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From twitter thread.
Ehh... eventually? I'm probably going to stay off the forums for a while starting tomorrow... at least for a week. Hopefully something will have been revealed when I get back 
Or... I would if I had any self control at all. I can try, right?
...eventually? I don't like the sound of that. Might be time for that blackout, just a little earlier than planned
I'm thinking the same thing, I was planning to take a break from the forums and info in general so I wouldn't get spoiled for anything after I knew if Solas was a LI or not, but now I'm not so sure about that course of action anymore.. I reaaally want to know if he's romanceable but I don't want a situation where I accidentally come across a big event or twist that's going to happen, I want to start a new game fresh and since the second part of the demo was already a bit too spoilery for my taste I think that's going to be harder and harder from now on.. 
That could actually be a really good question, potentially, divorced from his LI status. "What is his sexuality?" But the Weekes family is currently on vacation with family so, I'm not sure about bugging Patrick atm.
Yeah... I just think... not bothering Weekes is the best course of action for several weeks.
Makes me wonder if LIs in this game have different outfits once they're romanced....
NO WAIT I need to stop getting my hopes up bahahah they probably just wanted to show off his stylish fashion sense. He isn't a hobo, he's a stylish hobo.
FFFFFF-!
Ugh, Solas is so a man after my own heart. If it isn't pajamas he's wearing, he's dressed like a hobo. I love it.
...eventually? I don't like the sound of that. Might be time for that blackout, just a little earlier than planned
Nooooo what is this thread going to do without you lspan!?
I'm thinking the same thing, I was planning to take a break from the forums and info in general so I wouldn't get spoiled for anything after I knew if Solas was a LI or not, but now I'm not so sure about that course of action anymore.. I reaaally want to know if he's romanceable but I don't want a situation where I accidentally come across a big event or twist that's going to happen, I want to start a new game fresh and since the second part of the demo was already a bit too spoilery for my taste I think that's going to be harder and harder from now on..
I agree with you there. All I want to know is who I can romance. I'm hoping that info is released during the week this week, what with the convention... then I can go on my blackout and enjoy doing other things.
I've already mostly abandoned the forum (and this thread, sorry folks) due to lack of new info, and fear I'll end up finding out stuff I don't want to go into the game knowing. I think the romances are such a small thing, overall, that it's not really that spoilery to know. But plot events... NOOOOOOoooooo.
His chances are better than Varric's and Blackwall's in my mind, but it's anybody's game at this point. Only the devs know.
Also, I think a full mage party is viable, but I warn, if you're a Solas fan, Vivienne and Dorian apparently treat him fairly crappy when together, so it seems a mixed party is ideal from that standpoint.
And welcome to the thread! *places flower garland on your head and hugs*
I honestly don't see Varric as an LI. It just doesn't compute for me. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but what with the Biancas, I don't see him getting involved with anyone. I think Viv will be a bi romance (gated against elves), and the last slot is between Blackwall and Solas. Also, note that if the even romance distribution is valid, then Vivienne and Varric can't both be LIs.
As for the group, I'm not taking Vivienne. I'm hoping Dorian might improve his attitude without her bad influence.
And thanks for the garland! Very tasty!
I'd like to stay away from the forums and this thread but everyone here is cute and helps me maintain my sanity so 
Realistically, it's not happening and I know it. Especially with Comic Con in four days.
I get the feeling I'll get along very well with Solas. Introverts are just so cool
I do have this feeling that if there would be a 'traitor' (I use the term loosely) among our companions in the end game it'd be Solas. Every DA game has had one. Morrigan in DA:O and Anders in DA2. Vivienne seems to obvious with the "what is her true agenda" line. But Solas being a fade expert and the whole thing with the Breach and that fade creature/thing I read about which was in the Masked Empire, this just gives me a feeling he'll be the Morrigan/Anders of Inquistion.
I honestly don't see Varric as an LI. It just doesn't compute for me. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but what with the Biancas, I don't see him getting involved with anyone.
I agree (sorry Varricmancers, you guys are so sweet, and this is just my opinion!)...
Also, the fact that I think portraying him as bi would be.... problematic, considering all the 'straight dude' vibes we got from him in DA2 (I know, the same could be said of Anders in Awakening, but they are approaching sexual orientation differently now - the same was said about Cullen/Cass and it turned out to be right)... And I'm really hoping for the sake of fairness that the last male LI will be bisexual. Solas just... seems to fit. As I've said before, I won't get my hopes up again, but... I think his chances are good.
Especially since the arguments against Solas are mostly 'he's an introvert' (<- This romantic, sometimes-promiscuous introvert says '****** on that.') or 'he's not hot enough' (Um, subjective. Also, hot-sounding VA. Also, see Iron Bull - I got nothing against the guy, and can see the appeal, but he's not making it on the cover of GQ anytime soon, ya know?).
I'm just waiting on those LI reveals, and maybe the VA vids because I love behind-the-scenes stuff. Seriously debating with myself as to whether I want to see anything else before the game ships or whether to prevent spoiling myself...
Edit: Really? I can say bullshit, but not that? Lame.
I'll stick around after Solas's announcement, though maybe not as much. As far as game spoilers go, I'm not one to really mind them. I highly doubt they'll spoil incredibly important plot twists or decisions in their marketing anyways, so I'm not too worried. When I was following ME3, a problem with spoilers didn't come up until there was an incident where pretty much the entire game was leaked. Hopefully that doesn't happen with DAI because I'm weak-willed and would probably look 
But yeah, I don't want to know serious character or story spoilers or anything like that but honestly, romance options are not the most spoilery things so I wish they'd just tell us already. Especially when most of them have already been revealed. It just seems like pointless stalling now and breeding frustration rather than excitement.
I get the feeling I'll get along very well with Solas. Introverts are just so cool
I do have this feeling that if there would be a 'traitor' (I use the term loosely) among our companions in the end game it'd be Solas. Every DA game has had one. Morrigan in DA:O and Anders in DA2. Vivienne seems to obvious with the "what is her true agenda" line. But Solas being a fade expert and the whole thing with the Breach and that fade creature/thing I read about which was in the Masked Empire, this just gives me a feeling he'll be the Morrigan/Anders of Inquistion.
Actually, I think Solas seems too obvious also! I don't mind that whole thing but I don't think it would come as much of a surprise to anybody if the Fade-loving, mysterious hedgemage turned out to be the traitor. Heck, he's more obvious than Vivienne if you ask me haha.
I get the feeling I'll get along very well with Solas. Introverts are just so cool
I do have this feeling that if there would be a 'traitor' (I use the term loosely) among our companions in the end game it'd be Solas. Every DA game has had one. Morrigan in DA:O and Anders in DA2. Vivienne seems to obvious with the "what is her true agenda" line. But Solas being a fade expert and the whole thing with the Breach and that fade creature/thing I read about which was in the Masked Empire, this just gives me a feeling he'll be the Morrigan/Anders of Inquistion.
It's certainly possible, and I wouldn't mind if that's the case... Though I do hope if he does 'betray' us it's in some compelling way so I have some chance of agreeing with him, or that I have the option to be involved or talk him out of it. It really wouldn't make his romance any less desirable for me... though I did romance Anders twice, and Morrigan's friendship arcs was one of my favorite parts of Origins (even when I romanced Alistair) so my opinion is likely the minority one 
Actually, I think Solas seems too obvious also! I don't mind that whole thing but I don't think it would come as much of a surprise to anybody if the Fade-loving, mysterious hedgemage turned out to be the traitor. Heck, he's more obvious than Vivienne if you ask me haha.
Hmmm, so they're both obvious. Well, I guess Cassandra will have to be the traitor this time
And in response to something above my post. Yeah, being an introvert doesn't mean that he won't be a romance option (not that I'd care). I'm an introvert too and it's not the same as being anti-social or shy. Being an introvert is just that you 'recharge' by being alone as opposed to extraverts who recharge by socializing. So yeah, we're perfectly capable of socializing and stuff, but just when we feel like it. It's actually not that easy to explain
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From twitter thread.
Well, that's good news at least. I guess. lol
Maybe I'm the minority, but I kind of wished they had taken a DA2 approach to revealing the LI's. All at once I feel is a lot nicer than this erratic drip feed we've had. It's probably bias speaking as a fan who has to sit here and chew on her fingernails waiting for those final LI's to be announced though.
Would have been kind of amazing if it had been like the "which mage/rogue/warrior is your favorite?" but instead done the same for romances. What a reveal that would have been Ah well.
Honestly, if we don't get the info by SDCC, I'm probably going to cut my forum time quite a bit. I don't mind spoilers, but yeah.. I really hate seeing people being so upset, snappy and whatnot, and I feel it's just going to get worse as time goes on. 
As for the other potential LI's...I feel like Blackwall is the biggest threat, because he's basically an unknown. I really wish we had some more info on him :/ Then again, it's pretty much fair game for the remaining 3 dudes, so idk. The whole "one LI per writer" thing really makes me really nervous, since that would mean it would most likely be Blackwall. At this point I don't even care, I just want to know (although I know it's better for me since I already have Cullen, so yeah) and worst comes to worst, Solas will just be a fade bro instead. 
Especially since the arguments against Solas are mostly 'he's an introvert' (<- This romantic, sometimes-promiscuous introvert says '****** on that.') or 'he's not hot enough' (Um, subjective. Also, hot-sounding VA. Also, see Iron Bull - I got nothing against the guy, and can see the appeal, but he's not making it on the cover of GQ anytime soon, ya know?).
That quite honestly baffles me. Iron Bull is cool and all, but what makes him so "hot" anyway? The muscles? If Solas were sporting massive pecs, would he also then be considered hot? Iron Bull isn't exactly pretty.
Really though, the complains people have had about how "ugly" or "not hot" the companions are is silly. They look like people. Some might not be my type, but I'll end up doing all of their romances eventually for the story because my characters are not me. I can drool and giggle over the characters in a video game with the best of them, but they aren't the ones rocking my world in real life. 
Wait, I take that back. If Varric is a romance, and depending on the context of the romance/Bianca arc, I already know I won't go through with it. Too tired of the healing hoo-ha trope and just don't care no mo.
That quite honestly baffles me. Iron Bull is cool and all, but what makes him so "hot" anyway? The muscles? If Solas were sporting massive pecs, would he also then be considered hot? Iron Bull isn't exactly pretty.
Really though, the complains people have had about how "ugly" or "not hot" the companions are is silly. They look like people. Some might not be my type, but I'll end up doing all of their romances eventually for the story because my characters are not me. I can drool and giggle over the characters in a video game with the best of them, but they aren't the ones rocking my world in real life.
Wait, I take that back. If Varric is a romance, and depending on the context of the romance/Bianca arc, I already know I won't go through with it. Too tired of the healing hoo-ha trope and just don't care no mo.
Yup, sometimes someone is suddenly not your ho no mo.
Well, that's good news at least. I guess. lol
Maybe I'm the minority, but I kind of wished they had taken a DA2 approach to revealing the LI's. All at once I feel is a lot nicer than this erratic drip feed we've had. It's probably bias speaking as a fan who has to sit here and chew on her fingernails waiting for those final LI's to be announced though.
Would have been kind of amazing if it had been like the "which mage/rogue/warrior is your favorite?" but instead done the same for romances. What a reveal that would have been
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Agreed. The 'all at once' approach would have been nice. This one at a time, once a week (though now, not even that...) thing is obnoxious. Hell, I'd even take not knowing any of them until right before the game ships over this approach.
My secret hope... *warning: super convoluted speculation ahead* is that they were planning to release the last two LIs this weekend... but Patrick is on vacation... and the Twitter bomb that would result in Solas being revealed is being put off until he gets back.
That quite honestly baffles me. Iron Bull is cool and all, but what makes him so "hot" anyway? The muscles? If Solas were sporting massive pecs, would he also then be considered hot? Iron Bull isn't exactly pretty.
Really though, the complains people have had about how "ugly" or "not hot" the companions are is silly. They look like people. Some might not be my type, but I'll end up doing all of their romances eventually for the story because my characters are not me. I can drool and giggle over the characters in a video game with the best of them, but they aren't the ones rocking my world in real life.
Wait, I take that back. If Varric is a romance, and depending on the context of the romance/Bianca arc, I already know I won't go through with it. Too tired of the healing hoo-ha trope and just don't care no mo.
Yeah, the Iron Bull does nothing for me physically, but it's more his personality/values that's a concern as far as whether he's someone I'd want to romance... but if he turns out to be an interesting character, and I hear good things about his romance, I'll give it a try. Hell, I'm straight in real life, but Josephine sounds lovely, and I will definitely romance her with a female character at some point if that turns out to be the case.
And I agree on the Varric thing... if we end up resolving the Bianca thing (be it the opportunity to get them back together or to help him move on) I just don't want to be all up in that right after... Especially when he's so clearly been devoted to her (to what I would argue is an obsessive/unhealthy degree) for over a decade. And using a relationship with my character to help him get over his past love... yeah, my lady-parts are not there to play therapist, thank you very much.
Aaanyway... sorry about the off-topic tangent there...
So, Solas is great...
...I wonder how early you have to get the Geek & Sundry lounge on Friday to get a good spot for the meet and greet/demo 
"Hi, nice to meet you Bioware representative. Can I have my elf now?"
I also think that looking at all the info we have Solas is just in front in likelihood of being a LI, but my logic may be wrong.
I fear that making Varric a LI could cheapen his character somewhat as the Bianca story is unresolved (sorry varricmancers its just my opinion 
) . As far as I'm aware the events of DAI are not over a particularly long period of time like DA2, so if the Bianca story is to be resolved within the timeline, even if they don't end up together makes a romance with Varric problematic.
Varric getting together with the inquisitor would surely be a bit ... soon, regardless of the outcome?
If Bianca's dead, he'll be grieving,
If Bianca appears and tells him to sling it, any romance with the inquisitor will kind of be a rebound.
Other potential problems I have with the idea are...
If Varric just decides he loves the inquisitor more and forgets Bianca it would seem to be ooc
If Bianca's story is not addressed at all it would be totally lame.
I genuinely can't think of any good story reason for him to be romanceable other than to make fans happy, which is a fair reason, but I would prefer to keep him as a bro'
We know so little about Blackwall that it is hard to say, but reading his blurb and interview, he doesn't seem to be a great candidate due to his commitment to the Grey Wardens and his duty. He seems to be very focused and it seems likely that he is likely very selfless, and may not be looking for any romance, especially with one outwith the Wardens. Two wardens together makes some sense, but a warden getting involved with someone who is not a warden creates problems (difficulty fathering children, having to go the calling at some point, all the secrets) *shoosh Zevran!* 
Reasons Solas wouldn't be a love interest are fewer IMO. His commitment to his studies is the only one that leaps to mind from reading about his character. The other possible reasons are not story related - PW already has one LI (but that is one out of three...), BW might be wanting to shake things up by not having an elven LI (but why would they do that, elven LIs are popular )
Sorry for the ramble... I should go.
Interesting because my main 'objection' to Blackwall aside subjective taste and Solas bias is the fact that he is a warrior. If he is the last LI then straight females only have a choice of warrior, warrior and warrior. I get that Cullen is back at the base but for party purposes, that would kind of limit our choices, not to mention that both would be beefy and slight personality differences aside, there are enough similarities that aside from one breaking your heart from the Qun, the other breaking your heart from the calling and both being team vulgar, I just don't see the variety that David Gaider was touting. Not to say they couldn't surprise me but there you go. I would be disappointed but I'm kind of prepared for that anyway.
I also wouldn't wouldn't worry too much about the writer distribution. I doubt that is how they distribute the work load among the. Handing out romances isn't like dividing candy among my kids evenly. Or maybe it is 
I just think that is less of a factor then the planing they do at the beginning.
The whole 'each writer writes one romance' thing, as well as the community's love of Varric, are the two reasons why I don't think Solas will be a Li, but I'm really glad to see so many others think those reasons aren't good enough and are optimistic about it rather than negative...and it is getting my hopes up a little. 
I will admit, when I first learned about Solas, I wasn't interested, but the interview...and these threads, with all the giggles and images and banter and, and, and...made me change my mind. Please, Bioware, my Dalish Inquisitor needs another elfy be cuddly with. Humans/qunari/dwarves and female elves aren't her type. XD
Ummm.... I really don't see where this 'each write writes one romance' thing is coming from? DaGaider wrote two (even though he did pick one up). In ME3, Patrick Weekes wrote Jack, Tali, Kasumi, Mordin, and the Tuchanka and Rannoch arcs... I'm sure he could handle writing two romances
Edit: And I like to think that PW tweet where he's going on about the complications of writing romance stuff comes out of the fact that he got stuck with writing two
Ummm.... I really don't see where this 'each write writes one romance' thing is coming from? DaGaider wrote two (even though he did pick one up). In ME3, Patrick Weekes wrote Jack, Tali, Kasumi, Mordin, and the Tuchanka and Rannoch arcs... I'm sure he could handle writing two romances
Edit: And I like to think that PW tweet where he's going on about the complications of writing romance stuff comes out of the fact that he got stuck with writing two
I love that kinda stuff.
Ooo~ Do you have a link to that tweet???
I can try to dig up the link, but here's what he said:
Patrick Weekes @PatrickWeekes
Gahhh, romance conditional logic. Have you flirted, are you exclusive, romance active, started, culminated, do you LIKE THEM like them?
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