Why is there such a huge abundance of gay NPC couples?

[COWABUNGA]

is2g the amount of times I've passed by a couple of male NPCs and they very, very distinctly refer to eachother as their "husband" is getting a little silly. Like the two random gnomes that talk after you save the Drow from the cave-in. "I'M YOUR HUSBAND, IT'S MY JOB."
There's a lot of occurrences like this, and it just comes off as weird and forced. If it was natural they wouldn't feel the need to shoehorn in a random line about their relationship for the whole world to hear.

[Abaddon the Despoiler]

Because realism apparently.

[(ง ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)งBonesMcSpook]

Majority of leaders are female.
Majority of frontliners are female.
Most human males are seemingly douches.

I got to baldurs gate and now that I've explored around town, it feels like the only decent males so far have been gnomes or dwarves. Most shops are female led, most leaders I've met are female, most guard captains are female, most people I have to talk to are female. It feels weird.

I'm fine with way more of it than games that really shoe-horn it because they're generally well written and acted here at least. But it becomes more and more noticeable over the course of the game. We're kind of lacking good male characters, outside of Wyll. Gale has come across like a douche in my game, Astarion is astarion and I love him but he's not exactly a shining example of humanity. There's a handfull of less notable NPCs that are good but its just overwhelmingly female for powerful characters. Then males are villains, non human or... Astarian with very few exceptions relatively.

[pete0714]

Honestly, maybe ask why is it that no one actually makes this complaint about hetero couples, who will far more often in life express their relationship openly. But as soon as a gay or lesbian couple do it, it is "why do you have to force me to see that" response. Just because it makes some people uncomfortable doesn't mean they need to closet themselves, because that is what is really unnatural and forced. I would rather see people be free to express love for someone on equal terms whether in a game and in reality. My relationship to my wife is not secret, and neither should be any other couple.

[Lord Adorable]

There isn't, sadly.

[Proper Skux]

There’s a really funny anecdote where a gm just swapped the genders of everyone in a module and the players immediately assumed there was some male killing conspiracy in the town.

Food for thought.

[ChaosKhan]

Originally posted by (ง ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)งBonesMcSpook:

Majority of leaders are female.
Majority of frontliners are female.
Most human males are seemingly douches.

I got to baldurs gate and now that I've explored around town, it feels like the only decent males so far have been gnomes or dwarves. Most shops are female led, most leaders I've met are female, most guard captains are female, most people I have to talk to are female. It feels weird.

I'm fine with way more of it than games that really shoe-horn it because they're generally well written and acted here at least. But it becomes more and more noticeable over the course of the game. We're kind of lacking good male characters, outside of Wyll. Gale has come across like a douche in my game, Astarion is astarion and I love him but he's not exactly a shining example of humanity. There's a handfull of less notable NPCs that are good but its just overwhelmingly female for powerful characters. Then males are villains, non human or... Astarian with very few exceptions relatively.

Did you side with the Goblins, or where is Halsyn?

Originally posted by Proper Skux:

There’s a really funny anecdote where a gm just swapped the genders of everyone in a module and the players immediately assumed there was some male killing conspiracy in the town.

Food for thought.

I mean, if someone is out of the norm for no reason and lore justification, it simply is.

[Alex]

The only gay couple I know of in this game are the angel chick and the priestess. And they are both hot. So ...

[cerabus2001]

Originally posted by PEPSI DOG:

is2g the amount of times I've passed by a couple of male NPCs and they very, very distinctly refer to eachother as their "husband" is getting a little silly. Like the two random gnomes that talk after you save the Drow from the cave-in. "I'M YOUR HUSBAND, IT'S MY JOB."
There's a lot of occurrences like this, and it just comes off as weird and forced. If it was natural they wouldn't feel the need to shoehorn in a random line about their relationship for the whole world to hear.

A lot? Go on name me 5.

[LazyLiz]

So many self reports.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Lord Adorable:

There isn't, sadly.

Yeah, honestly people keep going on about this - near the end of act 1 and there are straight couples everywhere and like, one gay couple mentioned in notes?

You'd think everyone was gay instead of there being multiple sidequests about straight couples.

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

Originally posted by PEPSI DOG:

is2g the amount of times I've passed by a couple of male NPCs and they very, very distinctly refer to eachother as their "husband" is getting a little silly. Like the two random gnomes that talk after you save the Drow from the cave-in. "I'M YOUR HUSBAND, IT'S MY JOB."
There's a lot of occurrences like this, and it just comes off as weird and forced. If it was natural they wouldn't feel the need to shoehorn in a random line about their relationship for the whole world to hear.

You know, in most video games no one knows who an NPC is Fking, but Larain felt the need to try and normalize LGB+ content by making sure you knew when a character was gay.

[gethund]

Nearly at the end of Act 2 and I haven't encountered any, I think?

[cerabus2001]

Originally posted by Tech-Priest:

Originally posted by PEPSI DOG:

is2g the amount of times I've passed by a couple of male NPCs and they very, very distinctly refer to eachother as their "husband" is getting a little silly. Like the two random gnomes that talk after you save the Drow from the cave-in. "I'M YOUR HUSBAND, IT'S MY JOB."
There's a lot of occurrences like this, and it just comes off as weird and forced. If it was natural they wouldn't feel the need to shoehorn in a random line about their relationship for the whole world to hear.

You know, in most video games no one knows who an NPC is Fking, but Larain felt the need to try and normalize LGB+ content by making sure you knew when a character was gay.

Aye, there is never a find wife/husband/fiance(e) quests in any other game ever.

You cannot go into a house say in Skyrim and see Mr and Mrs Nord sleeping in bed together.

And the Wild of Heart Quest in Witcher 3 certainly doesn't exist.

[COWABUNGA]

Originally posted by gethund:

Nearly at the end of Act 2 and I haven't encountered any, I think?

You're not paying enough attention lol.

[Patriot]

Originally posted by PEPSI DOG:

is2g the amount of times I've passed by a couple of male NPCs and they very, very distinctly refer to eachother as their "husband" is getting a little silly. Like the two random gnomes that talk after you save the Drow from the cave-in. "I'M YOUR HUSBAND, IT'S MY JOB."
There's a lot of occurrences like this, and it just comes off as weird and forced. If it was natural they wouldn't feel the need to shoehorn in a random line about their relationship for the whole world to hear.

Just wait until the end of act two. If you save a certain "good" NPC you'll be stuck with a lesbian couple who happily wave it in your face any time you interact with them and you'll be stuck with them for the rest of the game. They pretend every character in existence is bi-sexual and they use the pronoun "they" to refer to any individual who might appear as the opposite sex which includes the protagonist if you choose "the dark urge" or have a custom made character. Instead of the appropriate sex, which ought to be known by the NPCs, or the gender neutral pronouns which are the masculine pronouns.