MegaBadExample wrote...
knightnblu wrote...
There are a number of relationships that are superior to that of Williams. Liara does go in search of Shepard's body, but she doesn't collect it to revive you. She does it so that you can get a funeral. When she hands Shep's carcass over to Cerberus they tell her that they are going to attempt to restore him. She reluctantly agrees and we see the end result.
But Liara isn't the only one who believes in Shepard. Tali comes from a people who experienced violence from Cerberus, Quarians died and even on Freedom's Progress, Cerberus wants to continue treating the Quarians as property rather than as people. Yet, she stands by Shepard.
Miranda needs Cerberus to protect both herself and her sister from her estranged father. She stands by Shepard knowing first hand how dangerous it is to defy TIM and places both herself and her sister at risk to stand by Shepard.
Ashley? In less than three and one half minutes of not seeing you for more than two years and with Shepard having saved her life for the third time, she abandons you on Horizon as a fraud and a traitor. I think that her record speaks for itself.
Therefore, I believe that Liara, Tali, and Miranda are all superior relationships when compared to that of Ashley.
Ashley turned her back to the Alliance by following Shepard to Ilos. She had so much to lose by doing that. Sure the others followed too, but Ashley was practically throwing away everything her, and family had worked for by going along with it.
So what? If Ashley walked away on Horizon. At the time, she was confused, emotional, and didn't understand the situation, so she did the easiest thing - lash out, then sent an apology later. Some people just expect Ashley to fall in line like a good little soldier, when a dead man magically shows up in front of her after two years, wearing the wrong colours.
Shepard can ask her to join him, but she rejects. And you know, what? Shepard shouldn't ask anything of Ashley because so far, she's never asked him for anything. All the other romances have. Liara made you do her dirty work, and so did every other squad mate in ME2. You had to do work/tasks/favours for their affection.
Personally, I like the Ashley romance, because Ashley challenges Shepard. She's stubborn, and does her own thing. And I can't see my Shepard liking a woman who’s simple putty in his hands. Now, I’d like to say, I've got nothing against Liara. She's awesome and is my second favourite squad mate. And you know, you can pick whoever you want to romance. It's your decision. All the romances are somewhat good in their own right.
First I'd like to say both arguments are so well said!
Personally I like Liara's story arc simply because yeah, she's a blue alien. The idea of an all-female race of mystical blue space mages versus your run of the mill futuristic girl soldier is not a hard choice in my book.
Although my main Shepard is a heterosexual female (thus she likes Jacob and Kaidan MUCH better), for other Sheps Liara was one of my top picks. I like the nice girl scientist she was in ME1. I really didn't care much for the direction she was taken in ME2, specifically the Shadow Broker (but this thread isn't about complaining), however I want to see if a loyal Shep really will marry her and have little blue children. Oh how it will bring the writer in me out of its true! Plus Liara definitely has a dark side and I want to see how that plays out with an unloyal Shep in ME3.
Ashley's romance arc is okay if not standard. But she never compelled me as a character. She was a family woman and had a good heart. But in only three of my eight playthroughs did I even want to keep her alive on Virmire, two did I even pursue a romance. One so I can have a catfight between her and Miranda and the other just to see a loyal Shep arc for ME3. Other than that she just bores me. Miranda and Jack are so much more compelling and interesting to me. I'd even take Kasumi as an LI over Ashley. Miranda's a genetically engineered Cerberus officer while Jack is a convict and one of ME's most compelling characters (to me at least). Ashley is just a simple soldier. She gets the glory of Virmire for my canon run because she doesn't interest me any further than that.
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