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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 17, 2017 0:52:01 GMT
Anyone notices that ALL the aliens are bisexual? I think it makes more sense for aliens to not hung up on human's gender since their sense of aesthetic is very different from humans as demonstrated by the bachelor party, what the turian considered attractive was the ridge of the asari, etc. It would make sense for aliens in general to be open to relationship with humans. See, I don't really agree with that. I think if an alien is going to be straight, they'll be straight. Tali, Garrus, and Thane were straight, and, setting the whole imbalance/representation thing aside (which is an issue), their being straight isn't an issue. I'm straight, and have little interest in romancing a female alien, no matter now inhuman she looks. She's still female to me, so I'm not going to be attracted. As I think it's totally valid for an alien to be gay. I've just seen the argument that, say, Garrus 'should've been bi' because a male human shouldn't be all that different to him than a female one. I don't buy that at all. He should've been bi so male players could romance him. And, well, why the hell not? That said, I don't see why the ratio of LGB to straight aliens should have to correspond to estimated human numbers. With their alien (literally) biology/sexuality/gender norms/culture there's no reason to not write more bi aliens than you might bi humans. But then, I also don't see any issue with creating a disproportionate number of bi characters (human or otherwise) in the interest of a fair LI balance. Nah Garrus should've been bi because his reason for going for Shepard is literally If It's You It's Okay. Like. come on now! Tali has the same issue. It's not like they expressed attraction to other members of Shep's gender. It's Shepard. Literally Shepard that they're flagging the OK for. And since Shepard and FemShep have no differences outside of gender it's like...so...why aren't you an option?
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 17, 2017 0:46:22 GMT
The only thing that annoyed me in that scene was why was my adept Shepard so ripped. I swear he was smaller in ME1 and ME2. What happened in Alliance lockup? *hiss* Shut your mouth. D: Look all I'm saying is my adept shouldn't have been so big. You can keep big on solider and everything else. Just no mai adept XD My people! The whole m'lady thing never sat well with me. (It's why Anomen is the BW LI I hate the freaking most. Good lord). And yes Liam is getting thumbs up from me too. Let's be very honest here: that was the least reason why Anomen was the worst BW LI ever. I can taste the bile in my throat... almost like it just happened yesterday... Eugh. That aside... Liam is pointing in the "friends to lovers" direction? This would be nice. See the m'lady was what hit you in the face. His other attributes just added in the spices. (Also why you always lying should've been been constantly an option for Bhaalspawn). Also that I'll protect you shit and you shouldn't have to fight. Yo I have gods chasing me fuck outta here with this shit. And it wasn't even in the cute way Garrus and the Jacuzzi bomb setting occurred. It didn't help that I was playing a sorcerer so midway through BG2 I was practically a god myself. And all of this wouldn't have been so bad if he wasn't the only option (before EE). Least then I'd had someone to laugh at him with. Alas I can't even get that with Dorn in EE since they instantly kill each other in the same party. >_< But yes ugh. Dorn as crappy as you and your romance is. I'd still take you over Anomen. And yes Liam is pointing in that direction. The fact that so far after most of the trauma for my poor Ryder he's the first one there being a bro is just. I haven't hit any flirts yet I'm wait til the time is right.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 17, 2017 0:27:47 GMT
One thing I loved about Garrus's romance was that it was... their bromance, with added feels. I'm not into the pedestal milady type of romance, so it was nice that Garrus and Shep's relationship was essentially a friendship cranked up to 11. A lot of that was probably due to him not being romanceable in ME1 so the writers probably weren't even thinking in those terms. It was nice. Absolutely agree with this is! I think this is a big part of why that romance is my favorite. Garrus never treats you like 'a girl,' though his attraction and love for you is obvious in ME3 especially. Initial flirt dialogue aside (I just headcanon that Shepard's pick-up skillz are down there with her dance moves), it feels like a natural progression for their friendship. It's why Liam appeals to me so much, especially now that I've played the game a bit. He definitely treats my Sara as... 'one of the guys,' for lack of a better term. Makes me pretty excited to see how the romance will play out! Jaal I have no idea what to expect. Can't decide if I'm excited or worried he's gonna approach me first. Maybe he won't if you're already in a romance? I'm really dreading the idea of turning him down! Even knowing I'll romance him in playthrough two (which I fully intend to start right after playthrough one), I'll feel really bad doing it... My people! The whole m'lady thing never sat well with me. (It's why Anomen is the BW LI I hate the freaking most. Good lord). And yes Liam is getting thumbs up from me too.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 17, 2017 0:17:44 GMT
The only thing that annoyed me in that scene was why was my adept Shepard so ripped. I swear he was smaller in ME1 and ME2. What happened in Alliance lockup? Same thing happened with femShep. And in her case she also grew up a bit - she was a tip of the head smaller than Liara in ME1 and ME2. She got bigger too? Huh. Hackett must have the good stuff.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 17, 2017 0:13:21 GMT
Well this was before the partial nudity changed to nudity so it might not be anymore, but if it is, then they never added anything to it. I hope not tbh. Seeing Scott's ass is going to be the most common thing with any romance of his I'm betting. It's not that big of a deal to me if they just have the "black underwear" change in one and not the other. I'll just be annoyed if they make it a shorter scene, like if one had cuddling on the beach and one just cut out entirely. The only thing that annoyed me in that scene was why was my adept Shepard so ripped. I swear he was smaller in ME1 and ME2. What happened in Alliance lockup?
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 17, 2017 0:05:43 GMT
oh yes how dare the devs put in a romance that you don't personally prefer. God forbid. I usually don't respond to angry stuff like this, but I think you're reading me wrong. I actually romanced him twice, so I do like him. But he is a very niche romance. BDSM and all that. So if you don't like Dorian, your only other option is to be tied to a bed and fucked until it hurts. That's why I said he should be a third option, not the second. And do I think a BDSM romance should've been an option, not really. What's the point? That's like a sexual fetish kind of thing. I don't really think BioWare should be in the business of satisfying fetishes. I think the sex stuff should be left up to the imagination, personally. I actually really find that ridiculous. You have a choice in that scenario. If you don't like one go with the other if you don't like both thems the breaks. In DAO I found Zevran to be a complete non starter I sure in hell didn't say "omg why didn't I get a third option? He was such a stupid option if you were staying in character!" (though he really really was smh forever). Saying "well he's not what I find safe so it shouldn't be a romance or be an extra." is just like really? Could you be any more obnoxious? "How dare you offer me a choice that's doesn't fit x standards!" I mean I'm pretty sure you don't mean to come across that way but that really does come across that way. It'd be one thing if he was the only option but he's not. Yes Bull's illusion of control while actually being lead has nothing at all to do with his character. Nope. Shame on you Weekes for intertwining characterization and romance. Bad! As for the sex being left up to the imagination (completely as in it not being mentioned at all) I'd agree. However it is not.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 23:57:53 GMT
Meh he talks about how hot Dorian is constantly so it's not much better as a female. If you're not willing to listen to Bull leer over other people he's not the LI for you XD Sigh. Which is why it sucks that he's only one of two options. Bull is so... niche... as a romance. I hope BioWare never does something like that again; a character like that should be a third option, if he and his quirks even should be a romance option at all! oh yes how dare the devs put in a romance that you don't personally prefer. God forbid.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 23:56:34 GMT
I mean things like Shepard straddling Kaidan's lap or Kaidan carrying Shepard to bed. If thins like that are to be done in m/m relationships, it can be very easy to fall into some homophobic tropes if it's not done carefully. Ah, gotcha, well tbh I think stuff like that (especially the carrying, barf) shouldn't occur in m/f romances either. That's the game deciding what kind of character you're playing... whether they're male OR female. Yeah especially since I sometimes play my ladies as well...pin em down and side saddle. So seeing my Qunari lady become all meek in Blackwall's kiss was like "huh?" Oh well can't win em all.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 23:52:12 GMT
This has been one of my biggest issues in m/m content in Bioware games! There have been eight bisexual guys in Bioware games (prior to ME:A). I've done 6 of those romances: Sky, Zevran, Anders, Fenris, Kaidan, & Bull. I believe that only Zevran and Anders has ever expressed any interest in men other than the PC. And both of them were with past lovers and Anders never even brings it up to LadyHawke. I've never done the Theron or Koth romances in SWTOR, but I did watch the youtube videos of their romances and I don't remember them doing it either. In the meantime, I have to watch my active LI Zevran flirt with every female that we come across and then spend a half hour talking about Wynne's tits in front of me. It's a huge pet peeve of mine. Interestingly, Theron from SWTOR does get jealous if you talked about how attractive another woman is. Too bad our characters are not as self awareness as the LI. Iron Bull talks about banging maidens everywhere really puts a screw in romancing him as a guy. Meh he talks about how hot Dorian is constantly so it's not much better as a female. If you're not willing to listen to Bull leer over other people he's not the LI for you XD
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 22:36:18 GMT
Yeah I don't know why BW seems to think I want to see my characters tits in a f/m scene. Another reason Cullen was best bae. Well I can't speak to all of the romances, but Jaal and Sara is apparently not graphic. It was one of the ones that my source leaked about a month ago. There's a romantic talk either by an ocean or lake (or some other body of water), they kiss, fade to a scene of them unclothed in the water, then fade to a scene of them cuddling (my source said "canoodling" lol) on the beach. And there's likely no nudity since she described it as a "PG scene". It's not asexual, but it sounds more romantic than explicit and likely there's no nudity. So that one would work for you. You should avoid Pee Bee and Cora if you don't want explicit. Oh sweet so avoid the ones I would've regardless Ty
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 22:23:42 GMT
This is getting so annoying now the cons are outweighing the pros for me. This cons has also made a previous con of mine so much worse. I mean ok we can't change our squads armour or weapons to help them from getting themselves hurt. So I would expect the squad to be able to look after themselves but no they can't even give me that. This is why I was sideyeing that bs "but the AI will be improved!" garbage. Like the only way BW's combat AI can take care of itself is if they had significantly better AI than they ever had. And I already called that not happening.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 22:19:03 GMT
I'm trying to figure if I want to do Rydude or Rydette first, for Jaal. [ TILTS HEAD] I... wanted to do Rydette, first, but, with how explicit literally all the romances seem to be, I'm thinking Rydude woukd be more comfortable for me. [ CRINGE] I just don't know. Yeah I don't know why BW seems to think I want to see my characters tits in a f/m scene. Another reason Cullen was best bae.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 21:09:17 GMT
Isen't it set up for combo attacking? You can have them perform combo finishers, but that's about... aside from that, they are glorified turrets that constantly talk smack and run into walls on a regular basis. They're also immensely stupid and will move from behind the cover I told them to hide behind to get gunned down. Cora I would get since Vanguard but it's Liam doing it.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 21:07:34 GMT
Yeah I'll be fine with Liam, Jaal and Gil for the achievements (or Vetra if she's super awesome).
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 20:41:09 GMT
Does anybody what the father looks like when you just customize your sibling and go default on your character? Papa Ryder is based of the PC's preset so it doesn't matter what your sibling looks like.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 18:56:33 GMT
Yeah I learned that the bad way when he had purple eyes. I had headcanoned femryder wearing eye contacts but apparently she naturally has violet eyes Wait, seriously? Augh that's so frustrating! I was totally going the coloured contacts route! Guess it'll be blue or green eyes. *sigh* Yeah I'm not sure why he couldn't just have perma hazel eyes. It's so dumb. I am not remaking her tho. I hate being in that CC because it's so shitty.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 18:52:32 GMT
Yeah, I understood that. But I haven't seen a single person here make the argument that "it's no big deal there aren't more POC in games". And it seems irrelevant in this situation anyway because BioWare don't make games with predetermined characters. So it seemed like a total straw-man argument to me. Not here specifically, no... but in general. I think it was just a tongue in cheek little joke, nothing personal against anything that's been said in this thread. Anyways. I'm not at home, can someone tell me if the twin customization is kind of the same deal as your Ryder's? Like... If I want to go in and tweak a Scott preset for my Sara Ryder, can you still adjust cheek/chin shapes, hair, etc? I'm going to be restarting when I get home later. I think it's the exact same except you can't edit the name.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 18:46:05 GMT
I feel like female preset #1 will be used tons, it already has. Since I was going to make Asian character anyways that's pretty much what I'll be using as well so Mandy will look like tons of other characters, but at least she won't look awful. Also I'm pretty much forced to pick #3 for male Ryder. I guess I can make it work. I'm not happy with CC at all and I'd like to be, CC's are major feature for me and I have bought game before based on CC (Saint Row), but I can make it work. BTW did anyone post here yet video about how Alec Ryder's face works? Abilitydrain did video about it: So basically it's completely based on what preset we pick. Yeah I learned that the bad way when he had purple eyes. I had headcanoned femryder wearing eye contacts but apparently she naturally has violet eyes
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 18:36:34 GMT
Unless you mean LIs in which case I can only be confused because I always have a favorite LI in BW games. Just a slight shade from pre-release ME3 period when it was "Kaidan sucks, Steve sucks, Vega sucks, no one good enough for me" every day :-P They all did suck. (in a fashion) (Also I actually liked Vega so...)
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 6:15:01 GMT
? on Benezia's side? Wasn't she a pureblood? Whether or not an asari is a pureblood is entirely dependent on who her father is. The mother's father is immaterial. I know. I was talking about Benezia because we know Liara's father's dad was a Krogan so it can't be from that side of the family.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 6:13:22 GMT
... I thought I was past anger. *flips tables*
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 6:11:32 GMT
Isn't it also a common theory that Liara's maternal grandfather was a salarian? Or is that less widespread than I thought? ? on Benezia's side? Wasn't she a pureblood?
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 6:01:56 GMT
Yay I have an option for my dude Ryder when I get hair mods so his hair doesn't look like hot garbage! Wow, an option that pleases Ryzaki? Hell must be freezing Wait what? I just said I find all the hair garbage. Unless you mean LIs in which case I can only be confused because I always have a favorite LI in BW games.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 4:31:10 GMT
Tumblr is full of whinny fucks, it is. Should've saw what happened when Cassandra was revealed straight I still laugh at the salt over that tears mug being used on them. Don't dish what you can't take yo.
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 16, 2017 4:29:30 GMT
This is looking like The Sims, tbh. *stares* This CC wishes it was the Sims. Like I didn't play Sims 4 recently but I recall being able to make some pretty different faces.
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