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Oh I'm sure Solas will be a wonderful character, well-written and full of fascinating depth. He is a BW character after all. I will love him.
Doesn't change the fact that he looks like a naked rat though.
I don't know why but I keep hoping he's a "former" Dalish lol
"Queer" is a reclaimed word, kind of like the n-word or "b!tch." I see it in academia as queer studies so I'm more used to it, perhaps.
Really, though, "homosexual" is dated and kind of weird lol
Please don't use it for others unless you know they're comfortable with it.
I may be middle aged and unhip, but I also know that the majority of non LGBT people who use that word are using it as a slur. Personally, I'd rather not have strangers call me queer without context.
Much like having white people use the n word or mulatto to describe me, I would not be very amused by straight people who called me queer without knowing me VERY well, and had a reason to be using such language.
Really, though, "homosexual" is dated and kind of weird lol
Dated, huh. Are you calling us old? ;C Shhh, don't answer that. Shhhh.
Shh.
Yeah, I get queer as an academic term (in fact, I've drawn on Queer Theory for some of my own research). I don't like it as an identifier in everyday discourse. I cringe a little bit everytime someone refers to me as queer, even though it's often other "queer" people who do it.
I feel this way, too, and I feel like it's a very urban American thing. I grew up in the UK and then spent high school mostly in the US midwest. Queer was always an insult. I'm only 21, it's not been that long. Now I'm living in a more heavily populated part of the US and I hear "queer" a lot. I still take pause every time someone says it to me.
Dated, huh. Are you calling us old? ;C Shhh, don't answer that. Shhhh.
Shh.
Lol, you're not old. I'm pretty young, and I use it a lot, much more than "queer".
I don't know. The Q is a relatively new addition to LGBTQ in my experience. Maybe I was less aware of it. But queer came up as a non-negative descriptor during the LGBTQ panel at PAX Prime. Someone came up to the mic and admittedly struggled with remembering the comment and Karin (if there's one person I would consider to be wholly in the camp of LGBTQ advocacy at BioWare, it's her) suggested to the nervous speaker to just say queer if they are struggling on how to frame the discussion.
Well "queer" encompasses a lot. I might even consider myself queer since although I am biologically female and I like boys, I feel confused about gender and prefer to think of myself agender.
It was an attempt to say, "anyone who doesn't feel like they fit with the way the world sees and accepts sex, gender, and sexuality... this is for you."
The context of post was that Solas' look works for any type of personality, and as such it's easier for it to be finished. While the character interactions are the things that will receive more scrutiny, where people will give feedback and mention the things they do and do not like about the character. When I say Solas could be a jerk or kind, I literally mean that his look doesn't really convey much on the type of person he will be. People can have an assumption that Sera will be a particular type of character, but really there's not much stopping her from actually being completely opposite.
I think it would be a bad thing if you could whether or not a character was a "good guy" or a "bad guy" just from looking at him/her.
Dated, huh. Are you calling us old? ;C Shhh, don't answer that. Shhhh.
Shh.
I'm not young either; I'm just hip with what the kids are saying *finger snap*
Your still hoping for Natasha Little
Yes yes I am 
I'm not young either; I'm just hip with what the kids are saying *finger snap*
You literally just made me snort Diet Coke.
Yes, this is exactly why I feel this way. Growing up in the 80's and 90's in a poor rural area, "queer" was not really something that I liked to hear. I know that it's been "reappropriated", but that feels like it's mostly by people a bit......younger than me.
Please don't use it for others unless you know they're comfortable with it.
Yeah, I get queer as an academic term (in fact, I've drawn on Queer Theory for some of my own research). I don't like it as an identifier in everyday discourse. I cringe a little bit everytime someone refers to me as queer, even though it's often other "queer" people who do it.
Thank you for the completely unhidden spoiler that, as a bonus, has nothing to do with the romances.
See this is exactly why we need to know who the romances are and for what gender. Spoilers are already starting to leak =/
Wherein I tend to view people who think of queer as insulting as having not spent much time in academia, and the idea that I am "re-appropriating" a word that I've never seen as offensive strikes me as silly.
Has anyone ever chanted "We're here, we're f****ts, get used to it?"
I don't see this as exclusive to queer.
Well, I've spent a fair amount of time in academia (currently working as an education researcher) and, as mentioned earlier, have drawn from queer theory for my own research at times.. And I find queer to be an offensive term for the most part. I get its use in academic discourse, provided that it draws from queer theory. I don't like it in every day discourse. Obviously YMMV, but I don't think it has anything to do with academic experience.......
SO ANYWAY.
Everyone that wants to bone Mustache Guy, raise your hand.
SO ANYWAY.
Everyone that wants to bone Mustache Guy, raise your hand.
I hope he's a butt pirate.
SO ANYWAY.
Everyone that wants to bone Mustache Guy, raise your hand.
All he has to do is shave and I'd make a quizzy for him in a heartbeat 
Well, I've spent a fair amount of time in academia (currently working as an education researcher) and, as mentioned earlier, have drawn from queer theory for my own research at times.. And I find queer to be an offensive term for the most part. I get its use in academic discourse, provided that it draws from queer theory. I don't like it in every day discourse. Obviously YMMV, but I don't think it has anything to do with academic experience.......
SO ANYWAY.
Everyone that wants to bone Mustache Guy, raise your hand.
I hope he's a butt pirate.
Preach, Mortie, preach!
SO ANYWAY.
Everyone that wants to bone Mustache Guy, raise your hand.
Gimme.
You said you associated people who use the word with being young. I said I associated people who are uncomfortable with the word as not being familiar with academia.
Were you saying that only young people use the word, or only talking about an association you have?
I've never even met the fellow...
I think that people who use the term in academic discourse are of all ages. I think that, in my experience, the people who use the term in everyday discourse are younger. I rarely hear people who are 35+ identify as "queer" or use "queer" as a catch all term for non-hetero people.
On topic: I am still 100% on the DHMG love train (* with a clause to opt out if he ends up being a terrible person!).
looking forward to see how a rival romance will work out between Inquisitor and Vivi, if it's possible at all.
On topic: I am still 100% on the DHMG love train (* with a clause to opt out if he ends up being a terrible person!).
Opt out? No, once you swear your eternal love for him, you many NEVER LEAVE!!
SO ANYWAY.
Everyone that wants to bone Mustache Guy, raise your hand.
<------ I hope he's more of a pearl diver >.>
<------ I hope he's more of a pearl diver >.>
*cough* sword crosser *cough*
Lol, you're not old. I'm pretty young, and I use it a lot, much more than "queer".
Oh good, I'll cancel that fitting for my coffin.
I'm not young either; I'm just hip with what the kids are saying *finger snap*
Oh, me too, me too. I mean, I even have a Tumblr. That's how hip I am.
I feel confused about gender and prefer to think of myself agender.
I consider myself agender as well. Or gender-neutral as I sometimes term it for myself.
Anywho, yes, I'd like to see a nicer close-up shot of DHMG. That 'stache should be given proper visual justice, no?
I've never even met the fellow...
I think they're just having fun undressing him with their eyes.
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