****FULL OF SPOILERS AHEAD****
Yeah I just finished playing yesterday, at least until the part after Thane dies at the hospital... and I'm sorry but this kinda has made me not all that gung ho about finishing this game any longer.
In my play through I did a bit of a speed play through of one, where I ended up romancing Kaiden. Then, he yells at me and calls me all sorts of traitor and hypocrite in ME2, so I'm thinking the romance is pretty much dead, right? If it wasn't in his mind my Shepard sure as hell broke it off with him and made it clear at the beginning of ME3 that she did (took the renegade option in Mars.
) So, back to ME2. After Horizon my Shep meets this wonderfully calm and intriguing (cute as hell too!
) drell, by the name of Thane after going to find out the situation about Nassana Dantius. From the first flex of muscle and showmanship of sliding down silently to get his kill, to every prayer word and insight to character that she was able to talk with him about, my Shep fell head over heals for him. They weren't separated for long if she could help it, often together during many missions or sitting with each other talking quietly in Life Support, he tells her that he feels alive again because of her... and later she comforts him and gives him a moment to be truly alive again before delving into the suicide mission...
Such a romantically flourishing romance with such a wonderfully done and breathtaking character.
Then comes ME3. My Shep gets the hurriedly worded letter from Thane, obviously full of worry as he and her have had no contact since her incarceration... and she was on Earth before the reaper attack the last he knew... My Shep's heart skips a beat and makes time for an immediate docking at the Citadel to see him again. Once there, he expresses his worry and relief, and even says he will watch over Kaiden for her while she can not be there (he knows she was with Kaiden, he asked and she told him, but that they grew apart as well and are not together...). She appreciates this, Thane has always been the better man after all, and gives him a small, but passionate kiss the first chance she can get, even if it happens to be during when he's trying to tell her of his illness. *blush*
Finally they sit down and he tells her of his illness and what has been happening... a short conversation and somewhat bittersweet... but it seems a bit... medical to me as well. Like someone talking to their friend or doctor than their lover. At least she can interrupt him again and get a few stolen moments with him... embarrassing themselves like 2 hormonally charged teenagers in the middle of the hospital *blush* but still some time! The whispered "I missed you Shepard" had her melting...
Skip ahead to Cerberus usurping C sec and the Citadel... he sounds out of breath but doesn't hesitate or stop to come running to her side to help her, despite his illness. He finally gets there and buys her the needed time, saving the councillor from assassination, but getting harmed in the process while the assassin gets away.
Shep sees he is hurt... asks him how bad it is out of worry... and then just...leaves him there without a second glance? A little out of character for my Shep but I mentally chalk it up and fill in my own dialogue about how Thane would want her to get out of there and go find him, his honor not letting him let her stay with him. If she doesn't go, he gets away to kill the other councillors and his save is in vain. So ok, I can overlook that one... still think my Shep would have kissed him silly and at least told him she would be back for him before she left him there...
Jump to the hospital scene. I can't even comment on this one with a romantic dialogue like the other scenes. Even as emotionally charged as this scene was, and utterly beautiful it was for him to meet his end like this... it wasn't as romantically charged as it should have been. My Shep felt like a bystander and friend more than a lover. The prayer was beautiful, and just like him to pray for her soul on his own deathbed... but other than "where the lover never leaves" in the prayer, the comment he says about him "leaving at a time like this" when I get there and my Shep saying "meet you across the sea" when he dies... not one single romantic word to each other at all. No "I love you" from either of them... nothing. My Shep would have been horribly emotional at this point, and would have at least told him how she felt about him so he could sleep with that knowledge. Major Grrrrr moment for me there.
Jump to back on the ship... Shep is depressed (or at least I am, she doesn't seem to be emotionally changed one way or the other >
) and talks to her crew and friends. Not one single word about Thane. Everyone congratulated me for saving the Salarian and says that they're happy Kaiden is better and back.... but not one word of Thane giving his life after HE saved the salarian, Nor one word about how they feel about Thane's death (even from the ones that KNEW him in ME2) or any reference to the death what so ever (although they all comment about Mordin), not even from Shepard herself. The only indication you have about his death is his name on the damn wall. And his letter. That letter was beautiful at least. I hadn't seen it yet in LotSB so it was a beautiful and heart-wrenching surprise to me. But it still should have been something that could have been expressed between Shep and Thane and not just in letter form. :\\
So for some closure My Shep held her own little funeral in Life Support, the place where they had their many talks and found their feelings for each other. She said a few prayers for him to Arashu and Kalahira and promised again to meet him across the sea. Something that could have been expressed in the game itself I think at least, was kinda disappointing I had to do it myself for my character. ><
Then jump to talking with Kaiden not very long after Thane's death.. where Kaiden decides to tell her he understands why she "cheated" (Cheated??? Shep dropped your ass buddy the moment you yelled at her and stopped trusting her. You two were effectively broken up to any who decided to ask her, INCLUDING you the other 3 times you asked her yourself.) and that he wanted to be with her again. Um really? Thane died less than a few hours ago...jerk.
Needless to say she turned him down. Citing confusing times rather than her emotional upheaval (which that kinda burned me about too ><). *sigh*
But yeah, my whole diatribe is basically this: Definitely not happy with how his romance was carried over and expressed in ME3. I could live with the inevitability of his death and not having a cure. If that was the only option available I can make myself live with it. I can NOT live with how... clinical it all felt to me. Like they completely ignored the emotional investment Thane and Shepard had to each other in ME2 (romanced anyway) and put it all in a back seat friendship for ME3. And then have all the characters utterly disprespect Thane by not acknowledging him in any way, shape, or form after his death? And even all line up to hit on me in my cabin later that day (Vega, Allers and Traynor, even Kaiden to a point)? Come on now. ><
Also, anyone noticed out of all the characters you meet, ME1 and 2 included... under the "known associates" codex slot... that everyone else gets a codex entry... but not Thane? He shows up NOWHERE in the codex. Zip.
Way to disrespect a loved character (and most advertised character) for ME2 in ME3 Bioware. ><
(Sorry about the long, rantish post.)
Modifié par Aurien, 10 mars 2012 - 10:44 .
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