How do you do it?! It's never worked for me. XD
Lots and lots of willpower. And you have to avoid him like the plague, never bring him along and only talk about the safe stuff. At least until Zevran or Leliana have you hooked in, then it's pretty much safe. 
Lots and lots of willpower. And you have to avoid him like the plague, never bring him along and only talk about the safe stuff. At least until Zevran or Leliana have you hooked in, then it's pretty much safe.
I'm gonna romance almost everyone, it depends on their personality. The only people I am just not interested in right now at all are Cullen & Solas. Neither seem super interesting to me. But I might be pleasantly surprised
I want to go into the game and fall totally and completely in love with Cullen so that I can have access to and enjoy all the awesome Cullen fanart I see lying around.
It's gonna be an uphill battle for me, I have this trigger impulse that makes my eyes glaze over whenever a young, handsome, human male starts talking to me in a Bioware game. I've prematurely dismissed quite a few characters in these games because they weren't visually or conceptually interesting to me right off the bat. How dare they make me explore their characters a little more before uncovering their quirks and complexities.
I have only ever been able to do this once, with Zevran. I love Morrigann but her cold exterior made romance a no. Plus I love how she calls your lady warden a sister if you're friends.
And never Leliana. I might be a minority here but I don't like her very much. Her concept is cool but execution was flat and reminded me of the over-eager Liara from the first Mass Effect.
Amen! Your not the only one, I didn't like her much for the exact reasons. Didn't hate her or anything but I never took her anywhere and pretty much forgot she existed. My opinions changing about her after seeing her in DA3 and I'm looking forward to finding out more about this new her.
Lots and lots of willpower. And you have to avoid him like the plague, never bring him along and only talk about the safe stuff. At least until Zevran or Leliana have you hooked in, then it's pretty much safe.
This is good stuff. *starts scribbling notes down* Reveal to us your secret's wise Ynqve!
I have only ever been able to do this once, with Zevran. I love Morrigann but her cold exterior made romance a no. Plus I love how she calls your lady warden a sister if you're friends.
And never Leliana. I might be a minority here but I don't like her very much. Her concept is cool but execution was flat and reminded me of the over-eager Liara from the first Mass Effect.
I agree with all of this! I've never done a Leliana romance because most of my wardens saw her as coo coo for cocoa puffs (except the one time I got ninjamanced, that was fun!). But she's turning out to be a true BAMF based on what we've seen from the demo! So I'm way more excited to meet her now 
I want to go into the game and fall totally and completely in love with Cullen so that I can have access to and enjoy all the awesome Cullen fanart I see lying around.
It's gonna be an uphill battle for me, I have this trigger impulse that makes my eyes glaze over whenever a young, handsome, human male starts talking to me in a Bioware game.
I agree with all of this! I've never done a Leliana romance because most of my wardens saw her as coo coo for cocoa puffs (except the one time I got ninjamanced, that was fun!). But she's turning out to be a true BAMF based on what we've seen from the demo! So I'm way more excited to meet her now
I wasn't very interested in Sera at first either because most of her pics make her stare at you so seriously... With all that eyeliner O_O
But you're right, the more I hear, the more I like. Still I think the order of romances will go thusly:
1) Varric (forever and for always)
2) The Iron Bull
3/4) Dorian or Josephine (depends on who tickles my fancy the most.
5) Sera
6) Cassandra
And then maybe Solas and Cullen, in that order... Maybe.
EDIT: if Vivi makes the list instead of our beloved Varric (say it isn't so) then she'll be slotted somewhere between or after Dorian and Josephine.
My list is very similar! To be honest though, I don't think I could place Sera, IB, and Varric... I love them all so much. xD If I had to:
1.)Varric/Iron Bull (that's not cheating...)
2.) Sera
3.) Josephine
4.) Dorian
5.) Cullen
6.) Cassandra
My list is very similar! To be honest though, I don't think I could place Sera, IB, and Varric... I love them all so much. xD If I had to:
1.)Varric/Iron Bull (that's not cheating...)
2.) Sera
3.) Josephine
4.) Dorian
5.) Cullen
6.) Cassandra
Lots and lots of willpower. And you have to avoid him like the plague, never bring him along and only talk about the safe stuff. At least until Zevran or Leliana have you hooked in, then it's pretty much safe.
I remember in my very first playthrough I didn't know much about companion dialogue so I was already on the Urn of Sacred Ashes quest when Alistair gave me that rose.... and from then on, I was forever hooked by his cliche yet adorable charm. It was a new thing for me because before him I never really liked the sweet/innocent/romantic types. 
Maybe now that it's been a few years I could actually pull off ignoring him. lol.
Not cheating at all! Hahaha!
Good.
I think I'm really just hoping IB has a sense of humor/personality that reminds me of Varric on the chance he isn't an LI. :c
Cullen definitely has that 'appeals to the masses' look where he's so conventionally attractive that most like him automatically. And this is one of the reasons why I'm only 'meh' about him. I just have a feeling that I won't get along with him because they said in his character write up that he's going to be more of a solve-the-problem-with-violence kind of guy; conversely though, I liked Josephine from the get go because they said she was diplomatic and sought comprise.
I remember Gaider saying that Cullen had a nice character arch so that's good to think of. Still, not overly excited about him.
My beef with Cullen is all the crazy racist things he's said in the past, it's going to take me a while to get past that. Not to mention the fact that he's really religious, which is a big negative in my book. I love the character, I think he's very well written. But at the moment, I'm not very interested in romancing him. Of course I'm pretty sure this will change once I've played the game. Who knows, he may end up my favorite!
I remember in my very first playthrough I didn't know much about companion dialogue so I was already on the Urn of Sacred Ashes quest when Alistair gave me that rose.... and from then on, I was forever hooked by his cliche yet adorable charm. It was a new thing for me because before him I never really liked the sweet/innocent/romantic types.
I had read somewhere that he was a romance and a good one at that. But nothing could have prepared me for meeting him in game. I'm just lucky that my first warden was a Cousland so that I never had to experience the heartbreak others had to endure.
My beef with Cullen is all the crazy racist things he's said in the past, it's going to take me a while to get past that. Not to mention the fact that he's really religious, which is a big negative in my book. I love the character, I think he's very well written. But at the moment, I'm not very interested in romancing him. Of course I'm pretty sure this will change once I've played the game. Who knows, he may end up my favorite!
Pretty much. Although I'm willing to give him a chance. In both Origins and DA2 he has managed to make me go "ugh, shut up" because I'm pretty pro-mage/freedom, but I can also understand where he's coming from, he is pretty scarred. He does seem like the generic "pretty" male character that most women would go for, and I try not to let that into my judgement because I know it's not fair... but this is why I already love Iron Bull. xD
DA2 was the only game where I was "meh" about all the options , which was very strange considering how much I love romances. I doubt that will happen again in DAI since Cullen and IB interest me. But if Varric is an option I'll be super happy, I doubt I will able to contain my excitement
*opens window*
Me: You there! Boy! what day is this!
Random kid: Er...Thursday?
Me: Nope! Today's the day I found out I can romance a dwarf in a videogame!
Random kid: 0_0
*closes window*
I had read somewhere that he was a romance and a good one at that. But nothing could have prepared me for meeting him in game. I'm just lucky that my first warden was a Cousland so that I never had to experience the heartbreak others had to endure.
My first playthrough was a Dalish elf that refused the DR... the heartbreak was immense. I just sat there, staring at the credits with tears in my eyes. 
DA2 was the only game where I was "meh" about all the options , which was very strange considering how much I love romances. I doubt that will happen again in DAI since Cullen and IB interest me. But if Varric is an option I'll be super happy, I doubt I will able to contain my excitement
*opens window*
Me: You there! Boy! what day is this!
Random kid: Er...Thursday?
Me: Nope! Today's the day I found out I can romance a dwarf in a videogame!
Random kid: 0_0
*closes window*
omg... I chuckled reading that, Please do it. (or don't. I forgot we sometimes make rash decisions in here XD)
Cullen definitely has that 'appeals to the masses' look where he's so conventionally attractive that most like him automatically. And this is one of the reasons why I'm only 'meh' about him. I just have a feeling that I won't get along with him because they said in his character write up that he's going to be more of a solve-the-problem-with-violence kind of guy; conversely though, I liked Josephine from the get go because they said she was diplomatic and sought comprise.
I remember Gaider saying that Cullen had a nice character arch so that's good to think of. Still, not overly excited about him.
Yeah, from what I've heard about Cullen he seems like he'll be a very interesting character in the next game. And his face has definitely got more character than it did in the previous games, which is certainly a bonus for me.
The thing is I'm a huge action movie fan, but somewhere in my teens I got kinda burned out by all the samey looking and acting white male action movies stars out there. It's gotten to the point where if a character looks like the typical action movie star my interest in interacting with them wanes that much more quickly and they have to work doubly hard to hold my interest.
I'm pretty sure it's affected my opinions of certain Bioware characters. I don't think I'd have looked twice at Garrus if he'd looked like Kaidan, and I'd probably dislike Alistair far far less (hell he might even have become my favorite character) if he'd looked more like Sten.
I'd have loved Shale and Mordin no matter what they looked like though I'm pretty sure Varric would have gotten a pass as well.
It's a really shallow way to judge a character, but I guess we all have our biases, the best we can do is try to work through them . Which is what I'm going to try really really hard to do with Cullen. A character with such a large and devoted fanbase must be worth it.
EDIT: Just in case I started something with my post, please no dissing on Cullen. I know there are some Cullen fans in this thread, and I'd prefer they didn't have to feel like they need to defend one of their favorite characters.
My first playthrough was a Dalish elf that refused the DR... the heartbreak was immense. I just sat there, staring at the credits with tears in my eyes.
Oh dear, I can imagine! I've never been able to resist the DR, but I have seen the scene on youtube and it broke my heart.
How do you do it?! It's never worked for me. XD
It's never worked for me either Cher and I don't think it ever will lol
Oh we're doing lists. My top choices for romances are
1. Varric
2. Solas
3. IB (If he turns out to be more than a fling he takes the number 2 slot easily)
4. Dorian
5. Sera
6. Josephine
Odd thing about Cullen is that I played the Dragon age series backwards. In DA2 I hated him at first because I sided with mages but he grew on me after talking to him alot. Then, by the end of the game -when he defends Hawke from Meredith- he was a bro. I played mage origins after that and thought "Dang that guys a racist, Maker loving, jerk! I hate him. " He went crazy, killed a bunch of mages at the end of DAO and got thrown in prison. Didn't think about it anymore after that, and I didn't realize till playing DA2 a second time that it was the same guy! 
lol
It was kinda confusing for a while & I juggled my hate for him in DAO with my love for him in DA2 so, I'm not your conventional Cullenite. I don't like him because of some school girl crush he had on my Warden and I definitely didn't think he was attractive. (not saying ALL Cullenites like him because of that.) All of his flaws and troubles made him an interesting character to me and I couldn't help liking him when I realized he really does mean well. He just has a terrible way of going about it....
Edit: I'm a huge Cullen fan myself, so I definitely don't hate him or anything if I wasn't clear enough. I'm just explaining how I became a Cullenite in the first place and how it wasn't exactly an easy process or the norm. But it all worked out in the end, and now I think he's absolutely lovely.
Hi Varric thread!
To speak honestly, I once really wanted a Varric romance, but over time the enthusiasm for that has waned. I just have a hard time coming up with a character that would make the romance feel right to me. I admit, I'm a little wary of his continuing feelings for Bianca so he's cementing himself in 'bro' territory. I love Varric dearly, and I very much hope he's an option for you guys, but I'm not sure I'll take it.
However, if he's an option they'll probably make his arc worthwhile. I have a feeling at least one of my Inquisitors might boot me in the butt and demand that I get them set up with that chest hair. 
Oh we're doing lists. My top choices for romances are
1. Varric
2. Solas
3. IB (If he turns out to be more than a fling he takes the number 2 slot easily)
4. Dorian
5. Sera
6. Josephine
This is very much like mine, I'll do Cullen 4th and Dorian 5th though, or maybe I'll switch around Cullen and IB...I dunno yet. After that I don't know where I'll go...
Ohhh! I wanna do this list thing too:
1. Varric
2.Cullen
3. Solas
4.Iron Bull
5. Cassandra
6. Scribbles
@fiveforchaos Wait, Iron Bull may be just a fling?
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