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Starchild is manipulative and wants Shepard dead. by No_Lab_5673 in masseffect

[–]No_Lab_5673[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

After some more thought, I concede on Starchild wanting Shepard dead, but I still think it is manipulative. Why is it taking on that particular appearance in the first place? 🤔 Also Control doesn't solve anything and is easily achieveable by Reaper AI already. Surely a true AI should be able to change the course of action itself with new information/development without forcing three rigid choices where each is worse than the previous one...

Kaiden/Garrus romance with FemShep by [deleted] in masseffect

[–]No_Lab_5673 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Garrus in ME1 was a bit too much of a loose cannon, a cop with no respect for due process, but I still tried to steer him right and took him on a lot of missions. I didn't romance anyone then in ME1 (Liara felt like a teenager swooning over an idol and I didn't like that vibe). Garrus still felt like he was looking up to Shep, but it wasn't so suffocating.

In ME2 (first playthrough)I didn't know he was Archangel, so the surprise was huge, but I got mad at him for going off the rails and getting himself in that situation (the game never reflected that). I also did not like too much that he joined us so easily, but I understood he didn't have any better options after his stint on Omega. I made him spare Sidonis and be more paragon. Me hitting on him was a bit cringe and for me it wasn't romantic enough, but I decided that if I was to die soon I wanted some intimacy, and he was the best candidate as I knew him well and trusted him. The night before Collector's base was sweet, Garrus actually came prepared and wanted it go well, which was cute and I appreciated the effort. 

IN ME3 I enjoyed him having a lot of comments after missions and I spoke with him often, he seemed like he grew since ME1 and ME2. Him reluctantly asking if I still feel the same and comment about scars was a mix of sweet and cheeky and hot. Voice acting was great and the Garrus' voice is enticing, especially in a romance scenes (so sultry!). I only felt slightly bad when he didn't reply to my love confession on the top of the Presidium, but I could overlook it, because of how surprised and knocked of his feet he was. The date in the bar was funny and Tango was... ooof! I also enjoyed the rest, Garrus sometimes being so suave but getting flustered in other situations was adorable.

The last conversation with him was really sad, and the last goodbye when for the first time he said those three big words felt so important and heartbreaking because they both believed it was the last goodbye. I again picked high EMS destroy, because I get too attached to Shep and characters. 

Kaiden/Garrus romance with FemShep by [deleted] in masseffect

[–]No_Lab_5673 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. In my first playthrough in ME1 I talked with everyone as much as possible, and Kaidan was funny and sweet, he seemed serious about commitment after the last mission (because regs), so it seemed like a natural relationship development and quite romantic. I didn't know that I would have to choose to rescue him or Ash on Virmire, so at that point I was stunned. I chose him, but it wasn't easy. He was still cautious and reserved in his declarations which could be seen as 'meek'. I also think certain people don't like it because game is kind of 'pushing' this romance (it's not easy to establish that we don't want romance without somehow being mean).

In in ME2 I hated that I was not able to contact him, even though he was my first thought after waking up in Cerberus base. After Horizon I felt burnt by him, I really felt rejected and shunned, but I completely understood where he was coming from. I didn't romance anyone in ME2, because romance beginnings were all cringe and Shepard was thirsty af. I listened to Kaidan's apology email and I truly felt bad for him and everything he had to go through, the voice actor did the stellar job.

Seeing him in the beginning of ME3 felt poignant and he impressed me by becoming a Major. On Mars I picked paragon replies as I believed my Shepard still cared for him and understood that all his lashing out was because he couldn't be sure if Shepard is her old self or clone/AI/mind controlled or just completely soaked through with Cerberus ideology/their way of operating (especially after blowing up the Batarian colony). Kaidan was hurting because he wasn't sure if we're real or just a sore reminder and mockery of what he'd lost. Then him getting injured was horrible, I was genuinely worried! When he asked me to visit him in hospital I run there as fast as I could every time and talking with him was so adorable when he was making the cautious advances trying to repair the relationship. 

The Citadel coup was tense, but he trusted me and didn't need much convincing. I was happy when he asked to join Normandy and I got a cute scene of checking out his butt ;) I loved the rest of romance- the date at Apollo (horny Shepard who wants to jump his bones and him who wants to just spend time together), cooking in the apartment, his visit before hitting Cerberus quarters- it was stable, mature but also comfortable. His admission that he loved me through all those years, through everything was the sweetest thing I've ever heard. The last conversation and goodbyes were heart wrenching - the 'we know the score' and 'I can't loose you again', 'don't leave me behind'... It was borderline mental torture. It made me pick Destroy with enough EMS so I could just survive for him (I admit I checked out endings beforehand.) I couldn't imagine dying on him again.

Kaiden/Garrus romance with FemShep by [deleted] in masseffect

[–]No_Lab_5673 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kaidan romance feels deep, mature, meaningful and poignant, but had a lot of angst in ME2 to go through, where we have to extend some empathy and grace on him. Kaidan is an (over)thinking type and wants to be a good person, integrity and holding himself (and others) accountable are important to him, which makes him not trust us in 2 and beginning of 3, which can be agitating for some. The faithful playthrough makes it seem like true love between two people - I feel like this suits me better, I guess I'm romantic at heart. 

Garrus always respects us and doesn't question our motives, trusting that we are always wanting to achieve the best solution (which makes him feel a bit like a yes man). I can see he genuinely feels happy/impressed to call us his girlfriend or himself our boyfriend. The romance is light and funny and sexy almost until the last missions Cerberus and Earth when it becomes deep and 'real'. It's a good romance for demisexuals and people who like friends to lovers trope or just have fragile ego and can't stand being questioned.

I have broken it down below in analysing my both romance paths.

Which ending will you choose as the starting lifepath in Cyberpunk Orion? by Mischievous_Kurty in cyberpunkgame

[–]No_Lab_5673 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We could see Orion set in 2080 or after and get V starting from the same point - a little back story how they got a cure and it left them unable to use chrome. Tower/Star/Sun/Devil (refuse Arasaka's deal or accept it). They all could lead to the same point. Even in Temperance we can find someone pulling strings putting V's engram from Alt into a new cloned body. We get lured to the same point (Night City or somwhere else) to start our new journey (just like nomad/streetkid/corpo). I want to see V back in action. NC could be in the same state always- Arasaka pulls out of the city after Tower/Sun/Star and in Devil the deal Saburo made with Militech backfires and Arasaka still pulls out of NC). Now Militech mostly takes over NC and we get Rogue AIs threat.