i’m terrified of sounding mean on the internet so i always add too many exclamation marks and smiley faces but i think it makes me sound like a primary school teacher
I’m bored and a little sad and I’d love to hear about your Hawkes 🙂
I have a total of seven Hawkes (I play this game too much) but my main two are a pair of twins (poor Leandra!)
The first is Abigael Hawke, she’s a purple mage with an affinity for lightning who would have made an excellent knight enchanter if she’d been given the opportunity. She had some super bad experiences with Templars back in Fereldan, which translates to panic attacks, dissociation and rage when they’re about in DA2. She romanced Fenris (friend route) and though they often disagree on mage rights, they both want to keep the other safe no matter what and learn that there are bad and good people in every side (though not Templars, no one likes Templars!)
Abigael’s twin brother is Curtis Hawke, who is a blue dual daggers rogue with red tendancies when his family is threatened. He is incredibly giving and generous and will help anyone… except Templars. He romanced Anders eventually (they were as bad as each other when it comes to the why would he ever like me???) and completely supported him in his rebellion. After the game, they go on the run together and protect freed mages.
In this universe, I HC Malcolm as having Rivaini heritage, making them both quite dark skinned and with mixed heritage. Curtis has lovely blonde ginger curls, whilst Abigael wears braids dyed with red henna.
I love them both so much and they’re both pretty broken on the inside.
The best part of this universe is that because there are two Hawkes, both Carver and Bethany survive Lothering!
People
always bring up the Tevinter Imperium both on this website and in the
game in discussions surrounding mage rights, which I feel like is a
fundamental misunderstanding of the actual problem with Tevinter.
The
evils of the Imperium are not about magic.
They
never were. If they had been, we would not be seeing the exact same
or similar evils in places like Orlais and the Free Marches were
mages are kept away from the general population, constantly watched
and killed or made tranquil for the smallest of crime. If they had
been, there would not be enslaved mages in the Imperium itself.
The
issue – like in Orlais, and in some of the cities of the Free
Marches, and even in Ferelden – is aristocracy.
If
magic is what causes the ruling class of Tevinter to seek power by
any means necessary, how do we explain people like Arl Howe, who had
his closest friend and his entire family killed just gain the Teyrnir
of Highever? What about Gaspard going to war with his cousin for the
sole reason of invading Ferelden again? What about Celene killing
every single one of her servants to put herself on the throne? Or
every single other member of the Orlesian nobility playing the Game?
How do we explain Loghain selling Fereldan citizens into slavery to
fund both a civil war and fighting the blight? Or Behlen, willing to
have both of his older siblings killed for a shot at the throne?
Need
I remind you that it’s established in The Calling in Fiona’s
backstory that slavery is very much still the reality of many
Orlesian elves, and that absolutely nothing is being done to combat
it?
Wanting
power was never exclusive to Tevinter Magisters.
“But
mages are dangerous”, someone will no doubt try to remind me. “Look
at all that power they have at their fingertips!”
The
thing is, the chantry never seem to have an issue with that power so
long as they can use it for free labor or to fight in their exalted
marches.
They
turn mages into weapons against their will and then start preaching
about how dangerous they are.
Not
to mention how incredibly hypocritical it is to use Tevinter to
justify the Circle, where
mages are forced to provide the chantry with free labor, frequently
abused, and often made tranquil if they resist too much.
This is in no way a defense of Tevinter (every single magister can choke in my honest opinion), but rather, of mage freedom.
“The Watch is a distinctly British but defiantly global exhilarating, thriller that is disruptive in its approach to the fantasy genre and also big on the themes of mortality, inclusion, alternative facts and justice. It’s a dizzying riot of hope, joy, suspense and audaciously dark humor.”
I am both super excited for and terrified of this… If they get Sam wrong I will cry. I don’t know who can do Sam right, but I will know wrong if I see it :S
The watch books are by far my fave discworld series and I have opinions™
And all the kids cried out; “Please stop, you’re scaring me” I can’t help this awful energy Goddamn right, you should be scared of me. Who is in control?
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