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Post by palinopsia on Feb 7, 2017 20:05:02 GMT
I still cannot get over these. So much detail. And I also noticed he has a lot of wrinkles on his face... Like, a lot a lot. It might just be an alien thing, but what if he's old? Like a lot older than we thought? They changed the model a bit though, and he looks younger in the trailer. But then again it might just be the pretty colours and lighting. Either way I feel like a lot of work went into designing the Angara and making them look very alien. I'm happy about that. I really wonder about his forhead. It looks much bigger than in the trailer but this could be just the pov we have on him in there... Or do you think they changed him a bit? Nah, that's his forehead. There's an angaran you can see for like a second as we see the 5 female Angarans and Ryder's back, this male Angara turns his head (he's on the left) and the design looks the same to me. I was kinda weirded out at first but I think it kinda grew on me
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 20:05:34 GMT
Hmmm... I agree Jaal is not young, but lines on the face can also stem from hardships, pain and trauma from wars, etc... he's definitely a veteran.
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Post by Crim on Feb 7, 2017 20:06:10 GMT
I will happily back this as a lady with a lot of viking bloodlines running in both sides of my family. Everyone is blonde hair blue eyes on dads side (inc. me and 1 of my brothers) and on my mums side there are a few brunettes and gingers but again blue eyes) Also mum is fascinated with family history. But all the women in my family have more fiery tempers than the males (apart from my dad). And when we all meet up there's usually at least one fist fight..... and its normally at least one of the 'ladies'. Most of my friends don't usually have this aggressive streak, but it can be amusing to watch. My family is primarily German and Irish (which if I recall both were integrated into Viking culture at one time or another in some part) so I can kind of understand where you're coming from. Members of my family, especially the women, can be hot-tempered and stubborn. But we are less likely to fight with our fists than we are to slay with our sharp tongues. I'm not kidding, the women in my family are sass masters. Aha, I'm Irish and yep, guilty of this at times.
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Post by Rynnju on Feb 7, 2017 20:07:23 GMT
Pfffft... well, to be fair I did romance a bald egg in DAI... sooo... Yeah Solas did not turn me on when I first saw his look. I kept getting Captain Picard images. His voice though is what drew me in, and soon I was crazy about the rotten egg. But honestly Jaal reminds me of an anime character. Fun fact: The reason I first forayed into the very early pages of Solas thread was because I was sick of the whining about his appearance (based on the one picture we had at the time) and thought the poor guy needed someone on his team. Months and months and pages and pages later of fending off every Voldemort, Nosferatu and (the funniest one) Nic Cage comparison, the guy turned out to be the most important Dragon Age character introduced yet other than maybe Flemeth. And he turned out to be my type of character in pretty much every way. Go figure! So next time you see the grand majority of BSN-ers picking on a character when they're first revealed, pop into that thread. You may just get pleasantly surprised. Jaal, of course, needed no defending. Pretty much everyone is hyped about new aliens. It's pretty nice to not be inundated with troll comments in this thread.
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:07:47 GMT
Pfffft... well, to be fair I did romance a bald egg in DAI... sooo... Yeah Solas did not turn me on when I first saw his look. I kept getting Captain Picard images. His voice though is what drew me in, and soon I was crazy about the rotten egg. But honestly Jaal reminds me of an anime character. Jaal kind of reminds me of an anime character too in some sense. But... I grew up falling in love with anime characters... seriously, if I went back through to my early days of watching anime I would have at least one guy from each anime. But I digress, I didn't romance Solas initially either because I didn't like his look. I've never found bald to be attractive and like you I thought of Picard. Don't get me wrong, I love Patrick Stewart as a person to death. But I'd never sleep with him. XD Anyway, I romanced Bull my first run through and I got to the headstones with the worst fears on everyone's graves. I saw Solas's and I died a little inside. And I made a knee-jerk decision to go back and romance him instead of Bull. So I did. I worked really heard to get that dragon tooth, too dammit... But I romanced Solas, and now I can't romance anyone else when I play a female elf. Damn egg ruined me, and for some reason I find him damn sexy. It's not fair!
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Post by Yaslana on Feb 7, 2017 20:10:24 GMT
I really wonder about his forhead. It looks much bigger than in the trailer but this could be just the pov we have on him in there... Or do you think they changed him a bit? Nah, that's his forehead. There's an angaran you can see for like a second as we see the 5 female Angarans and Ryder's back, this male Angara turns his head (he's on the left) and the design looks the same to me. I was kinda weirded out at first but I think it kinda grew on me Went through the trailer (gain) and yes you are right... Looks almost... hrmmm... dolphiny to me... XD But it has something.
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Post by louy on Feb 7, 2017 20:11:54 GMT
I will happily back this as a lady with a lot of viking bloodlines running in both sides of my family. Everyone is blonde hair blue eyes on dads side (inc. me and 1 of my brothers) and on my mums side there are a few brunettes and gingers but again blue eyes) Also mum is fascinated with family history. But all the women in my family have more fiery tempers than the males (apart from my dad). And when we all meet up there's usually at least one fist fight..... and its normally at least one of the 'ladies'. Most of my friends don't usually have this aggressive streak, but it can be amusing to watch. My family is primarily German and Irish (which if I recall both were integrated into Viking culture at one time or another in some part) so I can kind of understand where you're coming from. Members of my family, especially the women, can be hot-tempered and stubborn. But we are less likely to fight with our fists than we are to slay with our sharp tongues. I'm not kidding, the women in my family are sass masters. Im very glad its not just mine XD sadly i'm not as 'sharp tongued' But I try to keep out the fighting and when i get annoyed, frustrated or angry I tend to fly for walls, doors or inanimate objects XD but i can hold my own despite being a tiny 'pocket rocket' when i get annoyed lol. Gaming helps keep me calm XD I dont know what my BF sees in me hahaha. I think if the angaran ladies are like this they may even comment on bro ryder being in charge. Or get a different reaction whether you play as sis or bro? but thats just my wishful thinking XD xx
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:12:23 GMT
Hmmm... I agree Jaal is not young, but lines on the face can also stem from hardships, pain and trauma from wars, etc... he's definitely a veteran. Not to mention stress and even genetics. I'm 28 and already getting laugh lines and grey hair. And I was sprouting grey hair at 24. Just saying.
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Yeah Solas did not turn me on when I first saw his look. I kept getting Captain Picard images. His voice though is what drew me in, and soon I was crazy about the rotten egg. But honestly Jaal reminds me of an anime character. Fun fact: The reason I first forayed into the very early days of Solas thread was because I was sick of the whining about his appearance (based on the one picture we had at the time) and thought the poor guy needed someone on his team. Months and months and pages and pages later of fending off every Voldemort, Nosferatu and (the funniest one) Nic Cage comparison, the guy turned out to be the most important Dragon Age character introduced yet other than maybe Flemeth. And he turned out to be my type of character in pretty much every way. Go figure! So next time you see the grand majority of BSN-ers picking on a character when they're first revealed, pop into that thread. You may just get pleasantly surprised. Jaal, of course, needed no defending. Pretty much everyone is hyped about new aliens. It's pretty nice to not be inundated with troll comments in this thread. Haha very true! I like it here because of that. It's like a little sanctuary to return to after stepping out into the chaos of the General area. Yeah Solas did not turn me on when I first saw his look. I kept getting Captain Picard images. His voice though is what drew me in, and soon I was crazy about the rotten egg. But honestly Jaal reminds me of an anime character. Jaal kind of reminds me of an anime character too in some sense. But... I grew up falling in love with anime characters... seriously, if I went back through to my early days of watching anime I would have at least one guy from each anime. But I digress, I didn't romance Solas initially either because I didn't like his look. I've never found bald to be attractive and like you I thought of Picard. Don't get me wrong, I love Patrick Stewart as a person to death. But I'd never sleep with him. XD Anyway, I romanced Bull my first run through and I got to the headstones with the worst fears on everyone's graves. I saw Solas's and I died a little inside. And I made a knee-jerk decision to go back and romance him instead of Bull. So I did. I worked really heard to get that dragon tooth, too dammit... But I romanced Solas, and now I can't romance anyone else when I play a female elf. Damn egg ruined me, and for some reason I find him damn sexy. It's not fair! Yep! Same here. Totally had a thing for anime guys, especially non-human ones like Inuaysha. First romance for me was Cullen. First i had promised Steve Blum and it was a joke, second he charmed the heck out of me! Hmmm... I agree Jaal is not young, but lines on the face can also stem from hardships, pain and trauma from wars, etc... he's definitely a veteran. Not to mention stress and even genetics. I'm 28 and already getting laugh lines and grey hair. And I was sprouting grey hair at 24. Just saying. Me too! First grey hair was when I was 24.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 20:16:21 GMT
I'm sorry but the way his head moves in the trailer is really creepy. He's a snake!
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:16:36 GMT
My family is primarily German and Irish (which if I recall both were integrated into Viking culture at one time or another in some part) so I can kind of understand where you're coming from. Members of my family, especially the women, can be hot-tempered and stubborn. But we are less likely to fight with our fists than we are to slay with our sharp tongues. I'm not kidding, the women in my family are sass masters. Im very glad its not just mine XD sadly i'm not as 'sharp tongued' But I try to keep out the fighting and when i get annoyed, frustrated or angry I tend to fly for walls, doors or inanimate objects XD but i can hold my own despite being a tiny 'pocket rocket' when i get annoyed lol. Gaming helps keep me calm XD I dont know what my BF sees in me hahaha. I think if the angaran ladies are like this they may even comment on bro ryder being in charge. Or get a different reaction whether you play as sis or bro? but thats just my wishful thinking XD xx That's an interesting perspective. And I do think it would be kind of cool to hear what the other Angarans have to say. And yeah, I get it. I try to avoid confrontation where I can. I had an incident where an ex mother-in-law got tired of me walking away from her attempted confrontations (she was a drug abuser, on top of having a really weird relationship with her son, and competing with me for his attention) and when she finally boxed me in and I couldn't get away... she found out why I always walked away because I let her have it. And anyone who asks, no I'm not married to her son anymore. We've been divorced for years. But oohhh, did it feel good to unload on that pharmacy-on-the-microwave cunt basket. ... sorry. Just an example of that fiery temper and sharp tongue at work.
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 7, 2017 20:17:02 GMT
Nah, that's his forehead. There's an angaran you can see for like a second as we see the 5 female Angarans and Ryder's back, this male Angara turns his head (he's on the left) and the design looks the same to me. I was kinda weirded out at first but I think it kinda grew on me Went through the trailer (gain) and yes you are right... Looks almost... hrmmm... dolphiny to me... XD But it has something. Right, he's on the right, jesus christ I'm confusing directions now Jaal what have you done to me
Also omg I think you're right, it does look dolphiny. So now he's a pink alien cat dolphin squid, I guess?
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:19:17 GMT
I'm sorry but the way his head moves in the trailer is really creepy. He's a snake! *goes to rewatch the trailer* I guess I don't see it. Seems more like he's keeping his eyes on Ryder while stepping down the stairs.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 20:20:46 GMT
I'm sorry but the way his head moves in the trailer is really creepy. He's a snake! *goes to rewatch the trailer* I guess I don't see it. Seems more like he's keeping his eyes on Ryder while stepping down the stairs. I know a cat can't move their eyes only, so they move their heads slightly when looking at something or someone. Might be something like that.
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Post by Crim on Feb 7, 2017 20:20:48 GMT
Hmmm... I agree Jaal is not young, but lines on the face can also stem from hardships, pain and trauma from wars, etc... he's definitely a veteran. Didn't we reach a consensus about this a few pages back? Jaal is in the mid 30s bracket.
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Post by Yaslana on Feb 7, 2017 20:21:27 GMT
Oh btw do you guys remember, we talked about (bio)luminescence a few pages back. This doesn't look like lightning from the outside, it could be that his skin is glowing in those... groves...
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:21:45 GMT
Also, I know we keep seeing the same image of Jaal but can we talk about this scene for a minute? Ryder looks like he's either thinking "oh no, he's hot" or "oh no, I might be fucked" ... or both of those things at once.
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Post by Rynnju on Feb 7, 2017 20:22:16 GMT
Hmmm... I agree Jaal is not young, but lines on the face can also stem from hardships, pain and trauma from wars, etc... he's definitely a veteran. Didn't we reach a consensus about this a few pages back? Jaal is in the mid 30s bracket. Unless that concept has changed or the wrinkles are a race thing, he's definitely looking older. You know what would be nice? If we could ask the devs. But HE'S NOT EVEN OFFICIALLY REVEALED YET.
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:22:37 GMT
Oh btw do you guys remember, we talked about (bio)luminescence a few pages back. This doesn't look like lightning from the outside, it could be that his skin is glowing in those... groves... Actually, and I hate to burst your bubble, but that just looks like lighting from the sun. When you take a look at the sun's position in the previous frames... If it were bioluminescence, it would look like a glow coming from underneath the skin instead of light being reflected on the skin from an outside source.
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Post by leliana93 on Feb 7, 2017 20:23:05 GMT
The wrinkly neck may just be species specific, and as others said revolves around trauma (given that he does have scars), but if he was in fact based on a cat, it's an entire possibility that the wrinkles come from the race. s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bc/d8/84/bcd8841f69279f74248515919c8c1814.jpg, I don't mind as much however, initially knowing solas looked about 40 kind of deterred me, but since my cannon inquisitor is about 30 some some, it didn't bother me as much (solas is about twice my age in appearance and And well over 3000 years old
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 20:23:26 GMT
Crim yeah but some people were worried he might be older because of the lines. I agree he's in his 30's. Gludipow yep! When Ryder gives that look, you know he's a LI.
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Post by Rynnju on Feb 7, 2017 20:24:28 GMT
Oh btw do you guys remember, we talked about (bio)luminescence a few pages back. This doesn't look like lightning from the outside, it could be that his skin is glowing in those... groves... Actually, and I hate to burst your bubble, but that just looks like lighting from the sun. When you take a look at the sun's position in the previous frames... If it were bioluminescence, it would look like a glow coming from underneath the skin instead of light being reflected on the skin from an outside source. Dude, you're killing everyone's dreams about Jaal being a walking glowstick during a Nexus rave. Now that I think about it, it's confirmed that there are multiple places to party in Andromeda. I wonder what Jaal would be like up in the club.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 20:24:28 GMT
Pfffft... well, to be fair I did romance a bald egg in DAI... sooo... Yeah Solas did not turn me on when I first saw his look. I kept getting Captain Picard images. His voice though is what drew me in, and soon I was crazy about the rotten egg. But honestly Jaal reminds me of an anime character. Ah, 'tis okay to be an anime character in a video game. Fenris looks like he'd be right at home in the Final Fantasy, and I can take it if Jaal starts channeling Junghado.
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 7, 2017 20:25:02 GMT
The wrinkly neck may just be species specific, and as others said revolves around trauma (given that he does have scars), but if he was in fact based on a cat, it's an entire possibility that the wrinkles come from the race. s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bc/d8/84/bcd8841f69279f74248515919c8c1814.jpg, I don't mind as much however, initially knowing solas looked about 40 kind of deterred me, but since my cannon inquisitor is about 30 some some, it didn't bother me as much (solas is about twice my age in appearance and And well over 3000 years old Thats probably where the Twilight jokes come from.
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