Taken from a distance, Zevran seems a walking stereotype, though one with a few complications.
The counts against him in our community tend to go along the lines of: he’s an elf, he’s a rogue (albeit, specced to be dual-wielding and in the thick of it), he’s promiscuous, he sounds like Puss in Boots Lothario type (though only if you stick to the Shrek version of such), and the most pressing one being that he’s not Alistair. His hedonism tends to rub many the wrong way, in much the same way that Morrigan’s cool, selfish, and pragmatic demeanor does. Zevran Arainai is a bit of a touchy subject around many forum threads that discuss him, both regarding his sexuality and not. Of late I am replaying Dragon Age: Inquisition, so this series of posts about Dragon Age before the release of Dragon Age 2 has played through my head. GayGamer has since ceased to exist, so I am republishing this here, and will also do so with a few other pieces over the next few months. I originally wrote this for GayGamer on March 7, 2011.
