Gil Brodie - Chief Engineer (Official Thread)

Yeah, I was just thinking of how fast this thread has grown. We only learned about Gil on Friday. Four days later, and he's up to 13 pages already.

The m/m crowd is clearly interested in more information.

Hey, guys, what are your hopes for the tone of Gil's character arc? Do you want his character arc to be more light-hearted, more serious, etc? They said that his motivation was to "find a purpose." Personally, I'd love for him to find said "purpose" where least expected and grow into his own role as the game progresses. Maybe, he'll even be like EDI where he's initially a crewmember but becomes a squadmate? (Please, Bioware)

Hey, guys, what are your hopes for the tone of Gil's character arc? Do you want his character arc to be more light-hearted, more serious, etc? They said that his motivation was to "find a purpose." Personally, I'd love for him to find said "purpose" where least expected and grow into his own role as the game progresses. Maybe, he'll even be like EDI where he's initially a crewmember but becomes a squadmate? (Please, Bioware)

eep. That was intense and would make for a good movie, but I don't want there to be anything that scary in the romance. They promised this was going to be a more lighthearted story.

I'm so glad you asked this question! I tried to keep myself from thinking too much about it-- would hate to get too attached to a story arc and then vehemently compare it to the canon one... but I did anyway. This is what happens when BW refuses even a scrap of info! 

For starters, nothing about "finding himself" in a gay way, like coming out or anything similar to Dorian. It's 2185 or whatever, hopefully we're well past that. I imagine his family (maybe excluding a sibling) is all back in the Milky Way anyway.

I see Brodie having a light-hearted personality, a muscular, but gentle man who's easily amused and at the end of the day wants everyone to be well taken care of and happy. However, something happens early on, like the Kett managing to infiltrate the Tempest with a spy or bug in the ship's ventilation system (engineering), effectively infecting only Brodie who saves the other engineers during an alarm. The infection ails Brodie's mind and body with seizures and voices of the Kett leader trying to control him against Ryder and the Tempest crew.
Ryder of course is determined to find a solution or cure and has to take Brodie with him/her to secure it (Brodie becomes squadmate), but it is very difficult. The closer they get to finding the cure, located maybe at the Kett leader's HQ/base, the worse the infection harms Brodie mentally and risks him going insane. However, Ryder is able to keep the infection at bay temporarily by reminding Brodie of who he is and what he stands for during these episodes. If Ryder is romancing Brodie, of course he'll be troubled and pained as they fight the torturous infection together; Ryder holding Brodie close during one of his episodes fearing that the love he has for Brodie will be for naught and it terrifies Ryder that he'll lose Brodie to the insanity of the disease or death. Of course, through this trial they find a cure somehow at a cost, and Brodie finds his purpose and/or viewing Ryder as a huge part of that purpose if they're a couple.

I've thought of a few others, but that's the more intense one that has developed most in my head.  

Edit: I think I went overboard with that question. Oops.  :ulikeit:

The problem is since Scott and Sarah are both characters that have to be flexible enough to be shoved into a vast array of role playing situations-they will have to be at a certain acceptable margin of a blank state. While I didn't find the inquisitor boring at all-there was a never ending parade of people singing that song. So yeah-if you want to pull for Scott and Sara to come back it may be an uphill climb.

Especially since even here-odds are good Scott will be universally paned cause I feel like every game the female voice actor no matter how little difference there is in performance will be crowned amazing, and everyone will say Scott's acting is terrible. I have eye rolled through so many such comments-cause it's an opinion thing so there's no winner so I just walk away.

The problem is since Scott and Sarah are both characters that have to be flexible enough to be shoved into a vast array of role playing situations-they will have to be at a certain acceptable margin of a blank state. While I didn't find the inquisitor boring at all-there was a never ending parade of people singing that song. So yeah-if you want to pull for Scott and Sara to come back it may be an uphill climb.

Especially since even here-odds are good Scott will be universally paned cause I feel like every game the female voice actor no matter how little difference there is in performance will be crowned amazing, and everyone will say Scott's acting is terrible. I have eye rolled through so many such comments-cause it's an opinion thing so there's no winner so I just walk away.