@ELE - wonderful as always.
I got three cutscenes w/ Ash. The one where she is drunk on the floor, the one at the memorial wall and an invitation to talk at the restaurant on the Citadel. Even w/ all that she really doesn't add anything to the game. The tension between her a femshep in the beginning is the best part of her arch. (or shooting her if you like that). If she had been worth more than 25 points to the GaW I think I would have let her go. Speaking of which ...

As a soldier, every fiber in Erica's being screamed "let him go." He will be a much bigger asset to the effort w/ his biotic kids than he would ever be on the Normandy. She asked him to stay anyway. It's funny. Erica's relationship w/ Kaidan was always one of want rather than need. She doesn't need him, but she wants him to be w/ her. The reason being is that he will always be with her no matter what. But as the story in ME3 unfolded Erica felt more alone than she had ever felt in her life. Letting Kaidan's moral compass be her "conscious" wasn't enough any more. She needed him, and it was very humbling for her to admit.

"Oh course I still love you and want to be w/ you. I didn't put on this stupid dress to impress security."
Erica had always been pragmatic and kept her emotions very close to her chest, but on the lunch date she got to be vulnerable, something that scared the hell out of her and yet was very liberating at the same time. I might add that the lunch date was almost surreal in its normalcy. Erica may come off as rough, even a bully at times, but she is not a selfish woman. Everything she does, for good or for ill, is for the greater good. It was nice to see her be selfish for once.


Wrex: Before you go, there's a matter of a matting request we need to talk about.
Shepard: I knew that was you. I'm flattered, but as we humans say, "I'm taken."
I've only played two femsheps so far, UJ and Erica. Each approached the Surkesh deal differently. Erica was practical and honest and told Eve that she was a bargaining chip and nothing more. But after speaking w/ Eve Erica's perspective changed somewhat. Curing the genophage was still a risky proposition and I had originally intended for Erica to take the Salarian deal, but that would go against her character. She told Wrex and Eve of the plan. She knew that she may have just doomed the galaxy, but she also knew that they could all die tomorrow. Theories on what if didn't matter if all she had was today. And that's the way I played her from then on. The future be damned as there may not be one.

"Snake eyes again? Damn."
UJ on the other hand is constantly rolling the dice. She saw both sides of the genophage argument w/ equal validity, but she trusted Wrex. She was going to gamble on that trust. Meeting Eve solidified her decision to stay on her path and she never considered entertaining the Salarian deal.
Anyway ... just being melancholy today.

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you

May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung

And may you stay forever young
Modifié par JamieCOTC, 03 avril 2012 - 08:12 .