Same-sex Relationships Mass Effect 3

[Epic Fail 1977]

I didn't even know that Mass Effect was purely heterosexual

It's not. There's been female-female homosexual relationships, but not male-male.

technically its not even that given the way there species is

While that's true about the Asari, females Shepards could also romance Kelly Chambers the yeoman in mass effect 2.

that's true so I'll give you that one

No it isn't.

This makes me rage and facepalm at the same time. Asari are monogendered so technically it's not lesbian? Come off it! Liara is a woman with blue skin and a funky hairdo. There's nothing remotely monogendered about the Asari.

Yeah, it pissed me off that you could go lesbian, but manly man Shepard isn't gay! Because the Asari are women, end of story.

Women who can get each other pregnant.

So when genetic engineers figure out how to impregnate one lesbian's egg with the DNA of another lesbian, then they won't be lesbians anymore?

 

[feauxx]

I didn't even know that Mass Effect was purely heterosexual

It's not. There's been female-female homosexual relationships, but not male-male.

technically its not even that given the way there species is

While that's true about the Asari, females Shepards could also romance Kelly Chambers the yeoman in mass effect 2.

that's true so I'll give you that one

No it isn't.

This makes me rage and facepalm at the same time. Asari are monogendered so technically it's not lesbian? Come off it! Liara is a woman with blue skin and a funky hairdo. There's nothing remotely monogendered about the Asari.

Yeah, it pissed me off that you could go lesbian, but manly man Shepard isn't gay! Because the Asari are women, end of story.

Women who can get each other pregnant.

So when genetic engineers figure out how to impregnate one lesbian's egg with the DNA of another lesbian, then they won't be lesbians anymore?

Sure they would, but still not mono-gendered

 

[Russian_Assassin]

And Asari are not women, in the same sense that amoebas aren't women. Though the latter does not require the genetic material of another organism to multiply.

 

[Choppaduel]

if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it is a duck.

Unless its a robot, or a projection, or a hallucination, or....

You mean a robot duck. Or a projection of a duck. Or an hallucinated duck.
Perception is reality. It's still a duck.

Perception is not reality. the robot/projection/hallucination are all crude replicas of a duck and, therefore, are not ducks.


EDITED: minor edits

 

[gbemery]

I didn't even know that Mass Effect was purely heterosexual

It's not. There's been female-female homosexual relationships, but not male-male.

Yes, though technically no because Asari are mono-gendered. (it would make BroShep's relationship with Liara a bit gay/bi as well )

Good point. I don't get why there couldn't have been a lesbian option with Miranda and/or Jack..

well couldn't your female shep have a romance with the cerberus woman...not Miranda but the other one I can' think of her name...Kelly maybe?

Ah, Kelly <3 I loved that she was romancible, so many cheesy chat-up lines to be found in dialogues with her.

lol yeah not too mention the rather hilarious dance routine she does

 

[gbemery]

I didn't even know that Mass Effect was purely heterosexual

It's not. There's been female-female homosexual relationships, but not male-male.

Yes, though technically no because Asari are mono-gendered. (it would make BroShep's relationship with Liara a bit gay/bi as well )

Good point. I don't get why there couldn't have been a lesbian option with Miranda and/or Jack..

well couldn't your female shep have a romance with the cerberus woman...not Miranda but the other one I can' think of her name...Kelly maybe?

Yes, Yeoman Kelly Chambers; your red haired, green eyed, personal assistant. I like to refer to her as 'The Pendulum', she can swing both ways and be totally natural doing it. If she remains as part of the cast in ME3 (provided you saved her), she would be the most logical human lesbian love interest, bar a new character. Her character is proven to be bisexual at the very least; you've had a good build up of relationship with her and she also likes you back.

and if they do the same in ME3 with same sex relationships then it should be alright for those who complained I think. It took me two or three playthroughs before I even noticed you could romance her so it isn't all in your face.

 

[Super Toast]

Will I finally be able to achieve my dream of having a Liara/Garrus/Tali 4 way?

My fingers are crossed.

Tali would die, in like, five seconds.

Looks like MShep will be going gay for Garrus. But then again, who wouldn't?

 

[lovest harding]

Lovely news. Thanks for sharing.
Personally, I do hope it's new characters (also has fingers crossed for actually gay characters a la New Vegas). I love the old characters, but if they wanted to sleep with my Shep, they probably would have said so already and not randomly turn to me years after meeting me and go "Yeah. I can try that now." xD
And I don't want the messing with personalities that are already quite well done.

I second this, but given the amount of people begging for male/male romances with Garrus I suspect Bioware will cave in and give those fans what they want.

I see Garrus as more of a "bro" than a "bromance" so I just hope they handle things in such a way that both sides can be happy.

It's hard to tell with BioWare. Half the time they go out of their way to cater to fans well enough, the other half of the time they focus on making things more streamlined for some random group of people they feel will buy the game if they change something (which I'm not sure why, as their reputation for what they do well keeps their games selling incredibly well).

In any case, I'm hoping for a Hanar love interest. Just to piss people off. That would make my day at least. xD

 

[feauxx]

And Asari are not women, in the same sense that amoebas aren't women. Though the latter does not require the genetic material of another organism to multiply.

From the Mass Effect wikia:

There is some conflicting information regarding the gender of the asari. Though they resemble females, at least to humans, asari are non-gender specific, with no concept of gender differences. Liara says her species is "mono-gendered?male and female have no real meaning for us," and, if asked, says that she is "not precisely a woman". However, in the Codex it is stated that the asari are an all-female race. The Galactic Codex: Essentials Edition 2183 says that "while asari have only one gender, they are not asexual like single-celled life?all asari are sexually female", and according to Liara they also have maternal instincts. They are innately different from humans for asari can mate with other species.

After reading that it is still kind of vague
It is clear that femShep and Liara could have children, though I wonder if Liara could get Shep pregnant..

 

[The Forces of Chaos]

This is start of Mass effect the love sim, what an epic fail. I thought bioware was making an rpg/fps, not some kind of trashy Bishoujo game set in space. I guess i shouldn?t be surprised, guess this is gonna be some kind of reaching out to increase the player base but its gonna alienate some gamers.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

You know, I think Shepherd's had enough loving. Could we maybe skip the romance options altogether this time and focus all our hopes on it not being a let-down?

I didn't even know that Mass Effect was purely heterosexual, although it is nice to see that it is expanding for a wider audience.
Although I feel like if the relationship dialogue is anywhere similar to Dragon Age 2's, homophobes are going to be all up in arms about it.

I think that's why he's put the "reactive" part in. The problem in DA2 was not so much that they were gay but that the gay characters jumped you for no reason and then got pissy when you told they you were only really into the opposite sex. I think he means that you'll need to initiate the romance yourself.

i did notice that especially with anders, i think its great they are accounting for more than just hetero's but when it jumps out of the page at me i'm a little iffy at it, especially when it had that negative aspect to it.

OT: me3 is looking better and better all the time

 

[Mikeyfell]

Will I finally be able to achieve my dream of having a Liara/Garrus/Tali 4 way?

My fingers are crossed.

Tali would die, in like, five seconds.

Meh, Personally I'd be fine with Tali leaving her suit on for that kind of action.

 

[Medallish]

This is good to hear, but seeing as how the other games had exclusively been hetero based in relationships, Bioware better make this new possibility of Shepperd being Homosexual or Bisexual seem natural.

I was thinking the same, because if it's shoehorned in and he just decides he wants to bum Garrus, it kind of implies the stupid notion that sexuality is a choice.

 

[Zhukov]

It never ceases to amaze me how riled up people get at the merest mention of sex and/or homosexuality. It's 2011. Aren't we supposed to be okay with this stuff by now?

*sigh*

Anyway, I have no problem with this. I see nothing wrong with throwing the heterosexual norm out the window. And I won't particularly mind if Garrus suddenly get curious about the reach of human males.

Besides, both my Shepards have already made their choice and I am nothing if not loyal. No amount of hot gay Krogan action is going to drag them away from Liara and Jack respectively.

Sorry Grunt. It just wasn't going to work.

 

[black_knight1337]

Stupid bioware with their homosexuality

Brokeback Spacestation.

lol

 

[Talydia]

I've always kind of wondered why they don't just make certain characters romance-able and be done with it. The NPC's orientation has no bearing on the game anyways so what does it matter if your male Shepard wants some serious bromance from Kaidan, or your female Shepard wants to get frisky with Miranda? Seems to me like that would be easier for them anyways.

 

[acosn]

If they really want to add it, they can do what they want, but I do have to say it feels a bit cheap considering Bioware's original reasoning for why it was largely excluded previously.

It makes it feel more like someone decided they needed the game to close in on the homosexual market as well.

I mean, honestly, does the whole sex subplot really add anything to the game? It feels kind of like a lazy addition from the get-go because it's something you'll genuinely stumble upon provided you visit the right characters after every primary mission and then proceed to say anything that isn't offensive and / or rude.

 

[Wuggy]

Dear Garrus, I am going to have sex with you.

The end.

Can it wait for a bit? I'm doing some calibrations.

Sincerely,
- Garrus

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

Well it doesn't matter to me, my Male Shepard will stay with Ashley since I made sure I stayed faithful to her through part 2