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[lazuli]

Here's a related poll.

I hope that Bioware treats all of the LI's fairly.  Even if there can be no cure for Thane, he deserves screen time and dramatic dialogue in ME3.

[Tinve]

Сure is possible. Read Cerberus Daily News.

[syllogi]

AlexMBrennan wrote...

How is killing off a character who is dying (this as is made very clear should you decide to recruit him) "abandoning plot from ME1 or 2"? Sure, doing this in the prologue would be a bit cheat but not exactly a surprise (unlike e.g. Khalid)

Having it happen offscreen would be an insult to those who enjoy his character, and especially to those who have romanced him.  Perhaps he's a minor character to you, but for some Shepards, finding a cure for Thane, or at least making sure that he has more time, is a major concern.  Yes, they chose to care about a character who they knew would die, but that doesn't mean that they should be cheated of closure.

People seem to think that having the writers concentrate on plotlines that don't interest them personally will detract from the things that they are interested in.  If the writers care about character development for Thane, it's actually more likely that they will also be interested in wrapping up other storylines in a way that pleases fans.  If they kill him offscreen, it means bad things for other past squadmates, too, because it shows a lack of concern for character development.

[Alienmorph]

IndigoWolfe wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

Since ME3 will take only few months after end of ME2 then he will be alive for sure.

On what do you base this theory?

Considering the events narrated in comics and novels it was calculated that should pass at least one year between the end of Suicide Mission and the Reapers Invasion. Thane theorically has 8-9 months left, if I remember well.

[GodWood]

I like Thane but I still don't want him to be 'cured' as it'd be a massive cop out to his back story.

What he needs is a big emotional death towards the end of ME3.

[SirKillsalot]

I concur.

[GodWood]

Those comparisons are hardly the same.

Thane has an incurable disease and only has months to live.

The people you listed could 'potentially' die.

[GodWood]

But that'd be a stupid choice.
Given the option of course I'd save Thane.
The problem is his coming death is a large part of his character and his romance.
Having Shepard just pop up saying "You know that incurable disease you have that has left you with only months to live, I just cured it" would be stupid, and would ruin the drama of his character and the general point of his romance which is Shepard and Thane enjoying the time they have together now, not them running around desperately trying to find a cure.

Modifié par GodWood, 20 décembre 2010 - 05:46 .

[JECWSU]

I hope Thane lives. The choice should be up to the player, and it is not a large part of his character. There is so much more to Thane then the fact that he is dying. How is it a large part of his romance?

[Praetor Knight]

Thinking out loud here, but could there be an ME equivalent of an iron lung, like some sort of cybernetic lungs that he could use?

It might prevent him from fighting, but it would keep him alive to be with his son at least.

[abnocte]

1st. Killing him offscreen would show nothing but awful writing on Bioware's part. And is as lame as killing Mordin offscreen because he is way past the average Salarian lifespan.

2nd. He said he only had some months left before his disease inhabilites him, not kills him.

3rd. Cerberus daily news informed about the development of a new medigel for lungs. Possible hint that Thane will last longer that initially expected.

4th. A DLC for curing him would extremely lame, and only cater to fangirls/fanboys and game completionist. ME world is rich enough to come up with some way to cure him within the bounds of believility ( ie. no magic cure please, that would cheapen his character ).


And there may be far more Tali fans, but Thane fans are way more DEADLIER

*necksnapnecksnapnecksnapnecksnapnecksnapbomb*

[Eradyn]

I think Thane will be alive in ME3 (assuming you kept him alive in the suicide mission). I would think, if BW goes through with letting him die, it will happen during the course of ME3 and it will likely be a touching, emotional event providing closure for his fans. BW seems to be setting up for it and I think it would seal him as a bittersweet romance option with far more depth and development than what one might normally find in a game.

If he's to be cured, I hope it isn't a lame, ass-pulled "magical cure"-type situation.  Make it be something with depth.

Modifié par Eradyn, 21 décembre 2010 - 12:42 .

[Aoba]

IndigoWolfe wrote...

Honestly? Thane really has to die. Don't get me wrong, I like him, but I feel very strongly about him dying. Our mortality is what defines us, it's certainly what defines him, it's what the foundation of his character development stands on. Simply curing him, I think, would comprimise his character on so many levels.

Have him in ME3? Sure, but he has to die, one way or another. Perhaps going down in one final act of glory, perhaps choked by his own body.

Oh, God, I sure as hell hope not. I had a beloved cat of mine die from a lung disease and her very last moments were of her being choked, literally, by her own body. One moment she's gasping for breath, the next, she convulses and goes limp. At least I was there to hold her in my arms as she passed, but **** it, I don't need to watch Thane in a similar situation.

Even as a Thane fangirl, I'm not opposed to him dying, but for the love of the Maker, don't let it be a choking scene of any sort.

[Manic Sheep]

I hope he doesn’t die in-between games and we only hear about it thu email or something stupid like that but I don’t want him to get cured. I hate it when stories set someone up as dying and then cop out and cure them. Even if I like said character, if you play that card you have to go thru with it. 

Modifié par Manic Sheep, 21 décembre 2010 - 06:49 .

[atheelogos]

SirKillsalot wrote...

I personally don't want him to be magically cured.

That about sums up how I feel about it.

[Eliantariel]

atheelogos wrote...

SirKillsalot wrote...

I personally don't want him to be magically cured.

That about sums up how I feel about it.

There is no need for a "magical" cure. The Hanar are already working on a cure and in the dossier of LotSB Dr. Chakwas report says that Thane would be a good candidate for a transplantation, but until now he doesn't wanted to be set to the transplantation list.

Maybe a Thane who is romanced or/and reunited with his son will now decide different because he sees now a new meaning for his life. So maybe it is up to the player decisions if Thane will die or not.

And a cure or at least a prolongation of his life would fit to the character development, because a romanced Thane or a Thane that is reunited with his son is not the same person anymore when you recruited him. And honestly, I don't think that Thane needs an aura of drama around his character - he is interesting without a deadly illness.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Eliantariel wrote...
And honestly, I don't think that Thane needs an aura of drama around his character - he is interesting without a deadly illness.

I 100% agree.  Part of the reason why I find Thane as infuriating as I do appealing from a meta perspective (on balance, I do like him as a character) is that I felt he got saddled with extra backstory baggage for teh dramaz.  Seriously, this poor dude is some dev's butt monkey--he's dying, and his wife's dead, AND his son hates him?  At a certain point, my ability to believe that that much bad stuff happened to one guy gets pretty strained.  I wish they'd either given him the family problems, or the Kepral's .  Not both.

But I digress.  I highly doubt Thane will die no matter what in ME3.  As with most BioWare games, there will be a choice.  Maybe not a pleasant one (a la Virmire if you cared about both characters or the end of DA:O) but a choice nonetheless.  I don't think there's been a party member who always dies no matter what in any BioWare game since Jade Empire.  And that was so badass I forgave them even though it was my favorite character.

[Aidoru Kami]

Sable Rhapsody wrote...

I don't think there's been a party member who always dies no matter what in any BioWare game since Jade Empire.  And that was so badass I forgave them even though it was my favorite character.

JEEEEEENKINS!
WILSOOOOOOOOON!
TRAAAAAAAASK!

Yeah, yeah, I know, doesn't count, right? Well -I- shall remember their noble sacrifices... *Sniff*

Except Wilson, that dude was a jerk.

Modifié par Aidoru Kami, 21 décembre 2010 - 09:28 .

[Sable Rhapsody]

Aidoru Kami wrote...

Sable Rhapsody wrote...

I don't think there's been a party member who always dies no matter what in any BioWare game since Jade Empire.  And that was so badass I forgave them even though it was my favorite character.

JEEEEEENKINS!
WILSOOOOOOOOON!
TRAAAAAAAASK!

Yeah, yeah, I know, doesn't count, right? Well -I- shall remember their noble sacrifices... *Sniff*

Except Wilson, that dude was a jerk.

LOL, Trask.  Mr. I'ma-Beat-Up-A-Sith-Lord.  Even in my Light side playthrough I was like, "Ok.  Here's your Darwin Award."

Redshirt companions are the weirdest.  I've been practically CONDITIONED to not start developing attachments to characters unless they last at least a good couple of hours into the game.

[The Unfallen]

GodWood wrote...

I like Thane but I still don't want him to be 'cured' as it'd be a massive cop out to his back story.
What he needs is a big emotional death towards the end of ME3.

QFT.

[turian councilor Knockout]

I will be very dissapointed if Thane is dead in ME 3 and he haven't showed of his dance crazy moves yet.

Modifié par turian councilor Knockout, 21 décembre 2010 - 12:54 .