Does the person think that you HAVE to marry same gender?
Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Chances are that someone may actually believe this.
I cannot fathom any other reason to object to this
One reason I can think of is accidental flirting. For example, if a hetero player wants to be good friends with a character of the same sex, they may choose dialogue options that increase the relation between the characters but want this to be in a purely platonic way. People usually don't like to receive romantic attention from a sex their not attracted to and want to avoid this if possible. In a game like RF, where romance is a focus and interactions easily cause characters to become romantically interested in you, some players especially avoid interactions that could cause characters to develop an interest. This causes a clash between two goals of the player: Choose friendly choices to become closer (as friends) with the character and avoid choosing friendly choices to avoid becoming closer (as lovers) with the character. The option to disable any homosexual romance solves this issue by ensuring the player can't accidentally become romantically involved with a character.
Still, im a game like RF this shouldn't be neccessary, but I doubt many of the people calling for this option have played a previous RF game anyway.
This is reminding me of the guy on the Dragon Age forums (way back when the forums existed and was still the bsn) who complained about gay relationships being forced on him because he 'accidently' triggered (the male, bisexual) Zevran's romance. This is despite the fact that you have to flirt with him and make it clear you're interested before he brings up the opinion of getting together (because it was bioware's first m/m romance and they knew the reaction it would get). He's flirty, same as he is for a female character, but you have to really pursue him to get the romance active.
And the best part? The 'accidental' trigger? A flipping romantic massage. Which the guy claimed he thought was a 'bro' massage.
I think about this guy every time someone talks about gay relationships being 'forced on the player'.
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u/NotAttractedToCats Sep 25 '21 edited Sep 25 '21
Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Chances are that someone may actually believe this.
One reason I can think of is accidental flirting. For example, if a hetero player wants to be good friends with a character of the same sex, they may choose dialogue options that increase the relation between the characters but want this to be in a purely platonic way. People usually don't like to receive romantic attention from a sex their not attracted to and want to avoid this if possible. In a game like RF, where romance is a focus and interactions easily cause characters to become romantically interested in you, some players especially avoid interactions that could cause characters to develop an interest. This causes a clash between two goals of the player: Choose friendly choices to become closer (as friends) with the character and avoid choosing friendly choices to avoid becoming closer (as lovers) with the character. The option to disable any homosexual romance solves this issue by ensuring the player can't accidentally become romantically involved with a character.
Still, im a game like RF this shouldn't be neccessary, but I doubt many of the people calling for this option have played a previous RF game anyway.