Forum:Arrogant mages: Vivienne vs Dorian

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The... rather high opinion that two of your mages in the Inner Circle have of themselves is a point of contention. From what I gather, most people are okay with Dorian, but get rubbed the wrong way by Vivienne. I think I can succinctly summarize why:

Dorian says "I am AWESOME!"

Vivienne says "I am AWESOME... and you're not."

--MadCat221 (talk) 16:41, October 19, 2015 (UTC)

Agreed to a point, the point is that Vivienne is annoying, but as Sera said, she's a bitch, there is nothing much more to it then that.

And that's the thing, she IS a bitch, but at least she is honest about it.

Solas on the other hand, he robbed me the wrong way from the very first time I saw him, the way he talked about spirits, his mysterious non disclosed background, and his mandatory participation.

As far as I know only three companions are mandatory parts of the inqvisition, him, Cassandra and Veric, and we know both of their backstories.

Of course, the last DLC Traspasser confirmed what I at least, felt from the very first time I saw him, he is dangerous and will betray us, turns out that he was the bigger treat all along and Corypheus was just a stone in the road-rphb- (talk) 17:08, October 19, 2015 (UTC)

That, and Vivienne is a huge hypocrite, a liar, and a manipulative PoS. And she's a mage hating mage. Sera is an elf hating elf but at least she's funny. Vivienne has zero redeeming qualities. Silver Warden (talk) 19:43, October 19, 2015 (UTC)

Mage hating mage? Since when? She knows you can't get rid of the circle she said that protesting the injustices of the templars is good and that the circle chose the wrong time. 0 redeeming qualities my ass, she knows the lay of the land and how best to use it. I'm sorry you live in some lala land where you can get rid of institutions with a snap of the finger and everything is hunky dori. As for why people hate vivienne and like dorian it's because dorian's gay and your not allowed to not like him. Tragic really considering he's an awful stereotype--BriefSeduction (talk) 20:41, October 19, 2015 (UTC).

People like Dorian because he's a well devolved character, his sexuality has nothing to do with it. Anyway, Vivienne clearly mistrusts mages to a high degree. Perhaps 'hate' is a bit strong, but she definitely has a very low opinion of her own people. Otherwise she would trust them to be free of the circle. It's one thing for someone who isn't a mage to think that way, but Vivienne is aware that mages can and do control their powers for the most part. Yet she sees only the worst in them. On top of that, she is willing to sacrifice their freedom for her own personal gain, though that has just as much to do with her selfishness as it does with her disdain for mages.

I don't think Vivienne is a poorly written character. I just don't like the character, and I don't think you're supposed to. But then, I have a very low tolerance for hypocrites and pretentious bitches. Silver Warden (talk) 21:26, October 20, 2015 (UTC)

Ha! Funny. Dorian is only his sexuality, he has almost no other character traits. I believe his only non stereotypical trait is he's an alcoholic. Vivienne doesn't "hate mages". She knows, unlike most here, that abolishing the circle isn't possible. You can't just get rid of these institutions you should instead fix them. It's not my fault nor biowares that you've failed to read her properly.--BriefSeduction (talk) 21:40, October 20, 2015 (UTC)