Look, Ma, I Made It— (DA2 SPOILERS BELOW)

 Yeah, okay, but fuck Anders, for real.

I made it to the final battle last night. Game glitched out and froze before I could finish it all, but we left off with Hawke and the gang sealing themselves in the Circle (I believe?) and battling waves of Templars as they came in.

And, holy shit, I HATE ANDERS.
( Hate might be a mite strong, but my GODS am I pissed. )

I knew it was coming.
Whether I'd seen it via spoilers or just from the finicky way he was acting in Act 3 (Really, asking me to sneak him into the Chantry was red flag enough), doesn't stop me from being angry at him.

The human in me wants to understand the desperation and the way he truly believed that doing something drastic was the only way to create change. And, yes, I understand that... but killing people isn't the answer, either. 

I'm also mad that the game didn't even WARN you that this big event was happening. In the first two acts, you at least got a heads up to wrap things up and get prepared for the Big Event. With this Act, you just sort of walk into the end of the world. I had ZERO potions, y'all, my ass was FRIED.

Oh, right, and...

• Merrill murdered her entire clan. (Max rivalry, whoops?)
• Hawke and Fenris smooched a LOT. (Max friendmance, and it was adorable!)
• Isabela is pretty much Hawke's best friend. (Max friendship!) 
• Aveline is my favorite homie. (Max friendship!)
• And how can you even make Varric mad? (Max friendship, but I don't even know how a rivalry with him is even possible? He's just about the least problematic character in the entire game?)
• Anders and Hawke were getting along well... until the whole blow up the chantry idea came along. We were max friendship at some points, but it sort of fluctuated since Hawke wouldn't go along with all of his ideas. I think we finished with, like, 85% friendship?
• Carver died on the Deep Roads. A pity, but he was kind of whiny and annoying. (Sorry Carver lovers, it just wasn't there for me?)

And who is Sebastian? Seriously, who is this guy?

I purchased the DLC about 30 hours into my play though, so he just showed up in the Chantry without any real prior quests or character relation to Hawke. I added him to my party maybe... twice? He looks interesting but I'm pretty sure I'll need to start from the beginning to really get the full scope of his character.

I know I've still got a bit more to go before I finish finish the game, but I'm still pretty happy that I'm almost there! It took TWO years across TWO consoles to get to this point!

I'm not sure if I'll finish Anders-loving-mage-Hawke next, or Fenris-rival-rogue-Hawke, or if I'll just finish DA2 altogether and go back to (finally) finish Origins? DA:I is an investment I'm not quite sure I'm ready for just yet. And if I am, I think I'd want to load the previous worldstates from the first two games—which I can't do until I finish DA:O.

Three-Sentence Fic-a-Thon

I did a thing!

I'm really enjoying this Fic-a-Thon, especially as first for me doing anything like this! This may as well be my first time publicly posting fanwork (those few fanfictions I tried to write when I was ten not withstanding). 

I like this Fic-a-Thon because the fills are (generally) short, which makes them a lot easier and a let less pressure. Plus reading over all the other fills is so nice! not sure how many I truly plan on writing, but I'll keep 'em tabbed and updated as I go along. 

 

Firefly Fills 
( Because I'm weak. )

• Prompt: any, any, life counseling with the voice in your head
  • Pay Attention to Me ( Firefly )

   

• Prompt: Any fandom, any, a game of chess
  • Visitors Versus Home ( Firefly )

   

• Prompt: Firefly, any, no place for a hero
  • Fool's Gold ( Firefly )

   

Bandersnatch
( Because I'm weak in an infinite timeloop. )

• Prompt: Any fandom, any character(s), a twist on the “huddling for warmth” trope
  • Infinite Re-Dos ( Bandersnatch )

   

Dragon Age

( Because I'm weak, gay, and 2000-and-late. )

• Prompt: Any fandom, any, tea
  • A Stiff Drink

All You're Ever Gonna Be Is Mean— (DA2 SPOILERS BELOW)

Twelve hours later and, whoa, I'm still angry about Anders??

I don't even want to finish this goddamn game.

Anders broke my little, Blightin' heart, he did.

It's gonna take a LOT to unf*ck this rage, because I'm all sorts of hurt and confounded over this here mage boy.

I get it. I do.

But then I don't.

But then I do, but I don't support it.