Godeskian wrote...
Not so much no. Mind you, at age 27 I dated an 18 year old, so I'm not one to hold judgement as long as, as you said you know what you're getting into. (she did, it didn't last, the sex was fantastic).
Tali always struck me as someone who would have crushed on Shepard, even if he was a pyschotic, and in fact you can play him as such and still romance her. It left a bad taste in my mouth to be honest. If you've played a paragon, the relationship to me feels a lot less squicky.
Plus, being put on a pedestal like that is a really easy way to sour a relationship if you get knocked off it, or worse, if she knocks you off it.
Yep, and the older guy almost always gets knocked off it (or at least gently pushed) as she gets older. I've also heard this is why rich guys go through a succession of trophy wives - once she's no longer awed by his wealth and power, it's no fun for either of them anymore.
Godeskian wrote...
With Liara it never felt like she looked up to you, so much as she respected that in your own field you were a professional. I mean, Marine commando and Archeologist are pretty much as seperate as fields get IMO. It felt more like a relationship between equals.
Tali seems like she knows who she is, but there's the fact that you're always rescuing her, especially in an emotional sense during her loyalty mission. The circumstances are unique, but still, in my experience trouble lies that way.
As for Liara, there are also things about her in ME1 that are just too convenient. A hot librarian type, who of course considers herself boring, and who finds you in particular interesting right off the bat. Yeah, and then you wake up. That said, I like her more in ME1 than afterward, which suggests that I still have immature and unrealistic expectations lurking somewhere, and she fits them better than Tali does.
Hey, that's why it's not real life!
It does help that there's some implied ambiguity about whether or not you can actually trust her, but of course she's a good guy. And she isn't afraid to assert herself the instant you try to step into her area of expertise ("I have my own theory about what happened to the Protheans"/"With all due respect, bub, I've heard them all.")
Godeskian wrote...
Oddly enough its why I didn't bring a Kaiden or Ash romance into ME2. Dating a coworker is problematic enough, dating a subordinate... Well let's just say that the chances for a major negative emotional reaction on say Virmire, where you might have to choose your loved one or your mission, is why most militaries have fraternisation rules.
Heh yeah it's enough of a trainwreck even without having to leave someone behind with a bomb. And when I see that Ashley/Kaiden/Liara confrontation, I think, "That's one of the few mistakes I knew to avoid even without having made it before."
Godeskian wrote...
In that same vein in ME2, I tended to restrict my romances to those I felt were on more or less equal footing (like Samara or Thane, both of which have lives completely and utterly independant of Shepard, despite agreeing to work for him/her), or those who were completely outside of the normal chain of command (like Jack).
Miranda is an odd case in that she's both the one who saved you and your subordinate. The chain of command is a bit twisted in her case. Jacob works for you, so is a no go. Shepard always felt more like a mentor to Garrus (to me at least) than a love interest (though I suppose 'hot for the teacher' works)
Jack is appealing because she's strong (can kill people without a gun), is a bad girl (prurience on my part again), and when you see her softer side you feel like you've earned it (this is of course another great source of dysfunctional relationships - looking for the soft side of people who don't have one
).
Edit: I'll add that a Samara romance DLC would be nice, since there are already hints. I know, some people think there are too many LIs, but again, that's why it isn't real life.
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