Who Should I Romance? (Canon Playthrough)

Aww, your Inquisitor is a good-lookin' dude.

I think you should give Josie a shot, if only because you've already experienced Cass's romance. Hers is a very sweet arc and makes me wish I could twirl her around on a dance floor for eternity. Or shower her in flower crowns.

If it turns out you don't like it - or you do, but you prefer Cassandra - you can always reference your preferred playthrough in the Keep.

Yep, all the Inquisition stuff is out and up to date. And you can turn on/off spoilers if there are parts of the story you haven't experienced.

Cassandra, but meh both are good. I've done both.

I'd go for Dorian But between Josie and Cass I'd definitely pick Cass.

I think I have relatively good characterization for my Inquisitor, but the problem stems from the fact that neither of them would be ill suited for him, based on his personality. When you really break down Cass and Josie, the biggest differences seem to be fairly superficial. They're both really inexperienced, romantically. They're both highly professional, and competent at their jobs. They both follow a storybook romance, etc..

The main discrepancy with this analysis is the fact that, while they're both a storybook type of romance, Cassandra is actively pursuing one when you romance her, which makes it kind of silly and endearing. She wants a storybook romance badly enough that you have to go out of your way to provide it. It ends up making the fairytale more amusing than anything.

Josephine, on the other hand, simply gets one. Hers is a storybook romance without the self awareness. There's nothing wrong with that, mind you, but it is different. 

But of course, in-character, the Inquisitor wouldn't know the outcome of the romance before he experienced it, hence my difficulty deciding which one would be the best, lol.

Thank you for that well thought out response, though. I appreciate it. 

I think the biggest issue with deciding is the fact that I've been actively flirting with almost every character, because my Inquisitor is playfully flirtatious. Now I'm on the verge of the romance path with both characters, and I feel like he has adequate reason to actually really care for the both of them, but he's probably as conflicted as I am, lol.

It's a good state to be in, having a hard time to chose. I still would suggest to pick if you prefer him to be loved from afar and idealized/idolized, or in the immediate shoulder to shoulder, elbow to elbow way. Have fun :) If you want a personal opinion right only for me, I would likely chose Josephine if Dorian was not in the game, because I want those Bond/Moneypenny moments when I walk past her desk on the way to the War Room. It's something slightly different in style than any other romance in bio, so cool in its uniqueness/tone.

Josephine if you're into Minnie Mouse.

Cassandra if you like her voice actress

Y'know how everyone says Cass looks like a man? 

I don't fully agree, but I can see where they're coming from. Like, she's very pretty, but she has some dude-like features. Nothing wrong with that. And her voice totally matches. She has a very masculine way of carrying herself. I still adore her, but it's kind of undeniable that she has manly qualities. 

But if that's what her voice actress looks like, I'm actually super surprised by how she sounds. That voice and that face don't seem to be coming from the same person, lmao. Must be a pretty damn competent actor. Props. 

I hear ya. It's why I burned out, too. I played my main twice and an alt once. I do plan on returning ... someday.

I think it's not so much the length, it's that MET is far more of the "build your own story" experience. DA2 is a very short game, but it replays in what feels exactly the same way the second time around, even if you resolve every quest the opposite way from the first PT. The only major difference is literally which NPC you going to see naked (or imagine naked).

But my first PT of the DA2 I found really fun and fast and upbeat, and I rushed right into the second one by analogy with the MET. And... it just did not happen.

Good luck with setting up your Inquisition. I think there is an art to playing it, and it's akin to what Michelangelo said about sculpting. You just need to cut out the wrong bits. Basically, about 20 hours in it, it started to dawn at me that I need to keep asking myself all the time: do I like this area? do I like doing what I am doing? If not, move on.

And, I hope you will go for Josephine's subtle charm. By some reason I am now committed to matchmaking her with your PC, lol.