#Id like to be able to have at least a civil conversation with Fenris and Carter as a heroic mage Hawke without bashing myself/my magic

[thesummerstorms]

See, the thing is I actually really love the *idea* of Dragon Age 2 as an inescapable tragedy, one where Hawke is doomed by a narrative they can't escape.

But the lazy writing of the ending, the strange and often bitter dynamics between the different NPCs (bitter to the point of being nonsensical for the sake of drama in places), the way the narrative functionally handles the struggle between Mages and Templars, the "rivalmance" dynamic all just make it very much not a game I personally enjoy playing.