User blog comment:Bluegear93/Who is your Mass Effect 2 Romance ?/@comment-1900300-20111012140459

I have saves with every LI so it will more be who ill play as first. Unfortunately ill have to say Tali. Yes i am that easy. I like Jack's too but i have had a level of thinking about the LI.

looking back i can see the appeal of Miranda. In both Tali and Jack, there is a definite level of the female depending on Shepard. Tali fawns for Shepard and completely idealises him like a schoolgirl crush. Jack is holding on to Shepard for emotional support and is in an incredibly vulnerable position, but Shepard is nowhere near that place in the relationship yet. A relationship with such a massive imbalance of power does make me uncomfortable. With Shepard and Miranda there is a definite balance of power. They are both intelligent, assertive individuals who i feels can have a far longer lasting and healthier relationship because they see each other as equals. There is an element of hero worship from Miranda to Shepard but it is just professional respect. it is nowhere near the naive idealism of Tali or the use of Shepard as an emotional crutch like Jack.