fainmaca wrote...
To contribute to the Quarian discussion: I honestly don't go anywhere near Quarian physical appearance. I think that a large part of the appeal is the mystery, so I never approach what's inside. As far as I'm concerned, the masks are their faces for all intents and purposes.
This also let's you have a little fun at the readers' expense, like this:
The group walked up to a much larger glass panel, looking in on what was clearly a medical facility. Beds lined each wall, each one occupied by a Quarian. Shepard looked to one side, where a patient sat up on his bed while a nurse, enclosed within a heavily fortified containment suit, tended to him. The patient had removed his helmet, allowing the nurse to check his eyes and ears, taking careful notes of any observations. Garrus and Kaidan paused before the glass, stealing a glance at the patient.
"Huh." Garrus muttered. "So that's what they look like. Go figure."
"Hey, Tali?" Kaidan asked, pointing at a certain feature on the patient's exposed face. "What do you use those for?"
"For smelling." The Quarian answered matter-of-factly. "Why? Don't you have them?"
"No." Kaidan sounded surprised. "Do you see any of those on me?"
"I- I thought Humans just had them somewhere inconspicuous." The little Admiral answered. "So how do Humans smell, then?"
"Pretty terrible, truth be told." Garrus replied with a deadpan voice.
"Hey!" Shepard retorted jovially.
"It's true!" Kal said, joining in. "Why do you think we Quarians are so happy that we can turn off the olfactory filters on these suits?"
The party chuckled for a few seconds. Eventually, Tali clapped her hands together.
"Come on, I want to show you our agri-centers next."
I agree that a big part of the appeal is the mystique. That said, I was torn when the subject came up pre-ME3 about whether or not we would see a Quarian unmasked in the game. Part of me was in the "It will be awesome to finally see a Quarian's face" camp, and part was "No, it will ruin the Quarian mystique, and I love them without even knowing!" camp.
I always imagined them as being very similar to humans, however, with perhaps a slightly elongated face, slightly modified features, etc. And this is an area I feel very awkward trying to cover in a story, because everyone probably has their own imagined idea of what a Quarian might look at if the Bioware creation is disregarded (which I was figuring most people probably do, given how many people complain about it).
If I did write a scene about it, I probably wouldn't go into specifics, much like your passage didn't. I guess it would depend on how relevant it was. But as ideas for my story crystallize in my head, I find myself thinking that a briefly-unsuited Quarian might end up in the story, so I thought I would get some opinions from other writers on the matter. I've perused a fair amount of fan artwork on the subject today, and my favorite picture so far has the Quarian in it looking almost human, much like I imagined they might look.
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dead/injured quarians, and most importantly C) they’ve only worn masks 300 years after having a presence on the Citadel for ~1900 years before that.
