No Turian Females
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"Why, you'd think Turian women just spring out of the ground!"
"...and this in turn has given rise to the belief that there are no Turian women, and that Turians just spring out of holes in the ground!"Mozza444 said:
Right from the Mass Effect wiki: "No female Turians are seen in any of the current games. This, at least in the original Mass Effect, was because there was insufficient development time and memory budget to support two different versions of the same species."
So YES Turian females do exist and YES they look different from the male ones, but they just weren't in the games.
So YES Turian females do exist and YES they look different from the male ones, but they just weren't in the games.
You should probably read the codex page on Salarians. Females do not leave the homeworld because of how important they are. Unfertilized eggs become male, 90% of eggs are unfertilized. It is an offence to fertilise more eggs than are neccessary to produce a substantial number of females.Jennacide said:
Hmm... that's an interesting thought. First off, when we're talking extra terrestrial species, how might you tell? Would they have other genders at all? Seondly, telling by voice might be bunk as everything you hear is through a translating device. You also might want to define male and female as far as that goes; are you talking which gamete they produce (if gametes are even an issue in such extraterrestrial life), which role they take (if such a society has gender roles), or sexual appeal to human males?
It is fairly interesting how in science fiction we assume that societies and species from outside of Earth might develop similarly to the way we do. We generally create aliens as criss-crosses of Earth species; or just slightly modified versions thereof. Human-shaped, but with lobster skin, or tentacles on their head. Snake-shaped, with human-like torso. Half-horse half-eagle. Three eyes (or anything we have two of).
Of course, creating a society and species from outside anything we know for a work of fiction where the key points are "rocket ships!" and "pew! pew! pew!" is probably just too much effort and they stick with what they know.
... so as far as Turian females goes... I dunno; I think the codex says something about them staying back (throwback to Human Greeks of Sparta), or like the krogans and salarians, they are a very small part of the population.
It is fairly interesting how in science fiction we assume that societies and species from outside of Earth might develop similarly to the way we do. We generally create aliens as criss-crosses of Earth species; or just slightly modified versions thereof. Human-shaped, but with lobster skin, or tentacles on their head. Snake-shaped, with human-like torso. Half-horse half-eagle. Three eyes (or anything we have two of).
Of course, creating a society and species from outside anything we know for a work of fiction where the key points are "rocket ships!" and "pew! pew! pew!" is probably just too much effort and they stick with what they know.
... so as far as Turian females goes... I dunno; I think the codex says something about them staying back (throwback to Human Greeks of Sparta), or like the krogans and salarians, they are a very small part of the population.
Agreed. I think Daystar Clarion should take this idea and run with it. Go to the Bioware Bigwigs and explain to them that this needs to be done.nikki191 said:
I believe that Bioware claims that Shepard simply never ran into a female turian in either game.
EVER.
EVER.
I think you're right, since the idea of "femininity" is a completely human construction.Daystar Clarion said:
Pink being girlish has no scientific reference, its simply a social fabrication.
It's possible the other races would have their own social constructions, but they would (or should) be unrecognisable to us.
Yes this. And also using biological fact that applies to earthly lifeforms to help explain the phenotype of an alien species is just silly to me.Daystar Clarion said:
Or maybe there is a size difference here.
I can see hanar females being of the same size as whales.
The volus females are probably like dwarves. There only differentia is probably six or seven breasts.
We have seen a female krogan in ME2. It was dead and lying on a table/bed in a hospital. I'm guessing the only difference we'll see is that the females don't go berserk. ...
I can also see the turian females being smaller, with more claws and far more of a lithe creature. Imagine a female ninja turtle.
Bactarians are probably all borne from the same mother and father since they all seem to sound the same.
I can see hanar females being of the same size as whales.
The volus females are probably like dwarves. There only differentia is probably six or seven breasts.
We have seen a female krogan in ME2. It was dead and lying on a table/bed in a hospital. I'm guessing the only difference we'll see is that the females don't go berserk. ...
I can also see the turian females being smaller, with more claws and far more of a lithe creature. Imagine a female ninja turtle.
Bactarians are probably all borne from the same mother and father since they all seem to sound the same.
It's mainly due to budget and time restrictions. Bioware actually WANTED to put female turians into the games, but just didn't have the time to.
Slightly off topic: you know they say that there are no female dwarves, that dwarves just pop up out of the ground. (cookie for rfrence)
no i dont remember seeing any.
no i dont remember seeing any.