Laughter Through Tears

Okay. So I've determined that the Aeducan storyline in DA:O, while it does contain many (many many) elements from the story of David and Absalom, is pretty definitely not a direct Biblical reference. On the other hand, I am now contemplating whether or not it could be an indirect reference, through some other more recent, popular fictional reworking of the Absalom story, with which I am not familiar. I had to check various sources for the original, since my familiarity is limited by my having been a kid when I studied this shit, and also having cut half the classes to read Michael Ende in the school library.

This, alongside the Surana ultimate sacrifice A/U I've been unable to excise from my head, and my obsessions with whether or not DAIII will visit the Black City, pretty conclusively prove that Dragon Age has eaten my life. Eaten. My. Life. Now, I love being eaten by a fandom as much as the next slightly eccentric internet denizen, but this is getting ridiculous. I know I do this song and dance whenever I get sucked into a new fandom, but I'm telling you this time is different.

ETA: I forgot to mention that the Hebrew Wikipedia article on Absalom is the most ridiculous/amazing piece of Bible fanfic you could possibly imagine. It just goes on and on and on, picking fights with the Biblical author for being hostile to Absalom, throwing fanon left right and center, fanwanking about the length of Absalom's hair. It would defy the imagination if one didn't come in with the knowledge that Biblical interpretation fanfic is 1) a longstanding tradition in Jewish theology and 2) one of Israel's number one exports.