While I am glad that you found something worthwhile in Thane's content and death, I still believe that the way they handled his character and his subsequent death, was trivial. *WARNING* - about to start repeating myself....again.
He is our only true representive for the Drell race, and has much more to offer in regards to their host race, the Hanar. That right there is enough to bring much to the table, character and storywise.....but alas, that is not what we got. Moving on, his involvement with the Coup screams of setup; a lack of knowing (or bothering) to do with him in regards to "action". His reason for being on the Citadel is for Kolyat (though he fails to talk about that IF you romanced him...go figure. Time constraints I'm guessing?!?), yet he high tails it to the aid of a Salarian Councilor. (looking to protect his son seems more in keeping with his character.....and yes, we could speculate that he did that first, but still....was there enough time for that? Where would he have put his son, or found his son to begin with, to make sure he was safe?) We are led to believe from earlier conversations that he is so sick (and yes, they actually changed his illness in me3....look for the Medical Discussion on the SaveThane Group by BeanieBat and moira-chan), that having him take on KL seems....well, heroic or suicidal? The fight it self, looks rather ridiculous (check out RShara's slide presentation of the KL/Thane fight for further analysis). Between the sneaking up/headshot in sight, the biotic beeotch slap when he tosses KL down to the ground, and the fact that when Shep and Co. show up, they just stand there doing nothing, yes; this just appears shoddy. It puts me in mind of most action sequences that appear in movies.....flashy, but lacking any sense of realism that even suspending disbelief becomes difficult. The fact that if you don't talk to Thane before the Citadel Coup (and yes, some people did do that after the game was first released), the scenario of Kirahee coming in to stop KL, if he is alive in your play through, or the Councilor dying happens, just screams of shoehorning an intricate character into a role merely because he is already on the Citadel and also an assassin. Then Thane just dies off screen with no mention at all.....well, except that the new EC will show his picture in the Flashback. I do realize that I view this more critical than those that either didn't romance Thane, or really did care to begin with, but I saw most of these things right away on March 7th; the last day I played this game.
Finally we get to Kepral's it self, and I will just requote what I said when reviewing Myth's essay:
Quick question; have you stressed the connection to a cure or life extending treatment for Thane, would mean a cure or life extention for the Drell race, in other parts of your essay(s)? This connection has always bugged me, that the BW team dropped so easily. Since he IS our representative in the game for the Drell race, and he has Kepral's, the leading cause of death for Drell's (an already languishing race due to apocolyptic circumstances on their homeworld), having helped Thane with Kepral's would have meant just as much to his entire race, as curing the genophage or adapting the Quarians did, IMO. Anyway, just curious.......
Thematically, us helping him with his Keprals would have in turn, helped the entire Drell race. Aiding galactic races has been a central theme in all the ME games. Doing this would have kept that theme in line with the rest of the storylines. This wasn't some rare disease that only he and a few others had, this is a major affliction for his entire race. I would say that that qualifies as important under the established themes in this series.
Lastly, the romance. This was tacked on. Most have agreed this to be true, regardless of their opinions of Thane's death. You are definately right that ALL the non squaddie ME2 LI's got short changed, and Jacob's situation is a complete mess (and completely unfair!). Hell, I'm bent that Samara's potential romance was disregarded as well (poor Abel Shepard....). However, it is a bit easier to use ones imagination (headcannon, if you will), when the character in question doesn't have a forced death. More to the point though is.....this is the Thane thread, so we are meant to talk about Thane and our feelings on his character and portrayal in the ME universe. We do touch on the others of course, and many of us have lent our voices to the other poorly handled characters as well, in other threads and petitions. Needless to say, knowing that you know Myth, I am sure you have heard all we have to say on what went wrong with the romance arc (or lack there of) in me3. To sum up: Character arc from romanced Thane in ME2 is altered (without explanation or questioning) in me3, no quality time with Thane, no chance to reconfirm the romance, no Paramour Achievement, no "I love you's" in the death scene ( in fact the Shepard in the death scene acts the same whether romanced or not...very "cold" feeling), no codex entry, no mention of him by other squadmates, ect..........(and yes, the make-out scene in front of the giant window is cringeworthy....yeesh! Could they not have spared a private room at the very least??)
I do appreciate your thoughts, and as strange as it may sound after that long rant, I really do wish for people to be happy with the game they have spent time and money on. So this is a good thing. I, however, am not. So, I will be happy in the fact that I haven't finished me3 and I can just make up my own story on how things turned out after ME2. I will continue to play ME and ME2 because I thoroughly enjnoy those two games. Happy Gaming!
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Bah! Edit for TOP
Modifié par coldwetn0se, 28 juin 2012 - 07:33 .
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6 months house arrest between ME2 and me3
and then see if I can put a "mod" out there. 
