gay!anders
One of the many things I love about Dragon Age 2 is that the four main love interests are bisexual. Or Hawke-sexual. Point being that regardless of Hawke's gender, s/he can romance any and all of the four LI characters.
Playing as dude!mage!Hawke now. Labor Day weekend was full of much DA, and I burnt through the first act and am making my merry way through the second. Anders. Oh Maker, Anders. I romanced him as f!Hawke my first and second play-throughs, and was considering branching out to Fenris as m!Hawke, since between The Boyfriend and me, we've loved up all the other characters but him.
But there's a whole other side, a whole other history of Anders when you pursue him as m!Hawke.
It might also be because Hawke is a mage this time around; Anders, who was already a dedicated and incredibly devoted lover to my f!Hawke, is even more desperate to win mage!m!Hawke's approval. There was one scene in particular in which my Hawke defended the constantly victimized mages, and Anders beside him smiled with such surprised joy and pride.
Or maybe it's a combination of the two. Rogue!f!Hawke is two steps away from him - she doesn't understand what it's like to be a mage, nor what it's like to be attracted to other men. She's an outsider who can sympathize, but never really understand; she watches from a safe distance. Sure, she comes from a family with magic, but that fear, that hatred has never been directed at her personally.
This game. So awesome.
Playing as dude!mage!Hawke now. Labor Day weekend was full of much DA, and I burnt through the first act and am making my merry way through the second. Anders. Oh Maker, Anders. I romanced him as f!Hawke my first and second play-throughs, and was considering branching out to Fenris as m!Hawke, since between The Boyfriend and me, we've loved up all the other characters but him.
But there's a whole other side, a whole other history of Anders when you pursue him as m!Hawke.
It might also be because Hawke is a mage this time around; Anders, who was already a dedicated and incredibly devoted lover to my f!Hawke, is even more desperate to win mage!m!Hawke's approval. There was one scene in particular in which my Hawke defended the constantly victimized mages, and Anders beside him smiled with such surprised joy and pride.
Or maybe it's a combination of the two. Rogue!f!Hawke is two steps away from him - she doesn't understand what it's like to be a mage, nor what it's like to be attracted to other men. She's an outsider who can sympathize, but never really understand; she watches from a safe distance. Sure, she comes from a family with magic, but that fear, that hatred has never been directed at her personally.
This game. So awesome.