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WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE VRP(VIDEOGAME ROMANTIC PAIRING)?
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Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
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Sooz
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I mean, if you try to have a discussion on top movie romances, people can spend a while talking about romances that were actually in the movies.
uhhhh I don't know what parts of the internet you hang out in but that is not my experience at all.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Yeah, seriously. If you try to talk about romance in Lord of the Rings you're way more likely to get linked to https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1267534/1/Sauron-and-the-Ringwraiths-A-Love-Story than to have anyone in the discussion mention the name Arwen
LightningLord2
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How about talking about shipping on characters here on RMN?
To get started, here's a few names punched into Love Calculator:
Leon x Mortissiga: 87%
(Leon x Myra: 54%)
Bennet x Toxicoil: 98%
Eris x Project F7-4600M: 58%
Carmen x Anathema: 26%
The teams might actually like each other more than the ones they champion for.
To get started, here's a few names punched into Love Calculator:
Leon x Mortissiga: 87%
(Leon x Myra: 54%)
Bennet x Toxicoil: 98%
Eris x Project F7-4600M: 58%
Carmen x Anathema: 26%
The teams might actually like each other more than the ones they champion for.
Desertopa
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author=LockeZ
Yeah, seriously. If you try to talk about romance in Lord of the Rings you're way more likely to get linked to https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1267534/1/Sauron-and-the-Ringwraiths-A-Love-Story than to have anyone in the discussion mention the name Arwen
Yeah, that's true. But if you discuss top movie romances or couples in most places nobody is going to bring up Lord of the Rings.
This might depend a lot on whether you're asking representatives of the general population, or representatives of a fandom, and I guess RMN is kind of a fandom population. But I've found it a lot harder to find a serious discussion or list of romances which were deliberately written into the games anywhere online than discussion of movie romances.
Of course, there are a lot more romantic movies than romantic games. But I think that's kind of sad, because I think movies are actually a much worse medium for romance than games are.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
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author=Desertopa
Of course, there are a lot more romantic movies than romantic games. But I think that's kind of sad, because I think movies are actually a much worse medium for romance than games are.
...what's your logic there? I can't think of any game I've seen that's offered any sort of really satisfying romances compared with a movie.
Desertopa
775
Neither can I! That's the frustrating part. I feel like video games have a lot of potential for romance which has gone almost completely untapped.
I think that as a short form media with little capacity to show an internal perspective on the characters, movies aren't a particularly good medium for romance in the first place. Video games, which usually have narratives too long to be consumed in a single sitting, have more room to develop complex relationships, and the interactivity gives the player a greater sense of personal investment in the actions of the characters.
I think video games could contain romances much more compelling than you generally ever see in movies, which is why it bothers me so much that in practice, they don't. The time and talent pool that goes into writing movie romances is to what goes into video game romances more or less what the set of Olympic swimming candidates is to competitive bog snorkelers.
I think that as a short form media with little capacity to show an internal perspective on the characters, movies aren't a particularly good medium for romance in the first place. Video games, which usually have narratives too long to be consumed in a single sitting, have more room to develop complex relationships, and the interactivity gives the player a greater sense of personal investment in the actions of the characters.
I think video games could contain romances much more compelling than you generally ever see in movies, which is why it bothers me so much that in practice, they don't. The time and talent pool that goes into writing movie romances is to what goes into video game romances more or less what the set of Olympic swimming candidates is to competitive bog snorkelers.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
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I actually don't feel like the interactive element is that much of a boon for romance stories, or else we'd have a lot more satisfying stuff from dating games already.
There's also the possibility of longer narratives for movies in the form of series, or just allowing TV shows into the discussion. Though honestly my one true ideal medium for romance is comics, but then that's my one true ideal medium for nearly everything.
Uhhhh memo to me draw some more pairing pics tomorrow because there is too much talky and not about what pairings I like.
There's also the possibility of longer narratives for movies in the form of series, or just allowing TV shows into the discussion. Though honestly my one true ideal medium for romance is comics, but then that's my one true ideal medium for nearly everything.
Uhhhh memo to me draw some more pairing pics tomorrow because there is too much talky and not about what pairings I like.
Desertopa
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I think tv series have more potential for romance than movies, but I'm not really sure how well they fulfill it, because I almost never watch tv. I think that dating sims and visual novels are another area where the potential for well-done romance is really underexploited though, even though basically all dating sims by definition, and a huge proportion of visual novels contain at least token attempts at romance. There are a handful of visual novels where the character relations were really moving to me personally though, to a degree which I think was out of proportion to how well written they really were, if you discount the immersion from the interactive element.
Comics, I definitely think have more potential than movies and tv for romances, although I think video games could probably at least equal them. Honestly, a lot of my branching out into various media has been a result of running out of enough comics to read.
Comics, I definitely think have more potential than movies and tv for romances, although I think video games could probably at least equal them. Honestly, a lot of my branching out into various media has been a result of running out of enough comics to read.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
Less talk about media, more talk about videro game pairings! And by talk I mean cute pictures!
<3 I love that, Sooz. Gives me ideas for Tristian.
My other video game OTP. Not mine, obviously.
Edit: Is that Celes/Terra? XD
My other video game OTP. Not mine, obviously.
Edit: Is that Celes/Terra? XD
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
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author=Luchino
Edit: Is that Celes/Terra? XD
Yes. The only couple in that game who had ANY workable chemistry whatsoever. Although I may have some bias because I basically have yurigoggles laser surgery'd into my eyeballs.
J-Man
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Me and Mir from Ar Tonelico. She's like 600+ years old, and I wouldn't have a problem with it, mwahahaa. >8D
Nah, but in all seriousness, I would've preferred if Senel and Chloe from Tales of Legendia were a thing, which sadly they aren't which makes me disappointed, and makes me completely despise the "heroine" of the game, Shirley. Fuck her. I hate her!
Nah, but in all seriousness, I would've preferred if Senel and Chloe from Tales of Legendia were a thing, which sadly they aren't which makes me disappointed, and makes me completely despise the "heroine" of the game, Shirley. Fuck her. I hate her!
amerk
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Has it been said yet? No?
Then what about Hiro and Lucia from Lunar 2? I mean, a game that has you caught up in an effort to defend this girl, and then travel across space just to finally be with her again.
Then what about Hiro and Lucia from Lunar 2? I mean, a game that has you caught up in an effort to defend this girl, and then travel across space just to finally be with her again.
J-Man
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author=amerk
Has it been said yet? No?
Then what about Hiro and Lucia from Lunar 2? I mean, a game that has you caught up in an effort to defend this girl, and then travel across space just to finally be with her again.
Shit! That one is most iconic, I should've mention that one too! >_<;
Or DQ8's hero and Princess Medea. :D
RedMask
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author=LightningLord2author=RedMaskI'm really feeling it!
Shulk and Link :D
I'm bisexual by the way
Thanks so much for the support LightningLord2! I feel warm and fuzzy inside. Yeah, yeah happy! Red is very happy!I love talkin like Riki.
suzy_cheesedreams
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I like the whole Quistis/Squall/Rinoa/Seifer "romantic misunderstandings" dynamic of FF8. That's not a pairing, but anyway XD
