Mass Effect 2 - Episode 8
Last ep before Dragon Con! I may or may not post an ep on Sat, I'm not sure yet. I have the stuff recorded, editing right now. I just don't know if I'll think of it. So it's a toss up, basically.
[Post episode thoughts]
OK, so, bit of a more low key episode.
One of the interesting things about these games is that, because you have so much control over the journey and how your character behaves, you really end up with a lot of headcanon, at least in my experience. This is my second playthough with a straight paragon Shep, and she's doing a lot of the same actions as my first paragon Shep, but her motivations may be very different in my mind.
Anyway, lots of headcanon. But I'm still limited to the dialogue and acting choices that were recorded, which may not always 100% perfectly convey *exactly* what's in my head. Or maybe it does and I'm just paranoid what I want isn't coming across, IDK. But in case it *wasn't* clear, what I had in my head was this:
Horizon fucked with Shep's head. It's like she said to TIM, it wasn't a victory in her mind because they lost half the colonists. She failed them. And on top of that there was Kaidan, someone who in my head canon she cares very deeply for and may have been on her way to loving if regs hadn't been in the way complicating things. And he just completely shuts her down. She's hurt and angry and frustrated, and she decides to give in to the meloncholy and go visit the site of the Normandy crash, and all her fallen comrades. And then she goes back and gets completely shit faced with Chakwas because who wouldn't want to drink in a situation like that? But Chakwas is such a happy drunk, so upbeat and positive. And then she goes and finds Kaidan's message in her inbox. The audio is not part of the game. The actor released it online as a special treat for Kaidan fans. I decided to add it because I think he does a really good job making you feel Kaidan's regret and confusion and still lingering frustration and anger. And even though it hasn't really made any of the situation better, both Chakwas and Kaidan make Shep realize that she can't afford to live in the past. She has to be Commander Shepard and save the galaxy. So she sucks it up, she tries to move past the hurt, and she starts dealing with the needs of her team.
And boy does she have a lot to do, lol.
[Additional spoiler for Nicole]
You get Tali in the next episode so STOP SPOILING YOURSELF WOMAN :P
Click to view[Post episode thoughts]
OK, so, bit of a more low key episode.
One of the interesting things about these games is that, because you have so much control over the journey and how your character behaves, you really end up with a lot of headcanon, at least in my experience. This is my second playthough with a straight paragon Shep, and she's doing a lot of the same actions as my first paragon Shep, but her motivations may be very different in my mind.
Anyway, lots of headcanon. But I'm still limited to the dialogue and acting choices that were recorded, which may not always 100% perfectly convey *exactly* what's in my head. Or maybe it does and I'm just paranoid what I want isn't coming across, IDK. But in case it *wasn't* clear, what I had in my head was this:
Horizon fucked with Shep's head. It's like she said to TIM, it wasn't a victory in her mind because they lost half the colonists. She failed them. And on top of that there was Kaidan, someone who in my head canon she cares very deeply for and may have been on her way to loving if regs hadn't been in the way complicating things. And he just completely shuts her down. She's hurt and angry and frustrated, and she decides to give in to the meloncholy and go visit the site of the Normandy crash, and all her fallen comrades. And then she goes back and gets completely shit faced with Chakwas because who wouldn't want to drink in a situation like that? But Chakwas is such a happy drunk, so upbeat and positive. And then she goes and finds Kaidan's message in her inbox. The audio is not part of the game. The actor released it online as a special treat for Kaidan fans. I decided to add it because I think he does a really good job making you feel Kaidan's regret and confusion and still lingering frustration and anger. And even though it hasn't really made any of the situation better, both Chakwas and Kaidan make Shep realize that she can't afford to live in the past. She has to be Commander Shepard and save the galaxy. So she sucks it up, she tries to move past the hurt, and she starts dealing with the needs of her team.
And boy does she have a lot to do, lol.
[Additional spoiler for Nicole]
You get Tali in the next episode so STOP SPOILING YOURSELF WOMAN :P