The Character Romance thread (Official)

Also, look, this argument is pretty pointless because it seems to hinge on this imaginary idea that every LGBT option has gotten the same amount of content and the same effort in that content as straight options.

Was gay MaleShep shafted? Hell fucking yes. This isn't arguable. MaleShep couldn't even get with a guy in the third game. We've only had 1 gay male central character and Cortez's writer admitted that one of the major priorities with Steve was making sure he didn't "ninjamance" the male player. When you're writing a gay romance, straight people shouldn't be anywhere in the main priorities. I'm sorry.

As for bi men, We've only had 1 bi male squadmate over the course of the whole trilogy and he only realized he was bi in the last game. Now, look, it's totally fine (and even great) to have characters like that since so many people initially think they're straight only to realize they're not. However, in the context of having very little LGBT male characters, it stands out as them not initially being able to have m/m and only recently realizing they need some kind of bi guy for MaleShep.

Was straight FemShep shafted? Yes, she was. Half of the options ended up getting a bad end in ME3, and, in Jacob's case, you couldn't even start a new romance, from what I've heard. However, you guys had at least one squadmate option every single game, which lesbian players and gay male players didn't have.

Now, was lesbian FemShep shafted? I would argue yes. We did have one option full of content across the trilogy, which a Gay MaleShep and some straight FemSheps didn't have. However, if you're not into Liara, the other ones don't have nearly as much content. Samara's not even an option if you don't have the Citadel DLC because there's no culmination to her romance otherwise, and she pretty much rejects Shepard in ME2. Samantha Traynor and Kelly Chambers are both NPCs, neither of which having as much content since they're not squadmates and haven't been in every game. Furthermore, Kelly Chambers didn't even get an appearance in the Citadel DLC, one of the only romance options not to get more content in said DLC. And I'm not going to comment on how male gazey Traynor's romance was, since some people aren't really going to "get it" no matter how many times I explain.

And, for bi female characters, the only bi women we've had on the squad were asari. No bi female human squadmates or really any other bi alien women as squadmates.


So, yes, it's not debatable. We've been shafted unless you prefer playing a Straight MaleShep, and I hope this trend doesn't continue.