The Character Romance thread (Official)

Ah, never watched Galactica so i didn't recognize her. But she voices Bitch Pudding, so I love her already

Robot Chicken on cartoon network. Sadly she doesn't have too many appearances. :sob:

Yes, please... We need more positive examples. If it's not abusive, it's often Bury Your Gays. It's honestly quite bizarre how many tragic same-sex relationships they have. Sure, there are bad straight relationships shown as well, but the ratio for same-sex ones is huge because there aren't many to begin with. Hell, there were barely any same-sex relationships in ME:A at all, better yet ones that got any real attention (and very few LGBT people in general - one lesbian?). Doesn't really make sense for that universe, if I'm honest.

Aside form Peebee/Kalinda (to be honest I have trouble counting asari the same way), there's a random couple on Eos that has ambient dialogue, there's Kallo's dead pilot friend and her wife, and of course Avitus/Macen. 3/4 of those are tragic and the other is the easiest thing ever to miss completely. 2/4 of those aren't even really characters, just mentions.

So Bioware, would it really be that hard, in your next game, to show some positive examples of same-sex couples outside the PC romance? It's counterproductive to your self-professed progressive ideals. It may not be intentional that it ended up this way, but you need to see it nonetheless. And I mean at least somewhat important characters. Unfortunately this is something both the ME team and DA team need to do.

I'm with you. It was such a pointless change. No one asked for it, and now the people who use the default face are stuck with it whether they like it or not. I was never oggling over default Sara's face, but I thought it was really cool that she wasn't overly made-up and looked like a normal person you could run into, for once.

And... why now, in a patch 1.5 months after launch? I've never seen a company change the "iconic" (Bioware's words) look of their protagonist in a patch. It's ridiculous. I'm surprised they didn't do it before launch, considering the hate she got, but... who are they hoping to please, here, exactly?


This thread has moved fast today, and not in a good way, whether it be disappointing patch notes or fighting here Hang in there guys! Watch this gif a few times, that always makes me smile

Oh... here's another example.

In the jail cells on the Nexus, there is one cell devoted to that guy that is part of The First Murder quest. The other is "open" and has rotating people in it. These people change occasionally as you play the game. On one occasion, there is an asari woman being questioned by a security/cop guy, saying that her girlfriend "fell." The cop isn't buying it, and says that she came all the way to a new galaxy just to be "a scumbag abuser."

From what I understand, Sera breaks up with a Dalish Inquisitor if she doesn't dismiss the goings-on in the Temple of Mythal as fake, demon-y stuff, more or less. In other words, if Levellan stands by her faith, it's over. Not exactly what I'd call healthy.

There may be more conditions for this, I don't know.

Ah, I only heard part of that conversation, so I missed the relationship there, just something about "falling". Well... one strike in the abusive column, as well as the nameless NPC column. Yay.

On a related note, Bioware is still a lot more comfortable with f/f NPC relationships than m/m ones, sadly, even if they aren't really done justice either.

People like you give me hope, Nightscrawl. Glad you showed up here

Agreed with the

"In this particular case, since it IS two women, it just piles on to the negative portrayal of same-sex NPC relationships in these games. But honestly, I don't think it would have been better with an opposite-sex couple. You can't talk to them about it, since it's just a static dialogue that plays out, so there isn't a chance to learn, there isn't a teachable moment in there."

Paragraph especially. Maybe they were trying to mirror the First Murder(er) quest in how people screw up their 'second chance' but it wasn't the right way to go about it. (Also still pissed you can't charge him for attempted homocide.)

And you know, as sad as it is, and just another example of a tragic gay relationship, I really do like Macen/Avitus. I thought it was done SO well. They managed to show a great deal of the relationship with very few minutes' worth of content. You can tell they loved each other very much. Avitus was reluctant to take up the mantle of Pathfinder, but Macen knew he was up for it and he rose to the occasion, and I think he would be so proud of him.

I'm really not into the calls to make Avitus into a LI. Maybe in the next game, if there is one, and only if it's been a few years. I'd romance him in that case, but I want him to have his time to grieve first.

You know, i love that this is possible here.
Same  when I was shitty.. and even in the MP forum I saw two users arguing and then realizing taht this was pointless because they both want the same thing and then made up ad communicated like a healthy anagara would..


thats nourishes the shriveled old heart  in me bosom.

So how did they approach the carryover romances in the MET? Did you actually have breakup dialogue (if you wanted to romance someone new)? On seeing the LI for the first time, did you have to reestablish that there was a relationship there? How did that work?

YU DU THIS; MAN??

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you are a cruel man.. why are you doing that to me, now I will be not able to sleep because of that horrid visage..


TAKE THAT :3 (If I cant sleep, why should you  

THIS IS MY REVENGE...



^{p.s: in interest of harmony and love: this post is meant as a joke.:3}