User blog comment:DeadpoolN7/Anyone Else Think Javik is the best character in terms of dialogue/@comment-124.168.216.201-20121013011840

Right, I haven't posted in a while so I'll throw in my two cents. A lot of people don't like Javik because he behaves like an up himself whatever, which is true, but when you think about it it's justifiable and many people take it out of context.

The protheans were the apex of the previous cycle, they dominated all of the milky way and no other species never managed to stand against them, save the reapers and the (metacons?), the latter of which were in the process of being defeated when the reapers invaded. So you can see where his superiority complex comes from. That and through dialogue it is revealed that the protheans evolved from a predatory species with some of the most brilliant adaptations including four forward facing eyes, high cognitive abilities and the ability to "read genetic memory". Say what you will, the protheans are probably the best (and I say that squirmingly for lack of a better word) species in the mass effect universe. You also have to keep in mind that prothean culture was dominated by a caste system (space qunari anyone?) and all the other species were subservient, not to mention that the species in dominion of the current cycle were still smacking rocks together to make fire at the time.

I personally love the character even though I do think at times that he's a bit of a git, and people seem to be complaining about him saying "in my cycle", but it's not like he has much else to know about, everything he's gathered about this cycle has either been through dialogue with crewmates (can't say I see him relishing that idea) or garnered from the extranets equivalent of Wikipedia.

Sorry for my wall of text, I'd offer a picture of a potato, but it would have four eyes and a superiority complex.