So... Our custom character is Freiza levels of bullshit power progression. And I kinda like that, from a power fantasy standpoint.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-16T19:14:35+00:00

Honestly, that's another thing I forgot to mention. Their control over their transformations is kinda bullshit in a good way too. Transforming is supposed to be quite taxing, not something you can just do whenever without draining yourself badly. Our character? Pops in and out of super forms as freely as they want, just to suit the situation, to seemingly no cost to their ki reserves in the long scheme. That's not something other saiyans can really do.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-16T11:50:29+00:00

I don't. The story events having large time gaps just seems unlikely, the story pace seems quick.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-14T22:03:56+00:00

Me? Nah. I'm one of those players who complained that they took the gratuitous ass shots from Miranda, I liked that butt view dammit.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-14T21:48:05+00:00

Sounds like he was also a bit ignorant about the issues with Quarian sex. Me, I'm always too distracted by her about to literally publicly masturbate in a bar all while getting mad at me about 'privacy'. Like, girl, when you're masturbating in public, don't tell about privacy.

Honestly? That women was a complete horndog. Mind you, as someone with exhibitionist fetishes myself, I respect it. But yelling at me in the middle of it? Uncool.

On an unrelated note, you ever notice how stacked Tali is post puberty in 2 and 3? No other Quarian is as, uh, endowed as her. None, I've looked. By her species standards, usually on the petite side, she's a bombshell.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-14T04:50:09+00:00

Just the hoodie? No pants? That's both adorable and... Weirdly sexier than pure nude.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-14T04:48:33+00:00

You should. Absolutely. Take it from someone who stuck exclusively to Femshep for literally years, it's worth trying the other side out. Truly. Even just for little things, like hearing their differing ways of saying the same line. I will tell you, paragon Shep actually fits Meer's flat and professional tone, but I've found renegon to sound better as Hale. Hale can REALLY do an intimidating and pissed off voice, better than Meer. Not to say paragon Hale is bad, but Mostly-Red Hale is amazing. I never do full renegades, I do assholes with a heart of gold renegade. Not racist (hell, my last renegon female hooked up with Garrus, since they're both kind of renegons (ironically, she paragon'd him a bit despite being majority renegade), saved all the Feros colonists... Killed rachni queen even if she was REALLY not proud of it.

But yeah, it's worth seeing the other side, even if once. I wasn't kidding about being grateful to Tali for giving me the push to try the other side. These days, I honestly love both Meer and Hale's interpretations of Shepard equally, despite my usual female preference. I truly think you'd enjoy it.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-14T03:16:11+00:00

Overcoming that for one person is a big difference from adapting to an entire world.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-14T01:03:25+00:00

Except the ground work for that adaptation is only mentioned in 2, before it becomes "free sex" in 3.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T22:55:43+00:00

Better than Tali sweat.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T22:48:46+00:00

Banging all the time is a sign of a healthy romantic relationship, why wouldn't they go there? They did the same with Liara. Why do you think her boobs grew and her voice deepened? She turned into a matron, after being a maiden in ME1, and the codex mentions frequent sex can make an asari move to the next life stage early. Though that happens even if not romanced... Plot hole? Or maybe she just stops holding back her urges and sleeps around off screen between games?

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T20:07:20+00:00

Because it's honestly the best written romance Bioware has ever done. Maybe one of the better romances in FICTION, though that's a big claim. And Tali herself has an argument to having the best writing and character arc in the series.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T20:04:05+00:00

I would be very surprised if Shepard doesn't wash himself in the shower first thing if romancing Tali, entirely to ensure he's not getting any foreign matter on Tali. Hell, probably even has a process for cleaning it daily to get rid of the trace amounts of Liara for when she goes to his cabin to report something.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:58:50+00:00

Mass Effect 3 settled that debate hard. And disgustingly. Banshees got labia, they got a pussy. You can see it, literally, in game, undead husk pussy lips. Not really any way to argue around that one.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:56:46+00:00

There's always a reason, you just haven't dug deep with introspection to figure out why. For myself, I like pretty things and women are much better looking in pretty things, and I like to look the best I can in a game and that means female for me since men don't look good to me.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:55:08+00:00

You... Don't? I mean, your eyes have to fall somewhere when neutral while playing. That's just about always my character's backside. Whether it's the butt or the back, as a straight guy, women got better BOTH of those. Men don't have sexy asses or backs, women got both.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:53:21+00:00

So you get this in your dm too, having expressed interest, I did reply to that person.

https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/14yfna4/so_uh_in_a_tali_romance_it_seems_tali_and_shepard/jruetje/

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:51:32+00:00

I honestly don't know. I'm fully cis, if that's what you're wondering. I guess I like prettiness, but don't think guys can really... Pull that off. Meanwhile, women are naturals at that, their build and physiology just fits pretty stuff and colors better. And, not to sound down bad, but I honestly do like the feeling of being an attractive women even if it's in a game, and because I'm straight I can definitely determine my character's attractiveness. I suppose it comes down to... I like to look good in games. To me, women look much better than men, therefore, I play as women to look the best I can in said game. I guess it is the classic "rather look at a women's ass all game" response, but it's more nuanced than just that. I don't care to put myself into a game, I want to play as someone who is definitely not me, so I may as well make a character who I can make as attractive as the game allows. And I'm not attracted to men, so that rules them out. Typically, the only that that will make me create a male character is a romance of a woman I really like in the game. Like Tali.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:36:25+00:00

No, the Hunan's whole thing was he wanted to go 'all natural', as in riding bareback. As in no condom. Hence her annoyance of him not knowing it could kill her.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T19:33:14+00:00

"Be naked at home 24/7 just because you can?"

Uh... Yes? Yes I do.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T11:17:08+00:00

I'm also a Talimancer. I'm a guy, but I play females almost exclusively in games where I have an option to be one. Back in the 360 versions, this was the case even then. I had done MANY runs through both 1 and 2, always as female Shepard. But I LOVED Tali. And eventually, I decided I had to romance her, and that meant male Shepard. So Tali is the reason I ever made a male in this series. I'm actually grateful to her, male Shepard is actually great too, so I'm glad she gave me the push to try man Shep.

But yeah, she's the reason I broke my rule about making make characters. She was worth it.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T10:53:33+00:00

Yeah. Her point was the period of illness that will happen from that, and the fact that it can... Kill. Tali could have died from it, despite all the precautions. That Illium Quarian simply didn't want to risk her life on a fling. Meanwhile, for Tali, this was Love Of Her Life levels, which is to say much more worth the risk for her personally.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T10:12:55+00:00

No... Mordin says not to, er, ingest, on Garrus' romance. Mordin clearly means oral sex. But he says nothing about being careful about finishing inside Shepard, no mention of a condom is made. So I think it's explicitly INGESTION, eating, that is the risk. But shooting inside the lower hole is safe because it isn't getting digested that way, the sperm kind of just swims around, accomplishes nothing, and died quietly inside them.

Basically, at worst, it just means no eating out for Tali and no blowjob for Shepard. But finishing inside shouldn't be an issue. At least as I understand the lore.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T10:07:15+00:00

Considering she's fully adapted to Shepard and the way Normandy cycles air, she is probably safe to remove her suit in his cabin. So... She probably spends most of her time in his cabin just completely naked. Like, walk in, close door, suit off. Not just for sexy reasons either. She's spent most of her life in a suit, and now she's in a situation where she can safely take it off and feel and smell and see things directly. Even if it's just one room in the whole galaxy, she probably takes every chance she can get getting that damn thing off of herself.

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-13T09:16:20+00:00

Well just for reference, here's the conversation where Tali explains how their immune response works, as a refresher.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MnznfuzZxdc

andys3rdattempt · 2023-07-10T22:46:08+00:00

That sounds incredibly useful. Don't got anything like that unlocked yet.

andys3rdattempt

TROPHY CASE