Best Romance
Viconia9
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What's your favorite romance?
Is it:
Aerie
Jaheira
Viconia
Anomen (LG)
Anomen (CN)
A mod (please specify)
Is it:
Aerie
Jaheira
Viconia
Anomen (LG)
Anomen (CN)
A mod (please specify)
2
Comments
tbh I like all the original romances except Anomen
BG2 Mods: Xan
Fyi I'm male.
Mod: Haer’Dalis Romance by Aeryn at Spellhold Studios
Maybe I need to try an eligible female protagonist, as I've never tried Anomen.
Mod? Haer'Dalis tied with Xan mod romances. The Ajantis romance is second place only due to no ToB content yet.
Compared with most RPG romances Jaheira's feels a little deeper to me. The relationship has built up over a long time - from friendly exchanges and mourning her husband when leaving the starting dungeon, to a big questioning of "what's going on and what place do we have in this world" and then to a much deeper connection - and it also feels very mutual.
Jaheira and Charname seem to provide one another with emotional support. Her story, thinking, actions seem to feel real.
Also, let me quote my previous answer in another thread:
In BG2EE I rather liked Viconia's and the way Anomen started talking to me in my early playthroughs.
Next I'll give Neera a try in BG2EE, too, together with a more heavy-armored party. It seemed to me that Neera's enemies require more fighting-power. It's the first time I've transferred a dual-class Fighter Cleric from BGEE. A bit like Anomen, converted at level 7.
Jaheira 45/100. Barely passable. She is to arrogant.
Neera 42/ 100. Poor start. Decent end.
Viconia 39/100. What a bitch. If you play evil you cant even insult her back every time she opens that big mouth full of bitch attitude. Thus the romance makes no sense.
When I think of "hitting on someone," I think of phrases like, "Hey good-lookin', how 'bout I buy you a drink?" Not... What does Jaheira say? "So, where to next, fearless leader?" A very ordinary, though slightly friendly, question. Nothing that gives me the impression that she's interested in me as anything more than a friend. Most of her conversations are just that--purely ordinary with little to no sexual tension. In fact, if I recall correctly, isn't the major part of Jaheira's romance all about her trying to hide or run away from her budding feelings towards you?
Sorry, I don't mean to pick on you specifically. I just don't get where this "OMG She's totally hitting on Charname right after Khalid died, what a slut!" attitude comes from, when that's clearly not what she's doing. Like... At all.
(It should be no secret that Jaheira's my favorite of the female romances, with Aerie as a close second.)
you meet her you become friends, become better then friends fall in love.
I also like the fact she recognises your class makes it seem a bit more of a two way relationship then some of the others
Not that I mean Jaheira is not an attractive woman, I am well sure she is gorgeous with those stats, and that womanly commanding voice. (Which is a major turn on for some men) Even some noblemen and one drunken soldier in Athkathla command upon her beauty and try to 'hit on' her. (I don't count Salvanas because he hits on anything with ample weight in the chest area. Cough, :Edwina :cough.) Jaheira's romance is deep, well written and has many hardships/sacrifice and effort. She definitely is not the creepy old newly widowed aunt that reaches out for the pants of the confused and horny teenager child. (And now I need brain bleach for this image) Especially, if your charname acts like a jerk or behaves immaturely the romance will be dead.
Compare it to Viconia's which is a more lustful/pyschical thing right from the start. And she is an elf, actually hundreds of years old and, as a drow, is way more experienced in carnal activities, perhaps even to the point of depravation when compared to the charname who has had a sheltered childhood in a monastery and his youth in the hard road. If you think about it, it may come off even creepier. Though Viconia's romance can eventually evolve into something beautiful and soul changing (for the drow) as well, so kudos to developers for that.
In my current game I lost Jaheira to elder vampires in Firkraag's dungeon. (I play minimal reload) I was romancing her and it was a very dramatic experience. The vampires came out from nowhere, we were totally unprepared and my pc had to gulp a potion of invisibility to survive level drained, while Jaheira was cornered and drained infront of his eyes! (Those vampires drain up to four levels per hit, insane!) My pc now feels guilty and ashamed of this failure, and wows never to see a loved one die like this because of his cowardice. (Jaheira was chunked via level drain so she truly is gone!) This gave me an opportunity to try out Neera romance, though. So it is not all bad. I will try her romance for the first time and hopefully her cheerful, perky attitude will be fun.
Jaheira - emotion
Viconia - mystery
Aerie - facepalm
That being said, I also enjoy the Viconia romance. Classic Tsundere, plus DROW! I mean come on.
But hands-down the BEST romance I know of is the one from the de'Arnise Romance mod. It's soooo good! Anyone who hasn't checked it out yet definitely should!
I find Aerie absolutely insufferable although, perhaps oddly, I think the wings is maybe the fourth-most annoying thing about her.
Although weirdly, I think the Haer'dalis-Aerie romance is actually really great and is the best part of Aerie's character. If she actually acted like that the rest of the time, I think that I'd find her not just tolerable, but actually enjoyable.