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[Maclimes]

mousestalker wrote...

Interesting shift from making babies to focusing on the means of nourishing them.

When did we start talking about beef jerky?

Also, why are my children so malnourished?

[thats1evildude]

Maclimes wrote...

mousestalker wrote...

Interesting shift from making babies to focusing on the means of nourishing them.

When did we start talking about beef jerky?

Also, why are my children so malnourished?

My hat's off to you, good sir. 

Modifié par thats1evildude, 29 octobre 2012 - 09:39 .

[BouncyFrag]

I never thought I'd find a thread where this pic I found would be pertinent. But, this is the DA3 BSN board so.......

[Sol Downer]

BouncyFrag wrote...

I never thought I'd find a thread where this pic I found would be pertinent. But, this is the DA3 BSN board so.......
*snip*

This makes so much sense, people, I have found the answer to your condom questions.

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

Pseudocognition wrote...

The Teryn of Whatever wrote...

I realize you're poking fun, but in response, and in all seriousness, I wish EA would allow BW to get away with character nudity where it is perfectly natural for them to be nude, like sex scenes. Underwear sex in DA:O and even worse, that fully-clothed shower scene in ME 3 were just downright embarassing; it would have been better to just not include those scenes than give us what we got. Do they really care that much about what a crappy, disreputable news network like Fox has to say about it?

I doubt Fox or EA's opinion has anything to do with it. Video game nudity just looks weird, and Bioware is aware of the cost of making it look not-weird. I realize we can be talking about two different things -- nudity as in "genitals on screen" or nudity as in "implied nudity" where no nipples/genitals appear on screen. It's a topic for a different thread but I often wonder which people are asking for.

@entropicangel: lol yyyyup

Video game nudity looked fine in ME1.

I'm not necessarily asking for genitalia to appear onscreen. No what I'm asking for is nudity in contexts where nudity makes sense, e.g the love scenes in DA:O instead of "underwear sex" like we got.

Hell I have nothing against comical nudity either, e.g. the penis scene in GTA IV: The Lost and Damned.

Implied nudity (ie. only showing characters from the shoulders up) is also fine. It would have made the shower scene in ME 3 a lot better and more believable. But, like you said, another topic for another thread.

[AtreiyaN7]

I'm going to guess condoms or magical contraception of some sort as being reasonable explanations. In any case, the last thing I want to deal with is some rugrat in a game, so I don't really care what the reasoning is. They can say that there's a magical contraception fairy for all that I care.

[deuce985]

This thread is quite weird. I'm not really sure how to respond to some posts...

[mesmerizedish]

TheButterflyEffect wrote...

Oh yeah, and intestines. And even crocodile feces. All kinds of lovely.

However, there's nothing to clarify whether or not stuff like that exists in Thedas.

Yes there is. Wynne brings up herbal contraceptives in a discussion about sexuality in Circles.

[bleetman]

I'm confused why people think contraception is the only way to avoid pregnancy.

[EpicBoot2daFace]

Knight of Dane wrote...

It just didn't happen? Some couples are together for many years, with unprotected sex, without ever conceiving a child.

Like Shepard and Tali.

[MilaBanilla]

deuce985 wrote...

This thread is quite weird. I'm not really sure how to respond to some posts...

I know what you mean 
This thread became rather awkward to read...

[Emzamination]

bleetman wrote...

I'm confused why people think contraception is the only way to avoid pregnancy.

Discussion wasn't awkward enough for you, eh?

[MelRedux]

 It's not a good story until my warden or Hawke can have lots of babbys with their LI. AMIRITE?!

[Maclimes]

Emzamination wrote...

bleetman wrote...

I'm confused why people think contraception is the only way to avoid pregnancy.

Discussion wasn't awkward enough for you, eh?

I laughed out loud. Thanks for that. 

[bleetman]

Emzamination wrote...

bleetman wrote...

I'm confused why people think contraception is the only way to avoid pregnancy.

Discussion wasn't awkward enough for you, eh?

If you interpretated that how I think you have, that's not what I meant.

[BouncyFrag]

Ultimashade wrote...

BouncyFrag wrote...

I never thought I'd find a thread where this pic I found would be pertinent. But, this is the DA3 BSN board so.......
*snip*

This makes so much sense, people, I have found the answer to your condom questions.

It only works with the Blood Dragon Armor. If you no got, you get preggers.

[Eveangaline]

basic contraceptives have existed for much longer than people think

also there's plenty of ways to have sex that don't involve risking pregnancy

And even ignoring that, it's not unusual. Hell, plenty of couples try for years to get pregnant but don't

[Yalision]

I suppose it just didn't happen. Not a big deal in my opinion.

[Shadow Fox]

RinjiRenee wrote...

Pseudocognition wrote...

Carver's jaw gives him +50 defense against ogres
oh wait

WHY SO ATTRACTIVE, BABY BROTHER

www.youtube.com/watch

[ledod]

Rickets wrote...

Salty.

alrighty, that killed it for me.

[zambingo]

RinjiRenee wrote...

Tasmen wrote...

zambingo wrote...

Knight of Dane wrote...

It just didn't happen? Some couples are together for many years, with unprotected sex, without ever conceiving a child.

QFT

With that said, as I played DA2 and the years passed by and by... I did wonder if it would have been neat to have an optional family storyline going. You know shacked up with Aveline, cute red head babies running around. And yes, AVELINE! Those hips are made for babies. Plus, damn the writers for making the only non-crazy female not romancable. AVELINE FTW.

Umm. Yeah. Rant done.

Did you serious just invoke 'child bearing hips' logic?  dot dot dot

The thought that dudes actually think "UNF THOSE HIPS COULD BEAR AND CARRY MY SPAWN, THAT'S SO HOT" is making me recoil in horror

Biologically hips do, or perhaps "can" is more apropo, widen with pregnancy. Which is where the fertility perception comes from initially not from a differing cultural opinion of what is beauty/womanly. The biological change bred the perception, the perception gets picked up as a cultural measuring stick, the impression is then continually retaught and re-observed.

OMG I can't get over having to justify this. LOL Is this what the world is now? It's some sort of stupid oppression or sexist behavior to make note of a valid, but tongue-in-cheek observation about a body type? Seriously? I'm 34 years old, married 14 years, 4 kids between 14 years and 4 months, been with my wife for 19 years. I've been a Mr. Mom for 11 years now by request from my wife. Yeah. Do that "math". I know the lyrics to every Barbra Streisand musical. I am Kevin Kline in In & Out sans the actual you know... gayness. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I sincerely [hope] not, I might be in the running for the least sexist, lecherous male you ever talk to. Aveline was awesome, and I made a reference to Aveline's body type OMG bring out the torches! Burn him.

Modifié par zambingo, 30 octobre 2012 - 12:46 .

[Harle Cerulean]

First, Wynne talks about there being "ways to prevent [pregnancy]" in a conversation. Contraceptives exist in Thedas, which makes perfect sense, since women have been coming up with ways, some more effective, some less, to prevent it pretty much ever since a connection was made between sex and pregnancy. Extremely effective, safe contraception is relatively recent, yes, but condoms and other physical barriers, of various materials, have been used for hundreds of years.

And even discounting that, it's entirely possible to have unprotected sex for years without getting pregnant. My mother and my father were married, and having sex, for eight years, before my mother conceived my older sister. Anders, as a Grey Warden, has low fertility. It's not impossible, but it's unlikely. It's also entirely possible that it's more difficult for a human to get an elf pregnant, and Isabela undoubtedly uses contraceptives. You think she wants a kid? Hah.

[Harle Cerulean]

zambingo wrote...

RinjiRenee wrote...

Tasmen wrote...

zambingo wrote...

Knight of Dane wrote...

It just didn't happen? Some couples are together for many years, with unprotected sex, without ever conceiving a child.

QFT

With that said, as I played DA2 and the years passed by and by... I did wonder if it would have been neat to have an optional family storyline going. You know shacked up with Aveline, cute red head babies running around. And yes, AVELINE! Those hips are made for babies. Plus, damn the writers for making the only non-crazy female not romancable. AVELINE FTW.

Umm. Yeah. Rant done.

Did you serious just invoke 'child bearing hips' logic?  dot dot dot

The thought that dudes actually think "UNF THOSE HIPS COULD BEAR AND CARRY MY SPAWN, THAT'S SO HOT" is making me recoil in horror

Biologically hips do, or perhaps "can" is more apropo, widen with pregnancy. Which is where the fertility perception comes from initially not from a differing cultural opinion of what is beauty/womanly. The biological change bred the perception, the perception gets picked up as a cultural measuring stick, the impression is then continually retaught and re-observed.

OMG I can't get over having to justify this. LOL Is this what the world is now? It's some sort of stupid oppression or sexist behavior to make note of a valid, but tongue-in-cheek observation about a body type? Seriously? I'm 34 years old, married 14 years, 4 kids between 14 years and 4 months, been with my wife for 19 years. I've been a Mr. Mom for 11 years now by request from my wife. Yeah. Do that "math". I know the lyrics to every Barbra Streisand musical. I am Kevin Kline in In & Out sans the actual you know... gayness. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I sincerely [hope] not, I might be in the running for the least sexist, lecherous male you ever talk to. Aveline was awesome, and I made a reference to Aveline's body type OMG bring out the torches! Burn him.

Not going to burn you, but I would like to point out that Aveline's opinion of having kids is that she'll be happy to if her husband bears them to term and pushes them out his ass. 

[EpicBoot2daFace]

Harle Cerulean wrote...

First, Wynne talks about there being "ways to prevent [pregnancy]" in a conversation. Contraceptives exist in Thedas, which makes perfect sense, since women have been coming up with ways, some more effective, some less, to prevent it pretty much ever since a connection was made between sex and pregnancy. Extremely effective, safe contraception is relatively recent, yes, but condoms and other physical barriers, of various materials, have been used for hundreds of years.

And even discounting that, it's entirely possible to have unprotected sex for years without getting pregnant. My mother and my father were married, and having sex, for eight years, before my mother conceived my older sister. Anders, as a Grey Warden, has low fertility. It's not impossible, but it's unlikely. It's also entirely possible that it's more difficult for a human to get an elf pregnant, and Isabela undoubtedly uses contraceptives. You think she wants a kid? Hah.

Can you imagine what their reaction was when they found out in the 50's. HA!

[wsandista]

I think I need some bleach.