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[CptData]

Aurora has a tendency to write INNOCENT sexy dialogues. Which is really cute and quite the mirror of the old dialogues she wrote a while ago =)

@BE - no ... *g*
But could get used to, if I ever need an ego-boost, I talk to you.

j/k

Reminds me of Shepard who kinda grews an ego without Ash around. She keeps him grounded and realistic, so he won't ever become a saint or something. Hell, my Shep would have picked Control instead of Destroy without Ashley being around ... Benevolent God Shepard.



She's a classy one. Not the classic beauty, but the classic soldier woman with an amazing attitude. Love her, admire her - or fear and respect Ashley. 

Modifié par CptData, 06 août 2012 - 10:54 .

[Aurora313]

No children under the ages of 10 were harmed physcologically or otherwise in the making of the previous dialogue.

[BadExamp1e]

Now that you mention it, my Shepard would have also picked control if it wasn't for Ashley.

[CptData]

BadExamp1e wrote...

Now that you mention it, my Shepard would have also picked control if it wasn't for Ashley.

The main reason why I think so is fueled by the idea Shepard might get "overidealized" over time without someone around keeping him grounded. Know what I mean?

Every ideal starts with an idea (hence the similiarities of those words) and paragon!Shepard lives that idea. He simply wants to make the galaxy a better place, by helping others with their (tiny) problems. That's paragon!Shepard. The knight in a shiny armor.

If no one is around to keep him grounded, his idea would turn to an ideal one day. By the time of The Decision, Shepard would be totally absorbed by that ideal, believing he could do the galaxy a favor by controlling the Reapers. Controlling them, making the Reapers to tools needed for creating a future for everyone IS an ideal - but a dangerous one. Power corrupts. And even the most ideal Shepard (like paragon!Shepard) may get corrupted over time. Well, every ideal has a very high potential to get corrupted - either while trying to achieve it, or shortly after you achieved it.

Ashley is the one who keeps Shepard grounded and in touch with reality. He's still trying to make the galaxy a better place but he knows he won't ever achieve a total utopia. All he can do is to make the galaxy a better place for those he knows in person, those who asked him. And, of course, for himself and Ashley.
That's why the "Ashley-grounded Shepard" knows "Control" is not the answer - but Destruction of the Reapers. Because even the BEST place is still a prison if you need guards to keep it the best place. Without the Reapers as guards controlled by Shepard, the galaxy might be a less peaceful place, but it's no prison anymore. And freedom is one of few ideals you -can- achieve.

[Obvakhi]

Aurora313 wrote...

I can see Ash & Shep having a daughter, but I think them having a son would be more fitting, because then they would totally name him after Kaidan.

[Aurora313]

My Shepards take the option that most suits their personality.

Twin EB!Shepards - are fighters, child soldiers and were raised as such by the gangs. Wondered around until they ran into the Alliance and made a bargain (and lost a bet). M!Shep - the reckless one. The Destroyer, and true to that he destroys the Reapers. F!Shep - the stratergist, the thinker - she understands the merits of having a gigantous taskforce at her back. So she's more towards Control and Synthesis, though she'd probably destroy purely out of spite for TIM and the Starchild.

My Earthborn/colonist Shepards have a daughter first, name it 'Hannah' after their mother and have twin sons a few years later named after Kaidan and Anderson.
My Spacer has twin sons first. They don't have a daughter.

Modifié par Aurora313, 06 août 2012 - 11:12 .

[Dragon_Claw]

Ash & Kaidan agrees...

[CptData]

Obvakhi:
Well my Shepley-family comes with two daughters and a son ... think it fits most to them. One of the daughter looks like the spitting image of Ashley, the other one is a blend of her both parents, same for their son.

And yeah, all those kids have "awesomeness in their blood".

[Aurora313]

My headcanon?

I figure that the daughter would always be seen as a kind of de-facto royalty figure. Some probably jokingly refer to her as 'Princess', if she goes into the military or a SpecTRes career, the title'd probably become the 'Princess of War' or 'Victory'.

Modifié par Aurora313, 06 août 2012 - 11:26 .

[Aurora313]

New headcanon. Far right top, middle pants is Ashley's uniform Post-ME3 when she hits Major.

[BadExamp1e]

My Shepard is not naming any son after Kaidan. He left him to die. That's a painful reminder for both Shepard and Ashley. You see how they are everytime Kaidan is mentioned. They go all quiet and few words are ever spoken between them... :/

I always saw them having a daughter first. But that's my own headcanon.

[Ushanka]

Oh, again fast jump in rank?
I think Lt Commander it's already big jump for her.

[Aurora313]

I said when, and post ME3 - not directly after ME3, but afterwards. I'd say at least 2 years.

[Ushanka]

Damn, Mass Effect's ranking system is very terrible. I still don't know who has higher rank, Shepard or Kaidan!

[BadExamp1e]

I just can't ever imagine them sitting in hospital, smiling over their newly arrived son, and going "Hey, it's such a gloomy moment right now. You know that dark moment in our past? Virmire? Yeah, let's name our kid after the officer who died there because I picked you." 

No offence or anyhing. That's just the way I see it. Ashley and Shepard are never going to forget Kaidan anyway. In my headcanon, Ashley names her son after her father. He's the most important dead guy to her. And she misses her Daddy!

Modifié par BadExamp1e, 06 août 2012 - 11:56 .

[CptData]

Ushanka wrote...

Damn, Mass Effect's ranking system is very terrible. I still don't know who has higher rank, Shepard or Kaidan!

Kaidan is a Major in ME3, Shepard is still a Lieutenant Commander.
That makes Kaidan the higher ranking officer. He can only take Shepard's orders by:

- making Shepard to CO of the Normandy (does not override Spectre status but rank)
- Shepard is a Spectre, Kaidan is not (Spectre-Authority)
- Kaidan -accepts- Shepard's lead.

[Ushanka]

But Spectre - it's another organization. No, really, with all this mess it's hard to understand to who you must obey.

[CptData]

Ushanka wrote...

But Spectre - it's another organization. No, really, with all this mess it's hard to understand to who you must obey.

Actually, it's quite easy.

If your superior officer assigns you as CO to a ship, you're the one giving orders - even if some members of your crew outrank you. You're the captain, they have to obey your orders.

The Spectre stuff is more difficult, 'though.

[Aurora313]

Kaidan has higher rank, Ashley has the same rank. Shepard has more experience and he's been spearheading the entire campaign from the start to finish. More over, he's an N7 Special Forces Marine. They'd defer to his authority.

[BadExamp1e]

I still think Ashley and Kaidan should have been XO. It's never stated who is in ME3, but it should have be said in-game that it was them. I guess Bioware putting them on the bench for half the game was a way to prevent them from being the XO. The haters wouldn't have liked it at all.

[Aurora313]

It should of been made apparent and they should have been involved more with the plots, but alas. Money time and good opportunities are wasted yet again.

[Ushanka]

I know about that stuff, but there is still charterthat everybody must fallow.

Looks like Shepard and Kaidan are friends and they just don't mind about ranks, well, at least in moments where it's not necessary.

And if you Spectre that doesn't mean you can command to everyone.

[Aurora313]

Paragon waves rank completely. He's the kind of guy that doesn't really care about it. You live on his ship, under his roof, give him respect - you're under his protection.

The mentality my EB!Shepards have is 'Rank means nothing. On the battlefield we all bleed the same'.