Dragon Age: Origins/Fridge: Difference between revisions

** Much like how the anglo-saxons were influenced by being under Norman rule when William the Conquerer invaded.

* Having just finished a playthrough in which my Warden was Alistair's lover and Morrigan's friend, I just had a minor epiphany. When trying to get my character to {{spoiler|persuade Alistair to do the ritual with her,}} Morrigan acted very nonchalant about her request, even though she knew it must have been tearing up the Warden to have to {{spoiler|convince the man she loved to sleep with another woman.}} She even offers some passive-agressive guilt, claiming if the Warden REALLY loved Alistair, she'd give him the chance to save his own life. This seemed contrary to how Morrigan acts after you befriend her, where she warms up to you considerably and seems fairly sympathetic to you from that point on. Yet in one scene she seems to regress back to her old self, only to swing back again when bidding you farewell at the gates of Denerim. So what's going on? And that's when it hit me: Morrigan is wearing a mask for this scene. It is ''killing'' her to ask her only friend to do this, but she doesn't have a choice if she wants to save her life. She's shut off her emotions for this because she sees her feelings on the matter as less important than saving the Warden. She may have her own long-term plans concerning the {{spoiler|god child}}, but it becomes fairly clear that her main motivation at this point in time is saving her friend.

** The [[Fridge Brilliance]] on that point kicks in even during the first game: {{spoiler|Eamon's son, Connor}}, who is [[Demonic Possession|possessed by a desire demon]], becomes completely different from his usual self. Also, in a moment of [[Fridge Brilliance]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Wild Mass Guessing]], if you defile the ashes, the two party members who immediately attack you, regardless of approval ratings, are Wynne and Leliana. Maybe the Cult of Andraste was right about their prophet being reborn - they just had the wrong entity.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]] and [[Fridge Horror]] (at least from the Templars' perspective) in one: in the Mage's Circle quest, why is the Templar's Nightmare by far the most difficult section of the Fade to navigate? Because the Templars are obsessed with upholding the law and order of the Chantry. Spatial relations are probably the most well-ordered thing in the world; if even they prove unreliable, we have truly entered a Templar's nightmare.