I do not understand the Tali fandom.

[TheTim]

I pretty much agree with you there, never actually saw why people like her so much, i always went after those human girls.

 

[Xanadu84]

Mystery. Or, to put it another way, which is more interesting: Samus before Other M, or Samus IN Other M? Sure, Tali wasn't the most fleshed out character in the first game, but you had little hints. And you wondered what she looked like, what the deal with that mask is, what's the story behind her people, and the mystery was that much more interesting thanks to Quarians being such a minority. Her character is probably liked because where other characters gave you answers, she begged more questions.

Alternative 1, shes a bit of a woobie

Alternative 2, as it I heard it so succinctly put once, "Dat ass"

 

[Pearwood]

I never romanced Tali because frankly without Jennifer Hale's voice acting I can hardly play the game now, it's so superior, but I did really like Tali. I guess she's good to be friends with but a bad girlfriend.

i mean, there is a pretty large and dedicated fangirl army for GARRUS...the fucking dinosaur-faced monster guy. they were large enough to get a romance for him in the 2nd game, which im fairly certain completely destroyed everything i thought i knew about women. best not to think about it really...

Garrus is awesome

 

[strobe]

So you can´t understand why a fuckton of nerds like a female, attractive (judging purely her body via bodysuit), somewhat mysterious person, who likes machines and adores the character which serves as the avatar of the aforementioned nerds ?

I better get a brain-scientist or a rocket-surgeon in here, because I don´t think anyone else will be able to crack that nut.

Heh, funny.

OT: Not got anything to add to the discussion but I'll throw my support to the idea that she gets a lot of her interest from the Quarian side of her character.

 

[AngryPuppy]

I like Tali. I have since the first game. Romance interest or not I think she is awesome. Plus, that voice. It's just beautiful to me. Physically she just doesn't do it for me. Her weird backwards legs just kill any sexual interest I may have had. I romanced her anyways despite that. Seriously love her voice. (That and Jack and Miranda are very much NOT interesting or attractive in any way.)

What I really don't get isn't why people like Tali though. It's why ANYONE likes Garrus as a Love interest. He is a Lizard! Bestiality even in a game is gross. Not to mention his personality is bland and boring. Why aren't there a hundred threads about that?

 

[x EvilErmine x]

I honestly have no idea, there is even a name for the people that are obsessed with tali, their'e called TALIMANCERS.

Do not DARE googling that in images with safe search off.

You do know that when you tell people not to do something, they will do it right? Anyways, not really anything bad as far as I saw. Most images were pretty much SFW or just tali in a sexy pose.

Although I did find this:

I agree. The first thing i did when i read that was to crack open a new tab and load up the Google to have me a look see. Hmm i think that might say rather a lot about my personalty...oh dear /

OT
I'm not a fan of Tali but I do like her as a character.

Spoiler: However her voice actor is another mater all together i could listen to her read the dictionary and still be enthralled if she did it in Tali's voice.

Even if not though...hot, yes?

 

[Babitz]

As far as I'm concerned, the only good characters were Garrus (the ME1 version, ME2 version was boring) and Wrex. Everyone else was a cardboard cutout and Tali was plain irritating.

 

[Cheesus333]

She's the awkward nerd girl who's good in a fight, but clumsy with social matters. Nerds eat that shit up.

Plus, she wears a helmet which adds another element of mystery and projection.

Definitely this.

Intellect + Fierce independence + Mystery and intrigue = Nerd fandom.

 

[kouriichi]

She is the quintessential woman every man wants.

[snip]

I myself, am a Tali fan. Shes a great character, in a great series.

I'm... not exactly sure that being tailor-made to suit the tastes of men is grounds for greatness.

Nope, it shouldnt be.

But because male gamers make up most of the market ((60%-70%)), shes bound to become great for that reason.

Guys love her. And the love of many is a form of "Greatness".

 

[starkiller212]

It's the hips.

QFT. Seriously, take a gander sometime.

 

[Ch@Z]

Because she is a nerd. She's a tech junkie, she is awkward to the opposite sex and she is allergic to everything. Nerds like nerds.
Still, some of the dialogue in the Tali romance was corny.

 

[Zhukov]

What I really don't get isn't why people like Tali though. It's why ANYONE likes Garrus as a Love interest. He is a Lizard! Bestiality even in a game is gross. Not to mention his personality is bland and boring. Why aren't there a hundred threads about that?

Well... Garrus doesn't constitute bestiality any more than Liara, Tali, or Thane. They're all from non-human species, despite being more-or-less humanoid in body shape.

As for threads about Garrus, I actually considered that. However, while I'm not his biggest fan (nobody can be "badass" when they're standing next to Wrex), I can kind of understand were his fans are coming from.