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[Azint]

What you expect in people over a serious matter is rarley ever the result.

[cannedcream]

Orion1836 wrote...

Tacking on to my thoughts on colonist/sole-survivor Shepard... I could see him trying to keep the team together, or at least keeping tabs on all of them long after the Reapers are defeated. That would be a natural extension of the fear he has of losing people. The team/LI become his replacement of his family and Alliance squad that he lost.

An interesting idea. I could see this happening for some versions of Shepard.

[Shadowomega23]

@ Azint I won't be having any weddings in my fan fic.



Just need people to promise when I do post part one, there will not be any attempts on my life or my person.

[Collider]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Collider wrote...
I personally have not seen the discussion in the Jack thread. Perhaps this particular discussion had happened early when I did not frequent the thread. It does not seem to be discussed often.

It was actually appended to a discussion about motherhood and Jack.

If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

[Collider]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

XIII:  The Troubles of Greenmarsh

Having packed little food, given Lt. Alenko’s concern about the possibly adulterated nature of Dr. Newstead’s provisions, we were forced to dine at the tavern adjoining the inn. Inspector Vakarian remained in his room, consulting a small notebook he had brought with him, seeming elated at the discovery he had made. The other diners at the tavern, a thin crowd of the sorts likely to take their repast so cheaply, kept their distance to some degree. I was grateful for this, but concerned about the wide berth they seemed inclined to give to outsiders. Much of it, I felt, could be attributed to the natural reticence of country folk around strangers, which is the same the world over. However, there was a certain intensity to their fear and aversion which lead me to suspect rather more. Their barely concealed stares, laden with half-contained terror and mute accusation, made for poor dinnertime company. It seemed to put Miss Zorah completely off her appetite, for she ate little all evening despite the exertions of the day.

However, upon the departure of Lt. Alenko and the Cossack, leaving Miss Zorah, Miss Williams and myself to linger over our meals, a surprising change came over the rustic patrons. The serving girl, a sorry specimen with an unpleasantly receding chin and a cast in one eye, hurried to our table and warned us in a hushed whisper that we should flee while the Russians were gone. A nearby diner, brushing crumbs and other less definable debris from his beard to little effect, leaned over and seconded the advice in his nigh-incomprehensible Welsh accent. When I asked for explanation, I was answered by a veritable chorus of garbled exposition from the entire tavern, each person seeming to have been desperate to relay the terrible state of affairs.

I soon gathered that the Russian immigrants, all Cossacks fleeing extermination at the hands of the Bolsheviks, had arrived the previous year following a startling aerolitic display in the heavens that could not possibly be related, lead by a sinister gentleman. By their description, and there was no mistaking the old, poorly healed injuries described, this was none other than M. Arterius. Though the immigrants had been no trouble at first, hard times had come upon the town with their arrival. Judging from the babble, there was considerable resentment that the immigrants had installed their own curiously debased form of Christianity in the village church, though the villagers themselves had, as they termed it, “lettle truck wet’ churchgoang since the vicar passed.” Strange traffic began to plague the town, with “Mohammedans” arriving by both road and steam yacht, usually conveying packages of an indistinct nature to the Cossacks. Sometimes they would bring good, honest English or Continental visitors with them, though most of these were never seen to leave the village. Mindful of M. Arterius’ Turkish followers, I bade them go on.

Marvelous as always NuclearBuddha. Wish I could provide useful critique, but that seems beyond my ability, at least now.

[Azint]

Collider wrote...

If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

Why not? If marriage is plausible, certainly parenthood is not much further to go through. What I am more curious about is if Jack would pander her children, to make up for her own tortured childhood, or would she be more engaging? Like her usual attitude, I mean.

Modifié par Azint, 08 juillet 2010 - 06:08 .

[CptSkull]

Collider wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Collider wrote...
I personally have not seen the discussion in the Jack thread. Perhaps this particular discussion had happened early when I did not frequent the thread. It does not seem to be discussed often.

It was actually appended to a discussion about motherhood and Jack.

If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

Can she even have kids?

[RedTracer7]

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

[Collider]

Azint wrote...

Collider wrote...

If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

Why not? If marriage is plausible, certainly parenthood is not much further to go through. What I am more curious about is if Jack would pander her children, to make up for her tortured childhood, or would she be more engaging?

Not exactly what I meant. I meant is to hard to expect how Jack would be as a mother - akin to your last sentence. I may posit that Jack may not be a conventional mother. I can see her as more engaging yea, upon your suggestion. Make them as tough and brave as she is.

[NuclearBuddha]

Collider wrote...
If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

Tough question.  Most women who've been through something analoguous to her situation simply keep the cycle going, I think.

However, if you go with the "people on Shep's team rise above" assumption, especially if they're Shep's LI, I can see her being formidable in the role:  a take-no-crap mom who already knows all the dirty tricks and will have none of them, yet is completely disarmed by having someone so totally reliant upon her.

Again, my perspective on the matter is warped.

Modifié par NuclearBuddha, 08 juillet 2010 - 06:10 .

[Orion1836]

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

Ka'vaira

[Collider]

CptSkull wrote...

Collider wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Collider wrote...
I personally have not seen the discussion in the Jack thread. Perhaps this particular discussion had happened early when I did not frequent the thread. It does not seem to be discussed often.

It was actually appended to a discussion about motherhood and Jack.

If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

Can she even have kids?

There's some speculation in the Jack thread that she may be unable to, but there's nothing definite yet.

[CptSkull]

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

Qwib Qwib

[NuclearBuddha]

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

Start with a ship name and change a letter or two.

Reema.  Doreh.  Kayya.

Modifié par NuclearBuddha, 08 juillet 2010 - 06:11 .

[cannedcream]

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

Tash'ada?

[Collider]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Collider wrote...
If you don't mind me asking, what do you think about that? Jack being a mother? It's a little hard for me to see. It's quite a jump from how she was in ME2.

Tough question.  Most women who've been through something analoguous to her situation simply keep the cycle going, I think.

However, if you go with the "people on Shep's team rise above" assumption, especially if they're Shep's LI, I can see her being formidable in the role:  a take-no-crap mom who already knows all the dirty tricks and will have none of them, yet is completely disarmed by having someone so totally reliant upon her.

Again, my perspective on the matter is warped.

No - I see what you're saying and I would agree with you. I think that makes the most sense. I still need to gather my thoughts completely.

Modifié par Collider, 08 juillet 2010 - 06:12 .

[RedTracer7]

Collider wrote...

CptSkull wrote...

Can she even have kids?

There's some speculation in the Jack thread that she may be unable to, but there's nothing definite yet.

Heavy drug use alongside her Biotic abilities could be childbearing a near-impossible probablitly.  But science could find a way, that is most certain.

[Azint]

Collider wrote...

Not exactly what I meant. I meant is to hard to expect how Jack would be as a mother - akin to your last sentence. I may posit that Jack may not be a conventional mother. I can see her as more engaging yea, upon your suggestion. Make them as tough and brave as she is.

I can see her being rowdy, but I can also her as a very protective mother. Her lack of a childhood, torture and experimentation really would not allow for any simple nurturing on her own part.

[RedTracer7]

 Tash'Koreh, a mash of CC and Buddha's ideas sounds good.

Thanks guys.

Modifié par RedTracer7, 08 juillet 2010 - 06:14 .

[cannedcream]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

Start with a ship name and change a letter or two.

Reema.  Doreh.  Kayya.

It's like the Name Game.

[Aesaar]

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Anyone got a good name for a Quarian City on Rannoch?  I want something Kalish-y, but I just can't come up with one that sounds good...

Look through the Old Testament or a map of Israel.  Seems to me a lot of Khelish names are inspired from those.  One more way the quarians remind me of Homeworld.

[NuclearBuddha]

Their other complaints, however, seemed far less directly attributable to the new citizens, or vulnerable to perfectly rational explanation. For instance, the wolves in the surrounding forests and marshes, coinciding with the foreign arrivals, grew bolder in snatching from the flocks of sheep kept by the villagers. No wolves were to be found, but what else would seize sheep so boldly and with such cunning? Traps and poisoned meat had been laid out, but produced no results; unsurprising if the theoretical wolves were so clever as to avoid detection during their depredations in the first place. They also spoke fearfully of strange, sickly lights burning in the old church at all hours, often accompanied by indescribable foetors and heathenish chanting, but I felt that these were the worries of superstitious folk unaccustomed to the relatively benign religious practices of foreigners cleaving to the Orthodox creed.

Then, they went on, had come the killings. Lone men, usually shepherds, snatched away from open fields or hillsides at night, to be found later by the seaside, subject to the most outrageous mutilations. They would have suspected wolves, but for the condition of the bodies: in all cases the deceased had been subject to certain excisions of utterly ghastly portent. These killings had lead to the local constable to send for help, though it had come too late for him. He had vanished one night as well. The situation had only worsened since the Russians had left, the villagers avowed.

Here I was forced to call for explanation, as the Russians could hardly be responsible if they had left, though part of the reason for the town’s apparent desertion now became clear. This caused some consternation among those assembled as they puzzled this wrinkle of logic out. However, one spoke up, saying that the Russians had all gone off into the marsh, and their lights and chanting could be heard on clear nights there. This hardly provided an explanation, and seemed the most outlandish claim yet made, until one greybeard deep in his cups vowed that he’d seen the Russians worshipping meteoric artefacts they had dug up in the hills.

[CptSkull]

RedTracer7 wrote...

Collider wrote...

CptSkull wrote...

Can she even have kids?

There's some speculation in the Jack thread that she may be unable to, but there's nothing definite yet.

Heavy drug use alongside her Biotic abilities could be childbearing a near-impossible probablitly.  But science could find a way, that is most certain.

Instead of squeezing someone's hand to death, she'll fling'em across the room.

[Azint]

RedTracer7 wrote...

Heavy drug use alongside her Biotic abilities could be childbearing a near-impossible probablitly.  But science could find a way, that is most certain.

...

I'm imagining the opening scene from Up.

[cannedcream]

RedTracer7 wrote...

 Tash'Koreh, a mash of CC and Buddha's ideas sounds good.

Thanks guys.

*salutes*
Anytime, citizen.