Hello guys,
so I romanced Liara in ME 1 and Tali in ME 2. Right at the beginning of ME 3 Liara asks "if Shepard is still interested in her". So you can deny her or say you're still interested. Is the romance with Liara "locked-in" back again at this moment or is there still a chance to continue the romance with Tali? Wondering how this works.
No one locks-in until after the Coup. You can tell Liara you want to continue the romance, go to the hospital and jump all over Thane, come back and have Liara tell you off, and the next time you go to her cabin she'll sit on your lap and kiss you. Liara is funny that way. 
Thanks for your answer. So it's possible to continue the romance with Tali later even if you don't quit the romance with Liara right away?
If you tell Liara you want to continue, then decide to go with Tali, Liara is going to give the most crushing tell-off. Better to just tell her you want to be friends. (Never cross Ali Hillis. She will make you want to curl up and die from the guilt.)
Wow really? In ME 2 (Shadowbroker DLC), I found a bit strange that even if you'll admit you have something with Tali, Liara and Shepard still share intimacies while it doesn't affect the romance with Tali in anyway. Also, there was this whole romantic talk in Shepard's cabin, where I probably picked the wrong answers for telling her about Tali, because it basically ended with "we'll have sexy time when we see each other again". 
Yeah so a little confusing and not really authentic, not sure if it bugged out here or there. From what you written, I assume the mechanics still work in a similar way in ME 3.
Edit: What do you mean with "after the coup"?
Wow really? In ME 2 (Shadowbroker DLC), I found a bit strange that even if you'll admit you have something with Tali, Liara and Shepard still share intimacies while it doesn't affect the romance with Tali in anyway. Also, there was this whole romantic talk in Shepard's cabin, where I probably picked the wrong answers for telling her about Tali, because it basically ended with "we'll have sexy time when we see each other again".
Edit: What do you mean with "after the coup"?
Big mission on the Citadel is called the Coup after that you lock in your choice (not sure if you have played ME3 yet no more spoilers!)
Just one thing: most romances in ME3 lock in the Citadel after the coup. Tali is an exception. It needs to be locked on the Normandy.
And your chance to lock in the romance is time sensitive I believe. Once you meet her, you need to call her to the Captain's cabin for a private meeting. That's when you lock in the romance. If you do the mission "Priority: Geth Dreadnought" without talking with Tali, you loose the oportunity to romance Tali.
Wow really? In ME 2 (Shadowbroker DLC), I found a bit strange that even if you'll admit you have something with Tali, Liara and Shepard still share intimacies while it doesn't affect the romance with Tali in anyway.
I think that is because Shepard is technically single in Mass Effect 2, no matter who was romanced in the first game. Death ends relationships. The Virmire Survivor never expects to see Shepard again and has likely moved on to some extent. (Kaidan IIRC says something about having gone on a couple dates) And then there is the whole Cerberus reveal on Horizon where Shepard basically gets told to get lost. Liara is a little different in that she was involved in the preliminary stage of the Lazarus Project (Shepard's recovery), but even then she couldn't have expected that it was guaranteed Shepard would return or would be the same person. Cerberus was attempting something that had never been done before. And when Shepard & Liara cross paths on Illium, she makes it clear that while she still has feelings for Shepard, she isn't interested in picking up where things left off at that time. She's reluctant to risk having to mourn him or her again.
That Shepard & Liara don't rekindle their relationship in that first reunion on Illium, and largely because Liara is still reluctant, is why I don't think Shepard later getting involved with one of the Mass Effect 2 squadmates is a deal breaker for Liara. If LotSB is played prior to the Suicide Mission Shepard is single, and if it is played after, but Shepard hasn't broken it off with the ME2 LI, Liara is technically the 'other woman.'
As for Tali...I don't think she knows about Liara. If you have Shepard romance Tali in ME2 and Liara in LotSB, I think Tali is under the mistaken impression that she's the only one. Tali will tell Shepard he needs to make a choice before she'll go further for example, if Shepard has also been chatting up Jack or Miranda.
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