User blog comment:The Milkman/Mass Effect in Retrospect/@comment-4950455-20130417203249/@comment-4950455-20130417205204

It still doesn't really make sense. The whole point of a customizable protagonist is being able to take them in the direction the player chooses. If I've decided my Shepard is a ruthless, remorseless renegade with no sympathy for anyone who gets hurt along the way, I don't want that to be overridden by making him have nightmares about some kid because CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.