jeweledleah wrote...
personaly, I don't hate liara, or blame her for saving Shepard's body. I blame her for not telling anyone what happened. She is an indirect casue of a lot of issues Shepard has with council and alliance, because she knows which rumors are not true... yet she does NOTHING to dispell them. I'm fairly sure she was keeping updated on Shepard's progress. she pays your landing fees when you arrive on Illium, she is expecting you, she is a VERY good information broker.
I resent her for not sharing that information and her part in Shepard's resuraction with people who needed to know. and I resent the preferential treatment she seems to be getting. its not her fault, its the writers, but there it is.
Had Shepard not went after Joker, had Joker gotten his butt up sooner, had the Council not sent Shepard into that area, and so on. Liara was informed by Miranda that there was so much damage to Shepard that the chances were slim to none. I don't think that based on that information Liara really believed that Shepard was coming back. And I don't see Cerberus sharing updates with her over the years, but I have no proof of that.
Once Shepard stepped on Omega, Liara probably received word that Shepard (or someone who looked like Shepard) was seen there. I can only imagine all the thoughs that went through her head.
Now Anderson finds out that you are alive and I've always suspected that it was Liara that reached out to him (or she contacted Hackett*) at that point. That, to me, is why he wasn't so surprised or overly inquisitive about the who, where and when of your reappearance. If she didn't tell him then how did he (Anderson) find out, know that you were working with Cerberus and not ask where the frick you'd been for over two years. He knew that you had been spaced and "died".
Anderson then would have reached out to Hannah with the news and you get that nice little "What? You didn't call your mother?" e-mail. But I also felt that she didn't know that you were dead but that you were off on a mission. The letter didn't read "You were dead! Son/daughter, please come see me." Or maybe I'm not remembering her letter clear ... either way, someone told her shortly after you start running around the galaxy. The pisser here is that she sends an e-mail. Two years and no communication, my mother would be on deck and kicking my ass, not sending an e-mail.
Anderson also opted to keep the VS blind to what Shepard was doing and Shepard blind to the VS. Wouldn't it have been nice if Anderson would have had the VS in his office when Shepard arrived? But he didn't.
The truth is that everything that happened and will happen is more Shepard's doing than anyone else's. (S)He is driving the boat and only because there are people around him/her does Shepard keep moving forward. The VS got inquisitive and set off the beacon that let Shepard start to know that a death squad was on its way, Ashley has Shep's back if he fails to talk a krogan down, Miranda drops Wilson before he can drop Shep, Liara gets Shep's body before the collectors can turn him into a slushee, and the beat goes on.
Resenting Liara for not telling others about you rising from the dead? She may be the reason the Alliance was informed and so not surprised that you were walking around. Blaming her for events after you rise? Okay. But then she gets the credit as well for when you and your LI are back together, when the reapers are defeated by Shepard and his crew, etc. If she gets the blame for the bad then in that same process she gets the credit for the good.
For me Shepard has a lot to be thankful for and Liara is just one of those in that group. (S)He appreciates all those that were in the trenches and the hard decisions each of them made. My Shepards all are glad that she went after the remains, even the Shepards that aren't with her.
And Horizon? That was on Shepard and the VS. No one else. Not TIM, Liara, Anderson, [put any other name here]. And only those two can fix it if they want to get back together.
But these opinions only reflect my gameplay/viewpoint. If a person wants to blame Liara for all that is bad ... your dime, time and gameplay. Have at it! Opa!
*We know that she was keeping in contact with Hackett by the dog tags comment. Who knows, maybe he and Anderson started her hunt since they were keeping Shepard's death off the books. I guess someone could RP it that way if you didn't romance her.