On the one hand amusing. On the other hand, so cringey.
Well to be fair, all the complaints would actually have some merit to them this time around, that is a pretty huge imbalance.
I wouldn't mind if Solas will be a LI. But if I have to choose between him and Varric it always will be Varric.
About Varric storytelling skills:
Oh I'm certain Varric spent quite a lot of time painting his favorite Hawke siblings to be as good looking as possible
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The only problem with Vivienne not being a love interest is the equal number of options for gays and straights.
They wouldn't have necessarily run into the problem of "needing" to make Vivienne an option if there was a more equal ratio of male/female characters.
It's less an imbalance of options for gays vs. straights, and more an imbalance for those attracted to women vs. those attracted to men in that scenario.