Sarah1281 wrote...
I think that he was always supposed to die from his terminal disease but that Bioware, for whatever reason, decided to **** with his fans by dangling a nonexistant cure option in front of them.
As far as "realism" goes, though...Bringing Shepard back cost a ridiculous amount of money and was only done because they needed her. If someone with the Illusive Man's resources needed Thane to live for some reason then it might have been a different story so they didn't and he didn't. Similarly, the genophage had to be cured since that was the only way to get the krogans and turians to work together and there was no pressing galaxy-saving reason for Thane to be saved unless Shepard decided to let the galaxy go to hell if he didn't. Mordin also understand a lot about the genophage since it was undoing itself so he "fixed" it and Maelon seems to have just gotten lucky that one of his extreme experiments paid off. And once one person was cured of the genophage, it was much easier to replicate it than if Eve hadn't been there.
These just as miraculous if not more so medical treatments that were provided successfully while Thane's weren't were also born out of a really dire need which gets more resources and more dedication to the project which, naturally, increases the odds of success.
Of course, it would be nice to know why Thane chose not to get a transplant which was a medical procedure readily available to him.
First point, hits me pretty hard. Dangling that in front of us was not cruel, it was sadistic. As for a galaxy pressing issue, I suppose if they thought out his character more, I imagine they could have come up with a reason why he could be a war asset even if dying. He states in 2, he still has contacts if you ask him about Normandy upgrades. I imagine that he would be more than happy to help Shep with getting the support of some of these contacts. My Shep was willing to step into bed (not literally, thank God, or I would have said No) with Aria for her mercenaries, I'm sure she would have taken whatever help from the contacts Thane had. Not as galaxy pressing as getting Turians and Krogans but every little bit helps.
I'm going to guess that Thane doesn't sign up for the lung transplant list because at the time he was considered candidate he had resigned himself to death. Of course, the events and his feelings change over the course of 2, so why he still didn't want that option is still a mystery. Maybe he did, and we just don't know it. Maybe the Drell are so small in number compared to other species that the chances of actually getting one are non existent. But since this is Mass Effect and my brain dead Shep was rebuilt, I'm sure a lung could have been coughed up for Thane.
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