[ SECRET POST #2967 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2967 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I tend to think that this is actually a result of how he's written, to be honest. He is "sassy" and he is positioned to be the Inquisitor's friend, moreso than just about any other companion (like Varric is clearly meant to be Hawke's buddy- Dorian just seems to care more about what the Inquisitor goes through).

This isn't to say that this criticism isn't valid- he does get shoved into the "prop for f!Inquisitor/m!LI romance" role quite a bit, but I've seen people criticized for mentioning his friendship with the female Inquisitor at all, which is patently ridiculous. Plus, people get shitty whenever he's depicted as openly admiring another male character claiming that he would never, when he does in game.

Ultimately, I tend to think that he gets mischaracterized from several directions both by people who simplify his character and those who want to obsessively protect him from "str8 fangirls".

[elaminator]

+1

I don't even know what to add except I love Dorian and am glad so many other people seem to love him too. Sometimes fandom gets him wrong, sometimes they get him right... But that's pretty par for the course with fandom.

And he IS easy to be friends with; I feel like it would be harder to not be friends with him. Unless you're a total dick to him, you'll probably end up being close.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh, I didn't know people had the opposite extreme reaction, but I should have suspected.

The thing is, it's just disheartening that so many people equal his being sassy and a friend to the Inquisitor to his getting a personality transplant and becoming a stereotype from Sex in the City.

[meishuu]

I agree. He does comes across as the stereotype sometimes. On the other hand, the fandom seem to take it to the extremes.

[(Anonymous)]

op, very late to this post.

oh, yeah, i absolutely agree that the "you can't mention his friendship with the female inquisitor" thing is beyond ridiculous (hell, all my inquisitors to date have been friends with dorian, and most of them have been female), but the thing is, to me, there's a difference between a meaningful friendship and mutual caring, and reducing it to the "we're going to go shopping and gossip, and giggle about boys" stereotype, and it's only the second thing i was criticizing in my secret.