Canadian Delicacy - The Kaidan Alenko Thread

I'm just here for the Kaidan art and romance talk. I'd don't really care about Kaidan's past sexual adventures-just the ones he has with male Shepard.

So I'll let you 2 have fun with that. Thanks again to you dmc1001 for sharing all that amazing Kaidan art, you are my personal hero!

I kinda assumed Hendel Mitra was Kaidan's friend and considering Kaidan bequeathed scholarship to the Grissom Academy's kids, I happily assumed that Kahlee Sanders also knew him and Jack and the kids is his J-squad. But if you want to assume he had a prior relationship with Kaidan, go ahead. But I was sure Hendel was having a bad breakup prior to the novel.


Korra/Asami is from Legend of Korra. Two girls who dated the same guy but ended up being friends and being together in the end. 

Kaidan isn't a fling. He want commitment from the very beginning and he is faithful for years even while he thinks Shepard is dead so he will say it straight, he doesn't mind if Shepard cheated on him, as long as you don't lie to his face. He's not the beta male everyone think he is. Don't jerk his chains and expect him to react well like he's an idiot.

If you want Garrus, leave Kaidan be. 

Yes, it's possible to romance him in ME1 and then move on to Garrus in ME2. In ME3, when the cheating topic comes up, you can choose to confess or deny you had something with Garrus. Kaidan will probably mention Garrus by name, as the VS usually knows about the person you had something with.
I once did the same with Ashley when I romanced her in ME1, but then romanced Jack in ME2/3.

They're not together. By the time the see each other in ME2, Shepard has been gone for two years and Kaidan is unwilling to compromise. Even in the apology email, Kaidan in no way suggests they will be together once Shepard leaves Cerberus. It's just that in his heart, Kaidan was still in love with Shepard even if they were not actually committed.

I understand you, aoibhealfae! I actually am unable to romance anyone but Kaidan. I just can't bring myself to do it. However, I understand what the OP wanted to know. She was talking game mechanics rather than how she ought to actually play the game. In other words, if I do This, is it still possible to do That or must The Other Thing happen instead? I don't think she was seeking an opinion of the morality of the characters. I mean, I cringe every time I read that someone chose Ash over Kaidan, or when I saw a video of Kaidan dying on the beam run. Or when, you know, people pick Synthesis. But people play how they want.

Its just a topic that I have very little patience with, in particular how very easy it was to bait for hundreds likes and thousands upvotes simply for the shared hatred for Kaidan due to this. BroShep/Kaidan reception is still relatively positive and supportive and I hardly see any excessive sentiment against the pairing but FemShep/Kaidan always get the worse end of it for some reason (and its been 10 years since ME1 ffs). As I always said, I don't mind everyone having their own romance preference but I rather not want to see another session of "We're on a break!" angry reacts.

The difference is two scenes in ME3 really.... which is by itself a testament of Raphael Sbarge's and Jennifer Hale's excellent performance. People simply don't stay pissed off for years with mediocre acting.

- Was there something between you and Garrus?
- When you worked for Cerberus, was there something between you and one of your crew?
- I heard something about you and some assassin...
>>> Shepard: Kaidan, I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you. We were so far apart -- physically. And after our fight on Horizon...
Kaidan: Yeah, I'll own that. Man, seeing you alive sent me spinning... and I handled it badly. I'm sorry, Shepard. I just want you to know that, for me, there isn't anyone else. And... I still care.
>>> Shepard: Our fight on Horizon really threw me out. You just shut me down.
Kaidan: I know. I just couldn't believe my eyes. There you were... alive! Can't we-- can we just put this behind us. Please.
>>> Shepard: I wouldn't cheat on you, Kaidan.
Kaidan: You're lying. I know. Everyone knows. And you know what's crazy? I still care about you... I think you should go.
>>> Shepard: I should've been straight with you. I'm sorry.
Kaidan: No. Thank you for apologizing.
Shepard: Thanks. I didn't want to leave like that.
>>> Shepard: Take care, Kaidan. See you around.
Kaidan: Yeah. See you around.
Shepard: Feel like we cleared the air?
Kaidan: Yeah. You know, I'm not sure that I've been wrong about Cerberus... but I've been wrong about you. I should let you get back to the Normandy. Wish I could come with you.
* Shepard: Take care of yourself, Kaidan. We need you at a hundred percent.
* Shepard: Take care of yourself, Major. This war needs you at a hundred percent.



Kaidan: The war isn't the only thing keeping me up at night... I wonder about us.
Shepard: Us?
* Kaidan: I understand why you cheated, but I still love you, Shepard.
* Kaidan: I love you, Shepard. I always have. I want to understand what this is between us... and make it real.
* Kaidan: I... I have feelings for you, Shepard. And I want more.
Kaidan: That's what I want. What do you want?
>>> Shepard: I can't bury what I feel for you anymore. And I don't want to.
Kaidan: And that... makes me so happy. And there are benefits to that happiness... But more on that later.
Shepard: Later? We need to get back to the Normandy, ASAP.
Kaidan: Too late. Our drinks are here, and I am going to take my time.
>>> Shepard: I'm sorry, Kaidan, but we should just keep it professional.
Kaidan: Right. Well, not the answer I was hoping for...
>>> Shepard: Times are... complicated.
Kaidan: Oh, I understand. It's okay. So... when does that steak get here? Incidentally, you'd better be buying now.

The Mass Effect fandom has the worst case of Fourth Wall Myopia I've ever witnessed. It just amazes me how many players can't wrap their heads around the fact that Kaidan, and Ashley for that matter, thought Shepard's death was faked and no one gave them any reason to think it was actually history's first prove resurrection. Not to mention the fact that the Illusive Man was intentionally feeding Kaidan biased, if not outright false, information to encourage thinking that Shepard was a traitor.

Alec doesn't naturally have biotics. He gets them from SAM. There's no detail given on how SAM can do that, but that's the official explanation.

Kaidan is officially one of humanity's very first biotics. The Singapore biotics are the obvious subject for the L1 implants simply by virtue of humanity not having any others initially. Since Kaidan is an L2 and Citadel confirms that his powers manifested early unlike Shepard, this means that something happened to delay Conatix's discovery of Kaidan's abilities. The simplest and therefore most likely answer is that the family's frequent moves due to Alenko Sr.'s career accidentally covered up Kaidan's trail. Of course, since the family is originally from Canada, that same career is probably the reason Kaidan was exposed in the first place.

As for Miranda, she's only a year older than Kaidan. It's hardly unreasonable like a few unscrupulous individuals like the sociopath calling himself her father would engage in underground research into the effects if in-utero eezo exposure.