Are you ready for this shit? You might want to excuse yourself, this isn't going to be pleasant.
[click for complaints]"Of course she'd known about the Calling. Everyone who had ever heard of the Grey Wardens knew that someday the darkspawn taint that the Wardens absorbed during the Joining would overwhelm them, driving them to madness and death."
I understand not being into the minor parts, not everyone is as obsessed as we are, but couldn't Bioware have found someone who had fucking played the game. Everyone knows about the Warden Joining, taint and Calling? It's explicitly a fucking secret. Maybe the author didn't finish playing the game, that's understandable as it's a long game, but this happens right at the beginning.
Okay, time to see what the author had to say in their defence. Correct me if I'm wrong on any of these points.
' it's true that at the beginning of DA:O it seems like nobody knows that particular internal mystery of the Wardens, but then later other characters act like they do know.'Which characters? Anora - the ruling monarch -
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I remember back when the idea for the very first read-a-long was put forth, I was very worried that it would just be people ripping the book apart and I didn't want to be a part of that.
I'll have something nice to say next chapter, promise.
I've let it stew for three days but I still have nothing nice to say. Maybe eventually. For now, I agree with all you said above. Warden secrets? What secrets!
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[click for complaints]"Of course she'd known about the Calling. Everyone who had ever heard of the Grey Wardens knew that someday the darkspawn taint that the Wardens absorbed during the Joining would overwhelm them, driving them to madness and death."
I understand not being into the minor parts, not everyone is as obsessed as we are, but couldn't Bioware have found someone who had fucking played the game. Everyone knows about the Warden Joining, taint and Calling? It's explicitly a fucking secret. Maybe the author didn't finish playing the game, that's understandable as it's a long game, but this happens right at the beginning.
Okay, time to see what the author had to say in their defence. Correct me if I'm wrong on any of these points.
' it's true that at the beginning of DA:O it seems like nobody knows that particular internal mystery of the Wardens, but then later other characters act like they do know.'Which characters? Anora - the ruling monarch - ( ... )
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I'll have something nice to say next chapter, promise.
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