AHHHH I just typed a novel and IE ate it.

*sigh*
ejoslin wrote...
He doesn't ask for a reason, which makes me wonder what he thinks the reason is.
I really, really wonder.

It occurs to me that it's a sort of open door left by the writers for you to guilt yourself with your reason of choice. ;D Anything from duty, to mistrust, to interest in another person, to a male PC not being comfortable with the level of the relationship (more on that below).
Skadi_the_Evil_Elf wrote...
Alistair is the opposite. he seems to accept, almost expect, to be dumped for no reason, but he gets really upset if being dumped for someone else. I have my own theories between the two differences in reaction.
Forcing Zevran into the second offer of the earing is totally worth it, even with the initial approval drops, and you regain the lost approval in spades. I just wish they would fix the bug so the earring ends up in your inventory, something to look at and such. maybe someone will make a patch for that bug, like they did for Alistair's dialogue.
Getting the earring would be nice, yeah. :/ For that matter, I'd love if it were equippable, in one of the "ring" slots (judging by Alistair's "Runic Worry Token", the accessories there don't neccessarily have to be rings...). Maybe it could be +Willpower or something.

And now I'm curious about Alistair

A jealousy issue, perhaps?
ejoslin wrote...
Since with Zevran he leaves so much unsaid, I really like it with that particular answer that he has to say to the warden that he wants a future with her. He is still trying not to put any demands on her as he promised her he never would -- she is the one who has to agree with him, though. "Not unless you wish it" could be taken as him being willing to marry her if she wants, or it could be taken as that he really wants to, but it has to be something that she wants as well.
Did that make sense at ALL? I'm having trouble articulating this.
I think I follow ya

And I agree on the two different ways of reading "not unless you wish it", although the actual wording makes me think more the latter. If he'd said, "if you wish it", it would sound more like the former, I think. The "not unless" seems to imply that he would really like to go that way, but as always, he leaves the PC with the choice.
Okay, male PC insight time. ;D Warning: I really, really should have uploaded my dialogue screenshots, but I didn't (at work at the moment), so I'm kinda flying blind by memory here. ;D If people want the quotes later, I shall retrieve them!

Alright, so, as a male PC, you often get the chance to bring up comments in the vein of "but I'm a man", or have Zevran bring them up for you.

Usually these come with a little bit of discussion, and you can find out how little that matters to Zevran really. As the PC, you can decide to give Zevran the old "okay, now stop flirting with me", or you can let yourself be convinced that it's okay.
I actually found one of these by accident last night. When Zevran asks you to the tent, I think the female PC gets a "are you joking?" line somewhere? I haven't found anything like that for the male PC, but you can get a "Absolutely not." I thought that would be an outright refusal, but Zevran will actually ask you why and try to convince you. XD His answer is actually rather sweet, but I'll have to paraphrase, here: "Is it because we are both men? We travel together, fight together... why can we not also take pleasure in each other's company?" Of course, you can agree with him at that point and go on your merry way to a massage.

But... later, when Zevran is trying to seal the deal with the earring (I think it's actually the second time, which makes this worse...), the PC can object with something like, "We're both men, Zevran..." and he will drop you like a hot rock at that point.

There's no second chance on that one, and he seems rather hurt that at THAT point in the relationship, you can't get over that. I'm actually trying to remember if that will knock him out of the romance entirely, but I'm not sure. :/ I just thought it was interesting that you do NOT get a second chance on that one. It makes sense and all, just.. wow. That's detail