#going through that entire conversation trying desperately to remember what morrigan literally JUST told me about her
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phew, managed to get mythal's help without fighting her
#going through that entire conversation trying desperately to remember what morrigan literally JUST told me about her#in the end i told her she was wrong and i guess she respected that skfhsns#now i have a sickass new mage knife#and at least kalais can feel a bit better about having one of their gods on their side#fel's da:vg#veilguard spoilers
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Dragon Age: Origins, day 12.
Crashing while Iâm trying to load up last nightâs save? Thatâs new.
Anora, dear, Alix would really just love it if youâd stop this nonsense and vacate her boyfriendâs chair. No? Ah, well, she tried.
I could listen to Riordan all day. All. Day.
Alistair, sweetheart, of course Alix remembered. Youâre not the only one who had Duncan (and his war gear) there at a big time in their life. Do you, ah, recognize the dagger strapped to her left shoulder at all?
So. Party for the Landsmeet. I have a decision to make. Alistair is obviously necessary, but I have two more slots after that. It looks like the only combat is going to be the one-on-one duel with Loghain, so Wynne isnât a no-brainer like she is normally, though I donât know, she might want to be there for her new sonâs big day. Sten makes in-character sense for âscary bodyguardâ reasons. So Sten and Wynne it is, I think.
Alix would really rather not fight Cauthrien again, not after how last time went, but if this damned woman keeps refusing to see sense...whew, she stood down. Thereâs a good ser, now stay well out of Alixâs way.
Ooh, rousing speech time! I love rousing speech time!
Loghain characterizing Alix as Alistairâs âpuppeteerâ is deeply uncharitable, but itâs hard to call him wrong. If you ask her, sheâs merely sheltering him until he has time to grow into someone who can rule effectively on his own and doesnât need her whispering in his ear every second, so that she can get on with her own work, of which thereâs sure to be quite a lotârebuilding the Ferelden branch of the Wardens on top of all the usual queen stuff like maintaining relations outside the palace, seeing to the royal household, and eventually either popping out a kid by some miracle or finding some other way to secure the succession.
Iâd almost forgotten what game I was playing, but then Loghain yelled about rape and insulted Eamon for apparently being fat. Thanks for the reminder!
OK, duel time. Another decision to make: In-character, it makes sense to either have Alix fight herself or have Alistair do it. Or even Sten, whoâs there specifically as muscle.
Alix took down Howe, itâs only fair to give Alistair a go at the man who played a similar role in his life.
This is going to be fiddlyâIâm used to letting the AI deal with him unless heâs in immediate danger, so Iâm less familiar with the use of his abilities than I might be. Lots of pausing, lots of poultices. Come on, kid, we can get through this.
Welp, thatâs that taken care of. Alistair, kid, Iâm sorry, I could really have gotten you here in a better way, but rest assured that Alix loves you and takes her responsibility to you as (literally) the poor bastard she dragged along on her revenge coup very seriously. Youâll have all the help she can give you in adjusting to being king.
Yes, this is the sound of me desperately headcanoning my fuckups to be less bad and swearing to redo this route one day, because I absolutely owe Alistair some nice things after all this.
And now, we level âem up, kit âem out, and pray.
...oh, this is that bug where Leliana thinks you were dating and gets hurt and shocked by your engagement to Alistair, isnât it. Come on, Leliana, I donât appreciate having to get sharp with you for no reason.
Ah. Here we go. Morrigan is making her offer of the dark ritual. Now, look, considering who perpetrated this bit of writing, I do wonder if the idea was to translate the emotional impact of compulsory heterosexuality for a presumed straight audience. If it is, I am 100% not the person to critique it on that level; as far as the outside world is concerned, Iâm a cishet woman slinging strange words around to seem special, and this is very much not my lane. But the particulars launch it into the realm of simple misogyny and rapeyness, and those are things I can speak on. So. I donât like it. Maker spare me from white dude writers who find the violation of othersâ boundaries and bodily and mental integrity absolutely fascinating. Someone please tell sir that this isnât edgy and cool, itâs creepy.
You know, Iâve said the same thing about Av*ll*ne more than once during Pillars or KotOR playthroughs. But at least heâs subtle about it and tucks the rapey stuff away in backstories or behind metaphors! Never thought Iâd be pining for that guy, I swear to God.
The âIt must be him, and it must be tonight!â bitâOK, weâre clearly playing a fun game of How Much Creepy Can We Load Into One Conversation. Yaaaaaay.
So. Weâve got the dodgy consent thing, weâve got the âwomen are scary witches after menâs precious bodily fluidsâ thing thatâs been going on the entire time with Morrigan, glad to see it all in the fucking open. So to speak. *sigh*
Anyway. In-character: Alix has asked a whole hell of a lot of her fiancĂ© over the last few days. Maybe not been too considerate at times. Now thereâs one more thing. Itâs a big one. Heâd be within his rights to hate her for it. Please let him not hate me, she thinks. I only want him to live. I only want us to live.
And yes, she was absolutely mortified to explain the whole thing to him. Pretty much ready to have a panic attack the whole time.
...does Morrigan think the issue here is jealousy? Oh, honey, no. Alix had her whole life to get used to the idea of her future husband potentially having a mistress, a one-off sexual encounter with someone he has no desire to go back to is nothing. No, her worries are a. that this is hurting him and b. that you could wreak all sorts of havoc with a child housing an Old God even if he never presses his claim to the throne. In that order.
I canât speak for anyone else, but I did not need that cutscene in my life.
Headcanon: Alix and her various boyfriends have had a thing for bathing each other since she was a teenager. Itâs a way to fuss over each other and have physical contact thatâs only as sexual as you want it to be. So while there wasnât time for a proper bath, you bet your ass that before she sent Alistair off with Morrigan, she told him sheâd be ready with a basin and a rag if he could still stand the sight of her afterwards.
Aw, Alistairâs rousing speech before the battle is rather sweet.
Final party: Alistair and Wynne, my usual undroppables, obviously. I think I need another combat wombat, but does that mean someone tanky, or does it mean a second rogue? Hm, I think I could do with Shale, she picked up some pretty sweet skills at her last level-up.
Aww, mama Wynne is proud of her new daughter.
Really, all of the goodbye speeches are sweet.
And with that, it might behoove me to go get some sleep and finish up tomorrow.
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