#but ofc this is something with my fave so ive been rotating it around in my head like a rotisserie chicken

[diamondcitydarlin]

re: the last post about Varric in datv, someone else brought up the whole thing with Anders and like...yeah, there's a lot about Varric that is very forgiving and non-judgmental and ofc it's possible he might have changed his stance on such things over time, but it's established in DA2 that there are certain lines he's not comfortable with others crossing even and perhaps especially if he considered them friends. Like, if I'm not mistaken there is chance to get him to mention Anders in DA:I and there's a strong sense of betrayal there, like he's mad but also disappointed in this person he'll never, ever trust again and is now basically dead to him. I'm just saying I feel like at one time Varric was written to have this kind of threshold of his trust. There's a lot he'll try to understand with nuance but even he has his limits. That's where I felt he was with Solas by the end of Trespasser (tho I haven't played it in years so I could be wrong, but that's what I remember) so it is kind of JARRING to see him in DATV being like NO I CAN FIX HIM, I JUST NEED TO SAY THE RIGHT THING TO HIM AND HE'LL STOP RIPPING THE WORLD APART TRUST ME BRO. Again, there's an element of that concept that's very sweet, but the more I ruminate on it, the less it makes sense with Varric's character as I knew him to be in the previous games. OH AND SAME WITH BARTRAND?!??! Like, this guy has been betrayed by people he loved and trusted SEVERAL times now but we're meant to believe he thinks he can just cheerleader Solas out of doing this thing??? I wouldn't think him so naive, especially 10 years on.

Idk, I'm fully willing to believe he'd want to still involve himself in the fate of the world because of his own sense of guilt and honor and duty all in equal measure, but I feel it should have been more of a trying to undermine Solas thing than a 'reason with him' kind of approach and that would've worked even better if we HAD to have him involved.