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[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Liara has described the melding in great detail. So is it possible that Liara pulled a Spock on Shepard and is carrying a complete copy of Shepard in her mind like when Spock put his "Katra" in Bones at the end of The Wrath of Khan?

What I'm saying is that maybe the OTHER writers wanted the option of bringing Shepard back at some point, while some were saying "this is the end of Shepard's story arc." So if Shepard dies, Liara does her usual thing of body snatching again, clones Shepard, and then implants the mind and voila, there is Shepard exactly as she remembered. Is this why no one could figure out what that was?

You could receive this gift whether you were in a relationship with her or not.

So this spells Sequel down the road at some point.... if this is true.

[Allan Schumacher]

Hmmm. I think she was just looking on sharing a moment with you. It's a bit more intimate in a romance, but even as a friend you can see that Shepard is someone she really admires.

I liked the scene, but I don't think it was supposed to be anything too complicated haha.

[Allan Schumacher]

Shallyah wrote...

Might be just "sharing a moment", but why would Liara call that a gift? My Shepard doesn't particularly care about Liara. A gift implies giving something valuable or precious.

Unless the writers were forcing upon my Shepard that for him sharing that moment with Liara has to be precious or valuable, there has to be something more.

To be fair, your Shepard is perfectly justified in thinking "Well that was stupid" which is what you did.
Although wishing that you could explicitly state that to her is a fair point.


Regardless of what your Shepard feels about it, Liara DOES feel it's important and special, so her calling it a gift is still perfectly reasonable IMO.

[Allan Schumacher]

Shallyah wrote...

As I explained before, my Shepard considers Liara a good friend, but can say the same about Joker, or even James. He wouldn't be a douche and tell Liara "No I don't want your gift". It still feels like it's more a gift that Liara is giving to herself than to Shepard (as I said before too, it's her who has a crush on Shepard, not the other way around). 

Not that I have a problem with that, but it leads me to believe that she actually gives something to Shepard that she doesn't truly explain. Else why would she call it a gift?

Sounds like your Shepard and my Shepard were pretty similar, and the scene still worked for me.  Yes, Liara probably does do it for herself as well, but the way I took it is that she basically just wanted to share a moment with Shepard and let Shepard know, without words, how much she admires Shepard.

I actually agree that she has a crush on Shepard, and sort of saw the whole sequence as a shy girl saying to my Shep "While we aren't a couple or anything, I just wanted to let you know how special I think you are in a unique way."  Because of this the scene really worked for me.

[Allan Schumacher]

Shallyah wrote...

I suppose that's one way to look at it. Probably I'm overanalyzing the fact that Liara calls it a gift, but even a friend's hug can be a gift too, I guess.

That may be the case.  The primary reason for Liara referring to it as a gift is more because Liara feels it is.  Some stuff is unexplained (like what exactly is happening), but I suspect she feels it's a gift because whatever it is she does, is something Asari don't typically do for just any person.

Modifié par Allan Schumacher, 30 mai 2012 - 11:19 .

[Allan Schumacher]

Isichar wrote...

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Shallyah wrote...

I suppose that's one way to look at it. Probably I'm overanalyzing the fact that Liara calls it a gift, but even a friend's hug can be a gift too, I guess.

That may be the case.  The primary reason for Liara referring to it as a gift is more because Liara feels it is.  Some stuff is unexplained (like what exactly is happening), but I suspect she feels it's a gift because whatever it is she does, is something Asari don't typically do for just any person.

Perhaps the gift felt too romanticized? It does seem Liara loved Shepard regardless of whether she was the LI or not, least thats the impression I got so a personal gift does make sense.

I could see how people could think that and I don't think it's an unfair interpretation.  If a player already feels that Liara has been forcibly placed upon the character enough times as it is throughout the story, then this is just going to be more fuel for the fire.

Whether as a friend or as a romantic partner, I do feel it's a pretty intimate moment.

Personally I thought it was a touching moment much like the time capsule.

A funny example I can think of thats similar is a child giving a picture he/she drew to the parents and them putting it on the fridge, sure you may not care about the crummy stickmen, but it matters to the child so sometimes that can be enough. Gifts can be just as much for the person giving it as it is for the person receiving it sometimes.

Agreed.