With Neve and Lucanis, I completely understand what you’re saying. After doing his romance, and being completely baffled & disappointed, I could not look at him / Neve the same anymore. They basically start flirting as soon as they meet and their chemistry builds more than Lucanis’ and Rook’s even when choosing the flirty options. It is so bizarre and off putting and they continue to flirt even in party banter after.
They always hook up, always flirt, Rook is the awkward third wheel always if you try to romance Neve and Lucanis. The writers wrote these characters to romance each other, not Rook. If you play the other characters romances and then romance Lucanis, it is jarring. Lack of context and content.
with Taash & Harding I did not get that tbh. Maybe one very small instance of Taash being maybe flirty with Harding. Nothing even close to the outright disrespect of Neve and Lucanis.
I have never been so annoyed with a background pairing in the history of BioWare games, and I’m going to include DAO with the surprise Alistair/Morrigan misery in that pool. The way they did this is my worst nightmare, as someone that has always been very “meh” about the spares pairing off.
I feel like an actual crazy person, but the anti-romance of Act 2, unavoidable shipping of the two in the story missions, and knowing what I know about the Act 1 choice has ruined Neve as a character for me entirely. The second she showed up in my new run I was already sick of her. 🥲
