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30 Days of DA: My own worst enemy
Day Twenty: Character you wouldn’t get along with
This is even harder than yesterday's question, for two reasons.
Firstly, one of the hallmarks of my own character is that I get along with almost everybody. I have made very few enemies in my time, and since adulthood have been able to be at least cordial with nearly everyone I meet, even the people I don't much care for. So it's hard for me to think of even one character that I would be totally unable to get along with, on some level.
On the other hand just because I love a character, find them fascinating, adore the part they play in the world and/or within Hawke's or the Warden's life, doesn't mean that I, personally, would like them if I met them. Looked at that way, I could make a case for half the party members in each game, not to mention most of the major NPCs -- I tend not to be fond of the zealots or the mischief-makers, and DA has more than its share of both. So how to narrow it down? Just as with Least Favorite Character, I think choosing an irredeemably evil character like Alrik or Rendon Howe would be cheating, and I probably shouldn't go back to the Velanna well again either. So instead, I'm going to pick Oghren.
Okay, you can all unfriend me now. ;)
As a character, and as a contributer to the ensemble, I like Oghren pretty well. And he's a lot of fun to watch from a distance -- hilarious and loyal, under the coarse, drunken exterior. But that's the problem: were I to know him in real life, I suspect I would have a hard time getting past that exterior. The hard-drinking, hard-living, sarcastic, crude almost to the point of harassment exterior. Even in the game it took me a little while to warm to him. So that's my answer, and I'm sticking to it.
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This is even harder than yesterday's question, for two reasons.
Firstly, one of the hallmarks of my own character is that I get along with almost everybody. I have made very few enemies in my time, and since adulthood have been able to be at least cordial with nearly everyone I meet, even the people I don't much care for. So it's hard for me to think of even one character that I would be totally unable to get along with, on some level.
On the other hand just because I love a character, find them fascinating, adore the part they play in the world and/or within Hawke's or the Warden's life, doesn't mean that I, personally, would like them if I met them. Looked at that way, I could make a case for half the party members in each game, not to mention most of the major NPCs -- I tend not to be fond of the zealots or the mischief-makers, and DA has more than its share of both. So how to narrow it down? Just as with Least Favorite Character, I think choosing an irredeemably evil character like Alrik or Rendon Howe would be cheating, and I probably shouldn't go back to the Velanna well again either. So instead, I'm going to pick Oghren.
Okay, you can all unfriend me now. ;)
As a character, and as a contributer to the ensemble, I like Oghren pretty well. And he's a lot of fun to watch from a distance -- hilarious and loyal, under the coarse, drunken exterior. But that's the problem: were I to know him in real life, I suspect I would have a hard time getting past that exterior. The hard-drinking, hard-living, sarcastic, crude almost to the point of harassment exterior. Even in the game it took me a little while to warm to him. So that's my answer, and I'm sticking to it.
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(I just know it will be a terrible mess but, ah, well...)
Back to the original question- there's trouble and then there is TROUBLE. Oghren definitely feels like the "little good will come out of this friendship" kind of trouble despite how much fun he is as a character. Alistair, on the other hand, was in a rough spot when the Warden meets him but under other circumstances--even just sticking with him post game--he seems like someone who would be a solidly good friend to have. (of course, I may be wrong about oghren but...awakenings convinced me he is doomed to be a difficult drunk.)
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As for Alistair, I agree with you there, too -- note that I did not say I considered him as my answer here, ;) -- he seems the sort to be a steadfast and loyal friend under most circumstances. He is, in fact, probably the most drama-free love interest in either of the games, at least as far as his personality is concerned (the tension and drama in his romance come from external circumstances instead), which makes him an excellent friend candidate as well.