CastonFolarus wrote...
OK, just dropping in with a quick thought. Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I think I've got a solid theory on Miranda's role in ME3(provided she survives, of course).
Has this been brought up before? About once every twenty pages.... anyway there is one added twist not mentioned before.
I think she's going to take over Cerberus. Or at least gather together some fringe elements of it to form a similar pro-human organization.
This is the famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) "Illusive Woman" scenario, one of the most discussed options. I think that option will exist in ME3. It's reasonably popuiar here, but some people are passionate about washing their hands (and by extension, Miranda's because she's their LI) of everything Cerberus, and those would like to see something else. The version I prefer is that after TIM's Cerberus is defeated, Miranda will create an STG-like organization with a different name incorporating most of Cerberus' material and data resources and a carefully selected subset of its personnel, if anything remains that's not indoctrinated.
The most common theory that I have heard on Cerberus being an antagonist in ME3 is that it all hinges on Shepard's Collector Base decision. If the base was destroyed, Cerberus is after Shepard because IM is pissed as all hell. If the base is saved, Cerberus gets indoctrinated (well, most of it, anyway).
There is a very significant hint that TIM himself is not indoctrinated, so I don't think the CB decision will matter all that much in why Cerberus is after Shepard. I think we'll see a scenario where TIM has used indoctrination on his troops to make them more loyal and to recruit a bigger army. I have no idea where the CB decision will influence things, but I don't think it's this.
In either scenario, Miranda isn't going to be hanging around Cerberus for very long in ME3. She personally believes that the Collector Base should've been destroyed, so she is at ends with the Illusive Man from the start.
There is a sigificant faction of her fans (and many more people elsewhere on this forum who aren't as emotionally invested in Miranda) who think that Miranda is out of character when - and especially how - she recommends destroying the base (I am one of them). If you'd like to know more about that, I'll tell you in a PM, because most people in this thread are tired of debating this topic.
But almost all of us are in agreement that Miranda will not stay with Cerberus no matter what. If my scenario comes to pass, she'll lose any loyalty she might have left when TIM starts indoctrinating his army.
But I believe that Miranda will not have lost her belief in the basic principles that Cerberus was based off of. She just thinks that the Illusive Man isn't taking those principles in the right direction. And I can see her doing her best to gather together the different parts of Cerberus that have fallen away from the IM.
A split in Cerberus is one possibility I've been posting a long time ago, but had since forgotten. I think this is a definite possibility.
And I mean, let's face it, seeing Miranda sitting in the IM's chair, talking about saving the galaxy, could be pretty cool. Minus the cigarette and glass of whisky(or whatever the hell the IM drinks). She can keep the chest-revealing clothing, though. That should definitely stay. I might even be able to take Miranda not being a perma-squadmate if that is in one of the endings.
Yes, that would be ultra-cool. I, too, would pay the price of not having Miranda permanently on the team in order to see it. And since she's not in combat there, there's no reason for not having a stylish civilian outfit, though I don't like the style of the catsuits.
Also, imagine what a romance scene there would be like, under that transparent dome where you can see the stars in all directions, with a black, almost invisible floor. I've written a
fanfic scene about that more than a year ago when I first envisioned that Miranda might inherit TIM's space station in ME3.
And talk about results of your choices, eh? If Miranda is dead, you would lose that whole part of the plotline. No way to salvage any part of Cerberus to help you fight the Reapers.
Exactly!
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