User blog comment:The Milkman/Share Your Shepard's Story/@comment-2228120-20120713155719

Oops, your Shepard had it really tough. I admit I cheated a bit, since the Suicide mission really freaked me out, so I knew I had to choose people really carefully. However, I probably wouldn't have lost anyone, anyway, since I had done all the loyalty missions and DLCs before I went for the finale, and deciding who was the best for each job was actually very easy (and nicely hinted - "no-one wants to take commands from you, cheerleader!")

I played as Paragon, most of the time, except for fight, where I took every means to win (sounds familiar?), and a couple of specific occasions, such as al-Jilani, wiping the heretic geth and talking to TIM ever since he sent me to that "derelict" Collector ship. Since my Shep is also a Sole Survivor, he hated TIM's gut even before, that betrayal was just the last drop which broke Shepard's patience to try and be civil. Of course, the Collector base went boom!

At the beginning of ME3 Shep was so distracted by the fate of the Earth that he went straight to Palaven to get help and didn't get to the Citadel until after the priority mission was done, which made for a rather spectacular arrival amidst the Cerberus attack. He was totally pissed that Ashley was mistrustful of him again - he didn't shoot her, but refused to have her on his team any more.

The option to deceive the krogan didn't sit well with him but he postponed his final judgement until he had a chance to talk to Eve and saw Tuchanka as it used to be, so he put his faith into the krogan females, despite not trusting Wreav, and cured the genophage, mourning the loss of his good friend Mordin, a model of scientist salarian. To his great relief (and surprise), Shepard was able to deal peace between the geth and quarians, which further confirmed his belief that intelligent forms of life can learn to cooperate, regardless of their origin. Therefore, when facing the final challenge in the form of the vile Catalyst, he didn't trust him in the least and decided to end the Reaper threat once for all, to let the life of the galaxy evolve on its own. When he totally unexpectedly came to after the blast, he wished he had died instead, since sacrificing his friend EDI and the geth was the toughest call he ever had to make.