The Character Romance thread (Official)

Oh, I agree the s/s romances are the most lacking in the trilogy. Sure, lesbians got the second most options in the trilogy after straight guys, but... as you say, other than Liara they're all flings, mini-romances, or non-squadmates you only get for one game. And in some cases the decision to not make a female character an s/s option made little sense (as with Jack 'I've slept with women before but I don't swing that way' and Tali 'let's link suits... someday but not today.') That's why I made an emphasis on balance. Not necessarily to where every group has the exact same number, but maybe the 'favored' group gets, like, one extra, versus twice as much as everyone else. And yeah, I'm talking actual full romances here. Ideally from our squad, but I think a major NPC with Cullen or Josephine levels of involvement and romance quality can count too. I would argue that Samantha Traynor and Steve Cortez come close - I felt like they were important for the team and had some great dialogue. I can't speak to their romances, but to me personally they made as much of an impact as characters as our actual squad mate James Vega did.

If the flings or one-night stands (along the lines of Samara or Allers) are all over the board that doesn't matter as much, I don't think, and frankly I don't care if one group gets more of those. I only included them for completion sake. And because I think if, say, Vega's fans actually got a well done consensual scene instead of the 'yay for date rape!' one in the Citadel DLC, they would have appreciated it. Not as much as a full romance, but still. What they did get sucked - like, what the fuck, Bioware, seriously. Take away the little flings like that, and the ratios don't really change much anyway, except to make it more obvious that lesbian players got shafted pretty bad too.

So again, I won't advocate for anyone getting punished with less or being 'owed' more for whatever reason. I'd just like to see less of these giant disparities. Although I admit I was thrilled that Solas and Cullen were extra options in DAI for selfish reasons, I did feel that they should've made either Cullen or Solas bi. And maybe expanded Harding's flirtation into a full developed romance for both genders to even the scales a bit. Perhaps using those resources they could've saved by losing some of those fetch quests everyone hated so much and shrinking those big empty maps a bit...? Just a thought.