Reyes Vidal - No longer A Mystery (Official Thread)

Oh, I would go bathing there. Sometimes I drive the Nomad through a lake or run under water. Would also make a great date.

I know ;-; when that image came into my mind I was like "bruh, that's too freaking cute." 

I like to think that Melva pretends to fight bad guys with it while wearing the Angaran version of a Disney Princess dress. I head canon that Auntie Keema rarely has any weaknesses save for the niece she spoils rotten. 

Edit: did you know that Melva is actually an IRL name? I was surprised when it didn't autocorrect, but it turns out that it is the feminine version of the name Melvin. 

Wow I didn't know that! I just picked it because the niece needed a name and thats what i came up with... 

I mean... Yes! Totally planned I'm smart like that  

HAHA 

What a cool coincidence!

About Melva: Awww, everybody would spoil the heck of a kid like that. Even complete strangers and random animals. I hope the writing continues well.

(Also, with the name, there is always a chance it exists/is somehow interpretable in some language. You don't just avoid that. Your case of it came out very cool, even with some extra Illuminati stuff_{. Don't get me started on a certain Game of thrones character... causes me an unstoppable laughing fit just thinking about it})

About the pic: I just quickly remembered Gomez and was like.. whoa, that figures. That so fucking figures... Reyes and Ryder should tango at some point, that would be fun.

Don't know exactly why, but he seems to me like someone who's been around, dancing included. (+ he just looks like someone who might enjoy it) Tango, for sure. Waltz, perhaps? For the minimum?

Hey, you never know So many languages...

Gomez Addamsing, rofl. No, I'm absolutely not trying to picture a definition of Gomez Addamsing right now... Whatever, Reyes must look mighty fine on his Gomez Addamsing streak.

Hmm... that might actually make loads of sense. I've only been considering the nobody route before, but thinking about that some more.. he does seem like someone with more than street upbringing. Someone who could possibly play the gentleman and know exactly how to do it without looking out of place once. But then again, he could simply be good at acting the part. He seems to be sort of acting most of the time anyway. But then once more, something about the idea fits way too much.
Let's just hope he doesn't start to dress up like a bat

It took forever to make myself romance anyone but Jaal (who is still jealous of Reyes even if you don't romance him), and after finally giving Reyes a chance, I gotta say it's criminal he was not a squadmate or had a bigger role in MEA!

Uhh... I know you guys are joking probably, but you aren't forgetting you're talking about a self-confessed thief and murderer, right? Not to shit on anybody's head-canon, but if Reyes were a philanthrope billionaire that just wanted to help people on not-Omega, joining the Initiative and then starting a ruthless crime organization to go about his plan... Yeah, I'd tell him to pick up a better thought out  excuse to explain his methods next time.

As a pilot Reyes has probably received some education, so he definitely didn't crawl to Initiative recruitment from sewers. He could be like Lexi who grew up on Omega, but wasn't destitute or anything.

I really hope Reyes won't revealed to having been a rich, bored little snot that just turned to crime because of juvenile dreams. Luckily he's shown to have an ample amount of pragmatism, so turning his character around like that probably wouldn't happen. Not that being born and brought up into such lifestyle would make founding the Collective ethical, but it would make make sense and make him more sympathetic on the whole.

I also like how MEA NPCs are down-to-earth and believable characters and not super special like everyone in ME2. Not having Reyes' background be anything incredible makes his life in Andromeda stand out more, which is what I believe the "I wanted to be someone" alluded to.

Hah, I like that. Looking for redemption, then becoming even bigger criminal than ever before. Don't see it as a good fit for Reyes, though. He seems sad during the rooftop scene and he's worried of Ryder's opinion, but it seems more like "Ryder would judge me" than "I'm contemptible and shameful". Helping the Kadaran population with kitchens etc could be read in that light, but I believe he just does those things for realistic purposes and because he likes to help build Kadara and enjoys doing so.

Reyes and Sloane had some of the best shades of grey writing in the game. It would suck if, in an effort to make him an unambiguous Good Guy, they rewrote nobly saving downtrodden people being Reyes' priority and everything else being an unfortunate little side effect that can be neatly brushed under the rug. I like that he's a ruthless criminal, but also likes to help, without minding if he conveniently gets something out of doing so.


Wow, really? What does Jaal say? That's interesting, making a LI jealous even without cause. Nice characterization.

They are really teasing with his line "There are many things you don't know about me" and the codex entry and then leave us hanging. Yes, I like to imagine he was a pretty ordinary citizen, with a bit of a criminal streak, no tragic or dark past. A good pilot who didn't see an opportunity to be more and thus left for Andromeda. Many had similar reasons. And dancing is this unexpected hobby of his. I really hope they don't make him responsible for everything going wrong in Andromeda. Like what some think he is involved in the Jien Garson murder and benefactor stuff.

Oh yes, please leave him grey. He is greedy, he admits that. He is helping others but is also selfish.

Jaal does sound a bit jealous there, even if they might have just meant for him to come across as surprised. Does he say something different if you flirted with him a lot before?

I believe the Batman part was just there for fun, not real comparison (know precious little about the guy myself), the theory made up the rest. Whatever, written conversation is tricky, we can't let that stop us And btw, if the Batman part weren't pure fooling around, I'd say you're right.

The extent of asshole-ness would be quite relative, though. There will always be people claiming a character is an asshole while they have literally done nothing wrong in someone else's books. So if they don't go that route, I hope it won't be because that would make him look like an asshole. _{Also, I'm kind of partial to this kind of random assholes, so it would be sad.} As for the mafia thing, he is supposed to be south american or so, isn't he? Lots of mafia there though I can't really seen him in one, generally because I would expect some hints in that case. From what he shows, he sort of seems to be making it up as he goes, no tips from uncle Hector. But then, if that were the case he could reminisce something his mum used to cook from fallen enemies. (yeah, yeah, not the point)

Oh, he could found the Followers. It would really not be his fault when after a month or so a part of them would turn to cannibalism, another started a rogue faction and a few ran off to join the Legion. The problem is the leading, not the founding.

Imagine that from an ingame perspective:

Ryder: *taking pics with the omnitool* Reyes, could you move a bit more to the right, the lighting is better over there.
Reyes: I am a bit busy here right now. How about helping me a bit?
Ryder: Nah, you are doing fine. Did I ever tell you how photogenic you are? This needs to be preserved for personal uses the posterity.

Hehe, I love Ryder's "answer the question" and the accompanying glare. Also how Reyes teases Ryder for the jealousy. And he's so quick to deny that she was his girlfriend.


Yep, talktable states he has a slight Chilean accent.


Yeah, let him keep the Collective. While I like to have him around for missions and stuff, he should keep his job. As you said, we do have enough people on the squad. Let him give us intel and help each other out now and then.

What kind of combat script did they give him lol. He's punching behemoths. I also heard him say "not in the face" when he's hit. Ah, Mr vain.