The Character Romance thread (Official)

lol.. took 2 years for me from.. oh I like girls to. oooh...boys too

Very true and sadly all too common.

After MEA I've lost any semblance of hope and/or trust in Bioware's intelectual prowess so my guess is they'll go with the worst possible option(s) for Dorian. Either butchering his character or, more likely (since DG is gone) completely pushing him out of the picture, turning him into a cameo at best. At this point I'm more curious about how bad things will get and less curious about... well anything else Bioware-y.

As a side note, the dumb memes like "you had your whole life to get used to being gay, your parents only had a week", or "give them time, it's a major shock" and on and on, irk me to no end. When I'm too tired or I think the person I'm talking to can't grasp any concept, I just recommend them to look up and read Amelia on Huffington Post. Just a random mother telling the story of (mostly) her oldest son who is gay. That's a real parent. All this bullshit about parents "needing time to deal with it" is just idiotic. And thus, it's obviously encouraged and enabled by most.

lol with 14 i had my first crush on a girl.. she was.. just great, an artist, pretty intelligent and..  
So for 2 years I didnt really cared for anyone else, though for myself okay, maybe im only into women..
But after two years I stumbled over one guy that I fancied.
So that basically answered the question for me and my family (yep, I took them home..my poor parents, so thin walls :3 )

Wait what? I dont really go to DA Keep at all, so I wouldnt know about it. But that leaves me in a "wtf" kind-of state 

Red? Where? Ah, I see. But I think, the red not the "bad", and the blue not the "right". Max peaceful or less peaceful.
So, for example: killing Architect is red, spare Architect is blue... according this: killing a darkspawn is bad?

It's not red and blue in Architect situation. It's a skeleton/no skeleton, simple indication of kill. More of a different situation. Probably something that more like... ties with thing about "canon in comics/books/etc". 5$ say if we'll get any book with Dorian in it, it's going to follow the "blue" choice.

I don't see that being mentioned, really. Not all choices are significant enough to warrant a mention, either in ancillary media, or in successive games. There are many, many, many choices in the Keep that are just present to show our world state and will never be mentioned again.

In Dorian's case, he winds up as a magister regardless. He is a magister whether you even did the quest. That is the important thing in his future and what will characterize our interaction with him (if he's around at all).

Now, let's say that there is a hypothetical quest in DA4 to finally deal with the people who assassinated his father. It need not even be mentioned during that. In that case, it would be seen as an attack on his family, and he would want to exact punishment for that alone, regardless of their relationship. That's how it works in Tevinter (and Orlais). Not doing so would make him look weak.

There always could be investigative dialogue that takes the choice into consideration and is altered based on the import, but we can't know what he would say about it. As I said earlier, in Trespasser, he does NOT characterize the relationship as repaired or state his forgiveness. I have no reason to believe that same attitude won't be carried over.

Thanks, I'd love to say it all, but you know - Twitter - so 140 characters max S'pose I could send 2 tweets back-to-back.

Oh my god you guys!  You really want me to embarrass myself, don't you? Glad you liked the joke, though. It would be great if she got it, but if she doesn't understand the reference, I'll just come across as the creepiest person alive *Anxiety overloads again*

Gah, decisions, decisions... I'd have to shorten it a bit, it's more than 140 characters.

This is why pushing them to make up always felt off to me. Even as a friend or lover, it'd be crossing a line to do that considering the context. And if the Inquisitor by that point is just Dorian's boss, then it's even more inappropriate.

It helps that Dorian himself says he's not interested in making nice with his abuser and asks to leave. All you have to do is respect his feelings and head for the door. ...Still pretty awkward to be standing there the whole time, though, you're not wrong.

Yeah except the options are more like "let's go Dorian." instead of letting him choose for himself. I just wanted a more hands off approach option.