I mean if you wanna go really deep with it, we technically aren’t even just seeing Varric’s retelling of the events of da2, we’re seeing Cassandra’s interpretation of Varric’s retelling of events.
Dragon Age 2 is a story told by a sensationalist author with great incentive to lie that was then filtered through the brain of a strict Andrastian templar sympathizer. Canon is basically whatever you want it to be at this point.
Cassandra heard “blood mage” and made assumptions about how the other companions interacted with Merrill based off of her own biases. Varric said that Fenris & Anders would fight sometimes and Cassandra interpreted that to mean they were constantly at each other’s throats. Why are Anders’ actions always interpreted in the worst possible light? Because Cassandra already has a set negative opinion of him. This is also why Aveline is portrayed as consistently good and correct despite being the most cop to ever cop. You can literally fix everything with this one.
Plot holes exist because Cassandra was so distracted by Varric’s scandalously low cut shirt that she kept missing important information as it was explained to her.
*jigsaw voice* Ohhhhmygod ahaha you’re not gonna believe it, I forgot to press the button on the speaker. I’ve been explaining the game for like, twenty minutes, wondering why you weren’t doing anything. Well, you have ten minutes left. Uh sorry about that.
hyena positivity that focuses on spotted hyenas only is so fake. if you don’t love brown and striped hyenas then get out. if you don’t love aardwolves I can’t even look at you oh my god
