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Dragon Age 2: Fuckin' Bitches, Stabbin' Dragons
KvP:
Not that solution! The Templar's solution to the Mage Problem.
Johnny C:
of course, but i felt the same twinge in DA:O when it was proposed. the right of annulment isn't new to DA2! and i know the specific historical analogue you're trying to tie it to but i'm not nearly certain enough that it's meant to evoke that and that alone.
(you'll also note in the codex and in DA:O that the right of annulment has been enacted more than once, too, which like if you're proposing that the solution to the mage problem is one with a certain air of, er, finality to it then that leaves those previous events out in the lurch)
KvP:
That's all fair, I just felt like the terminology they used was really heavy handed, and they were specifically trying to evoke those parallels, which, I felt like they were punching way above their weight class with the quality of the story up to that point, there was just no way to make it work.
maxusy3k:
Isn't that almost the same though as when, in Mass Effect 2, Legion states that he has "found another solution to the Heretic question."?
That particular part kind of made me be a bit "Woah, okay guys, let's step back here."
So I guess this would be Bioware retreading old ground? I'd imagine it's purposefully done, that particular choice of terminology is, I think, pretty sure to evoke that kind of connotation.
KvP:
Sort of, but even with Legion's explanation of Geth consciousness they're still pretty much just machines / space orc cannon fodder. The Mages in DA2 are clearly set up as an oppressed minority throughout the game even as Gaider seemed weirdly intent on proving correct everything the Templars claim about them (mainly, that they're all blood mages and will turn into bloodthirsty monsters at the slightest discomfort or annoyance).
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