The Telepathic Plant, Thorian (Mass Effect Lore)

[@Janoha17]

I'm surprised you didn't mention what happened to the colonists that had been enthralled by the Thorian, and that they retained the telepathic link, which also made them resistant to Reaper Indoctrination.

[@RRW359]

Also Shephard seemed a bit resistant to indoctrination (although depending on how you interpret the ending probably succumbed to it at least partially eventually). The entire time I was on Ferros I was wondering why Shephard wasn't infected by the Thorian and I'm starting to think he was.

[@The_Keeper]

@@RRW359 You know, that *would* explain a lot about Shepard's unique resistance to indoctrination...

[@WanderingPropeller]

@@The_Keeperwhile that sounds plausible, I don’t think it’s acknowledged anywhere else in the sequels…unfortunately. In general, I wish they would’ve used/explored some of these subtle hooks from ME1 and really gone for a main plot where the goal was to find a way to stop the killer robot-Cthulhus, not try and go toe-to-toe with them. I’m talking about things like the Thorian spores and the dormant state Reapers go into, which Vigil mentions.

[@tba113]

Ahh, the Thorian. It's kind of amazing how many different sources of zombies the Mass Effect universe has. I love it. Feros gave me a definite 'Shadows Over Innsmouth' vibe, too, and didn't disappoint with the big finish. It was just a great mission all the way through, one of my favorites in the game.

[@Justicemace]

I wonder what the chances are after you are caught up in your Star Trek Online play though that maybe a Mass Effect Legendary Edition series could be possible?

[@permeus2nd]

7:36 well we dont even know if the part that dropped was the brain or just an extension of its, if you crush my hand i would still be alive (pissed off but alive) we also have to consider what the ""head"" was i mean if that was a seed pod then all we did was drop a watermelon of a high place yes it goes smush but the seeds with soon grow into more watermelons.

[@smartgoku9048]

i've always thought that the thorian was likely to be almost as old as the leviathans, with just how much knowedlege it held and it's rather long hibernation cycles.

[@howaboutno3575]

It's also the only know creature to immune to indoctrination, and the asari given to it was also freed from indoctrination from intertwining with it.

[@loopslytle]

I doubt that a plant-like lifeform would die from what happened. It is still there, and maybe 1,000 years later, it will have grown a new 'head,' if not sooner.

[@theunitedcommonwealth715]

Love your content your an inspiration respect and keep up the epic work.

[@avotius]

Please do more Mass Effect lore videos!

[@kawaiku]

Awesome video! Any chance you could cover the various mercenary groups at some point? (Blood Pact, Blue Suns, Eclipse, etc.?)

[@CertifiablyIngame]

I intend to in the future, yes!

[@Shatterverse]

_Wracks_ (pron. 'racks') the body with pain. _Wreaks_ (pron. 'racks') is something else.

[@jorgnocke991]

Please could you do a video about the Timelords from doctor who again

[@oscarcordero7811]

I hoped we could had befriended it, imagine if it could had been a ally in ME3 where it spawned its Creepers and also took over Reaper forces with its spores.

[@cshelley5658]

Basically, the telepathy bug of Starship Troopers... with extra steps. 😁 Mass Effect 1 got horrifying very fast 😱

[@UGNAvalon]

I, for one, welcome our pod people overlords. Please -help- join us.

[@makeitcold6649]

I wonder if the reapers realized it would never develop artificial life or if they found it to be a kindred spirit of sorts

[@qdllc]

Reapers focused on advanced civilizations. I suppose being a giant plant and NOT the dominant life form on Feros developing technology, the Reapers likely saw it as nothing but a plant and not needing to be eradicated.

[@masterblaster7484]

They may not have even known it was there.

[@benbrown8258]

Anyone know how many sentient plant species there are in popular science fiction/fantasy? The first I had ever heard of were the Vegetons. There were the Delvians. The Vliste-Staba. The Forestals of the One Forest. Old Man Willow/The Ents. (...have to skip the haunted oak tree). Dryads of Narnia. Groot. The Cotati. Question: Why aren't there more plant based sentient life forms in science fiction? It would be great if they had their own science and non human based understanding of history And Nevertheless chose to present themselves at least some of the time as humanoid.

[@FluidicNutUnion]

The Unfallen from the Endless Space 2 game is also a plant species. They're actual tree people with some unique tech and a weird way of colonizing other system.

[@MikeTsBees]

Am I the only one who has no recollection of this thing. And I played all the games

[@vizthex]

it probably mind controlled you into forgetting about it.

[@CRYOKnox]

I wonder how effective the Thorian was in suppressing the Reapers indoctrination. Probably able to absorb biological components and maybe braking down unorganic materials too? Shiala states in one of her mail later that she still hears the calling of the reapers from the time before Saren "gifted" her to the Thorian. Imagine an alternate reality/cycle where the reapers fought against the Thorian and his spawns. From Shiala's clones we now that the Thorian however it does it copy things like weapons and armors too, (the later may not be relevant for the storyline and one could say, the clones where nacked) but i think mimicking technology, even if it is most likely just to cut on development and make the fight more interesting, puts it in a whole new level. Also remember that examples found outside of Ferros still seem to be somehoe connected to the Thorian (if i remember right it was the planet Nordacrux).

[@Reddotzebra]

When the Thorian died, they instantly went berserk, even though they had somehow been made compliant before then.

[@CRYOKnox]

@@Reddotzebra right i remember. :) Which implies they where somehow connected, right?

[@RememberTheChase]

I'm still pretty disappointed we can't save it some how, feels dumb to kill something so old. Could learns so much from it, its not like it's the thorinas fault. I wonder how the protheans lived with it? Just makes me think of human hubris.

[@tithonusandfriends8519]

I hope something controls you one day and people choose to let you be a slave instead of helping you

[@RRW359]

@@tithonusandfriends8519 Just because you don't want something to die doesn't mean you want it to continue living as it is.

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

🤘😜🤘

[@marginbuu212]

If the Thorian made a human form, how anatomically correct would it be? Could you...mate with it? For scientific purposes of course.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Why would you need a simulacrum? The Thorian is beautiful as it is!

[@SymbioteMullet]

It could make Asari, who can mate with anything, so... yeah? I guess?

[@RRW359]

You mean like Zahn from Farscape?