#including a servant that he mind controlled using blood magic and lets say the inquisitor can decide to spare the guy or not | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

elvesofnoldor · 5 years ago

Text

oddly enough, playing da2 really makes me wish that da:i addressed dorian being a necromancer and how similar some of the spells are to blood magic spells to a certain extent. Especially considering how necromancy can be mistaken for blood magic aka something dorian stays away from on principle due to its association with magisters and tevinter mages. hawke fought a lot of blood mages throughout the entire game, and there is this one blood mage that basically does necromancy aka resurrecting corpses buried in the ground. it’s definitely not something dorian would do tho, he doesnt make spirits possess corpses, he simply commands some to take on the forms of fallen enemies, other than with death syphon he can heal himself when something or someone dies around him in battle, that’s the closest thing he does that’s even related to necromancy, but part of what he does or can do is still related to manipulating life force aka something blood magic is known for, he must feel the temptation of blood magic the most. His biggest fear is temptation, after all! if dorian uses his own blood to amplify his power, i can totally see him being able to thin the veil enough to draw spirits into corpses and reanimating them like a proper necromancer. Considering that he is a mage that utilizes his magic in a way that can potentially make him vulnerable to temptation of blood magic--something that symbolizes the corruption he hated so much in tevinter, i feel like his specialization as a mage is almost vital to his characterization.

like, i think there are three elements that’s vital to him as a character: 1. the legacy of being born into a noble tevinter mage family and what that means to his desire to see a better tevinter 2. the temptation of power in all forms: social, political and magical and 3 aka the only element that’s been explored in the game: the yearning for genuine love and affection tevinter culture denied him due to the fact that he’s a gay man. These three elements are all entangle with each other: blood magic relates to temptation of power he must have felt and is definitely afraid of, temptation of power relates to the corruption festering among the his tevinter mage peers that he hate so much, and lastily, his status as a tevinter mage is the reason why he had little hope of finding true love as he is expected to marry and produce children, aka something he wouldn’t willingly do as he is not attracted to women. they are all related but only the last aspect of what defines his character gets somewhat explored. His quests and arc really should have focused on him talking about and re-considering what needs to be changed in tevinter throughout the events of inquisition, with a focus on the legacy of his countrymen. but since da:i is the one game that doesn’t properly develop a lot of its companion/characters, ofc we dont get the good shit

#if you dont get his romance quest you basically just get a cut scene where u get informed hes gay and thats it #which is shitty as fuck considering the potential this character has and only one small aspect of him is talked abt smh #its like a 3 min cut scene too. smh! now that i think abt it im kinda angry lol #they can talk abt the fact that hes gay and still explore important aspect of his character since its all kinda related in my opinion #but no i guess! i guess only boring straight fuckers like blackwall and solas deserve good arcs lol #for a character that the player would have encounter either way and whose status and background makes him very relevant to the plot #hes quite pushed to the side lol #some random motherfucker like blackwall really should not take that much space in the game lol hes not even a REAL grey warden #yolanda talks #exploration of mage's relationship with magic/spirits always make the most intriguing arcs in dragon age games #it sucks that they didnt have a similar arc for dorian #merrill's arc is the most well done. in my opinion. which is part of the reason why i like her so much #after playing da2 i actually love having some combat in these companion quests #it helps to make the ensuing cut scenes feel rewarding and the story makes more of an emotional impact #in the fade. the fear demon tries to taunt dorian by comparing him to his father. implying dorian is afraid of being his father #and that taunt just doesnt make any impact since dorian is nothing like his father. it makes no sense that the demon would taunt him abt it #if his father. say. allied with some venatori in order to try to bring dorian home and has turned to blood magic #halward pavus has hired henchmen and mercenary to kidnap dorian before and he was def going to use blood magic on dorian #it'd make sense. and say he did the same thing again. maybe the first combat consists of them fighting a bunch of ppl #including a servant that he mind controlled using blood magic and lets say the inquisitor can decide to spare the guy or not #which results in approval change from dorian. then they proceed to the next area and fight dorian's father and THEN #maybe we get to decide whether we'd kill his father or not (hes gonna die in trespasser anyways so why not)#the cut scene b/w dorian and his father happens and we know what we need to know from the game #except that dorian's sexuality would be addressed but not the focus of the cut scene #that would have been great. dorian feeling shaken to the core that his own father who values integrity and principle could be corrupted #and fearing that he could become someone like his father. which is v relevant to his arc and to the plot since u fought venatori #but no. again we get 3 minutes of shitty cut scene. smh. and we dont even get to fight his piece of shit homophobic father

8 notes · View notes