aedsu wrote...
I wouldn't count EDI/Joker as a plot point that would be game breaking if it were tweaked to allow a romance between Shepard and Joker or even Shepard and EDI. I mean I get that people are a fan of JEDI and that's great, but the whole argument that it's necessary to EDI's growth is silly and rather insulting to both the character of EDI and jokermancers.
EDI is more than just Joker's computer girlfriend, she's sentient and there's more to being self aware than getting a date and falling in love. I mean that's pretty much what Shepard says to her if you choose not to push the relationship, right? Besides, if it were so important and necessary to her growth and the game, bioware wouldn't have given you the choice to shut the two of them down on it.
EDI also has plenty to say about her status as a synthetic life-form particularly if you choose to eliminate the Geth. So in comparison to the EDI/Joker romance I'd say that constitutes as growth and a plot point that's far more important than the sudden romance.
Especially since it comes around right after she acquires Eva Core's body?
I'm also a bit disappointed that the lead-in for said JEDI romance was partly having femshep get shot down in Purgatory. That's just cruel. Why tease it in the first place? I know it's not the only option to pick but still.
There are plenty of ways they could work Joker into a relationship with Shepard, they have the most history together, Shepard chose to save his life and sadly died in the process, Joker has always been honest with Shepard even going so far as to yell at them after the collector attack in 2 and again in ME3. Sure it would be a volatile romance, but if Garrus' trust and respect for Shepard can be either romantic or platonic, then so can Joker's.
And if you don't want to romance him, don't.
But fans will be fans and there are quite a few Jokermancers out there and I happen to be one. ): Though it seems it is a stance that is for some reason frowned upon on these forums. :'D
Personally I would have loved to see an argument arise after the purgatory scene.
And on another note, couldn't hurt to ask or even express the desire to see it happen seeing as the hetero romance options in ME3 are sparse for femshep. :/ Especially if you didn't romance Garrus and left Kaidan to die.
The way it was written in ME3? Yes, it is necessary to EDI's growth. It didn't have to be, but that's the way they wrote it. I'm not saying it was the right decision and I agree that there's more to both of them than that romance, but that's not what we got in the game. They are now intrinsically linked. The majority of her conversations about her humanity include comments regarding Jeff and her feelings for him. These are all conversations that would have to be altered to shoe-horn in a romance with him. Yes, you can discourage them from being together, but even that would have to be altered because it acknowledges the mutual attraction.
At this point, it's unrealistic to think they would add in any new romance, much less one that would require them to rework so much of the game. People seem to be mistaking the ending outcry as some kind of open season, like the whole game is in a state of flux and the devs are ready and eager to change any aspects of their finished product as dictated by any random forum-goer. They're done picking the romances, they were done a year ago. The outcry would have to be massive for them to even consider that kind of hassle and it just isn't. If thousands of people can't convince them to change a terrible ending, an online petition that can't even get a hundred signatures won't get a brand new love interest that alters a major character arc in the established game.
I will say this though; I don't think it's wrong to like 'Shoker', I can certainly see the appeal even if it's not my pairing of choice. I certainly don't think it's wrong to want more options for straight FemShep considering how few she got and what happened to half of them. I'm not trying to make any judgments on what should or should not have been. I'm just saying that realistically, it's not going to happen with Joker. It doesn't matter how many ways it
could have worked, that ship has sailed.
Modifié par Aris Ravenstar, 20 juin 2012 - 09:52 .
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