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Cassandra: Didn't have a particularly strong opinion about her either way before the game came out, turns out I absolutely adore her. She rocket above all the characters from the previous installments for me.

 

Varric: Thought he was inoffensive to the point of being boring, my opinion did not change. It's not the I dislike him, there's nothing to dislike, but he's such a waste of potential.

 

Solas: Completely indifferent about him, and I'm still completely indifferent about him. He's the only character I've never bothered to take out for long stretches of the game, and while I keep trying to convince myself to change that so maybe I'll see what everyone else sees, I just cannot drum up the motivation to do so.

 

Vivienne: Thought I would love to hate her, and she was exactly what I expected. Not someone I could see myself being friends with if I was actually the Inquisitor, but as a character in a story she's perfect.

 

Bull: Thought he was suffer a bit from bro-itis but I would still like him anyway. Was looking forward to romancing him. The former was exactly as I anticipated, but the latter was the opposite. You could pay me to have him as a love interest now that I know.

 

Sera: I thought I'd like her a lot and was really looking forward to her. The truth wasn't exactly what I hoped. I feel similarly about her as I do about Vivienne for completely different reasons. Another character that I enjoy who I would probably hate if they were real.

 

Blackwall: Other than finding him hot in a daddy sort of way and enjoying the sound of his voice, I figured he'd be a total bore. Much more complex than that, thankfully. The personal quest/backstory saved him from probably being the worst DA character, in my opinion.

 

Dorian: I thought I'd love him, but it turns out I adore him more than I ever imagined. I'll leave it there in order to not come off as a fanboy, but I can't say enough good things about him. Really had all my hopes for a male same-sex love interest in Dragon Age come true.

 

Cole: Could never get a good enough grasp on him to decide how I felt, and that's pretty much the same now. Good character, though.

 

Leliana: I had a pretty intense distaste for her. She really turned that around for me this time. Still not a favorite of mine, but I walked away with a positive opinion of her this time.

 

Cullen: Also someone who I didn't like based on the previous games, and again totally had my mind changed. I'm a pretty big fan now.

 

Josephine: Thought I would like her, and I do. Maybe not the most interesting character (although I loved the bit about her bard past inspiring to pursue her current path), but the only character I could see myself actually being friends with besides Cassandra and Dorian.

[KelaSaar]

I was actually pretty surprised by how much my opinions on most of these characters have changed since they were first announced.

 

I was pretty eh on Cassandra initially, and I thought She and my inquisitor would not get along at all, but she ended up being one of my absolute faves.  I think the whole thing about her reading Varric's books was probably the most endearing conversation I've ever had with a PC.

 

As for Varric, I will love him forever for instigating that Wicked Grace game, and I felt like some of the additional backstory you pick up about him in this game explained a lot about his character in DA2.

 

I thought I'd really like Solas, and I still think he's an interesting character, but he disagreed with just about every single decision my inquisitor made, so he basically turned into a glorified houseplant.  Although I did eventually get enough approval with him to get his "You're a credit to your race" speech to my human Inquisitor, which was pretty entertaining.

 

I liked Bull about as much as I thought he would, but I felt like his storyline sort of fizzled out after his personal quest and he turned into sort of a non-entity.

 

I thought I would love Viv, and I ended up loving Viv.  She was just so delightfully mean, it was like having my very on Regina George to drag around as I fought dragons.

 

I thought I would despite Sera, but I actually ended up rather liking her (although maybe low expectations played a part in that).  I mean, she gave me cookies, how can you not like that.

 

I thought Blackwall sounded pretty boring pre-game, and found him if anything worse in game.  The only thing that I thought made him in any entertaining was his occasionally perv moments and playing guess the secret backstory.

 

I wasn't too crazy about Dorian before the game came out because he just sounded so stereotypical, but I ended up loving him to itty bitty bits in the actual game.  Like, I would want to be best friends with that guy in real life.  His conversation at the feast at the end almost made me cry.  Just all the hugs.

 

Cole is about the only one that I ended up being right on about.  I thought he would be my duckie, and that was exactly how he ended up.  

 

Leliana probably surprised me the most.  I thought she was completely boring in DAO, and seeing her in the pre-release stuff made her look like a total psycho.  Then I got her in game and ended up taking the route where you soften her, and I just adored her.  She became this nice, functional badass, and I loved her.

 

Josephine is another one I thought I wouldn't like for being so super-diplomatic, but I just loved her in game.  Exasperated!Josie is just my favorite thing.

 

And Cullen I was just hilariously wrong about.  I didn't particularly like him in the first two games, and I never understood all of the Cullen love.  I remember being really mad when they announced he was going to be in the game because I was like "great, they'll make him a romance, and that means one less romance choice for me."  So naturally I fell head over heels for the guy from his first scene and his romance became one of my favorites ever.  I think I'm going to go eat all of my words now.

[wright1978]

Thought i'd really like Sera. Ended up having rather mixed feelings about her.

Thought i'd dislike Cole but ended up being rather fond of him.

Rest went as expected with disliking Viv and liking the rest.

[Frybread76]

Iron Bull:  After Sten, I was excited for another Qunari companion but was underwhelmed with Iron Bull.

 

Dorian:  I don't hate him but I'm just disappointed.  I thought it would be cool to have a Tevinter mage in my party, since the place has so far been a mystery to us and they reportedly have the most advanced magical training in Thedas.  But it turns out Dorian is an annoyingly sarcastic dandy who is not even the best mage in my group of supposedly inferior southern mages.

 

Cole:  The idea of a Spirit for a companion is awesome but Cole is a joke.  Annoying, childlike, and there's nothing special about him in combat - he's a typical rogue despite displaying unusual abilities in cutscenes.  Reminds me of Jack in ME2.  And his personal quest is to turn him or not to turn him into a "real boy," LOL.

[Chari]

I thought I'd get along with the Iron Bull and in a romance he would open up his big softie qunari side despite exterior attitude. But apparently he's into BDSM and too much partying. I also wanted to like the Chargers but the only one I actually liked was the "I-am-not-a-mage!" 

Blackwall is also... mmm, kinda weird, like. Rude, almost. Not surprising knowing the truth, but still

Sera is actually quite fun. And she has a great taste in fashion

[New Kid]

I thought I'd get along with the Iron Bull and in a romance he would open up his big softie qunari side despite exterior attitude. But apparently he's into BDSM and too much partying. I also wanted to like the Chargers but the only one I actually liked was the "I-am-not-a-mage!" 

Blackwall is also... mmm, kinda weird, like. Rude, almost. Not surprising knowing the truth, but still

Sera is actually quite fun. And she has a great taste in fashion

I wasn't too fond of the chargers either, they were a shallow bunch. Krem was pretty cool though.

[Feybrad]

Well, first off... I thought, some of the Companions would end up not liking me. HOW WRONG I WAS! They all love me to bits. Which is very strange indeed. I mean, I just try to be reasonable with the Character, nothing more. Apparently, everyone can get behind that.

 

But, anyways.

 

Cassandra - thought she'd like me, thought I'd be indifferent towards her. Was completely right.

Blackwall - thought he'd like me, thought I'd be indifferent towards him. Was completely right.

Iron Bull - thought he'd like me, thought I'd like him. Was completely right (even though he is ingame even more ugly than in the Promo).

 

Varric - thought he'd like me, thought I'd like him. Was completely right.

Sera - thought she'd be indifferent towards me, thought I'd be indifferent towards her. Apparently, she can get along with me, even if I do not play Pranks. And she's funny, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.

Cole - thought he'd hate me, thought I'd hate him. BOY I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO WRONG! Cole is AWESOME!

 

Vivienne - thought she'd like me, thought I'd like her.

Dorian - thought he'd hate me, thought I'd hate him. Granted, I didn't really manage to get on his Nerves, because he's a reasonable Guy and my Character not a homophobic Arsehole.

Solas - thought he'd hate me, thought I'd hate him. He likes me because of my completionist urge to explore all possible Questions. I'm kind of "meh" towards his Character (in the Game proper, as I am mercilessly spoiled about the Ending, that catapulst him to "very interesting").

[Master Race]

Thought i'd like Blackwall. I absolutely hate everything about him.

Thought i'd hate Solas and he is one of my favorite companions.

 

I didin't expect to like Cassandra and Cole as much as i did and expected to like Vivienne more. Actually i sort of dislike Viv.

[dsajorje3]

Vivienne- thought i would hate her because of her outfit and was worried she'd be like wynne, the preachy wise old mentor (I still like wynne, just came off as a buttinsky sometimes) but she was one of my favorites for being such a ****** and her opening scene, i love when she turns my romantic offers down, I jump off the balcony upset everytime

 

Cassandra- What I expected, I like her, but would've made a better advisor because she just didn't stand out as a companion(i left her at the base all the time so she was pretty much reduced to advisor anyway) and should've been swapped in for Cullen, although it would've been too much of a sausagefest then

 

Dorian-What I expected, didn't care for him much, it's like the game wanted us to like him, found vivienene and solas much funnier and had more amusing snark

 

Varric- found him boring at first and didn't fit in the inquisition but he stands out more in the 2nd half of the game

 

Cole- Knew I'd love him, of course a spirit companion is going to be interesting

 

Sera- I was sure she would start off obnoxious but eventually would grow as a character(boy was I wrong about the latter)

 

Solas-Knew I'd love him, was surprised he would be a romance option because most college professors types i've met are usually single but married to their passions and research, love doesn't fit their world

 

Blackwall-Cool older guy, knew I'd like him

 

Iron Bull- Turned out to be a nicer and more pleasant guy than I thought, he's of course my favorite and love interest

[TheTrueObelus]

I really didn't think I'd love any of them...and I'm sorry to say I was right. I found myself constantly comparing them to the characters in DAO. Varric is probably my favorite in DAI but I miss the lowbrow humor of Oghren. Ironbull had his moments but I found Sten a lot more interesting.

 

Cassandra was a nice surprise and better than I expected. Her romance story was actually quite sweet and funny. I thought they handled Dorian's backstory/sexuality deftly so I ended up liking him more than I expected I would. Really I liked all the characters but never really loved them.

 

Morrigan, Alistair, Oghren are still my favorite characters in the series and so far the newer characters have never really seemed to come close to eclipsing them. 

[PrinceLionheart]

Thought I'd love Sera. She's my least favorite companion Bioware has ever created.

[KillTheLastRomantic]

I was positively surprised the most by Cassandra. I expected her to be fairly dull for those who don't romance her, but I loved how her tough, brash warrior side and sweet romantic side were both kind of embarrassed of each other. And she was supportive of my pro mage choice, despite personally disliking it, which I found very respectable.

 

I thought Sera would be my 'bestie' character. I absolutely loathe her. She has SO many qualities I dislike, all rolled into one person.

[VelvetStraitjacket]

Dorian and Sera are by far my favorites, followed by Cassandra even if I don't share her beliefs. Now, Viv, I thought I would love her, and I do LOVE her bitchy side, but her Chantry/Anti-Mage side makes me want to smack her. Bull, Blackwall and Solas bore the hell out of me. Am I missing someone? Oh, Varric...yeah, never cared for him.

[Valhalla Halvorson]

I thought I'd love Sera but she's been kinda annoying to me. The 'random humor' doesn't help. 

 

She's gotten a little better as I went along, though

[DuskWanderer]

I thought I would hate Iron Bull, I thought he'd be as boring as "qunari are awesome" as Sten and the Arishok. Instead, I positively loved the guy. Never sacrifice the Chargers, screw the Qun. 

 

I thought Vivienne would be unfunny and extremely aggravating, but I found, despite her ego, she's still so damn reasonable about it. The Grey Wardens took much and it seemed the Blight could be ended by more surgical use of their talents, mages without training are a danger. Magic won't find the skill it needs just on it's own. The Circle and templars had problems, but it was the best option, and fixing it, not destroying it, was the way to go. The only thing I didn't like was some of her banter, too much "imbetterthanu"

 

I thought I would love Sera, I was intrigued by Red Jenny and I thought she'd be the one who stood up for the common people. Instead, I got a whiny little brat who wouldn't know a hole in the ground from her bony ass. The only thing I really liked about her was her conversations about not "being like an elf" and having no qualms about calling out Solas for his crap, and her "You think because I wasn't raised by elves, it was because I had no choice". The elves were just as big of ***** as Tevinter, if not more so. Everything that was lost deserved to be so. Some of her personal quest helped flesh her out. Other than that, I found her to be very childish.

 

I didn't know what I was going to make of Cole, but I thought it would be too much parenting. Instead, Cole's creepy dialogue grew on me, and his alien persona was so invigorating to watch.

 

I thought I'd be okay with Dorian, that he'd be your "Not all of Tevinter is bad" thing. Instead, I got very little of that from his personal quest. I got a cliche-ridden gay angst story with a little blood magic thrown in, and a personality as grating as Vivienne's without any of the charm she had, like her jokes with Varric, or how she turns Sera's pranks against her.  

[connors3605]

I thought I would love viv and Cole but hate them and I thought I would hate Dorian and sera but they are 2 of my favs from all da games

[thesuperdarkone2]

Thought I'd love Sera but she turned out to be annoying. Still befriended her but she's still my least favorite companion by far.

[Blackstork]

I thought that i will dislike Sera and alot. Before release she was portrayed quite grim and determined chaotic rogue.

But what i got was cuddly crazy colorful girl , joker in your deck (she is a joker from game's tarot concept). She is very funny and interesting character which have own problems, but thats whats good about her too. She is one of my faves and i find myself often curious to go and talk to her again.

 

As whom i though i will like but disliked ? No one. Everyone been matching or beyond my expectations, with Cassandra, Solas, Cole and Sera topping charts, but i like everyone except Varric. I love ginger dwarf females like Harding and Dagna. So pity we do not have such companion. 

[Char]

I went in thinking Bull, Sera and Varric would be my favourites.
So wrong!
Cassandra disagreed with pretty much all my decisions but still became very close driends with my Inquisitor. I thought I'd dislike her but I ended up really respecting her for being able to put aside her own preferences to support my Inquisitor, and she was so well-rounded as a character that it was a totally believable friendship despite their differences.
Solas I found pretty fascinating, again had a lot of respect for his knowledge, and it helped that he didn't mind my Inquisitor asking a million questions. He and my Inquisitor were friends.

Dorian I thought I would love, but I would never have expected such an excellent, funny, touching friendship. He was my Inquisitor's BFF, friendly flirting snark buddy and he really brightened up the game.

Sera was a real mixed bag. It was incredibly frustrating, nothing I did could make her like my Inquisitor until almost at the end of the game when they finally seemed to turn a corner, and it was rewarding. It also seemed quite realistic that my aristocratic Trevelyan might have taken some time to develop a friendship with someone like Sera.

I have no real opinions on Blackwall. He was sadly a bit of a nonentity for me, though he no longer reminds me of my dad. Got all his personal quests but he never engaged me as a character.

Cole was awesome. He brought out all my mothering instinct and it was lovely seeing how so many of the companions seemed to also want to shelter him.
I liked Bull. He was a decent guy, but he again didnt make the huge impact I thought he would. Cassandra was basically my go-to warrior for the entire game as a result.
Vivienne and my Inquisitor had a love-hate relationship. They were good friends but in that wary watch-your-step kind of way, and I enjoyed that.
Varric wasn't quite the best friend I remembered from DA2. He was very definitely Hawke's pal, but that game of Wicked Grace made up for that

As for the advisors, enjoyed Leliana far more this game, was happy with her arc and how she became a close working friend to my Inquisitor. Josephine I also liked, a little quieter, a soft personality, but someone it was very easy to like.
Cullen I was looking forwards to seeing and wasn't disappointed with anything at all, thought his arc was excellent and his romance was very well written.

Overall, I liked everyone and I was just very disappointed at the lack of post-game interaction.

[Ava Grey]

Cassandra - Thought i'd really like her. Ended up loving and adoring her. She's rocketed into my #1 female companion spot by a country mile.

Dorian - Wasn't sure about cos...Tevinter. Ended up loving him.

Sera - Thought i'd really like her. Did not.

Iron Bull - Wasn't sure sure about cos...Qunari. Ended up really liking him.

Solas - I was pretty meh over Solas. I haven't got a great track history of liking Elf companions but this Elf I like.

Cole - Really wasn't sure about cos...another Fade spirit. Ended up loving him.

Blackwall - Was really meh over him. Ended up super meh over him. First companion that's had me indifferent. Hopefully after some more PT's that'll change.

Varric - Easily my favourite companion in DA2 and expected that to be true this time. I still love him (Wicked Grace) but he lost that top spot to Cassandra this time.

Vivienne - Thought i'd quite like her. She has the interesting capacity to make me flip flop between like and dislike a hundred times in one conversation. I think I rather like her for that.

Cullen - Loved him before. Really love him now.

Josephine - Really liked her before. Really like her now. 

Leliana - Was never a big fan of her but found myself really liking what was being shown of her. Now I really like her, but damn, girl you scary. 

 

All in all I really love the companions and Advisors in Inquisition. I've always said that even those I find myself disliking I still love as the player for what they bring to the war table and this time was no different. Other than Blackwall. Hope that'll change.

[Wintersbreath]

I don't have any banter to fall back on so all I feel is based on the cutscenes or dialogues only. Unfortunately that meant few of the characters actually left an impression on me.

I really respected Cassandra from the beginning, but fell in love with her character after her Guilty Pleasures quest, just like monochanners' comic of her.

Cole is awesome. He has to be protected at all costs. Cassandra and Cole are the 2 best companions and I'd love to see them in the next game.

Dorian was nice, he's enjoyable. But in the beginning he was rather annoying with all the preening. His romance was sweet but I expected more. So much more, what with the "deeper romances" stuff. I also expected learning more Tevinter stuff from him but everything he told me I got from other sources promoting the game, before it came out.

Like Dorian, Iron Bull offered little insight into the Qun and I'm disappointed about that. He was a fun character with a disappointing and frustrating romance and there's little else that left an impression, without the banter. It was highly hypocritical of him to say he'll give my inquisitor what he needs but refuse to listen to my inquisitor regarding said needs. Couldn't finish the romance with him.

Varric's less fun in DAI but here I could see how much he really cares about Hawke whereas it didn't leave much of an impression on me in DA2.

Solas I love at the beginning but after his personal quest he became so broody and angsty and snobbish I didn't even bring him with me to the Temple of Mythal.

Information about Blackwall was extremely vague before the game came out and I was surprised about his background. Sadly that didn't help him leave an impression. He was pretty boring.

Sera I knew I would like from the start and she acted predictably annoying and bratty. The dialogue options with her are so badly written. The paraphrased options and what you actually say are so different I had to reload each time it didn't come out as expected. Strangely enough it racked up approval with Sera.

Vivienne is as bad as I imagined her to be. She had nothing to contribute at all. It wasn't even a mutually beneficial relationship. I didn't offer to help her rebuild the Circle because I don't believe in it. I didn't even want her with me at the Winter Palace.