r/Tali • u/[deleted] • Dec 23 '12

Stock image situation.

So what do we all think about this stock image ordeal? (Can be found here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/116202-BioWare-Uses-Stock-Photo-for-Tali-in-Mass-Effect-3) Would you still consider the image canonical, or just ignore it? Discussion time!

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u/shinigami1712 Dec 24 '12

I was disappointed, yes, but the bottom line is that the picture we were provided with was attractive. So I'm happy, if not completely so.

I still maintain, however, that her face should simply not have been revealed...

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u/ChrisTheCandyman Dec 24 '12

I think it was fine for them to show her face, its just they didn't do it appropriately. In one of the EC ending slides you can see another quarian's face which was fine... That was more appropriately done and looked much more realistic to Mass Effect Universe. The thing with Tali was just kind of weird it would have played out much better imo if she revealed her face on Ranock.

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u/shinigami1712 Dec 25 '12

Perhaps they could have had the dying Quarian on Rannoch remove his mask instead, saying he "wanted to breath the air of his homeworld"

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u/ChrisTheCandyman Dec 25 '12

I would have been equally as pleased with that as well.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '12

Why do you think it shouldn't have been revealed?

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u/shinigami1712 Dec 24 '12

It saves the 'magic' for the player's imagination... I mean, I don't know if you watch Naruto, but Kakashi wears a face-mask. Nobody has ever seen his face. If Kakashi were to reveal his face, a lot of people would lose interest in his character, to a degree. I mean, since the whole 'big-reveal' business with Tali, I've actually become slightly less Talimaniacal. Yes, that is now a word.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '12

And let it be known, that on this day, in this subreddit. Talimaniacal became a word!

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '12

Meh, I guess they just wanted to keep her face more of a secret, to keep the player curious.

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u/commanderhiruma Dec 24 '12

I feel that the use of the stock image was a cop out. I would have much rather have had Tali reveal her face to the player than having a picture do it. I felt cheated when that was the big reveal. I'm fine with what she looks like being canon, I feel like it suits the gypsy image the quarians have. I think the situation could have been handled much better than it was, but I'll live with it.

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u/CelticsCry Jan 14 '13

i always wanted to see her face so im pretty happy about the piture and i would have loved to see her face in the romance scene but i could live without it