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[Cyansomnia]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

Hell no.
The whole dying thing is what makes Thane an interesting character.
Kind of kills all of that if he just gets made better.

He's an incredibly interesting character, anyway.  Did you talk to him in ME2?

[lyssalu]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

Hell no.
The whole dying thing is what makes Thane an interesting character.
Kind of kills all of that if he just gets made better.

lol rly

you only found thane interesting because he had kepral's?

your loss mans

also we just want a choice.  if you think thane is interesting because he can die, kill him in your game.

[Asepsis]

I thought it would have been a cool sub-plot to find a cure for Kepral's syndrome, or at least, find the beginning of a cure like we did for the genophage. I think that dead or alive, Thane's character was awesome. I romanced Thane in one of my playthroughs and he is a super interesting character. One of my favorites actually.

However I think his death was handled well in ME3. So I am honestly not sure, I think it'd be nice to have the option for people who want it, but yeah.

I think randomly stumbling upon a full out cure wouldn't be great though, but maybe a DLC? I'd be down for more stuff like that.

They did create kakliosaurs from fossils, a cure for Keprals would probably be far less out there in my opinion.

[RShara]

Asepsis wrote...

I thought it would have been a cool sub-plot to find a cure for Kepral's syndrome, or at least, find the beginning of a cure like we did for the genophage. I think that dead or alive, Thane's character was awesome. I romanced Thane in one of my playthroughs and he is a super interesting character. One of my favorites actually.

However I think his death was handled well in ME3. So I am honestly not sure, I think it'd be nice to have the option for people who want it, but yeah.

I think randomly stumbling upon a full out cure wouldn't be great though, but maybe a DLC? I'd be down for more stuff like that.

They did create kakliosaurs from fossils, a cure for Keprals would probably be far less out there in my opinion.

See, there definitely shouldn't be a magical cure for Thane. That would be cliche and almost as offensive as what has happened in game.
I think that if you romanced him, and got the conversation where he no longer wants to die, then when you import your game, you should have the option to go on a quest to save him. You can save Miranda depending on your decisions, why can't you save Thane?
If Thane were strong enough he should have been able to drive off Kai Leng without being seriously hurt (accepting the fact that Kai Leng has impenetrable plot armor).

Thane was never "destined" to die. The writers in ME2 said they weren't sure where they were going to take the character.

In the leaked script, there were several options where Thane takes a bullet during the Coup, to stop Udina. In one of the options, he pulls off "A slick move" and stops Udina, and just looks "out of breath."

Mordin can magically cure the genophage in a few weeks, but no one can cure drell in years? From a bacterial infection? And we're not talking just 1 person, but an entire race.

From LotSB, you see Thane is a candidate for a transplant but declined. It is not specified whether this is BEFORE or after romancing Shepard.

It's only been 6 months or so since the end of ME2 (Arrival). Thane says that he as told he had 3 months to live 9 months ago. So..............he was 3 months PAST his expected life expectancy when he agreed to join up (and kicked ass)???

The doctor you talk to when you go to see Thane says that they had a problem with lack of drell blood for transfusion. Shepard offers to find some, and boom, Kolyat is there. Granted, he can't give ALL of his blood to Thane, but he should be able to donate a good bit. Certainly enough to buy enough time for Shepard to find more (fetch mission to Kahje?). I mean, you go fetching like, flags, and stuff. Wouldn't be any more ridiculous than that.

Thane's also the only ME2 squadmate that doesn't have at least some sort of sidemission, even a Running-Around-The-Citadel type mission.

What would make sense is that, if you romanced him in ME2, you have the OPTION to talk him in to a transplant. If he agrees, (and maybe if your Reputation is high enough) then he is strong enough to recover from the fight with Kai Leng. Strength of will, will to live makes a HUGE difference in survival odds. This isn't even a cure, but it's something that would extend him through ME 3, and leave the rest to......SPECULATION.

Modifié par RShara, 21 mars 2012 - 02:35 .

[utaker1988]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

Hell no.
The whole dying thing is what makes Thane an interesting character.
Kind of kills all of that if he just gets made better.

My husband is an interesting character too, quite the funny and charming guy, and oh yeah, he has a liver disease that will one day kill him.  So, am I to assume that he would no longer be interesting if they found a cure for what he has?  I find this logic insulting.  

[Jenlocks]

RShara wrote...


Mordin can magically cure the genophage in a few weeks
 

Especially when Mordin specifically says that the cure for the genophage is still years away when you save the data in ME2 but then in this game he's all "here it is". How long have the hanar been working on a cure? I don't see why there couldn't be a breakthrough with Keprals Syndrome as well. 

[Visii]

utaker1988 wrote...

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

Hell no.
The whole dying thing is what makes Thane an interesting character.
Kind of kills all of that if he just gets made better.

My husband is an interesting character too, quite the funny and charming guy, and oh yeah, he has a liver disease that will one day kill him.  So, am I to assume that he would no longer be interesting if they found a cure for what he has?  I find this logic insulting.  

 When people say, "The whole point of his character was that he was dying," well those people are patently wrong. And having written him that way in ME3 was worse.

What kind of message is, "dying people are what disease they have?" My mother is dying of pancreatic cancer. Is she only the disease? Did she cease to be a person once she was diagnosed with it? Has she lost all facets of her personality because she is now a dying woman? Of course not. Why should it be any different with Thane?

I only bring this up because I am, of course, not the only one who is watching a loved one suffer from a terrible, debilitating illness. For those of us who are or have, there was a strong connection with Shepard. That made Thane's death all the more terrible to watch.

NO ONE needs the message that, "sometimes, things are out of your control" or "sometimes, people close to you die." Many of us are living that reality, and certainly do not need a second dose of it in the video games we play for recreation. It could have and should have been handled with more care, more respect.

Modifié par Visii, 21 mars 2012 - 08:47 .

[LucyMaire]

@Visii I'm so sorry about your mother. And you are spot-on.

[mnomaha]

@Visii, couldn't agree more. I've seen first hand what liver cancer does to a person. It's ****ing terrible. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Did it define her? Hell no! She defined herself and fought to the very bitter, miserable end. A full year after her two month "expiry" date.

Modifié par mnomaha, 21 mars 2012 - 09:35 .