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[Brian Orcus]

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[The Hierophant]

Arcian wrote...

Brian Orcus wrote...

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Dude, no. Just no.

Lol.

Modifié par Selene Moonsong, 24 octobre 2011 - 12:26 .

[dreman9999]

Brian Orcus wrote...

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* Raises hand.

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Modifié par Selene Moonsong, 24 octobre 2011 - 12:27 .

[Han Shot First]

The point would be that they have no evolutionary or developmental reason to have their 'experience of pleasure' directly linked with their birth canal

Not necessarily.

We know  absolutely nothing of the evolutionary history of the Asari. For all we know the primitive ancestors of the Asari could have reproduced sexually, with the Asari having both male & female ancestors. If the Asari or their evolutionary ancestors reproduced sexually at some point in the past, it is possible that the Asari might have some vestigial sexual organs for exactly that purpose.

Or, direct physical stimulation may also play some role when Asari mate with each other.

Of course either way that would be awfully convenient for Shepard that their sexual organs would be similar to a human female's and in the same place, but that is really one of those things that the player shouldn't spend too much time dwelling on. The Asari, and other alien love interests like Tali, are just there to allow the player to roleplay a Captain Kirk type character and have a relationship with a character that isn't human.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 23 octobre 2011 - 08:04 .

[Arken]

Han Shot First wrote...

The point would be that they have no evolutionary or developmental reason to have their 'experience of pleasure' directly linked with their birth canal

Not necessarily.

We know  absolutely nothing of the evolutionary history of the Asari. For all we know the primitive ancestors of the Asari could have reproduced sexually, with the Asari having both male & female ancestors. If the Asari or their evolutionary ancestors reproduced sexually at some point in the past, it is possible that the Asari might have some vestigial sexual organs for exactly that purpose.

This is very true.

I have posted this before, but there is a real life species of lizards which are all female.

Lesbian Lizards

A species of lizards which evolved to the point where the male chromosome ran out. Only females remained and those females evolved so they could reproduce without males. Reproduction was a mental process although they still craved the physical contact out of instinct in remembrance of the times when their males for them to mate with.

Essentially men are overrated and women can exist without us.

Asari might have a feminine appearance because they once had a male counterpart. Although it doesn't explain why an aquatic species has breasts... point is sometimes species evolve to the point where the females no longer need the males.

Mind melding can be excused as a method for them to retain genetic diversity even though they lack male counterparts.

It's science fiction. At least they offered an explanation. It's better than what they did with Shepard's resurrection. Shepard died and... was brought back through some type of medical procedure that we know little to nothing about? No answer? Really? At least the asari have an explanation which is fine. It doesn't need to make sense because at least they remain consistent by having an explanation for things that seem strange to us. That's how sci-fi works. They invent a fake science to explain the rest of the fake science.

It's kind of plausible.

[someguy1231]

This whole discussion is pointless. When it all comes down to it, Bioware made the Asari the way they are because they wanted a race of attractive alien women, and they weren't going to let pesky little things like science or biology get in the way of that. "But Mass Effect is based on hard, sound science!" you might say. And that's true - sometimes.

Like most Sci-Fi franchises, ME relies on a mix of "hard" and "soft" Sci-Fi. Most of the weapons and spaceship
technology is based on hard science, for example. But many other things, such as bringing the dead back to life and the Asari, are based on much softer science. Think about it - what are the odds of an alien race evolving completely independently of humans who just happen to look like attractive human females, except with blue skin and bizarre hair? In fact, one could argue the mere existence of alien races and FTL travel is an example of "soft" Sci-Fi, as it's looking less and less likely either of those will come to be, at least within a fathomable amount of time.

The Asari reproduce because Bioware made them that way and if they didn't then they wouldn't exist. There, end of story.

Modifié par someguy1231, 23 octobre 2011 - 08:43 .

[CptBomBom00]

 How even this topic evolved into a off topic discussion I will never known.

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Modifié par Selene Moonsong, 24 octobre 2011 - 12:28 .

[Annihilator27]

Neurotics wrote...

This thread is still alive?
Good god.

I clicked page 14 and though "derailed" and just started laughing at the posts.Seems like animal pics poppped up at one point....I was expecting people to flood this topic with Ponies to finish the job.

Modifié par annihilator27, 23 octobre 2011 - 09:07 .

[CptBomBom00]

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Modifié par Selene Moonsong, 24 octobre 2011 - 12:28 .

[Volus Warlord]

The game seems to hint at some pseudo-sexual nonsense... but eh..

[Brian Orcus]

Arcian wrote...

Brian Orcus wrote...

Who else thinks that the first humans to learn soul names from hannar we're chicks that were into anime?

Dude, no. Just no.

That's not what she said. Then again, she was screaming in japanese with a "full mouth" so who really knows.

[Killjoy Cutter]

Randomized DNA = nonviable organism.

[Flammenpanzer]

This thread literally needs to closed. I think at one point there was discussion of 'people-animal' relations. Not the kind of thing I wanted to see in a ME3 thread to be honest.

Wtf.

Modifié par Flammenpanzer, 24 octobre 2011 - 12:20 .

[Selene Moonsong]

This topic closed, for obvious reasons...