DA 4 Romances! New info for real this time!!! Zom-bangin'?

Gay elves!

I'm gonna step out of this thread for a while, this day has been so draining I just cant. But I only wanna say that it's wrong to have that kind of thinking, not saying you can not do a story based on homophobia or racism, especially if you are telling this story to educate people, but Thedas didnt need this shit at all. And seeing people belonging to said collectives building bridges for this kind of stuff just terrifies me. I dont want to hear or read a bigot say that homophobia/racism is fine in Thedas just because a poc/gay person said it. Stop it. White people never gonna  see this for being white in videogames, straight people never gonna see this for being straight in videogames. It's lazy ass writing, it's lazy ass drama, period.

I'm so torn because I want both gay Blackwall and a gay elf. Curse this being a sexual minority and only getting one gay male character (if that) per game. 

I'm so torn because I want both gay Blackwall and a gay elf. Curse this being a sexual minority and only getting one gay male character (if that) per game. 

I mean... I like him a little less. 

I'd like him A WHOLE LOT MORE if he wanted to kiss me.   Stupid bear.

They could have even done something where Blackwall's reluctance to get into a relationship was because Thom Rainier's sexuality is at odds with that of the real Gordon Blackwall? For five years he might have had to pretend to be into women because Blackwall was well-known for being a lady's man, but in truth, Thom Rainier may have always been more into men.

Of course, some players would have been furious to learn that Blackwall was neither who he said he was, nor was he even into their female Inquisitors... and the more I think about it, perhaps that twist would have upset our gay community even more if both Dorian and Blackwall had storylines where they were being pressured/forced to hide their sexuality?

Damn, on second thoughts, that kind of twist really wouldn't have been worth it, eh?

But anyway, having Blackwall as a m/m love interest wouldn't have required much rewriting to accomplish. I don't see it impacting his dislike or rivalry with Dorian in any way, although it might have been fun for them to bond upon realising both have an unrequited crush on Cullen?

While that makes A LOT of sense, hahahahaha no thank you. Just... no thank you lol.

It would've been interesting to see the direct comparison from Blackwall to Dorian, if they were both gay men. 

This whole topic is making me depressed. I don't usually remain interested in straight characters or straight men in real life, but Blackwall is like.. perfection. I can't give him up so easily, wHhYYYYYY?!

Haha this is pretty cool honestly xD I thought I was the only one seriously in love with this dude. Alas for us.

There definitely seems to be a tension in how... non-fantasy traditional fantasy is. Like, it’s a parallel universe, but all these specific touchpoints are the same. Humans are around somewhere, they end up with various mildly relatable characteristics, the weapons are sort of similar-ish to real stuff, there’s castles, the food is pretty similar. So when it comes to cultural elements, they tend to get patched in as well. Traditional fantasy is sort of the medieval version of space operas, where all the aliens are transparently humans in a bunch of prosthetics.

I joke a lot about tree fucking, but I really would like to see fantasy bend more toward the “weird”. I don’t want to understand elves’ point of view as a sort of modification template that’s applied to humans. I want there to be truly, extremely alien cultures, where supposedly fundamental human constructs are deconstructed down to the bone and rebuilt on a completely different history. And maybe that’s impossible for a human to write about in a relatable way, but it would be nice to see fantasy step more in that direction. Sci-fi shouldn’t have a monopoly on the fantastical.

Also I want to ask a sylvan what it feels when a bee quests deeply into its pillowy blossoms.

un-freaking-believable that Blackwall is straight. He is literally the least popular straight female romance, even Bull is more popular. Not trying to take him away from female players but good grief, at least a bi-Blackwall would've made all the difference to me (and probably a lot of other gay players), because I'm like one of the only few people that love him. 

But before anyone jumps in and starts nagging at me that '' female players respect Dorian being gay so you should respect Blackwall being straight   '' yeah yeah, whatever, I realize this, and I like Blackwall whether or not he wants to shag my Inquisitor. But... he could've netted a slightly bigger audience if he was available for men. Maybe, I don't know. Obviously what's done is done and that's all good and dandy. Hopefully DA4 will be better for me, personally. And no, not just for me, but FOR ALL OF US.

This is bliss. 

Just thinking of all the things I could do with Blackwall (hehe)! A young elf lad being drawn by the comfortable warmness and maturity of Blackwall, being taught a lesson and two all the while proving to Blackwall that despite being young, he himself is a force to be reckoned with as well as respected. 

Or then a qunari/dwarf dude who forms a strong, soldier-like bromance with Blackwall that then develops into something romantic as well. A true ride-or-die relationship, lovers in arms!

Or maybe a mature human guy who is very similar to Blackwall, with his own issues, and the two seek comfort from each other. 

GIVE ME BLACKWALL (in DA4 thank you).

I myself am 24 (I think? Hopefully..) and Blackwall would be my choice. But in the end, in fantasy games, I like to indulge in a fantasy, rather than going straight to what I'd be more drawn towards in real life. I'm attracted to older men, but I don't think I'd date one (right now at least), so games with a romance feature give me the ability to indulge in this fantasy. Though not in DA:I apparently hahefajsfklasgses-