My theory: Shae is going to live, and (in part) take the place of Tysha and go "wherever whores go".

Okay, so there might have been some backflips. Shows how well my fuzzy memories work. No fancy swordfighting though.

Exactly. Same with Yoda, you don't see him using a lightsaber in the original trilogy, which I always assumed was because his mastery of the force was so great he didn't need such things any more. He doesn't train luke in backflips and swordfighting technique, its all force and philosophy and meditation and such.

Is it really any surprise that a video game doesn't allow gay marriage when significant chunk of the real world doesn't either? Can you imagine the conservative media shitstorm that would occur if nintendo, the game company "for the children" came out in support of gay marriage? No big surprise they don't want to put…

Unrealistic as Lysa's confession seemed, its faithful to the source material. There is a very similar scene in the books, although I think its not until book 4. Same basic idea, unhinged babbling about things she should be keeping her mouth shut about.