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[sH0tgUn jUliA]

@ Condooo: I keep this bookmarked for noobs here at BSN... and since you romanced Tali it's especially applicable. BTW, if you speak German turn off the sound.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

@ Condooo: I'll give you this one too: The Animal House Ending

[Condooo]

Haha, both of those were brilliant! "Mein Fuhrer, your choices actually do matter." "How? So I can pick the colour of the ******* end screen?" Haha

And that explanation for Garrus cracked me up.

[SlottsMachine]

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[Br3admax]

Dat third boob...

[Han Shot First]

StreetMagic wrote...

Personally, I find the attachement to Tali kind of interesting. Kind of puts a dent in my theory that people are getting attached to game characters simply because games are getting more cinematic and realistic. Tali doesn't exactly fit the bill. She has to convey things with the suit/helmet on. It's a purely emotional/personality based experience. Nothing that triggers subtle facial cues or whatnot.

Anyways, as long as you're not building a shrine or anything, I guess it's not so bad

There was nothing emotional about it.

She had a nice @ss and people imagined a face that was equally good.

It really isn't anymore complicated than that. If she looked like 300 pounds of whale blubber crammed into that cat suit, the words 'Tali' and 'romance' would have only been mentioned in jest.

To be fair to Talimancers however, the fans of every other LI are equally shallow.

[David7204]

Nice bum. Nice slender waist. Nice voice. Nice hips and legs. Yep.

There's no cynicism in appreciating beauty. Quite the opposite.

Modifié par David7204, 01 décembre 2013 - 06:52 .

[wolfhowwl]

Han Shot First wrote...

StreetMagic wrote...

Personally, I find the attachement to Tali kind of interesting. Kind of puts a dent in my theory that people are getting attached to game characters simply because games are getting more cinematic and realistic. Tali doesn't exactly fit the bill. She has to convey things with the suit/helmet on. It's a purely emotional/personality based experience. Nothing that triggers subtle facial cues or whatnot.

Anyways, as long as you're not building a shrine or anything, I guess it's not so bad

There was nothing emotional about it.

She had a nice @ss and people imagined a face that was equally good.

It really isn't anymore complicated than that. If she looked like 300 pounds of whale blubber crammed into that cat suit, the words 'Tali' and 'romance' would have only been mentioned in jest.

To be fair to Talimancers however, the fans of every other LI are equally shallow.

I will disagree. I think her character being written in a way that can be unkindly described as "nerdbait" has a lot to do with it as well.

Modifié par wolfhowwl, 01 décembre 2013 - 07:08 .

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Oh come on. Waifus are serious business. Entire forums have been shut down over waifus. I liked Tali. I may have been critical of the way her character was written at times given what they tried to do with her -- like Admiral -- and for her that meant all the responsibility and no authority. I've had jobs like that. They suck. Tali deserved better. Without her the galaxy would have been cooked in ME1. Any Shepard that killed her deserved to die in the end, IMO.

[Condooo]

Han Shot First wrote...

There was nothing emotional about it.

She had a nice @ss and people imagined a face that was equally good.

It really isn't anymore complicated than that. If she looked like 300 pounds of whale blubber crammed into that cat suit, the words 'Tali' and 'romance' would have only been mentioned in jest.

To be fair to Talimancers however, the fans of every other LI are equally shallow.

I'd have to disagree too. Sure, her looks were great, but I doubt that alone is enough to build a charater, especially one with so much emotional attachment (in my case, anyway). Taking every other female squadmate from the game, nay, every female in the TRILOGY, they all had bodies that would fit a model - hell, stick a sultry voice on Dr. Chakwas, and you'd still find no complaints there. My point being though, I never invetsed myself in any other characters on that basis; instead, there were ever some that actively deterred me for it.

Take Miranda Lawson for example (and I'm speaking purely subjectively here, from my playthroughs - no doubt she's a great catch for someone else). She had all those curves in all the right places, with the voice of Hannah McKay to boot, but for all of that, her personaliy just didn't do it for me, she seemed pretty ****. Yeah, I can understand her NOW, after her loyalty missions, etc., but at the end of the day, she just ain't for me.

Tali however, had a personality that made me giddy, that accent, her story was compelling, and her character progression just spoke to me (her drunk scenes were also some of my favourite). I don't know, perhaps it's because my girlfriend's Lithuanian, maybe East Europeans just get my motors running, but aesthetics or no, I'd pick Tali every time.

[AustereLemur799]

General Slotts wrote...

Lol, says it perfectly!

I think that you need to be at least a third year veteran to be even discussing this topic sensibly!

Then again, the day that the BSN becomes sensible is the day pigs fly!

[Rusty Sandusky]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

Lol, says it perfectly!

I think that you need to be at least a third year veteran to be even discussing this topic sensibly!

Then again, the day that the BSN becomes sensible is the day pigs fly!

[Condooo]

I have given you 4 pages of joy.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

[Han Shot First]

wolfhowwl wrote...

Han Shot First wrote...

StreetMagic wrote...

Personally, I find the attachement to Tali kind of interesting. Kind of puts a dent in my theory that people are getting attached to game characters simply because games are getting more cinematic and realistic. Tali doesn't exactly fit the bill. She has to convey things with the suit/helmet on. It's a purely emotional/personality based experience. Nothing that triggers subtle facial cues or whatnot.

Anyways, as long as you're not building a shrine or anything, I guess it's not so bad

There was nothing emotional about it.

She had a nice @ss and people imagined a face that was equally good.

It really isn't anymore complicated than that. If she looked like 300 pounds of whale blubber crammed into that cat suit, the words 'Tali' and 'romance' would have only been mentioned in jest.

To be fair to Talimancers however, the fans of every other LI are equally shallow.

I will disagree. I think her character being written in a way that can be unkindly described as "nerdbait" has a lot to do with it as well.

Ok, maybe I exaggerated a little bit.

A nice body (at least from the knees to the neck) might not have been the only reason, but it was a very large one. I always got a chuckle out of threads where Talimancers claimed the Talimance was 'deeper' than the others because it was based on personality. If she had a Broodmother's body in ME1 no one would have petitioned for her to be an LI, and if her post-romance reveal had been a tentacle-monster people would have raged.

My reaction whenever a Talimancer claims it was only about her personality.

The only 'mance where people can maybe claim it was all about personality was Garrus, because he looks like an Emu. I say maybe because its also possible that they are furries.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 01 décembre 2013 - 06:49 .

[Ninja Stan]

No longer on topic.

End of line.