Xena_Shepard wrote...
Naltair wrote...
SerSpiffy wrote...
i'm gonna go for a bit. i hope this whole "Anti-Tali" Bullsh- is gone by the time i'm back. >
What are you talking about?
Oh just people posting about how UNNATURAL our attraction to Tali is and that we're all disturbed...
*Curls up next to Tali plushie* The precious...we wants it...we needs it...
It's all too easy to criticize though. I do think there are lines that separate "healthy" and "unhealthy" interest in a person/character or topic, however experiencing profound emotions for a fictional character that is so finely crafted in a visual medium does not warrant the adjective "weird" in my opinion. Humans are visual creatures and react to visual stimuli, but we are also much more than that and emotions do not play by the same rules as cool logic. It is a testament to BioWare's ability to create believable characters that we can relate to as though they were living, breathing people. The mind is not limited to solely direct physical input - it blurs the boundaries between what is reality as defined by the greater concensus of humanity and what is fantasy. Sometimes the two begin to overlap and when you combine that with human beings natural ability to assert their inquisitive minds and ability to fantasize it should hardly come as a surprise that we are able to project feelings, desiries and thoughts on to fictional characters and creatures when they are so well created as to mimick real life counter parts. There is nothing weird about that phenomenon itself as far as I'm concerned.
Now if you begin to lose the ability to get through your daily duties and responsibilities, if you end up failing to take care of yourself or intentionally/violently harming other individuals without reasonable provocation, then I would say that it might be time for an intervention of some sort.
I love Tali as the person she symbolizes. Would I love for her to be real and accessible in person? Would I ever! Do I even remotely expect that to happen? Nope (which makes me a bit of a sad panda but such is life at times). What does give me hope is that since Tali reflects various human traits which I happen to find appealing, that perhaps I may someday encounter a woman who shares those traits and perhaps hit it off with said woman. Is that weird? How so? It's no more weird than some guy drooling over the thought of getting with the well endowed blonde cheerleader (for example) type that he's been fantasizing and lusting for since puberty hit. The difference is that his source inspiration may have originated from a real life person to start with (or an actress emulating such a character on television, etc.) whereas my source inspiration comes from a well-crafted computer game (also a visual medium) that bases its input on human variables.
Modifié par The_KFD_Case, 05 février 2010 - 08:00 .