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[MelissaGT]

Ok, tried again with Fontofnothing's brows...much closer!

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Vita Brevis]

What? Oh that's just mean!  

 

I guess everyone is too scared to come into your room without your express permission.

Yeah I don't like this either. Companions are more reserved than ever.

[Narcia_]

Yeah I don't like this either. Companions are more reserved than ever.

I bet Sera's been in there sabotaging something of yours

[riverbanks]

Nope, no one will come. You'll be alone.

Which is not ok.

 

It's not that bad to end the game alone. Being single is not some terrible heavy burden that one must romance or else, and as for the IQ being alone in the closing scene... sometimes you just need a moment to yourself. I ended one playthrough with my IQ alone, and it felt right for her to sneak out of the party to take a breather alone, away from everything. The image of her watching the sunrise strong and confident by herself was pretty powerful, too.

[CuriousArtemis]

You cannot romance Cullen? But why?   Is it a bug? Sorry if you mentioned this earlier, and I totally missed it.

 

I mean he's only available if you want to play a female human or elf, so it's locked lots of people out of his romance lol It's a bit of a bitter pill.

[LolaLei]

Ok, tried again with Fontofnothing's brows...much closer!

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

I'm refusing point blank to play again until some decent hair and makeup comes out LOL!

[CuriousArtemis]

I'm refusing point blank to play again until some decent hair and makeup comes out LOL!

 

Hear, hear! 

[MelissaGT]

I'm refusing point blank to play again until some decent hair and makeup comes out LOL!

 

Oh does she not look ok?

 

Or do you mean you can't use mods?

[timebean]

So, I wrote a new thing!

 

 

The Looking Glass

 

Lugh/Cullen once again! Cullen comforting at the end as well.

 

Spoilers for the first part of What Pride Hath Wrought

 

It was an extremely cathartic thing for me to write.

Made me tear up a little...so good!  Sounds corny, but reminded me of my twenties, when I wanted so badly to be someone else. Over it my 30's. but still occasionally look back over my shoulder and wonder...

[LolaLei]

Hear, hear! 

 

I can't do a decent me!playthrough until I can get the skin, makeup, and hair right. Plus, I can't make any decent looking Inquisitors or Hawkes whilst it's still in vanilla!     

[Cantina]

I avoided all the spoilers regarding romances, except for when I was at PAX East last year in the Bioware Base and Mike Laidlaw annnounced that Cullen would be romanceable (you should have heard the room cheer), and I knew I liked Cullen as a character from the previous games but I didn't know what his personality would be like in this game, so I came into the game with a really open mind. And I found Cullen was hands down my overwhelming favorite. If he wasn't romanceable, I might have gone with Cassandra or Blackwall on my first playthrough since I couldn't romance Dorian or Solas, but I don't think I'd be nearly as satisfied. The game might have been very different if they had a year less to work on it, but if Cullen remained the same with the exact same content, I'd be thinking, "Why can't I romance this guy ever? DA4 please???"
 
Also it makes me wonder what happens at the end of the game if you don't romance anyone. Stare out at the sunrise by yourself? Does your BFF come instead?

I saw Solas romance from my husband's play through-man that was depressing. Even more so was the damn ending. You look back see everyone partying, you walk in your quarters and stare off-alone.

I had to reload several saves during my Cullen romance just to "wash" the depression out of my system.

Really don't need to be in a depressing relationship in the game. Had enough of those in my real life's past.

Now I wish we could make Cullen a sword as a gift and on the blade it could say "though darkness closes, I am shielded by love."

If this were to happen, well I would be just as excited as getting a check for a million bucks.

[LolaLei]

Oh does she not look ok?

 

Or do you mean you can't use mods?

 

Huh? No, I mean none of the mods that have come out so far have the makeup or eyebrow shape/texture I'm looking for to successfully recreate myself. Plus I don't wanna use makeup mods until hair mods come out, otherwise I'll have the right face but the wrong hair lol.

[CuriousArtemis]

I can't do a decent me!playthrough until I can get the skin, makeup, and hair right. Plus, I can't make any decent looking Inquisitors or Hawkes whilst it's still in vanilla!     

 

My Hawke just made me wince >.< I gave up after the third attempt (got tired of playing through the cut scene) and just went with it. Hawke had the heaviest brow imaginable and always looked like he was scowling. I headcanoned he's just had a heart life and his age is starting to show LOL! At least Fenris still loves him... OH WAIT HE'S IN TEVINTER FOR NO REASON. Right, sigh.

[Laurelinde]

It's not that bad to end the game alone. Being single is not some terrible heavy burden that one must romance or else, and as for the IQ being alone in the closing scene... sometimes you just need a moment to yourself. I ended one playthrough with my IQ alone, and it felt right for her to sneak out of the party to take a breather alone, away from everything. The image of her watching the sunrise strong and confident by herself was pretty powerful, too.

 

I suppose that's true.  I was just thinking of it from the POV of say, Hawke after Leandra's death in DA2.  Aveline came to comfort my Hawke (since she and Fenris were still in that 'we're together but we're not' grey area at the time), and it was really sweet.  There's absolutely nothing wrong or lesser or whatever about being single, but it can be nice to celebrate with best friends, too.  

 

I suppose it would depend on how you played your IQ though; some would probably be happy to invite one or two people to stick around after the big party, and others might prefer the solitude.

[LolaLei]

I saw Solas romance from my husband's play through-man that was depressing. Even more so was the damn ending. You look back see everyone partying, you walk in your quarters and stare off-alone.

I had to reload several saves during my Cullen romance just to "wash" the depression out of my system.

Really don't need to be in a depressing relationship in the game. Had enough of those in my real life's past.

Now I wish we could make Cullen a sword as a gift and on the blade it could say "though darkness closes, I am shielded by love."

If this were to happen, well I would be just as excited as getting a check for a million bucks.

 

I wish we could've given him a gift. I would've liked to give all the companions and advisors a present, just to say thanks for sticking around to help out.

[Vita Brevis]

It's not that bad to end the game alone. 

It wouldn't be that bad if they cared for the Inq in some different way, but they're far too serious all the time and too concerned about the "greater things". 

I personally got the feeling that everyone, even our companions (and among them, even Sera) view the pc as something bigger than the person and never just as a person. Kinda what Varric once said. Friendship and romance is the only proof that pc is still alive, and not some odd being like Cole who only has a purpose and nothing more.

If it weren't for romances it would've been really cold. Everyone look at you as if you're a tool. Like it's just business.

That's only me impression though.

[LolaLei]

My Hawke just made me wince >.< I gave up after the third attempt (got tired of playing through the cut scene) and just went with it. Hawke had the heaviest brow imaginable and always looked like he was scowling. I headcanoned he's just had a heart life and his age is starting to show LOL! At least Fenris still loves him... OH WAIT HE'S IN TEVINTER FOR NO REASON. Right, sigh.

 

I managed to make a decent Hawke the first time... but I had to sacrifice him so it kinda ruined it for me, LOL! Second time he came out looking weird as balls.

[Laurelinde]

I wish we could've given him a gift. I would've liked to give all the companions and advisors a present, just to say thanks for sticking around to help out.

 

Yes, definitely!  The old way of gaining approval via gifts was kind of awkward at times ("We disagree fundamentally about absolutely everything, and I hate your guts, but here's a shiny trinket.  Yay, now we're BFFs.") but it is fun to think of finding something special that each of them would have loved.  I've been trying to think of what my Quizzy might have given Cullen.  It can't really be anything old or from her past the way the coin is, I guess, because she'll have lost everything she had with her when the Temple went boom, unless she wants to give him, like, an old boot or something.

 

What to give the Commander who has everything?  Ooh I know, a properly calibrated trebuchet!

[CuriousArtemis]

It wouldn't be that bad if they cared for the Inq in some different way, but they're far too serious all the time and too concerned about the "greater things". 

I personally got the feeling that everyone, even our companions (and among them, even Sera) view the pc as something bigger than the person and never just as a person. Kinda what Varric once said. Friendship and romance is the only proof that pc is still alive, and not some odd being like Cole who only has a purpose and nothing more.

If it weren't for romances it would've been really cold. Everyone look at you as if you're a tool. Like it's just business.

That's only me impression though.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't feel like anyone was my "buddy." Unlike DAO, DA2, or ME. I could've played through ME with no romance at all and still loved it. And since I romance Kaidan with a guy I actually do play through ME and ME2 as a single guy. And I enjoy every second. I feel myself slowly growing closer to Garrus, slowly growing fonder of Tali, and just by ME3, this has become my family, and we are all in this together.

[LolaLei]

It wouldn't be that bad if they cared for the Inq in some different way, but they're far too serious all the time and too concerned about the "greater things". 

I personally got the feeling that everyone, even our companions (and among them, even Sera) view the pc as something bigger than the person and never just as a person. Kinda what Varric once said.  

If it weren't for romances it would've been really cold. Everyone look at you as if you're a tool. Like it's just business.

That's only me impression.

 

Yeah, it did feel like everyone was really intimidated by the protagonist's title, some eventually warm up to you like Sera, Dorian and Cassandra, and the advisors are all generally pretty good with the Inquisitor, probably because they've all been in positions in the past that has kinda separated them from socialising properly (especially Cullen and Leliana) but the group as a collective never really got to the stage where they treated the Inquisitor as a close friend like they did in DA:O and DA2 where they felt like a dysfunctional ragtag family... but maybe that was the point.

[LolaLei]

Yes, definitely!  The old way of gaining approval via gifts was kind of awkward at times ("We disagree fundamentally about absolutely everything, and I hate your guts, but here's a shiny trinket.  Yay, now we're BFFs.") but it is fun to think of finding something special that each of them would have loved.  I've been trying to think of what my Quizzy might have given Cullen.  It can't really be anything old or from her past the way the coin is, I guess, because she'll have lost everything she had with her when the Temple went boom, unless she wants to give him, like, an old boot or something.

 

What to give the Commander who has everything?  Ooh I know, a properly calibrated trebuchet!

 

I liked how they approached it in DA2 where the gifts were plot related in some way, that's what I would've liked to see in DAI. I wouldn't even want any approval for it, I just like the idea of giving them presents lol.

[LolaLei]

So, in Solas' romance I've heard he asks the Inquisitor what she was like before the anchor. What replies can she give? Like, is it suggested that the anchor actually changed the protagonist's personality/outlook on life in some way?

 

I'm curious because I wonder if maybe the anchor is/was supposed to do more to us that just let us open and close fade rifts etc.

[timebean]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't feel like anyone was my "buddy." Unlike DAO, DA2, or ME. I could've played through ME with no romance at all and still loved it. And since I romance Kaidan with a guy I actually do play through ME and ME2 as a single guy. And I enjoy every second. I feel myself slowly growing closer to Garrus, slowly growing fonder of Tali, and just by ME3, this has become my family, and we are all in this together.

Same for me.  I felt like Blackwall put me on some weird pedestal, Vivienne was just trying to use me, Sera was just tagging along to figure some crap out for herself, Cass and Leliana too focused on their own stuff.  Even Varric, where I felt like Hawke was his real friend, not me. Bull was kinda a friend, gave good advice and all, but nothing like shooting guns of the top of the citadel with Garrus.  If not for Cullen, i would have felt very alone in the game.

 

But perhaps that is what they wanted.  Having to become something bigger than we are to make the stuff happen.  Kinda feels like the end of the Elizabeth movie, where Kate Blanchette cuts all her hair to become a symbol over a person.  Depressing, really...but I guess I get it.

 

Miss Garrus

[MelissaGT]

Huh? No, I mean none of the mods that have come out so far have the makeup or eyebrow shape/texture I'm looking for to successfully recreate myself. Plus I don't wanna use makeup mods until hair mods come out, otherwise I'll have the right face but the wrong hair lol.

 

Oh! Gotcha. Luckily Fontofnothing's eyebrows are pretty close. Not 100% but closer than anything so far. The only thing missing (for me) for makeup is a cateye, but I don't wear eye makeup myself all that often anyways. 

 

The hair? I can deal with, so that's not such a biggie for me. 

[LolaLei]

Same for me.  I felt like Blackwall put me on some weird pedestal, Vivienne was just trying to use me, Sera was just tagging along to figure some crap out for herself, Cass and Leliana too focused on their own stuff.  Even Varric, where I felt like Hawke was his real friend, not me. Bull was kinda a friend, gave good advice and all, but nothing like shooting guns of the top of the citadel with Garrus.  If not for Cullen, i would have felt very alone in the game.

 

But perhaps that is what they wanted.  Having to become something bigger than we are to make the stuff happen.  Kinda feels like the end of the Elizabeth movie, where Kate Blanchette cuts all her hair to become a symbol over a person.  Depressing, really...but I guess I get it.

 

Miss Garrus

 

Varric was very distant in DAI when compared to DA2, but I think that was purposely done. I kinda liked how the Inquisitor didn't replace Hawke as his BFF, but I wish he'd have treated the her/him as more of a person... I mean he was there long enough to know that she's still like everyone else personality wise, even if he does believe that she's Andraste's chosen or whatever. If nothing else, I thought they'd have at least bonded over Cassandra's temper LOL! Maybe post-game DLC/expansions will see him warm up a bit.