Elana Eden wrote...
I'm going to confess that I find the concept of Garrus/Shepard romance strange because Garrus looks like he could kill Shepard if Garrus isn't wearing his armor.
And maleshep has the potential to kill Tali but would take precautions not to harm her just like Garrus would. In Tali's relationship, Shepard is the "dangerous" alien in a sense that he could accidentally make her ill or kill her, yet we don't think of him that way because he looks human and isn’t "scary" looking like Garrus. I could agrue that maleshep is more dangerous being intimate with Tali than Garrus is with femshep, as the simplest physical touch on bare skin (without any precautions) is very life threatning to her (listen to mordin's advice about Tali compared to his advice about Garrus). Yet as long as they are careful I see no reason why they shouldn't be together if a relationship is what they both really want.
Garrus and other turians look sinister. Those glowing, beady eyes. Those claws. Those knifelike teeth (you won't keep your tongue if you French Garrus).
What you call sinister beady eyes a lot of people would call beautiful and even hawk like in appearance. It’s just a matter of opinion. Passionate kissing isn’t a possibility either but that’s a given, just because shepard can’t french kiss Garrus doesn’t mean she can’t be affectionate in other ways (headbumps!).
If you're chilling around Shanxi and you see something that looks like a sapient velociraptor coming towards you, wouldn't you automatically reach for your gun?
In the beginning of course humans would be scared, but that’s no reason why humans in the present mass effect universe wouldn’t date or hang around with turians, by then they would have gotten used to their features and no longer be afraid of them based on appearance alone. I imagine more prejudice against them in less diverse places where they couldn’t be around them on a daily basis but that would be the same with other species as well. I can immerse myself enough that I accept that humans aren’t fearful every time they spot a turian walking around; I mean have you seen their little hats? They’re adorable! I can also immerse myself enough to accept that humans would date outside their species as well, so I see no reason why my shepard would be fearful of Garrus or not consider him as a love interest.
Not only that, but turians don't really have facial expressions, and I personally think even perpetually-fixed expression humans look creepy: I despise
clowns, mimes, and human-analog puppets. We use expressions to judge intent and state of mind, and that option is just not available with turians
Not true at all, I’ve posted a few videos showing different kinds of turian expression.
So, for those of you who romanced Garrus, was this in spite of this option looking like a fatal undertaking? Or do you just like living on the edge?
I never once thought romancing Garrus was endangering my Shepard, if that were truly the case then Mordin would have said far more drastic things to make sure you didn’t go through with it. Chafing doesn’t sound life threatening and as long as there is no “ingesting” it doesn’t sound like Shepard is going to get killed if she gets intimate with him. We’re also talking about Garrus here, not a mindless predator; he’s not going to start randomly attacking Shepard half way into it!
I romanced Garrus because it felt the most natural out of all the romances for me, for pretty much the same reasons why a lot of maleshep players romanced Tali. He’s your best friend, you have history together, you know he will always have your back and you know you can always trust him. Garrus also has a great personality working for him, his charm and wit is so endearing that it’s impossible to not like the guy. As for his appearance I find him interesting in an artistic sense, he doesn’t look “scary” to me instead I find his features and expressions fascinating to look at, as I do with the turian race in general. Again, the thought of Garrus being scary or weird looking doesn’t enter my head unless someone else says it because I can’t see it myself.
Modifié par Hyrule_Gal, 16 octobre 2010 - 05:19 .
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Garrus is in the friend zone.
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. I can imagine first contact with them ending badly, too, especially if we thought they were intent on probes and microchips. 
