#most character development etc. is literally codex entries

[lehdenlaulu]

You know, the fall of Weisshaupt might have had some kind of emotional impact if literally any of the Wardens we actually know had been involved.

Fine, can't have the Hero of Ferelden, can't have Anders, can't have Blackwall. Too many permutations, blah blah. What about Oghren? Nathaniel? Velanna? Sigrun??

Ugh. This game tries so hard to pretend its predecessors don't exist that it doesn't really feel rooted in anything, and that in turn makes it even more emotionally vapid. And it doesn't help me feel any more invested when the dialogue constantly lampshades how ridiculous/absurd/unbelievable/borderline lore-breaking something is. Lampshading an issue doesn't absolve it, you know.

I'm really starting to subscribe to the headcanon that this is all Varric's weird-ass fever dream.