The Character Romance thread (Official)

Meanwhile I'm hoping for exactly that kind of romance and don't find that lazy at all, and don't want what you want.

Um, the majority of Bioware romances options that were like that were for the opposite sex or for both. The majority of gay romance options were not like that.

Okay, now you're the one sounding patronizing and condescending. So those kind of romances are not deep huh? 

I'll be happy with at least one decent male Ryder with male alien relationship. If the only m/m relationships are with humans that'll be pretty disappointing. I just find the humans in ME pretty boring compared to the aliens.

Well you can have both too, Isabela was good with compliments too and sometimes was gender base. Although I understand what you mean, it is not always like that. Although I do like when the writer acknowledge that, since we almost have no important lesbian LIs, well there are none really who I am kidding. Dorian is maybe the first importante gay companion.

Exactly, what appealed to me with Isabela is that there were moments of levity but also moments of tension that rose from, not only the dynamic between Isabela and Fem!Hawke, but the plot itself and Isabela's plot-relevant actions. I want more lesbian stuff like that or even lesbian stuff that doesn't have that much levity. Ones that aren't just fluff, please!   

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Agreed. While in poor taste, I wouldn't go so far as to call it 'rape' either. I definitely interpreted it as the two just drinking waayy too much and it happens. Again, poor taste on Bioware's part? Absolutely. At the very least they should have had some dialogue before that where you flirt with him or something at the party to trigger it. As it is, it's another case where they decided Shepard's characterization, rather than allowing the player to. And where it's a matter of sex, that's a huge no no I hope they never repeat.

What I would call rape though is the Vega scene. Fortunately you can opt out of that one, but the entire thing is super creepy. He outright turns you down, he's clearly uncomfortable and conflicted about the idea, and you just keep asking him if he's drunk enough yet until he agrees. What if the genders were reversed? What the hell were you thinking, writers!?