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[Gregolian]

I don't think Alistair really counts in the same way the others do as being involved in the Chantry. He was in the templars because he was a bastard with no other options and he was very happy to get out when Duncan took him for the wardens. Alistair doesn't care much for the templars or the Chantry when you talk to him about them.  

I s'pose.

 

Frankly I am happy we have at least two LIs options that are interested in only one sex.  It will make each of the LIs you can have unique on each playthrough.

[Elite Midget]

Leliana.

Leliana had a shady past before becoming a part of the Chandry, you  know. She even mentions that she used to "entertain" bored Orlesian noblewomen.

 

Cassandra doesn't have that, she was with the order much earlier than Leliana was and wasn't going around "Servicing" Orlesian noblewoman.

[Allan Schumacher]

Maybe a combo 

 

Dragonseeker.... Beware evil...

[KC_Prototype]

Call me shallow all you want, but I'm incredibly pissed at Bioware making Cassandra male-only.

 

The other two female options for female inquisitors both seem incredibly lackluster and I don't really have an interest in either of them.

 

Damn it...and I was really looking forward to the game too.

 

You can call me stupid or pathetic or whatever for throwing in the towel over something minor like this, but we all have our reasons for why we play. In an RPG, my romances are important to me.

 

Screw it. I don't care anymore.

 

What a idiotic move on Bioware's part.

I seriously think you should rethink not playing this game. I understand you're frustrated about Cassandra not being available for a female Inquisitor but that's no reason to not get the game considering romance isn't the biggest part of the game and there are other LIs such as Sera(looks very interesting, fiery) and Josephine who is beautiful and I heard sultry. Also, if Cassandra being straight really irks you, you can always roll a male Inquisitor to experience her romance, I'm doing the same thing with a female Inquisitor to romance Sera. Don't miss out on the best RPG of the year for something minuscule, play it before you make a final judgement on it.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

Divine Justinia is implied to have had a sexual relationship with Marjolaine. The Chantry has never said anything against same sex relationships. People are just dragging real world dogma into the setting.

[Saberchic]

On Cassandra and her sexual orientation...  anyone else think it might be somewhat related to how involved she was in a religious institution?  I mean, look at Alistair, he was a young brother in the Templar Order...  straight.  Cassandra is much the same with being a member of the Seekers.

Being religious (or not) has nothing to do with someone's sexual orientation.

[Who Knows]

I s'pose.

 

Frankly I am happy we have at least two LIs options that are interested in only one sex.  It will make each of the LIs you can have unique on each playthrough.

I'm personally okay with playing any character and orientation, but there are plenty of people who aren't so readily and prefer exclusively or almost exclusively to play a specific gender & orientation. In their case, they don't enjoy the replay value from one-gender exclusive love interests as much.

[Allan Schumacher]

On Cassandra and her sexual orientation...  anyone else think it might be somewhat related to how involved she was in a religious institution?  I mean, look at Alistair, he was a young brother in the Templar Order...  straight.  Cassandra is much the same with being a member of the Seekers.

 

I think people are reading a bit too much into this.  Leliana existed in the first game as a devout servant of the Chantry and she was bisexual.

[AresKeith]

Dragonseeker.... Beware evil...

 

Relevant 

 

[Gregolian]

Divine Justinia is implied to have had a sexual relationship with Marjolaine. The Chantry has never said anything against same sex relationships. People are just dragging real world dogma into the setting.

Apologies about that.  I have a Poli Sci degree so it's the only real way I know to explain things.

 

Again, apologies.

[Maria Caliban]

Such a bias isn't so unacceptable to me, but hopefully those who've gotten ganked out of the Cassandra option will find something elsewhere...

We haven't been ganked.

I am not happy about it either, but BioWare has not wronged anyone with this decision.

I'm personally okay with playing any character and orientation, but there are plenty of people who aren't so readily and prefer exclusively or almost exclusively to play a specific gender & orientation. In their case, they don't enjoy the replay value from one-gender exclusive love interests as much.

I am considering playing a male PC to do the Cassandra romance, but suspect I'd end up hating the game if I did so.

The other romances aren't quite clicking with me, but I would have said the same about Leliana before playing DA:O. I might fall head over heels for Sera or Josephine.

And if not? I've always said that BioWare is not obliged to make romances for every player and taste. If they have two f/f romances and I don't find them interesting, that's me, not them.

[Allan Schumacher]

Why not? Unless you're advocating a model where all the LIs are bisexual.

 

But once it was confirmed that the devs weren't going that route,  it was only fair that some of the LIs should be straight as well as homosexual. Straight & gay players should have an equal amount of options IMO.

 

She's right that there is no need for a companion to be of a particular orientation, though.

[Hellion Rex]

Keith, I could have sworn that was Faora that you just posted lol

[Gregolian]

I think people are reading a bit too much into this.  Leliana existed in the first game as a devout servant of the Chantry and she was bisexual.

It's the only reason I could think of cause I was leaning toward comparing Cass to characters like Alistair, Cullen, and others.

[AresKeith]

Keith, I could have sworn that was Faora that you just posted lol

 

Same difference 

[Allan Schumacher]

Such a bias isn't so unacceptable to me, but hopefully those who've gotten ganked out of the Cassandra option will find something elsewhere...

 

The bias is only acceptable until we do something with a returning character that is what you are looking for that you don't appreciate us doing, though.  There's no guarantee that you'd like where a romance with Cassandra goes, so it's still on some level a Schrodinger's Romance.

 

 

Cassandra once held the position of Sera and Josephine: characters that are new that people have yet to meet and see in action.  Making Cassandra bisexual ensures that those that would have preferred Josephine would likely have not gotten the romance that they enjoy.  So, as stated, it ends up being a wash.

[Pierce Miller]

If there are gay characters and bisexual characters why can't there be straight characters? It makes perfect sense to me at least.

[Hellion Rex]

Same difference 

Ah, true that, my friend.

[In Exile]

Cassandra, Alistiar, Cullen, and Sebastian were all straight and all involved in the Chantry. Leliana is the only exception, but her views were always unorthodox and she was only a lay sister for a handful of years.

We've been told that the Chantry doesn't care who you sleep with, though only women are priests because they're symbolically married to the Maker (who I guess isn't bisexual, or he'd be fine with the dude priests.)

The next time I invent a mythology, my all-power deity is definitely going to be bi. The harem of the Maker shall be a thing! She will be symbolically married to all her clergy (who, in the interest of not going stir crazy, can also have some fun with each other). Religion writes itself. 

[Senya]

Well, I can't speak for the poster you're replying to, but: 

 

Cassandra seems more like what gay/bi woman are attracted to. I'm a bisexual woman, and I'm insanely attracted to her. I wish I could explain why, but I can't. She's just kind of... strong? And confident, and attractive, and awesome. There's something really appealing about a woman who go around wearing plate armor, slaying dragons, and changing the course of history. She's just so powerful.  

 

Sera is the opposite.  She seems like the sort of person that a straight man would be attracted to. Again, I wish I could explain why. She seems more feminine. She reminds me a bit of Tali and Liara.

I'm a straight guy and I am attracted to Cassandra for the same reasons. But, my tastes aren't really standard in my group of friends.

 

I was nodding along with Mulan in "A Girl Worth Fighting For". In fact, I had the biggest crush on her when I was little.

[Allan Schumacher]

If there are gay characters and bisexual characters why can't there be straight characters? It makes perfect sense to me at least.

 

No one is arguing that there should be no straight characters.

[Elite Midget]

I think people are reading a bit too much into this.  Leliana existed in the first game as a devout servant of the Chantry and she was bisexual.

Leliana was bisexual before she became a member of the Chantry, I believe. She had a very... Open lifestyle before finding the Chantry, didn't she?

[In Exile]

I'm a straight guy and I am attracted to Cassandra for the same reasons. But, my tastes aren't really standard.

 

I get where you're coming from. She's a lot like... a lot of girls I dated. Confident, strong... those are just attractive qualities. 

[Han Shot First]

She's right that there is no need for a companion to be of a particular orientation, though.

 

For any particular character? Sure.

 

But speaking generally about the LIs as a group, if some are only available for player characters of the same gender, than some should only be available for player characters of the opposite gender as well.

 

And I say that as a player who thought Sera was the most interesting of the companions but plans on playing as a male Inquisitor. Had all the LIs been bisexual I might have had the Inquisitor pursue her. I actually like that some of them have types that the player character might not fit, whether that filter is based on gender or origin or personality or some other factor. On that note if blood magic ever finds it way back into the series, I hope there are LIs who refuse to date a blood mage. 

[Ziggy]

I am biased, but I suspect that BioWare probably anticipated that having an aggressive warrior woman who less traditionally feminine than the rest of the female companions would attract other women.

However, they wanted to write her as a straight woman. BioWare doesn't base characters on the presumed demographics of their fans.

 

Uh-huh she is totally my type... just heard the news.... 

I respect the decision, though expect my character will be severely crushing on her anyway. But maybe Sera or Josephine can distract her from her unrequited love...