Finally got around to Mass Effect 2 (which isn’t as good as the first, which I’m not that fond of in the first place). I was doing Jacob’s loyalty mission and came across this sculpture that the natives propped up to worship:
One thing came to my mind immediately.
The Tori no Hito (Bird Human) statues from Macross Zero, of course. I mean, tropical island paradise, the shape…
Probably all just a coincidence though.