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[bitofanarse]

You are aware that most people consider me an absolute tit, and those are the people that actually like me, right?

I can't believe you think shoving me into some new places is actually going to do a lick of good.

And you know what? I'd actually like to get LAID at some point! The soldiers at Ostagar laughed at me! Tried to get me into bed with a pretty elf!

I DON'T want a pity shag, Makers breath.

I'm going to die a sodding virgin.

Maker I hate you.

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[bitofanarse]

You've got to be kidding me! What's WRONG with you! *Carver throws his hands up. Anders may be pretty but damn he's frustrating*

And I am not afraid! I'm cautious, because it was HARD on my father, my sister and my brother. And mother...and me...

[justice_is_blond]

Harder on them. Far harder. And you can't understand, because you're no mage.

[Someone should have his own tumblr crusade. If he knew what tumblr was.]

Of course your life was difficult; life is. But you were never hated because of how you were born, feared for it, never dealt with the constant threat of being caught and hauled away, potentially to be killed or worse.

[bitofanarse]

No it was my job to keep them safe, to stay low, or distract as needs must. * Carver scowls at him* I'm no Mage. You're right. I was the lone blade...not special enough to be with the others... My life wasnt as hard, I know that...but don't you dare just dismiss me you pompous arse...

*carver would mock him through the ask box, not anonymously...Carvers bratty but he's not one to hide*

Look just cause you're a Mage...and pretty...doesn't mean you can dismiss everyone else's opinion!

[justice_is_blond]

I'm not dismissing you. I'm saying that you don't understand this, though, being the target.

[There's a short pause and his voice gets less stern and faintly amused.]

Pretty? That's one I haven't heard in a few years. I don't dismiss things because I'm... pretty, though. I dismiss opinions that don't have the backing of experience. You do not know what it is like to be the hunted target.

[And then the relenting tone is gone.]

You simply do not. It is slavery, being in the Circle. It is oppression, it is the weight of the hatred and fear of nations, of being treated like you're less than a person because in the eyes of the Templars and so many others you are. From birth.

I'll not dismiss your opinion on the topic of being the youngest, or overshadowed, or how tiring it must be to lug around a giant sword. But on the oppression of mages, while you've been there for some, you were not yourself oppressed.

[bitofanarse]

*Carver stares at him*

You...look...I know it was terrifying for my family...I know that...but I was hunted...I had the fear...and yes I know I'm not a Mage...but to lose Bethy...whatever you clearly just think that I couldn't feel anything when my family had to run and hide...

...and I don't think you're pretty.

[justice_is_blond]

I'm not saying you didn't feel anything. I'm saying that you were not their target, and the threat to you was not captivity, death or, worse, Tranquility. You would have been whipped and let go. You do not get to understand what being a mage is like when you are not a mage. You do not get to tell me that your fear and suffering was equal to that of a mage. It wasn't. You're not a mage. You feel. You had to deal with difficulties. But you did not have to deal with as horrible a prospective future as apostates have.

And I used your word. Not the 'rugged' that I've gotten recently from elsewhere.

[bitofanarse]

It doesn't make you the be all and end all of all suffering...but you're right. I'm not a Mage. I don't know what that means or what you've gone through...

*he looks away* I didn't say pretty....but...who called you rugged?

[justice_is_blond]

There. There we go. That's what I've been aiming for. Congratulations, you've reached a little bit more understanding.

[Anders raises an eyebrow.]

If I'm not pretty I don't see why that matters.

[bitofanarse]

*Carver bristles, prickling*

Fine! Don't do me any favours.

[justice_is_blond]

...I thought I was doing you a favor by not saying, actually, but fine. Hawke. The other one.

[bitofanarse]

...Right.

*Oh he's a little upset now but he covers it with a scowl.* Sounds like him.