Canadian Delicacy - The Kaidan Alenko Thread

Oh, but Kaidan did have 'better'. As funny as it is, the whole 'Virmire Survivor' (I hate the 'title'!) plot makes the most sense with Kaidan.  
1. The promotion. Kaidan was  Staff Commander on Horizon. It's 2 ranks higher than he'd been 2 years ago on SR1 (and 1 rank above Lt.Cmdr. Shepard ) at this point, and within 6 months he gets another promotion and becomes the Major reason to replay ME3 a Major.  Very likely it had something to do with his assignment to the biotic division.
Ashley's a Gunnery Chief in ME1 (and struggles with her 'no-promotions-for-Williams' dramma), in ME2 she's addressed as 'Operation chief' and then, 6 months later  she's....tadam!..a Lt.Commander (of a sudden, becoming equal with Shepard).  

2. The reskin. To be honest, ME1 Kaidan model is my favourite one. I can't help it. The eyes, the sublte facial animations, the complexion. They had also screwed the arms&hands badly in ME3. But with all the 'tweaks' Kaidan had got (like lack of shaving and slightly overpumped body type), Ashley had it much-much worse. They had literally destroyed the character visuals, those heels and a battle skirt look horrible. The Ashley I remember would've died for the second time if she knew what was coming. That mirandaesque catwoman suit, that make-up? Give me a break.. 
  
3. 2nd human Spectre. It comes with 1. but it's worth mentioning. For Kaidan it's a biotic Alliance officer with the long list of commendations trusted enough already to lead the whole division, in Ashley's case it's basically a ground-stomping marine. 

4. Character development and conversations. I can only judge Ashley's scenes via youtube, but I have a strong feeling that some of her scenes are deeply OOC (like getting drunk aboard the Normandy, really?). Kaidan does not have much, but he's consistent. His Vancouver origin adds some flavours too. 

So, while Kaidan is doomed to use the shared animation and had only used his biotics in a cut-scene once (Citadel DLC), I would not say that I envy the Ashmancers. 



Which leaves whom as the 'trailer-canon LI?..' Right, it leaves Liara .  And FemShep has Ashley alive in ME3 cinematic trailer, which also leaves...Liara.


It's Shenko in general (sometimes specified as mShenko for mShep).
And the word is 'kaidanite'. 

They had added partial quotes mod recently, but it's not intuitive and it only works for non-mobile (as far as I can see).

To make a quote one has to select the text, press the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the post and pick 'quote selection' - ok. It can be done several times, then head to 'more reply options' button, and all the. quotes appear in 'quotes' tab.

As for Liara being an omnipresent LI - 'That was a joke'(c) EDI.

Ashley's surviving Virmire is pretty much embedded in Arrival DLC as she's in the Object Rho visions

do you think Kaidan's dad still alive by the end of reaper war? He's merely listed as Missing in Action.

*snip*

That being said, I always like that I learn more about Shepard through him. More specifically, the one who was afraid to love and need more TLC than others.

Does he generally work better with a Renegade or Renegon? I mean, I know anything works, but just kind of curious if this is somewhat better.

Like I think Garrus and Jack might work better slightly more Paragon or middle of the road (but even that isn't entirely true. They're complicated lol).

Ditto about aoibhealfae pics!

I love Ash so much so I had to make one pt with her alive. It was very painful to leave Kaidan behind (especially that I left him with the bomb, so I basically watched him die) :/ What I missed the most with Ash in me3, and it's probably very subjective, but the relationship with her lack the same level of intimacy as the one with Kaidan, she generally feels quite detached through big chunks of the game. It's possible that it's down to how the content was distributed. Still, some scenes with her were lovely, particularly the one before cerberus hq was very beautiful, sensual, a great call back to the beginnings.