JKoopman wrote...
Why is this something people are even arguing? Why does there need to be a canonical Shepard for some (shall we say, unimaginative) people? Can they just not handle that ZOMG in some people's universes Shepard is a girl and romances dudes and that kinda makes their Shepard gay in some ill-conceived, vaguely homophobic, cross-dimensional sort of way? What exactly is the problem here?
There's a reason why the novels never go into much detail on Shepard.
Pure marketing gimmick and people buy that iconic Shepard is not canon Shepard. It wouldn't be an issue if they used both fem shep and "iconic" Shep to market. They are having their cake and eating it. It is a lack of imagination to accept that explanation. They can market a game without using the lead if they wanted to preserve no canonicity (probably not a word). Plenty of game have such as Baldur's Gate. Note they let everyone think this male Sheploo as they say here is Commander Shepard on game boxes and gameplay video. Would anyone viewing that get the idea hey I can be a female Shepard. Highly unlikely. They don't promote the option so they did choose a canon Shep after all.
I play Fem Sheps so your insults lack any teeth. You really should read a few posts before jumping to conclusions. Don't worry I forgive your ignorance.
The only way the story can make sense is if 10,000 years after humanity was destroyed by the reapers another newly spacefaring race comes upon a pod, alliance beacon, or some such that tells Shepard's story. This explains the film grain feel to make it like footage with some glitched playback. It however, does not explain how everyone else in the story has gender assigned to them.
It is a problem inherent to them picking name and giving an important rank/role to players straight out of the box. You don't so much write Shepard's story as just play through their canon anyway. They chose alll the back ground and gave you the choice of male/female, class, and a few backgrounds. Not much choice.
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