Would love this. I've romanced Cullen this time around, and it was a little creepy at the start me just pestering him. I turned serious conversations into the gutter >.>. Then, to top it all off, I flash this face:
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Anders acts exactly as you would expect him to. He's irrational and moody and emotional and romantic. Of course, he'll flirt first. He was a shameless flirt in DA: A, so why wouldn't he flirt with male Hawkes in DA2? And, of course, he's going to get upset if you reject him. He's a total pill. It's exactly what I would expect from him.
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Perhaps.
In the real world we all get visual cues first. In the game world, it is a total surprise. Some, don't like surprises.
Would love this. I've romanced Cullen this time around, and it was a little creepy at the start me just pestering him. I turned serious conversations into the gutter >.>. Then, to top it all off, I flash this face:
Spoilerat him, and leave it to linger while he thinks about the nearest exit. Why couldn't he have just hit on me? ;_;.
No way! I do not want my followers hitting on me. Absolutely not. I would fire anyone who hit on me at work in RL, so I would definitely have to kick them out of my party. And this is irrespective of their sexuality.
The whole notion of the romances in this game is disgraceful from the outset. As leader of the Inquisition you are in a position of authority over these people. You are their boss, and any flirting or sexual advances are an abuse of that authority. It is basically harassment. If teenagers or young adults playing this game think that this is acceptable behaviour, they will get a shock when starting in the workplace.
Guest_Master Lavellan_*
I had to go through two years of unrelenting sexual harassment at work and telling him to stop and leave me alone had no effect. Flirting with a companion is not even close to the same thing. When they turn you down (like Cullen with a male PC) the player doesn't even have the option to be a creeper and continue to try and flirt. Also even if the game did give you the option to sexually harass and try and abuse your position over the companions can you imagine them cowering from you and agreeing? "Cassandra, you're fired if you don't sleep with me" yeah, I'd dare an inquisitor to try that.
I imagine this being the result:
And then the inquisitor is promptly overthrown.I imagine this being the result:
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I imagine this being the result:
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Let me subtitle that for you:
Cassandra: [disgusted noise]
*BLAM*
The problem with Anders' coming on to you as a man wasn't that it happened, but that you had no option to be polite about letting him down. You had to be all "EWWW" or "no way, man", and he would gain rivalry points and act annoyed.
Its especially weird when as a girl you have to pursue and be turned down or put off until they are ready.
Guest_Master Lavellan_*
It's the same way with fem Hawke. Why should Hawke's gender matter if the issue is rivalry points? I rarely saw many people who played fem Hawke complain about those rivalry points. I don't know why that is, because every time I rejected him as fem Hawke, I was always a little irked by his rivalry. But I always felt that it was pretty accurate as to how he behaved as a character. Unsure how others who played fem Hawke took it. Regardless, Hawke's gender is irrelevant. Anders gets pissed at either version. But for some reason the complaints are coming from a majority of m!Hawke players. (At least, from what I've observed over the years.) Since any gender player can play either gender Hawke, I'm curious as to why the male Hawke selection elicits such a heated response to Anders' butthurt attitude....The problem with Anders' coming on to you as a man wasn't that it happened, but that you had no option to be polite about letting him down. You had to be all "EWWW" or "no way, man", and he would gain rivalry points and act annoyed.
Solas did suggest he was into me, but maybe he just meant it in a nice non sexual way, im not sure, i was able to respond with a flirt if i wanted
I had to go through two years of unrelenting sexual harassment at work and telling him to stop and leave me alone had no effect. Flirting with a companion is not even close to the same thing. When they turn you down (like Cullen with a male PC) the player doesn't even have the option to be a creeper and continue to try and flirt. Also even if the game did give you the option to sexually harass and try and abuse your position over the companions can you imagine them cowering from you and agreeing? "Cassandra, you're fired if you don't sleep with me" yeah, I'd dare an inquisitor to try that.
You seem blind to the reality of most sexual harassment. It doesn't have to be an explicit threat that you will be fired - it is enough that your boss will be unhappy with you. Therefore it is always an abuse of authority.
It's the same way with fem Hawke. Why should Hawke's gender matter if the issue is rivalry points? I rarely saw many people who played fem Hawke complain about those rivalry points. I don't know why that is, because every time I rejected him as fem Hawke, I was always a little irked by his rivalry. But I always felt that it was pretty accurate as to how he behaved as a character. Unsure how others who played fem Hawke took it. Regardless, Hawke's gender is irrelevant. Anders gets pissed at either version. But for some reason the complaints are coming from a majority of m!Hawke players. (At least, from what I've observed over the years.) Since any gender player can play either gender Hawke, I'm curious as to why the male Hawke selection elicits such a heated response to Anders' butthurt attitude....
Either way, in the end, all that complaining from the players who chose m!Hawke resulted in one-sided romancing for DAI.
I seem to recall the event being different for men and women, and the female version wasn't so egregious. I can't remember specifics, though.
Guest_Master Lavellan_*
I seem to recall the event being different for men and women, and the female version wasn't so egregious. I can't remember specifics, though.
I remember getting rivalry from him. ::shrug::
No way! I do not want my followers hitting on me. Absolutely not. I would fire anyone who hit on me at work in RL, so I would definitely have to kick them out of my party. And this is irrespective of their sexuality.
The whole notion of the romances in this game is disgraceful from the outset. As leader of the Inquisition you are in a position of authority over these people. You are their boss, and any flirting or sexual advances are an abuse of that authority. It is basically harassment. If teenagers or young adults playing this game think that this is acceptable behaviour, they will get a shock when starting in the workplace.
uhhhh you do know this is a game, right? And not something that may have happened in real life... >_>
You seem blind to the reality of most sexual harassment. It doesn't have to be an explicit threat that you will be fired - it is enough that your boss will be unhappy with you. Therefore it is always an abuse of authority.
I seem to recall the event being different for men and women, and the female version wasn't so egregious. I can't remember specifics, though.
Well... Dorian told me I'm rather dashing. I told him that indeed I am, and that was the end of it 
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I honestly find the suggestion that the romances are "sexual harrassment" demeans actual sexual harrassment. Vanth, you're taking this far too seriously. Yes, the Inquisitor has to initiate the romances, but I sincerely doubt that Dorian, for instance, is particularly uncomfortable with my Inquisitor hitting on him given that he actively flirts back.
I wouldn't mind a companion-initiated romance but the amount of QQ over Anders daring to flirt means we never will, alas, and the idea of being able to toggle the gay away makes me deeply uncomfortable.
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