Bourne Endeavor said:
Mass Effect has a number of characters I fancy putting a bullet in. That one dude that pops up if Shepard is Earthborn comes to mind. Surprising, I fancied both Kaiden and Ashley, enough that Liara would have received the "rot on this planet while I leave a nuke on it." ... you all collectively hate me now, aye?
Not at all, actually I consider Ashley my favorite female character in Mass Effect and it always hurt having to leave Kaiden on Virmire. It's always nice to know I'm not the only one.
I also agree with you on Liara, while she does harden up and get better in later games, in the first one I just couldn't stand her.I didn't like having this shy, naive, awkward semi teenage girl wandering around in what was supposed to be an epic sci fi action story.
I was even less thrilled to find that she was into me. My Shepard needs a lady of action and strength, not just some shy fangirl.
So yeah I picked Ashley over Liara and were it not for her importance to the story I would have just given Liara three hundred bucks, sent her off to the Citadel with the single objective of:
"Make a life for yourself."
Then gone on with my mission.