Author: squigglysquidd

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theravenofwynter:

question for my fellow writers: how to you decide what you wanna write?!

flip a coin? random number generator? rituals?

Hope and pray? No, don’t do that. It doesn’t work.

I tend to go off of what fic has my attention the most. If there are multiple, then I do a random number generator or ask others which I should do. Next, I get a playlist going, get music to get me in the mindset of what I need to write out. If it’s a WIP, I usually read what I already have to get back in the mood, but if it’s new, then I’m weird and give a day or two to just think about it. Usually, as I’m trying to sleep, I let it play like a movie in my head. Or daydream, that works too, albeit it’s  a bit more awkward if anyone finds you doing it.

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Efflux

It’s out, guys! The first chapter is out and up to read.

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

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It’s been years since the end of the Reaper war and the disappearance of the Vakarian war heroes from prosecution. The galaxy slowly rebuilds without them, intent to see them as war criminals thanks to the Council, but there’s something coming out of the darkness once again. Garrus and Jane must save a galaxy that’d sooner see them imprisoned, but they aren’t alone.

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Tell me a character HC and I’ll rate it between 1 and 10 for accuracy

@darthvega said “Even though she flirts a lot with others, Garrus isn’t really the jealous type. Conversely, Jane gets pretty grumps if Garrus turns up the charm on someone else. :3”

Actually, Garrus IS jealous, in his own right. He knows Jane is a shameless flirt, but oh boy, you better not flirt back with her unless Garrus really knows you mean just about as much with it as she does. James flirting, he’s okay with, because he knows Jane has no sexual attraction to him at all. And, really, Garrus knows she has a bigger attraction to turians anyways. Now, if a turian hits on her? That guy (or girl) is going to be in for it. That, or he’ll just prove to Jane what she’d be missing out if she followed up with that flirting 😉 (and this might or might not be one of the letters in the ABCs)

Jane, we all know is absolutely, no doubt, jealous. She’s horribly jealous and Garrus loves it. That such a little woman can get so angry over him makes him proud to no end. He’s never had someone treat him like he’s valuable enough to defend the right to. He likes that bit of possessiveness because he wants to be able to return it with her and not feel like he’s overstepping. She admits it might be bad to be so jealous – and she’d stop if he told her to – but he’s so damn important to her in a way that she’d gladly fight for him.

Thanks for the ask!

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Efflux Ch 1 Teaser

Chapter 1:

Blue, crystalline eyes open to take in an unknown room keep dark by heavy blinds, from the ambient lights outside to guide the way through the Virmire streets at night. Scents of sex, liquor, and smoke fill the room, but the combined smell feels just as much like home as the tang of biotics and gun oil to Damocles. It’s just another pre-dawn morning for him, mind hazy from the night before and throat sore from the heavy drinking coupled with strong cigarettes he rarely let’s himself have.

Sitting, Damocles looks to the other form in the bed, an asari whose name he can’t remember. It doesn’t quite matter because he won’t be around when she wakes for any small – and awkward – small talk. He doesn’t need to see her trying to stifle herself from reacting to waking up next to the Vakarian freak, the man that shouldn’t biologically exist. He’s seen the look and heard the stilted words enough to know it’s just better if he slips out before their regret can set in.

He may be a good fuck, but he’s not worth facing the morning after.

Humming at the thought and at his resulting acceptance after so many years, Damocles reaches for the half empty glass of something amber with a scent of alcohol and downs it. Let it wash away the truth.

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Question! Would you be accepting OC’s for either Parable or your new and totally amazing fic? OC’s are becoming my favourite characters because they add a whole new being to the mass effect universe! I know so much about all the characters and races that new OC’s always add a new layer of amazing to it! Love your work!

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First, thank you so much for the love! You are too sweet. ❤

Second, yes! I do take OCs ideas. HOWEVER, that’s not a guarantee I’ll use them or if I do, that they will become main characters. Also (and I hate to be a stickler) but I usually tend to develop and write them on my own once I have a basic idea of their character. I hate to get rude, but I don’t have the time or mind to collab the character’s every action with the creator. I have had some times where I would ask if I thought it didn’t fit or had a question, but that’s not always the case. Though I will say ‘so and so belongs to this person,’ know that they are technically becoming mine too if they get a lot of screen time (and a lot of character development as result).

A good example of this is Arcanus. @felixenna first created him, Poe, Saren, and Ellie, but I feel like I’ve made them mine in the Parable universe. I was given a character sheet, some idea of where they could fit in, and bits about their personalities. I love talking OCs with people, but I want everyone not to expect one thing and be upset when I do another. I intend to stick to character, but if you ask Felix, you will know his and my Arcanus are similar, but different people.

Thank you for the ask and I hope it explains my policy with OCs. I want to make it easier on and fair to everyone. 🙂

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Damocles is so angsty that I really want to just give him happiness, but I can’t because I have to develop the relationship.

… dammit