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Why is there not an option to romance Vivienne in Dragon Age Inquisition?
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I would to and I hope some would speak their opinions whether they agree or disagree
How many companions do they have to do?
number of races x number of genders x number of sexual preferences x 2?
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I'm not saying all of them would agree with me but a lot have shown that they see where I'm coming from and it's not in a bad way as some posters have tried to sell it
We are not a monolith but I feel they would understand me more even if they disagree. I have disagreed with some other black posters on things but I don't think they are wrong or trying to come off in a bad way
Just different views
The thing is as a woman I did appreciate Vivienne's story of being an independant woman achieving power without any real shame on her own. But I also understand that it's good to see more romance options of your own ethnicity, specially as female characters tend to be designed as "white" to be seen as desirable. So it would be really good to have a black women's opinion on it, as they'd probably have more experience to see both sides, and she is a character designed for them.
I understand you. But I just didn't care because Biowares romances are usually bad anyway.
This is one of those issues that goes to lack of diversity in the writing room. Writers walk into the room with their own biases, they are supported by other writers with the same biases so the needle doesn't move on certain issues, even though if the original concept called for all the scripted "white" characters to be black and the black character was white even with the exact same game script, all the same options, art direction, dialogue...etc. the game would have bombed and the lack of a romancing option for the only white woman in the game would have been highly scrutinized online in public.
I mean look at how Andromeda got roasted and the various race baiters that popped up out the ground on that.
5 pages and no mention of the true missing romance crime....where's Scout Harding?!?!?!
I sympathize with the OP. There is a derth of black female characters in gaming to begin with and I can't think of too many that are portrayed as romanceable by the player character at all. We have Alyx Vance but there's no agency involved. We are also talking about a demographic that have a stigma of being portrayed as "not pretty" or "undesirable" which I think is a problem as well. the other side of the coin is they can get objectified as some sort of exotic fetish that often happens with Asian and Hispanic women as well. there just needs to be more representation of black women in games in a more positive light.
I sympathize with the OP. There is a derth of black female characters in gaming to begin with and I can't think of too many that are portrayed as romanceable by the player character at all. We have Alyx Vance but there's no agency involved. We are also talking about a demographic that have a stigma of being portrayed as "not pretty" or "undesirable" which I think is a problem as well. the other side of the coin is they can get objectified as some sort of exotic fetish that often happens with Asian and Hispanic women as well. there just needs to be more representation of black women in games in a more positive light.
Oh for real? Neat, I had no idea. Playing at launch I was a little more repressed with my choices than I would be if I played it again now, so I never even looked at that path.
I always forget that happened, and always think it was a bad internet joke when I see it. Jesus, BioWare.
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