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[_Aine_]

1490 wrote...

There was another piece of dialogue that really pissed a lot of female players off.  After Jacob's loyalty mission, he speaks of his prior relationship with Miranda, saying "she deserves a better man than I."  I think this was written for manshep, meaning Jacob was giving his blessing for Shep to court Miranda.  However, when said to a female Shep, it implies that Jacob doesn't consider himself good enough for Miranda, but femshep will do, lol

Ha! This!!

Didn't ****** me off per se,  but I went, " oh really, well, you probably have a point - good luck with those upgrades!  Gotta go. "    

Jacob is nice enough, but his clueless factor runs dangerously high.  The aliens (and some other humans) on the ship seem a bit more ...connected.     

[xXSnak3Eat3rXx]

1490 wrote...

There was another piece of dialogue that really pissed a lot of female players off.  After Jacob's loyalty mission, he speaks of his prior relationship with Miranda, saying "she deserves a better man than I."  I think this was written for manshep, meaning Jacob was giving his blessing for Shep to court Miranda.  However, when said to a female Shep, it implies that Jacob doesn't consider himself good enough for Miranda, but femshep will do, lol

Yeah well, it's not like Jacob wanted to get it on with femshep. You basically have to harass Jacob constantly in order to romance him.

[Leonia]

Sable Phoenix wrote...

There was a study done a while ago (and I wish I could find it) that revealed that the primary physical characteristic of sexual attractiveness for a woman was her hair, and for a man was his voice.  To illustrate, they said "Imagine the most attractive woman you've ever seen.  Now imagine her with her head shaved."  By the same token, they said "Imagine the most attractive man you've ever seen.  Now imagine him with a high, squeaky falsetto."  Both images induce laughter at best, repulsion at worst, definitely not attraction.  By the same token, look at male sex symbols such as Sean Connery or Patrick Stewart, who are elderly and probably not what one might consider physically imposing, but their charisma and especially their voices make them incredibly magnetic.

With that in mind... turian voices are awesome.  Garrus as a character has the charisma thing down to a T, and most of the turians you come across seem to exude a kind of quiet, steady confidence of the "don't screw with me" vibe, probably because every one of them has been through military training.  Brandon Keener's voice is hot just on its own, and with the added turian flange to it, that makes it even hotter.  Attraction to turians is no big mystery.

And this is why I strongly support future versions of ME novels being recorded as audiobooks with Brandon Keener's voice <3

[desertjedi]

I think everyone in this thread needs to take a cold shower!

[LovesRamen]

I'm gay. Oh so very gay.



And I'd rather to Thane then Garrus. It's not that he's not bad ass or anything. But it's just sort of lilke "...your Garrus. Stop annoying me and go finish those ****ing calibrations"

[RhiGibson]

I don't find any of the female LIs other than Liara attractive ... and I'm a straight girl ...



Seriously Garrus *vomits a little*

Ok Personality is amazing, but no just no.

[Shadow_Soul]

Sable Phoenix wrote...

There was a study done a while ago (and I wish I could find it) that revealed that the primary physical characteristic of sexual attractiveness for a woman was her hair, and for a man was his voice.  To illustrate, they said "Imagine the most attractive woman you've ever seen.  Now imagine her with her head shaved."  By the same token, they said "Imagine the most attractive man you've ever seen.  Now imagine him with a high, squeaky falsetto."  Both images induce laughter at best, repulsion at worst, definitely not attraction.  By the same token, look at male sex symbols such as Sean Connery or Patrick Stewart, who are elderly and probably not what one might consider physically imposing, but their charisma and especially their voices make them incredibly magnetic.

With that in mind... turian voices are awesome.  Garrus as a character has the charisma thing down to a T, and most of the turians you come across seem to exude a kind of quiet, steady confidence of the "don't screw with me" vibe, probably because every one of them has been through military training.  Brandon Keener's voice is hot just on its own, and with the added turian flange to it, that makes it even hotter.  Attraction to turians is no big mystery.

I had heard something about that, Sable. Tis correct for most, others...not so much.

[Piecake]

Joram Talid wrote...

i see ugly dudes getting with hot chicks all the time. unlike men, a lot of woman aren't shallow. they like guys more for their personalities(crazy, imo).

Na, those guys are just wealthy

[DaewaNya]

How can someone find turians attractive, I really wonder... Well it might be like watching some piece of art and find it beautiful where others find it ugly I guess.



That said, it's ok to like them but have sex with them? Eww...

[Sbri]

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Why I 'manced Garrus:

BADASS >>>>>> happens to be an ugly space-dinosaur.
SEXY VOICE >>>>> happens to be an ugly space-dinosaur.
FUNNY AS HELL >>>>> happens to be an ugly space-dinosaur.
CARES ABOUT SHEPARD >>>>> happens to be an ugly space-dinosaur.
TRUE BRO >>>>> happens to be an ugly space-dinosaur.

Additionally, Thane's too emo, Liara's creepy, and Jacob and Kaidan are boring (DISCLAIMER: in my opinion).

IN SUM: Everything else >>>>> looks, and the sheer amount of awesome negates the fact that his j*zz can kill you.

Pretty much this.

[Althorne]

A female friend of mine who went for a bit of garruslove commented: "pure curiosity"

[Ambeth]

Manic Sheep wrote...

Eh as a female I think turians look badass in the same sense as a wolf or tiger looks badass but I don’t find them sexually attractive no.

Garrus has other things going for him, decent guy, badass, sense of humor, sexy voice that sort of thing that make him attractive despite him being a dino bird...thing tho if I was shepard and this were real, he would perhaps be a close friend maybe a partner in the emotional sense but I would not attempt to sleep with him. Maybe that’s shallow but...no, not attractive physically and I doubt we would be compatible in that sense. Really I don’t want to even think about that ick.

I don’t know maybe other girls like the ”exotic” factor?

^^^This. 

Although I fair melted at the head bump.  D'awwwww.  In my mind, this is where things ended.  Both sides agreed that 'if only you were human/turian....' and went to their own respective berths to dream about the universe working differently.  'Cause anything else is WAY too awkward for me to contemplate.

[robtheguru]

Women are infact more shallow than men. When have you ever seen a very attractive female with an ugly/fat guy unless the ugly/fat guy is extremely wealthy? Plenty of handsome fellows are with unattractive and overweight women.



For me personally, a woman almost becomes more attractive if I get to know them and their personality comes out more. But if anyone says they are with some purely because of whats on the inside then they are blatantly full of crap (apart from blind people obviously).



As for women finding Turians attractive I really don't know why they would, but on the same point, i've never understood the furry thing in men either.

[rma2110]

Wait, women are more shallow than men? Seriously? Call and inform marketing that they've been doing it all wrong. We want Sheploo is skin tight latex armor for the cover of ME3. NOW!

[catabuca]

I'm female and I don't find Garrus attractive. None of my Sheps have (or will) romance him. Same for Tali. Perhaps it has more to do with how their characters were set up in ME1 (as good friends, in Garrus' case, and as a little sister, in the case of Tali) that I couldn't imagine a romance with either, but their physical appearance certainly does have a factor in that.

One of my Sheps very nearly romanced Thane, but didn't go through with the final scene before the Omega-4 Relay. He seems like a sweet guy, but he's a bit too sappy for my Sheps.

Jacob, well I'm afraid I'm one of those who hasn't been able to get past Shep's super creepy voice acting at the beginning of their friendship/romance. I hear it gets better as the relationship continues, but I just can't get past the beginning ... so I just don't talk to him at all.

So all of my femSheps have, ultimately, remained faithful to Kaidan.

My manSheps have played the field more widely, simply because the romance options have been more appealing to me. I have 1 m!Shep who has stayed faithful to Liara, but that was purely to see what LotSB was like. I have one who happy!romanced Jack, one who angry!sexed Jack then romanced Miranda, and then several (including my canon) who remained single throughout both games because he's in love with Kaidan. I'm attempting a playthrough atm where a m!Shep romances and stays faithful to Ashley, just to have the save game for any potential content in ME3.

So, in conclusion -- aliens don't really do it for me personally, and there is always a certain amount of me that goes into my characters, no matter how well I try to role play them. Looks play an important role in initial attraction, but ultimately it's about the way the character is written, how compelling they are to me, and in what context I see their relationship with Shep. This is why Kaidan is always my preferred romance option (for women and men, oh that he was romanceable with my m!Sheps), because he's attractive, but also has an interesting back story and brings interesting moral debates to the story; and it's also why, conversely, none of my Sheps are attracted to Jacob, because, as good looking and built as he may be, the context in which their early relationship is written is just too off-putting for me to pursue to any degree in game.

[Ambeth]

xXSnak3Eat3rXx wrote...

Yeah well, it's not like Jacob wanted to get it on with femshep. You basically have to harass Jacob constantly in order to romance him.

This... might explain why I failed.  I mean, I got to a point where Jacob told me 'we got a good thing going, lets not mess it up', which I assumed meant he had nothing left to talk to me about so I quit talking to him.  Then I did the Omega 4 Mass Relay and.... nothing romantic happened.  Total WTF.


Then I laughed and laughed because of the irony of it all (I wasn't sure I really WANTED to see something I had read was really awkward.)

[Colonist Sole Survivor]

double post

Modifié par Colonist Sole Survivor, 25 janvier 2011 - 05:52 .

[Colonist Sole Survivor]

Sable Phoenix wrote...

... turian voices are awesome.  Garrus as a character has the charisma thing down to a T, and most of the turians you come across seem to exude a kind of quiet, steady confidence of the "don't screw with me" vibe, probably because every one of them has been through military training.  Brandon Keener's voice is hot just on its own, and with the added turian flange to it, that makes it even hotter.  Attraction to turians is no big mystery.

^This.

Sable Phoenix wrote...
 most of the turians you come across seem to exude a kind of quiet, steady confidence of the "don't screw with me" vibe

^This.

Sable Phoenix wrote...
a kind of quiet, steady confidence of the "don't screw with me" vibe

^this.

Modifié par Colonist Sole Survivor, 25 janvier 2011 - 05:54 .

[Siansonea]

I don't find turians attractive, but I do like most of the turian characters in the game, or "love to hate" them (Turian Councilor). Physically I'm like ew. But personality-wise they're interesting and cool. Do not want their claw hammer boneage though.

[Xivai]

There's people that can get off on balloons. You come in here telling me you want to go **** a space dinosaur and I'll just say kay and walk the other way. I'm not joking look them up, there called looners or some ****.

[EnchantedEyes1]

Sable Phoenix wrote...

There was a study done a while ago (and I wish I could find it) that revealed that the primary physical characteristic of sexual attractiveness for a woman was her hair, and for a man was his voice.  To illustrate, they said "Imagine the most attractive woman you've ever seen.  Now imagine her with her head shaved."  By the same token, they said "Imagine the most attractive man you've ever seen.  Now imagine him with a high, squeaky falsetto."  Both images induce laughter at best, repulsion at worst, definitely not attraction.  By the same token, look at male sex symbols such as Sean Connery or Patrick Stewart, who are elderly and probably not what one might consider physically imposing, but their charisma and especially their voices make them incredibly magnetic.

With that in mind... turian voices are awesome.  Garrus as a character has the charisma thing down to a T, and most of the turians you come across seem to exude a kind of quiet, steady confidence of the "don't screw with me" vibe, probably because every one of them has been through military training.  Brandon Keener's voice is hot just on its own, and with the added turian flange to it, that makes it even hotter.  Attraction to turians is no big mystery.

Yes, this makes sense. I remember reading a marketing report a while back about what women find attractive in a man. Several things were tested such as facial components, body styles, etc. IIRC V-shaped silhouttes tested very high in attractiveness...something which Garrus defintely has.

Plus, I'm very partial to reptiles and birds, love snakes, lizards, komodo dragons so I guess it's not as much a stretch for me, lol.

[syllogi]

I don't find any Mass Effect alien species attractive except for the asari, but I understand why other people would go for it. It would be pretty unfair if the guys got all the exotic alien action, but ladies didn't get the same chance. And though I'm not interested in romancing them, I do hope to see malien chest in ME3. For science!!!

[EpicBoot2daFace]

Some interesting responses in here. I guess even the badass mercenary thing doesn't work. There goes my plan.

[Wynne]

1490 wrote...

There are many female players who has stated that they find Garrus and/or other Turians to be somewhat or very attractive.  As a guy, I don't really see why this is.  I find Turians look pretty damn cool, but I don't see much in the way that could be considered very attractive to a female player.  Tali I can understand: she may have a helmet and odd hands and feet, but her body is distinctly and recognizably feminine, and comparable to an attractive human.  Turian bodies, despite being bipedal, are significantly different in structure than male humans, and their faces are completely different.

This is not intended to be a criticism at all: I thing Turians are awesome!  I'm just curious to know what makes them physically attractive to female players (or gay players as well, to be fair).

For me, it wasn't turians. It was just Garrus. Keener's voice acting was sublime and I loved Garrus' character.

In fact, I don't think anyone really finds turians attractive. I think it was strictly an appreciation of the culture, of Keener, and of Garrus which led to some people becoming fond of the idea of romancing a turian. So "being attracted to turians..." I don't think it really happens. I think it's just the subconscious influence of being fond of individual turians and the turian culture in general.

[STG]

Obligatory: You females are all sexist!