The Character Romance thread (Official)

I'm not a fan of it because the two characters who form a relationship are so cute together usually that I feel bad interfering in that. 

This. I couldn't have said it better.

I didn't have a problem with Tali's pinning because it was going to lead her nowhere.  I could've gone without hearing her fantasy about Garrus in my bathroom in the Citadel DLC, and then bringing Shepard into it  .  I mean, it was funny, but gross.


I did one playthrough where I had Hawke romance Anders to see how it would work, but I also had Isabela betray me in that playthrough (not on purpose) so I never saw her and Fenris hook up.  Didn't even know about it until I saw it online.  Fenris is my Li for that game (except for that Anders' playthrough)

Yeah the Citadel part really got me. I adored Tali. She was my little sister and I just wanted her happy.

After Fenris left me and he had a one night stand with Isabela, I admit it was awkward lol but then it all worked out! My Warden slept with her and Zev, so knowing what she was like, I just let it be. She ended up a good friend to Hawke.

Yeah that got to me about Cole. I didn't want to romance him, but telling those who did that he shouldn't be because of "reasons" then give him an NPC romance was pretty cruel. Many fangirls got attack when they said they wanted to romance him, then when he got a girl, those same people cooed about it, making the fangirls very hurt.

Eh... I wasn't too bothered by drunk Tali's comment. Reminds me of myself when I've had a few too many. Some idle fantasy I've had like once suddenly decides it wants to be admitted out loud... It's a big part of why I don't really drink anymore! I doubt Tali actually got that impressive sounding tattoo either. 

Also, this. Guess I'm just selfish!

I'm apparently in the minority regarding squadmates that hook up. I like that it happens. I'm honestly surprised to see so many people view it as a sort of competition or like they're better off with each other than with your main character. I've never viewed it that way at all. Very interesting...

I'm fine with squadmates hooking up. Friends, co-workers do IRL.

The answer is yes, and they've said it isn't. However, Jaal hasn't officially been announced as a squadmate yet, so, if they announced no one else, it would still technically be true. It'd be nice if there was another squadmate we hadn't heard of yet, that didn't manage to leak.


My guesses would be... hmm. I am very uncertain about all of this. The problem is there aren't enough humans ladies? There's probably another human lady somewhere that we don't know of yet. Maybe Sloane Kelley? She's important. And really pretty. And I love her hair.

Honestly, I only really care about Kallo, Jaal, and Drack. Which, hey! What luck. It seems I'll be half-way pleased with one of the options. Unless Jaal turns out to be one of the ones who doesn't required a sex scene, in which case [TOOTS HORN].

... [PAUSES] If there are going to be multiple games in this series (which hasn't been confirmed or denied yet, right?) then, does that mean I'm gonna have to tell my chosen LI every game that I don't want any naked-time? [CRINGE] Like, this is a conversation we're gonna have to have at some point, I fear. [SNICKERS] Maybe they could institute an asexual toggle. "This character is not and will never be interested in sex." Oh! Or maybe, when you call someone up to your private quarters, you get, like, a choice.

RYDER: [LOOKING INTO LI'S EYES]
Dialogue Options: [PUSH ONTO BED] O [PULL OUT JENGA]


Ah-hem. Anyway. My guesses.

Drack: Nah
PB: Panexual
Jaal: Bisexual
Reyes: Gay
Cora: Bisexual
Liam: Straight
Vetra: Gay
Jallo: Biromantic
Sloane: Straight

[COUNTS] That's eight. That's what DAI had, right? I mean, after the delay, sure, but.

That being said, The Elder King's gotta point about Vetra being the last known female squadmate, and how, in past Bioware games, there's usually one companion from each gender that doesn't end up an LI. [PAUSES] Well, sorta. In ME2 Kasumi wasn't an LI, but she was DLC so I sorta wanna brush that aside, and Samara had a semi-romance that did continue into ME3, and thus was tracked. Also, Tali was made an LI in ME2 when she previously wasn't in ME. So, I'm gonna go ahead an say that I think Vetra could be an LI. In fact, I'd say it's more likely she is than she isn't, because Turians are a fan-favorite. I don't know how, um, Nyreen? [CHECKS] Yes. Nyreen went over in the community, since I didn't stick around after the ME3 ending... thing went down, which might influence how I feel about Vetra's chances, though.

Just my personal take, though.

I like squad-mates having relationships together. Not every one is something I ship, but I don't think there has been any I dislike either. Overall it's just fun to see relationships between them. Fenris and Isabela works as friends with benefits -type of thing, Iron Bull and Dorian was pretty weird, but quite cute in the end, Carver and Merrill are just adorable, have to admit that Tali and Garrus just big ?-mark, but I found Vega and Ashley funny enough.

I don't have problems with LIs hooking up with other characters when I'm not romancing them. I'm playing with different character who don't mind his/her friends getting together- or encourages them, or doesn't care. It's AU, it doesn't have anything to do with universe where my Hawke is with Fenris, Shepard with Garrus etc.

I'd like to know too, but I'm not going to get my hopes up that everyone will be revealed.  They probably want to avoid the fallout with DAI until later.  We may know a few of them before though.