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.

[slamfu]

Agree with OP on this one. It is super annoying and unrealistic, and also really takes me and apparently quite a few other people out of the storyline when this stuff inserts itself into the game. No pun intended there. Seems like EVERYONE who isn't trying to take your head off(and some who are) is gay/bi and makes these incredibly awkward pick up attempts that range from childish to creepy. Even the illithid guy made a pass at me lol. Seems like lazy writing with an agenda to boot, bad combo every time. I just spam scroll through the dialogues to bypass most of it but would be nice if they had a toggle to just turn it off.

[The.Spaz.]

From what I have read up... Yes. Almost anyone you can have in your camp as a companion to most of the major NPC characters you meet are pretty much open. Frankly this sort of cheapens my interest in pursuing romance with a character as there is no real depth to it and their openness often doesn't match their personality in some ways.

[OyajiBR☕]

I'm gay and I don't know what the hell gender fluid, pansexual, queergender, etc. means. I know LGBT, don't ask me what the QIA+ mean, no idea. I just know that all Baldur's Gate 3 romanceable characters are bi because they'll be with you regardless of your sex.

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

I'm gay and I don't know what the hell gender fluid, pansexual, queergender, etc. means. I know LGBT, don't ask me what the QIA+ mean, no idea. I just know that all Baldur's Gate 3 romanceable characters are bi because they'll be with you regardless of your sex.

Qentral Intelligence Agency?
Qilled in Action?

[Kyrandos]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

I'm gay and I don't know what the hell gender fluid, pansexual, queergender, etc. means. I know LGBT, don't ask me what the QIA+ mean, no idea. I just know that all Baldur's Gate 3 romanceable characters are bi because they'll be with you regardless of your sex.

Just wait until they tag MAPs in there, too :)

[zlogic]

Playersexual is by definition immersion-breaking and therefore the daftest cop-out.

[lilalur]

Would be happy if romance is not even in the game and its forums do not look like a Horny Potter series. :D The current romances are implemented like modders with a really specific goal would do it :)

[OyajiBR☕]

Originally posted by SotiCoto:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

I'm gay and I don't know what the hell gender fluid, pansexual, queergender, etc. means. I know LGBT, don't ask me what the QIA+ mean, no idea. I just know that all Baldur's Gate 3 romanceable characters are bi because they'll be with you regardless of your sex.

Qentral Intelligence Agency?
Qilled in Action?

lol Could be.

Originally posted by Kyrandos:

Just wait until they tag MAPs in there, too :)

I'm used to it. Even more annoying than homophobic people are the drama queens, those self-isolated LGBTs who avoid straight people and "straight activities" and want me to join them. No, thanks, all my friends and family are straight, my hobbies are the same as most straight people's and I'm good this way.

[Kyrandos]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

No, thanks, all my friends and family are straight, my hobbies are the same as most straight people's and I'm good this way.

YOU'RE GENOCIDING ME

[larhtas]

Originally posted by Kyrandos:

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

I'm pretty sure Larian doesn't give a damn about you.

[AngryPuppy]

Yes, they are. Don't forget furries as well.

[causality]

Don't like it, don't play it. Simple as.