www.youtube.com/watch
eeek, top of the page? shameless plug then, I guess
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Modifié par jeweledleah, 14 avril 2011 - 02:58 .
Modifié par meonlyred, 14 avril 2011 - 03:29 .
MICHELLE7 wrote...
CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
Ok, this was the first cute Kaidan image I found that hadn't been posted here in the last few pages. So... forgive me?:lol:
:lol:I love it.
Modifié par Lellandra, 14 avril 2011 - 03:28 .
Lellandra wrote...
MICHELLE7 wrote...
CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
Ok, this was the first cute Kaidan image I found that hadn't been posted here in the last few pages. So... forgive me?
/ElvisKaidan:lol:
:lol:I love it.
I love this too!! Who made it?
Modifié par meonlyred, 14 avril 2011 - 03:35 .
Lellandra wrote...
MICHELLE7 wrote...
CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
Ok, this was the first cute Kaidan image I found that hadn't been posted here in the last few pages. So... forgive me?:lol:
:lol:I love it.
I love this too!! Who made it?
ebidebby wrote...
See, I can't play as a guy. I have to be a girl. I tried to play Dragon Age Origins as a guy and didn't like it at all.
MICHELLE7 wrote...
You may be right that Kaidan would appear to be a threat to the way they see things. I really don't know much about nice guys bewailing women not liking them...I married a nice guy who had come out of a string of relationships of girls who dumped him. Girls were dying to date him but I guess he was just too nice when they got to know him. Since I'm kind of agressive I latched on and didn't let go. He didn't seem to do any complaining that I can remember...but that has been a long time.

Modifié par CulturalGeekGirl, 14 avril 2011 - 05:24 .
This is the second vid i cant see due to being restricted for use in where i live.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................jeweledleah wrote...
slight very slight change of subject, but I don't know if you guys saw this vid before, but its honestly my favorite tribute vid. always liked that song, but it fits so beautifully with Shenko pre ME3
www.youtube.com/watch
ebidebby wrote...
See, I can't play as a guy. I have to be a girl. I tried to play Dragon Age Origins as a guy and didn't like it at all.
Selenora wrote...
And i really cant change my playstyle as well. Meaning, no matter how many times i will play the same game, i usually do the same things and make the same choices (not good for roleplaying, i know)
Never ever i killed the rachni queen or wrex, never ever i romanced anyone else than kaidan, he survives Virmire every time.....
And i tend to be nice, even if sometimes i dont want to or , just fot curiocity, i'd like to try being more mean....but cant...
MICHELLE7 wrote...
ebidebby wrote...
I don't understand the Kaidan hate, either, but I totally don't find Kaidan normal. He's very in control - to a fault, and I think Horizon showed how he has changed, or how losing Shepard changed him, or brought back a side of him he had tried to forget or bottle up.
The more I thought about it, the more Horizon didn't seem so bad. For Kaidan, it's been 2 years of hell, and for Shepard, it's been like a long night's sleep (or whatever death is like). It wasn't perfect, but I kind of liked it. It gives the player a bit of motivation to move on if they want, and I think it will be worth it for those of us who didn't want to.
That control to the fault is because he's so afraid of losing control again like with Vyrnnus. It's the same thing with him always leaving a way out...he's trying to protect himself from getting hurt again like with Rhana. Just a couple of way's he's put up walls in his life...his character is really kinda complex and well written when you look at it. Tearing down those walls was what made it fun to romance him at least for me...it was almost like a conquest.
As for Horizon I think a little of that was as much about continuing to protect himself from getting hurt as it was against Cerberus. I mean no matter what the truth was when you look at it from his side of things he probably felt somewhat rejected. I mean Shepard's back...there are rumors to that affect flying around and he was madly in love with her. Even if she did try to find him it's still going to register with him that she has other people with her...that she even found Tali and Garrus before him.
I even kind of wonder if he might not have a little fear of getting involved with Shepard again...if he was devasted the first time she died how would he be able to handle it if he got involed with her again and she was killed again. I mean he's got to be going through the gambit of emotions on Horizon...but I don't really see him as being changed from ME1...he just came with more depth. Just my opnion.
Modifié par Jhosephine, 14 avril 2011 - 06:35 .
Jhosephine wrote...
so...it's only logical he joins her on the SR-3 and never lets her out of his sight again
Firstly it was a joke, hence the winky face, secondly my point was about bringing it back to Kaidan not discussing the benefits of Anders over Fenris (or they WILL shut us down) and thirdly, my point about Kaidan is he doesn't deal with terrorists EVEN if matters and EVEN if it means walking away from the woman he loves......... So having something in common with Anders would come down to meaning nothing...MICHELLE7 wrote...
Jenova65 wrote...
Anders sucks, Fenris rules and Kaidan kicks both their asses.... Especially on the Kaidan thread!
There.
Balance redressed*Runs off giggling*
Plus Kaidan would hate Anders, just sayin'.............. He wouldn't buy the freedom fighter bit, he would lump Anders with Cerberus, don't you think?
Setting the whole chantry thing aside...Anders and Kaidan have a lot in common...they both have been persecuted for being born different...the biotics thing is nothing more than the magic for the ME universe. They also were taken away from their homes because of being different and locked up...Kaidan at Jump Zero...Anders at the Circle of Mages. Neither of them had much control over what was done to them when they were younger.
The interesting thing to me is that you have to wonder what level of self-control does Anders have to exhibit to keep Justice controlled...and self-control is also a factor in Kaidan's personality. The difference...Kaidan continues to be stable whereas Anders loses it. So while they are not the same and I would never pick Anders over Kaidan...the core of their characters are very similar.

I totally don't get it either if I don't like a character I actually avoid their threads like the plagueBatteries wrote...
Jenova65 wrote...
Hey...Batteries wrote...
My gosh.
I can't get away from hate from either of my favorite characters. Ever.
But with my whining, I hope they'll make Kaidan an LI for ME3 if you never romanced him. My canon Shep is single and I won't mind finally hooking her up with someone.I was only joking there was a lot of Fen digging so I thought I would in a lighthearted way point out that it is better to leave criticism behind on these threads. Because we all love Kaidan doesn't mean we all love Fen or Anders and so on, so just better to stay OT and talk Kaidan here really.....
I didn't know you posted anything about anyone
I just saw about three threads with Kaidan hate and posted that. It does not compute to me
I'm someone who <3<3<3<3s all companions for all their faults and derps along with their good parts. If someone doesn't like a character it's not going to effect my life but sometimes I just cannot wrap my head around some of the reasons why that get posted.
Jenova65 wrote...
I totally don't get it either if I don't like a character I actually avoid their threads like the plagueThat said I don't *hate* any of them because for thing they aren't real, lol....
Just didn't want anyone to misread my post, which I think someone maybe did misread and take it seriously... but hopefully after clarification that is OK...
*hugs back*Jhosephine wrote...
Jenova65 wrote...
I totally don't get it either if I don't like a character I actually avoid their threads like the plagueThat said I don't *hate* any of them because for thing they aren't real, lol....
Just didn't want anyone to misread my post, which I think someone maybe did misread and take it seriously... but hopefully after clarification that is OK...
*huggles Jen*
I was thinking about it and I can't really think of any character that I really really really don't like in ME. That reporter just makes me laugh and if she annoys me on any given day, you get the option to punch her. There are characters I really don't care for, hardly speak with and never bring along in ME though. In ME1 I stuck with Kaidan and Garrus but spoke to pretty much all of them on the Normandy. And after my first encounter with Virmire, I made sure to bring Ash instead of Garrus for a while before switching back to him. In ME2 I again stuck with Garrus and swapped the third one around a bit, even grew fond of Jack by doing so.
But there still are characters I never ever brought along because I simply don't care for them and those cursed to walk at Shepard's side are there because either I love them, or because it feels right to have them thereI fear that with Kaidan returning as a squadmate in ME3, one position will always be filled...on every, single playthrough, even if there are 50 (depending on if ME3 is my kind of game) lol
I really do hope they don't give Kaidan some annoying battlecry because Grunt was removed from my squad because the "I...AM...KROGGAAANNN!!" really got on my nervesThen again, Kaidan could yell "Oooh, throw a coin in that fountain. Hahaha!" Lilarcor style and I would still bring him
But that darn sword in BG2 was Bioware taking battlecries to the extreme lol
Jenova65 wrote...
*hugs back*
I talk to them all as much as I can, I think even if you aren't fussed on a character it does them a disservice to not talk to them and I like to think each of my characters wants to know as much about the crew as possible.. Because these people are following you and watching your back and I want to know who is with me!
The only way they could prevent me taking Kaidan would be to use Jethann's voice, even so, I would most likely just mute....
My habits with ME is always Ash and Kaidan and yes it hurts more when I have to leave her behind but it also feels like more of a decision iyswim?
I know what you mean about the Kai-slot if he is a permanent squadmate one place autofilled for me, thank you...![]()
I actually don't use Grunt much for no other reason than 'not Wrex', lol.......
Modifié par Jhosephine, 14 avril 2011 - 10:34 .
Star58 wrote...
*snip*
Sparks! That's really makes a difference in game. In so many ways (other than Shep's lame convo choices), ME 2 had such potential -- your LI hugging you and saying he "loved" you..... ARGH!
I think that one of the things that the DA series has brought home to me is how satisfying the little romance details are. Yes, the ME1 love scene was awesome but the devil is in the details. Of course I really want it all -- details and an amazing love scene. And Kaidan really is the type of character who could pull it off. In, fact, the little things -- a meaningful look, reaching out to quickly touch Shep's hand, arm or face - that type of thing, would be very much in character and convey a kind of on-going smoldering....and certainly something that would be likely given the regs.
And no Fenris doesn't actually tell Hawke he loves her but he says it all but directly. The convo I referred to previously wasn't the final one. Or in before the final battle, one of the choices is to ask if one heard him correctly and he says, "Let me make it perfectly clear" before he kisses Hawke passionately. *sigh* And when I saw that I thought...Kaidan!!!!
ebidebby wrote...
MICHELLE7 wrote...
ebidebby wrote...
I don't understand the Kaidan hate, either, but I totally don't find Kaidan normal. He's very in control - to a fault, and I think Horizon showed how he has changed, or how losing Shepard changed him, or brought back a side of him he had tried to forget or bottle up.
The more I thought about it, the more Horizon didn't seem so bad. For Kaidan, it's been 2 years of hell, and for Shepard, it's been like a long night's sleep (or whatever death is like). It wasn't perfect, but I kind of liked it. It gives the player a bit of motivation to move on if they want, and I think it will be worth it for those of us who didn't want to.
That control to the fault is because he's so afraid of losing control again like with Vyrnnus. It's the same thing with him always leaving a way out...he's trying to protect himself from getting hurt again like with Rhana. Just a couple of way's he's put up walls in his life...his character is really kinda complex and well written when you look at it. Tearing down those walls was what made it fun to romance him at least for me...it was almost like a conquest.
As for Horizon I think a little of that was as much about continuing to protect himself from getting hurt as it was against Cerberus. I mean no matter what the truth was when you look at it from his side of things he probably felt somewhat rejected. I mean Shepard's back...there are rumors to that affect flying around and he was madly in love with her. Even if she did try to find him it's still going to register with him that she has other people with her...that she even found Tali and Garrus before him.
I even kind of wonder if he might not have a little fear of getting involved with Shepard again...if he was devasted the first time she died how would he be able to handle it if he got involed with her again and she was killed again. I mean he's got to be going through the gambit of emotions on Horizon...but I don't really see him as being changed from ME1...he just came with more depth. Just my opnion.
Good point - he is trying to protect himself from getting hurt. I guess changed is too strong of a word, although I'm sure losing Shep changed him somewhat. He couldn't move on even after two years, and rejects the opportunity to be reunited with her, sort of reverting back to how he was before their relationship - all principled and duty minded. Control freak, not ready for the chaos that Shepard tends to draw in.
I should go back and play again - my Kaidan is pretty rusty.
M-Sinistrari wrote...
Needless to say the first kiss that was more a mauling from my end did surprise him.
Jhosephine wrote...
MICHELLE7 wrote...
ebidebby wrote...
I don't understand the Kaidan hate, either, but I totally don't find Kaidan normal. He's very in control - to a fault, and I think Horizon showed how he has changed, or how losing Shepard changed him, or brought back a side of him he had tried to forget or bottle up.
The more I thought about it, the more Horizon didn't seem so bad. For Kaidan, it's been 2 years of hell, and for Shepard, it's been like a long night's sleep (or whatever death is like). It wasn't perfect, but I kind of liked it. It gives the player a bit of motivation to move on if they want, and I think it will be worth it for those of us who didn't want to.
That control to the fault is because he's so afraid of losing control again like with Vyrnnus. It's the same thing with him always leaving a way out...he's trying to protect himself from getting hurt again like with Rhana. Just a couple of way's he's put up walls in his life...his character is really kinda complex and well written when you look at it. Tearing down those walls was what made it fun to romance him at least for me...it was almost like a conquest.
As for Horizon I think a little of that was as much about continuing to protect himself from getting hurt as it was against Cerberus. I mean no matter what the truth was when you look at it from his side of things he probably felt somewhat rejected. I mean Shepard's back...there are rumors to that affect flying around and he was madly in love with her. Even if she did try to find him it's still going to register with him that she has other people with her...that she even found Tali and Garrus before him.
I even kind of wonder if he might not have a little fear of getting involved with Shepard again...if he was devasted the first time she died how would he be able to handle it if he got involed with her again and she was killed again. I mean he's got to be going through the gambit of emotions on Horizon...but I don't really see him as being changed from ME1...he just came with more depth. Just my opnion.
Well said and an interesting viewpoint about him possibly fearing his feelings for Shepard the second time around. It was clear from the get go in ME1 that Kaidan was attracted to Shepard. The way he speaks sometimes shows he's been observing her, paying more attention to details than a lieutenant should with his commanding officerWhat happened in ME1 and I think even ME2 pales in comparison to what Shepard has to face in ME3...this is it after all. I can see him being scared of loosing her just when he found her again, which could mean he'll either be reserved (but we got that a bit in ME1) or just go for it because he knows these could be their last moments together.
With what he says about feeling guilt for surviving, I think Kaidan will want to be at Shepard's side through it all this time around and won't be send away again like at the start of ME2. He left her on the SR-1, by her order, but she died and there was nothing he could do....he didn't join her on the SR-2 and I bet that once he hears the entire story he will feel like crap again....so...it's only logical he joins her on the SR-3 and never lets her out of his sight again
Jenova65 wrote...
I actually don't use Grunt much for no other reason than 'not Wrex', lol.......
Jhosephine wrote...
imaginary fondle Kaidan
Ohhhh...wouldn't it be great if Kaidan talked to himself while working on something at his station in ME3? So we can stare AND listen to him when he's not watching....and yes, my Shepard is creepy
I was just commenting that Bioware has a tendency to have a core simialrity to a lot of their characters...and that includes Kaidan...how many people have compared him to Carth...or Thane to Carth. I just saw something in your comment that made me think that and thought how Bioware handled their characters was interesting. Wasn't comparing Fenris and Anders at all...sorry you took it the wrong way.Jenova65 wrote...
Firstly it was a joke, hence the winky face, secondly my point was about bringing it back to Kaidan not discussing the benefits of Anders over Fenris (or they WILL shut us down) and thirdly, my point about Kaidan is he doesn't deal with terrorists EVEN if matters and EVEN if it means walking away from the woman he loves......... So having something in common with Anders would come down to meaning nothing...
There now that is cleared up, have one of my very favourite Kaidanzzz by wanderingbent...
MICHELLE7 wrote...
Yeah, what you said about ME2 being pale in comparison to ME3...I know the devs have said there will be more humor but it will be even darker than ME2...got me a little concerned...you had Jenkins and one of the VS to die in ME1...a lot of people could die in ME2...I just don't want there to be a "sacrifice" your LI or "sacrifice" earth scenario in ME3. Would totally ruin it for me.