Checkmate - The Samantha Traynor Discussion Thread

Oh man, Samantha Traynor is one of my favorite characters of all time. Mass Effect 3 was not only the first Bioware game I played, but the first RPG (other than like, World of Warcraft.) I was around 16 and didn't even know romance was an option in the game. I just agreed with everything Traynor said because I wanted to be on everyone's good side, plus holy sh*t she was exactly my type. Before long, my Shepard, Anatoly (did I mention that my sense of humor was even stupider back then), found herself in a relationship with the specialist. As the game went on I realized, oh, I'm attracted to her. I kind of felt like I was allowed to because she wasn't real and the fact that I was attracted to real women was too scary to think about. Anyway, sappy story short, the Traynor romance is one of the things that made me realize that it was okay that I wanted my life (house with the white picket fence, dog, and two kids all included) to be shared with a woman.

So, yeah, Traynor's got a special place in my heart. 

from fishbone76
www.deviantart.com/art/Samantha-and-Horatio-02-665939286

OK. What were they're thinking about the shower scene where she's wearing her underwear??? They might as well show her naked body to make it authentic. What a bunch of scaredy cats.....

They didn't need full nudity but I think it would have been better to angle the camera so we just don't see certain things rather than put them in underwear.

My thoughts exactly. I don't see what's wrong with a naked body and I don't know why people are making a big deal out of it.

They could show the breasts just not the private parts (obviously)

from fishbone76
www.deviantart.com/art/Shaynor-Comic1-677232832

Then maybe don't follow her on Twitter?

The conversation between Joker, Samantha and Ashley/Kaidan is funny as well.

If someone like to have this for an avatar, here's the link
i48.tinypic.com/2ytwejc.*gif just remove the asterisk

After doing the Tuchanka missions, I went back to the Citadel, defeated Udina and the Cerberus plot, and then took possession of Anderson's apartment. My Fem-Shep then looks over her email and responds to Joker's email about joining him at the sushi bar - and kicks off the evil clone plot. Afterwards, there's talk of a party and my Fem-Shep meets Traynor at the arcade. I've read she's supposed to send Shepard an email that allows Shepard to invite Traynor over for the hot tub scene but so far nothing. What did I do wrong? I assume having the party cuts off the possibility of this scene generating. What do I do now?

I did the party and saw that ends shore leave, so I went back to an earlier save (had to do the clone fight all over again).  I'm now trying to do all the Citadel side quests.  I assume the moment I leave, many will become undo-able. 

For future PTs, is it better to hold off doing things at Anderson's apartment until later in the game?  Perhaps go back on space missions immediately after the attack on the Citadel?