User blog comment:556503/Why I'm disappointed that Commander Shepard won't be in the new Mass Effect./@comment-24174486-20131025184852/@comment-1786741-20131025185755

I agree with most of what you said, save for those last couple of comments. You don't necessarily need to be a fan to agree with the direction of everything new a creator makes. And as Bioware USED to say, fans are as involved with the story as the ones that write it.