Ashley Williams Letter to Shepard Read by Kimberly Brooks

[Raynor9X9]

damn, too bad I left her to die in ME1

[PhaseLine21]

damn i love her voice

[TheInkCurtain]

Why? Why couldn't she go with him? Why not "HEY PICK ME UP AT THE CITADEL, K?" :| That to me was B.S... oh not that she didn't go but that she claimed that whatever she was doing was more important than saving the galaxy. Good thing shes hot in 3 or I would be pretty peeved. :|

[Darkstorm1171]

@babbies321

By ME3, she's now a Lieutenant Commander and a Spectre.

[babbies321]

So, uh, anyone know ashley's actual rank?

[wisemenx]

If I had heard this during the game, I would have stayed loyal to her. After Horizion, I was a bit upset at her and Tali was right there to pick up the pieces.

[PhaseLine21]

@wisemenx haha ikr? such a great voice actor tho

[usernameistheshit]

Okay, thats it. Next playthrough, I'm staying loyal to Ashley.

[Mikrovalna]

why didn't they put this as a vocal message in the game... -.-'

[ZehnWaters]

Jimminy Christmas, I'd forgotten how much I liked her voice. Sooo looking forward to her being back in ME3.

[heartlessX15]

Thank you Kimberly Brooks for making me feel like a dick for cheating on Ash >:P

[ragingsithmaster]

@heartlessX15 At the time, I considered the conversation between Ash and Shep on Horizon to be a breakup. She believed Shepard a traitor and wouldn't hear anything to the contrary. I didn't catch her message until AFTER I switched to Tali for ME2...

[artisticsabuko]

Listen to this while listening to "Escape from Earth".

It fits, if you think about it.

[ilyearer]

@artisticsabuko That's the music that plays when the shuttles are destroyed while Shepard watches from the Normandy, right? Cause if so, I played it with a slight delay in Ashley's dialogue so that right when she finishes saying "then you came back," the first horn blast goes off. Couldn't stop laughing. But other than that, it works perfectly.

[BobbZzz01]

Loyal to ashley williams to the end

[DreamgirlBlue]

Wow.......that was the shit T.T beautiful!

[Turian92]

wow the mass effect 3 trailer piano music goes so well with this

[FallenAngelH3]

Oh Ash I'm glad I stayed loyal to you!!

[mrchiledonut]

Cool. It seems a little weird to listen to though. Like she's actually talking to me!

[MrPapiGeorge1000]

This sounds familiar i think i read this somewhere in mass effect 2

[Ultimatevegeta1]

@MrPapiGeorge1000 Yes, it was an email you obtained after you were on Horizon ;)

[thesomebody3]

=)) lol, next thing shepard with liara getting this message

[MehdiGlz]

Do I only get the letter if I romanced her on ME1? Cuz I can't remember reading it

[XeNIGHTWOLFeX]

If I can romance with Ashley again I'm gonna...

[metroid473]

Manly tears were shed during the listening of this recording.

[LastODSTStanding]

I'm not sure I can do it.

I don't think I can choose between Tali and Ashley.

What the hell am I going to do?

*Craddels head*

Oh God- Oh God-

[Insomniac22100]

@LastODSTStanding do what i did....nuke ashely lol just kidding

[LastODSTStanding]

@Insomniac22100 I like Liara enough not to drop her for Tali.

[Bamul1]

@LastODSTStanding Go for Liara. :P

[RE0514]

@LastODSTStanding lol I'm in the same boat as you my friend

[GrimesFilms]

@EddieBrightside wow, that was perfect for it. thank you for that idea

[Constantdoodle]

I've never heard these!!!! what the fuck!



[xXmyxxmastaXx]

i cheated on her with miranda

[kgifted91]

Geez now I feel like such a jerk for cheating on ashley. Looks like I got a lot of explaining to do in ME3 :/

[lilpriz313]

hmm.... i killed u only because u didn't like garrus or wrex.

[MELiaraFTW]

aaahh EELos lol

[Aronrevilo]

Ashley, you WILL survive mass effect 3

[LeVaughnX]

Fuck Ashley; she turned into a fucking whore in ME3 and in ME2 she was a complete immature asshole. Liara / Tali > Ashley - stupid bitch.

[Darkstorm1171]

Im a big AshleyxShepard fan, this took the cake, I was wondering why Kaiden's letter was recorded but not Ash's, glad I found this!

Glad I stayed faithful in my imported Shepard.

[Seirios86]

i let her die instead of kaidan, lol.

i mean... not only is she's racist, but she's not a good squad leader either, as we see in ME1,

and kaidan is much more useful for the team, being a gun-shooting/biotic/technician­/co-pilot, while ashley is just another gun.

:P

[GewehrGod]

@Seirios86 Kaiden is untrained in everything except pistols in ME1, and biotics are useless in ME2, unless you play on an easy difficulty. Ashley isn't racist, just skeptical. Plus, as a male Shepard it's just common sense to stick with Ashley. But that's just my opinion. :)

[azican92]

Yeah i was kind of on the fence for whether my imported Shepard would cheat on Ashley (for Tali) but this recording clinched my loyalty ^_^ Now i just gotta beat ME 2 before March...

[JoshDoDaDu]

Godammit...ok here's the thing.

Bioware gives you the adorable girl next door (Tali), the sweet nerdy chick with a naughty side (Liara), the kinda bitchy but really hot cheerleader (Miranda), the kinky and crazy punk chick (Jack), and the somewhat racist but now really hot and sweet jock chick (Ashley) pulls this......

I'm gonna bang 'em all :) Yay for multiple characters

[JamesHLanier]

I have 3 files and in 2 of them I romanced Ashley. And in 2 of them I cheated on her. Shit.

[Terrorstanius]

Garrus's Reaction: (ERROR garrus was in the middle of some calibrations and no reaction was posted. come back a couple years later)

[illusivewolfoni]

damn if i heard this i might have stayed loyal to her instead of going with tali......but the prizzzeeeeeeeeee

[gofojibwas]

@illusivewolfoni Fuck that bigoted twat Ashley anyways

[hubris777]

@illusivewolfoni You sir WIN the fucking internet.

[Shalashaska753]

Fuuuck. Its gonna be tough between her and Miranda.

[zenlord22]

i wish the voiced versions of the letters where in the game :(

[NCBIGGS]

This should have been in the game

[dONALDBLOOD]

I hope there will be a mod for ME3 with which one can reset Ashley's face to the one in ME2.

[H1sMaj3sty]

Fuck Ashley- I'm doing Jack.

[TheAshy14]

@H1sMaj3sty don't be surprised if jack cuts your dick off in your sleep :L

[ARavingLooony]

@TheAshy14 in the words of Jacob Taylor heavy risk but the priiiiiize

[ARavingLooony]

i can imagine Garruses letter

ive gotta do some Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations CalibrationsCalibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations Calibrations

[mobsterlicous]

Oh god now I have to play ME2 again so I can be with her. DAMN YOU!!!!!!

[mtbond2007]

Haven't cheated on her with my Mass Effect character

[BROFlacco5]

Everyone hate Ashley but she was always my favorite.

[HtimsdrofA7X]

I turned down Yvonne Strahovski for her. It had better be worth it.

[Writer447]

Oh, man. The 44 days till March 6th can't go by fast enough. I can't wait for my Shepard to reunite with Ashley.

[Bobubobme]

I never would cheat on ash, because she's dead.

[Nymphadana]

Oh my gosh, the emotion in her voice... I actually cried a little.

[addyaz91]

if I was shepard and I gt that msg with the voice ofc I'd feel SO ashamed of myself if I cheated on him idk how anyone wouldn't

[addyaz91]

how did u get to do this? the actress reading the letter to shepard?

[MillaShepard]

@addyaz91 Both voice actors for Kaidan and Ashley did this through Bioware. I stumbled upon it on a shoddy website and posted it here.

[HmoobAVaj]

i-llos

[02212010j]

play this video along with /watch?v=PtqKtSJLKWM its amazing but make sure the volume is higher on this video

[xVvFoXvVx]

I prefer Miranda!

[MistiqueJV]

Needs more Femshep appliance!

[MillaShepard]

@MistiqueJV I agree since she's gonna be romance-able in ME3 by FemShep and all, there needs to be some sort of backstory. An updated Horizon letter would do just the trick. Makes me wonder how they're gonna swing that in ME3.

[JGoeZ888]

@MillaShepard Is that confirmed? I don't remember anyone from BW saying that femshep can romance Ashley in ME3.

[cnsmith1234]

@JGoeZ888 They didn't confirm that directly but they did say there will be same-sex romances so Ashley might suddenly discover she likes vagina when the world comes to a end lol

[Nekhet]

@cnsmith1234 Or maybe she just goes all bi-curious and thinks: "What the hell, we are all going to die anyway right??".

[dONALDBLOOD]

@cnsmith1234 Hope the prophet speaks through you man! :D

[JaredDrake]

@JGoeZ888 I remember seeing an article (Game Informer, I think). The player is "rewarded" if Shepard stays loyal to who they romanced in Mass Effect 1. What is the reward? No idea. Probably a special scene.

[SilverbackRon]

Kimberly Brooks gives a great performance as Ashley all the way through the series so far, and this is one astonishingly nice piece.

I can't wait to meet Ashley again in ME3

[susuwatari42]

I feel bad NOT romancing her.

[Crimsonlee2XX]

Love this. The game has me flagged as being faithful to Ash, her picture frame is still up in my cabin but I have Kelly doin private dances for me, and we have cuddle time. Now I feel bad :(

[Ornothrus]

Am i the only who actually drop a tear after hearing this?

[ShepardCommander11]

@Ornothrus

No ;(.

[Feralgator]

when she calls us "Skipper", I'm not ashamed to say I teared up.

[etocadet]

@Feralgator and when she said Elos i got angry

[GrimesFilms]

@etocadet there is a lot of pronunciations that can be used in ME

[CrashRaptor001]

pfft, i blew ashley up

she was way too mean to liara <3

[TheMadeNightwing]

Never cheated on Ash, for obvious reasons :D

[FailARN100]

Kimberly Brooks is like the best voice actor of all time!

[Pirateguybrush]

I didn't like her Ashley, she's pretty racist and religion is silly. That said, this really shows off Kimberly's strengths as an actor. Great work.

[MSUHitman]

Did they make a recording of them reading the letter for same sex (Ashley to female Shepard or Kaiden to male Shepard?)

[Exorcistic]

@MSUHitman Nope.

[AtticWarrior1994]

*sniff*

[Daecoth]

Man, if only she sent this before Tali... can't wait to see if this ends up on ME3!!!

[benigntumor]

Hearing this makes me wish the good people at Bioware decided to have those emails voiced. That way, I wouldn't have to be a total dick to Ash in ME3...Which I will!

[jgabler5025]

Wow. Now I feel better about keeping her. I got so much grief for staying loyal to her.

[alithanar8]

never could never would cheat on Ash... she is by far and large my favorite ME character

[JustForCommentin1000]

@alithanar8 did your Shepard stare down at her picture during ME2 where there was suppose to be sex scene?

[mrcodypettit]

@alithanar8 I AGREE 100%  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TaePoDongIII]

@alithanar8 Agree. All the haters are ignorant loll.

[alithanar8]

@TaePoDongIII too true, Ash ain't racist, she is just pragmatic.

[jakascott21]

@alithanar8 bad news then, its likely she will die because in a recent game informer magazine i read they said that a Cerberus assassin named Eva will nearly kill her but they manage to get to the normandy, hopefully in time so either she dies or she is unconscious for some time though i doubt she dies until near the end

[alithanar8]

@jakascott21 you know I am trying to avoid spoilers for ME3 so I can enjoy the game without worrying about which character may or may not die...

[jakascott21]

@alithanar8 i doubt she actually dies though but the events take place after earth anyways i wont spoil anymore of the game for you, hackett out jk :)

[FamousForADayBand]

@jakascott21 So some video game magazine said she nearly gets killed and you translate that as her being killed? Okayyyyy then :P

[jakascott21]

@FamousForADayBand i never said she dies i am saying she nearly gets killed and its likely she will be WIA for a while or something thats what im saying, its possibility

[FamousForADayBand]

@jakascott21 only replying to where you say "it's likely she dies" lol

[jakascott21]

@FamousForADayBand i said likely not definitely anyways, ME3 will definitely be a major step up from me2 and will hopefully close the story amazingly well same with DA3 then idk what bioware will have to do left but make updates for SWTOR and DLC's. I hope they make a good ww2 RPG that would be interesting or something near modern day

[FamousForADayBand]

@jakascott21 i agree it's going to be massive. i can't wait for them to tie everything together. i think that all of the choices from ME1 are going to make a way bigger impact in this game as well

[jakascott21]

@FamousForADayBand like the Rachni for sure, perhaps even those little decisions you made in side quests turn out to be helpful like corporal Toombs, the alliance training ground, etc. i am so glad you are back with the alliance in ME3, i hated how you were forced into working with Cerberus only bad thing is the alliance will be really stretched thin in ME3, defending Earth and the colonies from the reapers and i hate to say it but Cerberus is more advanced than the alliance

[jakascott21]

@FamousForADayBand because of all the collector technology they got not just from the base, but they were able to replicate a Collector assualt rifle and particle beam, another thing i hope for is the collectors to return, even with their base destroyed its logical that alot of Collectors are still inside the Reaper ships even though i doubt they will make a return, perhaps if Bioware makes a co-op DLC that goes back to Eden prime and horizon, hell even the collector base

[greyfox129]

@jakascott21 Well ME3 will bring the story of Shepard to a close but i don't think they will bring the series to a close. There is many things they can do with the ME universe Same goes with DA3 i don't see that series ending just because it's the 3rd part in the series. With ME i would love to see them do the "First contact war" and show Ashley's grandfather and his supposed disgrace to the alliance.

[jakascott21]

@greyfox129 maybe do one about the Blitz too and others

[saph2104]

@alithanar8 But she's a racist hoe?

[alithanar8]

@saph2104 troll keep on trollin...

[nuthead611]

@alithanar8 i had to try to not fuck miranda, but i did it for ash.

my dick is lonley...

[alithanar8]

@nuthead611 I get the feeling she will make up for it in ME3...

[nando88]

wow, i feel so bad for boning jack and miranda...

[rma2110]

Kimberly Brooks is amazing. I'm glad I have one Shepard that stayed loyal to her, my other Shepard cheated one her with Miranda. I hope I can remember which is which come March.

[Ostrom38]

Lol I want to hear a letter like this from Miranda now.

[reni2425]

Wow...Who else feels guilty for cheating on her...

[ShadowSoldior]

@reni2425 I didn't choose her. After seeing how racist she was I was like, "Fuck dat."

[executioneer7676]

@reni2425 i played mass effect 2 over like 25 times just to make sure i did everythin perfect

[addyaz91]

@reni2425 I'm surprised u ppl would on cheating on her I never would

[Wakanda3192]

@reni2425 Lol,When I first heard this,I felt like a total jerk when I cheat on her for Miranda.I guess hearing it hits home more.

[djdeej02]

@reni2425

Not a cheater,haha

[NCBIGGS]

@reni2425 Hey she kinda drop and it was 2 years lol. I mean I would say its was time to move on btw I'm a huge Tali fan lol.

[Quilyan]

bawwww