#like i get that bioware was trying to do a redemption arc w/ c*llen | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ohsweetflips · 5 years ago

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ajsjdfjkj goD i cannot focus on writing more than a couple sentences in an essay draft due soon but i had to restrain myself from going off in the tags of my last rb

tumblr cut off half my tags anyway rip

#like i get that bioware was trying to do a redemption arc w/ c*llen #and like there are parts of his character that i like in inq #but 1) samson was betrayed by the templars and put out on the streets to die a lyrium addict WHY would he join them again #and 2) the canonical progression of cullen from dao --> dai if he ended up as the red templar commander wouldve been fucking choice #like imo a lot of retconning went into cullen for inq #oh fuck i forgot to asterik his name #im not tagging this anyway so it's whatever but like #also tho dragon age now caters to a very pro-templar narrative which does get annoying bc it went from #''the mages are oppressed and some even brutally abused by the templars'' to ''the mages complain abt everything ...#but the templars are so resilient and should be forgiven for their crimes''#and it's even more complicated bc i do like his character in dai (mostly bc of imo the retconning) (but also he still says some bs)#(like bitch at least admit meredith was wrong and disgustingly violent)#(like!!! if youre doing a redemption arc here bioware at least have him own up to his shit and maybe it'll fly better)#but in dao im like ''okay fuck off'' and in da2 he's so vehemenently pro-templar that it offers some interesting friction!!#but also i would not let him near my mage!hawke w/ a 10ft pole #anyway like?? ik it's not that deep but who am i if i am not writing essays abt shit that doesnt matter #just like....... idk i love dai but so much of it felt so geared towards pushing for the templars #but like what are the templars gonna do to the breach??? restrain it to death??????#and it's weird bc i love inquisition so much like not even bullshitting ive played probably 600/700 collective hours of it (most likely more #but sometimes im just like ''wow!! this game is pulling a lot of bullshit!!!!''#like and then w/ c*llen idk how to word it??#like it's just frustrating to have played mages in the previous games and hear the shit that he says abt mages #and then in dai /that part/ has no narrative repercussions #like not even a kirkwall mage who was around him when he was knight captain #like come on bioware give us the layers.........#if ur gonna make it sound like varric fucking hates anders w/ all his heart #there could at least be a scene when hawke gets to skyhold #and varric is like ''if you say anything to here we're gonna have a problem''#like idk i just wish there were more narrative repercussions at the very least #idek if im pro or anti i just know i still would never romance him w/ a mage lmao

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