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[Pacifien]

The only way I can see Thane not making it into ME3 at this point is if the developers aren't afraid to cast aside several of the squadmates for whatever reason in the next game. They're keen not to punish any player for the decisions they've made, so not having Thane but allowing Garrus is going to be a slap in the face for the players who romanced Thane while rewarded those who romanced Garrus.

If anything, the fact that Thane is a romanceable character is probably what saves him when it comes time to decide who makes it into ME3.

Still don't think Thane will actually get a cure, but treatment that prolongs his life is certainly within the realm of possibility. Just think of all the incurable diseases in our own world that mean certain death if left untreated but a prognosis of an uncertain number of years if you do seek treatment. It's just that before Thane met Shepard, he felt no reason to prolong his life. Now, regardless of whether you romance him, he has every reason to prolong his life.

[Lara Denton]

kaimanaMM wrote...

I have soooo much catching up to do!  (Moving sucks, btw!)

Hey, kaimanaMM, nice to see you again. * waves
Welcome back.

[Octarin]

MementoMori wrote...

Octarin wrote...

ROOTING FOR THANE KRIOS, FIND HIM A CURE (do it ingame ftw, i'd love to have that mission on my hands), KEEP HIM ALIVE (kill Jacob instead).

 if they get rid of Thane but keep Jacob in ME3, heads are going to roll (or, should I say, necks are going to snap )

I am with you on this all the way MM, not just cause I like your nick but cause I'm gonna pick up a few sharp swords from the aikido school and start flinging them left right and center if that dares happen. Jacob must be just about the MOST useless, pointless and colourless character in all ME combined. His mission is an epic fail as well, and frankly speaking, after Kaidan, I'd rather do Mordin (wish i could) than Jacob (humans-wise).

[Octarin]

Pacifien wrote...

The only way I can see Thane not making it into ME3 at this point is if the developers aren't afraid to cast aside several of the squadmates for whatever reason in the next game. They're keen not to punish any player for the decisions they've made, so not having Thane but allowing Garrus is going to be a slap in the face for the players who romanced Thane while rewarded those who romanced Garrus.
If anything, the fact that Thane is a romanceable character is probably what saves him when it comes time to decide who makes it into ME3.
Still don't think Thane will actually get a cure, but treatment that prolongs his life is certainly within the realm of possibility. Just think of all the incurable diseases in our own world that mean certain death if left untreated but a prognosis of an uncertain number of years if you do seek treatment. It's just that before Thane met Shepard, he felt no reason to prolong his life. Now, regardless of whether you romance him, he has every reason to prolong his life.

And that's the only reason why I'm not terribly afraid they're gonna kick out Thane and Jack from the game. However, they can easily dis them like the dised Kaidan and Ash respectively, and just give us a pathetic excuse of a cutscene to placate the "pre-quel romancers", and just keep on adding new and fun ways to cheat your ingame partner ROFL without any hope for resolution. I am a pessimist on this.

[Fiery Phoenix]

I've always thought the fact that he's romanceable is proof enough he will make it to ME3.

[Octarin]

That doesn't mean much, Jacob is romanceable too and I couldn't give a rats if he just drops off the grid altogether.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Jacob and Thane aren't even comparable, though.

In any case, we'll see. The thought of Thane dying in or pre-ME3 is just so hard that I try my best to be as optimistic as possible.

Modifié par FieryPhoenix7, 10 juin 2010 - 07:54 .

[Collider]

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

I've always thought the fact that he's romanceable is proof enough he will make it to ME3.

Agreed.

[Epantiras]

Collider wrote...

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

I've always thought the fact that he's romanceable is proof enough he will make it to ME3.

Agreed.

True. Bioware doesn't want to face a fan riot! Even though they risked it because of the way they've handled the ME1 LIs in ME2... however the we'll meet them again in ME3" probably saved them.

[Octarin]

Epantiras wrote...

True. Bioware doesn't want to face a fan riot! Even though they risked it because of the way they've handled the ME1 LIs in ME2... however the we'll meet them again in ME3" probably saved them.

Allow me to be more pessimistic, as a ME1 LI romancer lol they shafted us in ME2, and although i hope they don't in ME3, I aint gonna hold my breath.

[Collider]

Tis the last game in the series. They'll bring back the love interests.



ME1 love interests were sidelined in ME2 specifically so they survive in order to have large roles in ME3.

[Octarin]

Collider wrote...

Tis the last game in the series. They'll bring back the love interests.

ME1 love interests were sidelined in ME2 specifically so they survive in order to have large roles in ME3.

And you have that info from....? Inside source or something? Or is it just your own speculation? I hope you're right anyway.

[Collider]

I'm fairly certain I read an interview of it. It makes sense to me.



In a character driven story like Mass Effect, it is extremely convenient to have squad mates that for certain are alive. They don't need to worry about players having the virmire survivor and Liara alive or not, they will always be - therefore allowing them to use those characters for integral parts of the story. The Virmire survivor, like Kaidan for example, will undoubtedly have a role with the Alliance. Liara has all that prothean/reaper knowledge, and the whole Shadowbroker thing.



It is also, as I said, the last game in the series. It's the last chance to bring these characters back w/Shepard.

[Octarin]

Collider wrote...

I'm fairly certain I read an interview of it. It makes sense to me.

In a character driven story like Mass Effect, it is extremely convenient to have squad mates that for certain are alive. They don't need to worry about players having the virmire survivor and Liara alive or not, they will always be - therefore allowing them to use those characters for integral parts of the story. The Virmire survivor, like Kaidan for example, will undoubtedly have a role with the Alliance. Liara has all that prothean/reaper knowledge, and the whole Shadowbroker thing.

It is also, as I said, the last game in the series. It's the last chance to bring these characters back w/Shepard.

I see. This is very interesting. And it has a viable logic behind it. To me it begs the question of how many squadmates there will be in ME3, and if I can go out on the limb and speculate that they'll hit us with just about everybody that's appeared so far. If I were Bioware and it's the showdown that's what i'd do. Thanks for the info.

[kaimanaMM]

Hi lara!  :happy:

Evandar, thank you for letting me know it's pen-gywn's awesome pic, I usually save my pics with the artist's name, but for some reason, I only had the title of that picture.

I strongly believe every LI will be back in ME3.  The fallout should a few LIs return and not others would be nothing short of a riot in their respective fanbases (and should Thane not make it back in, I'd be in said riot waiving my pitchfork and torch front and center).  However, I really think BW is out to blow us all away with ME3.  This is their universe, from the ground up, I can't imagine they would plan anything but a spectacular finish to their story.  Sure, I get worried when I read some Casey Hudson interviews that skirt the issue of returning characters, but then I remember, they can't exactly tell us what they're planning (nor do I want them to) and Casey is a master of spin by now, telling us just enough to have us bite our nails and keeping us interested all the way up until release.

I have to say, I'm with Pacifien in that I think the chances for curing Thane are probably slim.  But that doesn't mean he should or will die before ME3 or during the events of ME3.  There are many diseases that are treatable but not curable and Thane has every incentive to seek treatment for his condition by the end of ME2.  Would I love to see my Shepards and Thane ride off into the sunset happily ever after?  I sure would, because I'm sappy like that and I think overall, that is what most people want with their LIs (even the derpster Jacob).  But that ending doesn't require him to be cured and really, should he only undergo treatments riding off into the sunset with him would still give one that bittersweet feeling, which is really the jist of the entire romance - live every day, feel every breath, love with every fiber of your being.  (Told you I was sappy.)

[Collider]

I thik it's rather ridiculous the people who suggest Thane is going to die between ME2 and ME3. Doesn't make sense.



In my personal opinion, the best way to satisfy people's expectations and hopes for Thane may be with a more ambiguous ending in terms of whether he'll be cured or not. This can be achieved through options such as follows:



a) Some sort of life elongation.

Some hope that some scientists will develop a cure. Maybe Thane tells you that he's heard that Hanar scientists have begun to make breakthroughs or something. Just nothing definite - but at the same time plausible.



That way, some people can imagine Thane got cured and some people can imagine he wasn't cured...

[SleepyBird]

Octarin wrote...

Collider wrote...

Tis the last game in the series. They'll bring back the love interests.

ME1 love interests were sidelined in ME2 specifically so they survive in order to have large roles in ME3.

And you have that info from....? Inside source or something? Or is it just your own speculation? I hope you're right anyway.

Just backing up Collider's statment here - I also read in an interview way back last year before ME2 was even released that the ME1 love interests would not be available in ME2 specifically so they could not die, and would be available in the third game.

So I was pleasently surprised to get to have even the one quick scene with Kaidan on Horizon. 

[SleepyBird]

Collider wrote...

I thik it's rather ridiculous the people who suggest Thane is going to die between ME2 and ME3. Doesn't make sense.

I could not agree more - they've put too much effort into making Thane an interesting character with a great story arc. 

It would just be wasteful from a writing perspective to not have an on screen (in game) resolution to his illness.  Now - unfortunately for the Thane supporters - by "resolution" I don't mean "cure".  I just mean some kind of closure…

[hanar05]

Oh hey, I should search through the forums more often.

I support Thane being alive in ME3 and I do hope there's the possibility of a happy ending

[Lara Denton]

 Here's Thane in Overlord:


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(I just started it, if there are some other scenes, I might post images later)

[Lara Denton]

hanar05 wrote...

Oh hey, I should search through the forums more often.
I support Thane being alive in ME3 and I do hope there's the possibility of a happy ending

As we all do. 

Modifié par laradenton, 16 juin 2010 - 04:35 .

[hanar05]

laradenton wrote...
(I just started it, if there are some other scenes, I might post images later)

Nice screenies! Hope you post more, I'm always looking for more references for my art

[kaimanaMM]

Here's my story.

So we're going along in Overlord, my engineer, Thane (of course) and Grunt, and we hit the part where Shepard gets taken over.  She stumbles out of the room and the doors close and Thane starts banging on the doors all shaken up.  I know, I know, whoever you have in that slot yadda yadda, but it was just so perfect.  Perfect because before heading to Aite, I went through the whole 'I-don't-know-if-it-can-be-called-love-but-I-feel-something-for-you-too' conversation.  

Total. Fangirl. Moment.  I admit it.  I felt like squeeing (ok, I squee'd).  

Good screenshots Lara!  My first time through Overlord I didn't even think to take screenshots.

[Pacifien]

kaimanaMM wrote...
*snip*Perfect because before heading to Aite, I went through the whole 'I-don't-know-if-it-can-be-called-love-but-I-feel-something-for-you-too' conversation. 

God, I hated that line. There was much lacking on the dialogue aspect for all of female Shepard's romances, though. Note to developers: Can you get a woman to at least help with the dialogue on a female Shepard romance? And if a woman did help with any of it, she should never admit it. At least with Thane it was just that one line that fell apart for me, though "be alive with me tonight" comes close. Jacob's romance wasn't as lucky.