it's the same reason the pope is male in real life, because Jesus was a man. (she's a hard ass in combat but loves poetry) yes the cliche exist, but that doesn't make them bad, some exist for the sole reason as they are very -ing good. if it is fundamentally flawed than how could anyone with even the slightest bit of knowledge take it seriously in any way. heck my -ing grandfather said and did that to me when i told him i was a lesbian. > yer you know people do do that to the gay/lesbian children. >GAME LITERALLY PUNISHES YOU FOR CALLING HER OUT ON IT THE ONE CHANCE YOU GET >leliana constantly tearing into cullen, cullen can't stand on his own two feet literally, cassandra still being a functioning member no matter what happens, varric who is neutered completely compared to DA2 >scavenger "use all that is there" ideals conflict with conqueror attitude, add to the "DEMANDS" of the qun idea, where there IS NOT NAY SAY >"MOST PROGRESSIVE MEDIEVAL WORLD, CAN'T HAVE A MAN IN HIGHEST CHAIR CAUSE TRADITION!" oh wait, he can, IN THE LAND THATS CONSTANTLY SAID TO BE EVIL AND BACKWARDS!
>ignores how masculine or feminine traits came into being in the first place, also ignores how just changing the sex for cliche traits doesn't make it interesting. >Armor has to look like it'd work, not actually work like real armor! realism would be bad there! if the armor was ACTUALLY productive to what its real life counter part is, NO ONE WOULD BLEED, OR GET HURT, EVER
>"YOU WANTED TO CHANGE ME!" actually said.