One of the particular thing about BroShep-mances was nearly all of them was about Shepard saving them and/or fixing them. It became too repetitive, you start to see a pattern where all these women became attracted to Shepard because they saw him as a dashing hero and because they're indebted to you because you always save them from something.
I'm looking at this as a person who want to see Shepard as a potential LI. Not just an analysis of Shepard's multiple LIs seeing Shepard as attractive. And I'm trying to make sense why BroShep is a man who is almost instantly loved/lusted/worshiped by the galaxy and why mostly women became so enamored by him.
I want to learn how attractive he is as a person provided that a) you're not a damsel-in-distress and he don't need to save you b ) you don't have family/mental/past issues for him to resolve and c) Yes, I know he has this hot-tall-dark-muscular-soldier-guy going on but... is he attractive personality-wise? At what point can you see this... because I'm not seeing it.
And would you be attracted to him without seeing him through this hero-worship lens and without feeling indebted to him because he had done a lot of things for you? If you do, what qualities does he has?
I'm more interested in the specifics of BroShep's attractiveness as a person because as a straight woman, I really don't find him attractive at all. And he has a very looooong list of women in-game who do find him truly attractive which I'm starting to feel questionable about it since I don't see what they see.
Honestly, I have no problem looking at FemShep and see her as desirable. I am a straight woman and even I am attracted to her regardless of her looks because she is simply a magnificent layered character with various complexities from the beginning to the end of trilogy. But it was BroShep who is an enigma to me. Even Reddit ppl don't have the answer to this....
and I really want to love BroShep like I love M!Warden and M!Hawke... as a woman who do like playing hot cgi guys (because it was fun and fictional men does give me unrealistic expectation to real men.. yada2)... pffft
I think the thing about Bro-Shep (and FemShep too) is that both are natural leaders and have take charge personalities.
While the rescue romance is a valid criticism, I think it's more to do with Shepard (Paragon or Renegade) being the sort of person who upon seeing people in danger or in trouble, is naturally compelled to want to step in and attempt to resolve the situation or get people out alive. That they do this without even thinking about the risk to themselves is because that's just the type of person they are?
We see signs of this in ME2 where Shepard refuses to leave the Normandy until the last minute, trying to get everyone off the ship safely, as well as having to be ordered by Anderson to leave Earth in ME3, rather than stay and fight which they want to do.
I never really saw the "fixing" people angle so much. A lot of Shepard's relationships with the people in the games (romanced or otherwise) are often slightly complex and Shepard approaches them all on their own levels, based one what each person needs from them.
In the case of Miranda, Ashley and Jack, they are all clearly independent women who don't need a man to rescue them, so Shepard's conversations with them are mostly about establishing trust and getting them to open up if they want, which is hard for each of them since they've been burned before.
With Tali, Liara and Traynor, the course of their relationship with Shepard helps them to mature and become more assertive, giving them the confidence to stand up for themselves and go after what they want. All start off as slightly nerdy introverts, that Shepard makes feel part of the team.
Garrus, Thane and Samara find Shepard all attractive due to their dedication to their respective professions and that they have sacrificed a lot of themselves in service to others. Personality wise, there's a connection due to being old souls secretly weary of the war and death that surrounds them, but refusing to let that get the better of them.
I think that Shepard is attractive to a lot of the various romances because of that layer of complexity to the character and that they can gel with different partners on different levels, so it's not one thing or another? Jack probably finds Shepard attractive for different reasons than Tali does, or why Liara does?
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It's hard to be specific.. those last 3 are especially tied to their personal story arcs.
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