandra probably loves and hates and resents and adores all at once. Bitterness is all she really seems to know when Malcolm dies, and Hawke being the oldest, took the brunt of it all until Leandra herself died and left Hawke all alone with the guilt.

[storybookhawke]

Bethany Hawke - ''Sunshine"

[loustica-lucia]

DAII — 💙Hawke Family❤️

Malcolm, Carver Bethany, Leandra and Eleena Amell Hawke, Lothering 9:15 Dragon

When times were easier...😔

I missed drawing these dumbasses together ♥ Only Eleena and Carver made it, but the Hawke memories and love remains... 🥹

[thenevarranaccord]

I’m gonna fight everyone.

Inquisition and Origins both had perfectly fine mage healing. Yes, it was less of a focus in Inquisition, but every single Inquisition mage is a perfectly competent healer if used properly and in combination with well-crafted gear. The problem is that most people don’t want to bother with anything more complicated than “drink potion.”

Morrigan and Wynne can both be set to basically autopilot all of your healing in Origins.

Healing was straight garbage in II though and that’s a fact. The best healer in the game is Hawke himself, so you have to give up playing all other classes and specialties if you want a spirit healer. Anders can either attack or heal but can’t do both effectively at the same time. Bethany gets a D+ for effort in healing and Merrill can’t heal at all. But hey! Endless potions.

[arctic-hands]

I took Bethany with me to be a smuggler bc I didn't want her to lead a life of needlessly killing 🥺

[stealingpotatoes]

recording mine and @highladyofdusk’s stupid DA2 playthrough comments, part 2!

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[sky-fire-forever]

Bethany saying Anders reminds her of her father is making me fucking feral

[breadedsinner]

Which Dragon Age II character had the best introduction?

[bitterchunks]

hawkes