User blog comment:Biggreybear/Things that bugged me once I had noticed them.../@comment-899316-20120610025008/@comment-1388547-20120610212954

A few guesses, on some of the less obvious things:


 * Javik has nerves of steel, and is unimpressed with your second-rate Collector costume. ;-)


 * There probably aren't many of the Collectors left, since Shepard killed everyone who was home at their base. They're around, but Shep just doesn't happen to cross paths with them.  Alternately, their fear of Shepard is so great that not even Reaper indoctrination can force them to face the Commander.


 * Salarians aren't mammals (hence no breasts), and if their eggs aren't too huge, they wouldn't necessarily need wide hips like human females. So it's at least plausible that male and female salarians would look similar.  In terms of outside-the-game reasons, yeah, it probably wasn't worthwhile to make a whole new model for a character who doesn't have much screen time.


 * Vega is vain, or obsessed with fitness, or perhaps just bored and not smart enough to think of something else to do besides exercise incessantly. Or maybe he's putting on a show because he secretly wants to get it on with Cortez. ;-)


 * Traynor likes to pamper herself. She doesn't come from a wealthy background, and likes to buy fancy things now that she can afford them.  Or maybe her family was so poor on Horizon when she was a kid that she really does have dental problems.


 * Tali doesn't care if she gets sick -- she just really, really needs a drink. Alternately, perhaps the "straw" really is a special emergency induction port that helps avoid this problem.


 * TIM is indoctrinated. His subconscious programming won't let him join forces with Shepard, because he knows Shepard will never support the Reapers.