Races and romance poll

I'm actually probably under thinking it but I don't have a problem with bi's having a chance at 8 play throughs, all the power too them. Most of the actual romance scenes from other bioware games are pretty much generic in terms of sexual orientation and dialogue.

Having 8 characters that are romanceable regardless of characters play through sexual orientation gives straight people 4, LG players 4 and the bi players 8. Granted a tad bit more work on Biowares part to render the extra romance scenes and some extra voice acting lines for the VA.

They act like it's a ton of work, but it really isn't it. I think what's hardest is major height/size difference b/w characters in a love scene. But like if you take Solas's romance and compare his friendship dialogue with the romantic dialogue it's literally only a few extra voiced lines. Yeah sure a popular VA who charges a shit ton of money for every second he's in the booth is going to be a problem, but then maybe don't shortchange players just so you can hire Mr. Popular.

Did I give the impression that I care about that?

I posted a quote from an actual dev about the matter, regarding numbers, illustrating that 4 men and 4 women that are all bi is likely not going to happen. You folks can armchair dev all you want, but that is how they have addressed the issue.


Aside from all that, this thread is about race, not gender. Segregating the poll options by gender was because the OP wanted to see what the players themselves were interested in. I primarily play gay romances, but voted for "I'm a lady and I'd romance a human guy" because it's about the player's preference, not your character, or the LI.

It really depends on the characters that I have available to romance. Technically speaking I've always romanced human females in my canon PTs (Morrigan, Isabela, Cassandra) and with the exception of DA2 - I have always played male as canon. That said, I'm not adverse to any kind of racial or gender pairing, so if there's a cute female dwarf that I want to romance, then I will, but if there's a sexy male elf that I'm interested in, then I'd go for him.

That said, for the sake of the poll I went 'I'm a guy and I'd romance a human lady', but that's just a small fraction of the truth. The only thing I know for certain is I'll play a male character first, so I'll be restricted to M/F and M/M pairings my first time around. Though if I'm extremely interested in romancing someone who doesn't fall into either of those categories then I'm not adverse to restarting the game, I've done it before.

If they make her an LI, she would fill a pretty unique role as far as being a mage that’s solidly part of the dominant power structure, rather than being some flavor of rebel. She’s in the Lucerni, sure, but she’s got real power.

Plus she’s very very fancy. There’s a definite appeal to romancing someone as classy as her.

Generally, people like Maevaris for the same reason that they like Dorian: characters that are confident with themselves, cynical enough to see the flaws in the system that they benefit from, intelligent and clever enough to make cutting barbs against their detractors, and just generally David Gaider character types. Nobody that likes these characters claims they are prefect paragons, but they do find them interesting and fun.

A bit of a bonus from me is that I get a big-sister vibe in how she feels about Dorian, so I'd love to see that play out in the game with their interaction.

She could and should be a romance option, but people saying she should definitely be the main straight option for straight men because that would be woke and a nice fuck you to people who don't want to date a transgender woman, are just... uh, wow. 

Her being an option is not a problem. Her being THE option, not smart. 

Yeah, so bigots will have another options, don't sweat it.

It wouldn't actually be all that risky. It just seems that way. Think about it: the sort of people who would lose their shit over it have already made up their mind that Bioware's pushing the SJW agenda "down their throats" (if only I had a dollar for every time I've heard that exact phrasing). They wouldn't alienate anyone new. Meanwhile, the "controversy" would basically be free marketing and I'd wager quite a few people would want to get a game that's infuriating the already perpetually angry recesses of the Internet so much.

The comments people will make with a trans character will make all the Cassandra hate look like nothing.

I know I wouldn't mind exploring Scout Harding's deep roads~

Physical attraction is... well, physical. If you're talking about pre-op trans women, then those men probably are bisexual.