Examining the Lack of Aspec Representation in Dragon Age (A Dragon Age Retrospective: Part 1)
Image description: A promo image for Dragon Age: Inquisition, my favorite game in the fantasy video game series, Dragon Age . Today, I'm beginning a retrospective of the game series I love and the reasons why being an aspec fan has been a bit of a struggle. Back in 2024, I had plans to analyze the aspec representation (or lack thereof) throughout the fantasy video game series, Dragon Age , one of my favorite pieces of media of all time. I have been discussing characters with aspec tendencies in this franchise for a long time – see my numerous posts about Dragon Age: Inquisition ’s Cole and Josephine or my mention of characters like Dragon Age II ’s Sebastian – so the idea of discussing representation in the franchise is nothing new. However, the idea for the post was nevertheless greatly inspired by the announcement that Dragon Age: The Veilguard , the series’ fourth game, would have no aspec representation at all, something I did an entire post on at the time. Because I was ...
