in order to make Kaidan (and Ashley - have we forgotten her?) suddenly bisexual, they are going to have to make some major character rewrites (especially for Ashley - who's a lot more outspoken then Kaidan). major character rewrites = not even the same character.
am I afraid to be touched by "teh gay"? nice offensive statement to make, but no, I'm not. I actually like Zevran's romance option. I find that the best romantic option, the one that appeals to me as far as the way its written in DA2 - is actually gay one. I have romance books with openly bisexual male characters on my bookshelf. As well as openly gay ones.
If Kaidan were bi from the start, in a main game, was fully written as such (I'm sorry, but the content they cut? it was couple of lines for shepard in romance scene where the only thing that they did was replace the names, so I have a feeling that bi-options were cut simply because they didn't have time or money or both to write them fully for the actual characters) - I would have no issues. because it would require no retcons and rewrites. I know people like to claim that there's nothing there that shows that he couldn't be, again I find that offensive because it smacks too much off "all they need as a good penis to change their mind"
considering what happened in DA2 and how they handled the rewrites there, and not just romance rewrites, I'm afraid that we're going to end up with short "why didn't you tell me before, because you never asked me before (that's especially bad when it comes to Ashley as its completely out of character for her)" exchange and the fact that they never acted interested otherwise is going to be shoved under the carpet.
and actually my opinion is the minority one here, especially the part where I want character to be consistent from game to game. no, I'm sorry, there is no my Kaidan, or your Kaidan. well, there wasn't anyways. it always makes me laugh when people accuse me of possessiveness - now why the hell would I be utterly fine and dandy with all these female Shepards swooning all over the character if I were possessive? the only thing that's yours, that's in my opinion should be yours and open to interpretation in game - is Shepard. Mass Effect3 worries me, and not just because of Kaidan. I'm afraid that its not going to be a sequel, I'm afraid that its going to be a stand alone game, retconed if necessary to make it so, with inconsistent characters.
Lair of Shadow broker proves it to me, because here's Liara talking to me after Noveria, how revenge is not something that she wishes to take, moving on and bla bla bla, and then here's liara in shadowbroker - doing a complete opposite..and that desire for revenge starts very shortly after events of the first game. sharp about turn much? and people really really love that DLC, so its not unreasonable to expect that poor "boring whiny" Kaidan and poor "angry racist" Ashley will be rewritten and changed the way Liara was.
Am I worried unnecessarily? maybe. maybe its far too early to tell. but it really seems that a lot of you are just happy with pretty malleable agreeable mesh. which shouldn't surprise me considering how many people went - omg, I hate VS because they disagreed with me. pretty mesh with great voice does not a character make.
I liked these characters as they were originaly written. I'm very afraid that those character will only remain in a first game, and sexuality is the least of it.
Modifié par jeweledleah, 10 mars 2011 - 04:59 .
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