Auzden wrote...
what are your judgements on the possibility of Samara returning in ME3 as romancable partner?
To amswer this, I'll simply repost something I said once before:
"in character" I see Shep (I play FemShep) feeling hurt, but then understanding what just happened when Sarama rejects her in the Observation Room. Samara didn't say the she didn't love Shep. She said that she couldn't be in a relationship.
Given the coming war with the Reapers, or at the very least a long, hard path to unifying the galaxy against them, there'd be no time for whats commonly seen as a relationship.
What would Shep want? Marrige and kids? Samra's done both, and likely will not want to risk having another Ardat Yakshi. The best Shep can really hope far is someone she can trust to stand at her side and have her back. Someone to go though hell and high water with her again and again until the war is won. Someone she can trust with the lives of the people she cares for, respect, and stand shoulder to shoulder with
against the greatest threat civilization has ever met.
With Samara, Shepard has just that. Maybe, sometime in the furture, they can find a moment of peace and allow themselvs to hold one another for a few fleeting heartbeats between battles. That time is not now, though.
Now is the time to lock up everything that gets in the way and focus on saving everything they love and hold dear. It's a time for War, not love.
Will a time when both of them can set aside everything they've been fighting for and live in the moment come in their lifetimes? Probably not. Nothing says they can't hope and fight for it though.
Samara said "Another time. Another life." She did not say "No, never."
She wasn't a quickie before tossing themselves into what amounts to a hard fought skirmish. If Samara is to be someone Shepard can love, she's going to be someone Shep has to stand, fight, and endure hell and damnnation for. For Samara, Shep will have to face the absolute worst of everything the universe can bring to bear, meet it head on, and never under any circumstances falter or relent. Shepard will have to walk the darkest, hardest, and most grinding and soul destroying path that we all ultimately walk alone with nothing left to drive her but the trust that Samara will be at the end of it, with Samara feeling the same for her. A relationship is something they'll have to drive for. Fight, bleed, weep and battle tooth and nail with every iota of their being to acheive.
Thats not just love, it's faith. You can be dammed sure that Samara would do the same for Shepard, but is Shepard willing to do the same for her?
Screw happy music, warm and fluffy feelings, and a cute pre-battle love scene. For an epic space opera, there needs to be an epic love story to go with it, and in my view, Samara easily fits the bill. Ture love isn't painted in pastels with chirping birds and happy dances. True Love is passion and war and defiance. It's not a bright sunny day in a field of flowers, it is
Malestrom unleashed. It's as much trust and respect as loyalty and sacrifice, even if that sacrifice is the one you love above all. Shepard loves Samara enough to make sacrifices for her, but does
she love Samara enough to sacrifice her for what they both hold dear? Is Samara willing to do the same?
Love, much like hate, is a word that gets tossed around far and away too much anymore. If one feels like using that word to describe something they'd best be goddamed willing to back it up, otherwise it's a sham.
Nothing worth fighting for is every easy. And if it ever seems it is, you either completely failed somewhere and dropped the ball, or the fight is just getting started. I get that vibe from Samara. The fight ins't over by a long shot, so no celebrating yet.
Yes, I'm a Samara shipper. Though I think that if a romance between Shepard and Samara shopuld be written, than it should be of the kind that makes gods
weep.
Samara is subtle, yes. But when she makes a dicision, she moves on it openly and decisively. Should Shepard somehow gain Samara's romantic attention (Samara knows she has Sheps) then I'd exepct (hope) the...courtship to be drawn out, sidelong, subtle and, honestly, a bit on the playful side on Samara's end. She'd want to she just how serious Shepard really is.
When/if Samara decides to make
her move on Shepard, I think Shep would be the one surprised and left breathless. I think Samara would put the famed "Tali pounce" to complete
shame with ease.
So yes, I'd support even a lovemaking scene between the two, but I think Samara would be the "dominant" one, which would make a wonderful contrast to the other possible partners. Lets see
Shepard be the nervous one for a change.
EDITS: Some spelling and formatting
Modifié par Lord Coake, 01 juin 2010 - 07:19 .
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Even after all her time as a Justicar, she's probably still got that little voice in her head saying "Heh. Still got it."
