Jaal Ama Darav (Official Thread)

Lorik was also the voice for Sovereign. I loved it! Oh and Sparatus (Turian Councilor) was Nihlus! It's the vocals I swear 

You can see other Angaran in skintight clothes. They have slightly curved/hunched backs.

Yea, it would suck to get poisoned to death while exploring. Pathfinder's job sure can be risky.

I'm wondering if that second long tease was a "testing the waters" situation to see how people would react to his visual appeal.

I'm not really questioning that he'll be a romance option. I said it in the Twitter thread back when the trailer premiered, but the moment I saw the Angarans and his face, I knew that an Angaran would be romanceable. That design-work with the alien but not TOO alien face (lips, features not incredibly far from a human's) and the pretty eyes is so transparent.

When I found out Jaal would be our companion, that just cemented my feelings that he'd be our Andromeda LI. I could be wrong, but I really don't think I am. I wouldn't be surprised if a female Angaran was a possible "fling" romance too because they're even less "alien" looking than the males, particularly in their body (seems like typical female shape, legs aren't as exaggeratedly bent as the males, less tentacles, etc)

As for his name, I've said it like 'Jawl' all along. I'm not sure why people are so against a J'all sound? Is it just because people already made jokes out of it?

I also agree that while I wouldn't mind some Garrus-y features, I don't want him to be just like Garrus. I'm a little worried about that, because BioWare has a track record of repeating character types that were fan favorites (I'm side-eying Drack for this reason too).

And I'm not a huge fan of Garrus (I was fine with him but he wasn't a favorite) so I definitely don't want Garrus 2.0. But do we want 2.0 of anyone? I doubt it, much as we love our past loves. I am a huge Liara fan but I'm hoping Peebee isn't Liara 2.0 (I don't think she will be; Liara was very serious and an academic; Peebee seems like a curious adventurer and she's more take-charge, with Liara being something of a follower).

Vetra will surely (hopefully) be her own person, too. Shame we didn't get much from her in the trailer, and it's not like you can tell a lot from Turian expressions (not as much as human or human-like, like Jaal).

SAME!!!! Super elf-lover here Though not because I'm attracted to them, I just... I love them, okay?! No matter what universe. Vulcans? Space elves! Same with twi'leks. Beautiful people, intelligent, in touch with nature... give em to meh!!

I find that definitely helps during kissing.

I think he will be his own person. Has ME ever repeated personalities? I don't think so? No one comes to mind. They are aces at characterization. DA, much as I love it, does repeat types. But then fantasy is more prone to character tropes (the fighter, the healer, the adventurer, yadda yadda)

Sorry for the multi-quote and apologies if my post this morning sounded grumpy; I was in a hurry and also on my ancient ipad 2 so had to be succinct as possible.

Artemis My first time falling for the elven look was Zelda games. HUGE Zelda fan!

I don't know about Jaal. I keep listening to the voice in the trailer and he doesn't seem to have a personality that duplicates anyone in ME.

Also Nihlus' voice is the same for the Turian Councilor Sparatus, so I think that's why I like him.

I didn't play Zelda until I was an adult (on the wii). First encounter with elves was I'm sure through fantasy books. First elf I became obsessed with was Legolas in the early 2000s movies. He's still my favorite character from all six films  

I think Liam will be a lot like Koth too, but less... personal grudge issues. Damn you Koth! I am saving Arcann and his mother so too bad

I admit I am in love with Arcann and refuse to romance anyone but him or Zenith 

As for Jaal, all I see so far is Javik's curious side. He could have a temper, be a crazy guy in battles, be stoic like Sten and the Arishok or have little quirks and dry humor like Alistair and Zev.

Both the m/m options in DAI were rather "jokey"; it wasn't really my cup of tea. 

At least both Kaidan and Cortez were fairly serious. Kaidan had a sense of humor, but I think the seriousness of the situation won out most of the time. 

I am hoping for a Fenris-like romance; some cultural differences (human/alien, human/elf), a serious tone, and a happy ending. Minus the angst; enjoyed it for my Fen-Fen (please feel free to puke now) but with Jaal I'd like a bit more light-heartedness. No constant jokes; I mean I want him to take the RELATIONSHIP seriously, but have a pleasant personality. Which Fenris did not have, bless his little ears lol

It doesn't make any sense for the J to be pronounced as Y. Why would the in-game translation software do that when there's no cultural or historical reason on our part to do so? J are normally only Ys in English due to defaulting to that language's use of the Latin alphabet, but that clearly shouldn't be the case for Andromedans.

The double-a means it's a long a, so the a in Bra or Father but longer.