The computer called Javik "Commander" in his time. Javik is basically the Shepard from his own cycle. A military "leader" who sought to stop the invasion. They mirror each other.
It's a worse crime that they couldn't just make a dlc that confirms the reaper indoctrination theory, and then continue the story after the destroy ending. Even worse, they did not even put in the work to allow Javik in the story to meet the Collectors that the Leviathans saved after ME2. Might have given him some hope that the Protheans could return to the galaxy in another form...
Haha that's perfect "Comparable snack for humans would be almonds! Salty! Sustains energy. Helps digestion! Great for long nights in the lab- should try sometime, Shepard *sniffs* Might enjoy."
@@frzferdinand72 Here in Brazil there's a species of ant that some people L O V E to eat with cassava powder. Apparently, it has a taste similar to peanuts. Also, some native people eat a maggot that supposedly is very nutritive. Humans will eat anything that is vaguely edible, it seems.
Liara, when rescuing Javik: If this single Prothean was sent into stasis, he could be the foremost scientist of his time... or perhaps the wisest counselor! Javik: *Turns out to be a relentless interstellar troll*
Javik: Among my people, there were... Avatars of many traits: bravery, strength, cunning. A single exemplar of each Shepard: Which one are you? Javik: I am the embodiment of trolling. I am the sassiness of a dead people, demanding trolling be done for the trolling we received.
@@danielawesome36 considering the reapers attack every 50,000 years and humans have existed for 200,000. yes. Since they know about the other now sapient species historys id imagine so.
Javik is basically that grandpa that always talks about "in my time" and "the shit I've seen" Difference is he's still fit enough to kick around with the young ppl.
He also has the benefit of nobody being able to bust or confirm his sayings. Thus he can spin as outrageous stories as he feels like. One of few perks of being 50 000 year old relic from annihilated culture.
@@TheSpiritus0 They likely took it as inspiration. I used to think and admire game devs for being so creative with everything untill I discovered DnD and realized how much they simply take from there and change a little.
possible outcomes: set on fire but no damage since some shields prevent physical harm , if set on fire air lock would have a form of wind possibly putting out fire
Javik is such an underappreciated character it makes me weep, especially when he's dismissed for being coldhearted and manipulative. He himself said he was born at a time when they could only teach the young of war, of the hard calculus that would let them live to see another day, the sheer hopelessness of fighting an unwinnable war, can you really blame him for his initial views? In that situation, anything that could give you an edge, that could prolong extinction for even just a second, would be seized without a second thought to morals and empathy, because it came down to the sheer desperation for survival. It doesn't excuse his words and actions, obviously, but it's a realistic and complex portrayal of the sheer trauma that can come from living in that kind of situation all your life. But the most amazing thing is the way he grows, goes from calling Liara 'the asari' to 'Dr. T'soni', from commenting on asari's ability to write to wanting to write a book with her, from refusing to shake Shepard's hand in the beginning to initiating one with Shepard in the end, telling her he believes in her and he knows she'll be able to defeat the Reapers, wanting to experience peace for himself. He grows, he heals, he learns that this time is different from his, learns empathy and kindness and understanding. The scene at the end where he's injured can be interpreted multiple ways, but I think the pain on his face and in his words was worry for Shepard, the place he belongs fighting at her side, no longer thinking of her as some nameless asset but as a person, a person who he will probably never see again, and that pains him. He cares for others, looks forward to a peaceful future, and considers 'primitives' his equals. I just- wish more people would appreciate how amazing a character he is.
Javik is mostly under appreciated because he was locked behind a pay wall, one of if not the most intresting character in the series and a HUGE deal as the lore of the francise goes. But no EA and Bioware carved him out for a few extra pennies as day one DLC
@CD Smith I went through his dialogues and liked him for supporting the tough but practical decisions I made, all the way until he reveals that Asaris were used as fucktoys by the Protheans and that he finds Liara to be hot. Remember all of this is in the context of how condescending he's been towards her. I'm not gonna install his DLC on my next playthrough.
What? No mention about the fact he was hunted down by and later forced to kill his own crew? Javik specifically points to that moment he turned cold near the end of the game if you talk to him. He was the Shepard of his time, only he failed.
@@bi0hazard921 Maybe it's because they seem to be similar. Quarians also have the reversed knees and 3 digit hands / 2 digit feet, so maybe in Javik's time that was as close as you got to your own species, while still being alien and exotic. Kind of like the Asari being pretty much like humans with another skin color and head tentacles.
@@vtr0104 Asari are "pretty much like humans" because they have natural biotic fields that warp other races to fit their perception of beauty...they could be just a little bit different, or they could be a lovecraftian bundle of tentacles for all we know.
Why do so many people give barely a shit about the fact that a prothean is walking around? They were more excited to meet the first human spectre than a living specimen of a legendary extinct species
Do most people in that world even know what protheans look like? I doubt it since collectors being protheans was a "big reveal" of ME2. With that many aliens around they could probably assume he's from a specie they don't know about, possibly sick member of specie they do know about etc. No one jumps to most unlikely scenario first. Also, like someone already said - there's this whole civilization ending event going on, their "being surprised" well might be bottomed out.
May also just be so surprising it just loops back around to a lack of reaction. There just is no real way to process it, so they brush it under the rug. A human spectre, on the other hand, is much more believable.
@@dive_bomb3r also there's the salarien that asks where he got his mods from to look the way he does. Hyper advanced plastic surgery is apparently a thing.
In my fanfic (basically a sequel to my Ultraman fanfic where I decided to combine aliens from other franchises to better show off the Ultras' practice of 'interracial relationships'), my OC and her husband rescue Javik while he's still unconscious and bring him to their apartment. There, the very next day, their neighbours (a Turian couple, a pair of fraternal Quarian twins, two Asari sisters, one male Krogan and a former Salarian Dalatrass) berate them for rescuing a dangerous creature.
I swear the way he described his kind's capital punishment almost made me upchuck bile. Good God, I know hanging itself can kill a person and traumatise even the hardiest executioners for life, but slow slicing? Goddammit Javik, you're lucky you aren't around your people anymore.
I always loved taking Javis with Liara to Thessia as he essentially negates her religion and beliefs by telling her it was the Protheans that gave them the tools to become the advanced species in this cycle
In my friends playthrough after all that she then shot the VI and got the 'cycle repeats' ending. After the cutscene I simply said to her, Javik would be very very upset with you
Did Liara get upset because Javik said the Salarians used to eat flies? If I had that extra content, Javik would be my new best friend, that guy's a true renegade.
Yeah, I think she finds him arrogant and uselessly provocative. She also has a hard time realising that the race she idealised the whole time was in fact warlike, dominative and pretty much fascist, so she's falling from a great height. She projected her own Asari views into them and now she realises that it was all wrong. But you're right, he's a great buddy for a renegade Shepard. He's thinking exactly this way.
Philippe D.R. I thought he was like that because he was born, during the Prothean-Reaper War, with his eye staring at his burning homeworld that was caused by the reaper. Not to mention he was a soldier and have narrow perspective and understanding because he was to busy trying to stay alive while his entire squad under his command turned into collector and he has to slit their throat one by one. Adding to that, many live were lost when he was in statis pod simply to keep one living soul alive so he will be the voice of prothean empire. Only to find his hope smashed to the floor and found that their clue and beacon and everything they have left for the primitives fail to warn them of an impending Reaper attack. And the nightmare he slept through continued when his eye are open. I think it is fair he was being an asshole. For someone who have carry burden like that and not fall apart yet.
"Not a word." Oh, my! A female Shepard and the Prothean!! Its just GREAT! For all my roleplays I missed it somehow! So I need to play it again. Thanks a lot, Sir Jaguar.
"Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer" Brings chills everytime. Such great writing in this game compared to the new masseffect
Basically Shepard wanted to keep his/her honour even after the war. Basically can you save the galaxy without making the horrible yet right decisions. Jarvik basically meant you do what you need to do. Honour means nothing
27:00 I hear the so often, “the strong survive” but it’s a misunderstanding of the original text, “The fit survive.” The fit are not strong, but the most adequate for a specific situation. Also, it’s hard to overlook the value of bio-diversity. What is a weakness at one time may become a strength in another. Killing the currently weak just makes you unprepared for when those weaknesses will be strengths.
Bruh wasnt Ilos is already a destroyed world? The Protheans simply build a research base there to see how mass relays works and catalyst and citadel being secret a relay stuff
He originally was. But due to time constraints imposed by EA, they didn't have time to complete him. It's hard to think about now, but when Mass Effect 3 launched you still had to 'go gold' (have your final copy) in print long before the actual release date. They removed sections where he'd be required etc etc. During that time before publication they worked on finishing Javik. Hence the day one dlc. It's also why he's so well integrated into the game compared to Zaeed and Kasumi in ME2.
I have a theory: I think that if A: the From Ashes DLC (which I remind everyone was finished BEFORE ME3 launched) was included on the standard edition disk instead of being special edition extra crap and B: EA had had some sense and just let Bioware either use the original ending even though it leaked OR allowed them to come clean and say "Look, the ending we've had planned since day one is no longer usable so we had to rework things a little bit, bear with us; then the backlash to ME3's original ending would not have been nearly as bad as it was. Alot of the whole "Synthetics vs. Organics through each cycle" stuff is foreshadowed pretty directly in Javik's dialogues and it seems like it was Bioware's effort to patch up the holes in the narrative caused by having to change the ending (read: everyone knew what was going to happen, but there was nothing they could do about it so they tried their best). Granted, it's understood that the reason alot of that foreshadowing only exists in Javik's arc/dialogue is because that content was made after the base game's dev time was wrapped, and the ending changes happened fairly late in that process, so this may indeed have been the best they could do, but in that case it should have been free DLC for all editions. (And this is coming from someone who thought, given the circumstances, ME3's ending was about as good as it could have been) Bottom line: EA prioritized their business and bottom line over the realization of their artists' work. Everything is their fault. Theirs and Konami's. Konami wasn't even involved in this game but it's still their fault because Fuck Konami!
Not only did I love the protheans new design, I like that the statues of Illos were retconned to be the appearence of the Innusanon, the species that predated the protheans.
All of these years later, he's still my absolute fav alongside Thane. It's a shame he's underutilized since he only got one game to shine in and underappreciated throughout the fandom. I love me some four eyed bug aliens with sexy accents. Oh, the pains of being obsessed with a side character.
Javik remains number 1 in my favorite characters (Javik, Tali, Wrex), especially when he gets drunk. Horribly underrated, and I wish he had been introduced a lot sooner than ME 3.
Okay, I don't know Mass Effect in its entirety, but when it comes to romance I feel like they did Javik dirty here. There was so much opportunity for him to grow and develop as a character, but I feel he stayed mostly the same throughout all of it. Now you can say, "That's just his character," and sure, that can be valid on its own. But that doesn't make a GREAT character as opposed to a static one. I would have loved to see Javik have to face the hypocrisy of his beliefs and learn something from the characters he encountered. Also, what makes a great ROMANCE is when each love interest learns something from their partner and they change and grow as individuals from each new challenge that they face. To romance Javik, Shepard just has to agree with everything he says(as far as I have observed from this video) and that just makes it so that Javik is never faced with a situation where his beliefs are challenged which in turn leads to conflict and growth. Plus it's aggravating and a bit uninteresting as far romances go. I would have loved to see Javik recover and remember his people's memories and go through an episode of despair, frustration, and grief. I would have liked to see his views of other races and AI change as he's forced to rely on people he's done nothing but looked down on. I would have loved to see his beliefs on war and battle challenged when faced with loss and hurt of the people close to him, whether he's close to them or not, he realizes how much it affects people and what war costs, and what peace means for people IN war. I would have loved to see Javik realize even though he's given everything he is to war like he always has, the thought of losing Shepard makes him want to overturn his beliefs, and that shocks him. Maybe that thought even scares him. He had so much room for development and so much about his species and his traits that I felt were ever fully explored. Not to mention he's the LAST one of his kind. I would have killed for a scene where he shows vulnerability for the first time and shares his inner fears with Shepard, showing how much he trusts and values whatever they have going on at that point. Writing this out felt good. Now I can sleep at night.
During Mass Effect 3 there really isn't time for him to start reflecting himself and judging his meaning. He still wants to see peace rather than keep suffering going just because he wants it to go on. I think after the war (especially if memory shard is not used) he goes through severe crisis of identity as so much is expected from him and he has no answers to questions.
*Hanar accent* This one may unlock the secrets of the Protheans if this one pays a small amount of currency. This one will have access to the secrets of those who lived in the past. :D
@@themadhammer3305 I partially agree with you. Yes, the Volus tend to be quite exploitative, but I remember some bad Hanars in ME games. Also, their accent was one of the main reasons why I chose a Hanar for my previous comment. :)
Javik is the epitome of the old man complaining about how things are too different: "Back in my cycle we didn't care what other races thought, and if they thought differently we just ate them"
Ya gonna count that back then most of those races were possibly more animal-like than they are now? Try likening it to early humans feasting on bear meat, which most don't do now.
I always wondered something. The Collectors were Protheans genetically modified by the Reapers. Shepard may have taken out the Collector Base but that doesn't mean he/she wiped them all out, yes? After the Reapers, wouldn't it be possible for the Salarians to re-engineer them back to Prothean, considering Javik exists as a genetic marker?
hjpop Aren't the reaper modifications permanent? If cloned like how Grunt was made then I think it's very likely possible. But it feels like with Andromeda, bioware didn't leave much to know what happened after the war since they leave the ending open. But prothean scientists would be an awesome creation.
Ryder knew partially about it though. In one of the logs, you can hear the various home planets reporting about Reapers invading Palaven, Thessia and Earth. Ryder is now just wondering what is a Reaper and whether Milky Way survives the reaper invasion. Even Liara says in the log to "remember us". Since BW didnt choose a specific canon ending, we will never truly know what happens.
@@jdwoods5790 Thing is, they just couldnt get more "screentime" with a lore like this. Butthurt because the council preferred humans over the Battarians, closed their embassy and basically left the galactic community so that no one really could trust them.
@@heiniknallkopp9688 yeah, the batarian's are probably the hardest race to sympathize with, they've literally threw a fit because human's colony we're made on their milky way (which is fucking dumb, they didn't do it on their planet's) ME3 also implies they did it out of racism for the human's, not because of necessity (you can see a planet in their system with a turian's population who was active before the colonization)
More like someone blatantly confused and voicing stuff the best way he knows without realising the actual context behind it. I was one of those people once.
"stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters" if anything captures the kind of hell javik and the protheans went through its that sentence.
I never got to play me3, but with as many walkthroughs I've watched. It feels so familiar! Also loved Javik maybe someday I'll get to finish it and "meet" him.
1:13:41 .....did Wrex just hit on Shepard? I mean what else could leg wrestle mean? I've never seen that dialogue. Is that because your Shepard is single?
Krogan's have such big dick's they can actually kill their mate's that aren't from the same race, no, I'm not making this up. It's in the lore book There's a reason you'll always see either asari or Krogan's with them
I like to think so as well. Javik would learn much of his culture through their artifacts and would eventually be buried in Hanar homeworld with monument larger than anybody had had.
*DARTH VADER:* Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Let's be clear. Javik knew what a handshake was. He had already gained a pretty thorough knowledge of whatever language modern humans speak, and presumably a handshake is a bit easier to parse than say, the hidden depths of meaning within the Thong Song. He was just like "Nah."
With every playthrough of ME3 I get the impression that first and foremost, Javik is a product of his time. His views on Prothean supremacy and cold disregard for other species were simply a matter of fact in his cycle.
Javik, the ultimate bro-thean. Id love to see him and Legion join Shep on a mission. THAT would be a trip! And a treat! The ultimate Bro-thean plus the ultimate Bro-bot plus Shepard.
Javik must be one of the most tragic characters in any video game. He imagines being the last of a species that was dominant for millennia and also not having the ability to reproduce. He may have a good life after the game. Maybe he could try to have a family with some other race. But he will always live with the disturbing thought that the day he takes his last breath, the Protheans will have died for good.
The computer called Javik "Commander" in his time. Javik is basically the Shepard from his own cycle. A military "leader" who sought to stop the invasion. They mirror each other.
Javik wasn’t there to stop the invasion. His role is basically that of Liara in the “reject” ending - communicating the fight to the next round.
Javik is what Shepard would have been were he/she born in the later stages of the Reaper invasion.
@@Raptorman0205 And with everyone they cared about turned against them... and they had to kill them.
@@Justanotherconsumer you might have predicted the next game
He was the Avatar of his Cycle
it is a crime that javik only had one game to troll everybody
ik I wish maybe hell be back
It's a worse crime that they couldn't just make a dlc that confirms the reaper indoctrination theory, and then continue the story after the destroy ending.
Even worse, they did not even put in the work to allow Javik in the story to meet the Collectors that the Leviathans saved after ME2. Might have given him some hope that the Protheans could return to the galaxy in another form...
@@EngY2502 Then the Primitives can kneel before Javik once he and his Collectors conquer the galaxy!
@@EngY2502 Yeah.... Bioware did the opposite.
They said that Indoctrination Theory is false.
It's a crime that Javik was dlc and not in the game as standard.
“Games of chance were punishable by death in the empire” x’D
Sounds like EA wouldn’t have made much of a profit within the Prothean Empire.
Luckily for them, games of chance don't matter for human nations as long as they are in a videogame.
@@thearousedeunuch Except in Belgium.
@@slenderminion289 I'm glad to know that they joined the good side. :)
They’d probably hang them all....
I need to work on cloning some Protheans suddenly.
EA would've been thrown out the airlock.
"Are you feeling okay, Javik?"
"I am Prothean. I never feel okay."
Bahahahahaha!
... hahahahahaha.... 😭
Sad ni...prothean hours
sad prothean hours 😞😔
I had a blast with Javik.. wherever I took him along :)
Javik: They used to eat flies.
Mordin: Still do! Plentiful! Nutritious! *Sniffs* High in protein!
Haha that's perfect
"Comparable snack for humans would be almonds! Salty! Sustains energy. Helps digestion! Great for long nights in the lab- should try sometime, Shepard *sniffs* Might enjoy."
I read it with 2x speed
@@chrisredfield6274 I just discovered that there's a mosquito patty. Yea.
@@KlavierMenn Also locusts are a delicacy in some parts of the world.
@@frzferdinand72 Here in Brazil there's a species of ant that some people L O V E to eat with cassava powder. Apparently, it has a taste similar to peanuts. Also, some native people eat a maggot that supposedly is very nutritive. Humans will eat anything that is vaguely edible, it seems.
Liara, when rescuing Javik: If this single Prothean was sent into stasis, he could be the foremost scientist of his time... or perhaps the wisest counselor!
Javik: *Turns out to be a relentless interstellar troll*
Javik: Among my people, there were... Avatars of many traits: bravery, strength, cunning. A single exemplar of each
Shepard: Which one are you?
Javik: I am the embodiment of trolling. I am the sassiness of a dead people, demanding trolling be done for the trolling we received.
@@pilotero3898 REAPERS RUN DUE TO TROLLER
"human, asari...i'm surrounded by primitives" is basically his first words :)
AKA your garden variety salty af enlisted infantryman lol.
I suppose it would be surprising if one day you woke up to discover the world had been taken over by frog people and bird people.....
Then in Javik’s point of view, would humans be hairless apes.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 humans are still apes. Just less furry. And smarter.
Problem is, do they even know what apes are? Or frogs and birds?
@@danielawesome36 considering the reapers attack every 50,000 years and humans have existed for 200,000. yes. Since they know about the other now sapient species historys id imagine so.
In our cycle, frogs used to eat flies and birds kept on popping on us from the air.
"°0O - O0°..They used to eat flies." ×D
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@White girl Magic is just too Strong. SYSBM! hey white girl
@Abducted By Fairies this manner of speech is punishable by death in my cycle.
They also licked their Eyes.
Javik is basically that grandpa that always talks about "in my time" and "the shit I've seen"
Difference is he's still fit enough to kick around with the young ppl.
He also has the benefit of nobody being able to bust or confirm his sayings. Thus he can spin as outrageous stories as he feels like. One of few perks of being 50 000 year old relic from annihilated culture.
He's a galactic boomer
@@mwbgaming28 hahahah shit
I kind of made a Gith character like that in DnD. It's kind of funny how many similarities the Gith have in common with the protheans
@@TheSpiritus0 They likely took it as inspiration.
I used to think and admire game devs for being so creative with everything untill I discovered DnD and realized how much they simply take from there and change a little.
"Where is the airlock so I may throw you out of it"
-Javik
He loves airlocks ahahahaha
And primitive women.
More like 'just get the fuck out of my face'.
@@PHILMKD95 And salarian kidney's
@@tesstickle6974 livers, not kidneys.
@@kytrensol9777 ah, my mistake
Javik for president 2186 "Throw them out of the airlock."
We'll build an airlock!
WE'LL MAKE THE PROTHEAN EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN
wouldn't it defeat the purpose if the synthetics dont need air
We'll build an airlock! And an incinerator!
possible outcomes: set on fire but no damage since some shields prevent physical harm , if set on fire air lock would have a form of wind possibly putting out fire
Javik is such an underappreciated character it makes me weep, especially when he's dismissed for being coldhearted and manipulative. He himself said he was born at a time when they could only teach the young of war, of the hard calculus that would let them live to see another day, the sheer hopelessness of fighting an unwinnable war, can you really blame him for his initial views? In that situation, anything that could give you an edge, that could prolong extinction for even just a second, would be seized without a second thought to morals and empathy, because it came down to the sheer desperation for survival. It doesn't excuse his words and actions, obviously, but it's a realistic and complex portrayal of the sheer trauma that can come from living in that kind of situation all your life. But the most amazing thing is the way he grows, goes from calling Liara 'the asari' to 'Dr. T'soni', from commenting on asari's ability to write to wanting to write a book with her, from refusing to shake Shepard's hand in the beginning to initiating one with Shepard in the end, telling her he believes in her and he knows she'll be able to defeat the Reapers, wanting to experience peace for himself. He grows, he heals, he learns that this time is different from his, learns empathy and kindness and understanding. The scene at the end where he's injured can be interpreted multiple ways, but I think the pain on his face and in his words was worry for Shepard, the place he belongs fighting at her side, no longer thinking of her as some nameless asset but as a person, a person who he will probably never see again, and that pains him. He cares for others, looks forward to a peaceful future, and considers 'primitives' his equals. I just- wish more people would appreciate how amazing a character he is.
Isabella Spagat nicely put.
Javik is mostly under appreciated because he was locked behind a pay wall, one of if not the most intresting character in the series and a HUGE deal as the lore of the francise goes. But no EA and Bioware carved him out for a few extra pennies as day one DLC
I certainly can. If anyone's earned the right to be an asshole, he has.
@CD Smith I went through his dialogues and liked him for supporting the tough but practical decisions I made, all the way until he reveals that Asaris were used as fucktoys by the Protheans and that he finds Liara to be hot. Remember all of this is in the context of how condescending he's been towards her.
I'm not gonna install his DLC on my next playthrough.
What?
No mention about the fact he was hunted down by and later forced to kill his own crew?
Javik specifically points to that moment he turned cold near the end of the game if you talk to him. He was the Shepard of his time, only he failed.
maybe go touch yourself ?
-That goes after the end of the party.
I died.
*I N M Y C Y C L E*
UsernameGeri we walked to school up hill both ways
Javik is your one friend who always talks about their past and you don't know if you can belive them
In my cycle Pepperidge Farm remembers.
@@eraticate6929 Sounds like Garak fro DS-9
*sips*
See? Even Protheans think the Quarians are attractive.
SpamReciever420 there smart
@@bi0hazard921 Maybe it's because they seem to be similar. Quarians also have the reversed knees and 3 digit hands / 2 digit feet, so maybe in Javik's time that was as close as you got to your own species, while still being alien and exotic.
Kind of like the Asari being pretty much like humans with another skin color and head tentacles.
@@vtr0104 Asari are "pretty much like humans" because they have natural biotic fields that warp other races to fit their perception of beauty...they could be just a little bit different, or they could be a lovecraftian bundle of tentacles for all we know.
Aren't Quarians elf-like humanoids.
I dont
Shepard: Javik, the airlock is broken.
Javik: Well then throw it out the... o0_0o
Shepard: Javik...?
Javik.EXE not responding.
The Javik Paradox.
Javikception
Timestamp ?
Why are we here just to suffer.
Favourite Javik line:
“The lizard people evolved?”
Liara: “I believe they’re amphibian.”
*”They used to eat flies.”*
Wrex: "I prefer my salarian liver served raw!"
Javik: "He is correct. It was a...delicacy in our cycle."
Salarian: >:(
Why do so many people give barely a shit about the fact that a prothean is walking around?
They were more excited to meet the first human spectre than a living specimen of a legendary extinct species
Well there is the whole galactic extinction event going on...
Do most people in that world even know what protheans look like? I doubt it since collectors being protheans was a "big reveal" of ME2. With that many aliens around they could probably assume he's from a specie they don't know about, possibly sick member of specie they do know about etc. No one jumps to most unlikely scenario first.
Also, like someone already said - there's this whole civilization ending event going on, their "being surprised" well might be bottomed out.
May also just be so surprising it just loops back around to a lack of reaction. There just is no real way to process it, so they brush it under the rug.
A human spectre, on the other hand, is much more believable.
@@dive_bomb3r also there's the salarien that asks where he got his mods from to look the way he does. Hyper advanced plastic surgery is apparently a thing.
Because the guy was a day 1 dlc
Notice how Javik went to EDI's core instead of her body.
That's why I missed this line. There's hardly ever a reason to go checking in there.
i think he was planning to deactive her
That really sells his side of the argument, He literally goes to her Databanks instead of approaching her as a person.
@@kalbearts237 cuz he doesn’t trust edi or any synthetic
"If a machine speaks, kill it." Sorry, Alexa, it's for the good of the galaxy.
"Sorry, Siri, it's for the good of the Galaxy."
Good primitive, now throw it out the airlock.
Sorry Cortana, it's for the good of the galaxy.
Funny as Protheans had plenty of VIs.
@@allykayalltheway6631 -Master Chief in Halo Infinite, probably.
I need a prequel where you play as Javik. Trolling the universe until the reaper eventually force you to go in to cryo.
I don't trust Bioware with the IP anymore though.
As long as it is not made by bioware, rockstar, or Bethesda, and not published by EA
@@mwbgaming28 What's wrong with Rockstar?
@@TheGingiGamer forcing PC players to make an online account to play GTA 5 offline
@@mwbgaming28 So?
16:05 This never fails to make me laugh. He just sounds so disturbed.
He's like "Holy Shit"
thanks i was looking for it XD
In my fanfic (basically a sequel to my Ultraman fanfic where I decided to combine aliens from other franchises to better show off the Ultras' practice of 'interracial relationships'), my OC and her husband rescue Javik while he's still unconscious and bring him to their apartment. There, the very next day, their neighbours (a Turian couple, a pair of fraternal Quarian twins, two Asari sisters, one male Krogan and a former Salarian Dalatrass) berate them for rescuing a dangerous creature.
@@kytrensol9777 what the fuck are you talking about
@@pogchamp5326 I'll tell you if you beg for it.
29:35 "your politician deserved far worse than a bullet"
Especially for Scott Morrison
Based
No one can convince me this isn't an appropriate thing to say about Biden.
@@allykayalltheway6631 could be worse...much worse. And hell he ain't the only one responsible.
I swear the way he described his kind's capital punishment almost made me upchuck bile.
Good God, I know hanging itself can kill a person and traumatise even the hardiest executioners for life, but slow slicing?
Goddammit Javik, you're lucky you aren't around your people anymore.
"I've devoted my life to studying your species!"
"How unfortunate. Have you considered a career in architecture?"
I always loved taking Javis with Liara to Thessia as he essentially negates her religion and beliefs by telling her it was the Protheans that gave them the tools to become the advanced species in this cycle
Thats what I did in my playthrough, talk about shattering ones reality right?😂😂
Prothean VI: Do you believe this present cycle can deliver retribution?
Javik: Eh... no promises.
In my friends playthrough after all that she then shot the VI and got the 'cycle repeats' ending. After the cutscene I simply said to her, Javik would be very very upset with you
@@themadhammer3305 Meh
Why no promises?
Did Liara get upset because Javik said the Salarians used to eat flies?
If I had that extra content, Javik would be my new best friend, that guy's a true renegade.
Yeah, I think she finds him arrogant and uselessly provocative. She also has a hard time realising that the race she idealised the whole time was in fact warlike, dominative and pretty much fascist, so she's falling from a great height. She projected her own Asari views into them and now she realises that it was all wrong. But you're right, he's a great buddy for a renegade Shepard. He's thinking exactly this way.
Philippe D.R. Javik basical is the renegade Shepard of his cycle. He's even a commander.
Philippe D.R.
I thought he was like that because he was born, during the Prothean-Reaper War, with his eye staring at his burning homeworld that was caused by the reaper.
Not to mention he was a soldier and have narrow perspective and understanding because he was to busy trying to stay alive while his entire squad under his command turned into collector and he has to slit their throat one by one.
Adding to that, many live were lost when he was in statis pod simply to keep one living soul alive so he will be the voice of prothean empire. Only to find his hope smashed to the floor and found that their clue and beacon and everything they have left for the primitives fail to warn them of an impending Reaper attack. And the nightmare he slept through continued when his eye are open.
I think it is fair he was being an asshole. For someone who have carry burden like that and not fall apart yet.
damn this protheans are literally nietzschien will to power purest fascists.
@@KingOpenReview He's the Shepard of his cycle, full stop.
Roast Effect featuring javik
Or "Mass Roast". :)
The hopelessness of 55:42 was real. Also, Javik is the master of apologizing without apologizing.
He is a fantastic bullshitter. Everyone is just a tool to annihilate the reapers but he knows that the tool can break and he needs it not to.
that was the most infuriating part of any game I've ever played. Don't know what kind of drugs the debs were on with this one
I wanna see Blasto Cures the Genophage
4U Satch Meh, the book was better
I think Mordin would destroy that claim.
How it feels to chew 5 memory fragment gum
*Sounds of Death and destruction of everyone you know and love*
Stimulate Your Senses.
"Not a word." Oh, my! A female Shepard and the Prothean!! Its just GREAT! For all my roleplays I missed it somehow! So I need to play it again. Thanks a lot, Sir Jaguar.
That music though.
He keeps his armor on the whole time
"Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer" Brings chills everytime. Such great writing in this game compared to the new masseffect
But what does it mean?
@@Pumpkin525 That in a time of war, with a galaxy wide extinction event taking place in the form of the Reapers, honor means nothing if you're dead.
Basically Shepard wanted to keep his/her honour even after the war. Basically can you save the galaxy without making the horrible yet right decisions. Jarvik basically meant you do what you need to do. Honour means nothing
Fr fr cant lie I keep skipping convos in andromeda cuz they make it so boring
@@ImperialAssassi4U Thanks for replying to this comment made me remember the epic lines like these of ME3
1:13:20 no, Shepard came to hang out with the DLC kids
27:00
I hear the so often, “the strong survive” but it’s a misunderstanding of the original text, “The fit survive.” The fit are not strong, but the most adequate for a specific situation.
Also, it’s hard to overlook the value of bio-diversity. What is a weakness at one time may become a strength in another. Killing the currently weak just makes you unprepared for when those weaknesses will be strengths.
Well said.
Rt
Ok Mr. Darwin
The strongest armadillo isn't gonna do well in Antarctica.
I believe the phrase you all where looking for is "best adapted" not "fit". Though there are some ramifications on both. Use them wisely.
arguably the most important character in the game and they locked him behind a paid dlc.
It's fucking despicable. So many people missed out on the most interesting squad mate in the game because of greed.
Thankfully the Legendary Edition now includes every single DLC every released including pre order exclusives.
@@chrisredfield6274 No it doesn't include one for the first game. because they lost the source code.
EA = scumbags
They also didn't do anything with him, he had great lines tho
When in doubt, the best solution to many problems: Throw it out the airlock.
The lizard people evolved?
14:43 confirms that the statues on Ilos weren't Protheans, but Innusanon.
That's what I assume, too, since they look nothing like Javik.
If I recall from another video they were originally supposed to be the Protheans but Bioware decided to have a different look for them.
Bruh wasnt Ilos is already a destroyed world? The Protheans simply build a research base there to see how mass relays works and catalyst and citadel being secret a relay stuff
@@BanishedSilentShadow3318 it's a Minor plot hole but you can always chalk it up to The Protheans' Artistic expression.
Prothean empire include many different species.
9:44
Shepard: Could you read something about this room?
Javik: Yes, there was liquid, oh come on, fucking teenage Krogans
Foolish primitive... nothing escapes these eyes.
Jack: Maybe go touch yourself.
Javik: That does not happen until the end of the party.
Cue me screaming
With an added 'if you know what I mean'-type chuckle
That kinda make sense, since that way he could remember all the shit that happend during his blackout...
Hey collector looking asshole
🤭
Javik hits a home run 99.9% of the time with his troll lines. that was not one of them. CRINGE 🤣🤣🤣
1:13:03
I lost it just imagining Kasumi Goto crouching in the rafters and absolutely shitting herself XD
Maybe literally... she does complain about being lactose intolerant and drinking you're milk (which she thought was soy). xD
You'd think that she'd have learnt her lesson now.
Javik should’ve been in the base game, he’s way too important to just be a “bonus” character.
Agreed.
He originally was. But due to time constraints imposed by EA, they didn't have time to complete him. It's hard to think about now, but when Mass Effect 3 launched you still had to 'go gold' (have your final copy) in print long before the actual release date. They removed sections where he'd be required etc etc. During that time before publication they worked on finishing Javik. Hence the day one dlc. It's also why he's so well integrated into the game compared to Zaeed and Kasumi in ME2.
Lol in the leaked script he was even more important, he was the catalyst.
Javik dancing? That's surprising
What's more surprising is that he dances just like Shepard.
*Makes you think...*
@@kenstorm707 Shepard would be an amazing dancer in their cycle...
What if Javik is Shepard from the previous cycle.
I would love to see Female Shepard dance as an exotic dancer, just for lols.
@@kenstorm707 kinda late to the party, but oh well
He's probably got that dance from Shepard when they've first met
The scene of him drunk as fuck in the bathroom complaining about this cycle and Liaras attractiveness is the best moment in my opinion.
Back in my cycle, we didn't have TV. We had beacons.
1:11:08
“CUE THE STUNT DOUBLE!”
*Flails wildly across the set floor.*
Wrex: He was violent, ruthless, and ready to throw anyone into an Airlock. Yeah, I guess you could say I liked Javik from the Start.
Javik is Renegade on legs
I have a theory:
I think that if A: the From Ashes DLC (which I remind everyone was finished BEFORE ME3 launched) was included on the standard edition disk instead of being special edition extra crap and B: EA had had some sense and just let Bioware either use the original ending even though it leaked OR allowed them to come clean and say "Look, the ending we've had planned since day one is no longer usable so we had to rework things a little bit, bear with us; then the backlash to ME3's original ending would not have been nearly as bad as it was.
Alot of the whole "Synthetics vs. Organics through each cycle" stuff is foreshadowed pretty directly in Javik's dialogues and it seems like it was Bioware's effort to patch up the holes in the narrative caused by having to change the ending (read: everyone knew what was going to happen, but there was nothing they could do about it so they tried their best).
Granted, it's understood that the reason alot of that foreshadowing only exists in Javik's arc/dialogue is because that content was made after the base game's dev time was wrapped, and the ending changes happened fairly late in that process, so this may indeed have been the best they could do, but in that case it should have been free DLC for all editions.
(And this is coming from someone who thought, given the circumstances, ME3's ending was about as good as it could have been)
Bottom line: EA prioritized their business and bottom line over the realization of their artists' work.
Everything is their fault.
Theirs and Konami's.
Konami wasn't even involved in this game but it's still their fault because Fuck Konami!
Indigo Swirl
I just failed my test.
Fuck Konami.
My friendship with my best friend is broken. Fuck Konami.
KeyOfTheTwilight
Konami is now my new gay lover.
Fucking Konami.
Yeah, fuck Konami too
My dog got hit by a car, fuck Konami
1:14:38 "Tattooed human. I would like to touch you."
I love Javik.
Wait? You can sleep with JAVIK?! GTFO
c0cksmak ikr!
Not. A word.
Definitely got a chuckle out that one, ha.
50,000 year old alien dick
Exactly? What do I got to do? And how do you get them to gamble?!
I still like how he deliberately says "young" instead of "primitive" in front of everyone after giving his little speech on the Citadel
First minute in javik's mind
Wtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtfwtwf
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS GOING OOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
It still makes me mad that he was a DLC ... He's so vital to the story, so much added depth and perspective.
1:10:33 “Big stupid jellyfish” now I really wish I had the dlc, one of the funniest lines from the first one.
Not only did I love the protheans new design, I like that the statues of Illos were retconned to be the appearence of the Innusanon, the species that predated the protheans.
Listening to Liara is like listening to a woman lying naked in a bed at midnight talking about way too much science.
Liara FTW!
Dunno about you but I'd take it
To quote Garrus... "And I'm ok with that!"
Oddly specific. I’m totally down.
OMG, this cracked me up. It's so true.
"... Except for the Asari, The things Liara does not know" havn't heard that before, that got a good laugh out me XD
- Who's this?
- Prothean.
- Ha-ha. What are you really? Turian? Drell?
- Prothean.
- Oh... I see.
7:38 javik was too real
stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters
...
the silence is your answer.
damnnn
I'm getting to the point in life where I get to say "IN MY CYCLE....."
“Many are asking what I eat. They will never know... on an unrelated note, Commander, is it true you keep fish in your cabin?”
What?
Lol!
3:48 I find it hilarious Shepard wearing that casual/formal outfit in the talk scenes with the Prothean.
she wants it up her ass.
"Nothing in our fight against the Reapers has been that cut and dry.".
Says the Shephard, who destroyed a whole Solar system to delay Reaper invasion.
All of these years later, he's still my absolute fav alongside Thane. It's a shame he's underutilized since he only got one game to shine in and underappreciated throughout the fandom. I love me some four eyed bug aliens with sexy accents. Oh, the pains of being obsessed with a side character.
Javik remains number 1 in my favorite characters (Javik, Tali, Wrex), especially when he gets drunk. Horribly underrated, and I wish he had been introduced a lot sooner than ME 3.
Okay, I don't know Mass Effect in its entirety, but when it comes to romance I feel like they did Javik dirty here. There was so much opportunity for him to grow and develop as a character, but I feel he stayed mostly the same throughout all of it. Now you can say, "That's just his character," and sure, that can be valid on its own. But that doesn't make a GREAT character as opposed to a static one. I would have loved to see Javik have to face the hypocrisy of his beliefs and learn something from the characters he encountered. Also, what makes a great ROMANCE is when each love interest learns something from their partner and they change and grow as individuals from each new challenge that they face. To romance Javik, Shepard just has to agree with everything he says(as far as I have observed from this video) and that just makes it so that Javik is never faced with a situation where his beliefs are challenged which in turn leads to conflict and growth. Plus it's aggravating and a bit uninteresting as far romances go.
I would have loved to see Javik recover and remember his people's memories and go through an episode of despair, frustration, and grief. I would have liked to see his views of other races and AI change as he's forced to rely on people he's done nothing but looked down on. I would have loved to see his beliefs on war and battle challenged when faced with loss and hurt of the people close to him, whether he's close to them or not, he realizes how much it affects people and what war costs, and what peace means for people IN war. I would have loved to see Javik realize even though he's given everything he is to war like he always has, the thought of losing Shepard makes him want to overturn his beliefs, and that shocks him. Maybe that thought even scares him. He had so much room for development and so much about his species and his traits that I felt were ever fully explored. Not to mention he's the LAST one of his kind. I would have killed for a scene where he shows vulnerability for the first time and shares his inner fears with Shepard, showing how much he trusts and values whatever they have going on at that point.
Writing this out felt good. Now I can sleep at night.
Thank you for this
I feel the same
During Mass Effect 3 there really isn't time for him to start reflecting himself and judging his meaning. He still wants to see peace rather than keep suffering going just because he wants it to go on. I think after the war (especially if memory shard is not used) he goes through severe crisis of identity as so much is expected from him and he has no answers to questions.
Doesn't he become more friendly with the crew as the game goes on? One ending has him writing a book with liara.
EA: there's a prothean squadmate who has valuble insight to the reapers........ as day 1 DLC. Trololololo
*Hanar accent* This one may unlock the secrets of the Protheans if this one pays a small amount of currency. This one will have access to the secrets of those who lived in the past. :D
@@thearousedeunuch I would say that would be more a Volous tactic than a Hanar one, the Hanar would want everyone to know and give it away
@@themadhammer3305 I partially agree with you. Yes, the Volus tend to be quite exploitative, but I remember some bad Hanars in ME games. Also, their accent was one of the main reasons why I chose a Hanar for my previous comment. :)
@@thearousedeunuch the hanar are just a bunch of big stupid jellyfish and the volus are just a bunch of grumpy fat midgets :-)
🌟 *Javiks face when was getting pulled out of the fight for evac.*
He wanted to be in the last fight to avenge his people... 😿
Got the timestamp?
Javik is the epitome of the old man complaining about how things are too different:
"Back in my cycle we didn't care what other races thought, and if they thought differently we just ate them"
Ya gonna count that back then most of those races were possibly more animal-like than they are now?
Try likening it to early humans feasting on bear meat, which most don't do now.
I smell Primitives , it was no dream
Javik better return in the new Mass Effect.
I always wondered something. The Collectors were Protheans genetically modified by the Reapers. Shepard may have taken out the Collector Base but that doesn't mean he/she wiped them all out, yes? After the Reapers, wouldn't it be possible for the Salarians to re-engineer them back to Prothean, considering Javik exists as a genetic marker?
hjpop Aren't the reaper modifications permanent? If cloned like how Grunt was made then I think it's very likely possible. But it feels like with Andromeda, bioware didn't leave much to know what happened after the war since they leave the ending open. But prothean scientists would be an awesome creation.
hjpop That would require Creativity: something a little out of Bioware's abilities, now.
Ryder knew partially about it though. In one of the logs, you can hear the various home planets reporting about Reapers invading Palaven, Thessia and Earth. Ryder is now just wondering what is a Reaper and whether Milky Way survives the reaper invasion. Even Liara says in the log to "remember us". Since BW didnt choose a specific canon ending, we will never truly know what happens.
Christy e Council Propaganda "Sovereign is a Geth flagship"
Ah "Reapers", we have already dismissed that claim.
Starting a kick-starter to see Javik in a Tuxedo!
Damn i googled it its a thing!
"This suit is useless, there is no armor whatsoever"
I don´t know why but i would have loved to have a Batarian as a squadmate in ME 2 .... maybe for Jacob they did not write him all to good
I honestly hoped there would be a Balak as an option for ME3.
Old comment, but yea. The Batarians never got any limelight aside from just being thugs.
J. Vinton the batarians are kinda misunderstood, some are good some are bad
@@jdwoods5790 Thing is, they just couldnt get more "screentime" with a lore like this. Butthurt because the council preferred humans over the Battarians, closed their embassy and basically left the galactic community so that no one really could trust them.
@@heiniknallkopp9688 yeah, the batarian's are probably the hardest race to sympathize with, they've literally threw a fit because human's colony we're made on their milky way (which is fucking dumb, they didn't do it on their planet's) ME3 also implies they did it out of racism for the human's, not because of necessity (you can see a planet in their system with a turian's population who was active before the colonization)
You could totally see that he really took a liking for Commander Shepard and was sad she was going to risk her life so everyone else would live
From the way Javik talks it would be safe to assume that the Protheans are like Space Alien Wakandans.
Not at all. It would be more accurate to say they were romans.
The only remaining question is did they or did they not know de way
From the way Javik described them and how they made other races join them or die, they seemed like mandalorians to me.
Javik is like having your racist uncle in your party, but if he had fought in World War One
More like someone blatantly confused and voicing stuff the best way he knows without realising the actual context behind it.
I was one of those people once.
"stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters" if anything captures the kind of hell javik and the protheans went through its that sentence.
"Be careful, he's confused"
That sums up this whole video.
I never got to play me3, but with as many walkthroughs I've watched. It feels so familiar!
Also loved Javik maybe someday I'll get to finish it and "meet" him.
Just buy the game, get a grip
"They used to eat flies."
He's flabbergasted that they survived this long
"I'm not looking for a dance partner."
*Javik starts dancing in the background*
1:13:41 .....did Wrex just hit on Shepard? I mean what else could leg wrestle mean? I've never seen that dialogue. Is that because your Shepard is single?
Leg wrestling is a sport for summer camp. Effectively you lock legs and attempt to roll your opponent over. It's like arm wrestling but harder.
Krogan's have such big dick's they can actually kill their mate's that aren't from the same race, no, I'm not making this up. It's in the lore book
There's a reason you'll always see either asari or Krogan's with them
I like to think that (Liara romance obviously exempted) that Liara and Javik took to wandering the galaxy together.
I like to think so as well. Javik would learn much of his culture through their artifacts and would eventually be buried in Hanar homeworld with monument larger than anybody had had.
Javik dancing is... Strange...
Edit: This one wishes he was still frozen in the refrigerator! Perfection.
He could have been flossing.
"The loss of a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force"
"Huh"
"The loss of a planet is insignificant next to the loss of the galaxy"
*DARTH VADER:* Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
1:14:54 OUCH JACK, THAT WAS HARD
I mean she just mentioned him that the Collectors are dead Protheans
he knew what the reapers did to the dead.
toomanyaccounts I know, still ot was a harsh move from Jack
Let's be clear. Javik knew what a handshake was. He had already gained a pretty thorough knowledge of whatever language modern humans speak, and presumably a handshake is a bit easier to parse than say, the hidden depths of meaning within the Thong Song. He was just like "Nah."
With every playthrough of ME3 I get the impression that first and foremost, Javik is a product of his time. His views on Prothean supremacy and cold disregard for other species were simply a matter of fact in his cycle.
“There is only one enemy in this war, Reapers. No others will be tolerated.”
There’s no more that needs to be said.
They used to eat flies" Oml
Javik, the ultimate bro-thean. Id love to see him and Legion join Shep on a mission. THAT would be a trip! And a treat! The ultimate Bro-thean plus the ultimate Bro-bot plus Shepard.
Drinks, protean le- oh shit we fucked... literally
O h god that one got me so bad!
Is it time to rule the galaxy now? Kneel before Javik!
Or if could be the prothean standing next to you
Lol
Javik must be one of the most tragic characters in any video game. He imagines being the last of a species that was dominant for millennia and also not having the ability to reproduce. He may have a good life after the game. Maybe he could try to have a family with some other race. But he will always live with the disturbing thought that the day he takes his last breath, the Protheans will have died for good.
javik, wrex and garrus. the rest are unimportant.
There are other people that can fight with you ?
Don't forget Shephard's son. >:(
You...DARE TO DISMISS TALI?!
@@berilo.8044 wait what
@@arcadius6770 Grunt, the 'child' of the shepard
Also Legion is space-jesus