I imagine my Shep has to be alive simply because she has a very strong will to live, after "I can't lose you again" line from Kaidan. Well, and her mom. (space kid) She probably have very serious injuries, and take many many months to recover, while Kaidan is still beside her (well, nursing his health too)
Probably her squadmates and Anderson will come by to visit her, but they will all have to get on with their lives, like thinking how to get the hell out of Earth and back to their homeworld. In my canon, some thing will work out like space magic.
Given that the Citadel is destroyed, there is no longer a council seat. But eventually, being the 'saviour of the galaxy', she has a lot of ambassador kind of work to do. She will probably become the representative face of humanity, but still not pushing paper-councilor kind of work.
After all, she has a lot of pull politically, Wrex/Eve : saving krogans from the Genophage, some hints that Garrus will become a Primach one day, Tali a Vice Admiral, Liara as shadow broker, even Aria for Omega (if mercernaries are needed). Peace is still a pretty new and uneasy thing, so she still have a lot of work in front of her. Probably issues she will face are the Asari and the Salarians, but her never-say-die attitude will eventually solve all this.
In my head canon, Kaidan and Shep are super workaholics, so in case there's a fraternizing charge, they will get married to be together (and out of love of course). The first few years both of them will stay on Earth to help rebuild, and that's when they have to meet both of their moms. I can so imagine my female Shep freaking out a little for her first meeting with Kaidan's mom. (and vice versa for Kaidan and Shep's mom. She is vice admiral afterall. lol) Kaidan's mom would be quite proud of her son to manage to nab the 'saviour' as his wife, while Shep's mom will tease him a little (my Shep's spunky attitude do come from somewhere.)
I also tried to imagine Shep actually got pregnant from the night before hitting the Cerberus base, I doubt all those injuries would make that big an issue since it was really early pregnancy. Or the conception is as strong as both the characters - determined to survive. Okay, going crazy here. But I thought it would be quite a good story if Shep discover she's actually pregnant at the aftermath. You know, like hope springs eternal? Her first one will be a daughter, a beautiful red head like her mom, and aspiring to be a great marine like her parents. They will have more kids definitely. Kaidan would use all sorts of excuses to get a jump on Shep.
But once the kids are of certain age, and the galactic races' conflicts start to become more dangerous, Anderson will come and ask Shep to step in and do her ambassador work. She would never say no and she miss her friends. Kaidan would understand and they will go together from colonies to colonies to help iron out issues, the kids following them.
Eventually, the little redhead will be as spunky as her mom, and she becomes Commander Shepard II. She can go about telling her own crew how she was there when her mom was busting caps in the face of Cannibals and Marauders, and crushing skulls on husks. lol
Modifié par Ilexias, 24 mars 2012 - 06:44 .