justgimmedudedammit wrote...
Goneaviking wrote...
c. I hope the trial isn't just a political maneuver. No one should have carte blanche to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives without being compelled to justify it in a meaningful inquest. I do accept the Deus Ex Machina of Shepard being cleared by the trial, but even his supporters should be left feeling sick at the scale of the horror.
Someone needs to pay and Shepard is the best candidate for this. For my canon run I accept this fate knowing what the implications are otherwise. Also, given Hackett's personal debriefing of Shepard, some of that feeling of horror/disbelief was conveyed.
For my part it's less a need for someone to pay than a revulsion at the idea that someone should have the ability to make that kind of decision without being called upon to defend it. It was certainly the only option presented in the game, and in the context it was a much better option than letting the Reapers start up unopposed. But if the trial is just treated as a formality, then it'll be a damned shame.
The paragon vs renegade system aside the series has had Shepard ankle-deep in moral ambiguity the whole time and it'd be a tremendous waste of potential if the developers just wave their hands and it becomes a non-issue.
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