Fanfiction author appreciation shoutout to every single writer producing fanfiction be it once a year or once every two weeks. A lot of people don’t understand fanfiction is a hyper-concentrated expression of how much you love something, and it takes a lot of bravery to share that with people who might judge you for simply wanting to give that happiness to others.
Always remember ‘you do you’ and to be proud of yourself. Fandom would be nothing without its fanfiction writers.
I’ve reached that most magical number of followers, and I
want to celebrate by showering you (yes, YOU) in nice things!
I will be doing a giveaway for my followers, in which you can reblog this post for a chance to win some high-class prizes!
Little Prizes: 2 (two) lucky followers will be gifted with
the special Mass Effect-themed Cards Against Humanity pack and a hand drawn
doodle of the winner’s choice!
Big Prize: 1 (one) especially lucky follower will be gifted
their choice of either
-The Art of
the Mass Effect Universe (or)
-The Art of
Mass Effect Andromeda
Along with some hand drawn doodles, made especially for the
winner! Handsome doggo is not included, sorry.
Winners will be announced on N7 Day! Thank you for all of
the love and support that you guys give! I wouldn’t be where I am today without
all of you!
Hm … I’m going to go with the Collectors, the Praetorian in particular. It’s not really a huge problem to fight, but I’m a vanguard, so I usually have to make a break for it when the thing comes at me. That’s just plain annoying, lol.
26. Favourite moment in the games?
There are so many! But I’ll go with my favorite today and that’ll have to be one of the romance scenes with Garrus. Why? Well, I’m down today and romance makes me happy, lol. In specific, I really like the scene where he tells Shepard that whenever she needs cheering up, he’s there. I haven’t played too many of the romances, but that just hits me that there’s someone out there that says, ‘hey, let me carry that weight for you.’ Shepard needs that during the war when everyone is relying on them to save the Galaxy and they’re only human, afterall. They deserve to show weakness and accept help without prejudice or being seen as weak.
14. Is there a squad member you disliked in the beginning, but started to appreciate later? If yes, who and why?
Oh, absolutely. I understand characters now as a player who can see their development and personalities from an outside, omnipresent side instead of through my Shepard’s eyes, but I openly admit there were characters I dislike when I first played the games just to enjoy instead of analyze.
I’m going to go with the first companion I disliked and the one I didn’t really give a chance to understand for the longest time, Ashley Williams.
From the beginning, she’s very antagonistic if your Shepard is not completely paragon. For instance, when you ask why she’s on the Normandy after Eden Prime (which seems logical given that military postings just randomly change without a whole lot of paperwork and prompt) she gets defensive and backtalks someone in higher command. Then she wonders why she isn’t taken seriously?
Next is the obvious xenophobia with her comparing aliens to dogs in a horrible anology (the concept that can be easily laid out in a very different comparison) or stating that she ‘can’t tell the difference betwen the animals and the aliens’ on the Citadel. She also isn’t above having some passing remarks towards your alien crew if she’s along on certain missions.
I admit I left her on Virmire many playthroughs, but it was only when I chose her for the trilogy that I truly began to apprecitate her character growth. She’s a bit of a shit person for the above reasons, but she realizes that and gets the idea that only she can overcome the prejudice against her family and it’s not going to happen if she keeps giving the Alliance reason. When she shows she can put her frustration and upset over her family’s treatment aside, accept it and grow from it, she rises quickly in ranks and succeeds. She learns and grows, becoming one of the crew once again in 3. Hell, she becomes a bigger part of the crew once she accepts that she was wrong.
I don’t hate Ashley. I love her. Because she’s flawed, doesn’t get along with my Shepards, and she still changes. She learns what’s holding her down isn’t all outside forces and grows from that, puts forth the effort to show the Galaxy she isn’t just a Williams, she’s a damn good soldier.
I put her through the ringer in Parable not because I don’t like her, but because Jane didn’t and I wanted people to see why the two didn’t initially get along. I’m happy that there are readers (I hope) out there that can understand it wasn’t a heated bashing, but a realistic portrayal that, sometimes, people just don’t plain get along without a lot of work and compromising in order to understand.
I’ll stop rambling, but thank you for the interesting ask!
I’ve reached 300 followers and decided that it is my civic duty to perform a giveaway!
5 people will get a character of their choice (regular restrictions apply) done in concept art like our dear commander is modeling below.
Pretty fun, right? WELL, one ultra lucky person will receive….
That’s right, a free doll to cuddle on could be yours! The winner will be responsible for shipping, however.
The “rules”:
Likes and each reblog count as an entry, but please be considerate of your followers
You don’t have to be following me to be considered, but gosh that would sure be nice
Standard restrictions apply, so any doll that Sanshee has an official design for is off limits. Alterations (like doing Winter Palace Cullen instead of Commander armor) are juuuuust fine
Non-humanoid characters are acceptable on a case-to-case basis
Open to all fandoms (and if you want a real person, we can try)
Winners selected by random number generator
Entries are accepted from November 2, 2018 until November 15th at 11:59 pm MST
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