just someone in a summer town
theprerogative, runesque & stelf were over today: there was food and crazy card games & dragon age 2 and Chrissie and I have TOTALLY lost our voices but it was awesome. I may need to communicate with elvaron tomorrow via laptop or sign language.
my life what is it
So I had friends over to play Dragon Age 2 - I love this because you get to see how similar - and how different - your friends are from you. Loved that we all picked YOU USED ME at Fenris after his quest.
However I was the only Anders-leaning player in an ABYSS of people who liked Fenris. It was heartbreaking.
Also because I love my friends I went about on Fenris missions and I was ...
seriously is this my life.
Anyway there is this funky place on the Internet called the A Softer Thedas Tumblr - it basically takes a softer world and puts it through Dragon Age lenses.
my hands-down favourite:
HANDS DOWN
source
Up to Act 2 now. Romanced (that is, "slept with"), in order: Fenris (which was awkward and odd, to me), then burned my Fenris bridges gloriously with Isabela, then went for Anders. Where I shall stay for this playthrough.
I am actually really horrible to Fenris :/ I wanted him on my side for the last battle, so I deliberately picked quests that would add to his approval, even if they weren't necessarily true to my views. Didn't realise you had so many approval points to work with, so I maxed his friendship early in Act 2. (Fenris our friendship is built on lies.) Also Fenris's approval fills me with shame because I am never proud of any of the things I do that win his approval. (I suppose I will be more honest next playthrough?) I was so ticked off at his quest and then by him, but gradually he grew on me, and I developed a soft spot for him (my soft spot for Anders, on the other hand, feels like a crevasse). I think he and this Hawke make awesome I-will-fight-for-you friends, but romance between them feels wrong to me; so it will not be pursued.
... and before Hawke slept with Isabela and Anders, they both got gifts; and Fenris... got nothing. Early in-game the ONLY person whose health I was any good at watching was Carver's - with Anders a fairly distant second, though he was always the last one standing.
... but Fenris could be DEAD and I would look up and go, "Oh. I didn't notice that."
Or Fenris's health would be at 50% and I would be, "OH HE'LL LIVE" and then it would drop and I would be, "... okay fine I'll heal him." Carver's health would drop below 75% and I would be OMG I MUST HEAL HIM NOW!
But, omg. Fenris keeps RUNNING OFF INTO BATTLE and I have to keep running after him to make sure (a) I can do something about the enemies (b) He can be healed in time. So:
me: "Argh! Fenris has run off again! I have to keep running after him to make sure he doesn't get himself killed!"
theprerogative: "Yes! You have to take care of him like a good seme."
Me: *THE DEATH GLARE OF DOOM*
In contrast, I kind of fall in love with Anders a little bit more every time I play through with him. I know what's going to happen, but still I chose him. lol. We shall see.
Also Fenris is totally my Yamamoto I knew this before I played the game and it is TOTALLY TRUE. /runs into wall.
my life what is it
So I had friends over to play Dragon Age 2 - I love this because you get to see how similar - and how different - your friends are from you. Loved that we all picked YOU USED ME at Fenris after his quest.
However I was the only Anders-leaning player in an ABYSS of people who liked Fenris. It was heartbreaking.
Also because I love my friends I went about on Fenris missions and I was ...
seriously is this my life.
Anyway there is this funky place on the Internet called the A Softer Thedas Tumblr - it basically takes a softer world and puts it through Dragon Age lenses.
my hands-down favourite:
HANDS DOWN
source
Up to Act 2 now. Romanced (that is, "slept with"), in order: Fenris (which was awkward and odd, to me), then burned my Fenris bridges gloriously with Isabela, then went for Anders. Where I shall stay for this playthrough.
I am actually really horrible to Fenris :/ I wanted him on my side for the last battle, so I deliberately picked quests that would add to his approval, even if they weren't necessarily true to my views. Didn't realise you had so many approval points to work with, so I maxed his friendship early in Act 2. (Fenris our friendship is built on lies.) Also Fenris's approval fills me with shame because I am never proud of any of the things I do that win his approval. (I suppose I will be more honest next playthrough?) I was so ticked off at his quest and then by him, but gradually he grew on me, and I developed a soft spot for him (my soft spot for Anders, on the other hand, feels like a crevasse). I think he and this Hawke make awesome I-will-fight-for-you friends, but romance between them feels wrong to me; so it will not be pursued.
... and before Hawke slept with Isabela and Anders, they both got gifts; and Fenris... got nothing. Early in-game the ONLY person whose health I was any good at watching was Carver's - with Anders a fairly distant second, though he was always the last one standing.
... but Fenris could be DEAD and I would look up and go, "Oh. I didn't notice that."
Or Fenris's health would be at 50% and I would be, "OH HE'LL LIVE" and then it would drop and I would be, "... okay fine I'll heal him." Carver's health would drop below 75% and I would be OMG I MUST HEAL HIM NOW!
But, omg. Fenris keeps RUNNING OFF INTO BATTLE and I have to keep running after him to make sure (a) I can do something about the enemies (b) He can be healed in time. So:
me: "Argh! Fenris has run off again! I have to keep running after him to make sure he doesn't get himself killed!"
theprerogative: "Yes! You have to take care of him like a good seme."
Me: *THE DEATH GLARE OF DOOM*
In contrast, I kind of fall in love with Anders a little bit more every time I play through with him. I know what's going to happen, but still I chose him. lol. We shall see.
Also Fenris is totally my Yamamoto I knew this before I played the game and it is TOTALLY TRUE. /runs into wall.