Originally Posted by Noelle666
romances which were written long before release are made well, characters are good, but their romances are "standard" monogamous, which, I guess, are not so difficult to write.

Good romans by other companions?
You must not be following the topic. I wanted to have an affair with Shadowheart for my new male character and do you know what awaits you there? Frustration and polygamy at the end. And of course mostly she leave you alone.
In the subject of Astarion, to everything is not too positive with the final of his novel.
I haven't read Karla topics yet, but I think it will be fun there too.
I played DOS 2 without romance at all. DOC 2 is not a very "serious" game, and I didn't want to start a romance. The promise of romance in BG3 was very impressive, but in the end almost all are unhappy with their development.
Would you like to know how and in what does ex-girlfriend fucked yours boyfriend? Geil talks about it in detail.
Although compared to the others, Geil is the only one who is at least interested how Tav feels. The rest of the companions are not interested in this at all.

I don't believe Larian couldn't make good novels. Most of the audience has an average taste. Good guy, bad guy, good girl, bad girl all these classic stereotypes works great with proper processing. That's what Bioware did.
A million romance novels are bought for a reason.
The Larians decided to be original and part of the audience certainly liked it, but clearly not the main one. Of course my expectations are my problems.
But when you start a romantic relationship with a character who was added on demand. You expect this to be done for everyone, not for a select few.