Right, my chief complaint is that, first time out, business as usual. It's safe and just a bit boring.

I get that, but it also, in a small way, serves to enforce that this is "normal." If we treat gay or bi or whatever characters as different in the media we consume, it serves to show this is how we view things in real life. And that's fine, within a limited context, but it shouldn't be a 100% all the time thing.

Bill was a great character. I remember a feminist screaming about how he was a misogynist. That was amusing. Anyway, yes, Bill is the best representation of...gayness(?) in video games currently, I'd say. Because, he's a man who has been through some shit and survived, and he happens to like banging dudes.

However,…

To be fair, most people that ask for representation, wants (variable) + (gender). That's why people that ask for strong female characters are goddamn idiots. They want a character to be defined by a characteristic that should not define them unless it is of inherent importance to the story.

You have a character, they…

Okay.

Yes, the difference between a tight narrative, and an arbitrary mess. The ME/DA games have tried to straddle that line. That was the point I've been making. So glad we finally got to the point after all this time.

Actually, Liara isn't bi, she's like every other one of the...whatever the blue monogenders are called. I can't remember off the top of my head. But, that's sort of my point, the concept of having a tight narrative, in other words, the interactions and limits of those are CONTROLLED.

These are limits enforced by the…

Yeah, see, you are quickly going to run into silly things like technical limitations if that approach were taken, which is why it works for PnP, but not so much for console/PC based games. So, I'd say, no, not bad writing, just doing what they consider reasonable within the limitations of the medium.

Well, take traditional JRPGs, for example. Such shit is set in stone. Cloud loves Aeris, settles of Tifa. Squall loves Rinoa. Tidus loves balls. These are pre-set. And there are characters in western RPGs that are set in particular ways: you can't, for example, get some of that Wrex quad-nut action all up in…

More importantly, why is being gay, even within the context of a fantasy setting, considered aberrant? Ability to use magic? Perfectly natural, but dangerous. Guy liking another guy? Whoa, there, hoss, slow your goddamn roll.

Seriously, it's a weird thing. Aside from "bisexual" character being the sexual Deck of…

The characters have definition, however, you are running into what I call the Western Dilemma, which is to give as much freedom as possible to player, which is nice, however it presents certain amounts of inherent fluidity to the rest of the narrative universe in order to accommodate the player's choices and having…

Actually, no, the writers sorta define the characters...

Sorry, full name is Ogre the Fisting Guy, but that seemed inappropriate for Kotaku, but kudos for even knowing who SP is...now I want to listen to BRAP. Ah, memories. Anyway, bruh, your disgust and his "anger" (neither of which I feel is really an appropriate reaction, but hey, I'm not a shut in that suffers from…

You mad, bruh?

Er, no, it's simply saying their sexuality wasn't set in stone. It was part of the narrative, so it was defined by player choice. Sort of like the character's status as being in the party or not. The idea was to give some degree of romantic flexibility, to minimize the whining of, "BUT I WANNA SHIP X AND Z AND I…

The fighting every day is the best, but I thank you for the well wishing.

Ah, and you are doing sit-ins? Hunger strikes? What are you protesting, hmm? But to answer your question, yes, they are pitiable. Is their suffering not worth pity? Is it not sad? Do you have so little heart?

Do you want a cookie? To be canonized? A golf clap? I don't know what I'm supposed to think of someone who ignores heuristics in favor of...what? weird optimism? Pity, maybe.

Hooray for you, you live your life in a way that would have gotten me killed at least three times that I can think of off the top of my head,…

Depending on where you live, those things are downright necessary for survival, so...yeah, I consider "continuing to live" healthy. Then again, I've lived in places with a lot of gang activity, and being a minority and dealing with that whole threat of the police thing, so...take it with a grain of salt, if that's…

Is it hard to breathe up there on that high horse, or have you just acclimated? Just curious.

I have no particular dog in this fight, I haven't "had" to date for 13 years, but the lifestyle I lead, which I'm going to assume is distinctly different from yours based on what you've stated, lends itself to these societal…