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[PrinceofTime]

Nah Tumblr self inserts would lose their minds an boycott the game. EA needs to keep every part of their fanbase for the game after ME3 ending.

[Kroitz]

Only reason Geralt and Dandelion get so much booty is because they're basically the only two humans on the Continent who look like something a woman might actually want to bang.

 

 

*disgusted noise*

[Catilina]

Only reason Geralt and Dandelion get so much booty is because they're basically the only two humans on the Continent who look like something a woman might actually want to bang. [...]

[rocklikeafool]

Romances, the most cringest part of any Bioware game. People here actually base doing a playthrough of DAI simply to role-play a romance - if you don't believe me just read the DAI subsection. 

Breaking news: Dutch's Ghost can't find that loving feeling!

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=bTvU3BELZEo

[Lady Artifice]

Dandelion just had a heart attack

 

 

I don't know how much I'd really count him. His primary purpose seems to be to accentuate Geralt's rugged masculinity by contrasting it as much as possible. 

[Undead Han]

From what I gather, the Witcher creators just wrote lame in-universe justifications for why their character is a fantasy wish fulfillment **** magnet. Lame justifications don't make the idea that most women want to get with Geralt any less lame.

In CD Projekt Red's defense, it is actually consistent with the source material. Book Geralt is also a Mary Sue in the romance department. Nearly every beautiful woman that crosses his path wants to sleep with him, and the ones that fall into bed with him are head over heels in love immediately after. As if the signs weren't enough, Geralt apparently has a magic penis.

i like both the books and the games, but Geralt being irresistable to nearly every woman he meets does get a bit lame. It doesn't feel earned either, because while Geralt can be quite witty, he's not *that* charming.

[nfi42]

There are plenty of reasons women wouldn't want to have sex with a dude even if he's free of disease. Try that line IRL and see how far it goes for you. Geralt's superpower is a really effective condom - that's really not a selling point.

 

Yes, I would never use that line.  Geralt wouldn't never need to use it as it's widely known, nor would he otherwise.

[nfi42]

I don't know how much I'd really count him. His primary purpose seems to be to accentuate Geralt's rugged masculinity by contrasting it as much as possible. 

 

I always though it was to show Geralt as being able to look past a persons exterior to see the inner beauty within. 

[nfi42]

i like both the books and the games, but Geralt being irresistable to nearly every woman he meets does get a bit lame. It doesn't feel earned either, because while Geralt can be quite witty, he's not *that* charming.

 

He is exotic,  though.

[Gonder]

Seven pages? I wonder how many people have died in here thus far.

[Undead Han]

Seven pages? I wonder how many people have died in here thus far.

*ahem*

[meg5493]

[nfi42]

*ahem*

 

Undead,  so doesn't count.

[Almostfaceman]

*ahem*

 

What is dead may never die. 

[In Exile]

Yes, I would never use that line. Geralt wouldn't never need to use it as it's widely known, nor would he otherwise.

I was being a bit flippant. My point was that it doesn't make any sense for Geralt to be more or less attractive because he isn't ridden with disease and is sterile.

[malloc]

Romances are not bad but the dialog is corny as hell

[Catilina]

Romances are not bad but the dialog is corny as hell

Unfortunately, most definitely.

[nfi42]

I was being a bit flippant. My point was that it doesn't make any sense for Geralt to be more or less attractive because he isn't ridden with disease and is sterile.

 

 

That wasn't my point either. Being male and having no idea how a female brain works, especially a 14 century one, I was just speculating as to one aspect of his attraction.

 

That was meant to be bit flippant.

 

It seems that Geralt is seen to be attractive by Bioware forum standards,  and he is defiantly exotic, a bit like Asari.

[Medhia_Nox]

Why would I want them removed?

 

It's the only other thing to do in a Bioware game beside kill things... 

[Elanor]

How about no?

[Gwydden]

In CD Projekt Red's defense, it is actually consistent with the source material. Book Geralt is also a Mary Sue in the romance department. Nearly every beautiful woman that crosses his path wants to sleep with him, and the ones that fall into bed with him are head over heels in love immediately after. As if the signs weren't enough, Geralt apparently has a magic penis.

i like both the books and the games, but Geralt being irresistable to nearly every woman he meets does get a bit lame. It doesn't feel earned either, because while Geralt can be quite witty, he's not *that* charming.

Eh, the bolded sentence is a bit of an exaggeration. As for Geralt's appeal, there's the obvious stuff (he's handsome, powerful, exotic, and there's no risk of STDs or pregnancy), but I've also suspected for a while that The Witcher may have been largely influenced by Conan the Barbarian. On the latter character, a critic had this to say, and it's surprising how much of that could just as easily apply to Geralt:

 

In addition, Conan is often painted as the object of desire. The author's vision rests equally on the desirability of Conan and of the women, showing how and why feeling might develop between them. Conan, having been raised outside of civil society, cannot charm the women, bargain with them for favors, or fool them. His appeal is not that he has wealth, prestige, or grooming, but that he is attractive, confident, physically powerful, guileless, and does not mingle his desires with ulterior motive. He is part 'bad boy', but he is also attractive because he lies outside the arena of sexual politics--something like dating someone outside your high school to avoid the judgment, name-calling, in groups, and jealousy that would otherwise result.

 

I think there's real nuance beyond pulpy fantasies in the way the books treat the issue. The games sometimes fail to be up to task (the way the first game handled Geralt's flings was horrendous) but they've improved on that front. I really like the way it's handled in TW3, overall.

 

I don't know how much I'd really count him. His primary purpose seems to be to accentuate Geralt's rugged masculinity by contrasting it as much as possible. 

I think I've gone a bit into off-topic territory enough, frankly, so I won't go into details. Just wanted to say I find that to be a weird interpretation of the character.

 

Why would I want them removed?

 

It's the only other thing to do in a Bioware game beside kill things... 

Well... yeah, kinda. Generally, companions tend to be the best part of any given Bioware game, in my opinion. Limiting the amount of possible interactions with them doesn't sound like a good move on Bioware's part, the popularity of romances notwithstanding.

[Fixers0]

Honestly the ME romances haven't exactly been top quality, and many follow similar patterns, especially in ME1 and ME2. The character don't have to be bad. But from a meta-perspective the relationships are indeed awkard and sometmes even nonesenical. I wouldn't mind if the orignal romances were dropped in favour of more general character development, but that's just me. There's some evidence that romance paths will be more elaborate in Andromeda and I sure hope so cause I could really go without Bioware has show up until now.

[Gwydden]

Honestly the ME romances haven't exactly been top quality, and many follow similar patterns, especially in ME1 and ME2. The character don't have to be bad. But from a meta-perspective the relationships are indeed awkard and sometmes even nonesenical. I wouldn't mind if the orignal romances were dropped in favour of more general character development, but that's just me. There's some evidence that romance paths will be more elaborate in Andromeda and I sure hope so cause I could really go without Bioware has show up until now.

Ah, but here's the thing: what would "more general character development" mean? And seeing as you have little faith in the quality of the romances, what makes you thing that any character development that replaces them would be superior?

[Fixers0]

Ah, but here's the thing: what would "more general character development" mean? And seeing as you have little faith in the quality of the romances, what makes you thing that any character development that replaces them would be superior?

 

The quality of  the characters overall was pretty good. The romance paths, however, in most instances were not.

[Nashimura]

"People here actually base doing a playthrough of DAI simply to role-play a romance"

 

So get rid of them and lose those sales!!! Good logic.