The Character Romance thread (Official)

lol!  Well that settles that.  Yoda has spoken. hehe.  How's it going dear?

A lot of people have been saying that about Vetra, and I feel the same way too. I guess she's "too human" would be the best way to explain it.

A lot of people have been saying that about Vetra, and I feel the same way too. I guess she's "too human" would be the best way to explain it.

A lot of people have been saying that about Vetra, and I feel the same way too. I guess she's "too human" would be the best way to explain it.

I liked that she was a Turian-the-species but explicitly not a Turian citizen and that it actually showed in her behaviour.

It feels lazy to me that we're generally supposed to accept that every species needs to fall into a certain set personality, except for humans with their super-special-diversity. It always seemed silly to me that species who had colonized different planets would still somehow all stick to an identical set of personality traits and social behaviours, so I actually loved that Vetra subverted a lot of that essence-of-Turian stuff.

You know, it's a little strange. Metaphorically speaking, I was born in the Jaal thread. My BSN adolescence was spent thinking, "Game will come out, I'll romance Jaal, it will be amazing." Then the game came out and Jaal was spoiled for me by Bioware's shit (let's be honest, you can love BW but they were REALLY shitty this time around and the Straight!Jaal decision was just INEXPLICABLE) and the general furore surrounding the discussion of characters' sexualities. 

I never realised there was so much resentment that some characters were made non-straight. I mean, if a character is available to me, I don't care how many other people have access to him/her. It's actually nice if many people can experience the romance because it makes it easier to discuss and compare notes. I don't care that IB was bi. I actually couldn't even care less if Dorian was made Bi, although since Dorian is the ONLY gay LI, I can understand gay people's reluctance to have him made bi. I do not understand Straight people's reluctance, but I don't want to start this shitshow of an argument again.

Now, even though the initial problem has been solved, and I'm really happy for everyone enjoying the romance, I can't even bring myself to start another Playthrough. Jaal isn't doing it for me anymore, and Andromeda is not a strong enough game for me to be excited about playing it multiple times. For me, Jaal is almost a symbol of shattered expectations and Bioware's myopic nonsense. So I really don't want him in DA4. Hahaha.

I liked that she was a Turian-the-species but explicitly not a Turian citizen and that it actually showed in her behaviour.

It feels lazy to me that we're generally supposed to accept that every species needs to fall into a certain set personality, except for humans with their super-special-diversity. It always seemed silly to me that species who had colonized different planets would still somehow all stick to an identical set of personality traits and social behaviours, so I actually loved that Vetra subverted a lot of that essence-of-Turian stuff.

I totally get where you are coming from.  I hate that they ruined the experience of Jaal for so many people who got the game early.  It's unforgivable how the game launched, and I shall never forget! 

I agree.  They need to do better, and make up for all the mistakes that were made.  They had a really good thing going before, and they can win us back-but minimal effort will no longer fly. 

Yeah.  I have a little faith in the next game being a better launch for us.  However, I'm not planning to preorder.  They'd have to announce equal options and then some to get me to buy it early on even.  I'm kind of over day one bugs at this point really. 

I agree.  I hate to spoil the romances for myself, but I may do so just to make sure we got something worth buying.