Who Is Your Favorite Male Human Squad Mate in ME games?

I voted Liam, because compared to everyone else he actually made me warm up to him significantly as the game progressed and became MORE interesting by the end.

Every other human male did worse and worse with more screen time.

I ended up openly detesting Kaidan after Horizon and outright hating him when he said he "forgives me" for cheating on him when my One True Love who btw told me he'd watch over Kaidan in the hospital was slowly suffocating... That's ye very best of a human male right there.

Jacob and James were just bland & boring with a couple Okay scenes after which they went back to bland and boring.

And Zaeed was cool to meet and had great armor set, but became bland & boring.

Kaidan is my favorite squadmate in the entire franchise.

I voted Kaidan. Liam is also one of my favorite squadmates but Kaidan is my favorite squadmate from all ME games.

This is what I've always believed. "We don't need a hot human male squad mate, because we already have that." Kaidan was wonderful in ME1, but barely around (and antagonistic) in ME2 and 3. I fell for James despite all my preconceptions, but he ended up being non-romancable.

So... kind of torn between those 2 for the poll. The massive ME1 fan in me wouldn't forgive myself if I don't vote Kaidan, but since he's bi and therefore is going to win by a landslide, I'm going to vote James.

If I have to pick one, it's Liam so I voted him, for me he is one of the best human characters, he is funny and has a great personality that fits so well with my Ryder. Honestly, for me he is the most human with his flaws and mistakes because no one is perfect and I like that . My second favorite human male squadmate would be Kaidan, he's a nice guy as well.

I'm shocked Jacob has zero votes.

Kaidan, probably my favourite mm romance in Bioware's games. He's so grounded and low-key caring.

Kaidan isn't just my favorite "male human character" in Mass Effect, nor is he just my favorite Mass Effect character in general. He's my favorite character in all of fiction. I adore that man.

Both are correct, but "human male" is probably the preferred way to say it. 

None of them are in my Top 5 best squadmate for shure, but I kinda liked them. Shure, Jacob is by far the worst of the whole franchise IMO, and Zaeed is a really good one.

I really like Liam. He is definitely not bland - if anything, he has one of the most in-your-face and unusual personalities in the squad. He is a total bro to all my Ryders, filling the "beloved idiot sibling" void while the twin is in coma

Honestly?

Liam.

Jacob. I mean, we all know this one... He is so boring and one note, let alone who he is to all the poor people out there who romanced him. He had the potential to be so much more with the skills he had and his previous relationship with Miranda but he just came off as so boring. The greatest thing about him was that his father is voiced by Dave Fennoy.

Zaeed... Maybe if he had more content I would have liked him. I didn't like him. I thought he was too forced and his loyalty mission made me want to leave him for dead every single time. I know a lot of people love the guy, but I just don't.

James. You are the absolute worst human squadmate. Honestly, your personality isn't that bad. If you came into the game in ME2, I might like you. However, he shows up at the beginning of ME3 and is forced to already know Shepard and be friendly with him. He acts very unprofessionally with Shepard and he's reckless. Besides that, like Kai Leng, who I also dislike strongly, his backstory and character is developed outside the games in something I have never and likely will never, experience. So I don't care about him. He should have been developed in game. He took the spot on our team when one of the plethora of other well established characters SHOULD have taken that spot.

Kaiden. I never disliked Kaiden. In fact, I kind of liked him. He was a little bit on the boring side compared to everyone else in ME1, but I definitely liked him still. However, his primary flaw is that I like Ashley a lot more and I romanced her in ME1. So Kaiden, I'm sorry but you have never survived Virmire for me, and I've never seen anything else from you. You died heroically so you are my second favorite human squadmate.

Now as for Liam. I didn't care for him at all the first time I played MEA and I in fact expressed that on the boards here. However, upon my second playthrough, I took a new appreciation for him. He's young and a bit cocky, but really at his core, he's terrified he's going to fail, the Andromeda Initiative was a mistake and he wants desperately to do everything he can to prove himself and correct the sinking ship of the AI. He had a good life back in the Milky Way; supportive and loving family, lots of friends, and he was doing something that he enjoyed. He left it all behind to make his mark, and he's having that low gut churning feeling... that 'oh crap, I've made a huge mistake and things are really bad' moment that I'm sure so many of us have had. So he overcompensates. He tries to come up with plans without waiting on Ryder to tell him what to do and makes mistakes.

He's a fully fleshed out character. Which is something no other male human character has been in this series, in my opinion.. At least not in their first foray in the series. He's flawed but he's earnest. He genuinely wants to help and make things better for everyone. He's a well rounded character but still maintaining a lot of room for growth and improvement.

Honestly, I do think that Liam is the best written human male squad mate the series has had to date. Besides that, his team banter is amusing, especially with Drack and Jaal and his loyalty mission is one of the most fun in the game. I think all around Liam is a good character that finally breaks the cycle I've had of finding every single human male companion to be a major drag that ends up just sitting and guarding the ship.

I voted for Kaidan, I love that guy! I don't mind that he's not some super interesting member of alien specie that I want to learn about. I am fine with him being that fairly normal (well, Biotic complications aside), nice guy that is dedicated, tries hard, and is sympathetic due to his experiences. It is really fun to romance him in the first game as a largely Renegade Shepard. My canon actually went Liara (as a plot device, though I don't hate her) to Garrus for romance, but I save Kaidan and use him again in the third entry. I have been planning on running an alternate for a while now, which will be male Shep romancing Kaidan in the third game, since I haven't seen his romance content for that game yet.