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[MarginalBeast]

Briallen wrote...

(And no, those people aren't automatically "odd" or messed up in the head, contrary to society's royally skewed ideals and expectations.)

Oh, I hope that wasn't directed at me. I didn't mean to imply that virgins are strange or odd in the slightest--but my Shepard certainly is. Maybe odd isn't the right word, but it was the first thing that came to mind. She isn't crazy or anything, it's just that her past ordeals have caused her to completely avoid any and all intimate relationships, for various reasons, until in ME2 when she finally decides to move past that stepping stone.

I figure that it is unlikely for someone like Shepard to still be a virgin except for special circumstances or extreme cases or such and such. Hence why all of my other Shepards are not.

Modifié par MarginalBeast, 27 février 2010 - 07:03 .

[aznsoisauce]

I was going to say Garrus popped Janissary Shepard's cross-species cherry but...then I remembered the Asari consort. That was a surprise. I mean, really...why does saying "...that's it?" lead to sex? 

[MarginalBeast]

aznsoisauce wrote...

I was going to say Garrus popped Janissary Shepard's cross-species cherry but...then I remembered the Asari consort. That was a surprise. I mean, really...why does saying "...that's it?" lead to sex? 

The Consort does not understand the concept of personal space.

[Ms Cherissa]

aznsoisauce wrote...

I was going to say Garrus popped Janissary Shepard's cross-species cherry but...then I remembered the Asari consort. That was a surprise. I mean, really...why does saying "...that's it?" lead to sex? 

I had the same thing happen - was just playing it as "I lack a deeply spiritual or diplomatic side" and buh WHA--?

[Kim Shepard]

I'm glad that those things are left to the player's imagination because my Shepards are all very different. Garrus is the first person Shepard #2 was with, but she's been trying to have a turian boyfriend for ages, which would explain why she was so forward with Garrus. Shepard #4 has never had a romantic relationship in his life and has no desire to because he's afraid they'll just get killed off like everyone else (he has the Colonist/Sole Survivor background), and there's Shepard #6 who used to flirt with every asari that walked by until he met Liara and got serious for the first time.



Then there's Shepard #7, who has the most amusing track record. xD He's had a lot of one-night stands with females of different species (This guy actually knows what turian females look like!), but nothing serious because he doesn't want anyone to get involved in his dangerous life. When he got the offer from the krogan woman after Grunt's loyalty mission, and then the e-mail where she turns him down, he would have said, "Really? Huh. I've never had any complaints from krogan women before."



I agree about the consort needing to give Shepard some space. o_o; A few of my Shepards wanted to shove her and say "back off."

[ThatDancingTurian]

The consort thing definitely needs an interrupt. Paragon backs away and goes, "no thanks, that's not what I meant". Renegade punches her or accuses her of attempted molestation or something.

I had no idea what that meant and clicked it for fun, and had to reload because I never have my PC do the one-night-stand things. xD;

[Von Verrikan]

aznsoisauce wrote...

I was going to say Garrus popped Janissary Shepard's cross-species cherry but...then I remembered the Asari consort. That was a surprise. I mean, really...why does saying "...that's it?" lead to sex? 

I just discovered that yesterday. I was playing it with my dad and sister watching, too. And I had my femshep out! I didn't even have a clue that was going to happen.. just.. BAM lesbian sex out of nowhere. I'm not kidding, I had no idea the renegade option did that untill just then.. D'oh!

[aznsoisauce]

Aris Ravenstar wrote...

The consort thing definitely needs an interrupt. Paragon backs away and goes, "no thanks, that's not what I meant". Renegade punches her or accuses her of attempted molestation or something.

I had no idea what that meant and clicked it for fun, and had to reload because I never have my PC do the one-night-stand things. xD;

I lol'd pretty hard.

But, yeah...I thought the Renegade option with her would lead to dialogue convincing her to give me more money.

Something on-topic: I managed to make my mother leave my room in an awkward fashion. She came in to tell me something, saw my desktop wallpaper (which currently slideshows hi-res Garrus screen shots) and was quite alarmed. She asked me "What is that?" to which I simply replied "...the love of my life?" Then she left.

(I'm in my early 20's, unmarried, and currently attending college. No, I am not ashamed to be living with my parents.)

[MarginalBeast]

aznsoisauce wrote...
Something on-topic: I managed to make my mother leave my room in an awkward fashion. She came in to tell me something, saw my desktop wallpaper (which currently slideshows hi-res Garrus screen shots) and was quite alarmed. She asked me "What is that?" to which I simply replied "...the love of my life?" Then she left.

(I'm in my early 20's, unmarried, and currently attending college. No, I am not ashamed to be living with my parents.)

You're hilarious.

And hey, you shouldn't be ashamed. I know a lot of college students who still live with their parents. I thought it was a fairly normal thing.

[aznsoisauce]

MarginalBeast wrote...

aznsoisauce wrote...
Something on-topic: I managed to make my mother leave my room in an awkward fashion. She came in to tell me something, saw my desktop wallpaper (which currently slideshows hi-res Garrus screen shots) and was quite alarmed. She asked me "What is that?" to which I simply replied "...the love of my life?" Then she left.

(I'm in my early 20's, unmarried, and currently attending college. No, I am not ashamed to be living with my parents.)

You're hilarious.

And hey, you shouldn't be ashamed. I know a lot of college students who still live with their parents. I thought it was a fairly normal thing.

That's what I thought, too. However, I've been meeting far too many people my age that are married so I have started to think that the opposite is true...

Edit: I really hope I'm not offending anyone.

Modifié par aznsoisauce, 27 février 2010 - 08:34 .

[Kim Shepard]

I didn't even choose the Renegade option. xD That consort was all over Shepard the minute he/she offered to help.



Shepard: How dare you?! D:< And in front of my... not-yet-boyfriend! *Renegade interrupt punch*

Garrus: ...Boyfriend, where? o.o; Hey, you're not supposed to have the interrupt options until ME2.

[siltsonata]

aznsoisauce wrote...

MarginalBeast wrote...

aznsoisauce wrote...
Something on-topic: I managed to make my mother leave my room in an awkward fashion. She came in to tell me something, saw my desktop wallpaper (which currently slideshows hi-res Garrus screen shots) and was quite alarmed. She asked me "What is that?" to which I simply replied "...the love of my life?" Then she left.

(I'm in my early 20's, unmarried, and currently attending college. No, I am not ashamed to be living with my parents.)

You're hilarious.

And hey, you shouldn't be ashamed. I know a lot of college students who still live with their parents. I thought it was a fairly normal thing.

That's what I thought, too. However, I've been meeting far too many people my age that are married so I have started to think that the opposite is true...

Edit: I really hope I'm not offending anyone.

I judge absolutely no one who lives at home while in college. (Or after, even.  Times are tough right now.)

Cuz you know, it's vastly superior to be living in the dorms or something, where people keep you up til 4:00 when you have a test the next day, or smash pumpkins on your door, or drunkenly puke on your bare feet when you try to help them back to their room goddamnit.<_<  

EDITING so I can actually post something on-topic, has everyone seen RigAudio's thread about making alien voices?  He's got a turian one up there but his voice doesn't really suit the effect (I didn't hear any difference at all until I turned my sound up to hear the low pitch, but then my AC unit is pretty noisy right now).  Still pretty kickass though.  (He's also got a drell sample that's pretty good.)  My, my, the possibilities.....

Modifié par siltsonata, 27 février 2010 - 10:30 .

[Nissun]

 

aznsoisauce wrote...
Something on-topic: I managed to make my mother leave my room in an awkward fashion. She came in to tell me something, saw my desktop wallpaper (which currently slideshows hi-res Garrus screen shots) and was quite alarmed. She asked me "What is that?" to which I simply replied "...the love of my life?" Then she left.

(I'm in my early 20's, unmarried, and currently attending college. No, I am not ashamed to be living with my parents.)

Hey, I don't know how things are in other countries, but over here there is no stigma to that (at least for now, but I fear that the "lol you still live with mom and dad lol?" attitude may be catching up). I live with my parents, I'm 20, I'm at college and the situation sucks. But there's little we (people my age and situation) can do about it.

I don't think anybody in my family thinks I have a crush on Garrus, I've never talked to them about boys and that stuff (neither my mother or my sister, I know it's not very normal). A while ago I hade like four drawings of Garrus in my wall, though, so my older brother (he plays mass effect too) may or may not deduce what's going on. I have no intention on discussing romantic interests with him any time soon.

...I remember that once, my father was in the room and I had Garrus' character screen on, and my father said "What the hell is that? It's so ugly!". I didn't say anything. Right now I'd probably answer something, but I know loving Garrus isn't very normal, I'm aware of it, and I don't want to make myself look more eccentric than what I already look like.

Hey, I have other ordinary tastes, too. I find Vanderloo Shepard very attractive, for example! XD

Modifié par Nissun, 27 février 2010 - 11:22 .

[phisen]

I'm de-lurking. And, I bring gifts taken from teh interwebz: http://www.youtube.c...h#v=VPWs5xdAIRQ Garrus in a CSI:ME-episode, sorry if old

Garrus is my favorite character in the ME-games. I found him amazing from the very second he got intriduced in the first game. Of course, he's the LI of my femShep. Kaidan got dumped so fast his head probably still spins :innocent:


Aris Ravenstar & koucha: Wonderful artwork!

Modifié par phisen, 27 février 2010 - 11:44 .

[Mresa]

Another Garrus fangirl lurker.:3 Ever since I got ME1 and saw him.... Well I think you understand.^^

Just came here to put this up and I would like to receive some feedback of it.
http://seraphi91.dev...s-WIP-155580312

Modifié par Mresa, 27 février 2010 - 11:46 .

[Tootles FTW]

Brass_Buckles wrote...

I just thought that with so many of them (possibly even most) wearing those silly-looking caps, it may be generally considered slightly rude/inappropriate/possibly seductive for a turian to show his/her fringe--clearly there are quite a few who do anyway, so it probably wouldn't be a major no-no or taboo or anything.  It could even mean something along the lines of, "if you're not wearing a cap, then you're looking for love."  I know, I know, it's an odd idea, and yet, wouldn't that explain Garrus's comment about complimenting a turian woman on her fringe?  (Note that he also shows up cap-free.)  That would be a rather hilarious bit of culture shock if it turned out to be true.

Never thought of it to this extent, but in Indian culture don't the women/men add the dot to their foreheads when they get married?  I know at least that they change color dependent upon if you're married/single.  It is possible that a turian without a headcovering is available, though I sincerely doubt it's supposed to be a sexual come-on.

More likely, though, is that it's just used for a different turian aesthetic in the game.

(Sorry if this was mentioned, I'm catching up on posts! ^.^ )

[Tootles FTW]

AnotherStupidAccount wrote...

@ Gerse1

On overhearing conversations from the crew, I'd like to see Shepard be able to take advantage of all the bugs that Cerberus has planted around the ship. Especially when she's riding in the elevator between levels of the ship--instead of just seeing a loading screen, you could get the option to press a 'surveillance button' and listen in on conversations between various crew members around the ship. The conversations could change as new crew members came aboard, missions were accomplished, and after a LI was chosen. That'd be an awesome way to catch Garrus trying to make casual conversation about human standards of beauty, or to overhear crew members reacting to the romance as it develops. It'd also explain how the LIs always seem to know if you're romancing multiple people: they use the surveillance, too.

They could have easily incorporated that into the surveillance video screens in Zaheed's room.  Hell, that would actually give me a reason to go down there!

[Biotic_Warlock]

[onibontan]

Nissun wrote...

Hey, I don't know how things are in other countries, but over here there is no stigma to that (at least for now, but I fear that the "lol you still live with mom and dad lol?" attitude may be catching up). I live with my parents, I'm 20, I'm at college and the situation sucks. But there's little we (people my age and situation) can do about it.

I don't think anybody in my family thinks I have a crush on Garrus, I've never talked to them about boys and that stuff (neither my mother or my sister, I know it's not very normal). A while ago I hade like four drawings of Garrus in my wall, though, so my older brother (he plays mass effect too) may or may not deduce what's going on. I have no intention on discussing romantic interests with him any time soon.

...I remember that once, my father was in the room and I had Garrus' character screen on, and my father said "What the hell is that? It's so ugly!". I didn't say anything. Right now I'd probably answer something, but I know loving Garrus isn't very normal, I'm aware of it, and I don't want to make myself look more eccentric than what I already look like.

Hey, I have other ordinary tastes, too. I find Vanderloo Shepard very attractive, for example! XD

One of the advantages of living alone is that I can stare at Garrus pics all day and nobody comments on it Ok, that sounded creepy ... Seriously, don't worry. Not everyone can even afford to get a place of their own, and like mentioned, dorm can really suck. The noise, stuff gets stolen, **** gets broken and nobody repairs it, dealing with all kinds of weird characters, hobos sleeping in your kitchen ...

I wouldn't even dream of discussing Garrus with my family ... And to be honest, neither with my friends. I'm quite sure all they'd do is mock me My parents would probably be really weirded out.

Mresa wrote...

Another Garrus fangirl lurker.:3 Ever since I got ME1 and saw him.... Well I think you understand.^^

Just came here to put this up and I would like to receive some feedback of it.
http://seraphi91.dev...s-WIP-155580312

Looking good! Maybe add some kind of background? 

[Mr Heatsink]

[quote]aznsoisauce wrote...
Something on-topic: I managed to make my mother leave my room in an awkward fashion. She came in to tell me something, saw my desktop wallpaper (which currently slideshows hi-res Garrus screen shots) and was quite alarmed. She asked me "What is that?" to which I simply replied "...the love of my life?" Then she left.

(I'm in my early 20's, unmarried, and currently attending college. No, I am not ashamed to be living with my parents.)

When I read that I couldn't help but d'awww at that. Anyhow's I believe that Shepard and Garrus are serious about their relationship. It doesn't mean thery need to have sex for it to be romanctic. They have respect for each other and it seems that has bred the affection they have. At any rate About the head fringe idea and them being covered by the cap. Take the example of the turian and that Asari having the life span talk. He doesn't have a cap so it must be a fashion thing.

Edit: Buggering quote has gone up the wall.

Modifié par Mr Heatsink, 27 février 2010 - 02:03 .

[Briallen]

To those of you who feel weird for being in your early twenties and still living with your parents, just wait until you get to your mid-twenties and are still living with them. I'm almost 25, graduated college with honors a year ago, and still live with my parents because I absolutely cannot get even a sniff at any job that pays anything above minimum wage. Freaking piece of crap economy. The only thing keeping me sane right now is that I'm aiming for grad school, which will give me at least somewhat of a reason to justify my existence.

...Not that I'm extremely bitter or anything. 

As far as Garrus + living at home goes, my parents have at least a vague awareness that a strange looking bird-dino-cat alien makes little hearts swirl above my head, but I think they've pretty much just decided not to ask.  

[Gerse1]

Briallen wrote...

Gerse1 wrote...

I don't think someone with the confidence, smarts, or personality of Shep OR Garrus would make it to their 30s with just one -- or no -- intimate relationships.

I know it's practically unheard of in this day and age, but some people actually do choose to remain virgins for whatever reason. (And no, those people aren't automatically "odd" or messed up in the head, contrary to society's royally skewed ideals and expectations.) I'm not saying that Shepard is one, because I personally also doubt that such is the case, but it's far from being completely outside the realm of possibility. 

Oh no I acknolwedge that completely in at least one of my posts.  This isn't a rant against people who are abstinent or want their Shepards to be abstinent.  It was more a reaction to me seeing people making definitive claims like "BECAUSE Shepard's first WAS Kaiden" or "SINCE Garrus has ONLY been with one other person" as if it is canon, simply because Bioware hasn't had them specifically enumerate other lovers.   My posts were about if you take all the evidence into consideration, in my opinion it takes a lot more conjecture or mental legwork, as I said, to assume these characters have never made romance a part of their lives.  And, as I also said, it is easier with some background stories than others -- colonist sole survivor, for example.  And just because I say I think they are probably reasonably experienced adults, doesn't mean I'm saying either is a "player."  T(hough with some of Shep's lines you do have to wonder.... *cough* Jacob *cough*)

Basically, it seems like people always run to one of two extremes -- Garrus is a pimp, or Garrus has never made love to anything but his rifle.  Based on his personality, dialogue, and history, I prefer to assume a safe middle ground until Bioware gives me reason to think otherwise.  It's fine if others want to assume one of the extremes; I just feel like it's important to discuss it as what it is -- an opinion/rp decision about the character.  I will try to do the same about my own.


Reading over this post makes me feel like I sound angry -- I'm not, I guess I just feel like my words are being misinterpreted over and over and so I'm trying to clarify....

[Gerse1]

Kim Shepard wrote...


Then there's Shepard #7, who has the most amusing track record. xD He's had a lot of one-night stands with females of different species (This guy actually knows what turian females look like!), but nothing serious because he doesn't want anyone to get involved in his dangerous life. When he got the offer from the krogan woman after Grunt's loyalty mission, and then the e-mail where she turns him down, he would have said, "Really? Huh. I've never had any complaints from krogan women before."

What does the email say?  My femShep got an offer too (lol,...I wonder if krogan males also put in requests, or she was THAT good with the thresher maw).  But she doesn't get an email /sadface

[Von Verrikan]

I don't know if anyone else knows or cares, but on Facebook you can track several people who are extremely good at roleplaying the entire ME crew. It's kept me away from here a few days.. Scary!



http://www.facebook....97807952&ref=nf People like the guy playing Blasto are downright hilariously good at it.



Garrus is on there of course, as well as most other noteworthy Turians. There was some cute fanart of the Turian Councilor a few days ago actually







If you're obsessed with turians like I am, it's worth looking into :]

[Punahedan]

Uh, just a quick comment...

People keep saying the Tali thing is creepy, but isn't she in her early twenties? 24 in ME2, I think. Shepard, in ME1, is 29. Since she dies, when she's revived, her body and mind are still at age 29, no? That's how I think of it, anyway. It's not that weird, I think. :/

Either way, Garrus is close to her age. And I can't imagine either of them really going their whole lives without getting intimate with anyone. Not that either of them are ****s (Unless you go by this, which I honestly cannot stop laughing at), but they're adults and fairly comfortable in their own skins and confident.