3) Emotional, sensative, crafters of compromise, physically weak, use looks to manipulate
Loop Stricken said:
Everyone calling the Asari weak are wrong, by the way.
I don't like asari. I think they're one of the most overrated sci-fi races ever, and take precious time away from Tali's fine ass.
But weak, they are not. Every single one of them is a biotic, so that's giving them the edge against a massive amount of the populace. Otherwise they're about as strong as humans, I believe.
Otherwise I agree with the overwhelming majority.
I suggest you reread that. It is not being stated that the Asari are weak. It is stated that they are physically weak in the opening, which they are in the ME universe, when removed of their Biotics. I source that further down also.
Loalrikowki said:
It surprises me to see so many people throwing Asari under the bus as being physically weak emotional, and manipulative. Their centuries of youth are spent in physical condition equivalent to the human prime. At the genetic level, Asari are the most dominant organisms in the known galaxy - they can reproduce with pretty much any species and generate what amounts to a fully Asari offspring. Justicars are ice cold, Morinth and Benezia were both exemplars of how formidable Asari could be as well. Random Asari matriarchs have made up a significant portion of the mercenary captains and criminal bosses you run into throughout the games.
I don't know if you were looking for a tendency to apply feminine stereotypes there, but it's the first thing that jumped out at me from reading this thread.
You seem to be either attempting to portray the Asari and the question as differently here, or ignorant of ME lore.
First, Asari are not that physically strong. To say they 'spend centuries in their youth in a physical condition close to the human prime' is wrong. While they may be more agile than the typical human, and having more Biotic capability, they are much weaker physically than a fit human.
In comparison to the Council races, humans are roughly physically on par with turians (as very fit humans can punch them over and even throw them off the ground unassisted), and less agile than asari (whom they closely resemble), though fit human males are likely to be far stronger than the average asari.
That is lifted straight from the Mass Effect Wiki. [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Human]
As for Emotional, you seem to be treating that as a negative word for some reason. While I'm not sure if I'd say that Emotional or Sensative are the best traits to give to Asari, I would say that two other closely related traits would describe them much better, Sensual and Passionate. Also, the Asari are by far the most diplomatic race in ME. It was by their efforts that the Council was created.
And yes, Asari can be manipulative. That's something any race can be though. The part that you are neglecting to look at though is that the OP states "uses looks to manipulate", which is something that is most closely related to the Asari. The Asari are about the only race to use their looks and their sexuality as an advantage, especially when it comes to other races. Even then though, the Asari are perhaps the best manipulators out of all the ME races regardless. For some examples:
Nassana Dantius - Used Shepard to kill her sister that threatened to black mail her under the pretense of a rescue mission
Aria - Started off as a dancer on Omega, but used that as a ploy to cover up her real intentions of taking over the station
Alestia Iallis - Infiltrated a group of scientists on Peak 15, once Shepard attempted to create a cure, she ambushed the Commander in an attempt to stop him
Rana Thanoptis - Uses Shepard's mercy to hop from one fringe, unethical, scientific pursuit to another
Morinth - Do I even need to go into how she manipulates people? Not to mention she grants the Biotic power Dominate, which is literally just bending someone else's will.
Liara - She became the Shadow Broker. Nuff said!
And the amazingly high number of Asari strippers.
Point of it is, while the first two might be a bit off (at most), the last three are traits that can very much be used to describe Asari. They are diplomatic, physically not that strong, and are the most prominent race to use their appearance to their advantage. The question posed originally is which race you identify with what set of characteristics, and 3-5 out of 5 total traits can be pretty easily linked with the Asari.
hope my data is useful, are there right answers? (And did I get them all right?).
