Tin Foil Skirt and Thigh-High Boots - Ashley Williams Thread

Thanks for sharing that saito404, very nice read. How people can hate Ash is beyond me. That dialogue was lovely, all the more proof there's way more to her than 'sometimes I can't tell the animals from the aliens'.

I don't have permission to view that group, which is weird as I've been a long time member as far as I know.
edit: maybe because it's closed?

You need to log into the site first.  I went to the link and it said it was a private group.  That I logged into the site itself and suddenly the group was no longer closed to me.

Yep. I logged on and was able to see the groups I belong to even the one with Ashley.

Ok logged in, nice. Bit annoying you can't navigate to the last page or the most recent pages. Only lets me pick 'next page'.

Just looking through my old posts.

Shepard You know why this game is cool?
Ashley No ending?
Shepard No ending.

She's the best - great attitude, loads of interesting stuff to say, excellent chemistry with male Shepard, unkillable. My Adept took her almost everywhere in Mass Effect 1.

To be fair to Ash (who I've never romanced because it's always Kaidan), this is just what BioWare did to the Virmire Survivor.  They distrust Shepard, almost die, flirt and start to fall for Shepard again, but then the distrust is (depending on how you've played things) at least partly back at the end of the Cerberus Coup.  However, should Ash survive that, and you pursue her romance, I'm pretty sure she changes her tune.  Or so I assume based on Kaidan.

Best written female in videogame evaaaaa. 

I have a question guys, do you know some dialogues she has with the rest of the crew? Because I feel like Ashley was kinda on the side when it comes to bonding with everyone. Obvious one is James but I don't remember a lot of other examples. 

Actually with Ash if you pursue her romance in ME3 she changes her tune. She trusts you during and after the Citadel Coup. She will obviously trust you outright if you are good to her and visit her on the Citadel. Makes sense to me. But the line that is great for Ash is when you take her to assault TIM's base. When you look at video of Shep's reconstruction, she says something pretty cool. When Shep starts to feel overwhelmed she will respond with "Screw those Cerberus freaks. You're you!"Basically showing that she isn't doubtful of Shepard (when she thought that Shepard could be an indoctrinated husk back on Mars) and that she also doesn't side with Cerberus simply because they are human. It shows that everything Shepard does with and for her during the course of the game has made her trust Shepard completely.

As for Ash. I started out indifferent to this character. I was always a Miranda or Tali guy and I preferred Kaidan as a character also. But I actually did her romance and gave her a fair shot. I would say she actually fits great with broshep and has great synergy with him. I really love that paragon broshep is like a cheesy cornball with her. And her reactions to his awful "dad jokes" are great. Her VA is great as well. My only problem with Ash is many of her scenes are actually kind of lacking in ME3. She gets fewer scenes with her romance than Kaidan, Garrus or Tali. She also barely speaks in ME3 to you on the Normandy unlike the three I mentioned. She just hangs out there. Kaidan gets so much more interesting dialogue with both gender Sheps on the Normandy. Ash got shafted.

In the Citadel DLC, her drinking scene flat out sucks. Its not romantic and its not funny either. She definitely feels like she got the least amount of time put into her romance in ME3. But it was great in ME1. It was solid in ME3 also. Some scenes with her are flat out great. Ultimately I think Ash's romance is better than Miranda's now and is on par with Tali and Jack's.

Agreed. People who say Ash is a racist jerk just like to write things off without seeing the bigger picture. Its the same as people who call Kaidan whiny and boring. When he never really whines. Being mistrustful is not the same as being racist. And yeah, that email she writes to you in ME2 is great. Its especially great if you watched the video where Kimberly Brooks voices over it. Its quite emotional on Ash's part. I also like that she doesn't also agree with everything Shepard does and she speaks her own mind, but still respect the chain of command. 

And sadly, what little she gets is simply not enough in ME3. The romance is really good overall though and likely one of the strongest for male Shepard. She could have had some scenes where she bonds a bit more with Garrus or Wrex in the Citadel DLC, but she barely acknowledges them. She does have her moments as you said. Some of my personal favorites are back on Mars. When you tell her you need her and she says "that's what I needed to hear." She has a smile that says it all really. The other is the final romance scene on the Normandy. After you wake up from your dream she sort of just looks at you and smiles. She doesn't say much, but you can tell she loves you in that scene.

Literally my only gripe with Ashley outside of lacking content in ME3 is that I have to let Kaidan die. I like him a lot as well.