Serana's relationship with the Dragonborn?

Post » Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:30 am

When we first meet her at the beginning of Dawnguard. I've noticed. She's waaaay too trusting for a vampire. Her mom is right when she says she's naive. She's also very tolerant except when you bring up the getting cured subject if you ever side with the vampire slayers aka Dawnguard. If you notice, she's the one NPC that comes off a bit too.....needy. Why did Bethesda make a character like this in the first place? She's only devoted to you. She's like your personal Selene from Underworld that follows you about like a guard dog and makes funny yet perverse comments implying that she sort of likes you.

Any of you find her to be a bit too devoted? If you side with the Dawnguard, she walks right into the Fort even though they could have killed her. I feel like she see's the Dragonborn like a father or mother figure, what ever gender your character is. She's obviously emotionally damaged, and is looking to other people for attention...as far as her behavior goes in the game. What I find really funny is that she wants you to help her kill her dad. Probably the number one character who comes off with the worst daddy issues other than Tidus from Final Fantasy X or Luke Skywalker from Star Wars.

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Jade MacSpade
 
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Post » Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:51 pm

I find it interesting that Serana is one of the few NPCs whose lines and attitude take on a different meaning depending on the character I’m playing. Some of my characters have been taken in by Serana’s attention. Others have recognized that she is extremely manipulative. As she says herself, “I’m nothing if not persuasive.” I’m usually not at all interested in vampires, so I thought that being stuck with one throughout Dawnguard would be pretty boring. I was mistaken.

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Post » Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:27 pm

All of my characters have become fast friends with Serana on the way to her castle. None of them have even really wanted to marry her, unlike a great many you'll see asking for such, and for which there are of course mods a-plenty, they've simply found themselves a buddy. Makes sense to me, you have a follower for that long, you're gonna get used to having her around, and by the end of the quest line you've gone through a lot together.

Yes, I know, she has a habit of raising goats and chickens to, ahem, assist in battle. I give her a staff of Ice Spike or some Lightning spell, and having the occasional Chaurus Hunter on your side too is just gravy.

It makes sense she's a little on edge and in need of a friend. Her dad did some very bad things to her (albeit indirectly) it's implied, or outright stated maybe, it's been a bit. And her mom is distant to say the least. Seems to me she's pretty darn stable, considering.

I can't even imagine not wanting Selene around! And of course, Laura Bailey, who I could listen to all day.

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Post » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:00 pm

Serana is basically a teenager, so yeah, she's a little needy and weird. I like her though, she and Birgitte became very close and had a great, sisterly relationship. Of course, Birgitte is a mother hen and can't stop herself from taking care of people.
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