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[Hrulj]

It seems (to me at least) that non Human romances are a lot more prevalent and chosen by players, than the standard human on human ones. How popular would those interspecies relationships be in reality and how would people react to it? Would reactions depend on how closely a species resembles us? So a Human-Asari relationship might be seen differently than Human-Vorcha one, just to throw one out there

[Laughing_Man]

Humanity will probably be rather divided on this issue.

 

I would hazard a guess however, that only the most human-like races would serve for anything more than the occasional fantasy material.

I mean, If the mandibles and other aspects of Turian physique would not only be locked behind a video game screen, most humans would probably find them not sexually appealing. (also, humans are squishy, all those hard edges can do a number on a human partner)

 

Drell, Asari and Quarians would be more popular, with Quarians slightly less so due to the inherent health risks and Quarian reproduction politics. 

[Terca]

Furries exist -> There'll be people who'd bang a hanar.

[SpaceLobster]

Well, I think a lot of people would find it weird. There are still too many people who think sexuality is a choice, or that it can be ''wrong''. Those people would just have to deal with it until they are convinced of the opposite. Despite this, I don't think asari would be considered as odd, since they are mostly just blue women.

[Vlada47]

I think most (some of them are more extreme than others) of those fangirls would quickly dropped all those "turian fantasies", if they saw it all up close and realized potential implications. 

 

Personally I'm still attracted to human females with not much interest in the aliens, guess I just don't go with the mainstream these days, eh?

[Cknarf]

Furries exist -> There'll be people who'd bang a hanar.

Yo.

[Brayton]

Depends on what you're looking at;

 

It took us how long for interracial relationships to be appreciated or welcomed? A long ass time? Yeah, a long ass time.

However, they're generally accepted now and its probably only going to get better in the future, which is good for a number of reasons not the least of which is survival.

 

However, even with aforementioned furries which many of whom are under the conception that they themselves are furries too, I would both doubt and be unsurprised by inter species coupling. However; on that note we have to take into account the history of several species and their personal politics about the self and relationships in general.

 

Salarians would give zero fucks; except for Asari. They really don't care about relationships as every clutch is considered a political maneuver of only the finest (in)breeding. So hooking up with humans would probably not only be seen as at most a crazy illogical move, but also disastrous for the Salarian line. Even worse, some might only do it as an experiment without saying anything. Psychology and all that jazz.

 

Krogan are Krogan, I doubt the relationship would last long mainly just because of the sheer difference in cultures. Further; having children, on almost the opposite end of Salarians; is so incredibly important due to the genophage 1 in 1000 choice. Perhaps afterward but even in the games you see them generally either sticking with their own or fetishizing the Asari, I'll get back to them.

 

Turians, yeah that'd be a great dinner conversation. A lot of humanity would still be very bitter as described in the lore over the First Contact War; our first Alien encounter and they treat it like a police action. Like it says in the lore, there is a very cool but friendly relationship between the politics and many times the people mimic their politicians. And actually, its not that Turians have harder edges, in fact its stated in canon that Humans and Turians are about equal in physical prowess and the metal everyone's talking about is more akin to fish scale in my eyes than anything else. Hilariously, next to Asari, I see Human and Turian interspecies couples to be the most likely but that's mainly because whilst Turian society is about the group rather than the self; we have our own cultures on Earth that follow this same mantra so there's a point of connection that can be found.

 

Batarians, I highly doubt not only because of the vitriolic racism between humans and batarians but also just because of the caste system the Batarian Hegemony uses.

 

Quarians are just going to be fetish material; 'nough said. They already are. You're never going to run into one often enough to form a long standing relationship especially if they're on pilgrimage.

 

Asari are probably going to be the most common; but again they're probably going to be fetish material and if a relationship does form up its going to be difficult due to the 'I die at 150' 'I die at 1000.'. Its not impossible but to many humans who want to sire a child, the cultural clash against the slow and methodical Asari versus the ambitious and jumpy human would probably give the poor child mental whiplash. Kinda like watching X-Files and then Kill la Kill, back to back.

 

Volus; not gonna happen, too much emphasis on the clan(s)

 

Uhh...I guess it'd be interesting with Elcor but I doubt it.

 

Also hanar would probably be deadly, all things considered since they're based off Man-o-Wars. I mean it won't stop fetish pieces but Hanar would seem so alien that it just wouldn't be of interest to the whole.

 

This is leaving out outliers which, frankly, don't really matter. In the grand scheme, you'll realistically see human and asari be common and then human n turian become more common.

 

If you disagree; that's fine.

[Undead Han]

Assuming all the aliens from the series also exist, and look exactly like they do in game?

 

I would imagine relationships between humans and the very humanoid species like the Asari wouldn't be uncommon, and would have broad, though certainly not total, support. The latter would also be true for the Quarians, though outside the Citadel I don't think humans would cross paths with them often. Just as there are people opposed to interracial or homosexual relationships today no doubt there would be some who would be opposed to interspecies relationships as well, and some of those would be quite vocal about it. 

 

Relationships between the more alien-looking aliens like Turians or Salarians and humans would be much less common, and also probably more likely to provoke criticism since they don't look like humans. 

[Monica21]

Sometimes it feels like, with me being a relative newcomer to Mass Effect, everyone has some sort of detailed knowledge of male Turian physiology of which I'm not aware.

[Laughing_Man]

Sometimes it feels like, with me being a relative newcomer to Mass Effect, everyone has some sort of detailed knowledge of male Turian physiology of which I'm not aware.

 

It's not about detailed knowledge, but with eye poking mandibles and hips that can be used as improvised weapons,

I doubt that they would be appealing sexually to humans in "the real world" where you actually see the close up,

as opposed to things being left to the imagination in-game.

[MayCaesar]

Would probably be very unpopular initially, very popular later, and mildly popular in the end. Initially, after contact with other species, people will see aliens as some weird entities, not as personalities, and will be afraid of building close relationships with them. Then, when humans get used to them, it will become cool to have an alien girlfriend, and it will be also something new to experience, something our grandfathers couldn't. In the end, the integration between various races will probably lead to people looking at aliens without any special emotions, and it won't matter that much whether to have a relationship with a human or an alien.

[Treacherous J Slither]

Personally I think women would go crazy over the hanar. All those tentacles lol. Imagine the possibilities!

[Vanilka]

Sometimes it feels like, with me being a relative newcomer to Mass Effect, everyone has some sort of detailed knowledge of male Turian physiology of which I'm not aware.

What Tzeentchian Apostrophe said. Also, the codex says they have some sort of metallic exoskeleton, really tough skin, etc. Didn't sound like cuddle material to me. Actually, it doesn't even look like one:

 

Spoiler

 

Could be just a matter of personal tastes, though.

[Vanilka]

I'm not sure the relationships would work that much differently than what they already do in the game. I don't think the asari would be so popular with non-humanoid races, though, unless they truly do mind-control the viewer to see them as similar.

 

It's just my opinion, but I think humans have very varied tastes, so human-alien romantic relationships wouldn't at all surprise me. I imagine they would probably mostly go for the races that resemble them most, like the asari and quarians, though. I could see people developing a thing for that sort of stuff, too. But I can also imagine a human occasionally falling for a turian, either because of having those kind of tastes or because they'd like them personality-wise. I mean, look at all the Garrus' fangirls. Works for them somehow. So I'm sure that there would be some people that would be willing to make it work. Although I don't believe it would be very common and it would probably be seen as quite an unusual bonding. Who knows, maybe it would be even frowned upon because such a couple couldn't have children, so that might make some moms and dads of such couples unhappy. That could probably happen to other human-alien pairs, though.

 

I couldn't really imagine the vast majority of humans to be hardcore enough to actually go for somebody like the salarians, krogan, or... or vorcha as they're physically and mentally too different. On the other hand, I'm sure you can always find a person or two who are hardcore enough. When it comes to humans, I don't dare to say "never".

 

However, I do think that most humans would prefer their own kind, but I would see an occasional human-alien romance as something bound to happen, as well.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

I have to say that we would most likely prefer our own kind. I think Asari would possibly be a second choice.

[DeathScepter]

and here I thought there will be more xenophiles here.

[Monica21]

It's just my opinion, but I think humans have very varied tastes, so human-alien romantic relationships wouldn't at all surprise me. I imagine they would probably mostly go for the races that resemble them most, like the asari and quarians, though. I could see people developing a thing for that sort of stuff, too. But I can also imagine a human occasionally falling for a turian, either because of having those kind of tastes or because they'd like them personality-wise. I mean, look at all the Garrus' fangirls. Works for them somehow.

I like that you brought up Turians, because I don't think that they're really all that different from humans. Granted, we only see them through Garrus' eyes, but he's a guy trying to please his police officer father and failing. It's a little different from Wrex, whose father tried to kill him on hallowed ground. I may be missing something from the codex, but I think that they're fairly similar to us culturally.

I'm becoming a bigger fan of Garrus and will probably romance him my next playthrough. He's already my Shepard's best friend, despite her romance with Kaidan, so why not? The thing that got me thinking about it was that I didn't cure the genophage this pt and thought that the only person who would understand is Garrus. I didn't and don't think I could tell Kaidan even if the dialogue option was there. I'm not sure why I don't think I could, but there's that.

He's also, by far, the funniest squadmate. "This one feels like a flower." Romance and friendship are pretty different, so I'll have see to see how it goes. Or if I feel squicky about it.

[KaiserShep]

The asari are really the only ones that would gain traction. You can bet that they'd be the ones keeping the Fornax publication alive with its human subscribers. 

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

But I don't think humans who dated Asari would be looked upon kindly by other humans. You know how it is. Tentacle-head lovers.

[MayCaesar]

But I don't think humans who dated Asari would be looked upon kindly by other humans. You know how it is. Tentacle-head lovers.

 

In the past any interracial, and often even international, relationship was considered abomination. Then we grew up as a society and got past it (for the most part; at least in the First World). I don't think it would take long for the society to accept relationships with Asari either.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

I grew up during that period, which it why I mentioned it.

[nos_astra]

I used to wonder how being in a relationship with someone you can't speak to directly would work. Is Garrus really funny or is it the program that assumes he's funny and translates accordingly?

Also, what if I cry on Garus shoulder and he comes in contact with my tears ... or sweat or other bodily fluids? Anaphylactic shock?

I wonder if humans dating aliens would be frowned upon or just pitied.

[Suron]

at first I doubt it would be very common at all...in fact I would foresee all kinds of conflicts/etc...due to the fact there's still places/people in the world today that look down on inter-racial couples for our OWN species...now add in aliens to those people and it's a bomb waiting to blow...

 

eventually it would be accepted for the more "human" looking aliens (asari) but...you're crazy if you think it'd be accepted for a very long time in today's world if those races were real and here.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Yeah, I tend to agree. If you decided to bond with an Asari you'd probably have to move to a place like Illium to feel really comfortable.

[MayCaesar]

Yeah, I tend to agree. If you decided to bond with an Asari you'd probably have to move to a place like Illium to feel really comfortable.

 

I wouldn't mind at all. Especially if my new place was in hotel Azure.