Witty Name Here said:
Morrigan.
From what I've seen, she's almost always been pictured as the face of Dragon Age. She apparently plays this -MASSIVE- role in the story and everyone I've met almost treats her as the bloody main character of the game! Heck, she seems so "beloved" that I've honestly seen people make straw men of characters Morrigan doesn't like simply because if she hates them, they do too, apparently.
I mean, I've honestly heard people call Liliana a "violently intolerant religious zealot motivated by hatred" while making Morrigan out to be the misunderstood "dark and amazingly written hero".
She's just... not well written in my opinion. She's stupid-evil and seems to basically be another part of the "I'MMA MAKE ALL THE BAD GUY DECISIONS" checklist that a few RPG players have. I hope no one is offended when I say this... I know this isn't going to be the "nicest" sounding thing in the world, so apologies in advance, but... personally, I think a -lot- Morrigan's popularity comes from the fact she's pretty much the most easy... erm... "romance" partner in the game. Otherwise, I just don't see the appeal. She's just not a fun character to be around and hardly seems that well-written.
To me, she just sort of feels like the stereotypical "12 year old who thinks being evil in games is cool" trope incarnate.
Imma disagree with you on the Morrigan bit, seeing as I like her the most because I think she's got an actually interesting character arc if you pursue friendship or romance with her. Flemeth basically sabotaged Morrigan's entire repertoire of social skills and values to make sure she didn't have any friends to help or care for her when she finally got possessed, but if you actually try to connect with Morrigan she starts to open up and grow as a person. And I'm a goddamn softie for whom the idea of a character lashing out at the world because she has trouble interacting with people hits a little close to home. Only problem is that Bioware didn't really implement this into the game's influence system, so you've got a Morrigan who's kinda learning that other people aren't all shit or tools to use for personal advancement when the PC's talking to her, but in game you've still got a heartless ***** who'll disagree with every not shitty move you make unless the game gives you the opportunity to remind her that the logical choice is to not piss off everyone ever. They actually fixed this mistake in the Witch Hunt DLC, as she's much more chill there. Damn luddonarrative dissonance has already done its dirty work at that point though.
Now, onto my character of choice? Oberyn Martell. Not because the dude's not cool, but because the sheer amount of fukken outcry over his death. I didn't even really know about GoT until a month after season 1 ended, and I was avoiding the internet and social media around the Red Wedding, so I didn't understand the sheer amount of shit that was flipped around then. Now I get why people occasionally ***** about the show watchers though. Oberyn was basically a bad dude. He was a likable, suave badass with a sympathetic motive, but he was also a douchebag who's arrogance got the better of him. Yes the death was horrific, but like, it's not like it was "unfair" or "cheap" like we saw people bitching about on a 300 comment thread on this site just last week. Hell, I liked Oberyn, he was one of my favorite bit characters, though Bronn and Dolorous Edd fight over my heart for most favorite. But he was just a small player with some dramatic scenes. He crippled a boy who dueled him (Something Tyrell, not mentioned in the show I think), he regularly poisoned his foes, and he'd likely kill innocent Lannisters if he thought it was "justified" revenge for Elia. Hell, even HBOberyn is a bit of an ass, with the whole stabbing some guy in the hand just for singing The Rains of Castamere in the same brothel as him. That's fucked up, especially considering the quality of medical care at the time.
God, and I even like Oberyn, but his fucking fanbase was labeling him "GoT's new hero". And that just pissed me off.
To flip things around as well, I don't get the Shinji hate. Like, yeah, he's whiny and shit, but you try being a child soldier pit against eldritch abominations with only the fucking nutcases that make up the rest of Eva's cast, on top of already having issues due to having the douchiest #1 Dad to ever live, and see how much you stoicly bear upon your shoulders. I'm gonna guess it's not much.
The one thing that pisses me off about Shinji is how End of Eva butchers his character development. That whole "Congratulations" bit that everyone complains about is Shinji finally having a goddamn epiphany and fucking building that bridge he needs to get GET OVER HIMSELF! But noooooo, because too many people bitched about the fact that this ending, while kinda sweet, was very dramatically unsatisfying, Anno and Gainax decided to say "Screw all of that epiphany stuff, let's just make him even more of a whiny asshole who fucks everything up. Also let's make life hell for everyone else too." Just, is it really too much for me to see those three children and one woman-child experience a period of actual happiness for more than 30 seconds at a time?
Wow, 4 separate tangents in one post, that may be a personal record. Though I'm curious if anyone else has hatedoms they don't understand at all. Anyone at all?
