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[Tarlonniel]

I guess it comes down to how much time passed between Cassandra asking Cullen to join the Inquisition and the conversation which kicks off "Perseverance"; the game is extremely vague on that point, but I've generally come down on the side of 4-6 months, which allows 2-3 months for a gradual reduction in dosage followed by 2-3 months of being completely clean. Works for my headcanon, at least.

[Tishina]

I can't bring myself to romance Leliana because I hit a bug with my female Cousland after announcing she'll be Alistair's queen. Leliana, for some reason, was heartbroken over it. Then she confessed her feelings for my Cousland, so I let her down easy by saying they should just be friends because there's someone else. Two conversations later, she accuses my Cousland of leading her on/cheating on her with Alistair. What? XD

 

I'm in my fourth playthrough and I romanced Cullen most of the timel I can't help it!

It was way too easy to accidentally trigger a romance with Leliana, Alistair or Zevran, honestly. I used to check affection after every conversation and reload if I needed to, lol. Though there was a bizarre bug with Leliana when you can get the heartbroken conversation without ever having her affection show as "interested" or "love." I really enjoyed my intentional Leliana romances, though DAO Leliana was a bit sweet for my tastes.

 

Eh, I love the Cullen romance, but my favorite race is dwarf, followed by qunari; I only played Dalish to get a PT with each with Cullen and Solas. I don't know if I'll have a second Cullen romance unless the modders manage to remove the race gating. I don't currently plan on a human PT at all.

[Tishina]

I think they've realized their folly by now - in DA:I there are practically big flashing letters across the screen now warning you of a romance. Except for maybe Solas? I seem to remember that reading that if you kiss him in the fade you're locked in, and you don't get a warning.

Not exactly. There isn't a clear warning for some reason, but you can immediately break it off with no problems with other romances by going to talk to him after the fade kiss (my last fanfic chapter was based exactly on ending it immediately after in fact.) Then after you help him with his personal quest, you have another talk with him, and that kiss, if you don't break up then, locks you until almost the end of the game. I think you can still break up with him before the third kiss (haven't gotten to it myself), but after that, you're rather tragically locked in.

[stop_him]

It was way too easy to accidentally trigger a romance with Leliana, Alistair or Zevran, honestly. I used to check affection after every conversation and reload if I needed to, lol. Though there was a bizarre bug with Leliana when you can get the heartbroken conversation without ever having her affection show as "interested" or "love." I really enjoyed my intentional Leliana romances, though DAO Leliana was a bit sweet for my tastes.

 

Eh, I love the Cullen romance, but my favorite race is dwarf, followed by qunari; I only played Dalish to get a PT with each with Cullen and Solas. I don't know if I'll have a second Cullen romance unless the modders manage to remove the race gating. I don't currently plan on a human PT at all.

Except I'm pretty sure those cut scenes are going to be hilariously awkward.

[JessicaThrasher]

It was way too easy to accidentally trigger a romance with Leliana, Alistair or Zevran, honestly. I used to check affection after every conversation and reload if I needed to, lol. Though there was a bizarre bug with Leliana when you can get the heartbroken conversation without ever having her affection show as "interested" or "love." I really enjoyed my intentional Leliana romances, though DAO Leliana was a bit sweet for my tastes.

 

Eh, I love the Cullen romance, but my favorite race is dwarf, followed by qunari; I only played Dalish to get a PT with each with Cullen and Solas. I don't know if I'll have a second Cullen romance unless the modders manage to remove the race gating. I don't currently plan on a human PT at all.

Leliana is alright, but I can't really romance a woman. I like being her friend and I've played the game enough times to know which options don't start a romance.

 

I usually play humans, for some reason. I don't know why. As for mods, I play on PS3. :/

[MageTarot]

Greetings, all!

 

Just popped in after reading Mr. Ellis' tweet regarding Cullenites' donation to Stomp Out Bullying.

 

Those who know me know that I am a cynic by nature. For too long I've seen the hard-working, the selfless, the 'good guys' get trampled on by those who lie, cheat, steal and play the system without an iota of remorse. It gets to the point where I ask "What's the point of being good?"

 

And then I see something like this.

 

Simply put, you guys and gals are nothing short of amazing. 

 

So to those who came up with the idea and/or those who donated, thank you for showing this cynical old coot that there is a point to being good.  

[JessicaThrasher]

I think they've realized their folly by now - in DA:I there are practically big flashing letters across the screen now warning you of a romance. Except for maybe Solas? I seem to remember that reading that if you kiss him in the fade you're locked in, and you don't get a warning.

I've heard something about the Blackwall romance where you get somewhat locked-in after you flirt with him at Skyhold.

[Tishina]

Except I'm pretty sure those cut scenes are going to be hilariously awkward.

No worse than some of them currently are. One of the cutscene conversations in Skyhold's main hall between Varric and a dwarf IQ results in having both of them mostly blocked by a chair back through a lot of the scene (apparently they never actually tested it with a dwarf IQ, sigh.) Blackwall is suddenly as tall or taller than a qunari female in one of the kisses while female dwarves are suddenly almost his height. I just assume the modders will alter heights in the same shortcut the devs seem to like. If they manage it. I like Cullen, but I won't pick my PCs solely on the basis of romance (or rather, I won't be run away from the races I like by limited romance choices - I was prepared to "romance" Harding with one of my dwarves until the Cass mod.)

 

Leliana is alright, but I can't really romance a woman. I like being her friend and I've played the game enough times to know which options don't start a romance.

 

I usually play humans, for some reason. I don't know why. As for mods, I play on PS3. :/

While they're not my favorites, I do enjoy female-female romances. DAO finally broke through my reluctance to play a male PC, though; I really wanted to romance Morrigan. I'll play at least one in DAI for Dorian. I need a good PC for work reasons, so I've always used it for gaming as well, which has advantages in flexibility, at least.

[Thane4Ever]

I've heard something about the Blackwall romance where you get somewhat locked-in after you flirt with him at Skyhold.

Oh yeah, there is a sort of limbo with him but it doesn't last very long. Forgot about that. You can still flirt with others but I don't think you can start a romance with someone else during that limbo, but I don't even know if it would be possible since it's so early in the game.

[MelissaGT]

I've heard something about the Blackwall romance where you get somewhat locked-in after you flirt with him at Skyhold.

 

If you flirt with him on the battlements then you will be in a "holding pattern" with his romance. At that point, you will need to advance to the point of getting the "batman" balcony scene, where you can end it. It doesn't take long to get to that point. I did that with Rhiannon before she ended up with Cullen. Blackwall is perma-benched in her playthrough because they don't get along. She thinks he's a coward because he wouldn't stand up for what he wanted and she thought he was playing mind games. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Blackwall romance and Blackwall as a character, but Rhiannon doesn't like him. She believes in being direct in what you want - hence Cullen being her perfect match. 

 

Oh, have to share this shot I got of her tonight...can't wait to finish so I can make my templar vid!

 

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[Tishina]

If you flirt with him on the battlements then you will be in a "holding pattern" with his romance. At that point, you will need to advance to the point of getting the "batman" balcony scene, where you can end it. It doesn't take long to get to that point. I did that with Rhiannon before she ended up with Cullen. Blackwall is perma-benched in her playthrough because they don't get along. She thinks he's a coward because he wouldn't stand up for what he wanted and she thought he was playing mind games. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Blackwall romance and Blackwall as a character, but Rhiannon doesn't like him. She believes in being direct in what you want - hence Cullen being her perfect match. 

 

Oh, have to share this shot I got of her tonight...can't wait to finish so I can make my templar vid!

 

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Gorgeous! Where did you take that at?

[MelissaGT]

Gorgeous! Where did you take that at?

 

That is the "cap-stone" Templar ability, Wrath of Heaven. I happened to be in Emprise du Lion at the time. 

 

The Templar spec has the coolest combat animations, by far...in my opinion. 

[JessicaThrasher]

If you flirt with him on the battlements then you will be in a "holding pattern" with his romance. At that point, you will need to advance to the point of getting the "batman" balcony scene, where you can end it. It doesn't take long to get to that point. I did that with Rhiannon before she ended up with Cullen. Blackwall is perma-benched in her playthrough because they don't get along. She thinks he's a coward because he wouldn't stand up for what he wanted and she thought he was playing mind games. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Blackwall romance and Blackwall as a character, but Rhiannon doesn't like him. She believes in being direct in what you want - hence Cullen being her perfect match. 

 

Oh, have to share this shot I got of her tonight...can't wait to finish so I can make my templar vid!

 

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That's awesome! She's really pretty. 

[Inanna Athanasia]

I finally finished my Nightmare run with my 1st human mage who romanced Cullen. I loved when he tells her about Vivienne liking Templars and she says basically she liked him too. My Elf Mage for whatever reason I never got that. There were a few other little things that got mentioned with my Mage that made me chuckle too. I love how much content you have with romancing Cullen compared to the others, makes his romance feel so much longer and better overall.

 

I tried to romance Blackwall with her, but just couldn't do it. I love his character and some of the convo's are cute too, but I just can't stand the whole everything about me I have been lying to you, it reminds me way to much of my ex,lol. Whereas Cullen is so over the top with these are my flaws and issues, so you know exactly what you're seeing is exactly who you are getting.

[Cerulione]

If you flirt with him on the battlements then you will be in a "holding pattern" with his romance. At that point, you will need to advance to the point of getting the "batman" balcony scene, where you can end it. It doesn't take long to get to that point. I did that with Rhiannon before she ended up with Cullen. Blackwall is perma-benched in her playthrough because they don't get along. She thinks he's a coward because he wouldn't stand up for what he wanted and she thought he was playing mind games. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Blackwall romance and Blackwall as a character, but Rhiannon doesn't like him. She believes in being direct in what you want - hence Cullen being her perfect match. 

 

Oh, have to share this shot I got of her tonight...can't wait to finish so I can make my templar vid!

 

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Wow that's beautiful! Rhiannon's the best looking one among your quizzies

[Cerulione]

ACD1's Cullen

 

http://acd101.devian...rford-515922027

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alright guys, who's on twitter? I made a whole new set of social media account (skype, mail, etc) for gaming purpose to separate from my RL accounts

Might as well go for twitter (finally, I'll try to stick with this thing)

 

Any advice/Twitter for Dummies/Twitter 101?

[Asperath]

 

Any advice/Twitter for Dummies/Twitter 101?

 

Don't let it control your life lol I take everything with a gran of salt - I hear it can be pretty bad at times hence why I only follow those I know or care to hear from. I never auto follow someone just cause they followed me.

 

It takes some time to get use to it, especially with different replies creating different threads of conversation but after a little while it's easy enough to get use to

[Cerulione]

Don't let it control your life lol I take everything with a gran of salt - I hear it can be pretty bad at times hence why I only follow those I know or care to hear from. I never auto follow someone just cause they followed me.

 

It takes some time to get use to it, especially with different replies creating different threads of conversation but after a little while it's easy enough to get use to

 

Mission fail

 

Thanks

[QweenBeen]

Eh, I love the Cullen romance, but my favorite race is dwarf, followed by qunari; I only played Dalish to get a PT with each with Cullen and Solas. I don't know if I'll have a second Cullen romance unless the modders manage to remove the race gating. I don't currently plan on a human PT at all.

I haven't played as a dwarf or quanari yet and not sure that I will because the romances are a bit more limited. And plus being an elf provides oodles more story dialogue. What about them did you like?

For those who drank from the well, I haven't gotten a chance yet, is it said that quizzy will constantly hear those voices in her head? Or can she turn it on and off?

[eternalshiva]

Ah, I'm sorry I missed the mark on the 5K page, I've been swamped with work and other prompt fills on tumblr. It's not too late to participate, is it?

[alwayshungry]

http://artsyneurotic...ugh-inquisition

 

 

kind of been imagining playing through Inquisition with Broken!Cullen rather than the default version, and how much more sad his little uncertain stammering bits would sound coming from a more pitiable face…

 

http://queenly--dwee...y-anything-what

 

http://slugette.tumb...e-night-threads

 

http://frank-a-lank....-dreaming-bonus

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http://hellainquisit...aw-thing-cullen

 

http://pissedchan.tu...love-making-kay

Go to her blog to see the NSFW smutty bit.

 

http://levaast.tumbl...cullen-je-taime

 

http://misspaper.tum...s-sitting-there

 

http://misspaper.tum...the-ball-p-sure

 

http://freyleif.tumb...len-out-of-love

 

draw leah punching cullen out of love

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http://greyingwarden...-are-way-bigger

 

http://ladyzolstice....commander-and-i

 

“‘Bad blood’? Between the Commander and I? Absolute nonsense.”

 

(the Hawke-as-Inquisition-Adviser headcanon has consumed me, send help)

 

*quotes from Parks & Rec

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[Cerulione]

Ah, I'm sorry I missed the mark on the 5K page, I've been swamped with work and other prompt fills on tumblr. It's not too late to participate, is it?

 

R2s' having several place holder still for people who can't be there last week end. Ask her probably?

 

http://artsyneurotic...ugh-inquisition

 

*snip*

 

 

[Tishina]

I haven't played as a dwarf or quanari yet and not sure that I will because the romances are a bit more limited. And plus being an elf provides oodles more story dialogue. What about them did you like?

For those who drank from the well, I haven't gotten a chance yet, is it said that quizzy will constantly hear those voices in her head? Or can she turn it on and off?

Partly it goes back to DAO - the dwarven origins were two of my three favorites (my favorite was city elf, but that's not an option in DAI.) The Dalish in DAO didn't really impress me, especially once I played a city elf warden and I found out how they treated her. The two groups of elves are very different; I'd have loved a city elf IQ, but I assume Solas was the reason they wanted all elven IQs to be Dalish. I could far more easily see a city elf in a romance with Cullen than a Dalish - a Dalish essentially gives up being Dalish if she wants to stay with him. And I like playing PCs who take me completely outside my own life and experience (it's why I like fantasy games) so I rarely ever play a human in a fantasy game unless I find something particularly interesting about them (there are hundreds of non-fantasy games where I can play humans). To me, the Trevelyan background is just rather generic human noble (lots of scope for headcannoning background, but no more so than for the others.)

 

Partly, I see the dwarves as very assertive, go-getters with fascinating cultures, though I'd have preferred a non-Carta background since the commoner in DAO was also Carta. Other than as trading partners, they can take or leave humans and elves, and they've been standing against the darkspawn for hundreds of years, mostly without help between the blights. I adore Harding, she's exactly what I expect from a female dwarf - confident, competent, and cheeky. As for qunari, I'm actually saving my own PT for later, but I like the interactions I've seen in videos, and I've been fascinated since DAO's Sten.

 

Partly, the dwarves and qunari are about as far as you can get from the chain-mail-bikini female PCs that show up in too many fantasy games (something I very much appreciate DA games for avoiding.) Yes, DAO put female rogues in skirts of leather strips. But male rogues got the same outfit, so I was fine with that.

[Caja]

I hope you read "Sexuality in Thedas."

 

It still makes me laugh. Cause it was in a long, long post a while back. David made the joke about the above book title. And now its in the game. Too Delightful.

LOL. I have to read this now. I usually skim most codex entries and only read the ones who really feel important to the story.

 

On the other hand... looking back through the shots I have saved... when he apologizes to the IQ about his lyrium outburst he says, "I should not have pushed myself so far that day." Pushed himself in what way?? I had figured it was just he worked too hard, didn't sleep enough and that combined with withdrawal was too much. But! What if it meant he was gradually coming off and he pushed himself that day by skipping it altogether...?

I don't think so. But it's possible. Maybe.

In my headcanon he was overworked and demanded too much of himself. Cullen seems to be a workoholic. I always figured that next to the special templar abilities lyrium also helps you to stay awake and focused, maybe similar to cocaine in real life. So, even though Cullen no longer takes it, he still wants to work the same amount of hours. He wants to give 150 % to the inquisition, except now his body can't handle it.  I'm on the same page.

 

 

 

I think they've realized their folly by now - in DA:I there are practically big flashing letters across the screen now warning you of a romance. Except for maybe Solas? I seem to remember that reading that if you kiss him in the fade you're locked in, and you don't get a warning.

This is more of a general reply and not directly aimed at you, Thane4Ever.

While I can see why the big letters are helpful for some players, they are really such an immersion breaker for me personally. It was like: 'If you want to start a romance now, then click here. Do not pass go.' Really? In that second the game took me completely out of the moment because my romance became part of my interface, so to speak. *Big sigh* The DAO way worked so much better for me and I never had the problem that I accidentally triggered a romance. But I understand why the notification works better for the majority of players.

 

 

Greetings, all!

 

Just popped in after reading Mr. Ellis' tweet regarding Cullenites' donation to Stomp Out Bullying.

 

Those who know me know that I am a cynic by nature. For too long I've seen the hard-working, the selfless, the 'good guys' get trampled on by those who lie, cheat, steal and play the system without an iota of remorse. It gets to the point where I ask "What's the point of being good?"

 

And then I see something like this.

 

Simply put, you guys and gals are nothing short of amazing. 

 

So to those who came up with the idea and/or those who donated, thank you for showing this cynical old coot that there is a point to being good.

Thanks MageTarot. I've read his tweet, too, and love the people who did this for it. However, I'm not entirely sure if it was someone from this thread. At least I don't recall that we discussed it in here and the Cullenites are spread all over the different social media platforms. Anyway, reading about the donation really made me smile. 

 

Alright guys, who's on twitter? I made a whole new set of social media account (skype, mail, etc) for gaming purpose to separate from my RL accounts

Might as well go for twitter (finally, I'll try to stick with this thing)

 

Any advice/Twitter for Dummies/Twitter 101?

My twitter handle is BW_Caja but the main reason I made a twitter account was to follow BioWare devs. So I'm afraid I don't tweet often and my tweets are rather lame. LOL. Also, I second what Asperath said: Take everything with a grain of salt. 

[Tishina]

Ah, I'm sorry I missed the mark on the 5K page, I've been swamped with work and other prompt fills on tumblr. It's not too late to participate, is it?

Great! I think R2 said she'd continue posting things to the place savers until it was clear everyone had chipped in?