Ah... "vulnerability". We have dismissed that claim.
Ok, I kid, but here's my two cents - I think they all have it to a degree. Yep, even Jacob (though granted his is about the lowest due to the what-has-to-be-intentional jokey nature of his scene). Not wanting to stray from where this discussion started, Garrus just has no clue about human women (his vulnerability is his desire not to make a hash of it - it's obviously a little more than stress relief to him because it's his role model asking him to bed), Thane has his dead wife looking over his shoulder constantly and is suddenly feeling like there isn't enough time left to do what needs to be done in his life, and Jacob... well, it takes a little poking and prodding in the dialogue wheel, but he does have genuine feelings that he puts on the line (and you can shove him out the door with a very cynical "Goodnight Jacob"... Shep's a b*tch).
But with the girls (and I'm not going to even try with Kelly as I'm
still on the prescription)...
Well, I don't think anyone can argue Jack comes to Shepard in a vulnerable position. She opens herself to possible rejection, and is able to acknowledge that her attitude to Shep has been less than warm and rosy at times. The fact that she actually thinks of another person's feelings in this manner says something. It's hard for her... think how many times her feelings have been toyed with, her head's been messed with - so much so it got to a point where when someone came along that really
did care, she didn't even see it until he was dead. Jack goes to Shepard with a weight over her; she's risking being crushed yet again. I think some of those tears are probably relief; relief that she's not so damaged she can't be loved, and that thing hanging over her didn't fall on her again. Jack definately is vulnerable, can't really be denied.
Tali... it's a different kind of risk for her. Sure, she's also putting her feelings on the line; she's obviously harboured a bit of a crush on Shepard since way back in
Mass Effect. She's potentially seen Shep end up in a relationship with someone else, and she's accepted it because it's what Shep wants. She sits on the outside singng 'Waiting in Vain' to herself wondering if she'll ever get a turn. Sure, she has a large potential risk to her health, but I really don't think that is high on her priorities - she's been dying to be noticed long before her suit could come off. So Tali goes to Shep a bundle of nerves, but she goes there and tries to take control of the situation. She wants him; she enters the room and explains what she's done (yes, it's safe), takes that datapad off him (no, you look at me now), takes his hand and leads him to the bed (I don't think I need to draw you a schematic for this) and then - pounce. Sure, Tali is taking an emotional risk, her feelings are vulnerable, but she's unlikely to be utterly crushed by Shepard's rejection... she's probably half expecting it... I know I would be in her shoes.
Miranda, though, is a bit of a stealthy one. She slips in under the radar because of how her love scene plays out. In tone it almost plays out as hot, heavy and meaningless as Jack's renegade scene. But, remember this guys - some girls like things like that. Some of us like backseats, back alleys, phoneboxes and nighclub stalls. I've joked before about it being Miri deliberately pissing in her competition's territory (and even Kasumi comments on it), and hey, there might well be an element of that to it. Miranda is, after all, for all her genetic perfection, a little insecure. Nothing wrong with that, it makes her a bit more human if anything. I think Miranda's vulnerability plays out well before the romance scene, in her conversations about her father and her sister. It becomes clear that Miranda has feelings, insecurities and desires beyond climbing the Cerberus ladder. She shows Shepard she's a woman, which is for her a display of vulnerability.
Basically, everyone in the game throws their heart on the line one way or another. Some do it to such a degree that rejection would probably destroy them. Most it would certainly hurt. Almost all of them would get over it, but they'd all remember. Moral of the story is don't play with people's feelings, boys and girls. Because it hurts; even if (or especially if) you're the baddest biotic b*tch in the galaxy.
Kelly... well, all it'd do for her is force her to put her dancer's costume back in mothballs
Modifié par Mondo47, 14 juillet 2010 - 01:33 .
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