Sgt Reed 24 wrote...
Now to business...
you actually liked Ash's treatment in ME3?! I thought she was terribly gimped on content. I suppose this comes from the fact that somehow I got stuck with the friendship path rather than the romance path. But from what I hear, the only difference is the roll in the hay at the end.
Now to me, Ashley didn't talk nearly enough throughout the game. Once she comes back from the Citadel Coup... what does she do? NOTHING. She lays around drunk on the floor and moves 5 feet either way and never leaves her room. She never has anything to say after missions unless she's babbling about Cerberus more. Like after Thessia... I thought for sure she would have something comforting to say to Shepard... nothing.
Everyone gets these moments on the normandy where they are moving around interacting with other crew members, talking to you about what has happened and you can actually interact with them... making it feel more real. Ashley doesn't do any of that. I was highly disappointed with her in ME3... more so than about the endings.
I could even get over not having her for half the game b/c of the injury and coup... if she would have had something to say about things, if she would have done SOMETHING! ugh.
Hi Reed!

Now, to business. Damn it... aside from the fact that I agree with you in function, yes I like the way the romance worked. Why? Because my number one fear going into ME3 is that they would do this:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Shepard! I was
SO WRONG to doubt you on Horizon! Would you forgive me if I got on my knees and begged? How about if I just got on my knees, nudgenudgewinkwink. I can dance for you like Kelly! And feed more than your fish, nudgenudgewinkwink. And did you notice my boobs? They're bigger.
Mass-affected, Shepard. *awkward camera angle*

So yeah. I was
elated that didn't happen, because, after seeing the new outfit and character model, I was not expecting much. I was expecting Kelly-Meets-Miranda-With-Lots-of-Apologies, and I was actually cringing when I first saw her on screen.
I felt her path stayed true to character, and the romance bits were touching and well done, imo, and that was what most mattered to me. Sorry you got friendzoned, though. Bad, Renegade!