Unpopular opinions

Oh I see. If I go back to ME1, at the end of the UNC mission where the geth are planning a major offensive, we see that the geth still miss the quarians. Note that in the entire trilogy, the geth did not fight the quarians until the quarians attacked them. Once you convince the quarians that a) they're going to die if they continue the fight and that the geth do not want to continue the fight, then it makes sense. Remember, in ME3, the only reason that the geth joined with the Reapers was because they feared they would be completely destroyed. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

If we're going back to the beginning, it seems as though the quarians started the fight when they started to freak out about the geth gaining sentience. The geth fought back really hard but then stopped bothering anyone for centuries unless they intruded in the territory. You could even make a case that, prior to ME1, the geth had no interest in conflict with organics. They separated themselves but also sent a message to anyone who strayed into the Veil.

So, yes, I believe that peace was achievable. The quarians got their planet back and the geth helped them fight the Reapers.

On a (somewhat) similar note, I don't understand why so many people who play Renegade choose Udina as councilor. Technically you can headcanon whatever you want within certain bounds, but it seems like Anderson would be the logical choice for both a Paragon and Renegade Shepard based on the attitudes both types of Shepards present in the game: Anderson's integrity would appeal to the prototypical Paragon Shepard, and his no-bs attitude and willingness to get rough and eschew any false pretenses would appeal to the prototypical Renegade Shepard. I'm sure a lot of people choose Udina because they think he'll be a more competent politician, but I have a feeling a lot of people also choose him to depart from what they think is the "standard" path, just for the sake of it.

I usually take him for the first part of Priority Earth precisely for that reason. Kaidan too, if he's alive.

Unfortunately, Gardner wasn't around. He was too busy trying to find the right spices for his cooking.

I tend to go more Paragon myself, but for some of the larger decisions in 1 and 2 I can see the logic behind the Renegade choices, even if I don't agree with them. It's usually the less consequential choices where Renegade is just pointless assholery.

Also re: my comments on the VS distrusting Shepard,

In my latest playthrough, I'm making choices I usually don't, so I romanced Ashley. I met her on Horizon in 2 and was curt with her (I intend on romancing Tali later on), yet she still sent me a warm letter afterwards. I can see why her continued distrust in 3 would be odd if I continued her romance given her letter. I'll have to see if the dialogue is any different in 3 -- as in look it up, since I'm not sticking with it

ME3 needed Shepard to be more renegade than what the game offered. I would add more, a lot more renegade interrupts as well.

I guess an unpopular opinions here:

While I like some characters more than others, I don't dislike any of the squadmates. Not even Jacob.

The lackluster mission Priority: Earth bothers me more than the endings themselves.

Cerberus should've stayed as Alliance black ops group.

An interrupt should've been added after the Catalyst explains the destroy option to start moving to the tube without listening to the other two.

The more I play the trilogy, the more appreciate ME1 and ME2 is becoming the worst of the trilogy.

Kai Leng's problem are related to cutscene incompetence. Not the character itself.

A non loyal Miranda should've stayed with Cerberus and become the foil for Shepard instead of Kai Leng. 

Agreed. I liked the idea of that being the case. ME2 was at odds with ME1 in that area but ME3 has an off-hand comment about Cerberus having once been a black ops group. It was one of the door guards when you have to go through the scanner.

Would this be unpopular? I feel like as the most popular option it would be well-received. Then I wouldn't need the mod that eradicates all traces of the Star Brat.

I actually like the characters we got out of ME2 so it's worth it. In particular, Miranda and Thane were squadmates I would have liked to carry over. Some have suggested that ME2 would have served better as an initial entry to the series where we take on the Collectors and then learn of the bigger threat of the Reapers.