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[scintilla]

 

I'll have you know my poof is dust-less!

 

Well, I dunno. I somewhat found myself attached to the idea of shipping fem!Qun!Quizzy and Solas, and as we recently found out, that cannot be (though it won't stop some grand fanfics from being written, I imagine). It just felt a bit awkward - for me - in the aftermath of it all, since I've never really played an elf and so I wouldn't really contribute to any future elven quizzy conversations (I think elves are cool, I've just never really pictured myself playing as one). I grant you, though, that I'm still very much looking forward to having Solas around and taking him on adventures and shenanigans. And I really am incredibly disappointed in people harassing devs (though I did find it funny that Patrick was getting offered sexual favors).

 

And I still love all yo faces

 

But yeah, stuff!

 

 

 

We can still talk about other Inquisitors though!  Just because it can't be canon doesn't mean it can't be fun!  I'm more interested in the reason he's gated so heavily than I am in the actual romance at this point.  I mean besides the likelihood that the cinematics team was like "you get one race/gender combo."

[Brass_Buckles]

Am I the only one who's thinking, "Why doesn't everyone who can't actually have Solas with their Inquisitor write some awesome fanfic?"

 

Also, now that I know my Inquisitor can romance Solas (the Inquisitor I planned since before I even knew Solas existed, the elf who will get tangled up with elven politics, yay), I guess I should end my embargo on fan art.  ... Just as soon as I have some time to do so.

[manabloom]

Aaaw hope you get to feeling better GOD Bless you. Your lavellan is pretty.
I'd go to that website and make one but I'm on my iPad right now....maybe tomorrow.

 

Thank you.  It's not too terrible, the worst part is that it leaves me without much to do, hahah. And I'm glad you like her! Beware these if you start playing with them... They are fun... but addicting. 

 

I'll have you know my poof is dust-less!

 

Well, I dunno. I somewhat found myself attached to the idea of shipping fem!Qun!Quizzy and Solas, and as we recently found out, that cannot be (though it won't stop some grand fanfics from being written, I imagine). It just felt a bit awkward - for me - in the aftermath of it all, since I've never really played an elf and so I wouldn't really contribute to any future elven quizzy conversations (I think elves are cool, I've just never really pictured myself playing as one). I grant you, though, that I'm still very much looking forward to having Solas around and taking him on adventures and shenanigans. And I really am incredibly disappointed in people harassing devs (though I did find it funny that Patrick was getting offered sexual favors).

 

And I still love all yo faces

 

But yeah, stuff!

 

 

THEN WHAT AM I GONNA FLAIL AT???

 

But ohh, I see... I'm sorry   If you're not opposed to elves, maybe kicking around ideas will help...? I mean, maybe there'll be an elf concept you can come around to...? Soo0o0o totally not trying to tell you how to do your playthroughs or anything, I just hate seeing any disappointed unicorns. </3

If not that, we're also doing a lot of poking as to why he's gated... I think there's been probably about fifty things thrown around already, aha.

 

But if you're too bummed out atm, I understand. You're not the first one to voice that feeling, and I'm sorry the reveal was a letdown instead of exciting. WE LOVE YOU LOTS THO. I hope you can find something to give you warm and fuzzy feels soon. 

 

[Nefla]

If my Dalish ladies can have this cute of clothing I will get over not being able to romance Solas as a guy...someday

 

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This one is awesome too HeyCal

 

I pretty much made a pretty elf version of myself with the second one lol

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[Brass_Buckles]

I come back from drawing to see you all doing doll creators, without linking the best one IMO!

 

http://www.azaleasdo...asyheroine.html

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Made my Raina in it, well as closely as I can. xD

 

Didn't save mine, but I did play with your link.  I don't really have a set appearance in mind yet, but my doll-Inquisitor turned out looking a whole lot like a female version of Nefla's adorable red-haired Inquisitor guy.  Not sure how, or why...

[Karm]

Am I the only one who's thinking, "Why doesn't everyone who can't actually have Solas with their Inquisitor write some awesome fanfic?"

 

While I wish I could, writing reeeeeeally isn't my forte, I'm quite content with waiting for more capable people to write some good stuff (badass or otherwise). I'm fairly certain if I ever tried, it would look something like this

 

[scintilla]

 

Am I the only one who's thinking, "Why doesn't everyone who can't actually have Solas with their Inquisitor write some awesome fanfic?"

 

Nope.  I just want to see what his reasons for being gated are before I commit to anything.  The race gate won't keep me from liking whatever it is that I like (and I don't know for certain that I'll actually like Solas).  I'm pretty used to not getting the kinds of relationships out of BioWare games that I like, so I'm used to making up things that make me happy in that respect.

 

@Karm - I am not the best writer out there but if you want to give me a description of your Inquisitor, I will write for you.  When I'm slightly more sober.

[Brass_Buckles]

While I wish I could, writing reeeeeeally isn't my forte, I'm quite content with waiting for more capable people to write some good stuff (badass or otherwise). I'm fairly certain if I ever tried, it would look something like this

 

 

Aww.  It doesn't have to be GOOD.  It's fanfic!  Seriously, there are plenty of people out there who, no matter how poorly you write your story, will write one that is much, much worse.  And they'll publish it publicly on a website.

 

I have written very little fanfic, and what I have, I haven't published (other than some skits and banters and such here and there in threads, but I don't particularly consider them fanfic, so much as they are just goofing off on my part).

 

Leviathanmirror:  You're actually wise to do so.  I figure I may end up not even liking Solas, too--but my elf is going to be pro-elf and likely pro-mage, and it sounds like that's something Solas will agree on, both ways.  So more likely than not, my Inquisitor will get along with him, but then he might turn out to be a raging jerk and my Inquisitor wouldn't give him the time of day.

 

Only release day will tell.

[mlgumm]

Just got the news about Solas being for female elves exclusively, and it has definitely impacted my later playthroughs. Either I'm going to be playing lady elves much more than I expected to, or else I'm going to have to double up on playing a lady of another race. My original plan was to play as 8 characters in total, 3 mage, 4 rogue, 1 warrior, 4 ladies, and 4 dudes, to get the full experience. But now my plans for who my lady elves were going to wind up with are getting derailed and I can't stick to my plan because now I need two elven ladies unless the human I planned for Cullen goes for Sera instead and the Qunari lady I planned for Josephine goes for Cullen, which is not how I would prefer this to go down. Dammit Solas, you were supposed to have my elven male if you were a LI!

 

Oh well, I don't like playing as dwarf males or warriors anyway. I'll replace my dwarf male warrior with a second lady elven mage and it will almost work out.

 

Still, I'm pleasantly surprised that Solas is a LI. I was skeptical about his chances for a long time, but I do find him attractive, especially since the hand pulling gif.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

Honestly, I'm not really interested in fanfiction and, for me, it just feels weird changing someone's sexual orientation for something like that. I don't care if other people do, but if Solas is straight, then I see him as straight and it just feels weird. It's just.. "not real". I know that doesn't make sense for an imaginary character, but I don't know. It's just how it feels, to me.  

[Karm]

 

THEN WHAT AM I GONNA FLAIL AT???

 

But ohh, I see... I'm sorry   If you're not opposed to elves, maybe kicking around ideas will help...? I mean, maybe there'll be an elf concept you can come around to...? Soo0o0o totally not trying to tell you how to do your playthroughs or anything, I just hate seeing any disappointed unicorns. </3

If not that, we're also doing a lot of poking as to why he's gated... I think there's been probably about fifty things thrown around already, aha.

 

But if you're too bummed out atm, I understand. You're not the first one to voice that feeling, and I'm sorry the reveal was a letdown instead of exciting. WE LOVE YOU LOTS THO. I hope you can find something to give you warm and fuzzy feels soon. 

 

 

Well, I suppose you could still flail at me *shrug*

 

Oh, you don't need to do any apologizing, it's really not a big deal. Hell, everyone that has actually planned out their first (and more!) inquisitor and has their appearance and personality down can have all the kudos, 'cause I sure as hell never give it much thought 'till I'm actually looking at the CC. Even now, all I know is that I'll probably roll qunari first (maybe dwarf, who knows!) and I'll just sort of let everything happen, as I tend to.

 

And on that note, I should probably get myself to bed, because I'm beginning to repeat words consecutively, and I'm beginning to type absolute nonsense (attempting to type without glasses on doesn't help, either, but I digress)

 

Oh, and thank you all for the hugs.

 

[scintilla]

 

*snip*

Leviathanmirror:  You're actually wise to do so.  I figure I may end up not even liking Solas, too--but my elf is going to be pro-elf and likely pro-mage, and it sounds like that's something Solas will agree on, both ways.  So more likely than not, my Inquisitor will get along with him, but then he might turn out to be a raging jerk and my Inquisitor wouldn't give him the time of day.

 

Only release day will tell.

 

I think the heavy gating is proof that we don't know as much as we think we do.  I'm content to wait and see how things actually play out in game for my own purposes.  Having read Asunder, I'm pretty confident in liking Cole (and the other returning characters) but the new cast is a mystery.  I've never outright disliked a BioWare companion character.  I haven't played a Hawke who would like Sebastian, which might change my indifference to him.  I hated Skadge while playing a light-sided Bounty Hunter but had no problem with him when I played a dark-sided Bounty Hunter.  So I don't think I won't like him, and I do think he'll get along well enough with my "canon" character.  I just don't know how much or how well, exactly, they'll get along.  If all he talks about is elves, she may want to smack him.

 

*snip*

Still, I'm pleasantly surprised that Solas is a LI. I was skeptical about his chances for a long time, but I do find him attractive, especially since the hand pulling gif.

 

It's nice that we have the intellectual introvert at all, yes!  Generally speaking, he's not the kind of character creators' give a love life to.  So it's really great that he's available at all.

 

Honestly, I'm not really interested in fanfiction and, for me, it just feels weird changing someone's sexual orientation for something like that. I don't care if other people do, but if Solas is straight, then I see him as straight and it just feels weird. It's just.. "not real". I know that doesn't make sense for an imaginary character, but I don't know. It's just how it feels, to me.  

 

I won't touch a gay character's sexual orientation but I have fewer problems making a straight character bisexual.  Probably because media is full to bursting with Very, Very Straight characters, they can afford to lose some.  I would never, ever make a gay character straight or even bisexual though.  That's one line I simply won't cross for any reason.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

 

I won't touch a gay character's sexual orientation but I have fewer problems making a straight character bisexual.  Probably because media is full to bursting with Very, Very Straight characters, they can afford to lose some.  I would never, ever make a gay character straight or even bisexual though.  That's one line I simply won't cross for any reason.

 

I can appreciate that and, even then, I don't care if other people want to make stories about gay characters being straight. I don't have a moral objection to other people writing characters differently. I didn't mean to imply I was making a moral judgment on anyone that liked to write fanfiction like that, if it came across that way. It's not that. It's just, for me, I'll always see that character as the sexual orientation their creator gave them. So, I just can't get invested in the material.  

[Brass_Buckles]

Honestly, I'm not really interested in fanfiction and, for me, it just feels weird changing someone's sexual orientation for something like that. I don't care if other people do, but if Solas is straight, then I see him as straight and it just feels weird. It's just.. "not real". I know that doesn't make sense for an imaginary character, but I don't know. It's just how it feels, to me.  

 

I can totally respect that opinion, just as much as I respect that for some people it's not comfortable to play other than their own sex/gender identity and orientation.

 

I would personally not likely write a fanfic involving Solas with an Inquisitor he has very good story reasons not to romance (for instance, if he actually IS an ancient elf and can't get too close to non-elves lest he lose his immortality, or something like that).  But, for some, that kind of fanfic might be cathartic, and even help them to move on.

 

I still think it's really sad Solas is not bisexual.  I was hoping he would be, so everyone could have him... but clearly that wasn't to be.

 

You know, I still think it's funny that back when someone suggested maybe Solas would be gated AGAINST only elves... I said he was more likely to be gated TO only elves, but Bioware would never do that!  I think that's one of those times Allan said we accidentally theorized/speculated correctly and then talked ourselves out of it.

 

I still think there is probably also a romance balance reason for Solas being so heavily gated.  It might also have to do with the availability of an elf for elf-oriented straight Dalish women, but I still suspect that Cullen could maybe be human-only.  Then the hints toward Blackwall would make a whole lot more sense, because otherwise players of female Inquisitors would have extremely limited options.  Or it could just be about how people might want to roleplay Dalish characters.

 

Really I have no idea.  I just hope the awesome story reason lives up to its hype.

[RebbyWriter]

*pops in* Did someone say...writing?

 

I've been contemplating doing a little fic here and there but have not done so in a while. I would offer to write something but I will be busy for the next few days. If I get around to it, I'll drop it here.

 

I wonder how the flirting is going to go. Maybe Solas will have a conversation about sleeping and Quizzy will ask him if he'd care for some company. *waggles eyebrows*

[Nefla]

Didn't save mine, but I did play with your link.  I don't really have a set appearance in mind yet, but my doll-Inquisitor turned out looking a whole lot like a female version of Nefla's adorable red-haired Inquisitor guy.  Not sure how, or why...

They are soul siblings!

[volaticus]

I'm glad to see that some excitement has returned to the threadXD while I have mostly lost interest in romancing solas I will still want to take him along as a companion, he sounds very interesting to meXD I love the doll divinity designs for possible elven inquisitorsXD

[Nefla]

I'm glad to see that some excitement has returned to the threadXD while I have mostly lost interest in romancing solas I will still want to take him along as a companion, he sounds very interesting to meXD I love the doll divinity designs for possible elven inquisitorsXD

I think I'll romance Solas on my second playthrough instead of my first. I got more attached to the idea of my planned inquisitor than I am to the idea of romancing Solas. He can romance IB instead Though I still want to take Solas along and be bestest elf buddies, and Sera too

[Brass_Buckles]

I think I'll romance Solas on my second playthrough instead of my first. I got more attached to the idea of my planned inquisitor than I am to the idea of romancing Solas. He can romance IB instead Though I still want to take Solas along and be bestest elf buddies, and Sera too

 

I hope you'll share screenshots.  Hopefully he's as adorable as your art of him.

 

I need to plan my elf Inquisitor's appearance.  I do lean toward red hair, probably short but maybe she'd have a long braid.  Redheads are normally pale in real life, so she'll probably be ghostly white and have freckles.  I'm hoping I can play her relatively cheerful, you know, relatively considering the world is apparently ending around her.

[scintilla]

 

I can appreciate that and, even then, I don't care if other people want to make stories about gay characters being straight. I don't have a moral objection to other people writing characters differently. I didn't mean to imply I was making a moral judgment on anyone that liked to write fanfiction like that, if it came across that way. It's not that. It's just, for me, I'll always see that character as the sexual orientation their creator gave them. So, I just can't get invested in the material.  

 

I understand completely (I have a very dear friend like who feels the same way) and didn't think you were making a moral judgment.  I just have this need to explain myself a lot of the time.

 

*snip*

Really I have no idea.  I just hope the awesome story reason lives up to its hype.

 

I do too. But I wouldn't be surprised if the reason is superficial, given that Solas was probably added as an LI later (if he'd been gated to human females, it wouldn't be obvious but elves weren't playable until the last year of development, so he couldn't have been available earlier).  We'll see come November.

[Willowhugger]

Anyway, over in the Romance Thread, we've figured out why Solas is race gated.

A long-overdone meme!
 

[scintilla]

Anyway, over in the Romance Thread, we've figured out why Solas is race gated.

A long-overdone meme!
 

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I am out of likes.  Have a heart or two:          

[RebbyWriter]

It's sad how so much enthusiasm for Solas has died. I know everyone has taken the elven babies story and ran it into the ground...and also the "dats racist!" accusations that were flying, but I am no wavering in the love of Solas.

 

[Felya87]

Um.... Fiend? Was that on purpose or..... Cause if it wasn't.... *silently snickers*

 

I wanted to write friend, but I was too sleepy and forgot a letter...(it was almost 3.00 AM for me)

[Tamyn]

 

 

Oh, you don't need to do any apologizing, it's really not a big deal. Hell, everyone that has actually planned out their first (and more!) inquisitor and has their appearance and personality down can have all the kudos, 'cause I sure as hell never give it much thought 'till I'm actually looking at the CC. Even now, all I know is that I'll probably roll qunari first (maybe dwarf, who knows!) and I'll just sort of let everything happen, as I tend to.

 

 

 

Yeah, I don't plan much appearance-wise either until I am in the CC. I was always planning on being an elf mage though. I definitely have to check out the new vallaslin too since it seems they changed it, so I can't even plan that much! For a personality, I mostly play as myself the first time, since I'm really bumbling around not knowing anything. Replays are for role-playing.