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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
I'm impressed with the sheer diversity of religious belief regarding concepts like The Maker and Andraste (basically, she's DA's Jesus figure) in Inquisition. It'd be easy to paint all believers with the fundamentalist brush, particularly since that's the (factually inaccurate!) view of religion in the so-called Dark Age, but as you get to know your crew in Inquisition there's a lot of differentiation among the cast and it's fascinating that they really took the time to flesh out unique theological perspectives in a fantasy world like this.
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Yeah, like, I appreciate that there is varying levels of devotion and.. traditionalism? among the characters and even within the chantry. Like, personally, religion doesn't bother me, just the organized/structural aspects of it. And DA:I seems to be about picking about the structural faults with the chantry, the templars, and so on, and they're doing so with lots of depth and it's really refreshing.
Edit: In fact, as an atheist, it would probably bother me if they didn't show depth within the chantry and also the faults in other organized groups because that would seem too much like making out dickheaded atheists (e.g. Richard Dawkins) and their (admittedly small number of) followers (who pretend intolerance is unique to organized religion while being just as intolerant and conservative as organized religion) as the solution. Or something.
Like I'm still drawing the conclusion that templars are gigantic dicks and that the chantry is kind of dated but it's not like the game makes it a super obvious black and white choice the way, say... Skyrim did with the stormcloaks and imperials.
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As for Sera, personally I was never a huge fan, in part because she always reminded me of those Marxists who think everything's about Class to such an extent that they'll gleefully be offensive, insensitive asses about everything else. I still like her as a teammate who provides an interesting perspective but, damn, it's strange to reflect on how Cassandra is actually much more progressive than Sera once you dig beneath the surface.
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Yeah, I think I enjoy her mostly because she is an unrefined asshole who is obsessed with breeches.
I wonder if somewhere else in the game there's a character with a more intelligent marxist stance? That would be nice.
Anyways, I met Vivienne last night. I'm not sure I'm too fond of her, but I am fond of her wardrobe, cause damn. It's cool to see a resplendent, powerful female black character.
In general, I enjoy the wide cast of female characters and the depth with which they are written. Same for the male characters, actually, because god knows the typical male hero gets pretty boring.
Edit: Oh yeah, and I also finally met Iron Bull and Krem, and they're fantastic. I don't need to repeat every one of Iron Bull's* humorous lines, but I want to.
*THE Iron Bull