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[Paula Deen]

I support this thread.

Coming up with a female Turian design should NOT be hard, especially since male designs ran into no such problems (double standards, much?).

[Ashira Shepard]

If they end up giving Turian women even a hint of boobage I will rage face.

[dcal31]

I don't see how we could be going to the Turian homework and not possibly see a single turian female. So I would say that it is at least a better than average than chance that they'll make an appearance.

[AdmiralCheez]

Paula Deen wrote...

I support this thread.

Coming up with a female Turian design should NOT be hard, especially since male designs ran into no such problems (double standards, much?).

There's this weird unwritten rule for videogames: All Female Characters Must Be Sexy.

To which I call bullsh*t.  There are soooo many ugly dudes in videogames--it's only fair.

Not that female turians need to be ugly.  I find those two in the concepts I posted to be quite cute and rather, I don't know, "feminine" I guess, without going all boobs and lipstick.

BTW, original artists.

Modifié par AdmiralCheez, 02 mai 2011 - 05:53 .

[AngelicMachinery]

dcal31 wrote...

I don't see how we could be going to the Turian homework and not possibly see a single turian female. So I would say that it is at least a better than average than chance that they'll make an appearance.

Women are kept at home away from the prying eyes of outsiders...  obviously. 

[ReallyRue]

That picture of the male and female turian is marvellous. Bioware should take note!

[Zanallen]

Honestly, I don't see the female design differing enough from a male Turian to really matter. I mean, they are like birds, right? So, a female Turian would probably be a slightly shorter, thinner male. Same with Krogans and Salarians, honestly. Though Krogan females might be bigger than males. And tougher. That would be something.

Modifié par Zanallen, 02 mai 2011 - 06:02 .

[Recon Member]

There must probably be only a few turians in ME, that's why we don't see any

Modifié par Thekill_3, 02 mai 2011 - 06:04 .

[Surmansuuhun]

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Nyoka wrote...

Might as well light a candle to Saint Rita, the patron saint of hopeless causes.

I refuse to give up, and will go down kicking and screaming if I have to!

There needs to be a patron saint for fanbase irrationality.  Maybe if I martyr myself...

Glorious Cheez of the BSN and victor over rebellious trolls,
Be mindful of me who am so obsessed and squeeful
and yet so prone to petty disputes and overzealous shipping.
Lend me, I post,
Thy powerful aid in every forum and poll,
And above all do not forsake the fandom in our last struggle with the powers of BioWare.

Amen

[Paula Deen]

It would add a lot to the immersion and IP without taking up that much time or resources. Not to mention the unfortunate double-standards already in the ME universe (aside from the Asari, the only females we see are human and quarian).

[Evercrow]

the problem with this will be future nitpicking of turian females by not-fans. Like too big difference from male(impossible on gene level! )  or how they bear babies with all that plates in the way and so forth.

I'm all for turian females though - my main idea was giving them different jaw ,hip and waist lines and more of a wing rudiments on arms and elbows.Loved your fanart btw, especially faceplates on second. Devs should forget about scientific explanations and just go with the best-looking design(not in sex appeal, but in sensibleness)

What I would really like is to hear a turian female - this  processing could sound really amazing with some of a deeper voices...


*edit* I explain "scientific explanations" bit to spare myself the trouble of answering individual posts.Basically, what i want them to do is take a lore-sensible design and put it in game, then do the same thing they did on "thermal clips"  codex entry. And don't tell me they don't have any (because of the interview), when even fans came up with pretty decent ones.

Modifié par Evercrow, 02 mai 2011 - 06:51 .

[Chewin]

Thekill_3 wrote...

There must probably be only a few turians in ME, that's why we don't see any

That is as true as this:



Anyway, hope we'll se some female turians. I mean, it can't be that hard. Just make them smaller and give them a lighter voice.

And BW's excuse on why we haven't seen any female turians is b/c of lipstick? Hah, that's not even an excuse.

Modifié par Chewin3, 02 mai 2011 - 06:09 .

[Zanallen]

Chewin3 wrote...

And BW excuse on why we haven't seen any female turians is b/c of lipstick? Hah, that's not even an excuse.

Technically, the excuse is that they are having issues making a female seem feminine without resorting to stereotypical human female traits like breasts or make-up or ponytails.

[Darc_Requiem]

Lore wise we should have seen plenty of Turian females by now. The lore behind Salarians and Krogan give them an excuse. That's not the case with Turians. Women are equal in their society.

[dcal31]

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Paula Deen wrote...

I support this thread.

Coming up with a female Turian design should NOT be hard, especially since male designs ran into no such problems (double standards, much?).

There's this weird unwritten rule for videogames: All Female Characters Must Be Sexy.

To which I call bullsh*t.  There are soooo many ugly dudes in videogames--it's only fair.

Not that female turians need to be ugly.  I find those two in the concepts I posted to be quite cute and rather, I don't know, "feminine" I guess, without going all boobs and lipstick.

BTW, original artists.

Slightly off topic, but I'm pretty sure that batarian females look basically like males. The batarian you meet when you first land of Omega is refered to as a she and her. Assuming that that was intentional, which I would have to assume it is, then batarian females look basically like the males. So there would be one set of alien females than isn't "hot" at least by the usual standards. So it can be done and by Bioware.

[AdmiralCheez]

dcal31 wrote...

Slightly off topic, but I'm pretty sure that batarian females look basically like males. The batarian you meet when you first land of Omega is refered to as a she and her. Assuming that that was intentional, which I would have to assume it is, then batarian females look basically like the males. So there would be one set of alien females than isn't "hot" at least by the usual standards. So it can be done and by Bioware.

The "she" they were referring to was Aria.

Similarly, that little guy in the Urdnot camp was an immature male, serving as an ambassador for the females.

Modifié par AdmiralCheez, 02 mai 2011 - 06:18 .

[FireEye]

Arcian wrote...

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Maybe they're concerned about plagarism?

Legally there's nothing stopping them from just picking a random piece of fanart and saying, "This is canon because we like it." The IP belongs to them, and fanfiction is basically just non-profit "loaning" of an IP. I remember at least one case where a fanfic authour (albeit a famous, professional author in this case) had his fanwork declared canon. Can't remember his name though, dayumshametychuscat.jpg.

However, they might feel that it's either below them to use fanart as a design base, or they don't want to get labeled as the devs who lets the fans do all their work. If this is the case then it's ridiculous since we're talking the quality of the IP as a whole. Discarding good ideas and frameworks laid out by fans that could help improve the IP is counter-productive. 

But hey, they're only human, with all the pride that comes with it.

At least one author has been successfully sued for incorperating fan-work into her stuff.  It's a very tricky area. 

[AdmiralCheez]

AwesomeName wrote...

I still don't see what's wrong with the female turians in the comics... *has tried to explain the whole bachelor party and visual cortex thing too many times to even bother again...*

I really don't have a problem with them besides the bald-headed lore buster, but what annoys me is that they have already come up with a design for turian females in the official material, plus plenty of fan concepts, but they're still all, "we have no idea what to do, hurr."

[Evercrow]

hm, i guess they could avoid most of "lore" questions by showing a female in armor, and changing only faceplates and a silhouette