Was Ashley Williams in ME3 supposed to be trans?

[Guest RainbowGoth98]

They made look a bit more stereotypically masculine, I'm not the only one who thinks this by the by.

[Guest Sarah Faith]

I don't think so, I think she's just suppose to be stereotypical soldiery. They did make her look way more feminine for Mass Effect 3 compared to 1 and 2 though.

Ironically I just lastnight got the achievement for using her for the majority of Mass Effect 1 lol only took me 7 years to get around to using her at all.

Sarah

[Guest nomnomnom]

I saved her because I wanted my femshep to have a relationship with her, which was never programmed in. Lol

should have kept maiden in hindsight... She wasn't the friendliest girl.

[Guest Sarah Faith]

I saved her because I wanted my femshep to have a relationship with her, which was never programmed in. Lol

should have kept maiden in hindsight... She wasn't the friendliest girl.

I actually played through once as a Male Shepard so that I could romance Tali! lol Tali is so adorable <3!

Romanced Thane with my primary FemShep, the way the romance concludes in 3 made me cry!

Sarah

[Guest nomnomnom]

Kaiden, by the way. This auto correct is frustrating.

tali was a good choice. Wow, I wish I had her body! Haha.

and yep, Thane's end was a sad one.

now I have to play the series again!

[Guest Sarah Faith]

I am actually currently working on a playthrough my self, almost finished with the first game. Renegade FemShep! Romancing Liara this time.

[Guest piinyouri]

I just thought there was a possibility of her being gay possibly. Never thought transgender though to be honest.

[Guest barton]

I think before ME3 came out there was a rumor or something going around that the last game would confirm Ashley as trans. Don't know if that's been debunked or not, and I can't speak from experience because I've yet to do a playthrough with Ashley making it passed Virmire.

Also remember something going around that it wasn't her character but her face model that was a transwoman.

It doesn't help that, unlike the majority of the cast, we don't know for sure who Ashley's face model is. Most everyone assumes it's Erica Cerra (aka Jo Lupo from Eureka) but I don't think it's ever been officially confirmed.

[Guest Kelly-087]

They made look a bit more stereotypically masculine, I'm not the only one who thinks this by the by.

I don't think trans.. But I'm surprised she wasn't turned into a more butch gay character. Like, I expected her to be the lesbian romance in ME3. It would have made way more sense than Kaidan being the gay male romance.

Being trans wouldn't be as significant in ME anyways considering the oft confusing gender neutrality of the Asari.

[Guest actuarylilium]

I definitely noticed a change in her appearance for Mass Effect 3 (don't know about her personality, as never played the game with her alive - always save Kaiden). I did also hear the rumours about her being trans, but don't know what affect this had on the final product. Really didn't like her appearance in Mass Effect 3, much preferred her look in 1/2 - can't decide if her appearance in 3 classes as masculine/feminine.

I'm play through the series again, for the first time I'm playing a female Shepard (called Lily, my favourite female name). For my (multiple) Male Shepards, romanced Liara in ME1 and then Tali in 2/3 (really like her character, as well as Legion's). In this playthrough, I'm romancing Kaiden in 1 and then Garrus (possibly favourite moment of ME2 when he was re-introduced!) in 2/3.

Apart from the above, I enjoy Miranda, Jack, Mordin and Wrex's characters. Don't mind Jacob, Thane, Liara and really don't like Ashley (I like Aliens!), the male soldier in ME3 who's name I have completely forgotten.

I can't get enough Mass Effect!

[Guest Sarah E]

The soldier in 3 is James Vega. He tries to flirt with femshep from time to time but then bottles it when she takes the advance Still, my femshep would never ever stray from her soulmate Garrus. He's my favourite character in the game My male sheps have done all the girls on the ship! My favourite is Tali though - she has a massive crush on Shepard and jseems a little vulnerable, and she's so cute

I've never considered Ashley as trans although maybe she's bi? Having said I'd have thought that Samantha Traynor would have mentioned it somewhere but she doesn't.