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May. 29th, 2011 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
clonechildSo. I started DA2 with the vague idea to romance Fenris, and what do I do, about halfway into the game?
Start a new file just so I can charm the pants off of Anders instead. I didn't even really like Anders in DA:A! Apparently the whole 'tortured by justice and increasingly paranoid' thing works for me far more.
Also, I just. Anders. I. I don't even know what happened and he's such a self-righteous, hypocritical prick at least half of the time and it only gets worse and you only see glimpses of the old Anders when he's chatting with Varric, but god. My heart.
Also, I find myself really loving Valkyria Chronicles II. People say the story in the first game was better, but I've never played that one and I've got a rather high tolerance for amusing high school antics anyway, so. Also I just really love the characters. I love that Avan is not only hot-blooded and idiotic, but also incredibly naive and genuinely a good person. I love that Zeri has his calm facade that can be cracked so easily, and that he doesn't feel above playing pranks and dirty tricks. I love that Cosette might be the ditzy blonde airhead, but she's also a good friend and NOT a love interest. I love Alexis, even if the issues surrounding that character are, uh, confusing me. I mean, se's born a girl but raised a boy because hir father wanted his heir to follow in his footsteps? I don't really get why it was necessary to raise Alexis as a boy since at least half of their military academy consists of girls and no one says anything about girls not being allowed to do certain things (with the possible exception of Noel apparently not being able to inherit her father's emporium). And Alexis hints that Avan was slow for not knowing, and Melissa definitely knows Alexis is a girl since her 'misogynist' potential goes off when close to hir, and se doesn't seem to mind referring to hirself as a girl, but is also offended when people treat hir as one. So I have vague headcanon about Alexis being genderqueer but I can't decide if it's because of hir upbringing or not. I love Eric and ship him with Avan like mad, which actually surprised me a lot since I was expecting to ship Avan with Zeri, but they work far better as snarky best friends to me. I love Rene and Magari and their friendship and how Magari is so open with her 'Rene is so nice! I love her!' I love Lavinia and her tanks, and Marion and her gun fetish. I am surprised at how much I like Helmut, though that might be because he is so obviously racist and the game doesn't gloss over it and both Zeri and Avan call him out on it. I love Reiner and Sigrid and their friendship (even if it is somewhat awkward because one of my (female) best friends in primary school was also called Sigrid).
In conclusion, I really love this whole class. Even Randy and his misfortune at Zeri's hands.
Start a new file just so I can charm the pants off of Anders instead. I didn't even really like Anders in DA:A! Apparently the whole 'tortured by justice and increasingly paranoid' thing works for me far more.
Also, I just. Anders. I. I don't even know what happened and he's such a self-righteous, hypocritical prick at least half of the time and it only gets worse and you only see glimpses of the old Anders when he's chatting with Varric, but god. My heart.
Also, I find myself really loving Valkyria Chronicles II. People say the story in the first game was better, but I've never played that one and I've got a rather high tolerance for amusing high school antics anyway, so. Also I just really love the characters. I love that Avan is not only hot-blooded and idiotic, but also incredibly naive and genuinely a good person. I love that Zeri has his calm facade that can be cracked so easily, and that he doesn't feel above playing pranks and dirty tricks. I love that Cosette might be the ditzy blonde airhead, but she's also a good friend and NOT a love interest. I love Alexis, even if the issues surrounding that character are, uh, confusing me. I mean, se's born a girl but raised a boy because hir father wanted his heir to follow in his footsteps? I don't really get why it was necessary to raise Alexis as a boy since at least half of their military academy consists of girls and no one says anything about girls not being allowed to do certain things (with the possible exception of Noel apparently not being able to inherit her father's emporium). And Alexis hints that Avan was slow for not knowing, and Melissa definitely knows Alexis is a girl since her 'misogynist' potential goes off when close to hir, and se doesn't seem to mind referring to hirself as a girl, but is also offended when people treat hir as one. So I have vague headcanon about Alexis being genderqueer but I can't decide if it's because of hir upbringing or not. I love Eric and ship him with Avan like mad, which actually surprised me a lot since I was expecting to ship Avan with Zeri, but they work far better as snarky best friends to me. I love Rene and Magari and their friendship and how Magari is so open with her 'Rene is so nice! I love her!' I love Lavinia and her tanks, and Marion and her gun fetish. I am surprised at how much I like Helmut, though that might be because he is so obviously racist and the game doesn't gloss over it and both Zeri and Avan call him out on it. I love Reiner and Sigrid and their friendship (even if it is somewhat awkward because one of my (female) best friends in primary school was also called Sigrid).
In conclusion, I really love this whole class. Even Randy and his misfortune at Zeri's hands.