The Character Romance thread (Official)

Do you really think that they are going to test every single person for fertility?  Only young, breedable male and female pairs?  Sorry brilliant and accomplished women over the age of 40 -- your questionable eggs are not welcomed here!  Sorry anyone who has decreased fertility!  Only the most virile are welcomed on this expedition!  You had a hysterectomy or vasectomy?  Stay behind!  You wore too many tighty-whities and have a low sperm-count?  Stay behind!

This is a silly point that just absolutely has no basis in reality.  You are seriously suggesting that they will only let fertile straight people on this mission?  Because if they can let even one infertile person on board, then your entire argument falls apart.

Also, the number for a sustainable viable population is way below 20,000 anyway.  Oh, and it's been speculated that the most efficient way would be to send only women in the first generation and have 2-3 generations worth of sperm samples to maintain diversity for the first few generations.  By the time you get generation 4, you'd be good to go.  So.....yeah, a few gay people aren't going to be a problem.

Yeah, the bolded is where the argument falls apart.  If they let even one gay person onto the ship, then the whole argument is crud.  Because no one is saying that there needs to be a bunch of gay people.  This comment was in response to just asking for enough so that the PC can have some options.  We are talking 4-6 out of 20,000.  And, again, the minimum viable population size is way below 20,000.  So, no, it wouldn't be enough of a consideration to play a role in the context that the original comment was brought up.

I think we should cool it with assumptions until we actually play the game and see what there is to offer. We don't have any officially confirmed romances except for Scott. And that's Cora. Everyone else is speculation or like PeeBee, we aren't being told who they prefer.

I really hope I'm proven wrong. I'm begging for Bioware to prove me wrong. However, so far, what they've showed us, is that they're willing to confirm a hetero option for Male Ryder, but everyone else has to "wait and see." 

It's very, very worrying. Is it because they know they're gonna piss off dudebros with the gay content? Or is it because they know they're gonna piss off their LGBT fanbase? It's hard to say, and I'm trying to have very low expectations so they're not dashed. It's also hard to be optimistic when everytime I talk about how I want gay content, a straight person comes in to go on about how it just "wouldn't make sense" for character XYZ to be gay or bi. Or how it just "wouldn't make sense" for them to allow gay people on this trip.

I don't know. It's just frustrating. Some people probably believe I'm just being whiny. Maybe I am. But until I'm proven wrong, I think I should get to be a little whiny. 

The "I don't hate gay people... BUT" followed by the most hateful and unintelligent things possible trope. I was wondering where they went lol. Welcome ignorant bigot, enjoy your stay here 

You are assuming any heterosexual woman or man wants to have children. Are they gonna to force people to mate? 

I wonder how straight people would feel if I said it "wouldn't make sense" for there to be any straight squadmates because all the straight people in the Andromeda Initiative are too busy having sex to make babies? Not very happy I bet, but you can easily make any argument designed to exclude anyone for stupid reasons.

Actually that makes more sense, all the heteros should be left in the kitchen and garage having a family while the gays are adventuring!

I mean, there's stuff like with Miranda. Cloning is a thing. And there's already scientific studies nowadays about how we might have gay couples procreate without the help of someone of the opposite gender.

Considering the Mass Effect universe has both genetic engineering and cloning, we really don't need to worry about keeping or growing a population the old-fashioned way.

Not sure if I agree with the speculation that Dr Lexi is the lesbian option. After all, we don't really have any indication or teasing or leaks or anything that indicate she'll even be an option (No, a tumblr post using BSN speculation as a source to say that she's a lesbian isn't a true leak). It's very possible she'll be an option, since they even relented in making Samara an option for Shepard via DLC, but there's not really any evidence beyond precedence.

As for her being a lesbian, I think Aria is the closest Bioware is willing to get to a lesbian asari, and, even then, she kisses Male Shepard so people still try to argue she's not really a lesbian. I've even had a redditor try to claim that she's "more into Male Shepard's kiss."   Imagine the tantrums certain fans would have if they were denied an asari waifu, even if she was an NPC and not a squadmate.

If Vetra isn't a lesbian, then our lesbian will likely be a human woman who is a minor NPC. I'd love to hope for Sloane Kelley, since she's insanely hot to me, but I don't know that they would make her into women after Aria was so blatantly into women (with Sloane filling a similar role to Aria in the gameplay trailer).