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One's built like a twink? Only those with the utmost of either masculinity or boobage earn the people's love. Isn't it usually that way?

:O!All male viddy game characters should be gay, and the ladies lesbians.
Beyond that, he looks way too feminine. The general American audience will find this a bit awkward. I've seen a few video game characters that are gay males, but the few that exist are portrayed in the most cliche and stereotypical/generic mannerisms than you can possibly think of. Makoto from Enchanted Arms is an example of this. Just once I'd like to see a gay guy in any JRPG that acts like a "normal" guy [I use this term loosely, I think it's easy to figure out what I mean]. Zevran from Dragon Age is an example, though I'm irritated by the fact that he's so amoral, and it isn't a JRPG. Still, it's a baby step in the right direction I guess. I don't want to digress too much. Such a JRPG character may exist, but I haven't seen it yet.
The sad truth is that gay issues are not as a big deal in Japan, especially in politics. While you may have depictions of homosexual pairing in yaoi/BL they tend to be problematic for most gays. The whole seme-uke binary that is popular is a problem. I mean you also have bara but that hardly has the fanbase that yaoi/BL seems to have. So I'd say you'd be holding your breath if you want a good display of a gay character from Japan, unless they get CLAMP to write the plot then it will just have homosexual sub-text.

As for Zevran, sexuality aside, he is pretty amoral to begin with. So it is natural that he is a bit of a slut. The problem is that is the only male Romantic option for a male character, which was taken with a mixed reaction (I wanted to dirty Alistair so badly...). Oddly enough, as far as I can recall, all same-sex pairings are with characters that are bisexual, none of them to date from Bioware are completely gay or lesbian. I suppose bisexual is a bit better than none at all, especially considering that Bioware's HQ is in Edmonton, Alberta (Alberta is one of the more reluctant provinces to accept gay marriage, in general you could sorta think of Alberta as Canada's Texas ).