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

well ya, it's always up to them. I just found some catharsis in rivaling Anders after his gaslighting me on the Friendship path.  Although I would definitely not boink someone I constantly argued with in real life, it's a perpetuated fantasy romance in lots of media and I enjoy it for what it is.

Yeah, Dragon Age hasn't had the best track record for me either.  It's interesting because I see it as better than ME in most ways in this regard, but I tend to like the guys that we are given (even if the romance content is lacking or unfulfilling) better.

Kaidan, Gil, and Steve are my three favorite m/m options in Bioware games (in that order).  I have major issues with all three of their romance storylines, but I like those characters (looks and personality) best.  

For DA, Dorian is my favorite, followed by Bull, and I suppose Anders would be next.  Dorian is cute, but annoying.  Bull is great in many ways, but I hate how masc-dom he is.  Well not how he's masc-dom, but how he insists on it.  Like, "I won't romance you unless you let me dominate you."  It's not my style, per se.  It's not bad, but it's not my favorite.  Wish the Inquisitor could have a little agency here; feels a little to 50 Shades for me.  And Anders is the worst (well, second worse after Zevran) but he is probably the most "plot relevant" of the m/m options and it's SUCH a good story.  My canon Hawke romances him, but then exiles him (the betrayed lover thing).  It's so good.  But he's just the worst so it counterbalances the story.

Fenris, Jaal, and Zevran are the worst three for me.  Not interested in anything about any of them outside of Gideon Emory's voice.  

Hell yeah!  My canon world state has a gay dwarf warrior Warden, a gay sarcastic mage Hawke, and a gay KISA qunari Inquisitor.  

Be the change you want to see in the world!

I would LOVE to see more traditionally "villainous" companions.  I know most of them are grey in some capacity, but they do tend to skew "good".  I enjoy a villainous companion storyline as well.  

I also wouldn't mind if the friendship/rivalry system comes back.  I thought that was a clever way to provide variety in story arcs and still account for why the companions don't just up and leave after some time.

That kinda takes the toxic out of it. What if she still remains a okay with it but is also a okay about it's downfall because she simply doesn't actually give a crap?

I saw it as the opposite. The Friendship/Rivalry system made no sense why the DA2 companions stuck around let alone romances.

I just want to take the opportunity to remind everyone that Garrett and Anders are the best DA couple and they're living their best gay/bi lives, traveling around and helping mages.

He gaslights you if you ask a question. The only happy Garret/Anders situation that is happening is one where Garret never questions Anders.

Her entire point would be that she sees potential in running around with the protagonist, a potential she can use to her own benefit because the protagonist will go where she could perhaps not go on her own, etc etc.
She may have views one would conventionally disagree with in reality, but she is not stupid.
Like with any other companion her 'falling in love' would be gradual and would be born out of her gaining more and more respect for the protagonist's abilites, skillful manipulation, and all that jazz.
Straight up mockery and disagreeing will lower approval.
Disagreeing by "out-wording" her, so to speak, will demonstrate the protagonist silver-tongue and manipulative abilities which she'd respect and thus grant a much higher approval.
There could verywell be a consequence of her leaving if her approval falls below a certain point, as is also true with many companions in Dragon Age Inquisition.

I did not really go into consequences for whatever for the romance-option, not initially, because we are not yet sure what kind of system bioware is going to go with.

Whether it'll be like in DA:O/DA:I or like in DA2.

I just wanted to offer a type of character that could very well make sense even if said character is somewhat villanous.

If anyone is going to survive the fade.

Then it is Hawke.

Grey Warden Alistair would not last alone in the fade for even five minutes.

Nah, Hawke will survive... it only said "likely to die" not "Will certainly die!"

You say "gaslighting', I say "thoughtful surprise".

What if you could HAVE a werewolf, but he actually turned into an adorable Mabari puppy that fits in your hand?

Dave, no. Would you let this go to waste in the fade?

I don't think so.

Stroud needs that timeout in the fade, he needs to learn how to trim that moustache.