Dragon Age: Absolution was always going to be a hit with me because I am a fan of the Dragon Age series. I can't resist the scent of a new Dragon Age game and also a new Dragon Age game, something that will give me a small amount of Dreadwolf lore to tide me over until the game is released. It's perfect for my Dragon Age brain. The show that emerges is pretty decent if I step outside of that mindset. If you are looking for a show that appeals to a wider audience than the source material fans, you should keep looking.

A group of rogues, mages, warriors, and thieves band together to steal a device of great and terrible power. The leader of the party was forced to confront her past in all of its heartbreaking detail after the break-up of the robbery.

If you want to learn more about your Thedosian favorites or just a glimpse of them, you are going to be disappointed. I had the chance to speak to John Epler, Dragon Age creative director, and Mairghread Scott, the executive producer and showrunner of the show, who explained the very good reason why.

The choices players make is a big part of Dragon Age. We always try to suggest a specific canon because characters can live and die.

If you want to learn more about your Thedosian friends, you're not going to get it.

I think that's nice. I would be upset if the show featured a character that I killed, suggesting that my vision of the Dragon Age universe is not true. The new characters are really good. For a very good reason, I might add thatMiriam is an interesting character.

Any Dragon Age story is only as good as its main character and its companions, that's what Absolution says. Every member of the ensemble cast was unforgettable.

The black-and-white ideals of the heroes are being added to by a messy, complex character named Hira. Since The Iron Bull, the most interesting qunari character has been Sweet QWYdion with her quirky, happy-go-lucky manic pixie dream mage attitude. It was a delight to watch the relationship between Lacklon andRoland.

It felt like a perfect move for Absolution to include the romance between Lacklon andRoland, since they are praised for their deep, romantic, and heartbreaking romance plots.

Scott said they wanted to give you all the good and bad of Dragon Age. Our show is so dark that we wanted that bright spot of a romance to start.

Poster advertising the Netflix show Dragon Age: Absolution featuring a female elf romantically embracing her human partner with a moonlit background
Romance is an important part of Dragon Age and therefore Dragon Age: Absolution.
Image: Netflix

The show isn't light. The trauma of slavery is evoked a lot. The Tev Inter Imperium is an empire that allows the enslavement of elves. A misguided fight to reverse a wrong done leads to more slavery-related suffering. For a long time, one of my pet peeves about certain communities in the Dragon Age fandom is their gung ho willingness to take up causes from the game and ignore or even attack the very people those pet causes serve.

A lot of people dislike the characterstan Anders. When some of those people call me and other fascists for not supporting him, it makes me cringe. The church was destroyed by him. I cannot change my mind about him because that means something vastly different to me.

We wanted to show you all the good and bad of Dragon Age.

I wanted to know what the process was for making sure that allegories don't get out of control and end up harming real people.

We haven't always done the most sensitive job with it, but we're aware of it. There are elements that can be allegory and you need to be very sensitive to them. One of the things that we are doing a lot more is talking to consultants and bringing in people who are more knowledgeable than the development team.

Dragon Age: Absolution is short. We don't get enough time with the characters to really develop feelings or opinions about them in six 30-minute episodes. QWYdion is a magi. Qunari mages are essentially weapons of mass destruction in the game's lore. They are kept in chains and helmets and led around by people who are prepared to kill them if they go out of control. Mages are taught that this treatment is right and just by the qunari religion and social structure. We don't get to know why QWYdion is different.

New characters hurt the show's staying power. I don't care about any of the characters and the things they do can't affect the plans of the company. There is no stake. I either came to the show with an attachment that kept me interested or the show went deeper with its characters so I could form one. If it wasn't for a couple of good moments, it wouldn't be a great movie.