LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...
That's a weird statement, you ignored and dismissed my own projection onto Liara, but then put forward yours and then assumed it was fact or canon or whatever, despite the fact that there are signs that Liara does indeed care, such as when she opens up to Shepard, and when she expressed remorse and regret that she can't go.
It is fact Im afraid LET, you just cant see it. Liara doesnt express concern over the fact that Shepard might die, she simply says how it would be so easy to join him "like old times". The mere fact that youre bringing that into this shows how dire the situation is.
LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...
The whole thing that Liara doesn't go with Shepard doesn't
automatically mean that she doesn't have any concern for his/her
wellbeing, any more than Ashley, Kaidan, Wrex and Anderson not joining
the Normandy does. Like the rest, it just means that she has her own
reasons for not joining the ship. It doesn't mean she doesn't give a
monkey's about what happens or not
.
Liara ONLY talks about why she cant join. She doesnt talk about what the ramifications are of Shepard going on this suicide mission. Like I said, its not written, so without blatantly projecting something that isnt there, Liara during her ME2 cameo didnt care about Shepard going on the
SUICIDE MISSION.
It will take a backtracking comment in either DLC or ME3 to show she was actually frightened for Shepards life, or that "she never doubted he would return" (despite the fact that the very same collectors killed him once already).
LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...
Oh, and my whole thing about saying it's life was just taking that argument to it's logical extreme. At no point in the game is it made clear that the mission is a certain death sentence, or that it's any more dangerous than what happened with Ilos and the Citadel. It's just that characters suddenly become aware of their own mortality. Hell, my Shepard constantly said that he didn't consider it a suicide mission.
Your Shepard will most likely have also acknowledged at key points that survival is not guaranteed. You might be willing to ignore one of the (admittedly weak and, aside from character deaths, poorly fleshed out) focal points of the game, but the game itself doesnt. Even fully prepared, there is constantly the question of "will it be enough". Its the games pathetic attempt at keeping tension after almost an entire game doing disconnected side missions.
Liara showed a distinct concern about the prospect of either Shepard or Liara dying on Ilos, and didnt want things to end without setting the record straight.
Pity Bioware were too lazy to add some romance carryover comment related to that, as little else would be needed. It would be a "whatever happens Shepard, remember what I told you last time we were at this point before Ilos".
Without it, unless you count baseless fan projection, I think youd have to come down on the side of "Liara shows no sign of caring about Shepard potentially dying on this mission".