Stilton Disco
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I understand that you're arguing in good faith, but I am genuinely astonished that you can look at PeeBee and find her ugly. To me, this suggests that your expectations of attractiveness are anchored at individuals who are one or more standard deviations above the population mean.
For example, do a Google Images search for "ugly real people". Skip over the phototshops and costumes. Do most of these people look easily comparable to PeeBee? Be honest.
I have no doubt that Tali's character added to her appeal. But have another look. She has a classic hour-glass figure and an ideal BMI. Her face is hidden, allowing people to imagine whatever they like. Thus, the affection for her in the fanbase is not all that surprising.
I live Kent, in England. I see hideously ugly people on a daily basis, and yes, even by the troll like standards of the average Kentish yokel, Peebee is fuck ugly, even ignoring the uncanny valley effect of the eyes, plastic skin texture and robotic animation. Her squat, square face, masculine jaw, oversized nose, over large mouth with poorly defined lips, over prominent brow, small eyes and low, small cheekbones are all ugly facial features.
And Tali is actually exaggerated beyond normal human proportions, designed to have overly wide hips and narrow shoulders that take her well beyond what's considered ideal on the BMI index (which in itself not in anyway a good measure of what is and isn't typically attractive). Regardless, yes, that Tali has an attractively designed but still well outside the norm torso and physique, and is able to appear attractive without a face, is a stark contrast to the gallery of ugoes in Andromeda.