Jakira Kumahata I know right?!?! I'd never heard this line before. I was like, "For REAL dude!? I'm about to lay a smack down on you Anders! You got a lot of balls to talk about betrayal."
I've always hated how he has to tear the other love interests down to try to make himself seem like a better choice. He's the only one who does that. He's mean to Merrill, of course, but he's even a passive-aggressive dick to Isabela in this clip. I'm glad she doesn't take it to heart, but it bothers me that he feels its okay to talk about her like that...
@@EmphaticNod just saying...that the most brutal, evil, disrespectful, inappropriate and tactless lines of dialogue of this game comes from two guys: Fenris and Anders, and they both are talking to Merrill...yet people thinks Fenris is a brother figure to Merrill(bullshit...Varric and Isabela are the one who basically take care of her, while Bethany is a friend and Aveline is the classic boring older sister that finds you annoying), and the fandom is basically worshiping Anders like a saint or a god...
Love Isabela and Varric's conversation :) Isabela: "The most evil thing Merrill does most days is pick the flowers out of other people's gardens." Varric: "I know. I have to bribe most of the gardeners in Hightown to keep quiet."
Anders: “You’ll betray him. Even if you don’t mean to, you will.” (later, after the chantry gets blown up) Hawke: “What was that you said earlier about *Merrill* betraying me, Anders?”
I think hawk would be , much delighted that Merrill loves him .....🥰 , And hawk would complement Merrill she's - beautiful , brave , wonderful how can someone not love you Merrill 🥰🥰
I've only read up on the Dragon Age games just yesterday but Merrill alone makes me want to play Dragon Age II. I think she's adorable and from watching these clips with her seems like I would have the best time having her as a companion in any RPG, and I've only recently found myself loving roleplaying games more than I ever took notice of. The idle dialogue in this 2011 game and the characterization work hold up to this day, I'd love it if I could play any modern game with similar idle NPC dialogue but honestly I've kind of fallen for Merrill and I'd find it hard for any character in another game to compete with her as a companion. Makes me want to dust off the old PS3 and look for a copy of DA2. And with the slim chance she'll make a cameo in Dreadwolf, I'll take whatever I can get.
Oh my god that is hilarious 'You can't get jealous if somebody sleeps with Isabela it's just understood' 'she's like a side dish she comes with the meal' whoa I have never heard that.
2:00 - 2:21 This is when I knew I made the right decision in romancing Merrill. I think that's a good thing to keep in mind in life. Always remind the people that you love that you love them. It makes things clearer and takes away any doubt.
Base Blood Magic is not exactly evil since in the most basic forms it is just a short cut when you don't have the normal means to accomplish a task. Merill states if she had piles of Lyrium she would have just used it to cleanse the mirror piece instead of turning to demons for help. Blood Magic is just a very slippery slope which is probably why it has such a bad reputation since most blood mages are not model citizens.
as if darkspawn was not enough, now we have a "potentially" tainted titan? fuck me man thedas is probably one of the worst fantasy worlds to live in. how the fuck can you even fight a normal titan, let alone a blighted one? Maker should return to thedas and sort this shit out in Dragon Age 4 or there may not be any people left to praise andraste's embracing tits.
Ramazan Tekin There is also the fact that corypheus is only one ancient darkspawn. The rest of the first darkspawn could still be around. I think making another old god baby might be required.
I think another of the first darkspawn has already been seen in the Architect from DA: Awakening. The architect bears a remarkable resemblance to Corypheus.
Merill is a blood mage and from the dialogue sounds like she idolizes Hawke. I pity the woman who tries to steal Hawke away from her. Then again Merill would probably just reprogram the woman's mind and give her to Isabela as an adoring lover
A banter I wish existed: Anders: So, Hawke... Hawke: what is it this time Anders? Anders: oh I’m just curious on how you of all people could fall in love with... Merrill Hawke: well if you pull your head out of your ass then maybe you may find that some people are a joy to be around. Merrill: are you talking about me? You’re talking about me, aren’t you...
a sane woman would crush his nuts...that bloody hypocrite...he is paranoid about Merrill being a blood mage...and yet...who starts a war with templars?Who betrays Hawke? Anders!
@@wuzittooya if you don't count that mission where Anders goes to plant a few magic-bombs in the Chantry and uses Hawke as a decoy...yeah you would be right if you don't count that...but i do...
I love the little aliases that they give each other. Varric > Anders = Blondie Varric > Merrill = Daisy Isabela > Merrill = Kitten Anders > Merill = Satan ( Oh, wait I hate that one...)
I heard Anders say this and then, an hour later, he blew up the Chantry. I stabbed him for it and felt no pity. Of course, I sided with the mages, but THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY!
I proposed to my girlfriend after realizing how much she and Merrill have in common. You can be living a videogame romance and think it's normal until you see it on a videogame.
I'd have to say that philosophy is crap. Not acting is a mistake. She spent 7 years not doing anything as the city got more and more messed up and at no time did it work. She may have been a nice person but she was also useless. There's a part where she says "the chatry is not the overbearing father, whip in hand. It is the gentle mother, letting her children find their way" I wanted to ask "how many of your chidlren are dying while you let them find their way?"
I'm replaying the Dragon quest games to get ready for DA 4 and I love the banter between characters and your romances. Adds more to the characters I think. In DA Origins I go for Liliana as it makes the most sense to me. I romance Merrill only as a female Hawke in 2 because how ever you make a male Hawke look, he just seems 10 to 15 years older than Merrill (creepy). I usually go for Isabela as a male. Lastly, I usually end up romancing Cassandra in Inquisition. The banter about her relationship is I think the funniest. How bout y'all?
Pretty much the same story, playing through all the games for that fabled 4th game that's still in the works. I almost find it eerie how alike you are with my choices, as I also go for Isabella when male and Merrill when female. However, this time I tried to change things a little and go rivalry romance with Merrill, didn't quite work out the way I intended. I planned to switch from friendship to rivalry by denying her the quest item, but apparently if you max out friendship or rivavly you lock them in, ooobs.
To be fair, justice as he knew him in awakening was your basic knight in shining armour type (your first clue he wouldn't end well. Idealists never end up well in thedas). He was trying to help him. And even at their worst Justice/anders are a far cry from most abominations who have little in the way of thought processes than "I am princess stabbity! Stab-kill kill!" Anders is a tragic figure. he tries to do the right thing and ends up making a mess of everything.
So, Bioware, does not make Aveline a romance option but, makes her angry when Hawk is with someone else.... " keep it to yourself ", but she can agree with one thing, loving Hawk, is the reason they stick around lol.
The interaction at 2:00 is legitimately one of my favorite romance based interactions in any video game I've every played and it's stuck with me ever since I first played this game.
Aveline's second banter w/ moved-in Merrill is both sweet & profound, and I love it; my favourite is still Varric and Isabela. Varric's like,, "The subject of our gossip is directly in front of us, but,,, DISH."
The only person meredith listened to was elthina. With her dead, she was effectively off the leash. As long as mages had the illusion that things might get better, they wouldn't fight. Cullen even says this. He calls elthina cruel for letting them get their hopes up. The war forces people to actually deal with the issues instead of hiding from them.
Just , think Merrill truly loves hawk so much and they live together, hawk can just sit and stare Merrill lovingly while she's talking out , and meriill would just blush in if she see's you looking her . And that's a romantic moment 🥰🥰
I see what you are getting at still he doesn't betray hawke personally. And justice is for the most part more stable than any demon we've seen. I think anders gets a bit too much criticism for his actions because of what a load he is by act 3. Even fenris manages to not be a dick on occasion but Anders is a giant buzzkill. And to be blunt, while the people in the chantrey weren't bad people, they were gulty through inaction. Elthina knew the damage being done and refused to act.
Somehow, I think things might not have been much different with Meredith's crackdown on the mages, idol or not. I'm pretty sure she would have invoked the Annulment anyway in order to stop the "corruption" of Kirkwall, as she was already coming down on them for nearly 6 years; she just might have been a little bit more sane enough to remain in command of her Templars once they began to become disillusioned with her cause.
Ok like right now I am having a mental breakdown over how weird the talk between merill and sera would be. Merill is a blood mage and sera hates magic and demons. But merill is just...
Don't forget Sera can't care less about her being an elf and Merrill is really proud of it. I don't think they will hurt each other but Sera would think Merrill is pathetic for literally all she is, and Merrill would think Sera is the living example of why people hate elves.
Though at least now they have a chance at getting some actual freedom. Might not be the nicest action but the current system had been broken for years.
He is...or rather the spirit pulling his strings from mid act 2 onwards forces him to be so. Anders the man was fine, but having a spirit of justice in him with no concept of time messed him up. In a way he's a victim as much as anyone.
Its stated that they all agreed to split up and go their separate because they were all drawing too much scrutiny. After all the only reason this story is being told is because people like Cassandra were looking for Hawke. Hell, if you side with the mages, there's talk of an Exalted March being called on Kirkwall (although that never comes for obvious reasons). So it was more a case of Hawke had to leave and couldn't ask Merrill to abandon the elves of the Alienage because he knew how much it meant to her and how much they needed her.
Oh where did the nice,funny, and carefree Anders go? Sadly, I know the answer EA killed him, him and mass effect 3. DA 2 and ME 3 are good games but to me they lack the magic of DAO and ME 2.
OH. REALLY ANDERS. REALLY MIGHT SOMEONE BETRAY ME?
Jakira Kumahata I know right?!?! I'd never heard this line before. I was like, "For REAL dude!? I'm about to lay a smack down on you Anders! You got a lot of balls to talk about betrayal."
Right on point Lol
anders.....you were awsome in awakening, but now your an ass.
I've always hated how he has to tear the other love interests down to try to make himself seem like a better choice. He's the only one who does that. He's mean to Merrill, of course, but he's even a passive-aggressive dick to Isabela in this clip. I'm glad she doesn't take it to heart, but it bothers me that he feels its okay to talk about her like that...
@@EmphaticNod just saying...that the most brutal, evil, disrespectful, inappropriate and tactless lines of dialogue of this game comes from two guys: Fenris and Anders, and they both are talking to Merrill...yet people thinks Fenris is a brother figure to Merrill(bullshit...Varric and Isabela are the one who basically take care of her, while Bethany is a friend and Aveline is the classic boring older sister that finds you annoying), and the fandom is basically worshiping Anders like a saint or a god...
Love Isabela and Varric's conversation :)
Isabela: "The most evil thing Merrill does most days is pick the flowers out of other people's gardens."
Varric: "I know. I have to bribe most of the gardeners in Hightown to keep quiet."
No dislike eh? Probably because Varric had to bribe most of the dislikers in RUclips to keep them quiet.
Your comment won the Internet
Spoke to soon looks Anders disagrees
Dammit Anders
Literally one single dislike, I'm actually amazed.
@@JonathanJoestarJuicefest and now they're seven...probably some Meredith's supporters...
"ISABELA!"
Lol, she's so precious
Anders: “You’ll betray him. Even if you don’t mean to, you will.”
(later, after the chantry gets blown up)
Hawke: “What was that you said earlier about *Merrill* betraying me, Anders?”
Anders: "I never said she'll betray you first, Hawke."
Hawks is just like "oh look at my pretty boots"
"I love Hawke."
"You said that."
"I say it a lot. It makes things clearer."
I think about this a lot.
I think hawk would be , much delighted that Merrill loves him .....🥰 , And hawk would complement Merrill she's - beautiful , brave , wonderful how can someone not love you Merrill 🥰🥰
I've only read up on the Dragon Age games just yesterday but Merrill alone makes me want to play Dragon Age II. I think she's adorable and from watching these clips with her seems like I would have the best time having her as a companion in any RPG, and I've only recently found myself loving roleplaying games more than I ever took notice of. The idle dialogue in this 2011 game and the characterization work hold up to this day, I'd love it if I could play any modern game with similar idle NPC dialogue but honestly I've kind of fallen for Merrill and I'd find it hard for any character in another game to compete with her as a companion. Makes me want to dust off the old PS3 and look for a copy of DA2. And with the slim chance she'll make a cameo in Dreadwolf, I'll take whatever I can get.
"You'll betray him"
OH LOOK WHO SAYS
Stays near the burning Church.
Hawke: *puts a hand on Anders's shoulder* So...What were you talking about betrayal, old friend?
@@Gargoyleclanofalkonost I WAS LITERALLY REPLAYING THE GAME AND FINISHED IT NOW, GET OUT OF MY WALLS
@@emillytorres9908 Bro, chill...You are talking like they Stalk you
@@Ktulm it was literally a joke.
so, merrill will betray hawke? says the person who blew up the chantry and started a war... thats not betrayal at all._.
IT'S JUSTICE!
i murder that fucking shitter every single time
Oh my god that is hilarious 'You can't get jealous if somebody sleeps with Isabela it's just understood' 'she's like a side dish she comes with the meal' whoa I have never heard that.
Neeta Song and her response is gold too, 'Hey...only if it's a good meal.'
I mean... he's kinda right :'D
I love the way Marill says "Isa-bela!" in the one scene, I find it funny for some reason.
"Only if it's a good meal!" Omfg XD Isabela ahahah
Merrill is so goddamn adorable, dude.
2:00 - 2:21
This is when I knew I made the right decision in romancing Merrill. I think that's a good thing to keep in mind in life. Always remind the people that you love that you love them. It makes things clearer and takes away any doubt.
Base Blood Magic is not exactly evil since in the most basic forms it is just a short cut when you don't have the normal means to accomplish a task. Merill states if she had piles of Lyrium she would have just used it to cleanse the mirror piece instead of turning to demons for help.
Blood Magic is just a very slippery slope which is probably why it has such a bad reputation since most blood mages are not model citizens.
Which would explain Red Lyrium being blighted Lyrium. Makes one wonder what would happen if a Titan ever gets infected.
is there a titan under kirkwall? holy shit! is that real? tell me you are not joking...
as if darkspawn was not enough, now we have a "potentially" tainted titan? fuck me man thedas is probably one of the worst fantasy worlds to live in. how the fuck can you even fight a normal titan, let alone a blighted one? Maker should return to thedas and sort this shit out in Dragon Age 4 or there may not be any people left to praise andraste's embracing tits.
Ramazan Tekin
There is also the fact that corypheus is only one ancient darkspawn. The rest of the first darkspawn could still be around.
I think making another old god baby might be required.
I think another of the first darkspawn has already been seen in the Architect from DA: Awakening. The architect bears a remarkable resemblance to Corypheus.
Merill is a blood mage and from the dialogue sounds like she idolizes Hawke. I pity the woman who tries to steal Hawke away from her. Then again Merill would probably just reprogram the woman's mind and give her to Isabela as an adoring lover
You know, that would explain why Isabella is so sickeningly sweet to Merrill. heh
thestormofwar Never thought about it that way before
@@thestormofwarAnd it HOPEFULLY doesn’t hurt them. She’s been through SO MUCH already, she doesn’t need more trauma thrown her way. 😢
A banter I wish existed:
Anders: So, Hawke...
Hawke: what is it this time Anders?
Anders: oh I’m just curious on how you of all people could fall in love with... Merrill
Hawke: well if you pull your head out of your ass then maybe you may find that some people are a joy to be around.
Merrill: are you talking about me? You’re talking about me, aren’t you...
2:28 THIS coming from YOU Anders? hahahahahahahahaha
Any other woman besides Isabela woukd have slapped Anders for that last comment
a sane woman would crush his nuts...that bloody hypocrite...he is paranoid about Merrill being a blood mage...and yet...who starts a war with templars?Who betrays Hawke? Anders!
@@derokdeathaxe6984 Anders doesn't betray Hawke at all, lmao
@@wuzittooya if you don't count that mission where Anders goes to plant a few magic-bombs in the Chantry and uses Hawke as a decoy...yeah you would be right if you don't count that...but i do...
@@wuzittooya
Anders is the one that utterly fucks things up and does it behind Hawke's back.
He’s not wrong, she does get around 😂
I mean most characters in DA2 says similar things about her
She is who she is and she owns it 😅
I love the little aliases that they give each other.
Varric > Anders = Blondie
Varric > Merrill = Daisy
Isabela > Merrill = Kitten
Anders > Merill = Satan ( Oh, wait I hate that one...)
i think i speak for every one wen i say SHUT THE HELL UP!!! ANDERS
I heard Anders say this and then, an hour later, he blew up the Chantry. I stabbed him for it and felt no pity. Of course, I sided with the mages, but THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY!
Anders is the kinda guy who cheats and then gets worried and paranoid *your* cheating
I proposed to my girlfriend after realizing how much she and Merrill have in common. You can be living a videogame romance and think it's normal until you see it on a videogame.
Merrill is a cute little kitten
I'd have to say that philosophy is crap. Not acting is a mistake. She spent 7 years not doing anything as the city got more and more messed up and at no time did it work.
She may have been a nice person but she was also useless. There's a part where she says "the chatry is not the overbearing father, whip in hand. It is the gentle mother, letting her children find their way"
I wanted to ask "how many of your chidlren are dying while you let them find their way?"
HOLY SHIT ISABELA SLAYY
I'm replaying the Dragon quest games to get ready for DA 4 and I love the banter between characters and your romances. Adds more to the characters I think. In DA Origins I go for Liliana as it makes the most sense to me. I romance Merrill only as a female Hawke in 2 because how ever you make a male Hawke look, he just seems 10 to 15 years older than Merrill (creepy). I usually go for Isabela as a male. Lastly, I usually end up romancing Cassandra in Inquisition. The banter about her relationship is I think the funniest. How bout y'all?
Pretty much the same story, playing through all the games for that fabled 4th game that's still in the works. I almost find it eerie how alike you are with my choices, as I also go for Isabella when male and Merrill when female. However, this time I tried to change things a little and go rivalry romance with Merrill, didn't quite work out the way I intended. I planned to switch from friendship to rivalry by denying her the quest item, but apparently if you max out friendship or rivavly you lock them in, ooobs.
Merrill is older than Hawke.
If it was my game, here are my choices: DAO: Alistair with elven warden. DA2: Merrill, Garret Hawke. DAI: Elven Inquisitor x Cullen.
No regrets killing Anders. He was a good character but god I couldn't stand his self righteous hypocrisy at every turn. Killing him was worth it.
"You can't really get jealous if someone sleeps with Isabela. It's just...understood." Why do I think that's both fact and false?
And her comeback to that! 😂
Merrill = Overly Attached Girlfriend?
I really wanted to know fenris' reaction if hawke hooks up with a blood mage, sad there is no reaction banter to that :-(
I like the nicknames banter Merril and Bethany have in this DLC if you bring both and your in a relationship with the cute little elf
To be fair, justice as he knew him in awakening was your basic knight in shining armour type (your first clue he wouldn't end well. Idealists never end up well in thedas). He was trying to help him. And even at their worst Justice/anders are a far cry from most abominations who have little in the way of thought processes than "I am princess stabbity! Stab-kill kill!"
Anders is a tragic figure. he tries to do the right thing and ends up making a mess of everything.
that last one had me lmao
Anders: You'll betray him.
Me: Pot, kettle.
So, Bioware, does not make Aveline a romance option but, makes her angry when Hawk is with someone else.... " keep it to yourself ", but she can agree with one thing, loving Hawk, is the reason they stick around lol.
The interaction at 2:00 is legitimately one of my favorite romance based interactions in any video game I've every played and it's stuck with me ever since I first played this game.
Anders and Solas...betrayal incarnate
Merrill is lucky she is so adorable. Like Isabela says "she is so sweet it almost makes you want to eat for dessert."
Aveline's second banter w/ moved-in Merrill is both sweet & profound, and I love it; my favourite is still Varric and Isabela. Varric's like,, "The subject of our gossip is directly in front of us, but,,, DISH."
Fenris once said "and mage and a hipacrakt what company u keep"
So, looks like you can still sleep with Isabela with no consequences and still romance Merrill without Isabela getting bitchy
No one asked, Anders.
remeber, he was a pretty cool guy who healed you in awekening
Anders: "You'll betray him."
*later*
Hawke: My, how the tables turn.
The only person meredith listened to was elthina. With her dead, she was effectively off the leash.
As long as mages had the illusion that things might get better, they wouldn't fight. Cullen even says this. He calls elthina cruel for letting them get their hopes up.
The war forces people to actually deal with the issues instead of hiding from them.
Isabella is a precious thing ever in DA2
...Meredith might have never gotten that bad, either, if her sword wasn't made out of red lyrium. It drove her mad. :/
This guy littraly exploded the fucking Chantrie without saying anybody and his speaking about treason ?
Just , think Merrill truly loves hawk so much and they live together, hawk can just sit and stare Merrill lovingly while she's talking out , and meriill would just blush in if she see's you looking her .
And that's a romantic moment 🥰🥰
I see what you are getting at still he doesn't betray hawke personally. And justice is for the most part more stable than any demon we've seen.
I think anders gets a bit too much criticism for his actions because of what a load he is by act 3. Even fenris manages to not be a dick on occasion but Anders is a giant buzzkill.
And to be blunt, while the people in the chantrey weren't bad people, they were gulty through inaction. Elthina knew the damage being done and refused to act.
Somehow, I think things might not have been much different with Meredith's crackdown on the mages, idol or not. I'm pretty sure she would have invoked the Annulment anyway in order to stop the "corruption" of Kirkwall, as she was already coming down on them for nearly 6 years; she just might have been a little bit more sane enough to remain in command of her Templars once they began to become disillusioned with her cause.
You forgot:
Varric > Bethany = Sunshine
Isabela > Bethany = Sweetness
:D
Lol Ander's rant about Isabella is great. Lmao.
isabela is actually jealous??
Merrill is so adorable @u@
Isabela's jealous :P
'Only if it's a good meal' aaaannnnnd this is why I have to romance Isabela.
Ok like right now I am having a mental breakdown over how weird the talk between merill and sera would be. Merill is a blood mage and sera hates magic and demons. But merill is just...
Don't forget Sera can't care less about her being an elf and Merrill is really proud of it.
I don't think they will hurt each other but Sera would think Merrill is pathetic for literally all she is, and Merrill would think Sera is the living example of why people hate elves.
Are there any noticeable differences between male and female Hawke?
Anders talking about betrayal? Thats rich
Though at least now they have a chance at getting some actual freedom. Might not be the nicest action but the current system had been broken for years.
I find it funny how everyone expects Hawke to have slept with Isabella at least once :P But then thats her character :D
He is...or rather the spirit pulling his strings from mid act 2 onwards forces him to be so. Anders the man was fine, but having a spirit of justice in him with no concept of time messed him up. In a way he's a victim as much as anyone.
How did you get to keep your romance with Isabela isn't it supposed to end it you let Merril move in?
Sorry, I meant Alain. We have no indication that Orsino knew that Qunetin was killing anyone. We just knew he was looking into research.
You can't get jealous if someone sleeps with Isabela
She didn't seem all too paranoid at the beginning of the game, really.
Personally, I think she was either possessed or lyrium addled.
2:02 just hear how merrill talks about hawke and im supposed to believe that she left hawke so she can help elven refugees, nah I don't beleive that
Its stated that they all agreed to split up and go their separate because they were all drawing too much scrutiny. After all the only reason this story is being told is because people like Cassandra were looking for Hawke. Hell, if you side with the mages, there's talk of an Exalted March being called on Kirkwall (although that never comes for obvious reasons). So it was more a case of Hawke had to leave and couldn't ask Merrill to abandon the elves of the Alienage because he knew how much it meant to her and how much they needed her.
Anders brutally destroying Isabella
Anders talking about betrayal
Isabelle is everyone’s meal lol😂
@Honfi00 SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!!! NO!... jk jk
is it just me or are both girls wearing their romanced outfits in 0:45-1:10?
Isabela : so ... did you get naked?
Merrill: ISABELA!!
Love how she says that xD
Where is that list,IsaBela? haha
i think anders and Is sleep together back in Feledran
don't forget lying and manipulating you into starting said war
Isabela!
Hehe!
what is the outfit Merill is wearing at 0:30?
It's the pariah of the keeper robes she gets after you romance her.
Oh where did the nice,funny, and carefree Anders go? Sadly, I know the answer EA killed him, him and mass effect 3. DA 2 and ME 3 are good games but to me they lack the magic of DAO and ME 2.
I didn't think you could romance with fem Hawke
You can romance all the DA2 companions with both, bar Sebastian who can only be romanced by Femhawke
Isabella