History Narm / DragonAgeInquisition

* Cassandra's personal quest, where you search Caer Oswin, includes a mostly well-written scene where Cassandra finds her apprentice dying of red lyrium poisoning. When Cassandra mournfully regrets not taking Daniel away from the Seekers, Daniel replies pitifully "you know me, I wanted that promotion." It's such an out-of-place joke, and so weirdly delivered, that Cassandra's mercy-kill loses any emotional torque.

** The mission name "In Your Heart Shall Burn" itself sounds like a pretentious line from a SoBadItsGood fanfic.

* In romance cutscenes in Skyhold soldiers can appear.
* Michel de Chevin loves to be in every cutscene in Skyhold. Like [[https://youtu.be/KHO7OcMjRfE that.]]

* [[spoiler: Corypheus's]] lop-sided face and shattered jaw in the ending, which almost looks like a model bug over an intentional animation.
* Anytime Iron Bull says "Ride the Bull". [[NarmCharm Although some people think it's cute anyway]].

* Every single time Cassandra makes a "''[[CharacterTic Disgusted]] [[MemeticMutation Noise]]''."

* Josephine's use of the phrase "when you returned from the bogs" during Movran's judgement scene. While she's referring to the Fallow Mire, "the bogs" just so happens to be British slang for "the loo", so the phrase can come off as Josephine deciding to mention the Inquisitor's most recent use of the privy for no apparent reason...which doesn't fit well with the serious nature of the judgements.
* Briala's attire in "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts". Every other woman of note at the ball wears either a fancy ballgown or military dress uniform. Briala...comes in an ankle-length dress, and footwraps that look like white socks at a glance. It comes off as her having no dress sense, or even an understanding of the term "formal attire", and makes it a lot harder to take her seriously as a result. It's entirely possible that it's meant as a studied insult.

* Briala's attire in "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts". Every other woman of note at the ball wears either a fancy ballgown or military dress uniform. Briala...comes in an ankle-length dress, and footwraps that look like white socks at a glance. It comes off as her having no dress sense, or even an understanding of the term "formal attire", and makes it a lot harder to take her seriously as a result.

* The game of Wicked Grace. While this scene has moments in it that are genuinely hilarious, the scene also goes out of its way to show that the characters themselves are having a good time - while this can be quite sweet, the awkward animation used to depict these characters smiling and laughing leaves a lot to be desired.\\
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The worst part is whenever someone tells a joke. These jokes really can be fairly funny, and so the characters laugh. But, whereas in RealLife where most people laugh all at once, the characters in-universe ''take turns''. Seriously, they get jump cuts to their faces, each with their own response, including close with their laugh and line being featured with no other comments being given. ''And this happens for every single character''! It drifts into the UncannyValley and '''beyond'''.

** Sometimes, a party member doesn't show up, leading to an awkward scene of the Inquisitor being slapped on the back by an invisible force, and then zooming in on a rather shocked-looking trebuchet.

* Michel de Chevin loves to be in every cutscene in Skyhold. Like that [[https://youtu.be/KHO7OcMjRfE]]

* The Inquisitor's FormFittingWardrobe in Skyhold which is in ''beige'' as the only color can loosen the dramatic effect in certain scenes such the "official" crowning of the Inquisitor or giving judgments. It does have some shiny metal accents, but when you see it afar, it looked like you're wearing a beige jumpsuit in contrast to your advisers' attire, and it ''really'' highlights the scrawniness of the elf body model. No wonder players are calling it "[[FanNickname pajamas]]". In fact, there are several mods where you can change the color (if you hate the color beige) or add several designs on your suit.

-->''Vivienne Greatly Approves''

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* The Inquisitor's FormFittingWardrobe in Skyhold which is in ''beige'' as the only color can loosen the dramatic effect in certain scenes such the "official" crowning of the Inquisitor or giving judgments. Well, yes, the suit looks nice up close because it has sets of jewels and such. But when you see it afar, it looked like you're wearing a beige jumpsuit in contrast to your advisers' attire, and it ''really'' highlights the scrawniness of the elf body model. No wonder players are calling it "[[FanNickname pajamas]]". In fact, there are several mods where you can change the color (if you hate the color beige) or add several designs on your suit.

* The Inquisitor's FormFittingWardrobe in Skyhold which is in ''beige'' as the only color can loosen the dramatic effect in certain scenes such the "official" crowning of the Inquisitor or giving judgments. Well, yes, the suit looks nice up close because it has sets of jewels and such. But when you see it afar, it looked like you're wearing a beige jumpsuit in contrast to your advisers' attire. No wonder players are calling it "[[FanNickname pajamas]]". In fact, there are several mods where you can change the color (if you hate the color beige) or add several designs on your suit.

* Michel de Chevin loves to be in every cutscene in Skyhold

** Sometimes, a party member doesn't show up, leading to an awkward scene of the Inquisitor being slapped on the back by an invisible force, and then zooming in on an empty space.

* The game of Wicked Grace. While this scene has moments in it that are genuinely hilarious, the scene also goes out of its way to show that the characters themselves are having a good time - while this can be quite sweet, the awkward animation used to depict these characters smiling and laughing leaves a lot to be desired.
** Arguably the worst part is whenever someone tells a joke. These jokes really can be fairly funny, and so the characters laugh. But, whereas in RealLife where most people laugh all at once, the characters in-universe ''take turns''. Seriously, they get jump cuts to their faces, each with their own response, including close with their laugh and line being featured with no other comments being given. ''And this happens for every single character''! It drifts into the UncannyValley and '''beyond'''.

* Early after taking over Skyhold, one of the first judgements you must make is the punishment of a local Avaar tribe leader. His crime? He ''threw a goat at the wall''. In-universe, everyone but the Avaar leader thinks that the whole situation is ridiculous anyway, but it's weird when they actually show the scene of the goat ragdolling into the castle wall. It looks like it came right out of ''Goat Simulator''.

-->'''Vivienne:''' (Mournfully) Bastion's dead. I can hardly believe...

** Its 'popularity' was acknowledged by creative director Mike Laidlaw in an interview with GameInformer about the ''Trespasser'' DLC and the addition of a wardrobe:

* Early after taking over Skyhold, one of the first judgements you must make is the punishment of a local Avaar tribe leader. His crime? He ''threw a goat at the wall''.
** They actually show the scene of the goat ragdolling into the castle wall. It looks like it came right out of ''Goat Simulator''.

* The Inquisitor's FormFittingWardrobe in Skyhold which is in ''beige'' as the only color can loosen the dramatic effect in certain scenes such the "official" crowning of the Inquisitor or giving judgments. Well, yes, the suit looks nice up close because it has sets of jewels and such. But when you see it afar, it looked like you're wearing a beige jumpsuit in contrast to your advisers' attire. No wonder players are calling it "[[FanNickname pajamas]]". In fact, there are several mods where you can change the color (if you hate the color beige) or add several designs on your suit.

* While Krem is supposed to be transgender, seeing a strong hunky guy suddenly sound like a woman the first time you meet them is so jarring and forced that it becomes unintentionally hilarious. Some people like it though, mostly thanks to Krem's EnsembleDarkhorse status and Jennifer Hale's excellent voice acting.

* Early after taking over Skyhold, one of the first judgements you must make is the punishment of a local Avaar tribe leader. His crime? He ''threw a goat at the wall in anger at his tribe's treatment''.

* Every single time Cassandra makes a "''[[CharacterTic Disgusted]] [[MemeticMutation Noise]]''."