Dr. Lexi T'Perro (Official Thread)

Yeah, before that briefing all we knew was that we had a Salarian on the Tempest which we saw in a moment just like Dr. Lexi. The only reason we even know her name is because it was dropped by the GameInformer people. Other than that, she and he were in the same boat. 

I find myself in an interesting place when it comes to speculating. On one hand, yeah I'm trying to put a damper on my expectations and hopes since there have been a few characters I have been disappointed with so far with that. On the other hand though, they are scratching off archtypes I'd rather not have for her making it more likely she will match my hopes which builds them. 

I'm certain she and all crew members will. Bioware did that with the advisers in Dragon Age: Inquisition, so I don't see why Mass Effect: Andromeda wouldn't considering they are taking a step further than that. As for what her personal quest can be, I have no idea since we don't know her backstory. 

I hope she's a crazy asari and not a typical loving doctor.

She makes quips about you being idiotic and your tactics being shit and how you wouldn't have ended up in here if you were smarter. All in jest, of course... or is it? It's hard to tell with her.

Those tweets are interesting. I'm not sure what to read into them.

On the one hand, he clearly really likes her, which is a great sign. And I like the sound of "chat with Lexi sessions". Makes it sound like you'll have the option to chat with her in medical check ups or something and that she's got some interesting content in them.

On the other hand, the fact that he was pretty shocked that people knew of her might mean that she's not a pretty significant character. I mean, if she were a big character, I doubt he'd be shocked that we know of her, even if there hadn't been any major releases about her. The way that it was worded, also makes me think she might not be a romance option. He framed her personality as "fun" and "made me smile" and "chat with Lexi" and none of that really reads as romance content. Yeah, I know, romances should be fun and make you smile. But I just didn't get that from how he phrased that. I might be wrong, but now I'm leaning towards her not being a LI. Much to the dismay of some of her die-hard fans, I'm sure.

Yeah, there was some interesting information in those tweets. For example we now know Lexi is her first name rather than her last. That's interesting since that makes her one of a very few Asari whose name doesn't end with the letter a. 

While this may be my own personal hopes and interpretations painting this, I read those tweets more positively considering the other information we have. In regards to Tom being surprised, I think that is because as a fan he has been following all the marketing for MEA and she has never officially been revealed other than the name drop that was explained. We also know from another tweet from a dev that she has her own writer, so why would she have her own writer if she wasn't a significant character? As for her being a romance or not, the description actually struck me as similar to Josephine's romance in DAI. Hers was fun and made you smile and her romance scene is literally you and her sitting on a couch enjoying a fire while talking. Since we know there are romances like that in MEA, maybe Lexi's is like that while PeeBee's is the more sexual one. 

It would certainly separate her from the other doctor characters we have had. 

Possibly, though we have had Asari with names not ending with a before, like for example Tevos, Falere, and Kurin.

I really liked what they did with support characters in ME3 (Traynor and Cortez) and DAI (Cullen, Leliana, and Josephine). Quality often matters more than quantity, so as long as we can forge a meaningful relationship with characters between missions, I'm fine with not being able to bring them along. Hopefully we'll be able to talk with Lexi more than Chakwas. I liked her, but I felt like her character could have been more developed.

Since it is being discussed in the Jaal thread, figure we should bring it here. What do you think Dr. Lexi will be like in terms of giving out romance advice like Mordin did in ME2 and ME3? Personally if she does it either with us or a love interest interested in us I would like her to approach it differently than Mordin. Where Mordin goes straight into it in detail like nothing is wrong with talking about it, Lexi can be all uncomfortable and bashful about it but also wanting to help, so does things like stammer over her words and trying to stay vague but helpful.

I don't mean uncomfortable in the functions of the body, but uncomfortable in giving sex advice. 

It's not that I don't understand, and- to a certain extent- share your love of shy, sweet characters who might be uncomfortable about things like sex and I don't want to come across like I'm attacking your point of view. It just seems impractical to attach that last character trait to a doctor.

Chances are she won't give out sex advice anyway, since that could be seen as just copying something unique to Mordin. Now I can see either us or an LI being discreet while asking her about stuff like the anatomy of the other, but in a way that seems innocent so Lexi answers them thinking they are normal questions. After a while though the questions persist and get more intimate which causes her to be a bit more shy about answering not just because they are intimate questions but because they are personal as well, and then finally ask us or the LI why we are so curious resulting in one or both parties becoming flustered depending on the question and answer.

Well, with PeeBee apparently being flirty and thus suspected to be more casual about it if Dr. Lexi is a romance option I can see them having her be like this both because it is an Asari we really haven't had before and as a way to differentiate the two Asari romances in MEA. Sort of like how they have done it in some past games, with PeeBee being more like Isabela or Sera while Lexi would be more like Merrill or Josephine.