Seleya_LL wrote...
@Brass_Buckles: You bring up some very interesting points for your Shepard. Mine are quite different, and my interpretation of some game aspects is also different, but it's always nice to read someone else's take on the events of the ME triology.
However, I wouldn't read a post-ME3 fiction centred around loss, angst, depression etc, and Garrus coping with Shepard's loss sounds like it.
Yes, there'd be loss and angst and sadness. But the story would be more about moving forward despite it all.
And I'm not inclined to write a sad ending, watching poor Garrus mourn in the EC was sad enough, thanks. There are non-fanfiction stories I am working on that will end sadly, but I found Mass Effect's losses to be gut-wrenching enough. But, happy ending or not, moving forward after such a loss would not be easy. It's a story about becoming more connected to the crew, and of course, proof of Shepard's words, Garrus will never be alone, even if she isn't there.
And the above posters are right, Garrus is not made of metal. That said, I thought kissing took away from the poignancy of the forehead-touching, which was probably a turian gesture. And, depending if you believe the comics, turians may have front teeth--and of course their "lips" are semi-flexible beaks, and may be quite sharp. So kissing might be possible, but it would be difficult.
What I do agree with is that Shepard should have tried to meet Garrus halfway, rather than have him continue to bumble around trying to figure out human romance so he could "get it right." The implication is that there ARE protocols in turian relationships--as in there's a right way to go about it, so clearly there must be a specific "right way" to court a human, too, and Garrus wants to figure that out. I'd actually thought of that before--that it might be why Garrus is so insistent on trying to get everything perfect. Maybe turian society has a specific way you go about it to make your intentions clear (i.e. "this is just sex," or "I want to get to know you better," or "No really I'm serious about this, I'm looking at you as a potential future spouse."). Not sure how I like that--their society may be regimented, but the personal freedom aspect would make me think that courtship was done a bit less strictly. But the idea crossed my mind, all the same, especially when Garrus asked about the "protocol for reunions." Makes me wonder, too, why Shepard didn't ask him what the turian protocol for reunions was... But then again, Garrus had no idea where they stood at that point.
If my guess about turian courtship being more structured in tone is right, it may also explain why Garrus doesn't touch Shepard in ME2. He's not sure what's acceptable, or where he's supposed to touch, so he doesn't. It'd be pretty awkward if he put his hands somewhere inappropriate, and he might even have feared she'd get angry enough about something like that to break the whole thing off.
But as for being dissatisfied with Garrus's romance? Absolutely not. Yeah, the kissing seemed out of place, and I wasn't crazy about Garrus's constant references to Joker's porn vids. But, that wasn't all there was to it. For me, I liked the little things--Garrus worrying about Shepard being tired, mentally and physically. Or Shepard talking to him about what happened on Tuchanka. And the farewell scene, too. It was more what they said to each other than the parts that were supposed to be "sexy" that worked for me. Because, let's face it, Garrus is best at romance when he's not trying to be good at romance. By the end, they felt like a very mature couple who were finally completely comfortable with each other. They felt more married than dating.
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Considering how much other crap happens to them, I think Garrus and Shep deserve to be happy, one way or another.
not sure how renegade to make my femshep... makes the hard choices so someone else dont have to, or just plain pure sadistic. 
