(rambling thoughts)
For my canon Shepard, the way I always saw it is that he doesn't know why he's attracted to her, and neither does Liara. They both are just as confused about it. They feel like there's something between them, but they don't know what, or why. They just do. Like something is pushing them together, despite them still being strangers to each other. But they don't mind after a while. It just feels... right.
I never called it love. Definitely way too soon for that. They don't know each other enough for that. (Or maybe I just don't want to call it love because of the setup.)
I also never include the mindmelds as apart of it, since you can romance her before doing them. (That, and I don't like the idea of Shepard possibly falling in love because Liara did something mentally to him).
So I always looked at it as interest, respect, attraction, and desire. Because they don't talk about love. They don't talk about their feels for each other, besides saying "You're special", "I trust you", "There's something between us". They don't really get any farther then admitting their attraction to each other. They only say they're attracted to each other, and that they should stop there till after the mission.
And then have sex.
Which brings me to the part I don't like. Apart of me thinks that her ME1 romance (creation wise) is more about having sex with her, then bonding with her. Yes, there's some conversations about what happened to her mother and Saren, but there's hardly anything about her. Most of her conversations are just teasing you about having sex with her. Like her dialogue about the asari. 90% of it is about how they mate and reproduce. And then her post romance dialogue is describing how the union is awesome. Yet, technically they probably should save that for later. I mean, what, do asari have sex with someone on a first date? Do you really consider Shepard a union candidate already? And then you have the confrontation, where she literally teases you about have a "private conversation" at the end. I just feel like her main reason for being created was to be an alien for Shepard to screw. And it shows in a bad way.
And then there's how this romance starts.
You save her life after she'd been locked up for hours or days. She begins by talking about how fascinating and strong willed you are. Then starts looking up your history, because she wants to learn more about you. Then asks if you're attracted to her. Then considers having a union with you. And then has sex with you.
Everything about it just seems like giving into irresponsible desire and attraction. Like Deckard and Rachael from Blade Runner, or Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep. It's about lonely individuals giving in to need and want.
Which is why I pretty much I think the romance is more about attraction then romance. With Kaidan and Ash, it's about falling in love. While with Liara, it's admitting attraction, and then acting on it later.
I think Liara just became attracted by the person that saved her, and the person she spent the most time with. And that the long years of isolation was the main cause of it. At first she was interested in Shepard's visions, as well as interesting in studying humans. Then wanted to know more about Shepard, and learned of his history, which made an impression on her. Then attraction became desire, with her wanting to be with Shepard, despite not spending a lot of time with him. Maybe it's the Terminator love story of getting together, with Kyle and Sarah spending the night, despite only knowing each other for a few days. Maybe it becomes love later being together that night.
Modifié par TMA LIVE, 03 septembre 2011 - 03:12 .
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