I don't understand, why so many of the same FEMALE ELF playthrough. There are other great characters like dorian or cassandra that you can learn about from romancing them. Are you barring yourself because you couldn't imagine yourself embodying a male character?
Catching up from last night ...
I don't understand, why does it matter who or what I play? And they're not the SAME ... I play different classes, I make different choices. Race and gender aside, that alone makes the playthrough different. And I can't appreciate and enjoy characters just as much without romancing them? To be honest, a lot of times the friendship path with a particular character means more to me than the romance path.
And I'm not barring myself from anything. I'm not sitting here telling myself, no I can't play a male character because I'm not a guy. And I have played male characters before. In DAI though, I prefer playing as a female.
Also, hope I'm not coming across as sounding offended or anything, I'm not. Just explaining. 
Edit: I should also say I use different world states. The changes do tend to be minimal, except for who the warden is that goes with you into the fade but they're there.