Frankly I think Alistair being mildly shitty to that mage in Ostagar seems pretty in-character for the guy he is before the massive, life-altering trauma that is the Ostagar massacre wherein he sees all of his Grey Warden comrades, his beloved mentor/father figure, and his beloathed half-brother/convenient-target-of-projection absolutely torn to shreds by literal Thedas boogeymen. IIRC Morrigan and Flemeth both comment on his wack behavior after Ostagar and then by the time we get to Lothering Alistair just fully surrenders any and all responsibility (and, frankly, agency) to the player's Warden for the foreseeable future. It can then take anywhere from a couple IRL hours to the entire second act of the game for him to retake almost any amount of it back. And depending on the player's choices in dialogue, and especially whether or not they choose to romance him, we may only see flashes of that guy we met at Ostagar before he potentially morphs into almost someone else entirely (hardened!King!Alistair). All that to say, I don't actually think it's a useful criticism of "characterization" to bring up Alistair's glibness as compared to his behavior in the majority of the game because from where I'm standing (looking directly at his snottiness about Cailan, his complaints about being assigned to the Tower of Ishal, his Templar-esque focusing on Morrigan and Flemeth being apostates, his generally pretty brusque manner with the Warden recruits) it seems fairly in-line with the rest of his behavior at Ostagar.
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fun fact! my birthday is actually july 4th, contradictory to that one fundraiser post i made last year about my computer saying july 10th
i celebrate it on july 10th because where i live, most people have ran out of fireworks by then
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chainsmokes.
not a vent just a goof i am losing my mind about irl.
my mom is trying to make right that collectible that got fucked up yesterday. contacted the author's team. go mom. fudging facts by saying that i had been crying for days about how the thing got messed up. the email response is sympathetic and helpful, all's good there, they can see if they have any b-quality in the equivalent of the back.
but sweet jesus the way she phrased it makes me think i am my mother's poor meow meow from real life. god's most pathetic soldier. sopping wet and fumbling the bag and sobbing. help.
the staff appear to think i am a small child from how she framed my behavior.
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Good morning everyone tomorrow is my birthday :]
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