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Let's assume it does - how does that proves that Abelas saw Solas as little more than modern elf when basically all other interactions/comments suggest the opposite?
Why did they go through all the effort to make it clear that Solas is the only elf of all that enter with Inquisition that Abelas unequivocally describes as 'one of his own' (with meaningful camera shot at Solas the moment he says it) and has more interactions with Solas than other companions - and ends with him almost smiling and nodding at his parting words? It's just a bit weird to hang on one small interaction, especially that Abelas has reasons to sound harsh/bitter/guarded or even sarcastic regardless what he knows/thinks of Solas.
Yet only Solas has this number of interactions and - again - Abelas has described Solas as 'his own' even before two of them exchange words, in contrast to Inky or Sera. Solas's scenes always override all other companion exchanges Abelas could have. Nevermind that he never nods or smiles at words of others or is shown to ponder them. Those are reactions exclusive only to interactions with Solas.

It's just strange to me that we're discussing one thing as subtle as a perceived tone of voice, but somehow everything else - even if more significant - is ignored. But I think we've discussed it enough on Twitter thread so I'll just leave it at that.

Concievably, but that depends entirely on Abelas recognizing Solas as Fen’Harel. I think he cottoned on to the fact that there was more to Solas than meets the eye, but he never realized Solas was the Dread Wolf. If he did, I think that would have produced a stronger reaction.

I was pretty sure that was a Tweet to an article/excel sheet/thing that looked kinda official that showed that Dragon Age game players have become 60% female/40% male as of Inquisition.  Did I imagine this? It seems such an odd thing to imagine.


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I did do a Tweet thread search for 60% as well as "female players" but since I think it was a tweet with a link, I didn't find it.

That indicates a larger number of male players if we assume MOST players create characters that correspond to their own gender.

Quantic Foundry - Beyond 50/50: Breaking Down The Percentage of Female Gamers by Genre
quanticfoundry.com/2017/01/19/female-gamers-by-genre/

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Assassin’s Creed and Dragon Age are Also Notable Outliers.

Among Open World games, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is noticeably higher than the genre average (27% vs. 14%). And among Western RPGs, Dragon Age: Inquisition is also much higher than the group average (48% vs. 26%).

On the Nexus site, many of the modders are female - which is not a problem - but it's why so many mods are for female avatars. 

Oh, that looks very much like it! 48% isn't 60% so I must have remembered that incorrectly but I was close ish. You think the Infographic is more legit?

I made mostly male Inquisitors and I'm a women...

I try to make female characters when I can, but sometimes there is something that annoys me, usually how they walk, the model and/or the voice. In DAI cases, it's the voice and I like the two actress but I think I just associated them to other characters and that cause issues for me. It's like the female trooper in SWTOR, I just can't...it just sound like I'm playing Shepard in a not Mass Effect game...male is not that better, because Varric.

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Considering their stance at not looking at fan submissions for legal reasons, perhaps that wasn't the wisest thing for Epler to tweet. Yes, it was clearly a joke/Epler harassing Weekes, but you know how some in fandom are.