Saemus Dumar (via dragon-age-quotes)

zevran is a genuine gift like he tells you about all his misadventures as a crow and laughs about it and when you romance him he is constantly making sure that this is what you want to do and making sure to never overstep his boundaries and if you are romancing someone else at the same time he’ll ask to stop so he dOESN’T HURT THE OTHER LI LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS PERFECT DISNEY PRINCE OF ANTIVA

Fenris: [looks directly into the camera like he’s on the office]

random doodles DA characters are hard to draw so i’ll be sticking to messy cheebs

For a few breathless moments, Fenris was dizzy with pleasure, and in those moments he forgot entirely that it wasn’t his cock that Hawke was slowly guiding inside himself until finally it was buried to the hilt. He pressed his forehead against his lover’s thigh, still draped over his shoulder as…

Fenris’ rhythm was simultaneously the best and worst tease Hawke had ever had the pleasure of suffering through. The slow slide out pulled shivers straight from his center, making him grit his teeth and groan in frustration, aching for the return of the toy. When Fenris swiftly shoved it in, the burn and rush of pleasure up his spine forced ragged cries from Hawke’s throat, his toes curling.

It never took Fenris long to work Hawke to orgasm, the elf seemed to have the master key to Hawke’s body, but the speed with which Hawke approached the brink was, quite frankly, embarrassing. Hawke wanted it more than he’d ever wanted anything, he was sure; he chased that coil of tension in his belly, squeezing around the toy when it was shoved in deep, whimpering pleas as it slid away. He didn’t dare reach for his cock to deliver the few quick strokes it would take to tip him over that shining edge into the freefall of climax. This was Fenris’ show, and Hawke was more than willing to take what he was given.

Until Fenris stopped, leaving Hawke a breath away from coming, mismatched eyes snapping hazy fire as he glared up at his lover. “You bastard, fucking finish it!” Hawke croaked, twisting his hips in a bid to wring a bit more sensation from the toy lodged in him. Fenris easily rode out those searching movements, eyebrow arched in the way it always did when he was certain he had the upper hand.

Hawke’s ire fell away to rest beside the remains of his pride. “Please,” he whispered, dark lashes wet against his cheeks. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it, please, Fenris, Ser, please don’t leave me this way.”

The elf let out a dark chuckle, a sound that carried more danger in it than the sharpened blade of a knife. 

"Such a request," Fenris rumbled out, his voice deep and rough with lust as his dark gaze roamed like a caress over every inch of Hawke that he could see. "Who am I to refuse, when you worded it so politely?"

Leaning forward, Fenris flicked his tongue out to catch a few of Hawke’s tears on the tip of his tongue as he began mercilessly pumping the toy in and out of his lover, quickly gaining speed and traction with every wrenching cry his actions tore from Hawke’s throat.

He saw the moment Hawke’s climax hit him, their gazes locked as pleasure glazed over his friend’s expression, mismatched eyes turning glassy in the wake of his orgasm. For several more minutes, Fenris dragged out Hawke’s climax until the man was a writhing, whimpering mass beneath him, sobbing out incoherent words in either an attempt to get the elf to continue, or plead him to stop.

Slowly, slowly, slender fingers pulled the toy from where it rested, tossing it aside as those same fingers hastily shoved their way into the elf’s drawers, pulling out his long, tattooed cock and pumping it furiously. Fenris’ breath came in harsher pants than even before and it wasn’t long before he fell over the edge, himself, with a hoarse, drawn out groan as he made a mess of Hawke’s bare torso. A flash of brilliant blue light illuminated them both for an instant as Fenris came, before submerging them in near total darkness as their eyes adjusted once more to the dim light.

Hawke had almost forgotten how hard he came when he was taking a cock, even a toy. Fingers were good, but couldn’t really compare to the sensation of Fenris forcefully pressing the toy home. When Fenris really started giving it to him, Hawke could no longer hear the slick sound of it over his own hoarse shouting.

Climax burned through him, whiting out everything else. Oversensitive and twitching, Hawke made a weak grab at Fenris’ wrist, sure he couldn’t bear a second more of the stimulation. Sobbing for breath, Hawke whined out “No more,” and “fuck yes,” in the same sentence, wires crossing, sensation drowning him. He didn’t know what he wanted in that moment. It was then that he felt an overwhelming surge of gratitude. Hawke didn’t have to know what was best, what he needed just then. Fenris knew. Fenris had him, and all Hawke had to do was follow his lead.

His next moan trickled out slow as molasses, heavy with relief that had nothing to do with the toy sliding free of his body, or the warmth that spattered his abdomen. His eyes glittered in the brief flare of Fenris’ tattoos, half-closed and wet with tears. He moaned again when Fenris’ strong fingers began kneading the tense muscles of his thigh, stopping the cramp building there before it could really start, easing him back to the bed in a comfortable position. There was a pleasant fuzziness between his ears, and an equally satisfying ache in his arse that had a stupid, lopsided grin creeping onto Hawke’s face. The entire place could have been on fire, and Hawke would have gone out with a smile.

Fenris couldn’t help the answering grin that stole over his features when he saw the rather large one on his lover’s. Quickly, the elf padded to the bathroom and grabbed the handtowel off its rack, wetting it with warm water before returning to Hawke’s side. He gently brushed the cloth across Hawke’s skin, attempting to both clean up his mess and soothe his lover. Eventually, he gave up and simply pulled Hawke into his arms, pressing feather-light kisses to raven, tangled tresses.

The elf knew that he could get addicted to this; hell, he already had. It was like a high that you never developed a tolerance for. Taking Hawke to the Void and back was something that would never lose its appeal, the rush of power and control, the honor of being given that control… It was intoxicating, addicting. And Fenris knew it never wouldn’t be. 

"Was that… good for you, then?" Fenris asked softly, though the humor in his tone gave him away. 

Hawke rolled toward Fenris, head on his shoulder, and poked him in the ribs. “You know bloody well it was incredible. You turn me into a drooling mess, and you love it, you bastard.” Hawke loved it, too, but he didn’t have to admit it. Smothering a yawn, he kicked the blankets free of the tangle at his legs and pulled them up. He settled cozily back into Fenris’ side, his fingers idly tracing the swirls of lyrium embedded in the skin of Fenris’ chest.

“Thank you,” he offered quietly, the words nearly lost in the rustle of the sheets. “I needed this, exactly like you gave it to me.” The ache in his arse was a dull throb that was somehow comforting, reminding him of what he and Fenris had just done, that it had happened and was real. Hawke was already looking forward to being tender the next day, to the constant presence inside him that was Fenris’ claim on his body.

Hawke wondered if anyone else would be able to tell, if they saw him, exactly how definitively Fenris had written his name, in bold, bright sweeps of color just under Hawke’s skin, every inch of him branded. He wasn’t even sure Fenris knew he’d done it, probably hadn’t meant to, but the result was the same. Hawke smiled against Fenris’ shoulder, pressed lips to his skin in a tired kiss. He didn’t know what Fenris thought they were, and was afraid to ask. Fenris was so easy to startle, when it came to intimacy. That discussion could wait.

Fenris simply held Hawke in silence for a few precious minutes, treasuring the affection that such thorough fucking seemed to bring out of Hawke. Each brush of Hawke's lips against his skin was like a brand of hot iron to the elf's groin, and his lover's pheromones were still thick in the air.

A groan left his lips, and Fenris let his forehead drop to Hawke's shoulder, unable to stop the roll of his hips into his lover's thigh. "I'm sorry, lover," Fenris rumbled, lust roughening his voice. "I seem to be still affected by your presence." Slender fingers trailed up Hawke's sensitive thigh, coming to rest just above his still-slick, slightly stretched hole.

"Are you too tender, lover, or can I take pleasure in you a little longer?" 

Hawke canted his hips up in answer, and Fenris' finger slipped in with ease; he wasn't sure who the sweet hiss of pleasure came from, but it made the elf's dick throb almost painfully.

Why #gamergate is important

Fun fact: Morgan Ramsay, founder of the Entertainment Media Counsel, did an objective study of how much of gaming journalism talks about sexism or social justice.

To do this, he downloaded 130,524 articles from 37 RSS feeds of 23 outlets, including The Escapist, Rock Paper Shotgun, CVG, Edge Online, Eurogamer, Gamasutra, Game Informer, GamePolitics, GamesBeat, GamesIndustry International, GameSpot, GamesRadar, IGN, IndieGames, Joystiq, Kotaku, Massively, MCV, NowGamer, PocketGamer.biz, Polygon, Shacknews and VG24/7, published over a period of twelve months. He then did a search on how often these games articles mentioned sexism, feminism, or misogyny.

The result? Over a period of one year, 0.41% of 130,524 articles referenced feminism, feminist, sexism, sexist, misogyny, and misogynist explicitly.

That’s less than half of one percent.

So next time you hear someone whining that “feminism is taking over video games journalism”, what they’re actually whining about is that feminism exists in video games journalism.

Except I don’t think Fenris would turn Anders, Merrill, or Bethany over. The fact that he doesn’t, despite him having all the power to, says that to me. He even tells Sebastian straight-up he has no intentions of betraying his companions. 

Fenris doesn’t believe mages deserve abuse, he’s just very pro-Circle. There’s a difference.

You do have a point. I had almost forgotten about that. Fenris has had every opportunity to turn Anders and Merrill both in to the templars, and yet he doesn’t. Whether it’s a sense of duty to his companions, or just out of respect for Hawke, I’m not sure. But he has every opportunity. 

And while I love Fenris, being pro-Circle is being pro-abuse. Because there is not a single Circle where the mages aren’t abused. And Anders explained that to him.

What other alternative does he have, though? In his eyes it’s either the Circle with all of its horrors or the whole world becomes Tevinter. 

And right there is the crux of why I can understand Fenris reacting the way he does, as opposed to Anders’ complete (apparent) 180.

I just find that a lot of people’s complaints on Fenris have to do with his opinions themselves and what he could have potentially done. Yes, he bitches. Yes, his thoughts on the matter are sometimes unhealthy. But he doesn’t ACT on these feelings, unlike Anders. 

And he’s perfectly able to have a civil relationship with a mage, ala Hawke and Bethany, because they’re not maleficar and seem to understand where he’s coming from. 

Even if he ends up joining the Templars, I honestly can’t blame him for doing so. To him, the Circle is a necessary evil, and he’s not going to fight against it for someone he doesn’t trust. It’s not a very black-and-white issue, when it comes down to it. 

Neither side is wholly good or bad. 

I’ve been thinking for the past several weeks about exactly WHY Anders gets under my skin. At first, he was my favorite companion (before I met Fenris, then he became my second favorite). But the more the game went on, the less fond of him I became. Don’t get me wrong, I still like Anders, and I think Anders and M!Hawke are great together. 

But… I finally pinpointed my main itch with Anders. It was when I saw on youtube the scene where Hawke gives Fenris back to Danarius. Anders says, “I thought I was the only one thinking that.”

Yes, okay, Anders really hates Fenris, I get it. But in one of the dialogues that Fenris and Anders have while following Hawke around is as follows…

Here, Anders acknowledges that being a slave is a fate worse than death. This is basically the fate he’s trying to free mages from in the free marches.

And let’s not forget that it’s heavily hinted that Danarius used Fenris sexually for his pleasure. Regardless of whether you think that’s canon or not, my point still stands.

Anders was willing, even GLEEFULLY willing, to hand a man over to a fate worse than death, in his own words. All because Fenris disliked mages/apostates. Fenris never interfered in Anders’ plans for freeing mages and the rebellion and such. He even helped, depending on how you played your Hawke. All he did was have an opinion - and an arguably just one. In fact, an incredibly just one, if you liken his situation with the way white people have treated poc, and so plenty of poc justly have a static dislike of white people as a whole.

For all the good Anders had done, and believed he was doing, this is the ONE thing that makes me unsympathetic to him. 

And again, this is not me just blanketly stating that I hate Anders as a character. I don’t. I think he’s a very interesting and complex character. But I can’t just look the other way as he condones subjugating someone to a fate that he believes is worse than death, simply for disliking him and mages.

(And as a side-note, how incredibly sexist Anders is when interacting with F!Hawke vs M!Hawke, but that’s not the main point)

Wooooah there, back that train on up. Choo choo. Fenris doesn’t just dislike Anders and mages. He dislikes fish. He straight up hates mages. How many times does Fenris encourage Hawke to hand mages over to the Templars, knowing that they would face death, or at best be returned to what is little better than slavery?

You can argue that the situations aren’t the same, that mages aren’t slaves, but really, what’s the difference. They work for whatever crown they’re under, in exchange for room and board, they aren’t allowed to go outside without supervision from someone in authority, and that person in authority holds complete power over them, up to the point of killing them. The only reason some Circles are better than others is the result of a decision made by the Templars themselves. If they choose to be cruel, they can be. If they choose to be kind, they can be. The mages are beaten, raped, and murdered, and all of that is completely legal, because they belong to the Circle and the Templars in it. It’s slavery under the name of education and protection.

Fenris knows all of that. And if somehow he hadn’t known, Anders explained it to him, or tried to. He tried to help Fenris understand that they weren’t so different, and Fenris threw it in his face. Not only that, Fenris made it clear that when it comes down to it, he’s on the side of the oppressor of mages, the Templars and the Chantry. Fenris encourages Hawke to take that side, too, regardless of the fact that either Hawke or Bethany is a mage, and gets angry when Hawke doesn’t comply. So, how is Fenris really any less hateful than Anders?

You can argue that Anders actually put his hate into action by doing what he did  to the Chantry, but it’s not really clear how much of that action was his own doing, and how much was Justice. And let’s not forget that Fenris will fight against Hawke on the side of the Templars if he’s not been thoroughly won over by then.

I absolutely believe that if the situation had been reversed, Fenris would have happily turned Anders over without a second thought, and bid them take Merrill away while they were at it.

I’m not by any means arguing any that, and I’ll admit that my adoration of affection for Fenris lessens the sting of his more hateful side. I personally feel that his hate is at least partially justified, and to an extent, is within reason to want mages to be heavily looked after- because Tevinter, if nothing else, shows us (and by us I mean specifically him) what happens when mages are allowed to look after their own. Egregious abuse of power, unspeakably heinous acts, the list goes on. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I’m a firm believer of that, to many extents. I mean, look what happened when white people obtained power. Like. Jeez. (to put it mildly).

I agree, and that’s no less shitty. However, while Anders is perfectly free to think that Fenris deserves to go back to Danarius after wishing the same fate of his fellow mages, I honestly believe that so flippantly and gleefully casting Fenris back into chains and worse goes against everything Anders claims to stand for. (espec. considering the fact that Fenris still helps Hawke save the mages at every opportunity if that’s what Hawke chooses to do, even if he bitches and moans at Hawke while doing it.) As to his moral character that he’s shown us at this point, I would have expected him to say something like, “Even I can’t stand the elf, but to send him to such a fate… Hawke, this is wrong.” 

To add insult to injury, it’s in this very scene that we see that Fenris’ OWN SISTER turned him in to Danarius, for magic. Anders gets to witness firsthand the destruction and devastation that magic has brought into Fenris’ life and left in its wake.

To me, personally, it’s such a sudden and drastic drop in his character that I just can’t fully embrace Anders like I do Fenris. 

And again, it really compounds with his sexist interactions with F!Hawke to just make me not able to really, really get attached to Anders.

Except I don’t think Fenris would turn Anders, Merrill, or Bethany over. The fact that he doesn’t, despite him having all the power to, says that to me. He even tells Sebastian straight-up he has no intentions of betraying his companions. 

Fenris doesn’t believe mages deserve abuse, he’s just very pro-Circle. There’s a difference.

You do have a point. I had almost forgotten about that. Fenris has had every opportunity to turn Anders and Merrill both in to the templars, and yet he doesn’t. Whether it’s a sense of duty to his companions, or just out of respect for Hawke, I’m not sure. But he has every opportunity. 

And while I love Fenris, being pro-Circle is being pro-abuse. Because there is not a single Circle where the mages aren’t abused. And Anders explained that to him.

What other alternative does he have, though? In his eyes it’s either the Circle with all of its horrors or the whole world becomes Tevinter. 

And right there is the crux of why I can understand Fenris reacting the way he does, as opposed to Anders' complete (apparent) 180.

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Merry Band of Misfits People who make me smile whenever they come across my dash or pop in my inbox for a visit

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You Look Familiar… All of my fellow Fenris Muns

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#aaaand this is one of many reasons i dislike purple hawke#i can’t believe they even have this line in-game tbh like what the fuck honestly

The line is in the game for RP reasons. Not all Hawkes need be socially conscious or sensitive to others. Some might not cope well with loss, possibly stemming from their own losses, some of which are recent and could leave their defenses down.

Plus, the Hawke family canonically has two mages to three mages, possibly including Hawke themselves. In all probability, this entails a life largely on the move, and one in which few close friendships would’ve been established. Indeed, Hawke might’ve had little experience having to deal with outsiders at all, at least not on a regular basis, all of which can translate into poor people skills.

Or Hawke could just be the sort of person who can’t handle bad situations; such feelings would overwhelm them. So they throw out a joke to mask their real feelings. Better to piss someone else than tap into the depths of sorrow and loss that have followed Hawke around all their life.

And also, playing a purple Hawke doesn’t mean you have to take every purple option in the game. It always rankles me when people write off purple Hawke as pure buffoon or completely callous when the awkward, pained delivery of some of these “jokes” provides more than enough evidence for an alternative interpretation.

As someone who plays a sassy Hawe (and is reblogging this on a sassy Hawke), keep in mind something Varric says in Legacy: the laughter just hides the tears. This line is—at least for my Hawke—an attempt to find a bright side. Cause some laughter, even if it’s bitter and at yourself. It is so much better to laugh than to cry, so much better to think of anything than the bad things at hand.

Hawke isn’t trying to be honestly funny here. Hawke’s trying to defuse (or diffuse, whichever way you want to look at it) the situation. This is a moment of shock, of numbness, disbelief over members of the Chantry killing the Viscount’s son and over their conviction it was the only way to get people to rise up against the Qunari.

And as I quoted Varric before: the laughter just hides the tears.

AGREEEEEE.

I’ve been thinking for the past several weeks about exactly WHY Anders gets under my skin. At first, he was my favorite companion (before I met Fenris, then he became my second favorite). But the more the game went on, the less fond of him I became. Don’t get me wrong, I still like Anders, and I think Anders and M!Hawke are great together. 

But… I finally pinpointed my main itch with Anders. It was when I saw on youtube the scene where Hawke gives Fenris back to Danarius. Anders says, “I thought I was the only one thinking that.”

Yes, okay, Anders really hates Fenris, I get it. But in one of the dialogues that Fenris and Anders have while following Hawke around is as follows…

Here, Anders acknowledges that being a slave is a fate worse than death. This is basically the fate he’s trying to free mages from in the free marches.

And let’s not forget that it’s heavily hinted that Danarius used Fenris sexually for his pleasure. Regardless of whether you think that’s canon or not, my point still stands.

Anders was willing, even GLEEFULLY willing, to hand a man over to a fate worse than death, in his own words. All because Fenris disliked mages/apostates. Fenris never interfered in Anders’ plans for freeing mages and the rebellion and such. He even helped, depending on how you played your Hawke. All he did was have an opinion - and an arguably just one. In fact, an incredibly just one, if you liken his situation with the way white people have treated poc, and so plenty of poc justly have a static dislike of white people as a whole.

For all the good Anders had done, and believed he was doing, this is the ONE thing that makes me unsympathetic to him. 

And again, this is not me just blanketly stating that I hate Anders as a character. I don’t. I think he’s a very interesting and complex character. But I can’t just look the other way as he condones subjugating someone to a fate that he believes is worse than death, simply for disliking him and mages.

(And as a side-note, how incredibly sexist Anders is when interacting with F!Hawke vs M!Hawke, but that’s not the main point)

Wooooah there, back that train on up. Choo choo. Fenris doesn’t just dislike Anders and mages. He dislikes fish. He straight up hates mages. How many times does Fenris encourage Hawke to hand mages over to the Templars, knowing that they would face death, or at best be returned to what is little better than slavery?

You can argue that the situations aren’t the same, that mages aren’t slaves, but really, what’s the difference. They work for whatever crown they’re under, in exchange for room and board, they aren’t allowed to go outside without supervision from someone in authority, and that person in authority holds complete power over them, up to the point of killing them. The only reason some Circles are better than others is the result of a decision made by the Templars themselves. If they choose to be cruel, they can be. If they choose to be kind, they can be. The mages are beaten, raped, and murdered, and all of that is completely legal, because they belong to the Circle and the Templars in it. It’s slavery under the name of education and protection.

Fenris knows all of that. And if somehow he hadn’t known, Anders explained it to him, or tried to. He tried to help Fenris understand that they weren’t so different, and Fenris threw it in his face. Not only that, Fenris made it clear that when it comes down to it, he’s on the side of the oppressor of mages, the Templars and the Chantry. Fenris encourages Hawke to take that side, too, regardless of the fact that either Hawke or Bethany is a mage, and gets angry when Hawke doesn’t comply. So, how is Fenris really any less hateful than Anders?

You can argue that Anders actually put his hate into action by doing what he did  to the Chantry, but it’s not really clear how much of that action was his own doing, and how much was Justice. And let’s not forget that Fenris will fight against Hawke on the side of the Templars if he’s not been thoroughly won over by then.

I absolutely believe that if the situation had been reversed, Fenris would have happily turned Anders over without a second thought, and bid them take Merrill away while they were at it.

I’m not by any means arguing any that, and I’ll admit that my adoration of affection for Fenris lessens the sting of his more hateful side. I personally feel that his hate is at least partially justified, and to an extent, is within reason to want mages to be heavily looked after- because Tevinter, if nothing else, shows us (and by us I mean specifically him) what happens when mages are allowed to look after their own. Egregious abuse of power, unspeakably heinous acts, the list goes on. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I’m a firm believer of that, to many extents. I mean, look what happened when white people obtained power. Like. Jeez. (to put it mildly).

I agree, and that’s no less shitty. However, while Anders is perfectly free to think that Fenris deserves to go back to Danarius after wishing the same fate of his fellow mages, I honestly believe that so flippantly and gleefully casting Fenris back into chains and worse goes against everything Anders claims to stand for. (espec. considering the fact that Fenris still helps Hawke save the mages at every opportunity if that’s what Hawke chooses to do, even if he bitches and moans at Hawke while doing it.) As to his moral character that he’s shown us at this point, I would have expected him to say something like, “Even I can’t stand the elf, but to send him to such a fate… Hawke, this is wrong.” 

To add insult to injury, it’s in this very scene that we see that Fenris’ OWN SISTER turned him in to Danarius, for magic. Anders gets to witness firsthand the destruction and devastation that magic has brought into Fenris’ life and left in its wake.

To me, personally, it’s such a sudden and drastic drop in his character that I just can’t fully embrace Anders like I do Fenris. 

And again, it really compounds with his sexist interactions with F!Hawke to just make me not able to really, really get attached to Anders.

Except I don’t think Fenris would turn Anders, Merrill, or Bethany over. The fact that he doesn’t, despite him having all the power to, says that to me. He even tells Sebastian straight-up he has no intentions of betraying his companions. 

Fenris doesn’t believe mages deserve abuse, he’s just very pro-Circle. There’s a difference.

You do have a point. I had almost forgotten about that. Fenris has had every opportunity to turn Anders and Merrill both in to the templars, and yet he doesn't. Whether it's a sense of duty to his companions, or just out of respect for Hawke, I'm not sure. But he has every opportunity. 

And while I love Fenris, being pro-Circle is being pro-abuse. Because there is not a single Circle where the mages aren't abused. And Anders explained that to him.

I’ve been thinking for the past several weeks about exactly WHY Anders gets under my skin. At first, he was my favorite companion (before I met Fenris, then he became my second favorite). But the more the game went on, the less fond of him I became. Don’t get me wrong, I still like Anders, and I think Anders and M!Hawke are great together. 

But… I finally pinpointed my main itch with Anders. It was when I saw on youtube the scene where Hawke gives Fenris back to Danarius. Anders says, “I thought I was the only one thinking that.”

Yes, okay, Anders really hates Fenris, I get it. But in one of the dialogues that Fenris and Anders have while following Hawke around is as follows…

Here, Anders acknowledges that being a slave is a fate worse than death. This is basically the fate he’s trying to free mages from in the free marches.

And let’s not forget that it’s heavily hinted that Danarius used Fenris sexually for his pleasure. Regardless of whether you think that’s canon or not, my point still stands.

Anders was willing, even GLEEFULLY willing, to hand a man over to a fate worse than death, in his own words. All because Fenris disliked mages/apostates. Fenris never interfered in Anders’ plans for freeing mages and the rebellion and such. He even helped, depending on how you played your Hawke. All he did was have an opinion - and an arguably just one. In fact, an incredibly just one, if you liken his situation with the way white people have treated poc, and so plenty of poc justly have a static dislike of white people as a whole.

For all the good Anders had done, and believed he was doing, this is the ONE thing that makes me unsympathetic to him. 

And again, this is not me just blanketly stating that I hate Anders as a character. I don’t. I think he’s a very interesting and complex character. But I can’t just look the other way as he condones subjugating someone to a fate that he believes is worse than death, simply for disliking him and mages.

(And as a side-note, how incredibly sexist Anders is when interacting with F!Hawke vs M!Hawke, but that’s not the main point)

Wooooah there, back that train on up. Choo choo. Fenris doesn’t just dislike Anders and mages. He dislikes fish. He straight up hates mages. How many times does Fenris encourage Hawke to hand mages over to the Templars, knowing that they would face death, or at best be returned to what is little better than slavery?

You can argue that the situations aren’t the same, that mages aren’t slaves, but really, what’s the difference. They work for whatever crown they’re under, in exchange for room and board, they aren’t allowed to go outside without supervision from someone in authority, and that person in authority holds complete power over them, up to the point of killing them. The only reason some Circles are better than others is the result of a decision made by the Templars themselves. If they choose to be cruel, they can be. If they choose to be kind, they can be. The mages are beaten, raped, and murdered, and all of that is completely legal, because they belong to the Circle and the Templars in it. It’s slavery under the name of education and protection.

Fenris knows all of that. And if somehow he hadn’t known, Anders explained it to him, or tried to. He tried to help Fenris understand that they weren’t so different, and Fenris threw it in his face. Not only that, Fenris made it clear that when it comes down to it, he’s on the side of the oppressor of mages, the Templars and the Chantry. Fenris encourages Hawke to take that side, too, regardless of the fact that either Hawke or Bethany is a mage, and gets angry when Hawke doesn’t comply. So, how is Fenris really any less hateful than Anders?

You can argue that Anders actually put his hate into action by doing what he did  to the Chantry, but it’s not really clear how much of that action was his own doing, and how much was Justice. And let’s not forget that Fenris will fight against Hawke on the side of the Templars if he’s not been thoroughly won over by then.

I absolutely believe that if the situation had been reversed, Fenris would have happily turned Anders over without a second thought, and bid them take Merrill away while they were at it.

I'm not by any means arguing any that, and I'll admit that my adoration of affection for Fenris lessens the sting of his more hateful side. I personally feel that his hate is at least partially justified, and to an extent, is within reason to want mages to be heavily looked after- because Tevinter, if nothing else, shows us (and by us I mean specifically him) what happens when mages are allowed to look after their own. Egregious abuse of power, unspeakably heinous acts, the list goes on. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I'm a firm believer of that, to many extents. I mean, look what happened when white people obtained power. Like. Jeez. (to put it mildly).

I agree, and that's no less shitty. However, while Anders is perfectly free to think that Fenris deserves to go back to Danarius after wishing the same fate of his fellow mages, I honestly believe that so flippantly and gleefully casting Fenris back into chains and worse goes against everything Anders claims to stand for. (espec. considering the fact that Fenris still helps Hawke save the mages at every opportunity if that's what Hawke chooses to do, even if he bitches and moans at Hawke while doing it.) As to his moral character that he's shown us at this point, I would have expected him to say something like, "Even I can't stand the elf, but to send him to such a fate... Hawke, this is wrong." 

To add insult to injury, it's in this very scene that we see that Fenris' OWN SISTER turned him in to Danarius, for magic. Anders gets to witness firsthand the destruction and devastation that magic has brought into Fenris' life and left in its wake.

To me, personally, it's such a sudden and drastic drop in his character that I just can't fully embrace Anders like I do Fenris. 

And again, it really compounds with his sexist interactions with F!Hawke to just make me not able to really, really get attached to Anders.

having your LI’s tactics set to attack the enemy that’s attacking you

like

why do darkspawn have money?

is there a darkspawn market somewhere?

did i just kill them for their lunch money????????

The Archdemon kissing each and every Darkspawn forehead as they leave, giving them lunch money and making sure their sword is sharp enough before wiping its claws on its floral apron and returning to itss hiding spot

In all seriousness, it's because the darkspawn used to be people, and people have need for money.

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