The Character Romance thread (Official)

Eh, I'm still not fond of the idea of turning Jaal bisexual. Pre-release, I'd have been happy with him being bisexual but post-game and as a response to the unhappiness about the gay option, it'd feel too close to the Ashley Precedence: changing a character for meta reasons regardless of how well it fits with their established characterization. If there is DLC that has romance content, I'd rather it be about expanding the current romances rather than changing them.  

All of these characters should have been bi (I am going to add Alistair, Morrigan, Miranda, and yes, even Jacob too).

Indeed some of the writing in ME:A seems to be intended for what we call dudebros. One example is Gil with the duty of procreate, as if there had to be a justification for gay people to exist. Another example is how your male Ryder automatically touch Peebee's thigh when she lands on top of him. 

This also appears during the marketing before the release. They went on and on about the stupid "Pretty Good Banging" which then turned out that m/m romance is trash. They released romance information for straight romance but while gay players were told to find our romance out ourselves. And there were also so many instances of queer baiting as well.

If the patch outcome goes badly, I'll change my username to 'SaltyJockey' out of solidarity...

Hope the patch does make folks happy.

Holding rapeebee's legs is so wrong. She should have been shot there and then. I can only headcanon scott was getting ready to push her off but waited until his squadmates guns were lowered to avoid an accident.

IT"S HAPPENING PEOPLE!!!!

blog.bioware.com/2017/06/06/mass-effect-andromeda-patch-1-08-notes/

WWHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT

OMG and we can change our look on the Tempest now!!!

Yeah, maybe the quote unquote "ideal" solution is to introduce new characters, but that is NOT. AN. OPTION. in this scenario - new characters would be in a reduced position at best, like any DLC character who was a romance option would only exist within that DLC content, AND it would mean paying extra for a feature that SHOULD have been in the game to begin with. This is not a viable option, because it literally means that gay players have to pay more to get the same level of content that straight players got at launch.

Jaal does not state that he is only attracted to women, he doesn't say 'guys aren't my thing,' BroRyder doesn't even get to flirt with him. It wouldn't be 'turning' him bi, it would be allowing him to express it.

So, prayer corner dear, lets make one.

Fuck yes.

Well I'll have to say this: Thank you, Bioware, for listening to us and making the right decision this time. 

I am at work and I am screaming now. Is it true?!!!!!!!!!! Please say YES!

DA2 had One Romance Achievement to Rule Them All, as does DAI; both of these just require that you complete a single romance.

The issue with this particular one is that m/m is the only one that can't be completed with the available options. If it was still three, but everyone only had two options, necessitating that everyone play a romance outside of their preference to obtain the achievement, that would be a different story, but that's not the case.

I don't particularly care about achievements when I'm required to do things I don't want to do, like romance a certain person, or something drastic like side with the templars in DA2 (there is one for siding with them five times; I did it once to see, and never again). I have a bunch from DAO left undone because I don't care to make those choices.

But this instance is just another example of how they didn't consider m/m players at all, how they're not important. I don't think the achievement itself is a big deal, but what it means is a big deal.


[edit] Grats to Jaal-mancers.