Good Is Not Nice: Difference between revisions

**:* Also on Omega, if Shepard buys a drink from the batarian bartender in Afterlife s/he nearly dies because the bartender poisons it. Afterwards you learn that you're not the first human he poisoned and certainly won't be the last if he continues. The Renegade response is to get the bastard to drink his own poison. The Paragon response is to incite a turian bystander to shoot him for you—after all, he could easily start poisoning other races too.

*:* Lair of the Shadow Broker: {{spoiler|"I sacrificed thousands of lives to save the Destiny Ascension! I unleashed the rachni on the galaxy! And you think I'll let ''one hostage'' stand in my way?"}}

**::* Even more ironic if you went full renegade in the first one only to be a paragon in the sequel: {{spoiler|"I let the Destiny Ascension die with ten thousand people on board, including the council! I personally destroyed the last Rachini Queen! So for your sake you better not hope your damn escape plan hinge on taking a hostage!}}

**::* Incidentally? Those lines are {{spoiler|a successful attempt to intimidate someone taking a hostage into letting their guard down long enough for Liara to free the hostage... but there's a strong implication that if that hadn't worked, Shepard was ''not bluffing''.}}

**::* Also, in the Overlord DLC, {{spoiler|Shepard, no matter Paragon or Renegade shows absolute disgust and horror at what [[Complete Monster|Gavin Archer]] did to his brother in the name of Cerberus and the Illusive Man. In the Paragon ending, as Shepard angrily confronts Gavin for trying to shoot him/her, a Paragon [[Quick Time Event]] comes up to pistol whip him.}}

**::* And one last one involves Conrad Verner, the Renegade plan is to simply force the weapons dealer to apologize to Conrad. The Paragon one sets her up to be arrested as she foolishly believes that Conrad has the situation under the control.

**::* In short, Paragon Shepard, while s/he ''can'' be very kind and supportive depending on the circumstances, is also one of the crowning examples of this trope and also a great example of [[Good Is Not Dumb]].

*:* If he {{spoiler|survives Virmire}}, Wrex becomes leader of the largest and most powerful Krogan clan in [[Mass Effect 2]]. He does everything in his power to make the Krogan people a legitimate part of the galactic community, but in a society where [[Klingon Promotion]]s are the norm and [[Blood Knight]]s are plentiful, he has to be [[Asskicking Equals Authority|pretty damn tough]] to keep his job.