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Post by feuerrabe on Jan 8, 2021 13:06:14 GMT
So, with the trailer out there and the arguments boiling hot, I'd love to speculate a little more, but appears apparent that the various fans want different things, there is inevitably going to be a large portion of fans who will hate the starting point of the next Mass Effect so much, that there will inevitably be fans who will reject the game outright. Therefore, I was wondering whether we could turn things around and find something that we can all hate.
The rules are simple: The outcome must be a possible way to finish the game, and it must take the things we see in the trailer into account. Since it is possible for Shepard to die in ME2 and still finish, somebody else can take Shepard's place in ME3. The DLCs may or may not have been played.
So, as a starting point, here is my suggestion for a new canon: No DLC was ever played.
Shepard was female. (Which is what I do, but it is the less common choice) Kaidan was Shepard's love interest in ME1 (which is going to annoy us later)
Wrex and Ashley died on Virmire. Shepard left the council to die and made Anderson the new human councilor.
Shepard made mostly renegade choice, but mixed a few arbitrary paragon choices in, e.g. she let the Rachni queen go in ME1, but refused to free her in ME3. Shepard recruited all companions during the suicide mission (except for the DLC ones), but did not do the loyalty mission for any (if that is at all possible).
Shepard died during the suicide mission, along with the entire team. Kaidan took Shepard's place in ME3. Kaidan did take the Salarian's offer to not cure the genophage (I don't know how that plays out, but considering that Mordin died in ME2, I guess the genophage was indeed not cured)
The quarians were killed off by the geth. Kaidan picked the destroy ending (because it seems most consistent with the trailer, if we have to pick an ending... you can pick refuse as an ending, but then you need an explanation how that it is consistent with the trailer)
Basically everybody who can be dead is dead. (That is assuming that there is no way of killing off Liara and still finish the game, correct me if I am wrong.)
Now, if that was canon, I would be mildly upset. I presume there is nobody here who actually likes it? Otherwise I suppose I failed.
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Post by Upggrade on Jan 8, 2021 13:12:33 GMT
Morinth for LI, I win.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Jan 8, 2021 13:17:06 GMT
Just use T6's beginning as the start of MENext. Newborn Shepard Baby takes the role of John and a geth unit takes the role of the one that kills them.
Simple right? 😆🤣😉
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Post by Sondergaard on Jan 8, 2021 13:30:38 GMT
Shepard picks Synthesis.
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Post by feuerrabe on Jan 8, 2021 13:33:23 GMT
Well, it has to be a way that the game can actually be played. The exception in my example above was that I handed ME3 to somebody else than Shepard, but that was necessary, because Shepard died in ME2 (again), which is a permissible way to finish the game. I suppose ideally, I would have assumed a second Lazarus project, because you cannot actually play ME3 as anybody but Shepard.
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Post by Pounce de León on Jan 8, 2021 14:00:19 GMT
Reapers were actually Asari plot to make humanity thralls for procreation. The indoctrination is subconscious awareness that humanity is enslaved.
But Shepard, with his unmatched virility / her unmatched sense for bullshit sways chief mistress Liara of the occupation force, in reality a matron with unstoppable sexual appetite and irresistible appeal. They fall in true love and Liara, seeing the errors of the Asari way unites with Shepard in eternal love and stops the Lord Matriarch on Thessia who sits on a throne of alien sex slaves.
Is rated mature.
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Post by Pounce de León on Jan 8, 2021 14:01:42 GMT
Sorry, couldn't figure out a bad plot.
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Post by themikefest on Jan 8, 2021 14:33:13 GMT
Worse canon? What you would call worse, I might call great. Click on the link in my signature for a possible worse canon.
How about instead of Cerberus causing problems, it's the asari who are working for the reapers?
Instead of the geth being destroyed by the red wave, it's the asari that end up being wiped out?
In ME4, Conrad is femshep's main LI and Gianna is male shep's main LI.
After returning to Earth, Shepard is asked to study the archives on Mars since she/he has the cipher. T'soni is never seen in ME3.
The genophage was never used on the krogan. It was used on the asari so they can't mate with other species.
As Shepard is found in the rubble. she/he mentions what the **** dream did she/he have. Meaning MEA was a dream. Never happened.
The TIM seen on the Citadel is a clone. The real TIM is planning to bring Cerberus back to it's greatness.
Kai Leng really killed t'soni on Thessia instead of giving her a plane ticket to fly on Kai Leng Airlines
The indoctrination theory is real. The next game starts after Shepard wakes up from seeing visions from the prothean artifact on Eden Prime.
The crucible was something that was never meant to destroy the reapers. It was the final piece to add to the Citadel.
It was Shepard's clone that encountered thing. The real Shepard is at a pub having a pint in celebration of the reapers being destroyed.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Jan 8, 2021 14:49:13 GMT
Worse canon? What you would call worse, I might call great. Click on the link in my signature for a possible worse canon. How about instead of Cerberus causing problems, it's the asari who are working for the reapers? Instead of the geth being destroyed by the red wave, it's the asari that end up being wiped out? In ME4, Conrad is femshep's main LI and Gianna is male shep's main LI. After returning to Earth, Shepard is asked to study the archives on Mars since she/he has the cipher. T'soni is never seen in ME3. The genophage was never used on the krogan. It was used on the asari so they can't mate with other species. As Shepard is found in the rubble. she/he mentions what the **** dream did she/he have. Meaning MEA was a dream. Never happened. The TIM seen on the Citadel is a clone. The real TIM is planning to bring Cerberus back to it's greatness. Kai Leng really killed t'soni on Thessia instead of giving her a plane ticket to fly on Kai Leng Airlines The indoctrination theory is real. The next game starts after Shepard wakes up from seeing visions from the prothean artifact on Eden Prime. The crucible was something that was never meant to destroy the reapers. It was the final piece to add to the Citadel. It was Shepard's clone that encountered thing. The real Shepard is at a pub having a pint in celebration of the reapers being destroyed. Always knew those ugly blue things were the real threat. 😆😉
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Post by jadebaby88 on Jan 8, 2021 14:56:27 GMT
Worst canon for the basis of the next game?
Shepard chose synthesis and every living being in the new game is a mixture of synthetic and organic components. You play as a psychiatrist prescribing meds and rewiring others who have struggled to cope with the genetic raping of their bodies against their will when you uncover a secret in the code that will lead you to track down Miranda Lawson and Jacob Blake to figure out just exactly what was in the code to create this conspiracy all along...
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Jan 8, 2021 14:58:25 GMT
Worst possible canon: Shepard still alive
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Post by Pounce de León on Jan 8, 2021 15:33:16 GMT
Worst canon for the basis of the next game? Shepard chose synthesis and every living being in the new game is a mixture of synthetic and organic components. You play as a psychiatrist prescribing meds and rewiring others who have struggled to cope with the genetic raping of their bodies against their will when you uncover a secret in the code that will lead you to track down Miranda Lawson and Jacob Blake to figure out just exactly what was in the code to create this conspiracy all along... It turns out it is a bug that suspiciously looks like a miniature tardigrade reaper.
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Post by Pounce de León on Jan 8, 2021 15:36:11 GMT
Worse canon? What you would call worse, I might call great. Click on the link in my signature for a possible worse canon. How about instead of Cerberus causing problems, it's the asari who are working for the reapers? Instead of the geth being destroyed by the red wave, it's the asari that end up being wiped out? In ME4, Conrad is femshep's main LI and Gianna is male shep's main LI. After returning to Earth, Shepard is asked to study the archives on Mars since she/he has the cipher. T'soni is never seen in ME3. The genophage was never used on the krogan. It was used on the asari so they can't mate with other species. As Shepard is found in the rubble. she/he mentions what the **** dream did she/he have. Meaning MEA was a dream. Never happened. The TIM seen on the Citadel is a clone. The real TIM is planning to bring Cerberus back to it's greatness. Kai Leng really killed t'soni on Thessia instead of giving her a plane ticket to fly on Kai Leng Airlines The indoctrination theory is real. The next game starts after Shepard wakes up from seeing visions from the prothean artifact on Eden Prime. The crucible was something that was never meant to destroy the reapers. It was the final piece to add to the Citadel. It was Shepard's clone that encountered thing. The real Shepard is at a pub having a pint in celebration of the reapers being destroyed. This is indeed quite terrible. Noone would notice it's not from BW.
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Post by Pounce de León on Jan 8, 2021 15:38:35 GMT
How about a change of perspective? "Destroy all humans" - reaper perspective and put an end to the ending once and for all
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Post by feuerrabe on Jan 8, 2021 15:49:10 GMT
Worst possible canon: Shepard still alive Hm. Shepard is still alive, and when new trouble arises everybody rushes out to look out for him or her. Shepard's name is only ever whispered with reverence. Shepard is finally found at the end of the next Mass Effect, but the story ends there as a they are literally standing at the edge of a cliff. In the Mass Effect after the next, Shepard turns out to be a bitter old fool, who drinks pink yaagh milk, wallows in self pity, rants about the spectres and the N7 program, and explains that the galaxy is doomed to persist in misery and how defeating the reapers had been a bad idea. It also turns out that he tried to kill Liara's daughter, who was so rattled by the experience that she became an ardat yakshi and now the head of a cult that worships the somewhat battered, but partly repaired Harbinger. The cult is called "The First Harvest".
Any semblance to Luke Skywalker is purely coincidental and not intended.
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Post by feuerrabe on Jan 8, 2021 15:52:27 GMT
How about a change of perspective? "Destroy all humans" - reaper perspective and put an end to the ending once and for all You mean, you get to play the last surviving reaper trooper (let's call him Marauder Shields) and have to save the galaxy from the scourge of the wicked organics.
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Post by themikefest on Jan 8, 2021 15:55:58 GMT
How about a change of perspective? "Destroy all humans" - reaper perspective and put an end to the ending once and for all I would be ok with. But just one thing. What will the galaxy do when the next big bad comes along? The humans are no longer around to save them anymore. It was their sacrifice that made it possible for the other species to remain.
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Post by traks on Jan 8, 2021 16:23:29 GMT
How about a change of perspective? "Destroy all humans" - reaper perspective and put an end to the ending once and for all You mean, you get to play the last surviving reaper trooper (let's call him Marauder Shields) and have to save the galaxy from the scourge of the wicked organics.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jan 8, 2021 16:28:48 GMT
Marauder Shields is actually Garrus in a post-Synthesis future sent back in time to stop Shepard from making a terrible mistake.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Jan 8, 2021 16:52:27 GMT
How about a change of perspective? "Destroy all humans" - reaper perspective and put an end to the ending once and for all I would be ok with. But just one thing. What will the galaxy do when the next big bad comes along? The humans are no longer around to save them anymore. It was their sacrifice that made it possible for the other species to remain. The asari will do what they do best - laying on their backs with their legs spread wide open. 😈🤣
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Post by Pounce de León on Jan 8, 2021 17:01:50 GMT
I would be ok with. But just one thing. What will the galaxy do when the next big bad comes along? The humans are no longer around to save them anymore. It was their sacrifice that made it possible for the other species to remain. The asari will do what they do best - laying on their backs with their legs spread wide open. 😈🤣 You feel a soft, slightly soggy tentacle sliding along your spine. Your neurons start firing uncontrollably and you feel slowly losing your control over your motions.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Jan 8, 2021 17:04:40 GMT
The asari will do what they do best - laying on their backs with their legs spread wide open. 😈🤣 You feel a soft, slightly soggy tentacle sliding along your spine. Your neurons start firing uncontrollably and you feel slowly losing your control over your motions. *Shoots the asari dead* Now I need to shower to wash away the filth....😈🤢
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jan 8, 2021 18:37:48 GMT
-Everyone that ever set foot on the Normandy is dead -Synthesis -You play as Shepard and Liara's daughter -The game is about Husk rights
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Post by Phantom on Jan 8, 2021 18:58:09 GMT
You are a Cerberus Phantom Commander; You found a horrible truth that Shepard and Liara has been indoctrinated by the Reapers and will be using the Crucible to hand over the galaxy to the Reapers. So you will be force to kill them. So save Humanity, you have to save the galaxy from the Reapers.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Jan 8, 2021 20:42:39 GMT
Worst canon? Hmm... Maybe take my Puppet Master Engineer playthrough who took control of the Reapers as step one in her ambitious plan to TAKE CONTROL OVER ALL THE THINGS!
The Reapers were a threat. The Puppet Master Engineer Shepard is an inevitability; she will control all. All she needs is time, and she has all the time in the universe.
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