I didn't cry over the letter. Infact, I had almost the opposite reaction. For most of it, I felt vindicated in having correctly deduced his motivations and attitude before, during, and after meeting Shepard. Yay, go me! But for the most part, I was disappointed.
And it was mildly conflicted... hoping that the differences in their memory means his passing won't sting the same way for so long as she lives (screw you, lizard boy, how it feels 10 years later won't change the fact that you're not there!), but then saying he selfishly decided to leave something that won't fade (a letter? Are you kidding me? I'd go for a holo of them together, at least. or vids. BAHAHA matching tattoos).
He says he's dying, but then he says IF all whispers back into the tide (IF )... IF. IF IF. THIS IS IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
IF.
IF.
It could also reference things going bad in ME3, but I took it as a metaphor for him dying.
Also, I read it last. The last of everything. Last of the dossiers, last of the items in that dossier. So that may be why I was just staring at it like it had two heads instead of getting choked up. Because the medical report...
I'd read the medical report, first.
Chakwas says he's a viable candidate FOR TRANSPLANTS. But he refused.
Oh he doesn't get that option now. My Shepard will stick-figure-drag is drell ass back to Chakwas. One lung is bad, one lung is not so bad. Spread to stomach, liver (minor), heart (negligible at this time).
Cardio is good for him, as is mental and emotional stimulation - This, my Shep can definitely help with.
All in all, I was left with some shred of hope.
Liara...
Liara made me tear-up. I didn't find it touching. I found it awkwardly out of place, and it stung. "Touching" would have been something about fighting for love and light and what separates us from the Reapers. "Tactless ****" would have been saying "a few stolen months before the inevitable" like it's... waaaaagh. It came off to me as cheapening Shepard's feelings, especially comparing it to what an Asari goes through with a short-lived race. It's not. Shepard's had no time, by all rights she should also be dead, and she has no time. What time she does have is spent risking his life and hers repeatedly and managing a crew. And she would have more time if the bastard would get the transplants. It's just not the same. It came off, to me, as mildly catty. Or just inappropriate. GRRR.
Garrus' dossier was depressing. I should go play it now with my Garymancer.
edit: as a note, I did not like the closing. That he'll be waiting across the sea. 1.)
this song started playing in my head, which I associate with Scully's father from the X-Files, and 2.) I imagined Irikah waiting with him and this really awkward afterlife...
Modifié par cindalkitty, 08 septembre 2010 - 05:51 .