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flame2ashes · 10 months

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People always be like "Oh I left Ashley on Virmire because it seemed like her sacrifice was a satisfying way to end her arc" but also, like. Do you ever think about what it means to save her instead

Shepard actually has the choice to confront her martyrdom. She says "It should have been me, I'm the lower-ranking officer" and Shepard can basically be like "Are you trying to be a martyr? For whom? Your grandfather?? Listen. What the Alliance did to your family was unfair. But I'm not going to lose a good soldier over it"

And it's like, now Ashley has a chance to keep going. Because Shepard gave her a second chance in life

There's no redemption in death, is the point here

#I like to imagine in AUs where both Kaidan and Ashley survive that she still has this debacle #Like ''You saved Kaidan AND me???''#And Shepard's basically like ''Yeah I wouldn't leave either of you behind''#And Ash is like wait. You put me on the same level as Kaidan? As my superior officer???#Anyway I'm crying. If you told me when I played ME1 for the first time that there are now mods that save both of them #I would be crying then too #Mass Effect #btw if you go onto this post bashing on Kaidan then get the hell out LMAO

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