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[bjornwilde]

 Let's talk romance. Does your pup have a canonical one? What is it like? Have they found love in Milliways instead? I'm thinking more emotion, twitterpated goofiness here than sex, but your mileage may vary. 

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[inlovewithwords]

Eriond and Artoo: N o p e. Ace-aros all the way.

Evelyn: WELL then my version of her--which is not everyone's Inquisitor--is bisexual and currently has a girlfriend. They will be breaking up. She has also had a crush on one of the Templars at Ostwick, historically, until the power imbalance led to them doing something that disillusioned her (about which she is pretty sad, she likes pretty people in armor apparently). She is way pre-game, so her future is not certain. Maybe she'll meet someone in Milliways! Maybe she'll make it to romance options in game! Who knows!

Anakin: Is a stalker and occasionally somewhat abusive and a terrible, terrible husband to Padme. He is the worst. I will give him this much: he is loyal and loves her absolutely. But he has basically worshiped her since he was nine, idealizes her, tries to control her, and generally goes completely and murderously off the deep end when she's in trouble. This ends with the galaxy on fire for, frankly, two or three generations.

Anakin is the worst.

Tavi: has Kitai. I actually have a mixture of love and hate for soulmate bonds, as they are sometimes wonderful and always incredibly creepy, even when done well. Tavi and Kitai fall into that. They're absolutely partners and equals, with different and complementing strengths in many different areas (example: in furycrafting, she's the better at multitasking, although he has more raw power), although she has no interest in governing and so the only reason she won't be an official co-Ruler is that isn't a battle they need to fight, although similar issues will arise with time. Kitai is capable of restraining Tavi when he's in a fit of temper or letting his ethics slack off, and reminding him to respect people and what he can and can't control. Tavi loves her unendingly. It's really awful that Kitai gives up her desire to go wandering with Horses over the next hill to be his wife, and I am Angry, but I have some fixes for that so she gets to travel (more than Tavi, and in some ways is less trapped than he is).

Lois: Whoo-ee has she had boyfriends, including ones she loved. Her first real love ended up a Monster of the Week villain and dead (after both of them had moved on, he even had a different True Love by then). Honestly, she genuinely loved Oliver, and he her. It just didn't work out, for reasons, but taught her a lot. I don't think she really loved her other temporary-but-longer-term boyfriend in Smallville, Grant Gabriel. In comics and other sources, there have been many others--often Lex Luthor, at least once Bruce Wayne. Some fail; some succeed short-to-medium term. One, in the hands of a good writer, sticks.

I could write an essay on this subject, and on why things work and don't and subtleties and variations and things. But I am a lazy person.

So just check the icon, that pretty much covers it.