How *unappealing* do you predict straight male romance options will be in DA4?

But I am not one. I want people to be happy with whoever makes them happy, marry if they wish to, do not marry if they do not, live together, do not live together...

That anyone could potentially fall in love with anyone else independently of genders involved when all other things are being equal? That no relationship feels any different to me than any other if it’s loving and equal?

That is sexuality is a result of his upbringing and that he could bring himself to fall in love with a woman if he just tries hard enough. Heard it, bought half-a-dozen t-shirts.

I just have to laugh. The idea of asking him this in front of his father is so weird to me. It just seems so wildly inappropriate for how I think of such questions. I can see asking him later on, at some other time, but not just then!

I just figure a decade or two in the Circle, completely cut off from society, has left the Inquisitor a bit clueless at times.

I appreciate this conversation, however hard it is. It is interesting. People do have different views and approach playing differently & everyone has a different RL baggage. Where else would you talk but on the net?

I already spoke about this somewhere, and the others already said many things, I just have one remained:
If you made Dorian bi, he's not Dorian anymore. He's backstory and his relationship with his father made him that man who we meet and gave the reason to him to leave Tevinter. I don't really into his backstory, but still, it's an important part of his life, and formed him. If you wants change his sexuality, you wants a random black haired, attractive man, not him. I don't get it.

This has only been happening for like ... 15 years or so now, lol. It's an argument that has no end. My argument will always be that cRPGs are founded on tabletop RPGs and therefore its roots are in player created stories. Player created stories are stories the player creates themselves. cRPGs weren't able to accommodate this feature in the 80s and 90s due to lack of computing power and therefore relied solely on the battle aspect of RPGs. In other words cRPGs became battle sims where player choice only affected the combat.

Now that technology has reached a satisfactory level, more player choice and freedom should be incorporated as it's the defining aspect of an RPG (not stories, but player created stories). It's not just a viewpoint with fans either, J Sawyer (no introduction needed of course) for example defines an RPG not on the amount of dialogue but on the degree of player choice in a game.

Of course other people have different opinions *wrinkles nose*

Same if the Inquisitor picks the "I'll need you to explain that." option. In the middle of that dramatic scene with Halward you suddenly get:

Dorian: Did I stutter? Men, and the company thereof. As in sex. Surely you've heard of it.
Inquisitor: I've more than heard of it, actually.
Dorian: No! The Herald of Andraste? I am shocked and scandalized.
Inquisitor: Such sarcasm.
Dorian: You're not exactly subtle, oh Lord Inquisitor. Now I'm trying to think how they'll write that verse of the Chant.

Halward has to break into their flirty dialogue to get the fight back on track.

It's one of my favorites as well. I am sure Halward hates both of my m!Lavellans but who cares Dorian is happy.