Unpopular opinions

Wrex is just a stupid krogan. he's one of the reason's why I don't cure the genophage. He raises his weapon at Shepard. Sure he can kill Shepard, but the other squadmates, and the salarian soldiers would gun him down. So what did he accomplish? Nothing. A lot of good he did for his species. What would have been better for him, is to flip the bird at Shepard to go after the cure before the place is blown up. When Shepard reaches that part of the facility, Wrex is on the ground injured. But that can't happen. His shotgun wouldn't let him do that. The same thing happens in ME3. Don't cure the genophage, he shows up on the Citadel to kill Shepard. The problem with that, he takes away any chance for his species to have it cured. If he keeps the audio file, he can use it as evidence that his species lived up to their end of the bargain whereas Shepard didn't. What would the council do? Don't know. Instead he'll go down in history as the worst leader the krogan ever had. And yes, he is dumber than his brother Wreav.

To me, this is a good unpopular opinion, as I certainly don't like it. But I understand your reasoning, and I guess mine takes headcanon.

I like martial arts, and this has translated into 40 years of giddily punching and kicking enemy sprites on screens. ME1 melee was accidental almost, and I wasted time trying to do it. ME2 gave me a button and I never looked back.

Long story short too late -

My Shep is a CQC trained Spacer Marine with Biotics. Pointing a gun at him is funny, unless it's a Claymore. Wrex didn't have a Claymore, he had some Pyjak piece of trash, and Shep isn't really scared. In my True Story ™️ I immediately disarm Wrex and choke him to sleep. The funny thing about Krogan physiology, is that they don't have redundancy for breathing (afaik they can't breathe out of arse or peehole). A simple rear naked choke after an outside fireman's carry - jumping biotic knee to the armpit - put the hooks in and rock to sleep. Make jokes with Kirrahe, then wake his groggy ass up and explain to him the hilarious error of his ways. And give him a choice.

But that's my Shep. You are entitled to yours, and having a gun pulled in your face results in instant ass-kicking at minimum, and likely a deserved death. I like aliens better than humans, so he got a second chance.

And this is why I don't understand how Wrex was such a fan favorite; or even how the narrative justifies him being a 'smart' or 'different' Krogan.

This a character that pulls a gun on you the moment you go against his demands (twice), he's a borderline sociopath with how much he enjoys killing; but according to the narrative he's (aparently) the most diplomatic Krogan to grace his species, and he's an unbelievably racist and/or an asshole to everyone he meets. 

No, the actual 'smart' and 'different' Krogan I saw during my playthrough was Char.

To defend the Krogans here, I get that they're angry. And I get why Wrex would be pissed if Shepard would go behind his back, tell him they'll do it and after he finally has hope for his people, Shepard pulls the plug? It's understandable. And up to that point in ME2 Wrex has become a really good leader. Dealing with Reeves is a nightmare and he's annoying AF if Shepard kills Wrex in Virmire.

Personally, I think curing it is the right option to give them a second chance but I understand how chemical neutering is a grey issue. In reality, both choices would have both bad and good consequences, but the game likes to show Paragon actions as the 'good' option so that's where lies the real issue. They didn't show the possible issues that comes with curing the Genophage, just that they live happily ever after because they can make babies again, which is a bit too unrealistic and optimistic. 

Sabotaging the cure is the better choice. Doesn't matter if Wrex or Wreav are in charge. Shepard is trying to get as many resources needed to destroy the reapers. The cure doesn't matter if the reapers win. If the reapers are destroyed, at least there's a possibility the council might find a cure for them after they helped. But because Wrex is controlled by his shotgun, he threw that opportunity away. Even though the file says something doesn't mean that it happened. Did the krogan somehow have a doctor verify the cure was sabotaged? One explanation could be there wasn't enough time to do a full complete test. If it's cured, why doesn't Wrex mention anything about the audio file? I would guess because Wrex is an ME1 character that Bioware doesn't want anything bad happening to him. Look at the Citadel dlc. They made Wrex a squadmate yet ignored all the ME2 squadmates minus the turian and quarian. I would be curious what the reaction would be from Wreav hearing that audio file.

My Shepard would be on board with a cure, and he was all for finding a way to lessen the effects of it (within reason) prior to game three, but as soon as Wrex said that he wanted a cure or he would sit back and let the rest of the galaxy die is the moment I stopped empathizing with him. It would have been one thing to say that in the post war politics that Shepard would guarantee Alliance support pushing for a cure, or even to say that the cure would be worked on alongside the war efforts as long as we could get Krogan boots on the ground now, but no.

Wrex, again speaking through his gun, holds the entire galaxy hostage to force a cure. He doesn't even send a battalion or two as a gesture of goodwill when his asinine demand is agreed to. Instead he holds all his forces back and then proceeds to insult and berate the very forces fighting and dying to see the cure administered. 

Yep. Doing that would put the ball in everyone else's court. It would also be an extra brownie point for the species, if the cure was sabotaged. Had Wrex done that, and Wreav too, and Wrex not getting stupid, I would consider giving them a sit on the council, if not, at least have them reside on the Citadel with one of their own as an Ambassador

I wished that you could kill the rachni queen in ME1 or 3 with a big can of bug spray...

... Or a massive fly swatter. 😆

Except that no one is saying that they shoot Wrex because he's a Krogan, they shoot him because he pulls a gun on a military officer in the middle of a combat zone. If anyone else would have done that its grounds for shooting them in self defense. 

Real world cops don't have shields.  

Which is the only thing that really makes Sheps actions justifiable here considering they are likely to survive a single shot and thus has options.