The Character Romance thread (Official)

Hopefully it's that simple lol I love being compassionate, but it's always taken wrong in the other games!

With the Flirt options, I hope with some romances at least that the flirts aren't blatant ones but more just things like being affectionate and complimenting.

It already was. DAI did the exact same thing regarding flirts. 

I mean heart and flirt being separated options I'm always such a boyscout in videogames like this, so the option to be nice without the suggested "we'll bang ok?" in past games sounds great

Shep did ignite memes that'll last for aeons but other than that there isn't much else for me to positively say on his whole "we'll bang ok?" attitude   (   ) 

I wouldn't say that. Even not counting the ones left ambiguous so can be chaste like Josephine, Kelly, and Solas, there were Bioware LIs that has the romance strickly chaste. For example the one hailed as one of their best Bastila is strictly chaste, never going beyond a kiss in the game. 

I still say Bastila counts(not counting the post-KOTOR stuff since that didn't exist yet). You kiss and she pulls away saying they shouldn't have done that and then runs off. The rest of the game never has them kiss or anything after that while still having other romantic stuff like sweet words. 
How did Anders work for that? All the other DA2 romances had required sex. The only thing I didn't like about Merrill's romance. 
I'm afraid ambiguous is as far as Bioware is willing to go at this point. At least some were done really well, like Josephine's, where there is literally nothing other than one dialogue option you can choose that suggests it is a sexual romance. Her writer Sylvia even stated that seeing Josephine as asexual or demisexual is a perfectly valid interpretation. 

Nice list, but you forgot Branka/Hespith. 

Hmm... I'm not sure that's entirely true.

I believe that you can turn down sex with Liara in ME1, and the romance flag will still be set.  If you do LotSB, you can end it with a romance scene - or not - and even then, it's somewhat ambiguous.  There is no actual sex scene, just some cuddling / foreplay.  When she visits Shepard's cabin en route to Cronos in ME3, you can tell her you'd like to be alone.  So, I think there's an opportunity to play a sexless romance with Liara if you'd like.

For all we know, Cora isn't even much a romance but more of a hookup. But even if so, I still want her to be bi. I just don't understand why no human female squadmates can be romanced. I don't want the unoriginal Scott = Cora Sara = Liam, and everything seems to be pointing that way.
I wish all squad were bi, and the rest was a mix.

Well, yeah, because turning 30 (or the equivalent for your species) automatically means no more sex.



Aside from EDI stating that Shepard has sexual experience (during an optional conversation on the Citadel), I can't think of any other situations where it is even implied in conversation - and even then, it could be presumption on the part of the speaker.

Can you remember any specific dialogue that made it impossible for you to play it chaste?

Well, sure, if they've made the decision to use that (or some other) reason why Ryder & Drack would not be romantically interested in each other.  It would be unexpected in a setting where different species from entirely different environments with very different lifespans are crossing that divide and entering romances right and left, however.  Also, note that DA's writers made Solas an LI.