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Post by ToLazy4Name on Feb 25, 2017 1:29:24 GMT
Solas just cucks the inquisitor and my inquisitor fucked Josephine over a desk tbh
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Post by Natashina on Feb 25, 2017 1:29:43 GMT
Hanako IkezawaYep, I remember that. I just used Merrill as the go-to example.
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Post by sandalisthemaker on Feb 25, 2017 1:33:39 GMT
Hanako Ikezawa Yep, I remember that. I just used Merrill as the go-to example. You are brilliant, Natashina.
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Post by gaycaravaggio on Feb 25, 2017 1:33:57 GMT
When it's just a matter of our options not matching our individual tastes, I agree with you, but what people are worried about is that it will be obvious that we're only getting crumbs in response to the criticism of previous games. Wanting to be treated the same as everyone else instead of being pretty much told that we're an afterthought doesn't strike me as unreasonable. Well, it isn't, no, but sometimes kinda unrealistic... we are still talking about the fringe of an already limited audience here, after all. There is only so much a studio can do with a mass market product. I may be straight, but I'm usually also not really satisfied with what mainstream games do on the amorous story front. Only because it's in, doesn't mean it's good... It's a nonsensical story about people going to a new galaxy for... reasons... and not equipping the ship or nomad with weapons because... reasons, and you wanna talk about realism?
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Post by Natashina on Feb 25, 2017 1:39:19 GMT
Hanako Ikezawa Yep, I remember that. I just used Merrill as the go-to example. You are brilliant, Natashina. Or something. But thank you.
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Post by warbaby2 on Feb 25, 2017 1:41:32 GMT
Well, it isn't, no, but sometimes kinda unrealistic... we are still talking about the fringe of an already limited audience here, after all. There is only so much a studio can do with a mass market product. I may be straight, but I'm usually also not really satisfied with what mainstream games do on the amorous story front. Only because it's in, doesn't mean it's good... It's a nonsensical story about people going to a new galaxy for... reasons... and not equipping the ship or nomad with weapons because... reasons, and you wanna talk about realism? If you want to, but I'm actually talking about marketability... EA still wants to make money. We are already up to 25% LGBTQ representation in fiction these days, that's kinda huge...
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Post by Crim on Feb 25, 2017 1:42:49 GMT
If straight men get Peebee, Vetra and Cora I'd wipe my hands and call it a day. Keep Peebee for all I care, but I'd like Vetra to be available to us bisexual gals as well. No, I don't hate the Asari. They just aren't my favorite race, whereas the Turians are #2.You can keep Vetra and Peebee, I just want Cora. *waaaaaaaaaa*
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Post by Natashina on Feb 25, 2017 1:45:00 GMT
<shrug> I haven't seen a sudden drop in stories about straight people and straight representation or romances anywhere in the media. In fact, most of the stories in games, modern books and film are still mainly about straight people. So I think the increase in LGBT+ representation is awesome. No one is getting ultimately less and folks that aren't hetero are getting more stories. It's a win win.
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Post by warbaby2 on Feb 25, 2017 1:48:41 GMT
<shrug> I haven't seen a sudden drop in stories about straight people and straight representation or romances anywhere in the media. In fact, most of the stories in games, modern books and film are still mainly about straight people. So I think the increase in LGBT+ representation is awesome. No one is getting less and folks that aren't hetero are getting more stories. It's a win win. As long as the quality of the material isn't suffering... more isn't always better, sometimes it's just, well, more.
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Post by gaycaravaggio on Feb 25, 2017 1:55:00 GMT
It's a nonsensical story about people going to a new galaxy for... reasons... and not equipping the ship or nomad with weapons because... reasons, and you wanna talk about realism? If you want to, but I'm actually talking about marketability... EA still wants to make money. We are already up to 25% LGBTQ representation in fiction these days, that's kinda huge... And it should be better than that.
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Post by warbaby2 on Feb 25, 2017 1:57:54 GMT
If you want to, but I'm actually talking about marketability... EA still wants to make money. We are already up to 25% LGBTQ representation in fiction these days, that's kinda huge... And it should be better than that. ...and we are back to "never satisfied". Ah well, it's your happiness. *shrugs*
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Post by sageoflife on Feb 25, 2017 1:59:17 GMT
And it should be better than that. ...and we are back to "never satisfied". Ah well, it's your happiness. *shrugs* Yes, how dare people want to be treated the same as everyone else.
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Post by warbaby2 on Feb 25, 2017 2:02:17 GMT
...and we are back to "never satisfied". Ah well, it's your happiness. *shrugs* Yes, how dare people want to be treated the same as everyone else. Yea, I argued that point numerous times before, and certain minorities are generally not open to reality on this point, so I stopped doing so.
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Post by ToLazy4Name on Feb 25, 2017 2:04:52 GMT
25% representation for what is often cited as less than 10% of the population seems pretty ok to me tbh
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Post by Natashina on Feb 25, 2017 2:09:29 GMT
I enjoy LGBT+ stories and context, so I tend to buy it if it intersects with something I already like. It's how I got into DA. I had been a big fan of BioWare during the days of their D&D games, so I knew I would like Dragon Age. However, I wasn't sure since it was a IP that I hadn't heard of before. Finding out that it had LGB romances was what helped seal the deal. Anyway, my insomnia is starting to wear off. I'll be back later tonight after sleep, or tomorrow if I crash all night. In the meantime... Night all.
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Post by zaefkol on Feb 25, 2017 2:11:31 GMT
For me, the biggest concern - as others have said - with there not being even just 1 romance for every orientation on the squad is that there's a lot of camaraderie and feelings of trust and bonding through experience that come from being able to travel and explore and fight alongside the person you love/are banging. Someone pointed out Sam not being there in Leviathan, and you can bet the same will happen where squad mates who are being romanced get some special dialogue during key story/mission moments and crew mates or non-tempest NPCs don't. That it's potentially looking like it is, yet again, m/m relationships that get shafted isn't a good look. Couple that with the rumours that m/m sex scenes will be fade-to-black when you can bet your arse there will be plenty of BioWare-explicit scenes if they involve tits... again, it's not a good look. It'd be really quite astonishing, shocking, and an abysmal state of affairs if in 2017 - twenty fucking seventeen - we had to start another Fight For The Love thread. This reminded me of a couple points that I wanted to make.
1) As has been brought up by the Sam example, there are certain types of content that non-squadmate LIs simply cannot participate in. And that content often provides the subtleties that flesh out and more fully define the relationship. (And also, I want to be able to bring my LI out into the field and brazenly flirt with somebody else right in front of them, because, as I think I alluded to in an earlier post, I want to do my first playthrough as a dickish manwhore if at all possible.)
2) Despite my pessimism about the fade-to-black thing, I am holding out a little bit of hope that these are either features of the more fling-type romances in the game or that they are early encounters with LIs that can grow into something more before getting a real "romantic" scene.
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Post by Draining Dragon on Feb 25, 2017 2:13:20 GMT
Hey, I've been looking for a GIF version of this! It's so perfect for moderating. Into the Memes folder it goes.
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Post by amoebae † on Feb 25, 2017 2:22:07 GMT
Ian responded to someone on twitter. No info on romances until you either read the Prima guide or play it yourself.
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Post by gaycaravaggio on Feb 25, 2017 2:29:37 GMT
Ian responded to someone on twitter. No info on romances until you either read the Prima guide or play it yourself. When does the Prima Guide release?
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Post by gaycaravaggio on Feb 25, 2017 2:31:35 GMT
Yes, how dare people want to be treated the same as everyone else. Yea, I argued that point numerous times before, and certain minorities are generally not open to reality on this point, so I stopped doing so. Then why go into a thread with mostly minorities to spout this same opinion you've admitted only makes people mad? Anyways, I want ME:A to be as gay as humanly possible. And if not ME:A, then all future Bioware games should be.
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Post by Suaimhneas on Feb 25, 2017 2:33:30 GMT
Ian responded to someone on twitter. No info on romances until you either read the Prima guide or play it yourself. When does the Prima Guide release? Seems to be release day
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Post by DragonRacer on Feb 25, 2017 2:34:12 GMT
Ian responded to someone on twitter. No info on romances until you either read the Prima guide or play it yourself. When does the Prima Guide release? March 21st, same as North American release date for the game.
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Post by Dirk on Feb 25, 2017 2:36:42 GMT
Yea, I argued that point numerous times before, and certain minorities are generally not open to reality on this point, so I stopped doing so. Then why go into a thread with mostly minorities to spout this same opinion you've admitted only makes people mad? Anyways, I want ME:A to be as gay as humanly possible. And if not ME:A, then all future Bioware games should be. Perhaps as gay as alienly possible too? We are going to Andromeda after all.
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Post by gaycaravaggio on Feb 25, 2017 2:37:39 GMT
When does the Prima Guide release? March 21st, same as North American release date for the game. Dammit. There goes my hopes and dreams... and possibly my Tuesday.
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Post by Suaimhneas on Feb 25, 2017 2:40:40 GMT
March 21st, same as North American release date for the game. Dammit. There goes my hopes and dreams... and possibly my Tuesday. There is always the early access, as well as any resulting data mining.
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