Things that don't make sense (v2)

I don't see why Shepard couldn't do it. Why he had to be all whiny when talking to Joker and EDI. 

Part of it stems from the fact that the response Shepard DOES give is awful. This is not Shepard's fault. The asari didn't involve him until it was much too late to do anything about. Given that I choose how Shepard is to respond, I don't see why the game requires you to be miserable about the whole thing. 

Second, the asari were equally as cruel to Shepard when he first came to them. "The cruel and unfortunate truth is, while they focus on Earth." She was willing to let the humans burn, and told me so to my face. An ironic echo sounded appropriate, even as a Paragon choice. I need to save the entire galaxy with the Crucible, I don't have time for some whiny blue git who wants to be on top because she's blue and doesn't like the non-blue. 

Yea, Shepard being pissed and rather down after Thessia makes sense to me as well. In my first playthrough, I certainly felt that way as player after Thessia. It would have been better to give the player more response options but it's not like the ones we have are somehow completely nonsensical, it's more that there would have been sensical alternatives that are missing.

But, different story: I'm just in the middle of ME2. I went to the Citadel and got the council's "we dismissed that claim" line and Anderson's whole explanation of why no one believes me and why there is no proof of the reapers.
Then, I got back to the Normandy and look at this: There was an email from Chorban, detailing his findings about the keepers.
Those findings basically corroborate everything Shepard claims, including the time frame of the extinction events, etc.

I mean, I know that not using the 37 million year old Klendagon reaper corpse as evidence is kinda the worst oversight in ME2 but this one comes close. I guess the timing was especially bad this time around since I got the email right after talking to the council, so it jumped out at me but hell, Shep has so much evidence and witnesses by the middle of ME2, s/he should be able to convince even the worst contrarian that there is something fishy going on, it's ridiculous.

EDIT: And another good one: When Thane asks you to help him with Kolyat on board the Normandy (the conversation that gets you his LM), you can ask him in an investigation option when he last saw his son. He'll tell you it was when Kolyat wanted to "dance crazy" but Thane got some message from a contact and ignored him. Later in the same conversation, Thane will say that the last time he saw his son was at his wife's funeral. He even has solipsism moments for both, the funeral and the "dance crazy" thing. So which one is it?

Really if there was an option post-Thessia for Shepard to fax a picture of his middle finger in response to Kai Leng's email, then i'd do it. That's all I want.

Shepard doesn't get fired or even reprimanded for constantly disconnecting from the Council when he doesn't like what they say.

Not sure.  Only played a Renegade (well, Renegon - nice to squad but a dick to everyone else) once and don't remember how it played out.

I was wondering about that as well. I think it was the combined power of all the leviathans concentrating on that one Reaper that brought it down. Of course, the game only shows a close up of one Leviathan so take that as you will. Definitely some implications there if the Leviathans are that powerful and we let them run amok.

That boss fight on Rannoch. Other Reapers don't seem to have problems with aiming, but that one shoots on the ground and slowly moves the beam upwards, taking five seconds or so to reach the platform Shepard's doing somersaults on. The next time, it shoots on the ground again! It badly needs to see an optician.

And why is it alone on the planet anyway? Are they punishing it for its incompetence?

And then, after killing it, Shepard says "it's a start". Killing a near-sighted mini Reaper with the combined firepower of the quarian fleet is "a start"? Imagine the nazis sent a single jeep to a country, and that country needs its entire army to take it out. That's not a start, it's fucking depressing!

Probably it's best to not even start thinking about all this stuff.

Interesting point, although I find that unlikely. I mean, apparently they destroyed a Reaper before in the Dis system; they say when the Catalyst found a solution it "betrayed" them (because it realised they were part of the problem); and once Shepard convinces them with a few lines of dialogue that this war can be won, they join the fight against the Reapers. I wouldn't expect them to if they wanted the Reapers to get their job done.

Maybe already posted, but since I just did it, being able to run around Donovan Hock's place, shooting guards and disabling security without anyone at the party noticing.

Its vital information. It was seen on the video. It was seen by Shepard, A and K. Just showing that video would be enough for the council to at least put out an advisory, or at least think about it, to be on the lookout for a ship of that description.

I was a little surprised it never got mentioned. It was just put under the rug. If anything, Hackett could say to Shepard that its something that will be brought up after the reapers are dealt with, but first things first. He would tell Shepard to get that information. Shepard heads to Sanctuary. If that happens, he wouldn't have to say "I didn't agree about you going to Sanctuary, but I was wrong", after that mission is completed.

The other thing is that Thessia was suppose to happen before the coup. I don't have the link, and I don't remember it. If someone knows the link, I would be grateful if its posted here.

I would not be surprised that when Bioware makes a sequel to ME3, that a line or two will explain what punishment, if any, was given to the asari

The reaper on Rannoch was lame. When the quarians fire on the reaper the first time, it falls over. At  that moment I thought it was destroyed. Shepard says the weak point is it firing chamber. That's incorrect. The rounds hit the reaper before it could open its bomb-bay doors to fire its beam of doom.

After about 30-45 seconds, it gets back up, which I was surprised it was able to, it starts firing its beam of boom into space. Shepard paints the target. Its fired on, but it doesn't fall over like the first time? Why? It was even fired in its so-called weak spot. This happens a couple more times. The last time the thing and Shepard get face-to-face before the rounds hit the reaper. This time a lot more rounds were fired. Why didn't that happen the other times. It falls over destroyed and has a talk with Shepard. Whatever.

As far as it firing like it did? Its another reason why the reapers were made stupid in ME3 for the galaxy to have a chance to stop them. What would Shepard have done if the thing fired horizontally at Shepard instead of vertically?

Eh, I would not be a fan of that personally. I like the idea of civilizations rebuilding, it'd be a nice opportunity to "reset" the status quo and have humans be struggling to show what they can do rather than being on top like they are in ME2 and arguably ME3. Krogan threat could be doable as with Wrex, maybe there's his faction versus another more opportunistic one, while with Wreav you have a giant Krogan threat. The Leviathans is where I draw the line. I don't think we need to repeat the whole "massive overwhelming threat" story-line we had with the Reapers. I think something more grounded would do the setting well.

To use Star Wars as an analogy, Mass Effect needs its Rogue One to complement its Original Trilogy. We've had the saving the galaxy from the massive threat, now give us something more grounded, personal and gritty to complement it.