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thegreateski wrote...
Hello. I just recently did the Tali romance for the first time. I felt the need to come here and voice my . . . displeasure with it.
From what I've put together from the actual romance dialouges and Tali's loyalty mission I have come to the conclusion that the Tali romance is horrifying.
It feels as if Shepard (and by extension, the player) is just taking advantage of Tali's hero worship and filling in the hole left from her father's death. Seriously, the girl has the emotional mindset of an adolecent and she's latching onto the only stable thing in her life. The whole fact that Tali's dialouges in ME1 we're just her telling the player about her race and that the dialouges in ME2 were mostly shameless flirting disturbs me greatly. We never actually learn about Tali the person, just Tali the Quarian.
Now what I am seeking this threads opinion on . . . is whether or not there is more to the "romance" then learning about her people and the sex.
It probably does not help that I've always seen Tali as a daughter figure rather then a romantic partner.
- Respectfully, Eski
First of all, if you see the character as something other than another woman, its likely that you are already biased in your own way. Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that, but if you go in thinking of her as a daughter figure, some of the interpretations are going to lead to mixed messages. That would be my guess as to why you see the romance like you do.
Personally, I never got the feeling that she was trying to replace her father's love with Shep's. She spends ME1 adapting to a whole new life. She spends time talking about her people because its what she's most comfortable doing. As time goes on, she confides some stuff in Shep, and I see a friendship grow between the two. The game also adds that she has a crush growing in the game. This is likely where the hero worship comes in. She sees the prototypical captain figure, the big hero.
Then when ME2 comes around, that's when that stuff gets replaced with real feelings. She trusts Shep enough platonically to leave everything in her life behind to join him with a terrorist organization that attacked the flotilla. And as time goes on, things like her loyalty mission show her that Shep is the one who is always there for her. Trust on that level, along with the friendship that they already have established (I think this is the important part,) leads to deeper feelings, that she eventually expresses.
The romance after that point is expediated due to the nature of their mission (she fully expects to die,) but the lead up to the romance starting has them going through plenty besides hero worship. She develops a strong friendship at first, then the trust up to the point that she can trust her life in Shep without thinking. I don't see how romantic feelings are much of a jump personally.
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