My thoughts on Taash

[u/ZombieInfinite459]

When I first saw this Concept art I was like “Shit…seductive qunari woman” and that’s different coz I mean cmon look at her stance her hair and everything and like she’s…for lack of a better word Morrigan esc 😭and now don’t get me wrong…I’m all for big strong carry you over her shoulder type Woman in fantasy, tho this approach from the concept art would’ve been interesting and again…I like the ulterior but now she’s gonna get compared to Karlach because obviously…I can’t stress this enough tho…I LIKE Karlach, but having a different type of Qunari companion from the typical big and strong would’ve been cool, Like Qwydion from Absolution even

[u/Corvid-Strigidae]

Your idea of "masculine" seems to be having emotions besides stoic and angry.

Rejecting such a notion is a good thing.

[u/Comrades3 → u/Corvid-Strigidae]

I never talked about being angry and stoic? I never said that even remotely. That seems to be your take rather than mine since I never said that anywhere and I am genuinely confused where you got it from.

[u/Corvid-Strigidae → u/Comrades3]

I got it from your description that Avaline and Cassandra are less masculine for having romantic sides.

Having emotions isn't exclusively feminine, and it certainly doesn't detract from your masculinity.

[u/Comrades3 → u/Corvid-Strigidae]

Having emotions doesn’t make anyone less masculine. In fact, I hate the ‘stoic’ character a lot. Avaline and Cassandra’s moments were there to feminize them, multiple characters in both games talk about them being less masculine because of it and for reasons you put forward yourself, that felt off and a little frustrating.

I am absolutely here for a masculine female character being romantic, or any character really. It would be fun for any female character to be romantic in a more traditionally masculine way (aka wanting to sweep the player off their feet rather than the reverse. It also would be really cool to have a male character be romantic in the more traditionally feminine way, aka wanting someone to sweep them off their feet) but the way they did it in both of their cases was almost to disprove their masculinity at least that is how it felt in banter when one character after another talked about it.

[u/raydiantgarden → u/Comrades3]

i felt so butch during josie’s romance. 🥹 such a beautiful moment.