[ SECRET POST #3233 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3233 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

On the one hand, I agree that male players are horrible to female players when it comes to romance, even though they were far more outspoken about the "inequality" in DAI than female gamers have ever been. Female gamers who wish their preferred origins/love interests were more popular are also throwing shade at female players who play or enjoy the most popular origins and LIs. It's become deeply petty, on top of the usual BW clusterfuck.

However, I really hate the Solas romance and wish it had never been implemented. I resent Solavellan players for essentially turning a fascinating character into an affirmation of their own cookie-cutter player characters and acting like female Lavellan is the only Inquisitor who matters, just because Solas will deign to smooch them a few times before he walks out on them. I don't think Solavellan fans themselves are boring because of their ship, but I find the Solavellan monolith has made fandom boring, and has soured me on a character I used to love.

[(Anonymous)]

OP: Right, that's exactly my issue with the crazy fans. They're making it difficult for other people to like the character or take fans seriously.

But in fairness I don't think any group of fans is possessed of "better" people. I think there's more opportunity for Solasmancers to unleash their crazy because of the canon-relevance to the plot his character has, but there's a part of every group that reduces their character to their romance.

The difference being is that since Solas (and Alistair) is tied to the main plot of the game, and the romance plays into that, the people that romance him have an excellent way of making it all about the romance.

If any of the other romances had that level of connection, we'd see similar attitudes from those fans.