Of course the whole "stay faithful to Kaiden" part was helped by Jacob and Garrus coming across less as romances and more one-night stands. I mean, I did Shepard test the water a little. Not that I had any intention of making her cheat on Kaiden, more I figured she's a friendly kind of person who would be... well friendly. So Jacob was first and especially during the early parts came across as someone Shepard was more or less forcing themselves on. I mean, it was clear that Jacob had romantic feelings for Miranda and after the "I am not a good a man as she deserves" line that he sprouted after his royalty mission, after finding out it was Miranda who forwarded the message, I was like - yeah, no.
Then there was Garrus. I liked Garrus from ME1 and would have so romanced him in ME1 if I could. So I was kind of excited to see how things would play with Garrus... I was disappointed. It was like convincing a good drinking buddy to become friends with benefits. It was... awkward... a little too awkward. So after the reach and flexibility conversation, I offered to blow off steam by punching things and Garrus declined to add his name to the long list of people I dropped on their ass. Probably a good thing.
Frustrated with Garrus and Jacob, I didn't even think about Thane (actually I wasn't even aware Thane was a romance option) when he came aboard. I did his loyalty question, spoke to him afterwards and he explained a few things about his people, said nice things. Left and completed the game while staying faithful to Kaiden.
Afterwards, I did what I am sure a lot of people did, I went on youtube and looked at the romance scenes and other things. Saw Garrus first, no regrets on taking a pass on him. Saw Jacob next, again no regrets. Notice Thane was also romance option, saw his and... I was intrigued and interested. Thane actually seemed like a romance. As in, it was actually romantic. I just had to try it myself. I tend to override my saves so I didn't think I had a save game old enough to pursue a romance with Thane and playing through again was not an option since I have Bayonetta and Star Ocean to play before rl becomes busy again. But Thane's romance sub-plot seemed so interesting that I just had to try to get him.
The oldest save I had was just after I recruited Legion but before I did his mission. I knew from my first play through that straight after Legion's quest I would get the "collectors capture Normandy crew" thing and I didn't really want to delay and watch the crew die. But I decided to try for Thane anyway. So situation with Thane was that I had done his loyalty quest and had spoken to him once afterwards. I spoke to him again just before doing Legion's loyalty quest, dropped the "friend ha? Well that's a start" line. Then did Legion's quest. Came back and spoke to Thane again. He started calling Shepard "Siha". Triggered the Collector kidnap the Normandy crew thing. Spoke to Thane again, he explained what "Siha" meant. Headed to Omega-4 relay and had the Thane romance cut scene before the suicide mission started. Played through suicide mission again, ending the game this time after cheating on Kaiden with Thane.
I said earlier that I had no intention of cheating on Kaiden, especially since I felt that my paragon of virtue Shepard was unlikely to be the kind of person who would cheat on a sweet guy like Kaiden. So why did I maker her cheat on Kaiden with Thane. Well, because I felt that Thane was probably the one person she would cheat on Kaiden with. It's really hard to explain but it seemed so obvious! He's so... tortured but he's not emo. He's reflective, he's spiritual, he's sweet and probably the only person who might understand what Shepard felt after being resurrected after two years. The disorientation, the disconnect from friends... he... well, as I said before, he felt like an actual romance.
Kaiden was an actual romance. You built the romance over the course of ME1. He wasn't a booty call, that both Garrus and Jacob felt like and so I felt that the only person who could tempt my Shepard away from Kaiden, even the memory of him, was Thane. Certainly the conversation Shepard has with Thane when the mission is over just reinforces what I thought about the whole situation. Paraphrasing, Shepard comments how she feels that after two years being dead, every moment seems precious to her. Thane has a short time to live, if anyone understands how precious each moment can be, its Thane.
Anyway, my reading of the situation is that ME3 will take place shortly after ME2. Not two years after like ME1. But no more then weeks/months after given that the last scene of ME2 is the reapers waking up. So I am thinking that ME3 will open with everybody on board getting ready to fight the reapers. I don't know how the option to recruit Kaiden/Ashley and Liara will come-up (it seems plain that Wrex will be the only squad member from ME1 not recruitable in ME3, unsurprising given that he can die in ME1, mine didn't) and I don't know if choosing to cheat on Kaiden will mean my Shepard can't have him in her squad in ME3. But I know one thing, come ME3, I am going to have a hard time deciding which save file to use. The one in which she remains faithful to Kaiden or the one in which she cheats with Thane... assuming I get a choice of of course. Since both saves are on the same career, the game can just take the save with the latest date-stamp - which would be the one where she cheats on Kaiden with Thane. I don't really mind that. It'll save me from a hard choice. I just hope that the romance sub-plots from ME1 and ME2 will have some importance in ME3.
Anyway, sorry for boring anybody who read through all that. I just had to get it off my chest.
Modifié par Tinnic, 04 mars 2010 - 02:59 .
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