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It doesn't mean underage. It's basically just the opposite of "bear" in gay slang.

I know, it is why I decided to specify in brackets.

But the definition is still a teen man with a boyish appearance.

The boyish appearance part being what could potentially make the whole thing a PR disaster.

If you want a twink gay character it probably won't be a twink, just an effeminate looking male.

Where do you get teen? Teen implies under 18 year old.
A twink is a young-looking, slender male with little to no body hair or facial hair, that's all. 
If that would be a PR disaster, uh... wow. 

And here I thought Link was regarded as a sex symbol by women and men alike.

How was Dorian not flamboyant lol.

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I don't think twink has an academically accepted definition, but we can drop the focus on that word. I honestly only use it jokingly. lol The expectation is just that he'll be somewhat feminine looking and around the same age as the entire cast. Fenris was twinky looking, tbh. I just didn't like him because he was whiny and noncommittal and terrorist boyfriend is my number one waifu. Something in that realm would be good, though.

My husband is a "Twink", that's my preferred body type in a male, and no one thinks he's feminine or gay just because he's slender and beardless. He's also 32- he still looks like a "Twink".

Jacob was horrible representation for a black man. As you listed he's practically a walking stereotype. It's one of reasons why I personally can't stand his character.

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Re: F/M romance
I mean, most of the ladies round here can look past appearances. While Reyes wasn't outright attractive to me, his accent, and story and how he interacted with my Ryder mattered in winning me to him. It was unfortunate his actions regarding the duel are irredeemable (to me) and so I can't romance him past that moment. My first run of ME2 blind, I had three options: the human, the lizard, and the cockroach, I called them. The way my Shepard interacted/flirted with the human was such a major turn off I felt gross. I then tried the cockroach (even though that's totally what he looked like to me, I was willing to put some blinders on and find out if we clicked) and again, the way they interacted was WAY TOO MUCH. If the Lizard hadn't been so subtle and classy, I would have ended that game single. Blackwall is completely not my type. I'm into Twinks. He's a bear. Even now I think he's fugly. But the way he flirts still gives me a warm twinge; he's puts you on a pedestal but then he also expects you to respect being there and earn it, not just rainbows over his eyes. Cullen looks okay in most scenes where he's wearing his clothes (so distracted by his patchy pube beard in a specific scene), but his voice actor is DELISH and he's passionate. His nude body seen in the sex scene is pretty underwhelming and awkward.

In the real world, a lot of times the chick is 1 or 2 levels better looking than the guy on average. I guess I'm saying that still applies here. I don't really care what they look like so long as they interact with my character appropriately and have mental traits that appeal to me. I feel like we're going to be "satisfied" regardless of what's offered so long as what's offered isnt' half ass

Ginger dwarf bear has to have at least one request, am I right? 

I show up every game release to haunt the romance discussion with twink requests, but honestly my genuine request is always just that we get one quality, plot relevant m/m option from the companion pool. There were things I did and didn't like about Dorian, but I think he filled that well. Anders was the most plot intensive character we've had as an m/m romance at launch, which made him really special to me. Jaal really is equivalent, but it was hard to swallow all the drama that lead up to him finally being added. As much as I thought Reyes was perfect for me in concept (even though he's not a twink at all lol) and I know you loved Gil, it's always disappointing to me when our choices are shoved off on under developed side characters. Joking requests aside, I'll always take a well written romance with a narratively important character over a skippable NPC that happens to appeal more to my specific aesthetic taste. Hopefully we'll get a few good options and at least a couple demographics will get their specific request, but at least we can hope it's not more side characters while the mains default back to safely straight.

Trying to convince people to be more open to other tropes/options by complaining about the popularity of KISAs or by comparing romancing werewolves to zoophilia is not a great tactic...

Everyone wants well written LGBT characters and romances. If people can't discuss specific ideas they have, then there's no point in threads like this one.

Just make the straight woman hot, bioware