February 16th, 2012 at 5:19PM
okay, putting aside the fact that plenty of other characters, specifically kirkwallers, have east london accents (like several of the good guards), being upset about the stupid thing i could buy but how do poor characters having a specific accent imply that working-class people aren’t ‘good’? they’re not presented in bad lights—the games are really sympathetic to the kirkwall and denerim underclasses, so how does that work? sounds like you’ve got a little subconcious projecting of your own, op

okay, putting aside the fact that plenty of other characters, specifically kirkwallers, have east london accents (like several of the good guards), being upset about the stupid thing i could buy

but

how do poor characters having a specific accent imply that working-class people aren’t ‘good’? they’re not presented in bad lights—the games are really sympathetic to the kirkwall and denerim underclasses, so how does that work?

sounds like you’ve got a little subconcious projecting of your own, op

  1. lightningcatters reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    I get annoyed at all the generic thugs being northern. That gets old pretty fucking fast.
  2. rayrayyy reblogged this from bigshotscreaming and added:
    A lot of the twats in DA2 have Yorkshire accents as well… Apparently Kirkwall is East England all rolled into one.
  3. bluedraco reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    I never even thought of this. :|
  4. ballsofgingerfluff reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    Which characters had cockney accents? I cannot recall a single one.
  5. darthchao reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    Gasp! Dragon Age linguistics!
  6. plotdevice reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    I’d take this gripe up with Shakespeare. That’s practically the plot of Henry IV, Part I. Well, and then thee is the...
  7. heretherebdragons reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    That’s a really common trope in fiction, in general. I’ve even had to fight it myself, in my own writing, it’s so...
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  9. silencingthedrums reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    Well shit I never even thought of this.
  10. aggiepunbot reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    You know who else tends to get their accent used as a way to identify villains in popular media? Germans. How do you...
  11. ademska reblogged this from dragonageconfessions and added:
    okay, putting aside the fact that plenty of other characters, specifically kirkwallers, have east london accents (like...
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