Sometimes I wonder if I'm part of a tiny minority that gleefully throws their PC headlong into angst. I have a hard time not playing the Solasmance, not just because I like it so much, but because it just feels too easy with everyone else. It's just... flirt, kiss, fall in love, maybe get married, aaand you're done. Happy ending. Congratulations. Throw your LI over your shoulder (Eh, maybe not if you romanced Bull) hop onto that shining steed and ride off into the sunset together. You win, easily and without (any serious) trouble.
I remember a few weeks back I was talking on another forum with a guy who romanced Dorian. And he said that he was happy the Inquisitor lost their arm in Trespasser, because otherwise they wouldn't have lost anything during their entire journey. And I was just sitting there like "My Inquisitor had her faith completely dismantled, her boyfriend dump her in a field, and then, two years later, found out that same boyfriend's an immortal god bent on destroying her world. Bullshit she didn't lose anything." But it put things in perspective for me, how without the Solasmance, Inquisition's a pretty easy ride. Which I guess appeals to some people, but to me that's just... boring.
It's the same reason I can't finish an Origins playthrough where I romance Leliana or Zevran - things are so easy with them, when there's such fascinating drama to be had from romancing Alistair or Morrigan. I guess I just love to make my PCs suffer. :\
EDIT: ^ Ah, well, there we are then.
I suppose how Inky fares depends on the perspective and perhaps some actions chosen - still, even the best of Inkys has a lot to fall on their head, ever since they've interrupted Corypheus; that with the whole being sort of forced by fate to be the savior of Thedas, no matter of personal problems or views.
If anything, even their roaring success, a circle of good friends and love of the masses must have eventually felt like a burden, especially at the end of Trespasser - suddenly people watch at Inquisition with suspicion, they're dying from magic that elevated them into position of a demigod in the first place, friends scatter about, because life moves on and there are other things to be done, and no matter what their thoughts about the matter, the reveals in Trespasser must've shaken them at least a bit. Then there's whole Solas is the Dread Wolf reveal, which even at the very best must have been both a blessing and a curse: on one hand it gives Inkys who feel like they were spent and unwanted a new sense of purpose, on another... well, it's saving the world all over again, but this time from much more difficult and dangerous person who was once our companion.
Still, I can't help but to think that the game is especially vicious to Lavellans and especially Lavellans who romance Solas - last time I played mine, every time there was a romance scene I couldn't just help and think "you poor girl" 
And then comes Trespasser and it feels like every time they hit a bottom they find out there's another one underneath And with the situation with elves as it is (who are they rounded up by and to what end?), with them probably probably being endangered with new bout of hatred from others for some of them conspiring with the Qunari - never mind Solas plans - they're sort of caught between hammer and anvil. On one side they can't join Solas (either because they don't want to see world burn or he just denies her) and fight for fellow elves, on the other they have to fight for a world that may be increasingly hostile towards her :/
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