I'm SO glad this was the first group of responses I saw. I'm so tired of every conversation being a zero-sum debate. Unrelated, but it reminds me of Ferguson.

"Maybe we should talk about overmilitarization of police forces."

"SO YOU SUPPORT LOOTING?!!!!"

"Um... no. And you know that, mr caps lock."


But ON topic, I have a…

BIG O!

IT'S SHOWTIME!!!

BIG O!

IT'S SHOWTIME!!!

The kids with spikes on their clothes would have had no problem. They're model students, in fact! Neck to toe black, fingerless gloves and likely a veritable mask of makeup. Never mind that they could probably beat someone to death with their belt...

I always play a pro-freedom mage too, so I had to be really careful with Fenris being in my party. If there were going to be mages, I had to leave him at home. Truly our stars were crossed.

That was the most stressful video game relationship I'VE ever been in. :P The whole game:

I find the assertion that a character(developer) needs to be ambiguous about his (character's) sexuality (NOT up front about it) and only hint at it in order for homosexuality to be acceptable in a character's development to be the kind of logic that keeps people in the closet. ESPECIALLY in the workplace. It's the…

In this context, noting that he is gay tells you a good deal about what his life in the Imperium was like. It's like the difference between:

Yup, though straight men sure seem to hate it when you hit on them like they hit on women. Aggressively and objectifyingly. You know... The straight way.

"you can be gay! Just act straight! Just... umm... not toward me, because then I would have no choice but to "blackout," murder you and claim gay panic as a defense.

Compared to Isabella's in your face sexuality?

This complaint just has no legs. As a gay man, I get to sit through flat 2-d women (not referring to Isabella here, although her take all comers sexuality is a bit of a lazy substitute for actual character development) throwing themselves at the player character ALL THE…

Cole:

Yeah, this idea that you can (and SHOULD) be gay without it affecting your personality and history is just ridiculous.

As has been said elsewhere here, Dorian's character does not seem to be defined overly by his homosexuality. At least no moreso than a real person's character is.

His homosexuality is likely a primary driver in his rejection of the Tevinter mindset, in no small part because he had no choice but to be an outcast. This…

Pandering is a pretty ridiculous way to describe letting an underserved and loyal demographic know that you'll be including a character that significantly shares their life experience. The default assumption I generally make about media is that by default all characters are straight. This has proven true time and…

I GUARANTEE that he will look nowhere near as flamboyant as the Orlesian noblemen we're bound to see. Plus, he just looks like a hipster. I fail to see how having a handlebar mustache is the same thing as wearing a flashing neon sign reading "GAYLORD."

Age: 15