I hope there can be an unrequited romance.

I can see the appeal from the story-telling perspective...

...BUT, I don't want it to happen with romance I want (and it actually does happen in previous games. Jack(as f!Shep), Cass(as femquisitor), James, Joker...)

Vall Yes I don't want it either with characters I like.

Why would you want for others things you wouldn't want for yourself? People are just bad as they are.

Ugh. No. Especially since it would likely be a male LI that pulls this crap if one does. Bioware loves the ill-fated romance trope with male characters especially. We've already been cheated on, dumped, betrayed, relegated to mistress status, lied to, been forced to watch while he sleeps with another woman because we asked him to, and had our lovers die on us. A big no thank you to being used for sex too.

Damn now that I think about it, only Morrigan was a more shitty end romance. Well there was the DLC to fix that so does not really counts...

Wouldn't it be to realistic for some people?

As far as I am concerned every non-romanced NPC is a potential unrequired love-interest. I've been having those unrequited relationships across many a BioWaRE game, from Kivan to Zenith, and I'd rather they've returned my digital feelings. It's so much nicer....

Plus, what fialka had mentioned... it's really not as much fun as it sounds when your lover suddenly minds that you are Elven, and apparently, not good enough as far as the child-birthing prospects go. It's also not as amusing as it might appear when a brilliant scientist that can render the whole race infertile in a perfect proportion, spends more time on discussing skin rashes that may come from species incompatibility your lover has with you, than the fact that he is slowly losing his ability to breathe.

I love you. I was just playing hard to get.

Nah... get enough of that in real life. Don't need my pixelated waifus turning me down too!

More than one waifu will ruin your laifu. 

Maybe if it has special scenes between your character and the one you want to romance that aren't necessarily romantic in nature, but can only be achieved through pursuing them?

Like, they reach some kind of understanding where the person you're trying to romance trusts your character and cares about them a great deal, but maybe has feelings for someone else, or doesn't feel like he/she can handle a romantic relationship?

Ryder could have a short scene by him/herself showing their resolve and dedication to that person while still being respectful and keeping their distance. (Also without making them look like a creep.)

Maybe they could even build it up over a new trilogy, to where you could confess your feelings to that character, only for it to finally be reciprocated three games from now. That would actually be really incredible, since I don't really think a game has tried to do that before. I mean, three games where Ryder is just living their own life, rather than pursuing a romantic interest because they already have feelings for someone would be neat. 

Or they could die, which could leave Ryder extremely wary towards pursuing a relationship.