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[Kudara]

It is interesting people's reactions to her. Joker comment on her is that he thinks she could kill him tranquilly. And Chambers comments on her coldness. It's an interesting contrast to the way she treats Shepard.

[7Makaveli]

whoa nelly! not much goin on in Samara land I see. here's some screenies

[7Makaveli]

I imagine some crew members being particularly enamored by Samara, not just for the reasons you demonstrated lol, but also because I think she probably doesn't mingle or leave her room so often. With such a peaceful setting like that I wouldn't either. When she leaves Shepard to go next door (after the almost kiss), I think the crew members would be quite taken by her presence:

Crew #1: Yea, and then I said what do I look like a...*Samara enters*..........hey...is that the Asari Justicator?
Crew #2: It is, I haven't seen her leave her room, ever, wonder what she's doing here..
Crew #1: She's just looking out the window, she's so glowy, I like her
Crew #2: Should we say something?
Crew #1: Why should we say something? You say something. *shoves*
Crew #2:   Uhm.....hey....... Samara, is it?
Samara: Please...
Crew #2: ok, I'll go over there
Crew #1:

EDIT: for Samara's glowiness

Modifié par 7Makaveli, 25 mai 2010 - 03:08 .

[7Makaveli]

Perhaps, but even then I picture her sneaking over to the quarters late, and being an early riser. Or even still, having slept on hard surfaces a lot over the last few hundred years, the floor would be ample enough for her. Would she eat meals with the rest of the crew? Or Kelly or someone delivers her meals? Feels a little odd to speculate on that, but we'll take what we can right?

[7Makaveli]

JohnnyDollar wrote...

Maybe there are pull out of wall beds in all of the various areas of the ship that we are unaware of.  I haven't counted, but I assume if everyone slept in the crew quarters, then they would be sharing beds.  That far in the future with such an expensive and advanced ship, one would think that this wouldn't be the case.  Joker comments on how much more luxurious it is than the Alliance ships.

[Morgan Freeman]The Justicar sleeps suspended in mid-air, due to her vast mastery of biotics. A bright cloud of blue energy and light surrounds her and dances away into the night[/Morgan Freeman]

Modifié par 7Makaveli, 25 mai 2010 - 03:48 .

[7Makaveli]

JohnnyDollar wrote...

7Makaveli wrote...

JohnnyDollar wrote...
Maybe there are pull out of wall beds in all of the various areas of the ship that we are unaware of.  I haven't counted, but I assume if everyone slept in the crew quarters, then they would be sharing beds.  That far in the future with such an expensive and advanced ship, one would think that this wouldn't be the case.  Joker comments on how much more luxurious it is than the Alliance ships.

[Morgan Freeman]The Justicar sleeps suspended in mid-air, due to her vast mastery of biotics. A bright cloud of blue energy and light surrounds her and dances away into the night[/Morgan Freeman]

Bright cloud of blue energy?  Samara must eat a lot of beans before she goes to bed.

[Morgan Freeman]Samara only drinks Asari Soup, and because she's such a lady, she never has seconds. So flatulence is not an issue.[/Morgan Freeman]

http://www.gifsoup.c...r.php?id=290888

[Morgan Freeman]^ ^ ^ But that's just cause....its just....the doors opened so the wind blew in....that's it![/Morgan Freeman]

Modifié par 7Makaveli, 25 mai 2010 - 04:02 .

[Pacifien]

Given that the asari live over a thousand years, I wonder about their concept of time and their circadian rhythm. For all we know, Samara hasn't needed to sleep in over a year.

[7Makaveli]

[Pacifien]

I started thinking about the various ways the aliens of Farscape were made to be truly alien to a human. Naturally started thinking of Zhaan, being the designate blue alien chick of that universe. Quite a lot of similarities between Zhaan and Samara actually, in temperment, age, background. They even have melding that can exist with different species. I know the writers on Farscape had thought of tying the melding process with different species to that of reproduction, but in a quirkier sense than we see with the asari.

Anyway, various differences seen throughout Farscape that make me wonder about alien differences in Mass Effect. Eating habits -- one character in Farscape only needed to eat about four times a cycle (year)... and that was the hyper one, too. Pretty much every alien had better eyesight than humans. Wounds that have to seep until the blood runs from black to clear or else there's danger of toxicity. Adjusting the body to accomodate different gravity -- yeah, seeing a biotic walk upside down from the ceiling might be an interesting use of biotics. Inability of a body to regulate temperature in what a human would consider an uncomfortable heat.

The developers at Bioware really haven't done much to differentiate alien conduct from humans, but maybe they live in fear that people will not be able to relate to many of the alien characters. I once mentioned a turian being able to splay their fringe, and I think the image of it weirded someone out. The same could be said for the asari, I can't imagine their tentacles are as rigidly sculpted as we see in the game. And drell are supposed to be able to inflate their throats, but what do you want to bet that's going to turn off some of Thane's lady fans?

So anyway, what is the most alien concept or biological function that you can imagine of an asari? I'm not going to accept melding as an answer, that's too easy.

[7Makaveli]

Come on Pac, if you take away melding, there just blue space babes with a knack for Biotics, tentacle like hair, pheromone inducing millenia lifers.



you know I remember when we were talking about how Asari are capable in many ways, and how their reproductive system allows for that (or maybe we weren't I could be making this up) but this excerpt from the wiki piqued my interest:



An asari's melding ability extends to a mental connection as well, which Liara describes as being the true union between an asari and her partner. It allows the asari to explore her partner's genetic heritage and pass desirable traits on to any offspring



how would they actually explore the partners genetic heritage and select for desirable traits? Is it simply a multitude of sensations they feel as they "look around" and extract it, or is it an unconscious process that all Asari are "hard-wired" to do. To think each Asari in and of itself could be a vessel for the theoretical process known as Natural Selection (see the partial? don't jump on me you anti-Darwinists )

[BlackMetal]

I quite like the idea of melding.

[NICKjnp]

Quick... talk about Samara.

[7Makaveli]

oooh, and I also find this helplessly adorable

The asari celebrate the springtime fertility ritual Janiris, which marks the start of the new year. During this time, they create wreathes of flowers and distribute them among their friends and loved ones. As is the case with the holidays of some other Citadel species, the celebration of Janiris has been adopted by other species that operate in Citadel Space.


Shepard: Happy Janiris, Samara! *with flowers in hand*


Samara: Oh Shepard.....you remembered . You can put them over there, thanks *continues meditating*


Shepard: Oh....Ook

[Pacifien]

yorkj86 wrote...

Pacifien wrote...
So anyway, what is the most alien concept or biological function that you can imagine of an asari? I'm not going to accept melding as an answer, that's too easy.

This isn't clear.   Do you want us to invent something, or say what's most alien about what we already know about the Asari?

Make up something. Take what bare bones we've been given about the asari and expand it. Like asari are natural biotics. Their metabolism is extreme. A human can go days, weeks without eating. An asari goes something like two days, severe biological issues start happening.

ETA: And I want everyone to give me a cookie for making you think about Samara and the asari in general right now.

Modifié par Pacifien, 25 mai 2010 - 05:52 .

[7Makaveli]

^ its true Samara once forgot to put the net and left the window open so morinth floated out the house and got her first taste of adventure