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The thing about Carver Hawke is that no one seems to like Carver Hawke, both in game and out of it. 

Carver is whiny

Carver is awkward

Carver doesn’t appreciate what he has

Carver is sullen and rude and joins the templars and 

Carver survived the massacre at Ostagar as a teenager and never talks about it

Carver lost his twin to violent death and never got to mourn her properly

Carver has lived his life feeling lesser because of the way he was born, set aside because of an innate talent that he did not and cannot ever possess

Carver is just Carver because his older sibling is Hawke and what must it be like to have even that legacy of his father taken away from him by the sibling who he is constantly being compared to (and he is always found wanting in comparison to his sibling)

Carver tries to find his place in the world when he thinks his older sibling has 

a) abandoned him because he wasn’t good enough and 

b) gone and died and left him to support his mother alone and 

c) joining the templars is a good job for a Fereldan refugee whose life skills include “able to hold a sword” and “????” but then big sib comes back and immediately accuses him of betraying them 

and wouldn’t that be a slap in the face to try your best and be told that your best just isn’t good enough over and over again? 

Would it be such a strange thing to say “well fuck you, I’m doing things my way this time” and damn the consequences because you’re just so tired of having your life choices questioned?

So I get why people don’t like Carver, but honestly, I think they’re wrong.