Which romance typ would you like to in the next game?

It’s tough to put a one word label as she’s complex.  She’s always a killer even if reformed, so maybe sweet as even the re-hardened leliana is still has that side privately.

A mix - I have a thing for traumatized schizophrenic antagonists. They always make the best, kinky romances.


Just kidding! I'm boring and I always fall for the strong woman archetype like Cassandra. (unless its overdone which makes this type extremely unattractive)

Uhm... i wouldn't call Leliana innocent, but selected Innocent only for her.

A strongwoman (Leliana can fit here too), that will save my skin from awful situations and bully my enemies for me.

Antagonist for the potential drama.

Merrill... because She's Merrill for crying out loud, for beign a naive "pixie" gal, she got her own charm not seen in any other of uncle Biover's companion roaster so far, and i really enjoyed the role of endorcing mitigating or trying to stop her messes.

Now... if you ask me for the ideal... i would say a character with the personality of Varric (hell, make Varric a romance, Bio!).

Having said that, i belive that romance is a nice add-on to any/most RPG, but it's not a must have to make a good game. So, whatever BS/superb romance Bio pulls on this one, it will not account more than a 10% of the value of such game. (_{unless they decide to include furries or something like that, then they just lost me)} 

I didn't know what to select because the romances I enjoyed didn't really gel with the category they're supposed to be.

What I've wanted for six years is Dorian for straight girls.
Major tease by BioWare. Always felt like he was more written for straight girls than gay men anyway. (Don't get mad, please.)

Don't get me wrong, it was the perfect banter friendship too. It was so sweet I cried playing Trespasser. Best Bioware friendship after Liara. But I wanted to romance him SO badly because he was so hot and funny yet kind.
Also, despite being a mage he was not batshit crazy, that's a major plus!

What I want to see is a SANE healthy supportive love interest. Like Liara. Somebody who doesn't need the PC to fix all their problems. Who's an equal and not painfully insecure and socially awkward. I didn't like Liara's romance in ME1 because I'm really not into the creepy virgin obsession that BioWare seems so fond of. (Felt like a creep romancing Tali too.) ME3 Liara was epic though, both as a friendship and a romance. I want THAT in a male love interest for once. Kaidan got so weepy in ME3, I hated that. He was perfect in ME1 but got ruined for me in the end.

I really enjoyed Alistair but again the virgin angle was a bit much. Also a lot of insecurity and angst. But his general sweet disposition made up for it.

I'm not usually into bad boys. And especially Casanova types like Zev. Ugh. I have a think for psychos, I'm afraid. But that's a different can of worms. I enjoy them as villains rather than romances, even though they can be super hot.

As for female LIs, I like them sweet but smart and strong.

Boring me likes morally upright characters with a sense of humor. Compassionate, idealistic. Bitter idealist can be acceptable too unless it goes down like Anders, then gosh no!

Well if your really looking for a category for Merrill then 'Pariah' or 'Outcast' would be appropriate. But so would adorkable.

And since every companion is a strong woman/man it's not a super helpful identifier. Cassandra and Morrigan in particular have very different romances. As Cassandra is a blunt tough professional woman of faith but a complete romantic. Where as Morrigan is a witty ice queen cynic whose initially only in it for the sex and only starts (or admits to) having feelings later.

If you do start another poll then probably best to leave the previous companions names off it and just have general categories eg. The Charming Rogue, The Knight in Shining Armour, The Ice Queen, etc. as no matter what you pick someone will disagree with it and go off topic talking about it, cause any well written character isn't as simple as one trope. Or just don't have a poll and simply ask the question 'what kind of romances would you like to see?' and make people define their own answers, harder to drive things off topic that way.

Or you could just leave things as is and let other people worry about staying on topic, which is what I was going to do until I saw you were specifically asking for feedback.

Speaking of on topic. Some romance types I'd be interested in:
- A Kal Sharok Dwarf knight in shining armour type fighting for the survival of his people complicated by the secret of that survival. Something that makes them different than other dwarves.
- Neve Gallus, laetan F, A mage gumshoe who looks into cases that Templars won’t touch because the people in power tell them not to.

If I play with a male I like the Leliana's archetype, if I play with a female I like Alistair's archetype.

Yeah I like cliches.

Now your avatar remembers me of possessed Mr. Wiggums.
That remembers me how I was quite upset on behalf of my Amell warden (first-ever, turned out to be faaar more goody-two-shoes than intended) when Anders told that story in DA2. Besides kitty being a gift, she would have kicked those wardens for the weakling talk. And turning down the idiot named Rolan. I mean, that smugass called Rylock tried to murder the warden before, so a fair bit of suspicion would be warranted.

I have to say that I think Anders would have worked just as well if not better in DA2 if they hadn't added that whole merger with Justice thing to explain his change in character. His biography explains how devoted he was to Karl. The only time he didn't try to escape from the Circle was when Karl was with him in Kinloch Hold. Then they split them up for no good reason and from then on Anders kept trying to escape. So that would explain why once the crisis with the Architect was passed, he resumed his endeavour to get back to Karl. He could have left Ser Pouncelot behind simply because he thought the cat would be happier left in his familiar surroundings of Vigil's Keep.

Then he got to Kirkwall and started to help the refugees with his clinic because he was a spirit healer, so clearly a compassion person by nature or the spirits would not have been attracted to him, whilst he worked on a plan to bust Karl out of the Circle. That way when we meet him he still seems the same Anders and it is what happened to Karl that turns him into the ardent revolutionist who struggles with his desire for vengeance that conflicts with his natural compassion. That way you would really see the contrast between the two and in a way it would be that much more shocking where it finally leads but it would be clear it was the system that did this to him.

Instead by letting you have that element of doubt whether it was a result of merging with Justice, it somewhat detracted from the tragedy of his story. I could only think they did this because then you could apply the counter argument of "this is why mages need to be in Circles" to avoid that sort of thing happening.

Yet this did explain why Anders was so different in DA2 despite being a returning character. I have to agree with them that it just wouldn't have worked with Velanna at all to have her suddenly caring about all mages, rather than caring about the Dalish, with or without Justice, but why were they so set on having the returning character merge with Justice? They didn't need it to explain Anders becoming dedicated to the cause of mage freedom. As I outline above, just running with his backstory with Karl was quite enough incentive for him to change his outlook and motivations after he got to Kirkwall. It is the determination to merge anyone with Justice that I don't understand.

Still it does explain why they didn't go with an entirely new mage to be dedicated to the cause because they would never have known Justice and it would seem that merging with the spirit was a pre-requisite to caring about the mages in the Circles.    Why?   Plus I don't really see the point of having a returning character if they have changed so much they might as well be a new person.

Yes, and Anders could have carried the memory of those conversations around with him. Then after what happens to Karl in Kirkwall, he realises that Justice was right. That is what I am getting at. There was a perfectly human explanation for his change in motivations that didn't need an indwelling spirit. When I speak about his change of character that is something entirely different. I wasn't talking about his change to caring about all mages instead of just himself, I mean everything about his personality that altered from DAA to DA2. He may have looked like Anders but he didn't feel like Anders, which puzzled me. Then we discovered about him merging with Justice and I thought, "so that's the reason." I'm pretty sure Isabella noticed the difference too, so it wasn't just me.  Also things he says himself, like he used to enjoy himself at the local inn but Justice doesn't approve, as though you can't be a freedom fighter and also occasionally have a bit of fun.  I really wanted to say: "Give him a break Justice."

Me too. I hadn't realised they were both written by David Gaider.