In my opinion...
1) The "disconnection" (seemingly so, with reasons) from Liara and Shepard in ME3 (as LI's) compared to how it was portrayed in ME1 and followed in ME2's Shadow Broker is indeed very annoying and unfitting. If Shepard romanced Liara in ME1, remained loyal to her in ME2 and resumed the romance via LoSB, then there's no reasons why Liara would go "friend zone" with Shepard in ME3, only to have Shepard forced to reaffirm his/her love for Liara and his/her interest to "spend the rest of my life" with Liara. That one was just out of nowhere. When Liara said "just friends" I totally went numb and dumbstruck, staring at her and wondering "
WTF BioWare? Forgot I romanced her? A little problem with story cohesion by any chance?". And of course it made that scene very unfitting and I pretty much had to correct it via head-canon (again, something I have to fix myself with my imagination). So, for that part, I agree.
2) With this said, I disagree however about Liara's placement / room in the Normandy. By that I mean that Liara should NOT be in Shepard's personal cabin. The Normandy is NOT the "couple"'s private apartment nor Liara's house on a beach, and it's not Shepard's home either. It's a war / reconnaissance ship that belongs to the Alliance, and chances are that the Alliance would grant specific space for specific personnel (just use some suspension of disbelief). Something else to consider, what would others on the ship think about that? Their Commander has a private cabin, spacious and comfortable, would "live" there with her beloved Liara, could have all sorts of fun and comforting and relaxing moments with her, while them poor "lesser" personnel have to do with shared rooms or have to go on a leave on their rented apartments on the Citadel and whatnot if they want to have some free time for themselves? That would be unacceptable.
What if Garrus, Vega, Ashley/Kaidan and Co. would like to have their own loved one with them on the Normandy? Just like Shepard? Could they? Should they? Would the Alliance agree? Would Shepard have anything to say about it? What would be "fair"? Anyway, I don't really like ME3 overall for many reasons, but that part... sorry but I have to compose with the fact that it's a time of war and exactly because of that Shepard and everyone else should stay focused (like Liara often says, and says so during LoSB after the fight is done). If Liara wants to "see" Shepard and have some time for themselves, then meeting at the cabin for that amount of time, and not repeating that too often could be acceptable, especially for something like Liara's time capsule project thing, that's appropriate. For a moment like the Liara's romance scene, that's an exception of sort just like it was in ME1's romance scene, and just like it was in ME2's DLC, those are cherished and important short-lasting moments. But for them to actually share the cabin permanently? No way, not under my watch.
I mean MY Shepard wouldn't accept it. Even if she'd die for Liara without a single moment of hesitation, and would totally marry her and have those blue babies by the dozens. It's the Normandy, c'mon. There's others on the ship, it's a team, a family, respect amongst each others. I just wouldn't want to share my personal cabin (which already by itself is a great advantage for the commanding officer to have) with Liara. I'm on duty on the Normandy I'm not on a leash. Some exceptions could occur, yes, some, but nothing permanent, nothing to distract from the tasks at hand.
Must remain focused, galaxy to save * (takes deep breath Mordin-style) * otherwise, problematic.
Modifié par Lyrandori, 15 avril 2012 - 12:49 .
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