Originally Posted by Sozz
Originally Posted by Tzelanit
A bunch of stuff that I said.

Herosexual is the term I've seen used when NPC sexuality is determined by whatever your Character is, I liked the sound of it, it doesn't mean Hetero necessarily.

apart from that, I can only agree with you. Fantasy is a pretty trope heavy genre to begin with but I don't think tropes are a bad thing in themselves it only becomes an issue when they become a lazy shorthand for writing characters and scenarios.
And Bioware certainly has the most expectations put on their characters because they've made a big part of their narratives the interplay between their NPCs and between the player and the NPC. Having characters in Inquisition that could reject your advances based on their own personal sexuality (gasp!) was I though a sign of the medium maturing from what I'd grown used to: say what they want to hear, gain love.

Thanks for the response I'm glad I'm getting these


I'd never heard herosexual before, but I'm going to start making it an active part of my vocabulary.
But yeah, having Blackwall basically be like "I appreciate the attention and I'm flattered, but wrong tree, my friend" was shocking because it was so on-point.
That was a fantastic and completely unexpected, realistic reaction to how that situation typically goes.

Larian is certainly guilty of a bit of herosexuality, and although I don't exactly hate it because it's typically well-written, it does feel lazy and safe.
This is a good post.


I don't want to fall to bits 'cos of excess existential thought.