#jaal is bisexual

[who-is-riley]

Happy birthday bisexuals

[canonqueercharacters]

The canon queer character of the day is:

Jaal Ama Darav from Mass Effect: Andromeda, who is bisexual.

[death-rebirth-senshi]

And jaal is cool if you're into that. Truly the other most damning thing about Andromeda is that the gay romance options range from mid to insulting.

[actualfactualrat]

Mass Effect Andromeda isn't that bad.

Case in point, bisexual turian women you can kiss! Truly a cause for boundless joy!

But other than that I genuinely do love most of the characters, they're incredibly well written! Especially Drack and Jaal.

[heroesvow]

SHIPPING BIAS ( for those interested. Just ships that hold a special place in my heart for certain characters. ) if a certain ship isn't on here don't fear! ask about it.

AISHA SHEPARD. ( lesbian ) ships: ashley, tali, liara, miranda

ARCHIE. ( pansexual ) ships: matt

ALISTAIR. ( bisexual ) ships: warden, carver, bethany, cullen, isabela note: i will not write alistair / queen cousland, romantically. he dumps her no matter what when he becomes king because being manipulated isn't fun. force him to become king? get dumped.

BASTILA. ( pansexual ) ships: revan

CARVER. ( pansexual ) ships: alistair, merrill

CHLOE FRAZER. ( bisexual ) ships: nadine

CHROM. ( bisexual ) ships: sumia, robin, cordelia, cherche, frederick, stahl

CID. ( pansexual ) ships: clive

CLIVE. ships: jill, cid

DANSE. ( pansexual ) ships: sole survivor

DIAMANT. ( bisexual ) ships: ivy, amber

DOROTHEA. ( bisexual ) ships: petra, edelgard, sylvain, claude

HAWKE ( EREN ). ( gay ) ships: fenris

HAWKE ( ERIS ). ( lesbian ) ships: isabela, merrill

EZIO AUDITORE. ( bisexual ) ships: sofia, leonardo, la volpe

GAREN CROWNGUARD. ( bisexual ) ships: katarina, darius, jarvan, taric

HECTOR. ( bisexual ) ships: lyn, eliwood

IKE. ( gay ) ships: ranulf, boyd

ISABELA. ( bisexual ) ships: hawke, merrill, leliana, alistair, zevran

JACOB FRYE. ( bisexual ) ships: none thus far

JAINA TREVELYAN. ( bisexual ) ships: leliana, josephine, cullen, blackwall

JAYCE TALLIS. ( bisexual ) ships: mel, viktor

JOHN SHEPARD. ( bisexual ) ships: kaidan, miranda, tali, james, joker

JOHNNY CAGE. ( pansexual ) ships: kenshi, sonya

KAIDAN. ( bisexual ) ships: shepard, miranda, joker, tali

KITANA. ( bisexual ) ships: jade, liu kang, anyone except her relatives tbh

KENSHI. ( bisexual ) ships: so many, love johnny though!

LUXORD. ( bisexual ) ships: none thus far

MALCOLM GRAVES. ( gay ) ships: twisted fate

MICAIAH. ( bisexual ) ships: ??? note: i will not ship micaiah romantically with sothe.

MIRANDA. ( bisexual ) ships: shepard, jack, kaidan, tali

NATE. ( pansexual ) ships: elena and harry

NEPHENEE. ( lesbian ) ships: heather, mia, ilyana

NIKOLAI. ( gay ) ships: dorian, bull, krem, cullen, blackwall

SABER. ( bisexual ) ships: none thus far

SARAH FORTUNE. ( bisexual ) ships: none thus far

SILAS. ( bisexual ) ships: ???

SCOTT. ( bisexual ) ships: rafael, pablo, farmer, alice, suki, eva, macy, mark, kenny

STEFAN. ( gay ) ships: reyes, gil, liam, jaal, drack

TAROT. ( pansexual ) ships: morrigan, leliana, alistair, zevran

TIFA. ( bisexual ) ships: aerith

VESEMIR. ( bisexual ) ships: none thus far

XANDER. ( bisexual ) ships: silas, ryoma, kagero

[reformed-ghost]

friendly reminder that jaal ama darav and vetra nyx are both bisexual!

[felassan]

this blog (& associated projects etc) in the [online print] news -

TheGamer: EA Says There's A "Strong Demand" For Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Ruetir: Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales forecasts are “in line with expectations” for EA: “We are seeing strong demand”

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TheGamer: EA Seems To Be Getting Ready For Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's Next Big Trailer

Game Rant: Rumor: Big Dragon Age Dreadwolf Update Could Be Coming Soon

Comicbook.com: New Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Trailer Rumor Has Fans Excited

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TechRadar: Dragon Age: The Veilguard has removed the tactical camera and won't let you control your companions

TheGamer: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Has Removed The Tactical Camera

TheGamer: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Forces You To Change Your Party Members More

Gameranx: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Officially Removes Tactical Camera

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Cryptopolitan [??]: Dragon Age: The Veilguard will not need the EA app to launch on Steam

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Game Rant: Fans Still Fighting to Save Dragon Age: The Last Court Browser Game

PC Gamer: EA deactivates Failbetter's Dragon Age game The Last Court

TechRaptor: Fans Band Together to Preserve Obscure Dragon Age Game

Fanbyte: Fans Rescued a Lost Dragon Age Game, The Last Court, Before It Faded

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Metro: New Mass Effect 4 artwork hints at return to Andromeda

PC Gamer: Bioware releases new artwork from the next Mass Effect

Eurogamer: Next Mass Effect teased again in new artwork

IGN: New Concept Art Revealed for Next Mass Effect Game

Rock Paper Shotgun: More artwork from the next Mass Effect has surfaced

Game Rant: New Mass Effect Game Concept Art Revealed in BioWare Book

GamesRadar: New Mass Effect art points to a return to Andromeda

VG247: Concept art for next Mass Effect game surfaces in new art book

NME: Check out new concept art from the upcoming ‘Mass Effect’ game

PlayStation LifeStyle: Three New Pieces of Art Offer Another Look at the Next Mass Effect

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Kotaku: Dragon Age: Inquisition's Ending, Explained

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SMA News Today: The Friends and Fate I Chose Thanks to ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’

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Gayming Magazine: One thought on Dragon Age’s Zevran Wasn’t Intended To Be Bisexual

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TheGamer: Dragon Age: 10 Morrigan Memes You Have To See

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TechRaptor: "We Made It." Celebrating Ten Years of Mass Effect

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LAFWorks (Lee Feldman): I was wrong about Dragon Age II

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bonus round

GamesRadar: Mass Effect: Andromeda fans are lusting over new companion Jaal, and BioWare has responded... pretty positively

Eurogamer: Fans really want to sleep with with Mass Effect's new alien

Kotaku: Some Fans Already Want To Bang Mass Effect: Andromeda's New Alien

(..no comment and no I will not elaborate 💀)

[veshialles]

we oughta interact more, not enough mass effect mutuals =(

also who is your favorite: male romance, female romance, and just general companion?

yes we really ought to!! I'm so sorry about leaving this in my inbox, things have been so hectic this past week and a bit! And fuck yeah I'm always down to talk about Mass Effect!!

favourite male romance: I actually haven't. done any of them fully except part of ME1 Kaidan (who died 😭) and ME2 Garrus one time. and part of Liam and Jaal's romances. I hear good things about ME3 Kaidan tho and I'm kind of tempted to let him live again in my next playthrough even though it's supposed to be Ashley's turn to survive lol

Favourite female romance: Vetra!!! my cool spiky space wife who i miss every day 🥺 also Jack's romance is so good, especially when modded to reintroduce her canon bisexuality, my beloved 🥰

fav companion: ohh tough call. Huge fan of Tali and Miranda (parental traumas 🤝 parental traumas), and I'm also very taken with Peebee she's such a hot mess disaster of a woman <3 and Jaal is just such A Swell Guy you know?

thank you for the ask!! Would love to know about your ME favs too 👀

[omniblades-and-stars]

The worst crime of Andromeda was that I couldn't romance both Vetra and Jaal at the same time. Please I just want to be a bisexual Ryder sandwich, thank you.

[clericofshadows]

For the headcanons, how’s about Joker? And/or! If you’ve ever played cyberpunk, maybe a V? Or even a Ryder from ME:A if you’ve played that one! (I have no idea what games people have played lol, trying for variety 😂)

I'll do all three!

Joker

Sexuality Headcanon: Bisexual (and should've been romancable!)

Gender Headcanon: Cis male

A ship I have with said character: Joker/Shepard

A BROTP I have with said character: Joker and EDI, which I answered in the EDI ask but it still stands, their friendship is great. Also Joker and Kaidan, starting with that banter in the beginning of the game. Would've loved to see more ribbing between them.

A NOTP I have with said character: While I don't ship Joker/EDI, it's not a really a NOTP, just a personal preference of mine.

A random headcanon: Joker collects hats and has a large collection he'll switch out when he's not on duty. Ranging from beanies to novelty ball caps, he has something for every occasion. EDI once got him a hat that says passenger princess, that he wears proudly because it's a great representation of her humor.

General Opinion over said character: While my Shepards may not always like him (looking at you, Regis), he's always been a character I've enjoyed talking to. My only wish is I could've agreed with him about Thessia.

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V (like canon, my V is named Vincent)

Sexuality Headcanon: Gay

Gender Headcanon: Cis male with GNC tendencies

A ship I have with said character: V/Kerry (for when I do canon romance), V/Viktor (for when I start downloading mods to pose them together with AMM!)

A BROTP I have with said character: V and Misty. Catching up together over memories of Jackie and making new ones. Also V and Judy, my V is a netrunner so I imagine they can talk and nerd out over tech together.

A NOTP I have with said character: Don't really have one.

A random headcanon: Vincent was a corpo and I imagine he knew Viktor in passing through Jackie, so he fell for him pretty fast. They don't get together until after Vincent does the boxing quests and ends up going on a round with Vik....

General Opinion over said character: I typically play as male characters in voiced RPGs and V did not disappoint. I love my netrunner and knives using corpo, and I love making him a snarky asshole when I can. I need to play phantom liberty!

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Atlas Ryder

Sexuality Headcanon: Pansexual

Gender Headcanon: Cis male

A ship I have with said character: Ryder/Reyes

A BROTP I have with said character: Ryder and Cora bond over biotics, Ryder and Jaal trick out weapons, and Ryder spends a lot of his time in engineering with Gil, learning the ins and outs of the ship.

A NOTP I have with said character: I don't really have a lot of NOTPs. Maybe for Atlas that would be Gil, they're better off as friends and from a meta perspective I was never a fan on how they handled the kid thing with their romance.

A random headcanon: Atlas went through the first few N trials before he was kicked out of the Alliance due to his father. He resents that he never finished it and wears the N7 proudly.

General Opinion over said character: I've always found Ryder to be a very refreshing protag and I enjoyed playing him as more sarcastic and logical when I could. Would've like to see more classic renegade options, but I loved MEA and would've loved to see Ryder and the gang some more.

[cyhaino]

Mass Effect Romance Opinions

Kaiden | he’s ok I like him just fine he usually dies in my playthrough though because my youngest sister is named Ashley and I feel weird letting someone with her name die does it make sense no but who cares I’m playing

Liara | You’d think I would love an alien archeologist and for the most part I do but when I’m not actively romancing her I find her a bit too much and I get annoyed in me3 with her whole planet being taken and her attitude about it as if Earth wasn’t the first planet taken

Ashley | I don’t romance her because of the name reason but I do like her. Also she was right about the council seeing humans as dogs.

Miranda | again I should like her but honestly prefer friendship over a romance just let her be with her sister

Tali | honestly see her as more of a a sister

Jack | love her, one of the few characters who actually has character growth but I’m still salty over not being able to romance her as female Shepard

Jacob | If you ignore the weird flirtatious tone when you go to talk to him, you’ll find he’s not that bad. He’s supposed to be the level headed character and he is for the most part. He does suffer from bad writing though and it’s pretty obvious too. Still I do like the me2 romance so I go through the pain but I do still get annoyed in me3

Garrus | nice voice but that’s it and I do like the tango dance in the dlc but honestly most of the time it felt like I was yelling at him. When I was younger he was my favorite but now that I’m older some of the stuff he says and does doesn’t sit right with me.

Thane | never romanced him because personally I would never ask someone out after they trauma-dumped like what the hell was up with that option??? Still I understand the appeal because hello??? Assassin???A distant dad who still wants the best for his son??? And he’s dying??? Why do I find all of this hot what does this say about me

Kelly | No

Samara | love her I want to marry her she deserves so much probably written by a man because hello we could have just adopted children why put her through that misfortune

Morinth | I love her mom

Steve | this man lost his husband fairly recently so no

Samantha | <3 favorite romance shes gay I’m gay what more do I need to say

Diana | she’s there I guess???

Javik | y’all say Garrus has a nice but nah Javik’s voice is way better I wish he was an actual romance option. Is he perfect? No but I doubt any of us would be in his situation. 10/10 would still bang

James | yes but no because I would have loved having him as an actual romance option but what bioware gave us was shit!!! Like what the hell!!! Thank god for fanfiction because what the hell!!!

Avela | I didn’t even know she was a romance option whoops

Cora | this woman screams lesbian romancing her as male Ryder feels weird

Gil | I hate his best friend

Liam | oh I love him he was the first romance I did his little wave his flips! And his loyalty mission is one of the best ones to do so much fun and ahhhh when he takes you out on Eos for that date!!!! I love Liam

Suvi | she���s cute but eh that’s it

Peebee | one of the more fleshed out romances in my opinion however romancing her as male ryder feels weird and I think it’s better to romance her as female ryder.

Jaal | yeah I’m a Jaal girlie my ao3 history will attest to that. He tried so hard to come across as cool and mysterious but he’s just a bisexual disaster like me and ahhh the forehead touch!!! And of course his voice???

Vetra | you give me hot turian girlfriend and I give you all my money. Also she’s an eldest daughter and as an eldest daughter myself, yeah I’m gonna gravitate towards her. Her romance feels really short though

Reyes | bioware made sure he wasn’t a full romance option because they wouldn’t be able to handle two bisexual Latinos

[monowires]

i don’t usually like getting into new fandoms because i am both afraid of and wary of new people. however my autism wants more mass effect on my timeline, so.

i’m 20. name’s johnny but people who know me may call me ker or shep. please don’t call me this if you don’t know me.

i’m multifandom. ones that never leave are cyberpunk and mass effect. others that come and go are genshin, pjsekai, fallout, skyrim, outlast, twdg, the last of us, detroit become human, apex legends, etc.

i’m Extremely autistic and also have very bad memory, im awkward around new people and i tend to stick to myself. i promise i’m not ignoring anyone, i’m just not a social person.

i am only sparingly on tumblr right now because i haven’t finished the games and i’m avoiding spoilers.

some tidbits about me and my mass effect history,

i’m currently playing the trilogy, im halfway through me2. i played me:a first in 2020, i’ve played it a lot and got platinum when i had a playstation (i’m a pc player now). i got the trilogy because it was on sale and i’d just gotten my financial aid refund and i had always wanted to play it.

it is the most intensely i’ve fixated on something new in four years. usually new media i enjoy doesn’t clutch me this tightly, but mass effect has effectively (haha get it. EFFECTively) dethroned fallout as my favorite game franchise of all time. to put that in perspective, fallout has been my favorite since i was 12, so 8 and a half years. would’ve been 9 later this year!

i love shepard so much and i’m a little mentally ill about him so if i end up being friends with anyone here i just ask that you don’t try & insinuate you like him more than i do. like idc if you say you love him but once it gets competitive it makes me uncomfortable because he’s my autism creature (i don’t expect this to make sense to people who aren’t autistic)

i’ve been going through the series blind, which i haven’t done with a game in years. i know that there’s 8 endings in me3 but i’ve managed to avoid spoilers, clips, etc. how? no idea. especially since mass effect is a really popular series. but. currently i’m so excited to eventually get to me3 and be able to be gay with kaidan. mshenko feels like the slowest burn in the whole universe??? the first 2 games feel like shep’s pining is unrequited and unreciprocated. it is. Painfully delicious

out of the whole series i love default mshep and default scott ryder, they’re my scroinglies. i play both as biotic. i know shep is canonically biotic. my shep is canon compliant but also has some headcanons to make him my own.

general rule of thumb, whenever i say shepard i mean male shepard; i’m a bisexual trans man whose attraction to men is like 99% of my bisexuality lmaooo

my favorite ships for shepard are shenko & whatever they call garrus x shep. funny story, my sibling and i came up with the name shenko before i even knew it was actually what they called it.

for scott i love scott x jaal and scott x reyes. i’m also partial to scott x liam heh

i headcanon shepard as gay and kaidan as bisexual. i promise my shep isn’t maidenless he’s just gay.

ok i have talked a lot but uhh. yeah follow me if you want, i’ll follow back if you’re 17+.

[iblameashley]

Oh... I got whiplash back to Mass Effect 3 (pre-extended ending) depression, then I followed that up with Mass Effect Andromeda (pre-Jaal being Bisexual) and then Joel from The Last of Us Pt2. It was a rollercoaster of feelings.

So yeah... I want to add some more good to this fandom with a touch of humour. Help us all heal.

....and if I can do a little shameless self promotion; if you haven't read / liked / reblogged my fanfic... I have a fix-it fanfic for MW3 you can read. Maybe it will help boost your spirits too?

Now for some Ghoap

Continuing on from my Price/Gaz post, we have the men that piqued my interest and got me into CoD...

Also still trying to spread more joy thanks to MW3's shit-show.

Ghost, please... how you gonna admire Soap's face from there. Stop looking at his ass, perv!

This man has no right to be this f**king pretty.

You can take me out any time, baby. Dinner or head-shot, you choose.

Those look heavy, let me help you carry them, sir.

...I don't even know... leg spread, showing his pussy to the world...

[Homosexuality Intensifies]

That's right babygirl, keep your kitten safe. 🥰

[[Pained Gay Noises]] [Mostly mine, but also his]

[rpgchoices]

top 10 male videogame romances

(names and videogames under cut, all can be romanced by male and female characters unless I´ll write otherwise)

Zevran (Dragon Age Origins), Flanker (Sorcery!), Fenris (Dragon Age 2), Regongar (Pathfinder Kingmaker), Jaal (Mass Effect Andromeda), Garrus (Mass Effect, only for female Shepard), Dorn (Baldur´s Gate 2), Iron Bull (Dragon Age Inquisition), Ifan (Divinity Original Sin 2), Blackwall (Dragon Age Inquisition, only for a female Inquisitor)

[softgrungeprophet]

now don’t get me wrong, i don’t dislike lung disease assassin lizard man from ME2 but i think the people who worked on Andromeda did a better job of designing a Sensitive (squidboy) Love Interest with Jaal than the main game devs did with Thane

that’s just my personal opinion so far tho