Holy cow! FemShep isn't a blondie anymore!
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Eh red I guess. It?s what default femshep had in the last 2 games.
I hope they don't make such a fuss over this and then still use male animations.
I hope they don't make such a fuss over this and then still use male animations.
While I don't really care about which entry wins, I have to say that the current offering just doesn't seem to fit. After much consideration, I think the problem is simple enough to express: Femshep is far too young.
While I confess I don't really know how old Shepard is supposed to be, I can make an educated guess based upon the current trends. Shepard is an officer, a rank structure that requires significant higher education (a college degree plus officer training school or some variation thereof or a military academy with a four year curriculum). Assuming future trends remains similar, that places Shepard at around 22 upon entry into the Navy. If the rank structure remains the same, Shepard's rank of Commander would have been achieved after four promotions. While rate of advancement varies from branch to branch and job to job, it takes the average officer 15 years to reach the rank of O5 and is a decent average terminal rank when the person retires after 20 years. This means that Shepard is, at a minimum, in his/her early 30's and, more probably, in his/her mid to late 30's.
Given that the military of today is not predisposed to letting troops off in order to have plastic surgery and given that we see a number of other people of similar age looking, well, their age, it stands to reason that Femshep ought to as well. While there are a number of things that imply that the example Femshep is far younger than mid to late 30's, the most notable is the nasolabial lines (the line from the nose to the side of the mouth) - a facial feature that reliably appears around the age of 25. Where I asked to guess the age of Shepard as presented, I would guess she is at best in her early 20's.
There are other things that strike me as strange. For example, the fact that she wears significant makeup seems a bit odd for a host of reasons from the pragmatic to simple military tradition and regulation. Having known quite a few very tough women in the Army, I found that none of them were predisposed to wearing makeup while on the job.
But then, as I said before, I really don't care which one wins because my Shepard is my Shepard and as far as I'm concerned Shepard is a male that looks almost, but not quite entirely unlike Mickey Ward. I would say it was strange that the picked Shepard looked so much less like a soldier than a Senior in college playing dress up, but then given that it was picked by the denizens of the internet there really couldn't have been any other result.
While I confess I don't really know how old Shepard is supposed to be, I can make an educated guess based upon the current trends. Shepard is an officer, a rank structure that requires significant higher education (a college degree plus officer training school or some variation thereof or a military academy with a four year curriculum). Assuming future trends remains similar, that places Shepard at around 22 upon entry into the Navy. If the rank structure remains the same, Shepard's rank of Commander would have been achieved after four promotions. While rate of advancement varies from branch to branch and job to job, it takes the average officer 15 years to reach the rank of O5 and is a decent average terminal rank when the person retires after 20 years. This means that Shepard is, at a minimum, in his/her early 30's and, more probably, in his/her mid to late 30's.
Given that the military of today is not predisposed to letting troops off in order to have plastic surgery and given that we see a number of other people of similar age looking, well, their age, it stands to reason that Femshep ought to as well. While there are a number of things that imply that the example Femshep is far younger than mid to late 30's, the most notable is the nasolabial lines (the line from the nose to the side of the mouth) - a facial feature that reliably appears around the age of 25. Where I asked to guess the age of Shepard as presented, I would guess she is at best in her early 20's.
There are other things that strike me as strange. For example, the fact that she wears significant makeup seems a bit odd for a host of reasons from the pragmatic to simple military tradition and regulation. Having known quite a few very tough women in the Army, I found that none of them were predisposed to wearing makeup while on the job.
But then, as I said before, I really don't care which one wins because my Shepard is my Shepard and as far as I'm concerned Shepard is a male that looks almost, but not quite entirely unlike Mickey Ward. I would say it was strange that the picked Shepard looked so much less like a soldier than a Senior in college playing dress up, but then given that it was picked by the denizens of the internet there really couldn't have been any other result.
Oh yes, I?m surprised you missed that but then this is the internet. People get upset over everything. I didn?t want 5 to win but not because she is blonde.00slash00 said:
Also, isn't there mention of some sort of [sub]I want to say JuveNat but I know full well that's 40k[/sub] treatment, or was it just that humans live to about 150 in this setting so they'd look younger while still being older?Dr. Paine said:29 in the first game, technically 31 in the second. Just an FYIEclectic Dreck said:
Gaah, I can't remember.
I want the redhead FemShep to win. But I wouldn't have minded if the black haired FemShep won either.
Eh, quite honestly I don't really care which one wins, since I find that hairstyle to be rather terrible. I much preferred Femshep 4 from the first round [http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284775_10150244340191645_85811091644_7569699_7897803_n.jpg]'s hair.
There's a number of reconstructive surgeries that can be done to change your look (Mass Effect: Ascension brought this up in a bit more detail), and make it harder to tell someone's age. And yes, humans do tend to live to 150 or soLoop Stricken said:Also, isn't there mention of some sort of [sub]I want to say JuveNat but I know full well that's 40k[/sub] treatment, or was it just that humans live to about 150 in this setting so they'd look younger while still being older?Dr. Paine said:29 in the first game, technically 31 in the second. Just an FYIEclectic Dreck said:
Gaah, I can't remember.