The Character Romance thread (Official)

I'm pleased to hear this. A while ago I was discussing something similar (playersexual characters, but eh) and remarking on the benefits of making the romance different between male and female PCs to allow for both variety in an efficient package and incentive to try it the other way. The counterpoint was distrust that BioWare could do it justice.

I'm glad they have done it justice.

It's making me ill and angry. If it upsets you though, go enjoy the game and let this stupidity run its course. It'll be old news soon enough.

I'll rain on the parade. Cool for folks who really wanted Jaal and in theory adresses multiple issues with gay romances but let's not get hysterical with BW praise here. This is still the same romance with slighty rephrased lines and literally a handful of different animations, 95% is the same otherwise. Same scenes, lightining, music, general conversations etc.

Like I said, in theory it adds 3rd option for achiv, gay male nudity, a gay squadmate option AND a popular character at the same time and yet I can't help to notice that coincidentally it also happens to be the easiest and cheapest way BW could've taken to 'address' the crisicism - flipping Jaal or Liam's switches and slighty modifying their existing scenes. Let's put it this way - a brand new 3rd gay squamdate, or even brand new scenes/content for Gil and/or Reyes it is NOT.

Not like it all matters now anyway, Andromeda 2 likely will never happen and who knows how long we will wait for any new game in Mass Effect universe next so I just hope, this time, after Trilogy AND after Andromeda, they finally embeded into their brains the memo about gay romances not being absent or an afterthought compared to every other romance option.

Yep! I'm romancing Jaal as Sara right now with the new patch and he's just good ol' lovely Jaal who adores Sara, lost Allia and crushed on Avela. Sara would never know he loved her brother because that's in an AU where Scott is the Pathfinder.

They did say that this is not a last patch. Maybe there is still a chance for them to fix and improve other romances.

And do you actually believe those patches will include MAJOR new stuff like completly brand new scenes done from scratch? I no longer hope for it, maybe if there's actual DLC but even that is questionable now

I'm very doubtful they will make Andromeda 2. The game underperformed and is largely seen as the 'bad one' and associated with animation memes. The damage is done and EA is very unlikely to allow themselves risking the next installement be associated with it

Yeah I'm not holding my breath, I'm only trying to remain hopeful because I want more ME in the future but I couldn't say that I knew they were going to make more. 

I don't read her feelings for him as sexual though. A bit of a crush sure. And def some admiration. But...

Like I said, it doesnt read like that for me.

But then I fall on the asexual spectrum so maybe Im missing some things. But I doubt it cause it was pretty clear that Peebee wants to ride Jaal, and Liam is crushing hard on Sis!Ryder. 

I think you and I are simply going to have to accept that we are reading the situation differently. 

In the words of my beloved Gil Brodie different strokes make for more interesting conversation 😊

The world would be boring if we were all the same.

YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT THE VIDEOS AND I'M HERE BEING SLOW, I'M SLOW!JAAL PLAYING AND DOING IT ALL AND I JUST WANT TO MEET HIM ALREADY, FAST!JAAL BETTER RAWS ME SOON

I DONT APOLOGISE FOR THE CAPITAL LETTERS; THIS IS MY MOOD AND I CANT HELP IT, I'M HAPPY AND I'M SCREAMING