So, BW apologized for throwaway transgender stuff. Can we make them reconsider "gender pronouns" par

It's still a little weird, though.It's like... a European moving to India and trying to slot himself into the caste system, perhaps? 

It's almost as if BioWare hired a feminist-type person who is not actually interested in the entertainment but just their virtue-signaling at the expense of whatever they can use to bring forth their agenda.

Here's my thing with it. The Asari are mono-gendered, yes. So in their language initially there was no word for gender, of an Asari. I all animals on the Asari homeworld were also mono-gendered, then they wouldn't need those words. If there were species with multiple genders on the homeworld, then they would have words for different genders. But maybe they are specific to those species and don't apply to Asari, in their language.

However, now for thousands of years the Asari have been involved with multiple other species that have different genders and different names for those genders. So it makes sense that they would pick up that concept, even with the use of the universal translator. I'm sure that not every species uses it all the time. If an Asari and a Krogan mate, they probably try to learn their native languages, you know, because couples. And though they initially may not have had words or the concept of multiple genders or pronouns for themselves, now there are Asari that do. Because they have been raised in a culture where these things exist, if not for the Asari.

Take this for instance. We didn't used to have words for "radiation" or "lasers" or "automobiles". But we created them when the terms were needed. True they are derived from other words/languages/etc (and "laser" is technically an acronym) but the point is the Asari could have done that, too. Heck, we came up with those alternative pronouns for people who wanted to be "ze's" or "hir's" or whatever, so the Asari could also have done that.

And as to what Samara and Liara have said, well if you asked 95% of people in the world how many genders there were and what were they they would say "Two genders, male and female." But that 5% would say "Oh, many genders! Neutrois, Non-binary, Other, Pangender..." etc. So it makes sense that there could be some Asari that fall into this same group that humans do.

It might make sense for the Asari to have words for male and female, but it makes less sense for them to have the same gender identity issues found on Earth. The Asari only come in one biological sex, so why would an Asari have a gender identity that is separate from the sex she was born into? That should be an alien concept to her.

An Asari with a male gender identity would be a bit like having a human who identifies as Turian.

I'm all for inclusion of transgender characters, but it really makes a lot more sense for any alien transgender characters to be from species who have two biological sexes, similar to humans.

They don't have the same gender identity issues.

And they're not trans.

They serious put a pronoun debate in this game? Even though it's entirely inconsequential, I just... have to shake my head.

Fun fact: the Angaran states that "his people have several pronouns to identify with"...

...except they don't. Unless I've missed something, they are pretty much a regular binary species and refer to each other as he\she.

My point was the want. If everyone else operates with more than one gender, I'm absolutely sure the asari would take on that language, just like, though in a different way, human translators take on Quarian terms that do indeed have a close English/etc meaning, but clearly have a particular significance.

The Asari primarily mate with people of other species. To do this effectively, they adapt to other species' notions of gender.

There are no "gender issues" on earth, it's pandering to a tiny minority so society gets unhinged at the core level = family unit.

I hope CDPR maintains to leave the so-called "pronoun and bathroom" predicaments to the Americans and Canadians.  The squadmates in MEA are already bland and uninteresting
due to this cockamamie shoved down your throat pandering.

CDPR are have no interest in putting real world politics in their games, they are eastern European... and that's one reason why they will continue to succeed. Just as the Japanese, they are still concentrated on their craft, unlike many US/Canadian and western European studios.

...and no, "other kin" and similar dilusionaries are not mentally ill, they just refuse to put down the childish behavior of "pretending" in the face of a perceived uncaring and cruel adult world they haven't been properly prepared for or outright reject for some other reason.

Me, too, I live in Austria... and the former eastern block is not at all interested in anything PC politics. They basically smell the Communism surrounding it, I recon.

Also: US/CA might be the big market, but it's not an isolated one, and should western publishers not wake up soon, it could very well be that their stuff suddenly will stop selling because costumers ditch it in favor of superior foreign products. Look what happened to MARVEL comics...