[ SECRET POST #1615 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1615 ⌋


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 185 secrets from Secret Submission Post #231.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

[dgcatanisiri.livejournal.com]

Branka definitely went mad over her time down in the Deep Roads, but Loghain wasn't much better. He was so blinded by his refusal to let Orlais back into Ferelden in any way, even if it was the only way to save the people from the Blight, that he lost sight of how to truly protect the people. His actions cause a civil war in Ferelden, and when he demands that the people of Ferelden unite to fight the darkspawn at the Landsmeet, he gets pissy when they vote against him. He saw himself as the only one who could save Ferelden, much like Branka saw the Anvil as the only way to protect Orzammar. We just get to stop Loghain before his madness and paranoia completely consume him.

[mondaisenshi.livejournal.com]

Still, I feel that while Loghaine could no longer see himself or what he was sacrificing, he still knew what he was fightibg FOR. I feel like Branka even lost sight of that, in the end.

[kylenne.livejournal.com]

You could make just as good an argument for Loghain having gone off the deep end and forgotten what he was fighting for, just trying to hang onto power for its own sake. I mean, for all that talk about preserving Fereldan freedom he sure was quick to sell Fereldans off into slavery to achieve it. At this point we're just talking semantics. Given a few years left unchecked, he might well have gone as crazy as Branka. The Tevinter plot in the Alienage and associating with people like Howe certainly indicates it.

The point is, both characters started off perfectly reasonable, believing that what they were doing was right and that anything they did was excusable in pursuit of a noble goal. It's kind of a running theme...people often lose sight of their ideals in this 'verse because power corrupts, and they frequently become the thing they hate in the process (to wit: Meredith being driven insane by the lyrium idol and basically becoming what amounted to an Abomination herself).

[mondaisenshi.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not debating that Loghain was well on his way and would have become just as bad as Branka rather soon, but in my personal interpretation, he wasn't there yet. And that's not to say he wasn't already despicable, but I feel that he was not yet beyond redemption, while Branka was.

Of course, ymmv and whatnot, I just saw an opportunity to comment on my personal perspective. :D

[dgcatanisiri.livejournal.com]

True, Loghain does get rational once he's defeated while Branka fights to the death, which proves that he wasn't completely lost to madness. I think it's something of a shame that there's only the option to Warden-ify him or kill him, rather than locking him away and dealing with his crimes after the Blight, forcing him to see that he is the one who divided Ferelden and nearly lost the nation to the Blight, though I understand completely why those are the only two options.

Frankly, given how much Loghain ties into the direct themes and arcs of the first game, I really kind of wish DAO had ended at the Landsmeet. THAT felt like the triumphant ending, with the assault on Denerim feeling more like it was tacked on at the end.