That was beautiful. I was cracking up because I wasn't sure how much you were playing it up, but that was beautiful nonetheless.
Because gays are scary dude... O.OLuthir Fontaine said:Why are people so homophobi?
Its not your going to get the case of the "gays" by playing a game... haha
Always fun to poke fun at homophobis go and "hit" on them its funny as all hell how mad they get.
I never said a single thing about homoeroticism in gaming, I'm utterly without comment and couldn't care less.20thCenturyBoy said:What, exactly, is wrong about homosexual conduct in video games aside from earning a bit of your ire? Too used to traditional hetero romance dominating the medium that this comes off as a bit of a culture clash? We're the twenty first century, values are updating, we should open new venues in all forms of pop culture.Jonabob87 said:To be a homophobe is to fear gayness, or being gay yourself. I'm not afraid of either of these things.20thCenturyBoy said:"Those" being homophobes or any individual who sees homosexual romance as disgusting or unnerving.Jonabob87 said:Interesting read!
It's lovely to know that you "pity" those who think differently from you...
If you're meaning disliking gay people? Wrong again, gay people are as the term indicated "People who are gay". Still people and still worthy of every consideration you or me is worthy of of.
To be opposed to homosexual conduct or lovemaking makes me neither unpleasant nor insecure. It means I see something and don't like it.
If I saw something I didn't like and disliked the person for doing it that would be a whole 'nother story.
Maybe it's because as a member of the LGBT community I see nothing inherently wrong with two fictional characters enjoying love and devotion on the screen, just as I see nothing inherently wrong in men and women pairing up for similar purposes. What's your reason?
I'm almost certain this is not the case, but I'd love to be proven wrong, in this case. Got source?YawningAngel said:I believe that the backstory changes according to your character's gender: they aren't all bisexual.monnes said:My issue with the love interests in Dragon Age 2 wasn't that there were too many gays, it was that all of them were bisexual. They are clear-written characters you're not supposed to make decisions for, but still all of them are bisexuall. I find this a bit odd.
Also, there's actually only 2 female love interests, and counting day 1 dlc, there's 3 male ones.
Although this is a bit besides the point, I felt the characters were pretty badly written, with the exception of Varric, and possibly Aveline (who is not a love interest).
Also, I might have been imagining things, but I felt Anders and Fenris were both pretty sexually aggressive, which didn't really seem to fit with their personalities.
Sebastian doesn't have the homosexual relationship option, though I'm not sure if that was a design choice or just cutting corners...monnes said:My issue with the love interests in Dragon Age 2 wasn't that there were too many gays, it was that all of them were bisexual. They are clear-written characters you're not supposed to make decisions for, but still all of them are bisexuall. I find this a bit odd.
Also, there's actually only 2 female love interests, and counting day 1 dlc, there's 3 male ones.
That's not how I read into it but that would make far more sense.summerof2010 said:I think the pity is directed at the people who want to get guys fired for writing something that didn't appeal to them, especially when that content was not a dominant part of the experience. Or even a part at all, for the most part, if you didn't want it to be.Jonabob87 said:Interesting read!
It's lovely to know that you "pity" those who think differently from you...
Ahhh...That's the secret. Whether or not it was intended that way by the developers, being able to fill in the blanks is great for game narrative.but I wonder how much of it was intended by the developers and how many blanks were filled in within my crazed mind alone
Considering he's a DLC character, I'd guess it's cutting corner, but I'd still consider it a good thing. I'd even consider it a good thing if he was exclusively gay. As long as they get a sexual identity.TwistedEllipsis said:Sebastian doesn't have the homosexual relationship option, though I'm not sure if that was a design choice or just cutting corners...monnes said:My issue with the love interests in Dragon Age 2 wasn't that there were too many gays, it was that all of them were bisexual. They are clear-written characters you're not supposed to make decisions for, but still all of them are bisexuall. I find this a bit odd.
Also, there's actually only 2 female love interests, and counting day 1 dlc, there's 3 male ones.
I always play games with both genders if possible XDC117 said:"Are there men so insecure that they're offended by fictional gay men coming onto their fictional avatars?"
Not me. But then again, I tend to play as a woman...
If it helps you to use Fenris (who admittedly is an anime reject), if you don't romance him, it's implied he's in a reltionship with the pirate-wench Isabella (as long as you're not in a relationship with her either). It's fun to bring him along with Merril on a mission, side with the mages and watch him get really worked up...FieryTrainwreck said:To be completely honest, I've shied away from gay characters in Bioware games...I haven't used Fenris even once. Granted, that's at least half his own fault for being a completely tone-shattering anime reject, but I don't think a simple model-swap would stamp his ticket into my party.