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Post by thats1evildude on Jul 6, 2017 5:34:39 GMT
Pretty self-explanatory. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the Inquisitor shows up in whatever Dragon Age product comes down the pike and mentions that they've either had their own offspring or adopted children. They don't show up in-game but they do exist. Are you dearly hoping for children with your LI? Do you not care, but aren't opposed to the idea either? Would you be angry? Would you flip a table in frothing rage and e-mail death threats to the developers? And yes, all the poll options are quotes from the games.
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Post by tacsear on Jul 6, 2017 5:47:11 GMT
What if they're in a homosexual relationship? For my IQ? Yes Josie's family are probably itching for an heir anyway
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Post by thats1evildude on Jul 6, 2017 5:54:10 GMT
What if they're in a homosexual relationship? Hence the reference to adoption. It's not like Thedas has a shortage of orphans. This would also apply to those who had no partner, in which case the Inquisitor would be a single parent.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jul 6, 2017 6:29:07 GMT
I imagine my Inquisitor and Sera might adopt someone, likely at Sera's behest, partly (or strictly) because cookie recipes.
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Post by wright1978 on Jul 6, 2017 10:20:39 GMT
Found the inquisitor and his/her romantic options very poor, so definitely wouldn't want an immaculate conception.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Jul 6, 2017 10:39:20 GMT
Answering for my 'canon' Inquisitor: oh hell no. She was in a relationship with Blackwall, who is dead, and there is no way she'd want to raise a kid alone, if she was willing to do it at all. Some of my other PCs might be interested in bearing and/or adopting kids, though.
I think that in general RPGs should never give a player-created character kids without input from the player. (I am still mad about the end of Rasaad's romance in the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Editions for that reason. I know there's a precedent with Viconia, but that doesn't make it better.) However, I'm all in favour of games giving the player the option to have their character become a parent, especially when the protagonist is going to vanish off screen and they don't have to account for it outside of epilogue text.
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Post by fraggle on Jul 6, 2017 10:52:19 GMT
For me, anything concerning children in a game and also real life is a huge NO
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 6, 2017 11:27:44 GMT
I'd imagine one or 2 of my quizzies that fell in love with Cullen would be open to the idea of having kids with him but it depends on the quzzy
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 11:34:11 GMT
(Shrug) anything else will be anathema with the setting. It is not 21st century, so the attitudes towards what having children means to a man or a woman would be completely different from today's way looking at it. If he does remain in relationship with Dorian, securing children will become paramount because of Pavus' state of affairs.
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Post by Iddy on Jul 6, 2017 12:50:41 GMT
Posted this before but I'll post again. No. Absolutely no. Do not want to play a character that has kids. It was bad enough when Cullen and Inquisitor got married in Trespasser. Having to take away from the game and combat to talk about the kiddies. No. Maker No. I'm pretty sure it is optional. I've seen people decline the proposal on Youtube and Cullen was cool with it.
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Post by phoray on Jul 6, 2017 14:09:54 GMT
Mara Trevelyan is open to having children with Blackwall, although I don't think she's "planning on it" at the age of 21-24. Maybe a couple more years or they'll go "oops, accident, gotta deal with that now."
Anise Lavellan is already a 50 year old widow with two grown children and is definitely not having babies with Solas.
Anise Lavellan's daughter, who is with Cullen, totally wants to have his babies, damn the mixed race consequences.
Varas Trevelyan is a bisexual in a relationship with Dorian. Maybe they could adopt? But bio kids obviously not happening. I don't think they've talked about it. Probably should, considering Dorian is head of his house now.
Then I have two lesbian dwarves with Jose and Sera. I see adopting with Sera but not with Jose.
Cassandra and my male Lavellan (who I head canon as being 2nd to Clan Ghi'lain) are too old to have kids and I don't think either has much interest.
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Post by shechinah on Jul 6, 2017 14:34:33 GMT
Borrowing Andraste_Reborn's phrase: speaking for my "canon" Inquisitor Lavellan, she is interested in having children but she does not want any at the moment because of the looming threat from Solas. She does not want to bring a child into a world that might end soon and where she wouldn't have much of a presence in her child's life because she's trying to help prevent the end of the world. Basically, she thinks it would be irresponsible to the child and to her duties.
That said, after the threat has been concluded and depending on how it ends? Yeah, I could definitely see Lavellan raising children, blood, adopted or both. I don't quite see her being inclined towards a romantic relationship, though. I think she's had enough of that for, at least, a decade or more. It's not completely unlikely but not in the cards at the moment.
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Post by sgtsteel91 on Jul 6, 2017 16:23:09 GMT
I have a headcanon that my Inquisitor was in the early stages of pregnancy during Trespasser
I thought it made the whole "the Mark is killing me" more dramatic since it wasn't her life that was in danger.
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Post by pensieve on Jul 6, 2017 16:37:01 GMT
I strongly dislike children and I don't want them ruining my video games as well, so MAKER NO.
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Post by Iddy on Jul 6, 2017 17:11:54 GMT
I strongly dislike children and I don't want them ruining my video games as well, so MAKER NO. I have no idea what you're talking about. Children are always great in games!
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Post by arvaarad on Jul 6, 2017 17:46:24 GMT
For the sake of my own sanity, I headcanon that "accidents" are impossible in Thedas. Or at least in my particular instance of Thedas. They've got magical healers (so they won't drive abortifacient herbs to extinction, like the ancient Greeks did), and are unlikely to have cultural hangups about birth control and abortion. The hangups real-world cultures have are a surprisingly modern invention. Hormonal BC was initially praised by religious groups as more "natural" than alternatives. Abortion used to be a standard, uncontroversial part of a midwife's job, even among very devout communities. IIRC, doctors made it into a big deal initially because they wanted a bigger slice of the business. Later, religious political groups latched onto it as a wedge issue, with the implied problem being that it encouraged sex outside of marriage. It's not impossible that could also happen in Thedas, but their major religions don't feel as negatively about fornication (except for some jobs within the Chantry), so it seems less likely.
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Post by thats1evildude on Jul 6, 2017 17:48:18 GMT
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Post by Iddy on Jul 6, 2017 17:49:29 GMT
What about condoms?
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Post by thats1evildude on Jul 6, 2017 17:51:16 GMT
What about condoms? As the now-defunct Fable series taught us, you can make condoms out of animal intestines. (Historically, leather and silk paper were also used.) fable.wikia.com/wiki/Condom
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Post by MarilynRobert on Jul 6, 2017 17:51:34 GMT
I strongly dislike children and I don't want them ruining my video games as well, so MAKER NO. I have no idea what you're talking about. Children are always great in games! That kid needed pushing down a flight of stairs or two.
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Post by Iddy on Jul 6, 2017 17:54:00 GMT
What about condoms? As the now-deceased Fable series taught us, you can make condoms out of animal intestines. (Historically, leather and silk paper were also used.) fable.wikia.com/wiki/CondomLeather? LEATHER? Good heavens, the guy won't feel a damn thing.
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Post by Iddy on Jul 6, 2017 17:56:15 GMT
I have no idea what you're talking about. Children are always great in games! That kid needed pushing down a flight of stairs or two. I wholeheartedly agree.
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Post by Jarovbees on Jul 6, 2017 17:56:43 GMT
For pretty much all of mine, the answer is 'not while Solas is planning to end everything', because it seems cruel to bring in a new life when it's in serious danger of being wiped out. There's adoption, yes, but with the necessary focus on stopping Solas, there just wouldn't be time or energy to focus on that.
That said:
Danae Lavellan would go for kids/adoption. She's happily married to Cullen, and is all for them having a family of some kind. Though if it happens anytime soon, it's definitely an accident.
Korrin Adaar has accepted that Josephine needs an heir, so they'll likely adopt. She'll be the fun mom.
Asala Adaar/Runa Cadash are pretty indifferent, so it's up to Sera to decide that sort of thing.
Nimuae 'I don't hate all babies, just baby people' Lavellan is a no.
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Post by thats1evildude on Jul 6, 2017 17:57:34 GMT
As the now-deceased Fable series taught us, you can make condoms out of animal intestines. (Historically, leather and silk paper were also used.) fable.wikia.com/wiki/CondomLeather? LEATHER? Good heavens, the guy won't feel a damn thing. Well, when syphilis was rampant, the alternative was a descent into madness followed by an agonizing death.
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Post by rahavan on Jul 6, 2017 19:21:09 GMT
Oh god I romanced Solas that would be so tragic D: Maker no! though my other "non-canon" human mage would love kids with Cullen.
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