The Pavarti companion questline made me loathe Pavarti and ruined her character (spoliers)

[SynthLizard8]

Ok so at first I was neutral to Parvarti, I was neutral to her, she seemed reasonable, rational and was helpful in a fight with her ability and fixing things up and I grew to like her as she shared my bewilderment as we explored new places (I thourght it was cute and endearing in a way).

Then her quest started and at first it was pretty ok, she was awe-struck and had a lady-crush on Jubeli (can't remember her exact name) which was fine...then she confinds her anxiety of the messages she received after wards and that's when things start to go downhill, fast.

She seemed disturbed that Jubeli might already have/had a girlfriend which first off, it's none of your business if she did and the way she interprets the poem is kinda creepy....like she really twisted it to meet her own optimism about her "relationship" with her (Keep in mind that these 2 only met once in a dire circumstance only to receive engineering pointers from her).

(my memory is a bit fuzzy at this part but) Then she wants a drink at the bar to cope with her anxiety and I was like "for real? you're still on this? I don't care about your high-school crush" so we go there and have a drink, another conversation with her texting later - Get this!

She want's to go on a Date with Jubeli and wants me to taxi her, spending my time and resources , chauffeuring her precious butt to buy soap of all things from groundbreaker, then take her to Monarch which is not only blockaded, but takes a ultra rare $10,000 Navkey to buy a $3000 Cassarole as well as some Sweatheart Cakes!

Like crimminy christmas! all for a woman you barely know for what could no longer be half a month at most and you want it ALL to take place on MY ship *sigh*

I mean I can't be the only one who finds all this absurd, right? if not down-right creepy, like she's some sort of stalker.

[The Badman]

Not quite the stalker when Junlei and her actually have exchanged letters.
Parvati is socially inept and thus her action can be seen as creepy. She was worried about Junlei's ex because she fears her feeling will conflict with what Junlei wanted out of a relationship. And having known multiple people in a "desperate" period (not just love but money, employment, family issues) they could really twist events to support their optimism.
You dont have the option to actually adjust her social behaviour though. The game just render its judgement at the end based on her quest outcome.
But the quests were so absurd and tedious I also stop doing it. Like man, if you want sweet just buy some from the vending machine.

[psychotron666]

Yeah it was the only quest in the game I've disliked so far. Pointless, and makes you like her even less. Seems like some Tumblr girl who just learned what the Tumblr/urban dictionary definition of asexual was (while ignoring the scientific definition) and tried to make a character who was one of them.

She even snaps at you for saying "maybe it's just your nerves" when you address her not liking physical stuff in relationships.

And then she just so happens to meet this girl she had a crush on before even meeting her and it turns out she's okay with being in a relationship with an asexual person? Totally unrealistic, would have made way more sense that Parvati eventually gets rejected because of that. Would have redeemed the quest a little bit

100% of "asexual" people I met have all eventually stopped being asexual a few years down the road, or were that way because they were molested as a kid and had negative memories linked with physical relationships creating a mental block and it was a much bigger mental health issue.

[The Badman]

Did she even say she is asexual? She dislike or is too worry about sex, which is reasonable.

[psychotron666]

Originally posted by The Badman:

Did she even say she is asexual? She dislike or is too worry about sex, which is reasonable.

She doesn't straight up say it, at least that I've noticed, probably because in the colony nobody would even know what that is. But her emphasis on not enjoying any kind of physical interaction in relationships, and how it always drove people away is her pretty much describing being asexual, and seemed to me to imply the people who left her were basically bigots.

Maybe I'm just seeing things that aren't there, but I've been one of the few who doesn't think the game is trying to push an agenda or is some SJW wet dream, but this specific quest seems to have that underlying tone, that it was made by some Tumblr third wave feminist. And the writing itself seems to be much worse than the rest of the game, imo.

[SynthLizard8]

Originally posted by psychotron666:

Originally posted by The Badman:

Did she even say she is asexual? She dislike or is too worry about sex, which is reasonable.

but I've been one of the few who doesn't think the game is trying to push an agenda or is some SJW wet dream,

I personally haven't noticed anything in the game about social commentary about race or sex, except for Pavarti humanizing robots but there's a striking amount of female representation (startling even) of females being in leadership roles and security, not that I have a problem with it but it just somthing that seems a bit off when you consider men prefer more physical roles and woman more social, especially when the head of security tends to be a woman that is decked out in heavy armor and with a mean lookin haircut but that's as far as SJW I've seen.

[Met A Demon Once]

I found the quest line very good.

I normally play females because if I am going to sit in front of a computer for hours I want eye candy in front of me and playing a female is perfect for that. But my underlying structure is still male so I am interested in having a female relationship when it is offered in a game.

I tried having a male relationship in ESO once. I spent all day wanting to take my hubby out into the country and killing him. Then I could hook up with some hottie I met adventuring.

So when I play computer games I go from being a male businessman to a lesbian... Go figure that one out.

[AbedsBrother]

As a romance, I thought the Parvati quest was pretty good. The whole thing came on a bit fast, though. "I just met Junlei and now we've exchanged messages and I'm in love" and I'm like, "Parvati, we just landed on Groundbreaker."

As for the tasks, I did far more in ELEX when chasing Nasty, but tbf that was a romance for the player-character, not an NPC.

[Diablerie]

I kinda like Parvati, in a weird quirky way. I didn't really mind the quest much because I get it, it's a game, games send you places and most of the time it doesn't make sense. For example, take mass effect andromeda. It had you going all across the galaxy for supplies for a 'movie night' with your crew. Dead Island had a quest that had you fighting through hordes of zombies to bring some drunk girl back a bottle of champagne. Her implied asexuality admittedly is a bit goofy. I mean some people are like that, fine, but trying to draw others into an intimate relationship where even basic physical affection can never be demonstrated? That is a bit much to ask of any person since it just goes against our basic drives as humans. I'd even go so far as to say it's a bit selfish. I suppose if both people are asexual or whatever it might work, but I just don't believe it would work for others with no such issue.

[[GWJ] Puce Moose]

I just finished her quest line a few minutes ago,and I thought it was amusing. and endearing. Ridiculous, sure (a $3,000 casserole? Really?), but her voice acting is so consistently fun that I didn't mind. She's also one of the very few 'gentle souls' in the game, so I wasn't about to turn her down. I accidentally 'intimidated' her during one part of the quest line, and felt bad about it (thought I was intimidating the chef).

Regarding the asexuality, I assumed that that's something Parvati would have disclosed to Junlei before the elaborate date setup - if she's asking someone to be her girlfriend, it would seem only fair that she admit she doesn't want a physical component to the relationship, as that's what the majority of people would expect.

[alex010300]

I avoided that mess by telling her to quit it.

[Lor]

I kicked her off my ship after she put me through that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess.

[SynthLizard8]

Originally posted by alex010300:

I avoided that mess by telling her to quit it.

I kinda wish I did the same, I much prefer the more pragmatic Vicar Max.

[alex010300]

Originally posted by Naylor:

I kicked her off my ship after she put me through that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess.

Not a good idea seeing that she boosted up the lock picking stats.

[Lor]

Originally posted by alex010300:

Originally posted by Naylor:

I kicked her off my ship after she put me through that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess.

Not a good idea seeing that she boosted up the lock picking stats.

Unnecessary considering all the locked doors and terminals require stupidly low hacking/lock picking levels, I never had to specialise once in this game and i still managed to access 90% of all the locked terminals/doors/crates, without Parvati.

[Stelar Seven]

I like that quest line. I get it isn't for some, but I found it a refreshing change from the walking libido most protagonists wind up being.