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[Alexia89]

Qunari females look stunning,

Modifié par Alexia89, 05 août 2010 - 10:00 .

[Nerevar-as]

Elves are going to lose ears or their helmets hurt in battle but far better than I expected.

[RogueWriter3201]

Dave of Canada wrote...

glenboy24 wrote...

Maybe I just have a thing for Tall, Strong women, but I find myself kind of hoping that we come across a Female Qunari in the Kirkwall Gulag place mentioned in the Podcast, help liberate her (if she's not a Guard or something) and, well, one thing leads to another and Bamf! Love interest.
 

But according to the writers, when you're in the Qun you don't develop relationships the same way. Having a relationship with a Qunari is like having a close friendship.

You could say that by the end of DA:O, my male Cousland was in a relationship with Sten.

Appreciate all the observations along with Canada's. I completely understand that the Qun would make a Qunari Romance, even if the Qunari Female in question was Tal'vasoth, unusual to say the least. And, as others have pointed out, a Romance doesn't immediately need to be associated with Sex. Don't get me wrong, after seeing the Fem Qunari concept art I would certainly be tickled pink to see my Hawke get tumbled by his Female Qunari LI, however that's not the *only* thing I look for in BioWare's romances. Not every Romance *has* to end in Sex to be emotionally moving. Great examples are Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect 2.

In Knights you fall in Love with Bastila and she you, but the most you ever do is kiss and it's still an awesome Romance plot. In Mass Effect 2 if you choose to do the Paragon Romance with Jack you get the most beautiful heart stirring culmination scene that only involves kissing and then some snuggling. It's more about Trust then Sex.

I would imagine that a Romance with a Qunari Female, either dedicated to the Qun or not, would be a deep relationship, but more then that would be complicated and not just for the reasons we got from The Sten. Still, given BioWare's awesome story telling and character development it would not surprise me if they somehow managed to make non-painful Love Making an option in a Human/Qunari Romance.
 

[Dave of Canada]

glenboy24 wrote...


Appreciate all the observations along with Canada's. I completely understand that the Qun would make a Qunari Romance, even if the Qunari Female in question was Tal'vasoth, unusual to say the least. And, as others have pointed out, a Romance doesn't immediately need to be associated with Sex. Don't get me wrong, after seeing the Fem Qunari concept art I would certainly be tickled pink to see my Hawke get tumbled by his Female Qunari LI, however that's not the *only* thing I look for in BioWare's romances. Not every Romance *has* to end in Sex to be emotionally moving. Great examples are Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect 2.

Yeah, I believe this also (considering I prefered the Garrus romance scene the most from all the other Mass Effect 2 romance scenes) but I just don't believe that the Qunari actually believe in love. Although I might've just misunderstood the intentions of the post.

[Anarya]

glenboy24 wrote...

Still, given BioWare's awesome story telling and character development it would not surprise me if they somehow managed to make non-painful Love Making an option in a Human/Qunari Romance.
 

I'll tell you a secret: Qunari sex is not actually painful/violent. Sten was joking.

The reason sex is separate from love for them is because they don't choose who they mate with and they don't raise their own kids in family units. It's more like dog or horse breeding. They probably don't know their mate and never see them again afterward.

[Majin Paul]

I love these, all of the races seem to have a clearer difference now and the Dwarves and Elves haven't been changed drastically.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Dave of Canada wrote...

Yeah, I believe this also (considering I prefered the Garrus romance scene the most from all the other Mass Effect 2 romance scenes) but I just don't believe that the Qunari actually believe in love. Although I might've just misunderstood the intentions of the post.

If you've ever read James Clavell's Shogun, I think the qunari ideas about love are less in line with the typical WRPG/Wester Fantasy's ideas about love, and more in line with Mariko's initial ideas about love in the novel.

[Dave of Canada]

Anarya wrote...

I'll tell you a secret: Qunari sex is not actually painful/violent. Sten was joking.

You know that how?

Sable Rhapsody wrote...

If you've ever read James Clavell's Shogun, I think the qunari ideas
about love are less in line with the typical WRPG/Wester Fantasy's ideas
about love, and more in line with Mariko's initial ideas about love in
the novel.

I have not.

[Anarya]

Dave of Canada wrote...

Anarya wrote...

I'll tell you a secret: Qunari sex is not actually painful/violent. Sten was joking.

You know that how?

What, your game didn't have a Sten love scene?

Serious answer:

Mary Kirby wrote...

Anarya wrote...

Oh I
have a question. Was Sten being serious about "the Qunari act"? I can't
tell if he has a wickedly deadpan sense of humor or whether he's just
dead serious and occasionally unintentionally hilarious.

I wouldn't put it past him to mess with Morrigan as payback for her teasing, though.

He was, indeed, messing with Morrigan. If "the Qunari act" were deadly to females where do little Qunari come from? You'd think there would be a lot less of them, somehow...

[Dave of Canada]

Anarya wrote...

What, your game didn't have a Sten love scene?

He growled at Dog a few times before I intervened.

Maybe that is the Qunari mating call and I intervened too early?

[RogueWriter3201]

Sable Rhapsody wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

Yeah, I believe this also (considering I prefered the Garrus romance scene the most from all the other Mass Effect 2 romance scenes) but I just don't believe that the Qunari actually believe in love. Although I might've just misunderstood the intentions of the post.

If you've ever read James Clavell's Shogun, I think the qunari ideas about love are less in line with the typical WRPG/Wester Fantasy's ideas about love, and more in line with Mariko's initial ideas about love in the novel.

I actually have read both Clavells Novel and seen the Mini-Series based on it. Novel was, of course, far better. But, that really does get me thinking. Having speant three years in Japan I fell in Love with their Fuedal History, and, yes, many of the outlooks on Love and Sex were designed to keep things as harmonius as possible. So, if the Female Qunari in question holds to the Qun I could very much imagine the outlook being the same. Thank you for the reference. Food for thought. Though, hopefully, Hawke's romance would end better then Blackthorn's romance with Mariko...

[darkrose]

Someone please give the elven woman a sandwich, stat!

[Yuka Laka]

Wow Qunari females are are amazing!

And I like the direction all the races are going. More too separate them

Modifié par Yuka Laka, 07 août 2010 - 04:54 .

[Dileos]

How would a date with a female Quanari go? I mean really.

"Hey thats a nice dress!" versus "Wow...that armor looks...heavy."
"Y'know you have beautiful eyes." versus "Damn that axe is sharp looking."
"I love what you're doing with your hair." versus "Those daggers are pretty deadly looking."
"I really like you...alot...and I think we should be together." versus "You're a commendable warrior with much honor kadan."

...not really seeing how a Qunari romance could be added and still feel like a romance.

and uh,,,

glenboy24 wrote...
In Mass Effect 2 if you choose to do the Paragon Romance with Jack

....with Miranda and Tali on board the ship who actually picked Jack?

Modifié par Dileos, 07 août 2010 - 05:30 .

[cancerbaby]

The Qunari female is making me question my sexuality. On multiple levels.



dammit bioware

[Heavenblade]

Pretty sure a normal qunari woman isn't allowed to fight as a profession unless she goes rogue. "allowed" is probably the wrong word of course, as all this is predetermined a young age and people can't really be anything other than what is assigned them. Which means that the average Qunari woman is probably a lot more feminine then the warrior-women of Ferelden with their extremely broad shoulders, boy hips, and misshapen faces.

[Dileos]

Heavenblade wrote...

 Which means that the average Qunari woman is probably a lot more feminine then the warrior-women of Ferelden with their extremely broad shoulders, boy hips, and misshapen faces.

Your upbringing has nothing to do with how your body is shaped bro.

That said, Anora and Morrigan had excellent faces, and Leliana if you look at some of the mods for her.

[Heavenblade]

Dileos wrote...

Heavenblade wrote...

 Which means that the average Qunari woman is probably a lot more feminine then the warrior-women of Ferelden with their extremely broad shoulders, boy hips, and misshapen faces.

Your upbringing has nothing to do with how your body is shaped bro.

That said, Anora and Morrigan had excellent faces, and Leliana if you look at some of the mods for her.

If you play with swords all the time and spend your time roughing in the wilderness, you look and act a bit different then you do if you spend most of your time in more peaceful pursuits, such as being a non-travelling merchant, seamstress, etc.

Modifié par Heavenblade, 07 août 2010 - 05:45 .

[HighMoon]

I love love LOVE the female Qunari design. Hope they keep it like that in game and don't make them ugly.

[Dileos]

Heavenblade wrote...

Dileos wrote...

Heavenblade wrote...

 Which means that the average Qunari woman is probably a lot more feminine then the warrior-women of Ferelden with their extremely broad shoulders, boy hips, and misshapen faces.

Your upbringing has nothing to do with how your body is shaped bro.

That said, Anora and Morrigan had excellent faces, and Leliana if you look at some of the mods for her.

If you play with swords all the time and spend your time roughing in the wilderness, you look and act a bit different then you do if you spend most of your time in more peaceful pursuits, such as being a non-travelling merchant, seamstress, etc.

Granted, there will be some differences.

But life as a soldier doesn't change the shape of your shoulders/hips/face. That was just bad design on Biowares part.

[Silent 1]

When I'd heard that they where changing the Elves and Dwarves to I was worried that it was going to be to drastic. I was worried that the Elves would have green skin and leaves attached to their heads and that Dwarves would look stone faced.

[GodWood]

Dileos wrote...

glenboy24 wrote...
In Mass Effect 2 if you choose to do the Paragon Romance with Jack

....with Miranda and Tali on board the ship who actually picked Jack?

Me.

OT Dwarven females still the best.

[trying_touch]

undoubtedly the qunari is pretty... but she can still collapse my lungs if she were to ever pat me on the back, so no... no qunari romance for me...



i don't see much difference in the elven concepts besides now they are not shorter than humans...



like the dwarf dude and his sexy belly, though... haha...

[hxx7y]

i liek the new elves (at least the concept are need to see in game models before final judgement) in origins elves were wimpy humans with pointy ears and alot of thier mouths just looked wrong for some reason still cant put my finger on exactly what was wrong with the mouths but it was deffinately somethinsg ... uncanny valley perhaps?

Dorfs are a ok

humans ... in this generation of games youd have to be trying to screw up humans to screw up humans so they get my seal of approval.

male qunari looks like a neanderthal and i normally dont do this but the famale design looks sexy as hell in a Raquel Welch, one million years B.C kind of way

Modifié par hxx7y, 07 août 2010 - 07:18 .