RubyRed1975 wrote...
I have a few questions for everyone and would like to know what you all think.
1: On Horizon do you think Shep is more sad than angry?
2: Do you think that the Council offering you your Spectre status back just a big PR stunt so that if Shep is victorious they can say that they sent Shep on this mission?
3: Anderson believes you about the Reaper threat whether you go to see him before Horizon or after, so why doesn't he believe that you are using Cerberus as a means to an end?
4: Why doesn't anyone trust you? I know the biggest problem is that you are working with Cerberus but, it still feels like everyone is against you 
1. From a "what the game was aiming for" standpoint, I'm honestly not sure. It may be one of those attempts at "Neutrality makes the player able to put their own emotions in!" but in the end Shepard ends up sounding bland... or a little melancholy at best. I get the feeling that we're supposed to expect Ash/Kaidan to join, and be utterly
shocked when it doesn't happen.
In my head, Shepard is conflicted and not thinking straight because of it. She wants to keep Kaidan safe, but he was also the last person she wanted to see.
2. "You can be a SPECTRE, in the region of space that being a SPECTRE has no meaning whatsoever."
I don't think it was a PR stunt. I think, if anything, they were trying to appease Anderson. It also keeps them from having to risk sending someone after you and maybe they can keep an eye on you this way. You did detonate a nuclear device on Virmire, after all.
3. I think he wants to trust you, but he's also a highly trained operative. Cerberus, idiotic as they may seem to be, is not to be underestimated - having humanity's greatest hero back would be wonderful, provided s/he isn't littered with tracking bugs and sending vital intel back to the enemy. He's trusting his training, not his heart.
4. Poor writing/execution/exposition of what could have been a good story.