Yes, it's all about your focus. Which can be fun, if someone is very focused, to try and make them lose it. It can be a turn on, and it clearly is for Solas there.
Of course, Lavellan ultimately turns it around on him and makes him lose his focus. Which is hot 
And then sad 
SOLAS WHYYYY
(yup. definitely bedtime)
But it can be a pretty fun thing if someone's very focused, to do things that make them ...less focused.
Totally agree, I love doing the same, but I do it out of mischief more than anything else. xD I don't really see the kinky side to it, but that's probably why I saw it as creepy at first. xD
If you hang out in here long enough, you'll realize the gutter is a familiar place for us to dip into.
I like to think of it as a tunnel of opportunity and less appreciated smells.
Never does XD
I actually think the Solas romance has some of the better flirts... that first Cullen one makes me cringe (what was up with that creep smile!?).
I'm biased in disagreeing there solely from hearing all the dialogue lines from Solas as a friend over and over before I even started the romance, the ones in the first half of the game that are just his normal dialogue which Inquisitor herself changes into a flirt, making her seem a bit desperate to me. so all except the final cutscene of the romance in the main game make me cringe.
That Cullen-smirk makes the best joke-comparison pics though, I actually have one character who gives him a rather normal barely-creepy smile there 
even the guys can have a creepy-cullensmirk portrait! *coughs*
Should I mention that my Solas-romancing lady is named Cookie?
Totally agree, I love doing the same, but I do it out of mischief more than anything else. xD I don't really see the kinky side to it, but that's probably why I saw it as creepy at first. xD
Well, a lot of these sorts of things, teasing, playfulness, etc can lead to sexual tension, which can then develop into fun times. That's it, really, more than being a specific kink. But I think the word dominated kind of is open to misinterpretation.
Like, Solas isn't Iron Bull.
Or dom!Alistair.
*gigglesnort*
2:35 is a good spot to start
Creepy! I like it!
I also like the indomitable spirit here 3:14 I wonder if he says the same for my archer though I think he will :
Okay, thanks for the video, take a heart
, it sounds a lot less creepy with a fresh perspective. x)
I decided I'd make it sound better by switching out indomitable and dominated with synonyms.
*Types indomitable into thesaurus.com*
Okay, let's see.
First word, impregnable.... Worst! Worst!
Just use undistractable... it may not be a real world but it gets the point across. You have an undistractable focus. Presumable, I have yet to see it distracted. I imagine the sight would be most fascinating.
There definitely is a hint of a suggestion in there, but I would say for nothing more than you losing your focus to him... how that happens is up to you.
I've seen your random comments and likes around! Was that goomba spiked helmet conversation two days ago... three? Thread time works differently!
Ah, so he doesn't grace Thedas with that lovely facial hair masterpiece... I suppose that's for the best. Dorian might challenge you to a duel for the sake of his dignity.
Our cookie giver outer is away... I think Cee bakes them though!
That is something I cannot unsee and I will laugh every time I take Solas to the Winter Palace. The joke actually came about because of Dorian. LOL My best friend and I wondered if Dorian would be as fabulous without his moustache and would putting a moustache on anyone make that person more fabulous. So I unleashed my not paint skills on a screen shot and put a 'stache on my inquisitor. Turned out he looked good to us so it stayed.
I'm biased in disagreeing there solely from hearing all the dialogue lines from Solas as a friend over and over before I even started the romance, the ones in the first half of the game that are just his normal dialogue which Inquisitor herself changes into a flirt, making her seem a bit desperate to me. so all except the final cutscene of the romance in the main game make me cringe.
That Cullen-smirk makes the best joke-comparison pics though, I actually have one character who gives him a rather normal barely-creepy smile there
Should I mention that my Solas-romancing lady is named Cookie?
Cookie? XD What's the story behind that?
My Lavellan was my first play through, so I never had that issue, but I do think that all the Inquisitor's kind of come off... not desperate, but definitely the first interested party and a bit aggressive about it too (expect for maybe a Qunari with Sera!).
My favorite LavellanxSolas flirt is actually one that is completely initiated by her! The one where she offers to help Solas make new friends that took him completely by surprise!
That is something I cannot unsee and I will laugh every time I take Solas to the Winter Palace.
So is Dorian's fabulousness all in his mustache? XD
I decided I'd make it sound better by switching out indomitable and dominated with synonyms.
*Types indomitable into thesaurus.com*
Okay, let's see.
First word, impregnable.... Worst! Worst!
Just use undistractable... it may not be a real world but it gets the point across. You have an undistractable focus. Presumable, I have yet to see it distracted. I imagine the sight would be most fascinating.
There definitely is a hint of a suggestion in there, but I would say for nothing more than you losing your focus to him... how that happens is up to you.
My children think I am crazy now, thank you.
Hugging herself madly, giggling with glee. Impregnable... teeheehee
I have posted a chapter 9 of my fangirling fanfic on ao3. Please, don't mind criticizing it. Something just... doesn't feel right with it. You might be able to point out what it is.
Cookie? XD What's the story behind that?
My Lavellan was my first play through, so I never had that issue, but I do think that all the Inquisitor's kind of come off... not desperate, but definitely the first interested party and a bit aggressive about it too
My favorite LavellanxSolas flirt is actually one that is completely initiated by her! The one where she offers to help Solas make new friends
Ok, I did like that make new friends line. It made me smile
About Cookie, well.. Nope, no story. I guess her mother was a city elf? or a dalish that liked elfroot cookies a bit too much? (that second one is apparently canon for her now according to my friends)... I originally didn't expect to get far through the game with Cookie, so didn't take her name seriously and had a plate of cookies in front of me at the time of creating her. Now I said cookie so many times I made myself hungry.
I'm not a fan of playing the aggressive initiating protagonist this time around, I really miss dao and da2 ways of starting romances.. majorly miss them, as I'm extremely shy in real life so initiating even video game stuff is way uncomfortable for me lol.
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Question for the writers here.
Dialogues.
I so struggle with them. How do you write believable, flowing dialogues, and not slip ooc for respective people?
I've been hanging on hte last chapter second day now, just staring at the talk. It - is - not - flowing. It's bony. Unnatural. And often very ooc.
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I'm no expert, but here's my normal process:
1) Write out the conversation without any tags at first to get the gist of where you want the conversation to go, just the words as you hear them in your head without bothering with the 'he said', 'she replied' or movements.
2) Once you've got a rough-ish idea of where you're going, reread it from one character's perspective and fix it up so that it sounds like them and makes sense for their motivations.
3) Repeat step 2 for every other speaking character.
4) Add in tags and movements and extra bits.
It can be time consuming and I only bother with important or longer conversations, but I've found it a pretty good way of having characters sound like themselves. It can sometimes interrupt the rhythm of dialogue though, so you have to be careful about going overboard with tags and character thoughts.
Hope that helps 
So is Dorian's fabulousness all in his mustache? XD
It is mostly in his moustache. Have you seen those mods that remove it? 
Ok, I did like that make new friends line. It made me smile
About Cookie, well.. Nope, no story. I guess her mother was a city elf? or a dalish that liked elfroot cookies a bit too much? (that second one is apparently canon for her now according to my friends)... I originally didn't expect to get far through the game with Cookie, so didn't take her name seriously and had a plate of cookies in front of me at the time of creating her. Now I said cookie so many times I made myself hungry.
I'm not a fan of playing the aggressive initiating protagonist this time around, I really miss dao and da2 ways of starting romances.. majorly miss them, as I'm extremely shy in real life so initiating even video game stuff is way uncomfortable for me lol.
Creators, that poor child. Elfroot cookies... *eyes suspiciously* what are all the effects of elfroot? I was reading a fic not too long ago where the Lavellan's name was Gurl... the player later regretted that decision (it was a modern girl in Thedas one).
Ooops! I'll not mention the coo word again!
I don't mind being the initiator with some of my play throughs, but it would definitely be nice to be able to roleplay a shyer Inquisitor. But of course people (I will not specify a type) complained that Zevran and Anders came on to them and it was weird and gay -.- people ruin everything!
It is mostly in his moustache. Have you seen those mods that remove it?
*Looks it up*
AHH! OHMAKER WHERE'S DORIAN AND WHO IS THIS IMPOSTOR!?
People complained that they ended up having sex with Zevran without meaning to.
Really? I always found him to be incredibly open about what was happening. I remember happily traumatising the rest of the camp site with Zervan and having eyes for nobody else, only for Wynne to tell me I was being unfair to Leliana. I suppose that's why I've always thought of her as DA's Liara, ninja romancing people left right and centre.
People complained that they ended up having sex with Zevran without meaning to.
I always wondered what Morrigan thought of everyone banging in her tent.
Zevran flirts relentlessly with anything which moves. It's a part of his charm.
no.. I won't admit having this as my phone's backround picture -cough cough-
Cookie? XD What's the story behind that?
My Lavellan was my first play through, so I never had that issue, but I do think that all the Inquisitor's kind of come off... not desperate, but definitely the first interested party and a bit aggressive about it too
My favorite LavellanxSolas flirt is actually one that is completely initiated by her! The one where she offers to help Solas make new friends
I have to admit that I never really understood that first flirt by Lavellan. Maybe there's a hidden subtext that I don't get, but this line never comes across as something flirty to me. But I love his reaction. ^^
no.. I won't admit having this as my phone's backround picture -cough cough-
I had this for some time. Being married to a man I am however, explaining to an extended persian/arab family on weekly visit why do I have some other man's picture as a background was... a little odd. Southerners.
Now I just have a part of one of the fanart cards instead.
This one. Just his hands on my phone.
Also, one of my favs for Zev.
*Looks it up*
AHH! OHMAKER WHERE'S DORIAN AND WHO IS THIS IMPOSTOR!?
SpoilerCreeps me out, but if that's how people want to mod their game, it doesn't hurt me or my game.
- Janic99 aime ceci
I have to admit that I never really understood that first flirt by Lavellan. Maybe there's a hidden subtext that I don't get, but this line never comes across as something flirty to me. But I love his reaction. ^^
It's the way she says it It's fun to wind him up sometimes. I especially like that flirt, as it comes on the heels of that conversation about whether spirits are people. She can see it's a bit of a sore point for him, and while she hasn't made up her own mind on the spirit thing, she enjoys that he cares so much about it ... and that's her slightly cheeky way of letting him know it. XD
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