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[Demon King Oda]

Sure, she didn't have much character development. Sure, she didn't count as a romance character for the achievement. Sure, she works for IGN who review games. I've heard every single argument about what we don't like about this character.
 
But Jessica Chobot doesn't get to review the game and her presence is so miniscule that you can't really expect IGN to change its review of the game based on that. The game was awesome, and they agreed. So that argument is kind of a moot point.

In one of my playthroughs, I left the other characters I had romanced to be with Allers and I was very disappointed in it. Kelly Chambers, Samantha Traynor, and Steve Cortez are all comparable characters in that they are more civilian and not badass squad members, yet each of the three of them got more attention than Allers. It's favoritism.

I love that a woman like Jessica Chobot can come from her humble roots and get to where she is now. And I love the idea of taking a modern game journalist and reporter and letting her play a character in a game where she is a reporter. It's totally fitting.  I find that to be very freaking cool.

All this is said barring my personal longtime crush on Jessica Chobot aside. She is very attractive.

I'm not starting this thread to attract trolls or argue with people or debate this. That's been done to death guys. If you post things like that, just know that I'm going to ignore you. I've heard it all before. Feel free to argue amongst each other for our amusement and entertainment, though. By all means. Just don't expect me to honor it with a response.

Honestly, I'm just looking to see if there's anyone else out there who feels like I do. Pro-Allers. Pro-Chobot. But wishing she had more content, more character development, actually counted as a romance, etc. I don't expect to find anyone else, honestly lol. But I figured I'd ask.

[Xilizhra]

I honestly kind of think that Diana was made by people who didn't like Chobot at all, but... I admit I don't see anything wrong with her character, I just think her voice acting was a bit on the subpar side. But I have nothing against her.

[Siansonea]

Diana Allers was never the problem. IT'S THAT DRESS. I mean, srsly? Worst. Fashion. Design. Ever. Diana herself? She's alright, if you can get past THAT DRESS.

[LanceSolous13]

I highly doubt there are any fans of her character. Mostly due to several issues of her existance.

-Bad Voice Acting. Just hearing those lines on the Citadel make me cringe and her giving reports make it sound like she's hosting some Game Show, not a News Network talking about millions of deaths per day (Give or take a couple thousand).

-Lack of a need for her existance. There was already Kahlessia and Emily Wong, why was Dianna Allers, shallow character and love interest, needed when Emily Wong was a well loved character and Kahlessia could have been rescued from the Scrap Heap more so than already. There was so much potential there, and Dianna Allers doesn't measure up.

-Shallow Love Interest. Why oh why is she a LI of all things? Sure, doesn't unlock Paramour, but still. The reasons for her to bang Shepard besides fanservice to creepy fanboys of Chobot's are?

-Full in game model. Also, for such a minor and un-needed character, Why is she fully modeled after Chobot? Its really not needed at all above all else. The time spent making her, rather eye-sore in my opinion, model could have been spent perfecting Tali's face reveal or something.

Over all, she was a completely un-needed addition to the game that almost all of the fanbase really doesn't like, to state one of the many understatements of the year.

[Asch Lavigne]

I didn't like her but if Shep had a chance to get to know her (even in all auto-dialogue) like you do with the other characters, I would've talked to her and maybe not left her on the Citadel in everyone but one of my playthroughs.

[ForThessia]

ehh she diddnt bother me, i let her on the ship, i give her interviews, and thats about it

[CrutchCricket]

Well the biggest problem with Diana is they spent all this time and effort to get her in the game.. and she doesn't really do anything. She's completely inconsequential. I've forgotten nearly all her content.

Even though her character is kind of redundant it could've gone places. And maybe it still can. I would actually support additional Allers content as part of another DLC. But for now there's not much to like because there's... literally almost nothing there.

Still if support you want, than support you shall have. Behold: the Diana Allers support thread!

I made this thing the day she was announced. I had hopes for this character. Now... I don't know. I'd be curious to find out what Bioware was thinking when they wrote her contact. Also if Chobot has any comments on how it all panned out.

But anyway. Here you go. Most of that thread's ****ing about her face or her dress. But that's all of it.

[RedHotElite]

I would say I'm indifferent to Allers. I don't hate her, but she's definitely not the best character ever. I mean, a war reporter could've provided an interesting perspective on the war or add to the plot in an important way. But they never fleshed out Diana, never did anything truly interesting with her, and she feels kind of tacked on. Her voice acting isn't the best, either, and no disrespect to Chobot, but they should've hired someone with more experience or cut the character entirely for money to use in other areas of the game. 

But alas, what's done is done. I'll headcanon more intrigue and importance onto Allers.

Siansonea II wrote...

Diana Allers was never the problem. IT'S THAT DRESS. I mean, srsly? Worst. Fashion. Design. Ever. Diana herself? She's alright, if you can get past THAT DRESS.

^Also, this.

[Demon King Oda]

I agree with a lot of what's being said here. But they could have done something great with her. I always liked the idea of a LI that Shepard can "come home" to. A civilian who isn't a soldier or warrior. Someone to be fighting for, and to protect, and to save. A lot of protaganists have that in action stories. Allers could have filled that, and she was even present on the Normandy. There was a lot of potential there.

I wasn't a big fan of the dress myself.

She's not a professional voice actor so you can't expect the same quality work from her you get from say Ali Hillis but I don't think it was bad. I've heard bad voice acting lol. It's what I'd expect from a rookie. You have to think, Chobot usually doesn't "act" when she's working. She's just being herself. As far as I know, this was new to her. She could have done much worse.

As for the in game model, like with Yvonne Strahovski, the ass and chest were very altered so that's not accurate, really. It's just her face and hair that are modeled.

[LanceSolous13]

Also "Wars are won in the editing room and this war need to be won" makes me laugh every time. Stupid Bosh'tet. That really only works when both sides are watching said news reports, I doubt the Reapers give a ****, and when its NOT the End of the World.

[Demon King Oda]

CrutchCricket wrote...

Well the biggest problem with Diana is they spent all this time and effort to get her in the game.. and she doesn't really do anything. She's completely inconsequential. I've forgotten nearly all her content.

Even though her character is kind of redundant it could've gone places. And maybe it still can. I would actually support additional Allers content as part of another DLC. But for now there's not much to like because there's... literally almost nothing there.

Still if support you want, than support you shall have. Behold: the Diana Allers support thread!

I made this thing the day she was announced. I had hopes for this character. Now... I don't know. I'd be curious to find out what Bioware was thinking when they wrote her contact. Also if Chobot has any comments on how it all panned out.

But anyway. Here you go. Most of that thread's ****ing about her face or her dress. But that's all of it.

Thanks for the link! When I searched Diana Allers I only found a fake support thread that was trolling -___-

[Demon King Oda]

Someone mentioned the time and effort and money spent here could have been spent on Tali though, and there I have to agree. I'm still not over that letdown/slaptomyface. But don't let this comment derail the thread I would like to see better attention/content for this character in DLC maybe

[SavagelyEpic]

It's because they killed off Emily Wong to make room for her.

[CrutchCricket]

No problem. If more Diana fans emerge and coalesce, I'd be happy to keep the thread going and up to date. I still think there's potential there.

[LanceSolous13]

It doesn't matter if she was "just being herself" or "a rookie". Someone should have given her proper direction. That doesn't excuse the poor VA job.

For the record, Miranda and Jack aren't soldiers either, well, at least not in the traditional sense. Liara isn't either; she's an asari archeologist.

The face is one of the issues with her model....I once read someone using the fitting description of melted tomatos.

[Tealjaker94]

It's a combination of things that cause me to dislike her.
1. Emily Wong was fine
2. Her character model looks terrible. Jessica Chobot is nowhere near that ugly in real life. And what the hell is she wearing?
3. Bad VA. There's actual people who do this as their job. Chobot's not one of them.

[CrutchCricket]

Actually, if we gain enough support to merit actually asking for DLC content I plan to ask for Emily Wong as well.
Twitter means nothing. She can still make it into the game.

[LanceSolous13]

Tealjaker94 wrote...

It's a combination of things that cause me to dislike her.
1. Emily Wong was fine
2. Her character model looks terrible. Jessica Chobot is nowhere near that ugly in real life. And what the hell is she wearing?
3. Bad VA. There's actual people who do this as their job. Chobot's not one of them.

This.

It would have been interesting to have a choice between Kahlessia and Emily, actually.

[Shaleist]

It's because there are hundreds *yeah I said hundreds* of pre-existing characters we'd rather see them spend time, money and effort on putting into the game or improving their in game development. I made the mistake of taking Allers in my first playthrough and actually stopping by to listen to her. She killed the mood of the game *whatever stage it was in* about 20 damn times. Thessia just got slaughtered? Her and that damn robocamera are talking about her next news cast in a tone I can only describe as 'Rich kids picking a store at the mall to shop in'.

[Fidget6]

I don't dislike her, she just doesn't do much. She's just kind of there.

[LanceSolous13]

Shaleist wrote...

It's because there are hundreds *yeah I said hundreds* of pre-existing characters we'd rather see them spend time, money and effort on putting into the game or improving their in game development. I made the mistake of taking Allers in my first playthrough and actually stopping by to listen to her. She killed the mood of the game *whatever stage it was in* about 20 damn times. Thessia just got slaughtered? Her and that damn robocamera are talking about her next news cast in a tone I can only describe as 'Rich kids picking a store at the mall to shop in'.

This. She's announcing the fall of the homeworld of the most powerful race of aliens in this cycle and she sounds like a reality TV announcer.

[Rikketik]

I'm not a fan, but I don't dislike her either and I seriously don't get why people hate her as much as they do. Sure, there a few things that I would've done different with her character (a more regular character model, more emotional involvement in the story, etc.) but I get the feeling people are just looking for a scapegoat to blame for everything that is wrong with the game. Diana Allers because she's basically Jennifer Chobot but with a different name, Liara because she visits Shepard in his/her cabin a few times, Vega because he's the token new squad mate, etc. (Although the hate on Vega seems to have died down by now.) I don't know whether to find it understandable or just real petty.

[dgcatanisiri]

KevinHawke wrote...

I would say I'm indifferent to Allers. I don't hate her, but she's definitely not the best character ever. I mean, a war reporter could've provided an interesting perspective on the war or add to the plot in an important way. But they never fleshed out Diana, never did anything truly interesting with her, and she feels kind of tacked on. Her voice acting isn't the best, either, and no disrespect to Chobot, but they should've hired someone with more experience or cut the character entirely for money to use in other areas of the game. 

But alas, what's done is done. I'll headcanon more intrigue and importance onto Allers.

Siansonea II wrote...

Diana Allers was never the problem. IT'S THAT DRESS. I mean, srsly? Worst. Fashion. Design. Ever. Diana herself? She's alright, if you can get past THAT DRESS.

^Also, this.

I pretty much agree. I don't like her or hate her. She's very much a non-entity, just providing a few extra war assets, and I'm indifferent to her. I love the concept, love the idea, and love the potential ways that an imbedded war reporter on the Normandy could work out... but she's just there. She doesn't do anything. I'm not going to waste time hating a non-entity in the game, though, given how little the character actually matters in ME3, I dislike that we couldn't have Emily Wong or Khalisah, someone with a previously established relationship with Shepard. About the only aspect of Diana Allers herself that I don't like is that little 'hmph!' thing her camera does when you tell her to keep it professional.

And yeah, can we PLEASE get Allers something realistic to wear? She's on a military vessel in a skirt and sandals? Really? If I were Shepard, my first order would be to put her in practical clothes.

[kevchy]

She's just a talking furniture on the Normandy. Her place is not on board the Normandy.

[BatmanPWNS]

Of course you do, you're indoctrinated!