Ineffable Igor wrote...
Ms .45 wrote...
OK, I can kind of see your point, but remember that, for instance, Alistair and Leliana could become somewhat different people depending on whether you hardened them, and Morrigan and Velanna became a lot nicer if you could (be bothered to) get them on side.
My point is, it's not completely outrageous for a video game character to have a significantly different (or just a slightly different) personality between games.
Having said all that, I like the idea of characters being strictly gay or straight. Can you imagine the fangirl outrage if Fenris could ONLY be romanced by M!Hawke?
Yes, you could change Alistair, Leliana, Velanna, and Morrigan, but that was a little different. That was influencing their opinions, something that is inherently changeable. Sexual orientation isn't like that, that's something you're born with, not something that develops due to life experience.
*ahem* may I respectfully disagree... I know your basic orientation is pretty locked and loaded, but humans have great big brains and are able to contemplate doing things that go against their wiring. Things like prison, same-sex schools are obvious examples, but also the whole "lesbian until graduation" thing, meeting the right person, etc.
However I suspect this is way too big a topic to discuss on this thread - if I presented it to a PhD examiner I'd be told to bugger off and make it doable in only 100,000 words.
It would be like if in my game Fenris is a human Tevinter slave but in yours he's an elf. Race (that is, elf, human, dwarf) obviously has a larger impact on who someone is than orientation (in the context of Dragon Age), but the principle is the same.
But yes, I can see what you mean here. The bisexuality of Isabela and Zevran makes sense given their upbringing and experience and personality - making Alistair bisexual, as appealing as that is, would require a fairly good explanation. That said, being raised with other boys in the chantry, then moving straight to the mostly-male Grey Wardens, would be a pretty good explanation.
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