User blog comment:HELO/I Love You, Ashley--Now Stop Punishing Me for It/@comment-5044104-20120422215529/@comment-5044104-20120501061158

i personally think it was cut because they didnt know where to put this scene and at what part, i personally believe this wouldve been a good part to be put in around the Fall of Thessia when Shepard was dealing with his emotional issues of being beat by Cerberus. I think this because it probably would have been one of the best times for Ashley to approach Shepard with this question of "what did you see when you died? do you remember any of it?" because they know that this mission to retake earth could mean their deaths, so why not take the opportunity to discuss the nature of the afterlife. i liked how this scene did mention the topic of the afterlife, but didnt go too in depth with it. People would probably get pissed if it did because different people have different opinions of the afterlife. And, it wouldve been a great emotional scene for Ashley. We've known her as a tough soldier throughout the Mass Effect series, but we also know she is very caring when it comes to friends and family. This scene wouldve honestly been a great scene for romance and non romance because it shows that she does care for shepard as a friend or as a lover.

One of the best things about Liara is that romance or no, she shows that she is worried about Shepard. Garrus shows in Mass Effect 3 that he is worried about Shepard as well, and even Joker. And we really didnt get to see a whole lot of that caring for Shepard from Ashley because the writers didnt spend alot of time on it. But the scene before hitting the illusive man's base was a very beautiful scene between Ash and Shepard. I personally think Liara got most of the attention in Mass Effect 3 whereas Kaidan,Ashley, and Tali were ripped off. and those Jacob romancers out there got royally screwed