The Character Romance thread (Official)

That's interesting. I often choose men in the character creator because I kind of like to go as far from my own self as possible; I'm already a woman in real life, so I don't really feel the need to replicate that. However, when I started roleplaying on computer (relatively late, at 16 or 17), the first two games I picked up where Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and some generic Hack&Slash thing with a character creator, both of which allowed me to play women, so I guess I never had a formative experience of it being denied to me in the realm of computer RPGs.

Whether guys or girls, I tend to roleplay like I am writing a character, too, though. I like to create a consistent personality that doesn't have too many "OOC" moments. I think that's why I'm also always first in line to whine and moan about Ryder's personality choices because I think the only really consistently different playthroughs are "all left side" and "all right side" (obviously you could still play a Ryder whose a professional to the leadership and emotional/jokey with their team, but because they are not tonally that different it doesn't quite pack the same punch as playing a 90% aggressive Hawke who jokes around with Varric and goes good-mushy on their LI, or a Renegon Shepard who puts the fear of God into the outside world while always giving their crew leeway).

Romance-wise, I usually decide on the sexuality of the character I want to roleplay before I start out, just like I decide beforehand what personality and opinions they will have (for example in DA:I, do they think they are really chosen by Andraste or not?). I mean, most of the time that's how it works, anyway. My Sara was supposed to be interested in men, but then Vetra came along.

@berret I really loved my Bull, he's my teddy bear but I totally agree how awful is this promiscuous bi trope and my face is tiiiiiiiiiiiiiired bioware. Also, it irks me the fact that Adoribull ending is happier than my ending, I mean wtf



Nightscrawl I loveeeeeeeeeeeee Fenris, tsundere types are delicious (I'm trying to forget that line "because I'm a man?" tho)

@berret I really loved my Bull, he's my teddy bear but I totally agree how awful is this promiscuous bi trope and my face is tiiiiiiiiiiiiiired bioware. Also, it irks me the fact that Adoribull ending is happier than my ending, I mean wtf



Nightscrawl I loveeeeeeeeeeeee Fenris, tsundere types are delicious (I'm trying to forget that line "because I'm a man?" tho)

Well that's better, I'm thinking of Dragonspear then. Dorn is still another bad romance, I should start making a list!
Not like I still trust Gaider tbh.

As for Fenris' romance (I have no clue how to multiquote) It's been years since I played DA2 so I can't really comment since my memory is very fuzzy with DA2 in general. I just remember romancing Anders a lot and figuring out ways to friendship romance Fenris since I kept siding with the mages.  I remember finding them both average though?

I'll be an odd bird with you, I'm equally comfortable playing characters of any gender and choose LIs based on the story and personality I'm trying to develop. I mean, it helps if I personally find something attractive about them, physically or in their personality, but that is not even required in the end if their romance will enhance my story. I mean, the LI might not be someone I would ever personally want to be romantically involved with, but I might find it interesting to roll a character who would be into exactly what that LI has to offer.

Yeah, I couldn't romance either Dorian or Bull again once I saw Adoribull happen in game. It just doesn't feel right when they're both happier with each other.

That is a writing choice that will continue to confuse me for a while still. I have a feeling Gaider shipped it pretty hard, although he didn't quite say that back when he was asked about it on his tumblr. But from his answer, I certainly I think the relationship interested him more than that between either of them and the Inquisitor, at least from a writing perspective.

Because I'm spiteful and petty, I just never let them be in the same party together if I romance someone else, which keeps their romance from triggering. But actually, I just pretend to be romancing Varric most of the time anyway (  ) and thus the game keeps them free for me until the end, which also means no Adoribull.

I don't really know what to think about that. I wasn't crazy about the option on my one male Hawke play where I romanced him. The fem version has Hawke say something about his marks being painful (since, ya know, they just had sex and touched a bunch).

DG also said that he wrote Fenris with a male Hawke in mind. But again, I don't really know what to think about that particular line.


I know this wasn't to me, but as far as Dorian/Bull goes, and DG's treatment of that, one factor is the great enjoyment that both he and Patrick Weekes got out of writing the pairing together, because they're friends. This is reflective not only in outside comments they've made, but in how it plays out in the game itself.

@berret , to multi-quote, hit the cog wheel on the top-right of the post you want and hit "select post." Do this with all the posts you want. When you're done, hit "more reply options" in the quick reply box, which will take you to the full reply page where your selected quotes will be.

Setting aside how polarizing Dorian seems to be for gay guys, what did you think of Fenris's romance? He is utterly devoted to Hawke.