I don't know that it's weird. Same scene, but completely different relationships.
I would never do the modded romance. For me personally, much more is lost than gained. I happen to be a fan of exactly what we got, strangely enough.
at first it was just to be noesy and maybe a little bit because I didn't like the idea of missing out on Bioware romance arc's.. especially one of the better one's they've done just because they ran out of time or got lazy.
Now though..I would agree with your assessment. Much more is lost than gained by modding. I would venture to say that it may even ruin it for people that have not played through modded before and are playing for the first few times.
I did youtube that scene... and i'm not going through all that hassle to mod my xbox file..
I keep forgetting you're on XBOX.. modding anything is a hassell where as on the PC it's a minute operation.
Now now now, don't forget that you're talking about my Shenko here (and the only one i'll ever experience), though i understand what you mean by that.
They're just different arcs, different relationships, i would never go as to compare them in terms of romantic value.
It's just something i don't do to oppose different ME love interests, thus certainly not something i will do to oppose modded (straight) vs. unmodded (gay) Kaidan romance.
But i'm genuinely happy for you. I'm glad that Kaidan is just as lovely to you as he is to me. That's what i wanted to know.
First, thanks, it's why I keep comming back to this group to post to be honest... the rest of the BSN has lost my interest infact..
Second,
I did not at all mean it to be a comparison of skenko vs mshenko at all. The only way to fully put context to what I was trying (and failed) to say would probably be to live as a gay man for a while. To give it a try though I would start by saying, IRL... I have had a relationship form in the same way that unmoded shep and Kaidan do..so it feels more real, it feels more genuine. Moded Mshep and Kaidan almost seems as fictional as their bad textures would allude to. Totally different experience. Fshep and Kaidan arc works better in that it's more believeable. A Mshep and Kaidan moded arch, even set in a enviroment such as ME where sexuality seems to be of no concern doesn't feel as correct. Part of the blame for that is the way our society (still) is today, some of that is the way I was brought up, and some of it is that it's almost impossible to forget completly that this isn't a video game, so this all compromises what would otherwise be a very nice relationship.
There's more tragity and sacrafice in the unmoded romance is what I'm saying I suppose. That's what my own relationships have provided me, so it hits closer to home. That's all.
I've said it before, to me, the evac scene is totally useless to straight Shenko, and even, cheapening the London goodbyes. From what i've heard, it indeed plays out totally differently for you.
I have seen the Fshep london scene. You're 100% accurate. You're also accurate on the mshep side. It works much better IMO. Cheapens may be a poor choice of words, I believe that since fshep and Kaidan have had more time to mature with one another they may have grown more than mshep and Kaidan, but , going back to that sacrafice and tragity part--- the Mshep arc is so short that you're forced to bottle everything up and have 1/3 of the opportunity to express your feelings on the matter. So it tends to hit harder.
I agree, it's such a touching and very precious romance arc for male Shepard & Kaidan in a un-modded PT. Probably the best love story in all of Mass Effect. The unrequited desire in ME1, where both were too shy to express their real feelings, to the fight in ME2, and the ultimate relationship in ME3.
However, it's too heart wrenching for me. Too sad, and too tragic, to think of Kaidan loosing Shepard once again. I couldn't do that to Kaidan but there is (almost) nothing that you can do in ME3 to prevent him from loosing Shepard a second time. Lucky for me Destroy is my first choice reguardless and my Shep can return to Kaidan.
Mass Effect isn't Shakespeare and it shouldn't try to be,
I didn't want to be that depressed at the end of ME3 and yet, even with the EC, I still am.
Ugh.. yes, yes and yes.
To be quite honest, ME1 and ME2 were a grind, the Fight on Horizon likely sparked the most emotion when Kaidan said loosing you was like loosing a limb, but still I had him pegged in 'FRIEND ZONE' and mostly because I knew there was no opportunity.. conversely, when ME3 kicked in, all the ME1/ME2 stuff came chugging back up, it all started to surface in the dialog and then on the citadel, and then when he mentions I was so focused in my work back then I realized uhh... YEAH I was focused on just completing the mission and forgot that I was clicking away for this
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Still... I found myself teary eyed when I went to bed, my datapad did not update with the Post EC hospital visit mail
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I don't know.. I think t3h mods may be worth it in this case. I don't think it would disrupt much of anything since you would be with liara which have established lines.. but either way is in good fun. Have you seen that scene? It's halarious 'can't I have you both?' 
was still upset that I had to wait a few months for EC, so by that time it was 'meh'
