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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-12-30 06:21 pm

[ SECRET POST #2919 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2919 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones]


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[Father Ted]


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[Dragon Age]


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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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[Sleepy Hollow]


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[Full Moon o Sagashite]


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08.
(Christmas with the Kranks)


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[Cary Elwes]









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OP

(Anonymous) 2014-12-31 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I found Alistair to be generally annoying for some reason, and Leliana never registered to me as anything but bland. Morrigan was the most interesting character in the game, but she's basically a horrible person.

To be fair I did bail before I finished the game, so if anything really exciting happened near the end I missed it. I also notice that everyone keeps talking about "hardening" characters and I never picked up on that or how you do it... maybe it makes them more interesting? I assume it's something you do really late, because I did max out everyone's approval.

Yeah, I would peg picking the ruler as more of a gray option, but quests that stick out in my mind would be the elves vs. werewolves storyline... kill the elves, kill the werewolves, or don't kill anyone? The "correct" option is nearly always the option that gets you more allies in the war against the Darkspawn. I felt Mass Effect was really the same way (especially the third one)... the point is to collect allies to defeat the ultimate evil, so why would you stab yourself in the foot?

Re: OP

(Anonymous) 2014-12-31 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
You can harden both Leliana and Alistair - it involves doing their personal quests, after which they have a bit of a personality crisis. Telling Leliana that she was meant to be a roguish adventurer and not a Chantry girl will make her more or less stop talking about the Chantry, and will have different responses in certain situations and some different character banter. Same with Alistair, telling him to not be so dopey and rely on himself instead of other people will make him toughen up a bit.

It's not super noticeable changes, but it can affect the ending. For example, if Alistair is hardened, he make a better king, and Leliana will wear her armor at the ceremony instead of her Chantry robes. They will also agree to do threesomes and be willing to keep up the relationship even if you or Alistair get married to Anora at the end.

I think it's kind of an interesting addition, though semi-impossible to know about if you haven't read any guides. Kind of branches out their personalities imo