GuardianAngel470 wrote...
shepard_lives wrote...
GuardianAngel470 wrote...
But the strange, drell like flashback and agitated behavior does. I didn't say completely crazy, just slightly. Chakwas says that it was a lot to endure, and she sounds tired, but she also seems completely rational and even goes so far as to call you a true friend.
The cook tells you how you're aces in his book, he doesn't sound even the slight bit crazy, the woman at the table tells you about her friend who got hurt trying to help joker, the pair in the bunk room sound a little shaken up but also exuberant, and ken and gabby both seem fine. Gabby expressed something about "slipping away" but on the whole she seemed fine.
Kelly was the only one to behave as if she had lost a bit of her sanity. "Thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you!"
The way she said it seemed very much unstable. She was not her usual self.
And I didn't mean 12 year veterans, I only meant some exposure to actual combat. They have a degree in psychology yes but they aren't civilians. They aren't sitting at home with the plaque on the wall and then suddenly on the front lines. A base is still better than what it seems Kelly has since a base can be attacked, a car can be attacked entering and leaving it, or any other violent situation.
Being stationed on a base is still better than being at a hospital on the homeland. I just don't think Kelly had seen any of that.
This is very much subjective. You say she's gone bonkers, I say she's a little traumatized. Wouldn't you say "a thousand times thank you" to the guy who just saved you from being smoothied alive?
Maybe. Then again, I'm not really comparable to Kelly since here in California I'm legally insane. I'm also fatalistic and realistic about death, so it is hard to say.
All I'm saying is is that Kelly, of all the crew on the ship, sounds the most affected by the experience. I also don't believe, based on her behavior, dialog, and lack thereof, that she has the necessary experience to understand where my team is coming from. I believe that it takes more than book learning to understand where someone is coming from, you need some sort of experience whether it is talking with wounded in a base's hospital or watching them die as they call for their parents. Any kind of direct exposure to the types of personalities and situations soldiers see is better than what it seems Kelly has.
She tells you she has a degree in psychology but she never says whether she has had any past military involvement or training.
And in the end, if I were going on a suicide mission with an AI, Cerberus, and everyone else telling me my chances of success and survival, I would find Kelly's personality abrasive. It is simply too happy for the circumstances.
I know what your thinking, a happy personality would liven up the crew, help them forget about the mission, but I just don't think I would feel that way.
Some people are just naturally empathetic, and I personally believe that anyone who
really listens can step in another person's shoes. If Kelly has not seen actual combat, I hardly think that is a bad thing, since the crew could probably benefit more from an objective outsider rather than another crew member with similar trauma. Her own experiences would not cloud her judgement, nor would she try to compare her situation with your own.
And, anyway, it sounds like you're a bit biased from personal experience with psychologists. I have also had experience, and I can honestly say that Kelly is much nicer and friendlier than any counselor I've been to.
As for her upbeat personality - I find it welcoming. Everyone else is telling me how impossible the mission is - asking me to help them find closure before I apparently march them to their death - it's nice to have someone talk to you about positive subjects for a change. She also is the only character who has your back from day one - "I trust you implicitly." She doesn't expect a favor in return for her loyalty, unlike your other crew members. She also seems the most emotionally mature and stable.
Excepting, of course, her trauma after being abducted. You might call her crazy for being honest with Shepard, but I believe just the opposite. No one else wanted to talk about it because they didn't want to relive the memories - Kelly doesn't bottle up her emotions. She expresses them freely, and besides, is it any wonder that she would be shaken after nearly being made into human paste of the Reapers?
But, anyway, I love this thread and I love Kelly.
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