Garlador wrote...
The reward for seeking a relationship with Tali is TALI.
Well no kidding. But without a face, she still looks like every other Quarian.
That's enough for me. I don't NEED to see her face to make her a "special quarian" or to understand and read her emotions.
*Sigh*
You're missing the point.
I acknowledged that Liz does a great job of conveying emotions without a face, but this isn't about what you NEED, it is about what you WANT. The helmet is like wearing the veil -- even TALI hates it. It worked in that it helped us to get to know and love Tali even without a pretty face -- it allowed us to concentrate on her personality, and so we have. But now that we have already gotten into the relationship, all it does is serve to decrease her individuality.
You can even see Tali's beautiful, glowing eyes behind her visor anyway. Subtle, but noticable shifts in how she looks at you.
Yes, just like every other Quarian.
And as Kelly says, Tali conveys her affections just as much through body language... and she's right. The way she moves and looks at you, the inflections in her voice... even a real human study showed that body language accounts for 70% of what we interpret from others.
Yes I understand that. Once again, I acknowledged that Tali does a great job of conveying emotion vocally and somatically. But aside from the fact that I really don't believe your statistic (it's too simplistic a statement to actually be the result of a rigorous scientific study) your point simply isn't relevant to what I was saying.
My point is that it increases Tali's individuality as a member of her race if we have a face associated with her. She would, in fact, be the ONLY Quarian whose face we see. When I think of Tali I'd rather have a person to picture, rather than a couple of glowing orbs behind a bubble, distinguishable from other Quarians only by the color of her suit.
Yes, of course her dialogue and body language are important, but once again it isnt about what I need in order to be attached to her, it is about what I want now that I AM attached to her.