Character You Wish Was a Romance Option
(From the BioWare forums)
Tough question. Because I’m actually quite pleased with the romance options available in DA2: I think each offers its own distinct and compelling perspective on the events in Hawke’s life, and the combinations therein make for some excellent roleplay.
That’s not to say that I wouldn’t hurl myself bodily at the whiskey-soaked, thicketed god that is Varric Tethras, were he real and not just the stuff of fantasies. But the idea of Varric as a love interest for Hawke feels a little too much like crossing the streams. It’s too much like Pygmalion and Galatea, or that girl from the “Take On Me” video – and a writer falling in love with his own creation is a story that rarely ends well. Besides, it requires a certain level of narcissism, and Varric is many things but a narcissist? Not quite.
As much as I adore Aveline, I wouldn’t romance her, either. Her role in Hawke’s life is to be the bridge between past and future, between what was and what is: She is a transition, not a destination in and of itself. Aveline is both the last remainder of Hawke’s old family and the first of his new one; she is a sister, a comrade-in-arms, the very definition of family friend. Mucking that up with romance seems just unnecessary, as if it would undermine the bond they already share.
Besides, I like that there’s one strong, competent, young and beautiful woman who isn’t interested in Hawke’s bullshit. She’s got her own thing going. And it’s a good thing, too. You can tell from the way Aveline talks and acts that she believes that she is the hero of this story –frankly, if you look at it from her perspective, she kind of is – and personally, I think she’d be none too happy if Varric relegated her to just the role of love interest in Hawke’s story.
What I would be interested in, however, is seeing Hawke root through more of the trash.
DA-ily Challenge Day 14: Rooting Through the Trash
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