Asker Anonymous Asks:
Okay, you've convinced me. I purchased a copy of 45 Characters today and am going through the archetypes at length. Question for you: An aggressive, pro-templar Marian Hawke who always acts against mages and sides with Meredith in the end--a mage Marian, specifically. Which archetype is she? What of this Hawke as rivalmancing Anders? What of this Hawke friendmancing Fenris?
flutiebear flutiebear Said:

I’d say probably an aggro, pro-Templar Hawke would classify as a Dictator archetype. A few of the more typical characteristics of this personality include:

  • An obsession to control, dictate and rule over others — someone who thinks fear is more powerful than love
  • Judgmental and a harsh, unforgiving wielder of justice (and justice is whatever he/she says it is)
  • Creates meaningless rules and laws just to have something to lord over his or her compatriots
  • Places no value on family responsibility or duty. Often absent from family life. Does whatever the hell he/she wants without regard to siblings or parents

You get the point. She’d be arrogant and painfully hypocritical, considering that a Mage Marian still hails from a magical background, and there’s a certain kind of marvelous tragedy about it all, but augh, what a punch to the gut it would be, right?

Personally, I see Anders as a cross between the Messiah/Punisher and The Artist/Abuser archetypes, which when paired with a Dictator would inevitably lead to a rivalmance (quite a dramatic one, in fact).

As far as Fenris goes, he’s probably a a Protector/Gladiator type, and he’d naturally gravitate to a Dictator as someone to protect (hence the friendmance). He’d probably struggle a lot more with a Diplo!Hawke (who probably more closely fits the Nurturer or King archetype than the Dictator).

  1. valaaia said: I think I am going to see if the german Amazon store has that book now. Because, damn, you’re making me love all of this meta stuff, Flutie.
  2. anonymouscatastrophe said: I thought the same thing when I was thumbing through my old copy of 45 Master Characters a while back.
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