This is completely ignoring game cannon and the evidence within the game. Even her enemies talk about how skilled of a Queen she is.
I see this as partially a failing of the devs, because it's all telling without showing. What, specifically, does anyone say Anora has done that shows her competence to rule? Has she implemented any new policies? Changed tax rates? Negotiated trade agreements? Signed any major treaties? We don't know, because they never tell us. All we ever get is "she's a competent ruler", but what we actually see in game is a country that's collapsing in the face of a major threat, and a queen who appears to be doing nothing to combat it. (Maybe she is, but as far as anything we see in game, she doesn't do anything proactive during the Blight. She doesn't make any stirring speeches, doesn't try to end the civil war by doing anything other than talking to one guy). The only thing we do know as absolute fact is that Anora has not been able to do the one job that a queen consort absolutely must: to produce an heir. (And yes, I realize that it could be and probably was Cailan's fault, but no matter how the devs try to spin it, we're still dealing with the assumption that if a marriage doesn't produce children, it's the woman's fault until explicitly proven otherwise.)
The other guy is mostly an unknown quantity, true. But he looks the part; he's the son of a very famous father and the last of the dynasty that's ruled Ferelden since it was a nation, and most of all, he's a member of the organization with the specific skill set needed to combat the threat the country is facing RIGHT NOW. The idea that the nobility would support someone who was perceived as a military leader over the widow of the late king strikes me as quite plausible.
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I see this as partially a failing of the devs, because it's all telling without showing. What, specifically, does anyone say Anora has done that shows her competence to rule? Has she implemented any new policies? Changed tax rates? Negotiated trade agreements? Signed any major treaties? We don't know, because they never tell us. All we ever get is "she's a competent ruler", but what we actually see in game is a country that's collapsing in the face of a major threat, and a queen who appears to be doing nothing to combat it. (Maybe she is, but as far as anything we see in game, she doesn't do anything proactive during the Blight. She doesn't make any stirring speeches, doesn't try to end the civil war by doing anything other than talking to one guy). The only thing we do know as absolute fact is that Anora has not been able to do the one job that a queen consort absolutely must: to produce an heir. (And yes, I realize that it could be and probably was Cailan's fault, but no matter how the devs try to spin it, we're still dealing with the assumption that if a marriage doesn't produce children, it's the woman's fault until explicitly proven otherwise.)
The other guy is mostly an unknown quantity, true. But he looks the part; he's the son of a very famous father and the last of the dynasty that's ruled Ferelden since it was a nation, and most of all, he's a member of the organization with the specific skill set needed to combat the threat the country is facing RIGHT NOW. The idea that the nobility would support someone who was perceived as a military leader over the widow of the late king strikes me as quite plausible.