What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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Anonymous asked: does Sebastian not count as a respectable love interest for Hawke? or does he just not count bc he's DLC only?

As I’ve said in response to a previous ask, I’ve never played the game with Sebastian, so I didn’t know he was even a love interest; I thought he was just an extra character who could join your party, like Aveline or Varric, who you could maybe flirt with but nothing more.

That being said, for all that he’s potentially a prince, he does seem pretty sketchy, given that he wants to invent that whole “chaste marriage” thing and stops being a romance option the second you disagree with him about something. Also: he’s a chantry brother, and contextually in game, the chantry is… not exactly a neutral party in Kirkwall? I mean, he’s still a deeply political choice, given the relationship between Starkhaven and Kirkwall, and you can only choose him at all if you’re a female Hawke because straightlocked. 

So, yeah: Sebastian was omitted because I’ve never played with him in the game, but given all the limitations on romancing him and the whole “chaste marriage” thing - which is weird, not because sex *has* to be part of a relationship, but because he’s seemingly unwilling to negotiate it with Hawke, even though he invented it - I’m not convinced he disproves the theory.

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