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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:37:28 GMT
Yet another guy as Sara couldn't. Makes you wonder why. I seriously need a full romance list with availability at some point before launch, this has moved from intriguing to stressful for me. Agreed. I am getting worried here ;-; It's the first time I've been anticipating a character so much and I can't bear the thought of all my dreams shattering... Though I will try to stay positive, I guess?
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:39:38 GMT
I hope it's just a difficult romance or something because I've never had my hype plummet so fast at seeing a piece of information. If Jaal isn't available, my hype train will crash, explode, and burn to dust. It would suuuuck. No, stop, just the mere thought of it!....
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Post by sandalisthemaker on Feb 23, 2017 18:39:43 GMT
(I say the following with empathy and concern, not to be a jerk, despite me personally not caring one way or the other if Jaal is Bi.)
A word of advice to all male Jaal fans. You should prepare for the worst. This is Mass Effect, remember.
If you end up pleasantly surprised, then great, but don't get all your hopes up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 18:40:18 GMT
BioWare could fix this mess about m/m romance if they just f***ing say there is a m/m romance in the squad. But since they've been so damn silent about m/m in Andromeda I'm worried they're just not letting the evil truth be revealed. Every second BioWare doesn't say something people are getting more and more worried, so if there is a m/m squad romance then why don't they just say so? Seriously, these dumb "leaks" aren't what's bothering me. It's that they only confirm and tease female romances with the exception of Jaal. Keep in mind m/m has never had an alien option before. All of this added with Taylorson's "limitations" comment and the ME team's history gives m/m fans the right to be concerned. It is very possible that m/m will only get NPCs. This is the Mass Effect team. Not the DA team.
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Post by Davrin's boobs on Feb 23, 2017 18:40:26 GMT
I just saw Scott/Peebee pic, what in the damn world straight agenda was that? lololol Seriously, this secrecy is just dumb.
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:41:43 GMT
"Poking around the Tempest gave me a chance to meet some of the new crew members – Peebee the Asari (edgy), Drack the Krogan (angry), and Jaal the Angaran (new!). Angaran is a new alien race for Mass Effect: Andromeda, so he was the one I spent the most time with. Jaal the Angaran speaks slowly, solemnly, and seriously. He has cat-like eyes and broad shoulders, and reminds us of Mass Effect 3’s Javik, although Jaal seems to be a more sympathetic character. He’s also bloody huge." - He sounds so good... More material for me! I shall finally be able to piece some fanfiction together!
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 23, 2017 18:43:10 GMT
(I say the following with empathy and concern, not to be a jerk, despite me personally not caring one way or the other if Jaal is Bi.) A word of advice to all male Jaal fans. You should prepare for the worst. This is Mass Effect, remember. If you end up pleasantly surprised, then great, but don't get all your hopes up. I appreciate the honesty friend, it would be nice to get some from BioWare too.
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Post by thedarkprince on Feb 23, 2017 18:43:40 GMT
BioWare could fix this mess about m/m romance if they just f***ing say there is a m/m romance in the squad. But since they've been so damn silent about m/m in Andromeda I'm worried they're just not letting the evil truth be revealed. Every second BioWare doesn't say something people are getting more and more worried, so if there is a m/m squad romance then why don't they just say so? Because they want it to be a secret. Also I doubt the game won't have a gay male LI. My guess is that Jaal or Liam will be available for guys. The question is which one of them?
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 23, 2017 18:44:40 GMT
I just read the last 4-5 pages. And about the romance leak... (warning: major salt + long rant so really feel free to completely ignore this if you don't want any more negativity and pessimism lol) I am taking the leak with a grain of salt, but I think there's a good chance it might be true. 3 bi squadmates seemed like too good to be true anyway. But god am I pissed. I'm not disappointed (well I am a little bit), I'm not heartbroken, I'm not sad - I'm fucking angry. It's not even a matter of "I want a male squadmate romance" for me. Because that's just... I really don't expect anything from Bioware, even though they take credit for being super LGBT friendly and having good representation. We all know at this point that that's not really true. And before we started getting more info on the characters and squadmates, I did want at least one m/m squadmate romance, but when I saw Jaal I knew I wouldn't settle for anyone else.
I just want to romance Jaal. I think he's interesting af, he looks amazing, and I think I'm going to love him, and his romance will be absolutely great. And I never play as myself in games, so I ship my characters with their LIs very hard. That's why I romance them! I am a shipper and a fangirl at heart, I always will be. And from the moment I saw Scott in that trailer with Jaal, they became my canon MEA pairing. I knew I wanted to play as Scott anyway, and Jaal just seemed perfect for my headcanon Scott. I just ship them! Really hard! And this leak is true, that means my ship will never be canon. And I'm sure any shipper can relate to this, but I'm so fucking tired of not having my ships become canon. It's so painful. And this is a game! We actually have control over canon romances, unlike say in tv shows. It just seems like it was so close but I still can't have it. It's so, so frustrating.
And then of course there's the whole "there isn't a m/m squadmate romance" aspect of this, which is honestly, so fucking unfair. It's bullshit. But I'm not going to rant about that because like I said, of course there isn't. We really shouldn't expect anything from Bioware when it comes to gay romances, especially m/m romances. I'm not even surprised. Besides, people have talked about this in the last few pages enough already, and I completely agree with them.
I have been worrying about Jaal being straight for some time now anyway, and this leak just seems to confirm it. Doesn't mean it's true, I know that, but even before the leak, it was a big possibility, because "balance". Fuck off. What balance? Having no m/m squadmate romance is balanced? Fuck that shit.
Needless to say, my hype is dead. It has been replaced by salt and bitterness. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. I'm really not hoping for or expecting anything at this point.
God this is such fucking bullshit. Also I agree that it was useless to ask Tom about this, and it's not his fault, there's nothing he can do. I also don't think anything he said seemed to confirm there was or wasn't a m/m squadmate romance.
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:44:41 GMT
(I say the following with empathy and concern, not to be a jerk, despite me personally not caring one way or the other if Jaal is Bi.) A word of advice to all male Jaal fans. You should prepare for the worst. This is Mass Effect, remember. If you end up pleasantly surprised, then great, but don't get all your hopes up. Bless you for your words. I'm not even rooting for m/m Jaal romance but I still don't want male players to abort the mission in agony if something goes wrong. It's better to be cool about it and hey, there will still be many good things about the game... So don't worry y'all '^'
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:45:39 GMT
A++++ He's shining! *-* Oh dang it it's too good to be true.
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Post by Pon.ee on Feb 23, 2017 18:46:09 GMT
BioWare could fix this mess about m/m romance if they just f***ing say there is a m/m romance in the squad. But since they've been so damn silent about m/m in Andromeda I'm worried they're just not letting the evil truth be revealed. Every second BioWare doesn't say something people are getting more and more worried, so if there is a m/m squad romance then why don't they just say so? Seriously, these dumb "leaks" aren't what's bothering me. It's that they only confirm and tease female romances with the exception of Jaal. Keep in mind m/m has never had an alien option before. All of this added with Taylorson's "limitations" comment and the ME team's history gives m/m fans the right to be concerned. It is very possible that m/m will only get NPCs. This is the Mass Effect team. Not the DA team. Which female romances were confirmed? Did I miss something? I thought pretty much nothing had been confirmed at this point?
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Post by feainn on Feb 23, 2017 18:46:58 GMT
BioWare could fix this mess about m/m romance if they just f***ing say there is a m/m romance in the squad. But since they've been so damn silent about m/m in Andromeda I'm worried they're just not letting the evil truth be revealed. Every second BioWare doesn't say something people are getting more and more worried, so if there is a m/m squad romance then why don't they just say so? Because they want it to be a secret. Also I doubt the game won't have a gay male LI. My guess is that Jaal or Liam will be available for guys. The question is which one of them? Fingers crossed, seeing as gay male players weren't able to romance aliens in the OT I hope he'll be available for both.
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:47:10 GMT
Honestly I just find the mesh over his abdomen hilarious like?? They actually textured it and everything?? Ikr? It's a crime he is hiding those manly shoulders Stay positive because who knows, maybe you will see more than just his bare shoulders
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 23, 2017 18:48:12 GMT
BioWare could fix this mess about m/m romance if they just f***ing say there is a m/m romance in the squad. But since they've been so damn silent about m/m in Andromeda I'm worried they're just not letting the evil truth be revealed. Every second BioWare doesn't say something people are getting more and more worried, so if there is a m/m squad romance then why don't they just say so? Because they want it to be a secret. Also I doubt the game won't have a gay male LI. My guess is that Jaal or Liam will be available for guys. The question is which one of them? I'll sell my f***ing soul for it to be Jaal. Please don't let it be only Liam because that'll be 4 games without a m/m alien romance.
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:48:15 GMT
What even is he, I swear I just stopped watching the trailer just so I could stare a bit longer. Sad cat-squid in space poncho with abs literally out of this world. I feel so blessed. I need fanart of Jaal de Mexican. Where his sombrero at?
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Post by Scott Ryder on Feb 23, 2017 18:48:56 GMT
Seriously, these dumb "leaks" aren't what's bothering me. It's that they only confirm and tease female romances with the exception of Jaal. Keep in mind m/m has never had an alien option before. All of this added with Taylorson's "limitations" comment and the ME team's history gives m/m fans the right to be concerned. It is very possible that m/m will only get NPCs. This is the Mass Effect team. Not the DA team. Which female romances were confirmed? Did I miss something? I thought pretty much nothing had been confirmed at this point? *Also in the dark here*
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:49:10 GMT
They gave him freakin' mesh covering on his tum, YOU CAN SEE HIS BEEFCAKES IM DYING OVER HERE THIS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF WHEN I SEE I'm dying with you T-T It's way too hot in here, I had to open my windows... *still too hot*
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 18:49:35 GMT
(I say the following with empathy and concern, not to be a jerk, despite me personally not caring one way or the other if Jaal is Bi.) A word of advice to all male Jaal fans. You should prepare for the worst. This is Mass Effect, remember. If you end up pleasantly surprised, then great, but don't get all your hopes up. I think it's been pretty obvious this has been my attitude all the time. We don't count the puddles of drool under my desk, they were byproducts of perfect waist and chest, not to mention very pretty eyes. You know, I drool for David Beckham too no matter how straight he is.
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Post by Phoenix2M on Feb 23, 2017 18:50:33 GMT
I can't believe I actually called it! Pages ago I said he was a resistance fighter. I never thought I was right! WOW! You actually did! I was so shocked when I saw that Resistance Fighter and I just remembered how someone called it and I was like, "wow, now that's someone who knows Bioware way too well ;p" Also, I just have to admit my jaw dropped when I saw Jaal in the video. I insta-clicked and then when he came along I just paused everything and stared... and stared... and stared....
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Post by thedarkprince on Feb 23, 2017 18:51:42 GMT
Because they want it to be a secret. Also I doubt the game won't have a gay male LI. My guess is that Jaal or Liam will be available for guys. The question is which one of them? I'll sell my f***ing soul for it to be Jaal. Please don't let it be only Liam because that'll be 4 games without a m/m alien romance. Bioware has for the most part listened to their fans. (Fans wanted Tali and Garrus after ME1) (Made them love interests in the sequels) They are aware that the original trilogy didn't have any gay alien romances options. My guess is that Jaal will either be bi or m/m only.
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Post by Scott Ryder on Feb 23, 2017 18:52:12 GMT
(I say the following with empathy and concern, not to be a jerk, despite me personally not caring one way or the other if Jaal is Bi.) A word of advice to all male Jaal fans. You should prepare for the worst. This is Mass Effect, remember. If you end up pleasantly surprised, then great, but don't get all your hopes up. I think it's been pretty obvious this has been my attitude all the time. We don't count the puddles of drool under my desk, they were byproducts of perfect waist and chest, not to mention very pretty eyes. You know, I drool for David Beckham too no matter how straight he is. Tbh I'm more interested in Gil. No face yet but he is a engineer and apparently likes flirting with the male Ryder.
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 23, 2017 18:52:13 GMT
They gave him freakin' mesh covering on his tum, YOU CAN SEE HIS BEEFCAKES IM DYING OVER HERE THIS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF WHEN I SEE I'm dying with you T-T It's way too hot in here, I had to open my windows... *still too hot* Just keep turning the heat up on the Tempest until Jaal removes that armour.
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Post by Kimberly on Feb 23, 2017 18:54:59 GMT
Which female romances were confirmed? Did I miss something? I thought pretty much nothing had been confirmed at this point? *Also in the dark here* . Cora is for broRyder. She was kissing him in a trailer.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 18:56:51 GMT
Seriously, these dumb "leaks" aren't what's bothering me. It's that they only confirm and tease female romances with the exception of Jaal. Keep in mind m/m has never had an alien option before. All of this added with Taylorson's "limitations" comment and the ME team's history gives m/m fans the right to be concerned. It is very possible that m/m will only get NPCs. This is the Mass Effect team. Not the DA team. Which female romances were confirmed? Did I miss something? I thought pretty much nothing had been confirmed at this point? "Confirm and tease" Cora is confirmed and they have teased Vetra and Peebee on twitter. The only male they have teased was Jaal, an alien, something ONLY m/m has never had. Whenever they get asked about potential m/m everything is suddenly NO SPOILERS, LE SECRET. It's only ok to tease options that aren't m/m apparently.
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