Peebee (Official Thread)

I was about to say if she is as old as Liara how could it be a human gene lol.

Just happens to be in a place where they could be considered eyebrows   

Devs said she wouldn't be your typical Asari and they delivered 

So, I have minimal interest in Peebee for now, but I do want to talk about the eyebrows. It's still not necessary for the asari to "take" DNA from the father. Alterations in genotype (and phenotype) from mother to daughter is due to mutation (and similarities presumably to inheritance of unchanged genes). Based on the lore, it seems the mother doesn't need to actually assimilate genes from the "father" to create offspring with a different genotype. All she needs is to undergo neural space magic that somehow stimulates random mutations (splicing, random crossovers, point mutations, what have you) in the chromosomes of the gametes that will ultimately develop into the daughter. Perhaps the manner in which melding takes place with vorcha has a tendency to occur the same way across asari and therefore has a tendency to cause the same or similar mutations. Same thing with melding with krogan, perhaps the space magic causes mutations that result in the individual being more aggressive.

With Peebee, my assumption is an asari/human pairing resulted in a mutation that coincidentally (extremely coincidentally) resulted in a hairy eyebrow phenotype. But the asari are still 100% asari.

Edit: I did type this up before the Twitter correction.

Yea 100% asari while being a bit affected by the asari mother's partner, like an implant is how I look at it.
Like I said before maybe a rare mind reproduction case?

I wonder if we'll be able to tease her about it... "You're almost human!", "Have you tried shaving them?", "Do you define them?".
Maybe that's mean... Maybe it's a sensitive topic and we'll only know more about it if we get closer to her

Someone should tweet Neil Pollner (writer) about this "peebee has eyebrows thing."  Italian_Pathfinder  can you do it?

I do have to say I'm surprised they revealed this though. Did they not think it was a big deal?

Ask Neil if he can say anything more about Ian's reveal that PeeBee has actual eyebrows or if it will be revealed in game. Maybe he'll say something interesting? 

Hope this helps!

You got a point there. Her stripe could be because of getting bullied about the eyebrows. Her personality definitely comes off to me as very common with people who were bullied or abused as kids, me included. The rationale is: if you push people away and just be a loner, then you don't risk getting too close and getting hurt. And if you're very open about being weird, then it comes off as being proud of it so people won't feel the need to try to tear you down over being different. At least, that's the impression I'm getting from her, from both my own experiences and friends' experiences. 

I hope it's not just me pulling something out of my ass. 

Honestly not bothered by her brows. I just want confirmation I get a new Asari LI for my mae avatar.

I'm honestly obsessed.

Should have just admitted it's for gameplay purposes. There isn't really a lore justification for this. Recessive gene from an ancestor? If Asari once had eyebrows, what would have been the reason that trait was bred out? Unless it was a random mutation that never gained competitive traction. Asari evolution is a bit of a mess anyway. I wonder if they'll address it at all.

I still think they just did it to make her more expressive, but w/e.

You're hundred percent right. While I know it's selfish, I just want confirmation that the space waifu who would make my planned BroRyder go all pitter patter will be an option.