Eh, would you fair folks mind moving all the nine-elevensy stuff to the "On Anders" thread, which is exactly about serious controversial things and leave this one for shallow, idle gossip about pixel dudes?
I have to say that, although I enjoyed being with both Anders and Fenris, I would still have to go with Anders. During my first playthrough, I went with Fenris and I always got so giddy when I got a new quest for him At first I didn't realize that he had left me, until I had heard the banter between him and Anders halfway through Act 2, where Fenris finally says "it is done; leave it be".
When I heard that, my heart sank; it ruined the rest of the relationship for me, and made me question my decision to have my Hawke with him.
During his final questioning beliefs mission though, after Fenris had finally made up for what he had done, I took him back. But in all honesty, if it was me in Hawke's place I would have not waited the 3 years for him to apologize; I would still care for him, but I would have moved on. It was after this that during my next playthrough I decided to go for Anders instead, to see if he would do better; He did.
The more I talked and flirted with him, the more Anders began to grow on me, which is actually a big deal since I had built up the idea of only going for Fenris months before the games release; I had convinced myself that Anders wouldn't be worth it. But after a while of being with Anders, I began to forget about my previous romance with Fenris, and just like how I did in DA:O for Zevran my most fulfilling and favorite romance of DA:O , I saved before Anders romance scene, and played it over and over again, because unlike the one with Fenris, it always left a smile on my face.
Even the small touch of the game having Anders be the first thing I saw every time I returned to the mansion warmed my heart. It was the small things like that that made his romance more fulfilling to me than the one for Fenris; It made me feel like my Hawke was loved. And, although you really didn't get a final kiss scene for Anders which I think is a bug since there is suppose to be one for the rivalmance that no one on the consoles can get , I still felt content with how it ended.
In a way, having a romance with Anders is like the personal quests for Leliana and Alistair; it "hardens" your Hawke depending on how you handle the relationship. Dorquemada - Have not tried an Anders rivalmance due to my insecure need to make even pixelated characters adore me, but your description almost makes me want to try it. Come to mama and let's see where those tattoos end. Plus I love the voice.
All deep and I was pretty excited to learn that Anders would return as a party member from Awakening to DA:2 and as a LI no less, however I was deterred a bit when I found him and discovered nearly his whole character had change not that its a bad thing. Hrm- I haven't tried a rival-romance with Ander's due to that apparent bug was it fixed?
I abandoned that play through as I was not happy with prior decisions made in earlier Acts ah- my inner perfectionist kicked in. Has anyone else seen this or does it only happen if you romance two LIs? Color me curious. Tags: discussion: romance , dragon age 2. Post a new comment Error Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal. Your reply will be screened Your IP address will be recorded.
Post a new comment. Preview comment. Post a new comment 33 comments. I nearly swooned off the couch at that last, extremely HOT, make-out scene. You can see his pain as well as his amusement over things in his eyes and in his expression.
I love it. I replayed it ten times the first time I saw it. And I do so quickly now that I know how so I can watch those cutscenes over and over and over. I even name them when I save so I can go back and find them later. Seriously No flowers?!? And what is this complete lack of male nudity? I really wish for these pivotal plot scenes romance etc. I am so glad I found this blog! I was totally in love with Allistair in DAO and replayed the love scenes over and over! I hated when the game ended.
His voice is just omg!! So HOT!! I truly hope they get it right in DA3. Hers is the crime of inaction. So, in the span of 10! Yet she does nothing and let the templars reigned with terror until people are forced to push back.
She was just a conniving manipulator. By staying passive and spouting ineffectual nonsense, she basically forced the issue while making the chantry LOOKs innocent. Of course the chantry would love that, but not all of the people are so easily fooled.
She employed the trick twice during the span of DA2, first with the Qunari, by allowing one of her mothers if you talked to her, she hinted she is aware of the happenings to go psycho and provoke the Qunari, AND THEN turned her back and betrayed her blind follower. I wanted to get rid of her then. And she then pulled the same stunt with the mages. Anders was stupid to blow up the chantry, which is basically what Elthina was waiting for. Anders played right into her hand and made her a matyr.
But I was never sorry to see her go. More the pity. You are right. I always thought Elthina took too passive a role, as well.
As long as you break it off with Anders or Isabella without sleeping with them you will still get Fenris. I think when they put a history like this romance in a game like DA2 it gives us girls reason to play. And LIKE the game.. Yes, Zevran might have avoided getting killed by the Crows, but they obviously got quite a few licks in. Looks like they broke his face a few times. Yes i did see that. Zevran was i Dao a cute guy but they ruined him in Da Me, too, which is why I do not want Fenris to get beaten with the same ugly stick if they put him in DA3.
Hot steaming sexy.. He liked DAO and, I will admit, we both were a bit dismayed at what they were saying DA2 would be like when they first started their viral campaign on it, but it ended up being my favorite of the 2.
My son finally played it because I liked it so much. He still likes Origins better, but he liked the mechanics of this one better. All in all, though, he did like it.
I am one of the few female gamers where Im from! I just cannot begin to describe how amazing this blog entry, with all the comments that follow, has been to me! I love you all! I thought I was all but alone in my crazy obsessions with regards to this game. I must say, I love both Fenris and Anders, yumm. Hehe, it has always annoyed me that most of my male friends can but my conscience just keeps getting in the way!
I like that I have the option however! This is what makes the games for me. This thread of comments is great and it gives me hope for the future! I am addicted to a good story. And I get the impression you all are too yes, all good stories have romances, but of course! I took the liberty to send a link to this post and all its comments to BioWare, with a hope that they will read it and take it to heart, I wish for us all to be heard!
And hopefully get an awesome DA:3 in not too long. And after that, maybe folks in the industry will start making cool games for cool, slightly batty ladies such as ourselves. Something juicy, with meat on its bones hehe and a rock hard, fantastic story at its core.
I just received DA2 for Christmas, read through your wonderfully hilarious post, and every single comment, And I agree. I was too embarrassed to admit anything, so I just mumbled some vague something about Dragon Age and walked off. But dammit! His voice, his sketchy past, his angst…brings out the hopeless romantic in every lady. Rock on, all you Fenris-loving ladies and fellas! I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on the best time to play Legacy and Mark of the Assassin for dialog content.
These scenes are nothing compared to the first Dragon Age. Those got graphic in comparison. Otherwise, OMG Fenris is hot. Just looove the voice.
FYI — His voice can also be found in Skyrim. Various characters…Imperial Army guys, bodyguard for someone you meet in the Dark Brotherhood quest…no one major. His voice is also on Diablo 3…a couple of times and early in the game.
I go into the garrison and ask him questions all the time just to hear his voice. Which one is he? I think the door is on the left and guarded by two guards. If you go inside, he will be guarding the door where the Imperial Guard Commander is. Oh, and yeah, I would have loved to have seen more in the love scenes.
At least as much as in DAO. OMG, I just found this, and I so agree! Anders is wayy too whiny to be a good romance, though I do enjoy the first makeout scene with him. It makes my stomach knot up every time I see it. I wish they could have put some of that passion into Fenris. And I would have thouroughly enjoyed a chance at Knight Captain Cullen.
Thanks for this blog! I agree on almost everything. We did get robbed — not enough interaction with comrades in arms. And I loved the fact that I could drive him crazy without actually hitting on him — just by raising loyalty.
And kissing him in front of Morrigan — priceless. Good times, good times. Anders is solid good too. The way he discourages Hawke from romancing him — sweet. His love for kittens — sweet. That kiss — amazing, deep, romantic. Not being able to talk to him after he moves in — just so lame. But I only had 1 scene with him so far. I shall see if it gets better. But the scene itself was great. Getting those knifes off of her back — I wish they would have done something similar for Fenris!
I hope I get Fenris!! I just saw him kill that one girl. And he just came to my house to say sorry. I so agree to everything said on here. Wish Fenris and Hawk will show up in DA 3 as well, On my first playthrough I chose Fenris-friendmance, while being a mage and also siding with them.
I thought it was very sweet, that he is going against his principles for you. On my second playthrough I opted for a Anders-friendmance…. Though when he left after sleeping with him, I started sth with Anders and let him move in, knowing that this would end my Fenris rivalmance. Afterwards I was so upset, Anders is just … just not sufficient I guess? Especially when compared to Fenris. Moreover, after having practically dzped him for Anders he still loved Hawke.
Merrill made a comment about him still liking Hawke during Banter and he alwys came to the rescue when my warrior HAwke was in a bind. I friendmanced Anders once and never got that banter. I might not have romanced Fenris first, though. I may have to play again. Besides, I like Fenris better. That was not only entertaining but sooso true. I played this one Mage named Marian forgot to change the name.
When that happened I was laughing. I romanced Anders twice. HELL to the no. All I got was justice this Templars that mages there. Anyways I played to act two on both of this pplz and at first I found fenris uncivilized and revolting. Look at my screen saver now. But it sucks.
I havnt romanced fenris yet. I think what bioware did to alistair on dao is imposible to do on da2. I admit. I make guy characters just to see the other side of the story. But remember how pretty morrigans eyes were? I want those eye colors. Just his soundtrack makes me sigh. I think the characters are more fleshed out. I agree that there could have been more character interactions outside of questing.
Having more expanded dialogues from these great characters,. Though, in my romance, Anders was who I loved first, forgave as much as the game allowed, and stayed beside despite himself.
I tend to react to him as if he was real. And, yes, fuck Anders, at least DA2 Anders. I chose the romantic options at the end, and let him kill Hadriana, so of course I got the butch sex scene where I shove him up against the wall HATE that.
Fenris never shows up. As I recall, I got as far as anders being at my house to make a move, but he insults Fenris and I snapped at him. Then told him to leave. So beautiful.
You never have another chance with him with the exception of the whores at the Blooming Rose. You can have an orgy with them while Fenris watches with no reaction. Oh god!! Also i started flirting Anders kinda fell for him but when i saw Fenris going down the stairs in the Alienage i though noo, what am i doing! My husband had been hiding these little jewels from me for years, DA:O and DA 2, so Ive just gotten my addiction rolling.
Dude better back up off of my Mabari before I instruct him to eat the fool. My first Hawke, being the stupid, if I love him enough he will change type that she was, stayed with him and Im sure didnt live happily ever after. My second playthrough, I went absolute lesbain, fook the men after the Anders experience, and lived happily ever after with Isabela, swashbuckling the seas with her in all her slutty glory, and if I wanted a man, I simply used one of the deck hands to fullfill that need with no complaints from the tastey temptress that I had given my heart to.
Yes making up my own story there cause thats how it played out in my head. The man exudes sex appeal, he broods instead of whines and is an all around MAN, where as I have the strong desire to just kill Anders in the end so I dont have to listen to his whining and complaining anymore.
Not even a shirtless Fenris! Hawke is all layed out in the bed in her unmentionables, and I dont get to see Fenris all sexy half naked as I bask in the afterglow??? All in all, Fenris is the man to be with hands down where romance is concerned. Sure, he has his issues, but at least he didnt go killing innocents all in the name of his cause like a certain mage I know. Fenris is the easiest companion to get rid off. Just dont talk to Anzo and you dont have to have him in your party.
Thanks so much for these videos. I think my Hawke could identify with him and the only reason I continued to side with mages was to protect my sister. I only wish I could have made him face me while I killed him. Loved the Fenris romance, loved the fluff.
I hope we get to see Hawke and Fenris again in the future. It may be due to my moral standing on mages. And his dislike for Templars stems from being mistreated by them, but even so you can help him understand that not all Templars are shit, and he even mentions how so-and-so seemed like a decent man even for a templar. He really had no appeal to me because of his view points and I found him to be rather harsh towards a lot of people without real cause.
I played Awakening and loved Anders. He was my favorite character. I went into DA2 fulling expecting to romance him—until he opened his mouth. They made me get rid of my cat. He pounces on Hawke and gives them that kiss. He finally gives Hawke a chance to decide if this is what they want. Then, after one night of sex, Anders is getting his things and moving right in.
Remember, in Awakenings, Anders cared about himself and not much else. That part of him is alive and well in DA2. Yet, he still is able to admit that there might be good Magisters, even though he never met any of them. So, Fenris has more to go on than just one person; he has an entire culture.
And he has a point. He knows that a good warrior is as dangerous as a mage in his own way. The warrior had to work very hard and very long in order to get to the point of damage that a mage gets the moment their magic manifests.
A young mage coming into power is like giving an adolescent in hormone hell a machine gun and giving them permission to use it to take out anyone that pisses them off. Could you imagine a parent of a young mage? Imagine Trump with the powers of a mage. What do you think that would mean for the rest of us?
Fenris admits not all magic and not all mages are bad several times. Even then, he was more than willing to kill one of the good ones in order to let a handful of mages go. A handful of known blood mages, at that. Anders, on the other hand, seems to believe that ALL mages are good and uncorruptible, even though he, himself, allowed himself to be corrupted.
Does he stop to think that, maybe, there is a problem with mages like him? All mages must still be free. He goes into a rage. He gets pissed and tries to emotionally blackmail them into helping him. I am literally playing these games for the first time and have been converted. After I finished awakenings I went into da2 thinking I absolutely have to romance Anders he was such a delight.
There was absolutely no contest in my mind. After he threw my character against the wall there was no way I was going any other way. He was there when I had tears in my eyes after the mother died. So, so worth the wait! His dialogue alone after dealing with Danarius melted my heart. Now Sebastian on the other hand, I cannot stand!
Fenris everyday and twice on Sunday, but Solas is not a bad second choice, just my opinion. I have a thing for brooding elves with complicated past.
This article is super old, but I want to point out that Anders is not an abomination. An abomination is a person possessed by a demon. Justice is not in fact a demon. He is a spirit. There is no word for what he is in the lore of the game, other than maybe… host?
Whatever… Fenris is going to die in my playthough, killed by Anders and Hawke as they both go to hell together in a blaze of glory. She played her first play through this year and Anders is her soul mate.
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Back again. Just such a fun thread to write on! Fail Bioware! Anytime Melony! Wow, I havent been here in a while. Your husband is a great man. Hey Surreal, Did you ever figure this scene out?
Sounds fun! Can you romance fenris as a rival? Can you romance Merrill as a female? How tall is fenris? Can fenris move in with Hawke? Is Fenris in Dragon Age 4? How do you get fenris? Can you romance Anders? Does Isabella come back da2? Can you romance more than one person in Dragon Age 2?
Can I romance Isabela and Merrill?
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