#tharael

gaming queer month 2026: The queer romances I wish I could have had

Morrigan (Dragon Age Origins) (I still romance her with the mod, but still…)

Cassandra (Dragon Age Inquisition) (just cruel that I cannot romance her with a woman)

Gobbet (Shadowrun Hong Kong) (okay, maybe it would have not improved the game too much as I love the game already, but how I would have enjoyed romancing Gobbet, only her as the only romance of the game would have worked so well)

Iorveth (The Witcher) (it would have improved my enjoyment of The Witcher 2 of about 300%)

Jaethal (Pathfinder Kingmaker) (there is kind of a canon ending with her, but not a full romance)

Snell (Esoteric Ebb) (I can see from the number of art that this is a popular opinion)

Serafin (Citizen Sleeper 2) (I was honestly heartbroken at the absence of Serafin romance as the relationship with him is so important)

Likho (Dreamfall Chapters) (this one really hurts my heart because Kian and Likho are both gay, they have an enemies to friends story and end up living together)

Pallegina (Pillars of Eternity) (cruel and unusual punishment that I cannot romance her at all)

Khama (with Lo Pheng) (Ash of Gods) (Lo Pheng and Khama already have such an intriguing enemies to protector relationship, they overcame so much, why can't they get married. I should play it again and write fanfics for myself)

Death Knight (Beyond Divinity) (the only thing that could save this game would be turning it into a gay comedy of errors)

Vivienne (Dragon Age Inquisition) (always my divine, and while I do not mind that we cannot romance her, I also feel like Dragon Age never had a character like her romancable before, someone who had such a unique perspective on the mage templars conflict but also was so unashamedly ambitious. It would have been such a good romance, especially if starting just as a way to get close to power - yes, I admit it, I love romances that start as calculating moves and then turn into real feelings!)

Tharael (Enderal) (Maybe not necessarily romance, but I wish we could have had a closer friendship with him, and him as a companion)

Ekundayo (Pathfinder Kingmaker) (I feel like this game misses complex queer male characters. I love Regongar, but I wish we could have also romanced Ekundayo and seen a more angsty serious goal driven character through a romantic arc after having abandoned every hope and desire for romance)

I realized that I needed to post all Tharaêl`s «I'm not interested» look🙄

Thanks for the very funny repost, @lordmaddie!😂