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glenboy24 wrote...
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.
I've thought on this myself. While yes, it would be not without solid grounds to say that Bioware may be pushing for Liara as the canon LI, I don't think you could conclusively say either way.
The most telling evidence against it would be the fact that neither of the trailers featured Liara as Shepard's LI. While this is not really a reprisentation of Shepard, merely a showcase of what the game has to offer, it's something to note. As you said, it was likely a marketing device, most likely due to the probability that the average consumer would more easily relate with a romance with a distinctly human character, rather than a humanoid character.
The evidence for, as you said, is in Liara's importance to the overarching story of Mass Effect. However, most of the universal interactions you have with Liara don't necessarily necessitate a romance. I will agree that Bioware are pushing for a canon friendship between the two, on which a relationship is based if the case may be.
The exception would be the universally available "Because I couldn't let you go" line. This definitely implys that Liara develops feelings for you beyond friendship regardless of wether or not they are reciprocated. This is in contrast to Redemption, where Liara strictly sticks to referring to Shepard as a friend. But there were external reasons for that.
In short; yes, I think it is entirely possible that Bioware may have Liara in mind as the canon Love Interest. Speaking on a strictly personal basis, I wouldn't have a problem with this. Speaking in a general sense, I hope Bioware don't do it. People deserve to have their own LIs be their own "canon LIs". And plus the fact that I share a room with someone who --if Bioware outright made Liara the canon LI-- would be making his "murderdeathrage" face for the forseeable future.
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