When I was a little kid,I liked her in SCII because she was pretty, cute and determined. She did not have huge boobs or too revealing outfits or stupid sexy artwork, she was strong willed, she also had dark hair and darker skin like me (this is a pretty big thing for a kid, at least, for me it was). And her fighting style clicked with me and I mashed away.
Back then when I still cared about stories in fighting games, Talim had that lovable personality. I never cared about her game play since her fighting style isn't my taste, she just has an angelic personality.
Also the fact that she looks like a 12 year old girl is another reason I won't touch her with a 10 foot pole, or any kind of pole for that matter. Ain't trying to get the fbi called on me