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peopleofthedas2011-03-23 04:51 pm
solitae) wrote in peopleofthedas2011-03-23 04:51 pm
Nice to meet ya!
Just wanted to say hello. It seems like there's a great deal of fun around here, so I thought I would join when a few interesting stories on FanFic pointed me this direction.
I have a few DAO and DA2 stories that I'm working on, but I never seem to get them quite finished. Hopefully hanging out here will inspire me to do so, and I'll work past my shyness and actually POST them.
And to give this some relevance to the topic, some thoughts
Does anyone else find it much easier to play DA2 if you've 'broken' your character early in the game?
My first playthrough was with a generally good and idealistic warrior. I swear, I spent most of Mina's game feeling sick. The downward spiral was soul-wrenching, especially since she viewed most of it as personal failure: failing to protect Bethany and forcing her to become a Grey Warden, failing to protect her mother, failing to realize what Isabela was up to and getting betrayed, failing to keep her beloved Anders sane when he was all she had left.
On my second playthrough, I created a mage who basically snapped when Bethany died. Flemeth became her hero, and she rushed headlong into chaos. The only thing she wanted was to be free and had no illusions that she was 'fighting the good fight'.
I realized I'm doing something similar with the creation of my third character, destroying all his idealism at Ostagar and leaving him with anger issues ;)
Thank you, Bioware, for devouring any goodness left in our souls! (In truth, I'm enjoying the game, but...ouch, just ouch.)
Also, I'm new to Dreamwidth, so if I've screwed anything up, please let me know!
I have a few DAO and DA2 stories that I'm working on, but I never seem to get them quite finished. Hopefully hanging out here will inspire me to do so, and I'll work past my shyness and actually POST them.
And to give this some relevance to the topic, some thoughts
Does anyone else find it much easier to play DA2 if you've 'broken' your character early in the game?
My first playthrough was with a generally good and idealistic warrior. I swear, I spent most of Mina's game feeling sick. The downward spiral was soul-wrenching, especially since she viewed most of it as personal failure: failing to protect Bethany and forcing her to become a Grey Warden, failing to protect her mother, failing to realize what Isabela was up to and getting betrayed, failing to keep her beloved Anders sane when he was all she had left.
On my second playthrough, I created a mage who basically snapped when Bethany died. Flemeth became her hero, and she rushed headlong into chaos. The only thing she wanted was to be free and had no illusions that she was 'fighting the good fight'.
I realized I'm doing something similar with the creation of my third character, destroying all his idealism at Ostagar and leaving him with anger issues ;)
Thank you, Bioware, for devouring any goodness left in our souls! (In truth, I'm enjoying the game, but...ouch, just ouch.)
Also, I'm new to Dreamwidth, so if I've screwed anything up, please let me know!
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