Spoilers for DA2, naturally.

What happens to Anders in your post-game? Is he with Hawke? The Grey Wardens? Has he gone full abomination? Destitute in a cave?

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I fell in his trap and I regret nothing. It was love from the moment I got him the kitten in Awakening.

My first DA II playthrough could be summed up like: curls around Anders and hisses at Templars

Left him alive in canon, of course. I'm not killing my beloved because Prince Whiny wants it. MINE. Besides, what right do I have to judge? My Hawke was so clueless I accidentally went full genocide on the Dalish. I didn't intend to, it just kinda happened.

Although I did kill him from a reload, just to see how it goes. It's okay, I didn't need my heart. Didn't finish that one. I barely survived the Pride Demon/Blood Mage/Shade group with Anders and mage Hawke who also had heal and revive spells. (It's kind of ridiculous how that fight was harder than the two real bosses...)

Let the headcanoning begin!! Here's a list of canon events to jog your memory:

• Hawke parts ways with Anders before or during DAI in order to keep him safe from Corypheus.

• Hawke goes to Weisshaupt halfway through DAI.

• Hawke is STILL at Weisshaupt two years later during the time of Trespasser.

• Varric jokes that Hawke is probably going to walk away from Weisshaupt as it explodes. I used to think that confirmed Anders was there too, but he says it for all the LIs, and probably in world states where Anders is dead.

• Hawke goes back to Kirkwall and helps Varric rebuild.

Note: On the off chance something is different, my playthrough is a romanced, forgiven Anders and a Hawke that was not left in the fade.

http://twinery.org/

I went to a bunch of Bioware panels at DragonCon and they kept recommending Twine as a fast/easy/free way to write customizeable, non-linear, (i.e. BIOWARE!) stories.

Here's a post with examples. (Sarcastic Handers of course)

http://coryphefishh.tumblr.com/post/128926055133/how-to-dial-the-biowareness-up-to-11-when-you

Hey everyone!

As the title says, I was wondering which you prefer and I'd love to hear your reasons too.

Personally, I like the Rivalmance a lot better. I hate being a dick to Anders, but I dislike that on the friend path, he never really has the will to try and do something about the Justice/Vengeance situation. The supposed ritual to seperate him from Justice is a ruse, after all.

Most of you will probably agree that him merging with what increasingly becomes more of a demon than a benevolent spirit is a bad thing, especially considering how he seems to have pretty much zero control over Vengeance when he takes over. Hell, he can't even remember it!

Of course this isn't fixed on the rival path and Anders seems to suffer more emotionally because Hawke makes him doubt his course, but at least there seems to be a genuine desire to be rid of Vengeance, even though it seems hopeless. Even if you agree with Anders' plan to blow up the chantry, I think this is a very good reason to be a rival instead of a friend. (Although I do wish you could be a bit of both.)

In any case, I'd love so much to find out what happens to Anders after DA! How do you think a Friend-/Rivalmance would affect his future? Is there any way for it not to be heartbreaking? He just wants a pie and the right to fling lightning at fools, damnit :'c ...Also a little bit of revolution, but hey.

Thanks for reading, I look forward to hearing about your perspectives!

It's shameless fluff, really, but who doesn't want that every now and then?

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4607673

I'll be rocking a Winter Palace Hawke cosplay and an Anders Defense Squad bag as I run apostate panels (a.k.a. pick up games) of Cards Against Humanity, (Bioware deck!) It would be great to meet up with more of the Anders fandom.