Is BSN biased against black characters?

Who's talking shit about my Vivienne, goddamnit?!?!

I think it's more that BSN, and the larger gaming world, using 'poor/bad writing' for everything they just don't like.

I actually really liked Jacob. He was my bro and I was sad I never got to spill drinks on the citadel with him.

Liam is fine... He's funny and I enjoyed his mission, but he's fairly fairly generic. But so is Cora.

I also liked Vivienne. Got along well with her.

There, fixed that for you.

I hated Jacob sinsce ME2 cause he was always out of place, too self-assured for nothing to back it. I couldn't empathise with him and I even couldn't romance him despite trying, he was too offputting for me. And since ME3 I just hate him more, it was a stupid mission, and his motives are pretty strange even if he's not romanced.
But I loved Vivienne, she is my only viable option for Divine. And Liam is a bro. I liked his character since promo, he looked appealing, and I wasn't disappointed, he is nice, his loyalty mission was pure fun, it was easy to like him.

So - no, I don't think it's about their skin color at all, for me it always was about character's story, motives and personality. I guess for most of other people it's similar - even if they like Jacob/dislike Vivienne or Liam for that same reason.

What. Liam doesn't sound british

Jacob is boring.

Vivi - well I never had an issue with her.

Liam... no. No issue with him either.

But god... Jacob was so boring that it hurt. He reminded me of that obligatory "black guy" character they put on Star Trek Enterprise. That character was so boring that I completely forget his name in this moment.

Lol, that whole show needed.....help. Especially with the theme song. :cringe:

I loved Archer and T'Pol. And the doctor! Phlox?

That's what happens when you try to go PoC when your writers are all whiteys and heteros. They can't relate enough to write these characters with authenticity and you end up with Jacob and Liam who Luke tried to write as "authentic afro-american" or "autentic Jamaican" or whatever Liam's nationality would be and you just end up with stupid lines like "Gravity's one mean mother, huh!?" and "We're part of the initiative. Best part".

It's like Luke is picturing this general "black-guy-talk" in his head and it just turns out awkward.

Nothing against Vivienne though. She pretty much serves her purpose with minimal distractions. She happens to be black but it doesn't make her come across any different than any other character really and that's not unrealistic either. It's certainly better than trying to imitate "black-guy" behavior and failing miserably. I think people mistake Vivienne's one-note-ness for the fact that she actually acts that way because she has one single agenda by joining the Inquisition, which is to climb up to possibly become the next Divine.

Liam I liked up until the point he started trying to be a politician, then it was "God you're stupid just go away". Never used him in a squad cept for loyalty stuff. the movie night thing was good.

Vivienne- pfft what a _itch reminded me of people who can't see any view point but their own. Is there a mission I can get her perma death?

Jacob- just wasn't interested in him at all from the beginning of ME2 and the Good Stuff