Prime Junta
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I agree with "good romances, or no romances". Examples:
Good romance: Viconia
Ugh. I liked Viconia well enough -- except the romance bit. IMO there's nothing romantic about someone running hot and cold, it's just childish and irritating. I thought the Viconia romance was a prime example of everything that's wrong with Bioware's romantic writing.
Bad romance: Elanee
Well, yeah, compared to Elanee, maybe Viconia was good. Elanee was definitely cringe-inducing; Viconia was just irritating.
Difference: There's a lot of "back and forth" with Viconia. A good romance is not a one way street - there has to be flirting, discussions, maybe even arguments.
Way too much back and forth if you ask me. OK, not really -- it's the quality of the back and forth that matters, and the Viconia thing was just like dating the high-school psycho queen bitch.
For a somewhat better example of this (also from Bioware), consider Silk Fox from Jade Empire.
When it's well done, it certainly has a place in heroic tales.
I agree. It's just that it's done well so very very rarely.
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