[quote]Goat_Shepard wrote...
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Do you even realize how fast-paced everything is in Mass Effect? Here's an example:
Shepard: "Are you saying you want to join us?"
Legion: "Yes"
Shepard: "Alright, I trust you, let's give you a name".
All the romances are fast-paced as well, but you are right, nothing in ME1 gave an indication of Tali having a crush. She wasn't nervous or anything, she was friendly like a Quarian on Pilgrimage receiving help. If she had a crush, she'd be stammering and wringing her hands when you talked to her.
Fanservice or not, there's no reason Tali couldn't have grown a strong bond with you over the course of a month (remember, we're keeping in mind the timescale of Mass Effect, you searched for Saren for what, 3 months? It felt like a week, if that), so considering how fast everyone else trusts you in Mass Effect, Tali developing into a LI in ME2 much like Garrus was a pleasant change. It's good for the story.
I respect your opinion of "some" of the fan base's obsession. Sometimes things need to be at the end of line (I won't go down the list, but fapfics is right up there somewhere), and I also feel disconcerted at the simple Talimancers who I think seriously only like "dem hips" and only post "dem hips" and need real life help. I am attached to the Quarians and the Geth and everything in Mass Effect, and Tali and Jack are the only romances I can tolerate, because for all the plot holes that you pointed out, she is a good romance.
And there are plenty of sophisticated people that get into long discussions of Quarian biology, history, and culture, this is the main appeal of Mass Effect, Tali included. I can appreciate curves when I see them, but that's not why I'm here.
Just don't generalize, ya know? I wasn't around when Tali Love was here, I found the romance realistic.
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Much better said than that of which I did 2 thumbs up.