n2nw wrote...
I know these things take time and money, but throw us a bone (um, so to speak). I'm really hoping that in ME3, I will get to torment Kaiden a little with the thought of me moving on after he told me off. Oh, I want him back, but I want him to suffer a little for being such a butthole.
I agree and am hoping for something similar.
As much as I want him back, I'd like him to squirm a little bit and have to work to get back in Shep's favor.
Was re-reading that infamous email again last night and got kind of irked again. After mentioning the night before Ilos, he makes a comment about how a lot has happened in the past 2 years and he just can't put that aside.
It irked me because I had it in my head that hey, when did she ask him to put anything aside? okay well she did ask him to join her mission (if you took that dialogue option), but there wasn't any inference on Shep's part about their personal relationship. It wasn't like she saw him and jumped in his arms yelling " I demand that you take me back and love me forever, you sexy thing" (altho' I'm sure the temptation was there...). As we've seen Shep is 100% professional most of the time, especially in front of her crew.
So I pondered over it a bit and realize that yes, the email was meant to show that after seeing her and his initial negative reactions on Horizon, he was concentrating on their personal relationship, and sort of thinking out loud...perhaps talking more to himself than her and trying to make sense of things?
As has been said before, seeing someone that you were sure was dead standing in front of you...then maybe thinking temporarily that she may have not died and was just avoiding you? especially when it's essentially the love of your life...sure it's something that would make even the strongest of us falter a bit....
All of that I understand and I have much sympathy for his character, I really do...but there's still this part of me that after putting myself in my Femshep's shoes, that is angry that this person who supposedly loved her and was so torn up after she died would question her ethics/loyalty like that and not trust that she was doing what she was doing for the right reasons, especially when Tali, Garrus, Joker and Dr. Chakwas accepted it....but on the flip side, I do get that he sort of spontaneously reacted because he was shocked, hurt angry and concerned about the cerberus thing....sometimes when we are rattled we run the risk of acting like an ass...

Yes I know, it's part of the plot and was likely put in the game because the devs needed a reason to keep the ME1 LI's out of the loop, and what better way to do that then to create conflict? and I like that they had them send an email because it did add hope for the future, so to speak...
But I'm just rambling

, and thinking for my Femshep...she loves the man but will see to her duty and will do whatever she can to save the galaxy. Hopefully it will ultimately be with Kaidan at her side, but for that to happen, I'd like to see some groveling on his part...If I were Femshep (and in reality I am, as are all of you) I'd expect that he would have to really put in some time and effort to proving his love and dedication to me after what occurred...and I'd likely have to do the same, albeit for slightly different reasons.
It's hard to maintain a healthy and happy relationship when your trying to save the galaxy

......but it's possible, and hopefully when the next game comes out, we'll see the evidence of that.