Buggirl70 wrote...
Bit late to this thread so if this has already been said then just ignore - perhaps killing Thane off and recruiting his son in ME3 is the outcome, giving all you gals some hot (younger) drell action?

Can someone please string me up for that comment - what a dick, a huge insensitive dick. I apologise for my dick head ness and ask all here to forgive me.
I like to say that's only a lack of thinking on the author behalf. I can't explain how many times I do major facepalms after reading certian comments around the Mass effect related threads. I kind of get a hissy fit reading how people like to assume that all LIs' will be a part of ME3, while they automatically cut Thane out, due to his illness. Sadly the letter and medical report in LotSB only gave them more "ego" to additionaly support their belief...But that's just what they think. I personally don't have any feelings in connection to the letter and medical report. It could either mean that we got an indication of what is to come or devs just really like crushing and smashing our little hearts while laughing as manicas reading our posts of utter concern.
What makes my head shake in dismay is the ignorance some of the forumites possess. While they happily write/ talk..whatever, about LIs' returning ( Thane not being included ), they apparently never take the time, like a minute or hour, to realize that hey Thane is also one of the romance interests.
It's sad to see how much people tend to think that illness is what defines him. I won't reapet that again becasue it's been said gazillion times.
Just becasue Tali, Jacob, Kaidan and the rest of the LIs' super unit don't have any heatlh problems, does that truly mean that they deserve and will have happy endings, while Thane should not. All becasue of his medical state?
Really? I tend to believe that people who write him off just like that don't consider some of the above mentioned things. I wouldn't mind reading posts where they would at least consider a choice where we can decide to either cure him or let him pass away. After all wasn't Mass effect all about choices?
But nothing makes me headdesk more then a post of a forumite where Thane is simply to be dead...or replaced by Kolyat.
EDIT: Yes, I'm aware that guys get less conversation and insight in his life and as such I do not blame them for thinking and believing that Thane will or should die. But the big differance is to generalize that on all playthroughs of all people ( men and women alike) or generalizing that "idea" on only their own playthrough. The former seems to prevail. And now I want to kick a chair or something.
I'm sorry if i made any grammar mistakes, I am in desperate need of hot chocolate.
By the way, you guys make me laugh

The songs, the conversations...this really is an AWESOME thread. EVER.