Overall, I think DA:O has far, far, far more canon-exploration fanfic but maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places in DA2 fanfic. The closest I find for DA2 are short missing scenes and character studies that unpack the thoughts of a specific character during a specific event. For instance, lots of missing scenes filling in Fenris' headspace when he breaks up with and returns to Hawke.
As for Hawke not being a hero, I've bookmarked some of foxghost's stories. She's written a variety of jerkass Hawkes.
Whether or not many people are confused by how DA2 deconstructs the heroic fantasy, I suspect the confrontational tenor of the fandom pushes a lot of people out. Not sure if my ever decreasing participation makes me see less and less of the confrontational nature or if the fandom is calming down in anticipation of DA:I, but during the first year or so after DA2 was out, there was far too much moralizing and insisting that there is one correct way to play the game, one correct way to write fanfic, and anything else means that you are a nazi sympathizer.
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Date: Sunday, 26 January 2014 09:20 am (UTC)As for Hawke not being a hero, I've bookmarked some of foxghost's stories. She's written a variety of jerkass Hawkes.
Whether or not many people are confused by how DA2 deconstructs the heroic fantasy, I suspect the confrontational tenor of the fandom pushes a lot of people out. Not sure if my ever decreasing participation makes me see less and less of the confrontational nature or if the fandom is calming down in anticipation of DA:I, but during the first year or so after DA2 was out, there was far too much moralizing and insisting that there is one correct way to play the game, one correct way to write fanfic, and anything else means that you are a nazi sympathizer.