Whom is a Mary Sue

I disagree.


I am not aware of any Colombian cartel funding the search for the Pyramids. Liara has most likely never received funding from any shady source in the past and would have no such contacts. Even in the off chance of a red sand dealer having any interest in prothean archeology, the chances that they would introduce themselves as "red sand proprietor" to Liara, would be unlikely and even if so, I doubt Liara would have accepted the funding.


No such information has been made available to us in the setting, that's just conjecture. With the exception of high officials in the Council races' respective governments and the Benefactor, we are not aware of any other high profile individuals aware of the Reapers and making any active effort, to consider Liara as a possible contract and that doesn't even begin to answer the question why would they, to begin with.


She is known for having the worst takes in the archeological community and who knows why she agreed to work under Shepard. Possibly for leniency against possible charges against her, after all, her mother was Saren's accomplice.


Alright. I can code as well, I can perform first aid and I can infiltrate, because I have received proper military training. Guess I am on my way of becoming an information broker for the criminal underworld, then. I am arguably much more prepared for it, than Liara is.


Not just awkward. She is socially inept. Which makes her unfit to tackle the underground in any capacity, which requires a lot of reading of other people, from a sociological standpoint.


Nowhere is this explained to us, or are we ever led to believe. None points to any shadowy contacts at all.


I'm not talking about her failing as an archeologist, but as an information broker. Even so, if all her archeological expeditions resulted in success, why aren't her findings recognized by the archeological community? I have not heard of ... in any scientific community, whatever findings a research team makes, are then shared among the rest of that community, cross referenced, verified and either accepted or rejected. In that context, all of Liara's expeditions as an archeologist, so far, would be failures. She is a failure.


Most information brokers would have failsafes, contacts that they worked with for years, before striking out on their own, able to procure passports, passage and the ability to hide their tracks, or make sure, in the effect of a failed contract, that they have some leverage over those that might target them. Liara has zero experience in any underworld dealings, is repeatedly shown to be young, naive and lacking foresight. She would be prime material to turn into Quarian paste. I'm not saying she can't wise up, but it's clearly not something she picks up during her tenure with Shepard. Especially if all the time she spends on the Normandy is Virmire and Ilos. In addition to all that, she would also have to compete in the underworld with other established brokers, that would perceive her as a threat and wish to throw her out of the game asap.

There is a very logical sequence of events that Liara seems primed to fail, at multiple crucial junctures. And while there is a possibility that she just aces everything, that's a Mary Sue.

This is especially true after everything learned by Shepard. She, like everyone, got it completely wrong. There is only one credible source of information regarding the Protheans, and that person is Shepard, at least up until we find Javik.

yeah but they're not really willing to talk...unless we bow down to them and become their enslaved minions that is

Well, in Control or Synthesis the Reapers would be more than willing to tell us all about the Protheans and all their other races of past cycles who became their...parents. 

sleeper agents count as minions though...at least imo.

fair point...I've only ever done Synthesis once, all other times I've done Destroy...oh and I did the Refusal ending once...it was, an interesting experience

Well that is normal 

Why isn't the lead character of Mass Effect Andromeda not on here? Ryder has an A.I. in their head that allows them to change their class in one playthrough with a simple respec. They can turn on and off their biotic-ness at will, basically (hey, remember when being a biotic in the Mass Effect universe used to mean something?).