History Characters / MassEffectLiaraTSoni

* BadassBookworm: For a girl who spends all of her time buried in her books, Liara is ''horribly'' deadly with her biotic powers. How badass is she, you say? She's the only other character besides Adept Shepard who can use [[GravityMaster Singularity]], and her other biotic powers rival or even surpass Samara's, who has daughters that are ''several centuries her senior''. She's powerful enough that she can send a powerful biotic [[spoiler: Spectre]] with armed backup running for her life. [[spoiler: Then again, her grandfather was a krogan]]. It should also be noted that Purebloods tend to have magnified biotic power (which is why they can lead to Ardat-Yakshi.)

* BadassBookworm: For a girl who spends all of her time buried in her books, Liara is ''horribly'' deadly with her biotic powers. How badass is she, you say? She's the only other character besides Adept Shepard who can use [[GravityMaster Singularity]], and her other biotic powers rival or even surpass Samara's, who has daughters that are ''several centuries her senior''. She's powerful enough that she can send a powerful biotic [[spoiler: Spectre]] with armed backup running for her life. [[spoiler: Then again, her grandfather was a krogan]].

* ParentalAbandonment: She never knew her second parent's identity, only her species (another asari -- a major societal no-no, because asari value genetic diversity [[spoiler:and also because that's where Ardat-Yakshi come from]]) and her relationship with her mother was apparently strained. [[spoiler:And that was ''before'' Benezia joined up with Saren and co.]] In the third game, Shepard can find out that her father is [[spoiler:Matriach Aethyta]], and encourage Liara to go talk to her.

* NeverMyFault: Liara has a tendency to blame others for things that she is responsible for: She yells at Javik frequently for not being what she wanted in a Prothean, but also criticizes Ashley/Kaidan for [[spoiler: their distrust of Shepard when Shep is working for Cerberus in the 2nd game. This detail was something she knew about for two years and refused to do anything about.]]

** In ''3'', she openly admits that if it could save her homeworld, [[NotSoDifferent she could become like the Illusive Man]]. However she keeps to her vow to use her influence to help Shepard rather than [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope fix the problems as she sees fit]]. After [[spoiler: the Fall of Thessia]] only Shepard can push her into regaining composure and acting productively.

* NotSoDifferent: Noticeable in the second game, when Liara at times begins to unconsciously channel ''her mother''.

* HiddenBuxom: If her later appearances in the series are any indication, her scientist uniform in the first game was very effective at concealing her figure.

* BoobsOfSteel: Her Mass Effect 3 model is very well endowed, not to mention that she posseses bionic superpowers.

* TemptingFate: In her recordings heard in Andromeda, she describes the Protheans as pretty much utopian society, although in the end she briefly notes that without any living specimen, this cannot be fully confirmed. [[spoiler: She finds one about four years later. Let's just say she was setting herself up for quite a dissapointment]]
* ThatCameOutWrong: Her first conversation with Shepard, in which her fascination with their exposure to the beacon leads her to referring to them as an interesting test subject. See her quote above.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: What do you think happens when an overconfident archaeologist tries to compete with the most skilled and ruthless criminal empires in the galaxy? Thought so. Although she is very smart and her efforts provide Shepard with some useful information, she simply doesn't have the experience necessary to be the Shadow Broker (the previous Shadow Broker being a yahg with borderline SuperIntelligence), and is clearly out of her league trying to compete with the Illusive Man. She never even manages to track down a single Cerberus operation, mostly because they smash much of her network and resources before she can pull everything together after Cerberus helped dispatch the previous Broker]].
** In general, she occasionally has to be reminded of reality by more world-weary characters. For example, if taken on the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery mission alongside Ashley, they get into an argument over the capabilities of a seasoned asari veteran. Liara, having been told that asari commandos are the best soldiers in the galaxy, brags that the centuries of experience of the asari makes them immune to fear and disorganization. Ashley, using her greater knowledge of military matters, counter-argues that when a mission goes bad, there's no knowing how a soldier might react, and that the asari are no more immune to this than anyone else.
** [[spoiler: Her final message to Alec Ryder has her acknowledging they were putting all their eggs in one basket with the Crucible plan, and that there was a very good chance of them still losing despite their best efforts.]]

* MsFanservice: Her romance scenes are by far the most revealing out of any character in the game, and she's notably the only character in ''3'' to get completely naked.

* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Taking a cue out from the Protheans in ''3'' she plants several time capsules across many worlds to warn future species in the event that the Reapers aren't stopped. She even has a section devoted to the heroics of Shepard, and you can tell her how wish it told.
** [[spoiler:If you choose the Refusal ending in ''3'', it turns out that her capsules are successful, and the next cycle defeats the Reapers]].

* CharacterDevelopment: In the first game, Liara is a stuttering, bookish, nerdy girl. [[spoiler:In the second, she has become a ruthless information trader, but her tough attitude is revealed to be a defense mechanism if you romanced her in the first game.]] And by the third, she's double-tapping Cerberus mooks without batting an eyelash.

* FamedInStory: By ''3'', her research on the Protheans has become the stuff of ''legend''. One datapad found on Mars has a scientist [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee practically squeeing]] about getting the chance to work with her.

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* OneHundredAndEight: That's how old she is in Mass Effect 2. It might be pure coincidence, but still.

** Liara and Tali have character traits that play off one another. In the original game, Liara was cast as the {{Adorkable}} [[TheCutie Cutie]] who loved Shepard and practically worshipped the ground they walked on. But, after she took a DarkerAndEdgier path in the second game, all of those traits fell to Tali. Further, they are both extremely smart and capable women, but extreme opposites in gameplay. Liara is a powerful SquishyWizard with exceptional biotic abilities. Tali is a GadgeteerGenius specced entirely toward Tech. Even their firearms contrast: Liara wields a pistol used at a safe distance, while Tali is outfitted with a ShortRangeShotgun, meaning that even having both in the squad at once means the team is prepared for every conceivable obstacle.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Her romance shows that Liara's not really as high and mighty in terms of personality as she seems to other characters. She seems to enjoy ''both'' [[{{Adorkable}} Paragon Shepard's]] and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Renegade Shepard's]] sense of humor.

* {{Adorkable}}: [[ShrinkingViolet Easily flustered]] because she's used to spending time alone and not around groups of people. For the most part, this only applies to her in [=ME1=] -- see TookALevelInBadass below -- though signs of it return in [=ME3=], especially during the From Ashes DLC.

* BadassBisexual: Omnisexual and a more powerful biotic than most Matriarchs.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: VideoGame/MassEffect3 reveals that she was playing right into the Illusive Man's hands over ''Lair Of The Shadow Broker'', though her last minute screwing over of Cerberus by crashing the Broker's ship into their fleet did upset him a bit]].

An [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] [[HotScientist scientist]], an expert on the Protheans, and a powerful biotic with powers that can only be matched by an Adept Shepard. Joins Shepard's team after being attacked by the geth. One of four characters who can join your party in all three games, being permanent in ''1'' and ''3'', and available in ''2'' via DLC. She is a [[BoldlyComing romance option for a Shepard]] of either gender in both ''Mass Effect'' and ''Mass Effect 3''. She is also the only trilogy character to be voiced in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda''.

An [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] [[HotScientist scientist]], an expert on the Protheans, and a powerful biotic with powers that can only be matched by an Adept Shepard. Joins Shepard's team after being attacked by the geth. One of only three characters who can join your party in all three games, being permanent in ''1'' and ''3'', and available in ''2'' via DLC. She is a [[BoldlyComing romance option for a Shepard]] of either gender in both ''Mass Effect'' and ''Mass Effect 3''. She is also the only trilogy character to be voiced in ''Videogame/MassEffectAndromeda''.

An [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] [[HotScientist scientist]], an expert on the Protheans, and a powerful biotic with powers that can only be matched by an Adept Shepard. Joins Shepard's team after being attacked by the geth. One of only three characters who can join your party in all three games, being permanent in ''1'' and ''3'', and available in ''2'' via DLC. She is a [[BoldlyComing romance option for a Shepard]] [[BiTheWay of either gender]] in both ''Mass Effect'' and ''Mass Effect 3''. She is also the only trilogy character to be voiced in ''Videogame/MassEffectAndromeda''.

* BiTheWay: Sort of. Asari are a monogendered species, meaning they are all biologically female (can reproduce). However, they don't have any concept of gender divisions, and therefore can be equally attracted to any gender (or species, for that matter).

** As seen in BiTheWay, monogendered asari are "female" in the eyes of every other race, possessing the same sex organs and characteristics as would be expected for mammalian females, though one asari serves as the "father," and upon meeting her, she doesn't know who her mother Matriarch Benezia's partner was.