Asari Sex Appeal Among Andromliens

I disagree. That was simply reinforcing information we had already had over the course of the three games. The wiki states it as being the case and also mentions Mordin hypothesizing over it's cause.

The joke reinforces what we know about the Asari, it is not a standalone thing.

But we should remember that wikis can be edited by anyone.

If one of us edited it so that the wiki said that Harbinger was love with Shepard due to it's fixation on them in ME2, it'd have just as much evidence backing it up as three drunk guys discussing why they think Asari are considered attractive by their species.

Mordin hypothesising on this phenomenon is not necessarily evidence for the theory either, since he is a little eccentric. We've also seen that Mordin enjoys coming up with and testing various hypotheses as a fun way to keep busy, when he's not working on something. He even acknowledged that he'd never be able to spend his retirement relaxing on the beach, without wanting to run tests on the seashells washed up on the shore.

Proving/disproving tinfoil theories are like Mordin's version of Sudoku.

I went to the Wiki because I remembered it from the game and wanted the source. I don't believe that it's inaccurate in any way. Mordin's conclusion is not the point either. The fact that he is trying to make up a theory to explain the phenomenon proves that there is a phenomenon, or at least a perception of the phernomenon, within the ME Universe. It's not just some jokey conversation at one bar in ME3. It's an established belief of multiple species in game.

There was also a conversation in the Eternity bar in ME2 between a Salarian, Human and Turian discussing the exact same thing with the human wondering whether it is mind control.

I'm not saying whether it is mind control, pheremones or just coincidence but it is a very definite thing being alluded to multiple times within the game. It also makes perfect sense that a species that needs to mate with other species to procreate would have some way to make themselves attractive to those species.  To dismiss the possibility as overthinking is quite wrong, IMO.

I never understood how asari could be considered sexy to every race of aliens. Sorry they look the most like humans that is true but most turians are not attracted to humans yet find asari attractive. The same with most species.

Provided the Protheans did even know/care about other populated galaxies... they probably did, though.

I always thought it's a scifie nerds favorite past time to discuss trivial technicalities, no need to be so serious about it... jeez.  

From the way you talk, it's like you actually created the concept fot the asari, since you give the impression you know best about the lore. You're not a dev, so what's with the attitude? Are you entitled to the truth now? Or can other people freely express their opinion without being ridiculed?

And why does it bother you what other people think about the game and its contents? The reason why asari are attractive to different species was left a mystery in the ME series. There's only speculation about it. Is it neurochemical, is it skin tone, nobody knows for sure. Given that a species with no sex drive (salarians) can have their libido stimulated by the asari, that opens the possibility for there being something other than biological factors that influence other species' libido. And the player is free to speculate on that.

And thanks, but I don't like tinfoil hats. Nor do I tell anyone to wear them. I don't like to make other people look stupid.

I don't think it'd be necessarily hilarious; I think it would open the door for some very interesting storytelling. As much of a dick as I may sound saying this, it's pretty obvious that Asari dominance on the milky way had a lot to do with how desirable they were to pretty much every race. If their space-feromone-magic somehow backfires in Adromeda, and the natives read them as ugly and/or disgusting, this would pretty much lead to a very deep questioning of themselves, their racial identity and, ultimately, culture.

I'd like to see that!

As for the Asari manipulating people to see them as attractive, we know that is false for one simple reason: we have pictures of Asari. Pictures are unable to change themselves and we see that the Asari in those pictures look exactly like how we see them in person.

"A lot to do" doesn't mean "the only reason". IF batarians had that tech, for instance, or Turians, the milky way would have been a very different place.

I am not talking about truths, I am talking about evidence. And there is none to support that kind of claim. Grabbing two out out of context conversations doesn't not count as proof to back it up. You can't just cut the evidence to fit in you theory and expect everyone to agree with you. I am pretty sure you don't do that in your professional/academic life unless you want to get burned, so why do it here?

That is why i always refer to the stabilished lore when trying to propose any kind of idea and i never agree with any kind of idea which doesn't do the same.


ps: the tinfoil hat was supposed to be a joke (hence all the emoticons), but if it got you angry i apologize for that.




I would say you won the argument with this.