But when you do romance them, the ones I did, were good. I think, they should go over the dialogues again and make triggering a romance by accident harder.
I don't want to entirely derail this thread so I'll keep things short, but I already said months ago what I think the solution to the problem should be (realistically speaking in their future games rather than in updates for this one):
The default path toward any other character should be a relationship built on friendship, with the player being the one that can eventually activate the "flags" leading to flirtatious behavior and (over time) straight up romance.
Right now? The feeling is that most of your traveling companions are people that you are either supposed to ignore entirely or to fuck enthusiastically.
This is pretty much the reason for why I wouldn't vote for Bg3, above any other argument.
I don't even arrive at the finer points like:
- "is character X or Y more appropriate", and
- "are we voting for a character that is embraced by the LGBT parts of the community, or a coded character beneath the player sexuality?" or
- "is this award best reserved for actual couples and therefore their romance, as opposed to a well liked companion character that happens to be LGBT?"
I'm eons away from any actual considerable question such as: "what will the merging rise of playersexuality do to games as a whole?", because even for a game that has playersexuality and LGBT characters, I would only ever consider nominating Bg3 for the non-companion category. Isobel and Dame Aylin would deserve that much.
However, any award that polls the audience creates a popularity contest and not a best character for the role contest. That can be appropriate, but also inappropriate. In this case, I would consider it a bullshit award. Some people might consider this extreme, but I have seen time and time again how such polls work and how they end. It's virtually impossible to get a result that's not just the most popular character. If this is how you structure your award, I can't take it seriously or assume it credible. There's no point being outraged about something so meaningless.
