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Post by Obliviousmiss on Feb 24, 2017 17:00:59 GMT
Finally decided to make an account just for this thread because all you guys seem really great lol... Seriously still hoping that Jaal is an m/m option too for my and others sake but if he isn't I've kind of begrudgingly made my peace with it. Though he is always gonna be my m!Ryder's canon romance. Just like Garrus was my m!Shep's. Welcome welcome! MOAR FRIENDS FOAR ME!!!! PS.......guys.... I have the most likes on this site beside Hrungr and SofaJockey. Not kidding. Either I'm on here wayyyyyyyyyy too much.....or..... I really am that clever. I'm going to go with the former!
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 24, 2017 17:02:21 GMT
Finally decided to make an account just for this thread because all you guys seem really great lol... Seriously still hoping that Jaal is an m/m option too for my and others sake but if he isn't I've kind of begrudgingly made my peace with it. Though he is always gonna be my m!Ryder's canon romance. Just like Garrus was my m!Shep's. There's always a chance for a bromance with Scott and Jaal if m/m isn't an option.
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Post by theratpack55 on Feb 24, 2017 17:03:07 GMT
So, has the chance to get Jaal's bio come and gone yet, or is it still a possibility? (I'm not very time zone savvy). Oh, and happy birthday Jaal's abs, of course!
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Post by Kimberly on Feb 24, 2017 17:03:57 GMT
Finally decided to make an account just for this thread because all you guys seem really great lol... Seriously still hoping that Jaal is an m/m option too for my and others sake but if he isn't I've kind of begrudgingly made my peace with it. Though he is always gonna be my m!Ryder's canon romance. Just like Garrus was my m!Shep's. Welcome welcome! MOAR FRIENDS FOAR ME!!!! PS.......guys.... I have the most likes on this site beside Hrungr and SofaJockey. Not kidding. Either I'm on here wayyyyyyyyyy too much.....or..... I really am that clever. I'm going to go with the former! I know the reason I give you all the likes, is because I love how positive you are all the time. You're a positive influence on this thread.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 17:04:51 GMT
So, has the chance to get Jaal's bio come and gone yet, or is it still a possibility? (I'm not very time zone savvy). Oh, and happy birthday Jaal's abs, of course! Nothing yet! Welcome @smothermejaal!
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 24, 2017 17:06:53 GMT
Yeah both lesbians and straight guys love to see lesbian romances, but in general only gay guys wanna see gay romances. In general, straight guys either aren't bothered by gay romances so aren't vocal about it, or they hate it and think it's disgusting and are very vocal about that unfortunately. I'm not saying this applies to everyone though. I take it you are not familiar with M/M-romance novels and yaoi? Both are mainly aimed for women. M/M-romance novels are mostly written by women, and most readers are women. This is from Amazon (as I read that stuff a lot, I had this in my bookmarks lol): EvidenceThere is also erotica in M/M-romance genre, totally written by women. And those tamer romances have sex in them too, very graphical. Sometimes too much, I would say. This stuff is more popular than you can imagine. In fan fiction M/M-pairings are pretty common too. Fan fiction is mostly written by females. General feeling from my channel is that most comments I get are from women. On my channel, 68% of viewers are females. I do mainly gay-romances. I've done only two het romances, one of them having lots of views but it is over 3 years old and hardly affects to my views anymore. I guess I misread the whole landscape, I apologise. I didn't mean to try and assume what people are like and what they want. Sorry.
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 24, 2017 17:07:49 GMT
Salty Drell ayyy happy birthday! (am I late? I'm sorry omg I seem to miss everything in this thread lately, I just can't keep up)Also it looks like we're not getting the bio today... sigh
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Post by Obliviousmiss on Feb 24, 2017 17:08:53 GMT
Welcome welcome! MOAR FRIENDS FOAR ME!!!! PS.......guys.... I have the most likes on this site beside Hrungr and SofaJockey. Not kidding. Either I'm on here wayyyyyyyyyy too much.....or..... I really am that clever. I'm going to go with the former! I know the reason I give you all the likes, is because I love how positive you are all the time. You're a positive influence on this thread. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW that warms my heart.
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Post by fialka on Feb 24, 2017 17:09:02 GMT
I love it if Jaal's romance was in fact a challenge, especially if the game makes it easy to keep track so we know we're on the right path... It'll make it that much more rewarding when we succeed in winning him over. I really don't think it'll be too difficult to impress him, though. Just, really pay attention to what he says and what is important to him, and how he reacts to what is happening. Not to say you'll have to plan your whole playthrough around just him - I'm sure as with every Bioware game he doesn't have to approve of every little thing you do to make him like and trust you. But focus on the big stuff. What are his goals? What is he passionate about? I imagine that as long as we make decisions that benefit (or at least don't screw over) the Angaran people, and this resistance he's a part of, we'll be fine. Also (spoiler tagged because I mention bits of his personality we've gleaned from post-embargo articles): He's supposed to be this thoughtful, serious, earnest, guy from the descriptions of him. I imagine being respectful of him and hearing him out will be important. Being all 'whatever who cares' when he expresses his feelings or opinions, or making fun of or making light of what he tells you likely won't win you any favors. So saving before you talk to him to make sure you don't click on something that's paraphrased wrong is a good idea (but you should probably be doing that anyway)!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 17:09:21 GMT
ME Twitter just posted the interview for Lexi's actress again. That's it so far.
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Post by Elsariel on Feb 24, 2017 17:09:32 GMT
More just a general sense that it's (straight) dude-bros who like pew pews and sci-fi and blue space babes that play ME, versus the more diverse player base that the DA series has always had. Also, the general perception that female players won't take issue with LGBT characters, regardless of gender, where straight male players might. At least from EA's perspective. And that that's who they're marketing the game to, even now, when they're trying reel in a new audience. Again, it's just my theory, and recent decision's on EA's part with other games seems to support it. Yeah both lesbians and straight guys love to see lesbian romances, but in general only gay guys wanna see gay romances. In general, straight guys either aren't bothered by gay romances so aren't vocal about it, or they hate it and think it's disgusting and are very vocal about that unfortunately. I'm not saying this applies to everyone though. First of all... Happy Birthday! I... I can't be the only one who knows about the huge subculture of straight (and non-straight) women who adore gay romances, can I? I mean, I'm not part of that subculture, personally, but it's not hard to see that nearly every fandom that has handsome men in it will have a rather large niche of woman who ship m/m romances. It's.... everywhere in almost every fandom.
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Post by Obliviousmiss on Feb 24, 2017 17:10:11 GMT
Like I said, it would be super, super, SUPER nice if the devs gave us something today after yesterday's twitter attacks. They gave us a feast yesterday, time to let us digest it, methinks.
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 24, 2017 17:11:36 GMT
Salty Drell ayyy happy birthday! (am I late? I'm sorry omg I seem to miss everything in this thread lately, I just can't keep up)Also it looks like we're not getting the bio today... sigh Thanks friend, you are blessed by thy abs. Still hoping for the bio today though.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 24, 2017 17:12:00 GMT
ME Twitter just posted the interview for Lexi's actress again. That's it so far. I think they won't release it today, unfortunately. They're generally on time when they release the bio.
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Post by Kimberly on Feb 24, 2017 17:12:38 GMT
Nnnoooo give me all of the Jaal! Oh well, we really don't have that long to wait. Still feels like an eternity though.
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Post by Kymira on Feb 24, 2017 17:13:04 GMT
ME Twitter just posted the interview for Lexi's actress again. That's it so far. Zzzzzz. I really don't want to wait till next Tuesday.
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Post by geometricflowers on Feb 24, 2017 17:13:08 GMT
Yeah both lesbians and straight guys love to see lesbian romances, but in general only gay guys wanna see gay romances. In general, straight guys either aren't bothered by gay romances so aren't vocal about it, or they hate it and think it's disgusting and are very vocal about that unfortunately. I'm not saying this applies to everyone though. First of all... Happy Birthday! I... I can't be the only one who knows about the huge subculture of straight (and non-straight) women who adore gay romances, can I? I mean, I'm not part of that subculture, personally, but it's not hard to see that nearly every fandom that has handsome men in it will have a rather large niche of woman who ship m/m romances. It's.... everywhere in almost every fandom. Yeah. I'm cool with all sorts of romances, but 85% of my AO3 bookmarks are m/m romances because they're so prevalent.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 17:13:21 GMT
I love it if Jaal's romance was in fact a challenge, especially if the game makes it easy to keep track so we know we're on the right path... It'll make it that much more rewarding when we succeed in winning him over. I really don't think it'll be too difficult to impress him, though. Just, really pay attention to what he says and what is important to him, and how he reacts to what is happening. Not to say you'll have to plan your whole playthrough around just him - I'm sure as with every Bioware game he doesn't have to approve of every little thing you do to make him like and trust you. But focus on the big stuff. What are his goals? What is he passionate about? I imagine that as long as we make decisions that benefit (or at least don't screw over) the Angaran people, and this resistance he's a part of, we'll be fine. Also (spoiler tagged because I mention bits of his personality we've gleaned from post-embargo articles): He's supposed to be this thoughtful, serious, earnest, guy from the descriptions of him. I imagine being respectful of him and hearing him out will be important. Being all 'whatever who cares' when he expresses his feelings or opinions, or making fun of or making light of what he tells you likely won't win you any favors. So saving before you talk to him to make sure you don't click on something that's paraphrased wrong is a good idea (but you should probably be doing that anyway)! He seems to be a lost soul and very gentle, but also very hesitant. I think it's like coaxing a skittish animal to come to you if you try to become more than professional with him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 17:15:03 GMT
I take it you are not familiar with M/M-romance novels and yaoi? Both are mainly aimed for women. M/M-romance novels are mostly written by women, and most readers are women. This is from Amazon (as I read that stuff a lot, I had this in my bookmarks lol): EvidenceThere is also erotica in M/M-romance genre, totally written by women. And those tamer romances have sex in them too, very graphical. Sometimes too much, I would say. This stuff is more popular than you can imagine. In fan fiction M/M-pairings are pretty common too. Fan fiction is mostly written by females. General feeling from my channel is that most comments I get are from women. On my channel, 68% of viewers are females. I do mainly gay-romances. I've done only two het romances, one of them having lots of views but it is over 3 years old and hardly affects to my views anymore. I guess I misread the whole landscape, I apologise. I didn't mean to try and assume what people are like and what they want. Sorry. I absolutely didn't take it that way, and I feel bad you thought I was upset, I'm not. I just saw you are not familiar with this...eh...phenomenon and wanted to inform you. I'm sorry if I came out as being blunt. And very happy birhtday!
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 24, 2017 17:17:52 GMT
I guess I misread the whole landscape, I apologise. I didn't mean to try and assume what people are like and what they want. Sorry. I absolutely didn't take it that way, and I feel bad you thought I was upset, I'm not. I just saw you are not familiar with this...eh...phenomenon and wanted to inform you. I'm sorry if I came out as being blunt. And very happy birhtday! It's alright, you didn't come out as blunt, and thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 17:18:25 GMT
ME Twitter just posted the interview for Lexi's actress again. That's it so far. I think they won't release it today, unfortunately. They're generally on time when they release the bio. Well colour me surprised. We waited info about Jaal. They know it.
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Post by Marinade Plushie on Feb 24, 2017 17:19:08 GMT
From the twitter thread - just a neat little gameplay mechanic regarding our relationships with the squad. Not an approval system, but, something similar. Not really a spoiler, but it came from a post-embargo article, so tagged just to be safe: "There is a whole section of the menu dedicated to your crew and detailing your relationship with each one, allowing you to keep track of where you stand. To demand a section of the menu means that relationships are a huge focus in Andromeda." sourcePretty cool stuff! Balls, I was trying to thank fialka for this! Stupid phone! Thank you!
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Post by avokinelsam on Feb 24, 2017 17:19:37 GMT
ME Twitter just posted the interview for Lexi's actress again. That's it so far. I think they won't release it today, unfortunately. They're generally on time when they release the bio. I think the last one came at around 12:30? Maybe?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 17:20:08 GMT
I think they won't release it today, unfortunately. They're generally on time when they release the bio. I think the last one came at around 12:30? Maybe? Drack came out around this time, so yeah, by 1 PM my time if nothing, I doubt it.
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Post by Kymira on Feb 24, 2017 17:20:58 GMT
At least there's a new briefing vid with Liam's hot voice.
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