Are all characters gender fluid, bisexual or pansexual?

[leojch]

Sometimes it seems that the male characters seem to have feminine gestures/attitudes, and the female characters seem to have masculine gestures/attitudes.

What's worse is that it seems like every character in this game is simultaneously bisexual and extremely horny. There is no separation between friendship and romance. Just being friendly leads to sexual interaction.

I just wish there was an option for a friendship without delving into a sexual relationship.
Not everyone should be romantic with you. These days it seems more like, "Don't talk to anyone unless you want to have sex with everyone."

Even the most innocent lines can lead to gay things. Being flirted with by every other male character is just bad design, distracting, unrealistic and immersion breaking.
Talking to most guys and just being nice starts a homosexual relationship if you're playing a male character. Why this limitation? Why this obligation?

There is nothing wrong with being gay. I don't mind having a gay mate in my squad, but I don't want to be flirted with by ALL male mates. There must be heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual partners. But everyone in this game is bisexual. This is lazy writing. Or an ideological, doctrinal agenda not based on the complexities of real relationships.

That seems very amateurish to me. Something poorly written, without any complexity.
Relationships were developed by a cheeky 13 year old boy. Hugging someone to comfort them or show care is supposed to be flirting.

Are there any characters in the game, those masculine and frowning caricatures, in the style of Conan the Barbarian? Well caricatured, of those marrents, who doesn't care about relationships or anyone else? Or at least ONE character who doesn't care about romances? Where are these characters?

The conversations and relationships in Baldurs Gate 2 seem a thousand light years ahead and a million times more complex and well constructed. The old game is so much better written.

They really need to give the option to choose their sexual preference in character creation.
If this is not possible, it would be much better if the characters had believable and balanced sexualities, as in reality.

OBS: this is a compilation of several comments. I used google's automatic translator combined with miscellaneous comments from separate threads to create this one.

[Kyrandos]

引用自 SSJPanda：

Just bought and downloading the game... is this forreal? Idgaf if someone is gay but if literally every guy character tries with me, I don't want this garbage.

::sniffs:: Are you sweating? Mmmm, yes. What a hard worker. I love the intoxicating smell of your effort. Join me in my bedchamber tonight and I will ravage you!

[FoxFox]

引用自 SSJPanda：

Just bought and downloading the game... is this forreal? Idgaf if someone is gay but if literally every guy character tries with me, I don't want this garbage.

There are literally 2 guys who try to flirt with you once and then never again.

[Spooky_Gnoll]

Seems like the men are learning what existing as a woman is like in the real world. I wish random guys would respect that I hit my mental button for "no men", but men just keep trying. I was hoping it would be a learning experience, but it seems they lack perspective.

[radubradu]

men don't exist in this game, let's just put it like that

[Spooky_Gnoll]

引用自 radubradu：

men don't exist in this game, let's just put it like that

You mean all those guys with beards and deep voices who get called sir, husband, and use he/him pronouns? Those aren't men? Woah.

[Spooky_Gnoll]

引用自 SSJPanda：

Just bought and downloading the game... is this forreal? Idgaf if someone is gay but if literally every guy character tries with me, I don't want this garbage.

So this game does something REALLY cool. It lets you say NO. Like in real life! Its almost like communication is something people do!

[Chaos]

No the character interactions are essentially a computer script with 1-2-3-4 input variants. I would imagine those writing the dialogue wanted to act out their fantasies by making the forgotten realms REALLY progressive.

[Jada Maru]

I've never been a fan of playersexual characters because it results in characters with no core identity. I'd rather a character just plainly say "Nope, not interested in you" than to go along with whatever I say. It's lazy and a trend that really needs to go away.

[Spooky_Gnoll]

But you can say "No thanks" as one of the inputs, honeybun.

[Qubert]

引用自 Babi：

It is very simple to resolve disagreements between players, Larian just needs to care more about their audience. An option to choose sexual preference was enough, so if you chose straight, only the opposite sex would be interested in you, if you chose bisexual it would continue as it is now, but I at least as a straight woman would be able to be friends with women without them having a love interest in me, and straight men would be able to have male companions as bros and not love interests. And whoever chose bisexual would have all companions act the same way they act now.

!00% agree and everyone is happy, or should be...

[Kyrandos]

引用自 Spooky_Gnoll：

Seems like the men are learning what existing as a woman is like in the real world. I wish random guys would respect that I hit my mental button for "no men", but men just keep trying. I was hoping it would be a learning experience, but it seems they lack perspective.

Wahh nature gave us biology!

[zlogic]

There are lots of easy ways to make everyone happy here. That should be their goal, but isn't.

It's clear Larian has an agenda with this heavy-handed overemphasis on bi/homosexuality. And to a lesser degree, sexuality in general. It's almost like they wanted to make a porn game.

[Ranpo]

They are all bi because Larian didn't want to write two different paths for each character. Astarion is clearly a fruitcake but you can romance him as female. If you don't like them, you can simply kill them, like Lucretious or Nocturne, the game gives you that choice, its up to you what you do with it. Heck you can go about killing every LBGTQ character in the game if you feel like it.

[SerraShaar]

they are playersexual. Only idiots call them Bi when they aren't.

[Kyrandos]

引用自 zlogic：

There are lots of easy ways to make everyone happy here. That should be their goal, but isn't.

It's clear Larian has an agenda with this heavy-handed overemphasis on bi/homosexuality. And to a lesser degree, sexuality in general. It's almost like they wanted to make a porn game.

Solid take. I kinda agree with both parties - I absolutely despise nerdy developers cramming games with cringe romance ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as if it somehow belonged in there, and it is easy enough to say no - but nothing prevents it from popping up in my dialogue choices within 10 lines of dialogue of meeting a new person. The games thirsty as hell for me and I don't understand why.

There's some sort of ♥♥♥♥♥ agenda at foot, and I'm pretty sure it's that Larian wants me to become a furry.