Yeah I've seen some of the Aimo fem dwarf stuff and it's pretty cool. I totally wanted to play as a dwarf, but I wanted to play as a mage more, and since I can't stand elves I ended up playing a human. Which is kinda boring, but on the other hand, Mages kick so much ass it's not even funny.
I think there's a ton of interesting stuff in the game that isn't omg!Alistair! although sometimes that seems to override everything in the fandom.
Yeah, I noticed that when I went over to ff.net and the other lj dragon age sites. It's unfortunate, but I'm not surprised. I'm hoping that it's a symptom of a young fandom, and as it gets older, people will start getting bored with the same old stuff and start pushing themselves out of the box a bit. You could see that with KoTOR - when the games first came out everything was centered around the game romances. As the fandom grew and got older, people started expanding their ideas. I think we'll start seeing more gen stuff or at least non cannon romantic pairings once the fangirling dies down a bit.
Broodmother is very creepy. I definitely think there's a ton that could be done with her. I really liked the implications in your fic, actually. That was a great idea and I'd like to see more people explore that idea.
I may reload the game and make Loghain a grey warden just to see what happens - because frankly, he and his daughter are two of the most interesting characters in the game. I thought he was a tragically misguided hero who deserved a better end than that, although admittedly, getting all the people killed who are supposed to stop the blight is kind of a dumb plan. Then again, that king guy was dumb as hell. Loghain should have just found a way to get the king killed without destroying the Grey Wardens.
If I can figure out a way to marry Alistair and Anora and still spare Loghain's life, I'm going to do it. I'm just not sure I want to have to fight through all that end stuff again just yet. So more experimentation with the origin stories first.
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I think there's a ton of interesting stuff in the game that isn't omg!Alistair! although sometimes that seems to override everything in the fandom.
Yeah, I noticed that when I went over to ff.net and the other lj dragon age sites. It's unfortunate, but I'm not surprised. I'm hoping that it's a symptom of a young fandom, and as it gets older, people will start getting bored with the same old stuff and start pushing themselves out of the box a bit. You could see that with KoTOR - when the games first came out everything was centered around the game romances. As the fandom grew and got older, people started expanding their ideas. I think we'll start seeing more gen stuff or at least non cannon romantic pairings once the fangirling dies down a bit.
Broodmother is very creepy. I definitely think there's a ton that could be done with her. I really liked the implications in your fic, actually. That was a great idea and I'd like to see more people explore that idea.
I may reload the game and make Loghain a grey warden just to see what happens - because frankly, he and his daughter are two of the most interesting characters in the game. I thought he was a tragically misguided hero who deserved a better end than that, although admittedly, getting all the people killed who are supposed to stop the blight is kind of a dumb plan. Then again, that king guy was dumb as hell. Loghain should have just found a way to get the king killed without destroying the Grey Wardens.
If I can figure out a way to marry Alistair and Anora and still spare Loghain's life, I'm going to do it. I'm just not sure I want to have to fight through all that end stuff again just yet. So more experimentation with the origin stories first.