Yeah, me too, hence Shepard is not dead. 🙂
I don't know if you're aware of the recent rumours about Shepard's return, but it's looking more and more likely.
I'm all for them continuing after the single world state where Shepard survives. Some players may have concerns about canonising one ending, but it's technically not that different from being unable to import an ME2 save into ME3 if Shepard didn't survive the suicide mission. It's a continuation of one thread, which doesn't mean the other threads can't be part of another player's story.
I heard the argument that Shepard's story is done and therefore shouldn't return. I disagree with this for two reasons, firstly that a character can have more than one story, and secondly that - in my opinion - Mass Effect was not Shepard's personal story, even if they were the main character in it. You can tell an interesting story about post-war recovery and the current state of the galaxy from Shepard's point of view. Even if Shepard isn't the player character, they can still have a big part in it.
I agree, I think canonizing the end would make BioWare's job significantly easier and I hope that this is what they do. I would be disappointed if they canonized the romance options though. For me, it has to be Shepard, and it has to be the old Crew, Kaidan, Liara, Tali, Garrus, etc. It wouldn't be the same otherwise.
