Well, that's fine.
Now, I thought: «But, what happens when the Reapers are gone?».
In ME2, the big enemy are the Collectors and the main purpose is to destroy (or keep) their main base (or their only one so it seems), but of course via DLCs we can continue playing as much as BioWare provides such content, which helps giving the feeling that things continue to go on after the Collectors have been dealt with, that good and evil around the galaxy still persists in its various forms of conflict left and right, basically that life goes on. In ME3 after the Reapers are "destroyed", killed, stopped, disabled, whatever happens, then I would presume that of course the "main purpose" of Shepard (thus Liara's) is completed, but BioWare could resume on with more content and that way we could see what goes on in the ME universe after the "main problem" is gone (Reapers).
If Liara's main "purpose" is the sole reason that keeps her away from tempation too hard to resist (let's face it, Liara is darker now, no one could deny it or try to excuse it, she's just not the same and she tells that to Shepard in the DLC, that they both - according to her - are now different persons) is no more (Reapers) then I'm having a very bad taste in my mouth of some sort of serious conflict between her, her actions (Liara having conflicts of mind and thoughts with herself, not knowing what to do or knowing she can't go back anymore, and so on) and Shepard, that Liara could potentially (or on purpose, that would be the extreme, although a possible one) put in danger thousands, millions if not billions of lives, and "danger" here doesn't necessarily mean that Liara will send armies to "innocent" worlds and wipe out life, that's not what I mean, I guess it's almost alegorical, but what I mean is that once the Reapers are gone only two things could happen, she uses the Shadow Broker's (now her own) intel and resources (agents, influence, funds, etc.) for the "good" and "justice" (as much as possible anyway, I wouldn't see her turning into an angel either), or she completely blows up the little that's left of her of virtuous thoughts and principles, and falls, corrupted by the power she now has in her hands.
In fact, right now, I'm seeing Liara turning into a full-fledged Benezia, but for real this time, no need for indoctrination, the real Benezia collaborating with evil and ruthlessness, perhaps even becoming a definite choice for Renegade players around, a new-born Illusive Asari. I must admit, even though I do really like Liara, the character she was in ME1 was different, yes, but that's objectively speaking, but subjectively she was simply a better individual. Now of course, according to the lore she was pretty much forced in and forced by a new context, surival, danger, suspicions, she had to adapt and her mind, her "self" changed over two years to that extent, to what I would call her own opposite extreme, she's not entirely "dark" as of now, as of the end of the DLC, but I believe that either during or after (probably after) the events of ME3 there's not much to look for other than a "good" or a "rogue" Liara (not to say evil). All of this is because I sincerily feel that she's slipping away and slowly but surely losing her grip on reality due to the sheer amount of resources and power she now has, I mean guys... she was an archeologist for crying out loud, pretty impressive road trip she's been on to get to where she is now huh, that certainly changes poeple around.
Modifié par Lyrandori, 16 septembre 2010 - 01:59 .
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because she has changed beyond recognition. I have 2 renegade Shepards. One decided to continue the relation for pragmatic reasons. The other chose to break it off on friendly terms, because Liara could become an enemy once her lust for power would consume her. Having a relation in that case would make Shepard a victim to manipulation. Now I know that a lot of these scenarios won't make it in the game, but I don't know which will, so it is good to have them covered anyway. 
