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stayatsam · 1 year

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wait, what did david gaider do that was ableist?

oh, not david gaider! Anders was written by Jennifer Hepler who based him off her ex-boyfriend.

and the ableism is specifically how anders is written, specifically that romancing/loving anders is a burden (because he is written as mentally ill)

EDIT: she actually received a lot of pretty dirty harassment over it, and i obviously don't condone that at all. the game came out 10 years ago so she might've changed how she views bipolar people but anders is still a very "yikes" experience for me to play in a game as a bipolar person

#honestly. his entire character is a hot mess and crazily inconsistent #they have him portrayed as a freedom fighter (loosely) but he's sympathetic to tevinter slave owners #he values helping the downtrodden but he loathes fenris #uhhh what else #whole lot #in the meta i straight up cannot accept half of what he says or does

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