Salutations Liara-Lovers. Was playing through ME1 recently and I suddenly came to an interesting conclusion that has likely been discussed at Length here in the Liara Thread, none the less I felt it was worth brining up again if only for the sake of clarification. Now, I won't hide the fact that my first choice for Shep's Life Time Love Interest is Tali Zorah. Not looking to get stoned here, it's just a personal choice. However, looking over ME1, and the Impact Liara has on that game's Story and Characters (Her mother, etc) and looking at ME2 and the gravity of her presence, though brief, there, and lastly the Comic Series dedicated to her exploits post Shepard's "Death"; taking these observations into account, would it be safe to assume the Liara was intended, by the Writers, to be Shepard's "Canon" Love Interest?
I know, I know. In an RPG "Canon" is a loose term, however I just can't bring myself to see it as otherwise even though I usually choose Tali in the end. When ME1 first launched, the Michael Bay like Trailer hinted that Ashley Williams was Shepard's Canon LI; however, once you sat down and played the game, and saw just how little Ashley effected Shepard and how little impact she had in the Story, short of what happens on Virmire, it really highlights the fact that the Ashley and Shep love scene in the Trailer was more for marketing purposes then anything else.
Also, an important observation I forgot to make, we have the impending Shadow Broker DLC that brings Liara back into the fold so to speak. So, taking these all into account, would this community agree that Liara *was* in fact intended to be the Canon Love Interest? Now, given how much some of you REALLY love Liara I know it will be easy for you to just jump out and say, "Of course she was!" But, I want you crazy kids to think on it, and really look at it from all sides before you answer.
I know this was something I could have turned into a Thread, but, aside from the fact that I hate it when a Thread is created and forgotten ten seconds later, I just figured it made sense to ask this question in a place where pretty much any Liara question would be welcome as long as it wasn't Spam. So, thanks for taking the time to read this and, maybe, post a response. Here's to Love in general in Mass Effect.