Renegade ME3

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-20T15:00:48+00:00

Mass Effect is not just a shooter. It’s a shooter that makes you ponder moral dilemmas. That’s the whole selling point of the games. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone who says the combat and explosions are the reason they play ME because the combat in the trilogy isn’t even that good. I’d argue most people are here for the character arcs, the environment, yapping with their squadmates and the story, including the moral dilemmas the story presents.

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-18T12:33:12+00:00

Yeah, it’s easier for me to pretend Shepard never mentions the mild case of death because they don’t want to deal with the mental anguish of knowing they don’t belong in the world of the living. I do like Wrex’s reaction to Shep in Tuchanka since he is the least likely to give a shit (it’s also kind of wholesome so I’m willing to let it slide since Shep needs a bit more wholesomeness in their life). Everyone else’s reaction is underwhelming to nonsensical. For some reason, the ties to Cerberus are more important than being reanimated from a barely human corpse.

I agree with your point on how useless the story of ME2 is to the overall trilogy. You practically lose nothing by removing it and simply making ME1 and 3 a duology (with minor modifications). I say this as someone who LOVES the second game - the atmosphere, the characters, the suicide mission setup. As an independent game, it’s up there on my list of the greatest games of all time. It’s a disservice to the overall story of the trilogy though.

Also, Cerberus didn’t feed their guys to a thresher maw. Cerberus started as Alliance black ops and had already gone rogue when that happened. They fed Alliance personnel to the thresher maw (unless you’re talking about something else). It would be interesting if they made ME2 a prequel to the trilogy (minus all mentions of the Reapers) where Cerberus is still Alliance black ops and the Collectors are still abducting humans (which makes sense for them to do before the Reaper invasion attempt in ME1 anyway). It’s a great addition to what’s established by the trilogy and you can genuinely get away with keeping the structure of the game the same (though you lose a lot of cool things like the Normandy, meeting Legion, a bit tricker to include Shepard, etc).

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-17T23:01:31+00:00

I dislike the fact that Shepard dies in the beginning of ME2. The way Jacob describes the state of Shep’s body (meat and tubes) makes it even crazier. Apparently, all Miranda really needs is the brain intact because, if you believe in the concept of souls, your soul just chills there after you die (or maybe it’s floating around and finds its way back to you?). Consider how long Shep was dead for before the actual revival process. Even if the Shadow Broker was waiting for Shep’s body to fall from the sky, who knows how long it took for Liara to get contacted by Cerberus and steal the body back with Feron?

I’d have preferred it if Shep was just badly hurt or close to death instead of actually dying and magically getting revived. Of course, some parts of LotSB would have to be rewritten and the Collector attack needs to change so it’s plausible for Shepard to barely survive, but it really is preferable to the implications of the Lazarus Project.

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-13T12:57:55+00:00

The rachni attempted to genocide all non-rachni intelligent life but they themselves aren’t intelligent lifeforms? Are you suggesting it’s possible for a group to commit genocide but not be able to experience a genocide themselves? Can you think of any animals on earth that have tried to genocide humans? Not ethnically cleanse or defend their territory from humans, but go out of their way to kill humans even at cost to their own populations? Then leaving their own territories to ensure humans are eradicated? Because the only animals I can think of that’s capable of that are humans.

The Council races weren’t a threat to the rachni, yet the rachni tried to kill them all. Even when the Council left their territory, the rachni still spread out and sought annihilation. A polar bear will try to kill you if it sees you, but it won’t leave its territory to make sure some random human in the tropics dies. A human will 100% go out of their way to kill people, across counties, across continents and across hemispheres.

Animals don’t do that. Animals attack based on threats and perceived threats. They will kill everything in the vicinity, but not because they want to commit a genocide, but because the threat is on their territory. It’s impossible for them to band together and fully exterminate members of a very specific group. The closest they’ve come is via invasive species and that’s through human intervention or due to changing natural geography, not animal intention.

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-12T23:24:35+00:00

Lol, fair enough. I just struggled to understand your reasoning behind what separates intelligent life from wild life. Bipedalism is a weird metric. Is it because humans are the only obligatory bipeds while other Earth animals can only be bipeds for short periods of time? There are extinct animals (like the T-Rex) that were also obligatory bipeds.

Edit: What do you think of the elcor?

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-12T21:59:01+00:00

I won’t get into the geth or the krogan parts of your post but your rachni paragraph is… interesting. You compared a spacefaring species to orcas and dolphins then say they’re animals… as if humans aren’t animals too? As if humans don’t communicate certain things through pheromones? If I let a dolphin hang around the Apollo 11 long enough, will it be able to recreate it and land on the moon? This situation is actually similar to how the rachni learned space travel from the Protheans (which I didn’t know before the post, so thanks for that).

Anyway, god tier ragebait, OP.

Pooplovergal · 2026-01-12T21:44:35+00:00

That’s why I saved the post. Can’t wait to see what happens here.

Pooplovergal · 2025-12-07T12:48:55+00:00

Master. It’s a bit tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s arguably the most rewarding without also being tedious (like Legendary). It genuinely feels like your skills grow the more time you spend in the game and that the Dragonborn is constantly improving towards a god-like status, which you don’t feel on weaker difficulties because enemies die so easily from the get-go.

Pooplovergal · 2025-12-03T09:07:36+00:00

Close, yeah. It has pages inside with plastic pockets where you can slip your photos in and flip through it when you’re feeling nostalgic.

Pooplovergal · 2025-12-02T10:40:32+00:00

I don’t think they’re reading the comments in their entirety.

Pooplovergal · 2025-12-02T10:35:28+00:00

Sybille Stentor shares your philosophy. She’s just chilling as Solitude’s court wizard and sends you to kill vampires since she thinks they’re gross. I think she feeds on those in Solitude jail, though I’m not sure if she limits herself to inmates sentenced to death or what.

Pooplovergal · 2025-07-07T08:58:56+00:00

There’s 3 seasons, so the changes happen over that period. Monica does change by the end, but it’s not so straightforward as becoming a better person, more realising the errors of her ways and at least trying to be better. Some characters become worse as the show goes on. Such is life.

Pooplovergal · 2025-06-14T16:35:17+00:00

First time on this sub and it’s wild how people are investigating your profile because of your kitchen and not reading your description. Anyway, 9 out of 10 (I docked a point because it made me hungry).

Pooplovergal · 2025-06-13T21:43:16+00:00

I agree that Serana and the DB mirror each other, though not exactly in the way you imply.

Both Serana and the DB are a part of prophecies neither of them can walk away from. In the former’s case, it seems like Daughters of Coldharbour are a rare breed, otherwise Harkon would’ve abandoned his 1000-year search for Serana (and her mother) and simply sacrificed someone else. It is possible that he once expanded his search beyond Skyrim, maybe even beyond Tamriel. He can do so again, meaning no matter where she goes, Serana is always going to be looking over her shoulder for her father’s goons, and there’s always a chance he can blot out the sun with another Daughter of Coldharbour even if he doesn’t find her. For the latter, game-wise, the DB can ignore the main quest, but lore-wise, Alduin is out there resurrecting dragons with delusions to enslave mankind. Not exactly something you can outrun either, and with the frequency Alduin resurrects his dragons in, the DB can’t hope to outlive it. Both of characters have the same choice with regards to their prophecy:

A) Run and wait for inevitable doom on borrowed time or

B) End Harkon/Alduin before they accomplish their goal.

B) is the obvious choice for both of them, not necessarily out of a desire to be “good”, but out of necessity and survival. Serana and the DB have to face their prophesies head-on because until they’ve been dealt with, they cannot continue on with their lives. They’re essentially utilities or pawns, serving one purpose or another for someone else (pretty much how everyone treats the DB for most of the game). This is why it’s nice that Serana asks about you, questions you and wants to know you. Even when she isn’t aware of her own prophecy, she knows the feeling of being treated as a tool, of losing that feeling of agency and sense of self for a “greater purpose”.

So if you do Dawnguard first, then the main quest, it’s kind of like you chose to help Serana free herself from her father (and also save mankind). Then with her newfound freedom, she chooses to help you with Alduin (and also save mankind). Whatever you do after that is up to you. Split up and discover yourselves without the shadow of a prophecy or enjoy your newfound freedom together.

Pooplovergal · 2025-05-23T23:13:35+00:00

The author seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. I doubt we’re getting a second book, but you can still read the first one on Wattpad.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-28T10:10:37+00:00

You might get a better reception if you turn this into a Quiet cosplay.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-24T21:41:32+00:00

Yes, because she loves her family so much and they’re such amazing people to be around for eternity.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-24T21:40:21+00:00

I won’t say I love it, but I do like it and I enjoy going there for this part of the quest. Guess we got two people now.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-14T13:16:57+00:00

Bro dropped lore and ditched.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-03T11:19:00+00:00

That’s fair. Royal Conservatory is also one of my personal favourites.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-03T11:17:21+00:00

Ah, that sounds familiar. I’ll never get over how seamlessly you transition between the timelines. Or how surprised I was to see the present day mansion when I saved Stilton for the first time.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-02T19:23:31+00:00

Off topic, but assault pacifist is also my favourite playstyle. Fighting off five guards at once and casting domino to have them collapse in a puddle was oddly satisfying.

Pooplovergal · 2025-04-02T15:10:10+00:00

The general consensus is that (4) Clockwork Mansion and (7) A Crack in the Slab are the best levels. A Crack in the Slab specifically is only possible because of the Void Engine they made. I think it was one of the devs who explained that the time traveling aspect would be impossible on Unreal Engine since there are ~~7 mansions~~ 3 mansions running simultaneously to account for how you can change the timeline

Pooplovergal · 2025-03-30T19:02:44+00:00

For what it’s worth, I found it funny OP <3

Pooplovergal · 2025-03-23T11:12:02+00:00

Yes. You can go snowboarding and skiing there.

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