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[txgoldrush]

http://tvtropes.org/...eramentEnsemble

 

So while it is bad to use it as psychology, its a great trope for characterization in storytelling, and an easy way to create diverse casts.

 

And while Mass Effect has more than 4 or 5 main cast members, most can easily be classified as one of the five temperaments.

 

As for Shepard, I think the Paragon version is quite leukine (a balance of the four temperaments) but Renegade is as choleric as they come.

 

The deuetragonists seem to be melancholic. Liara Is as melancholic as they come, especially in Mass Effect 3, where she thinks that Shepard and crew could fail and doubts from time to time whether they would succeed. Miranda Lawson also is very melancholic...introverted and quite reserved. Steve Cortez also goes here. So does Commander Bailey.

 

This series is full of cholerics, Wrex most definitely, also Mordin, Jack, Zaeed, Aria, and Javik. I consider Ashley and Grunt to be a mix between choleric and sanguine. Oh boy Kai Leng is as choleric as they come, so a villain example.

 

Joker is most definitely the biggest sanguine example. James ends up being this, oh god Kasumi, Samantha Traynor, another example. Ashley tends toward this, especially in ME3, so this explains her content in ME3. Rasa "Brooks" may be a villain example.

 

This series is full of phlegmatic characters....Kaiden, Tali, Jacob, Samara, Thane, Kelly, EDI, The Illusive Man, Dr Chakawas, Eve, Nyreen, Legion, even Saren. They seem to be the most common temperament

 

For Garrus, I have seen moments of all four temperaments with him. He is more towards a leukine character.

 

So mainly, Bioware writes a lot of phlegmatic and choleric characters, with sanguine less of. I have noticed this in most of their games. Bioware seems to write very few melancholic characters, but in Mass Effect, they got the biggest roles.

[Hello!I'mTheDoctor]

Do we really need this thread? It's an obsolete personality profile that doesn't do any of the characters any justice to ascribe such limited labels to them.

[txgoldrush]

Do we really need this thread? It's an obsolete personality profile that doesn't do any of the characters any justice to ascribe such limited labels to them.

However, writers and producers still use this to create their casts. Its a simply an easy way to build diverse casts. Especially teams of four or five characters.

 

This doesn't mean the characters are pigeon holed into one temperament, it just means that temperament is dominant.

 

And shows and games use this ensemble far more than you think, even Bioware games. Jade Empire for example, most important party characters - Dawn Star (phlegmatic), Sagacious Zu (melancholic), Sky (sanguine), and Silk Fox (choleric). And look at all the cartoon teams of families throughout the years...Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons, the five South Park boys, the Planeteers, the Bat Family, and Korra and friends...all fall under this ensemble.

 

And for the Ashley vs. Kaiden choice...this is when temperament DOES matter to the player.

[MissMayhem96]

I don't know much of the Temperments (Surprised that my Psychology class didn't cover this) I just know that my parents call me their Sanguine child.

 

It is intresting which characters fall into what category.

[HeadlessLoverbot]

I'm with the doctor.

Unless you're fine with a thread that doesn't have any possibility for discussion.

[Farangbaa]

Did you also know that Shepard is ME's Christ figure?

 

Did you also know that the 'aliens' of ME are really just human stereotypes? Asari are women, Quarians are Gypsies, Volus are Jews, Krogans are Germans/Russians, Turians are Japanese, Humans are Zionist Jews, and Batarians are extremist Islamic terrorist groups?

 

Quarians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg

[KaiserShep]

Don't forget that the Turians are clearly modeled for space Romans.

[txgoldrush]

Quarians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg

Quarians have an Islamic tone to them.

 

However it has nothing to do with the four temperaments of the characters.

 

And really, this trope did have an impact on people choosing between Ashley and Kaiden in ME1....and explains the content they get in ME3. This is why Kaiden got more scenes thinking about things while Ashley got a scene where she is drunk on the floor.