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[TheDonk95]

^Oh god I laughed so hard from those...

[Arcataye]

My Shepard is a great driver and Liara wouldn't trust anyone more than her to drive.
I wonder why so many other Shepards are such bad drivers.... :/

[shepard1038]

Arcataye wrote...

My Shepard is a great driver and Liara wouldn't trust anyone more than her to drive.
I wonder why so many other Shepards are such bad drivers.... :/

Doubt it your talking about the same shepard in LOTSB that almost killed Liara by driving.The two things shepard can't do drive and dance.Now i know why bioware put cortez as the shuttle pilot in me3.

Modifié par shepard1038, 05 juin 2012 - 09:48 .

[TrulyInnovative]

shepard1038 wrote...
The two things shepard can't do drive and dance.Now i know why bioware put cortez as the shuttle pilot in me3 .

Hah. Yeah, I've read a lot of fanfics that portray Shepard's dancing skills as somewhat lacking. One example:

Manipulations by akg_writes:

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She marched onto the dance floor with the same gait and determination she
strode into battle, disappearing into the dancing masses. After rolling her eyes at
Alenko, Williams followed her. She didn't get that far, coming to an abrupt stop as
soon as Shepard came back into view, her mouth dropping open.
She stared for a long minute.

"Commander, with all due respect," she said finally, "you are without a doubt the
worst dancer I've ever seen in my entire life."

"You're not the first to accuse me of that, Chief," Shepard replied easily, shuffling awkwardly but utterly unaffectedly around the floor with little grace and even less rhythm.

Williams stared at her, absolutely baffled. "How can you... you... do all those
things you do and then..." She waved helplessly at her, unable to describe what she
was seeing in a way that would not result in either a bullet to the gut or a court
martial.

---

[Akernis]

shepard1038 wrote...

Arcataye wrote...

My Shepard is a great driver and Liara wouldn't trust anyone more than her to drive.
I wonder why so many other Shepards are such bad drivers.... :/

Doubt it your talking about the same shepard in LOTSB that almost killed Liara by driving.The two things shepard can't do drive and dance.

Oh I don't know, Shepard is not nessecasrily a bad driver, I managed to get through the chase after Vasir the first time without hitting anything, it was first afterwards on the thread that I figured out you could trigger the dialog by hititng two proximity mines. And I know that some Shepard's, for examble TheMarshall's in A Good Night and my own are fairly skilled dancers even if the game does not show that.

Just because a majority of players could not control the vehicles and the animations for Shepard dancing was lousy does not mean that it should be locked that way for those who like it otherwise.
There are lots of little tidbits about Shepard that the game railroads that are (at least in my eyes) perfectly fine to adapt to the individual as long as the core values for the game remains intact, and no part of the games' integrity is hurt by having a Shepard who can drive skillfully or dance well. 

Modifié par Akernis, 05 juin 2012 - 09:49 .

[lillitheris]

Surviving a high-speed chase in a 3D traffic jam at all means you’re a pretty good driver.

[fluffywalrus]

Akernis wrote...

shepard1038 wrote...

Arcataye wrote...

My Shepard is a great driver and Liara wouldn't trust anyone more than her to drive.
I wonder why so many other Shepards are such bad drivers.... :/

Doubt it your talking about the same shepard in LOTSB that almost killed Liara by driving.The two things shepard can't do drive and dance.

Oh I don't know, Shepard is not nessecasrily a bad driver, I managed to get through the chase after Vasir the first time without hitting anything, it was first afterwards on the thread that I figured out you could trigger the dialog by hititng two proximity mines. And I know that some Shepard's, for examble TheMarshall's in A Good Night and my own are fairly skilled dancers even if the game does not show that.

Just because a majority of players could not control the vehicles and the animations for Shepard dancing was lousy does not mean that it should be locked that way for those who like it otherwise.
There are lots of little tidbits about Shepard that the game railroads that are (at least in my eyes) perfectly fine to adapt to the individual as long as the core values for the game remains intact, and no part of the games' integrity is hurt by having a Shepard who can drive skillfully or dance well. 

I agree wholeheartedly. My sheps are all exceptional drivers, at least in game. Outside of RPGs, racing games are my favourite (especially Forza) and...well, it kind of transferred over well. The Mako took a minute or two to get used to(getting the thrusters down pat was the only tricky part), and I loved the thing. The taxi cab in LOTSB was fun too, though I don't know why Liara was so terrified of my driving. Maybe she's a backseat driver or something. 

And yeah, Shep's dancing is pretty bad in the games, but...perhaps that's because she just wasn't feeling it at those moments. 
Maybe it's a ploy to raise morale

Modifié par fluffywalrus, 05 juin 2012 - 09:59 .

[Aristobulus500]

Shepard probably just doesn't care if other people think his dancing is bad or not, and just dances to have fun and relax. I could see Shepard dancing some corny dances with Liara and just totally enjoying it even if he looks lame doing it, though - but Liara can dance so with her in the lead I could see it actually being a stylish dance.

Maybe that's something else Liara can do for Shepard - teach him how to dance! Honestly, I think Liara has the best dance moves out like everyone you see dancing. So she definitely has something to teach Shepard there.

As far as Shepard's driving - I don't think it's so much that he's a bad driver - he isn't, it's just that when he's driving chaos usually is happening that is really scary to be around. I mean, it takes good driving skills to survive the Illium chase and such, but it's just that when Shepard is driving, things like that chase tend to be happening!

[Icyflare]

fluffywalrus wrote...

The taxi cab in LOTSB was fun too, though I don't know why Liara was so terrified of my driving. Maybe she's a backseat driver or something. 

And yeah, Shep's dancing is pretty bad in the games, but...perhaps that's because she just wasn't feeling it at those moments. 
Maybe it's a ploy to raise morale

I always have part of it as my headcanon that Liara's been conditioned into being terrified of drives with Shepard in control of the vehicle. It might also be that things you're driving against that scares her (e.g. trucks, other cars, proximity mines, etc.)

[TrulyInnovative]

Aristobulus500 wrote...

Maybe that's something else Liara can do for Shepard - teach him how to dance! Honestly, I think Liara has the best dance moves out like everyone you see dancing. So she definitely has something to teach Shepard there.

Incidentally, when in the trilogy can you get Liara to dance?

[Aristobulus500]

TrulyInnovative wrote...

Aristobulus500 wrote...

Maybe that's something else Liara can do for Shepard - teach him how to dance! Honestly, I think Liara has the best dance moves out like everyone you see dancing. So she definitely has something to teach Shepard there.

Incidentally, when in the trilogy can you get Liara to dance?

I actually never did it myself because I didn't know you could and I missed it, too, but I've seen youtube videos that include her dancing.

It's something like, you have to be romancing her and at some point later in the game go to flux and talk to her and she'll start dancing.

I kinda want to replay ME1 just to see it, cause I haven't found a good youtube video that really shows off how it works, just some that has some of her dancing animation.

Edit - here's really the only youtube video I know of that really has her dancing

Modifié par Aristobulus500, 05 juin 2012 - 10:23 .

[TrulyInnovative]

Aristobulus500 wrote...

I actually never did it myself because I didn't know you could and I missed it, too, but I've seen youtube videos that include her dancing.

It's something like, you have to be romancing her and at some point later in the game go to flux and talk to her and she'll start dancing.

I kinda want to replay ME1 just to see it, cause I haven't found a good youtube video that really shows off how it works, just some that has some of her dancing animation.

Edit - here's really the only youtube video I know of that really has her dancing

Thanks, that video was very cool. Shepard and Liara were very inconspicuous on the dance floor with their armor and weapons.

[Thessaly77]

When i first saw that vid of Liara dancing, I thought it looked similar to the dance the Asari were doing in that vid in Azure (from LotSB). Is it some kind of Asari national dance?

[The Lightspeaker]

So er...hey guys.

I'm sorry I've not been around much and I'm sorry for the lack of blogging and/or fanficing. I've been having some quite major personal problems lately and it's been hard to deal with that and get on with my writing.

Starting to get somewhere with them though, and I've FINALLY got the second chapter of my ME2 Femshep/Liara fanfic "Separation and Reunion" done.

Few quick notes:
- It's set between Shep's revival and Horizon.
- Liara isn't actually IN this chapter. It's all Naomi and a lot of emotional stuff.
- On reflection, it's a little angsty. But that's very important for the overall story.

Please leave feedback. I hope you enjoy.

Separation and Reunion - Chapter 2: Resurrection


Anyway, apart from that...what major things have I missed in the last hundred pages or so? Any particularly hot Liara or Femshep/Liara pics?

[Aristobulus500]

Theo wrote a really good post ME3 Liara/Shep fic you can add to your "To Read" list. I can't think of any new pictures though.

http://www.fanfictio...Walk_on_Thessia

[The Lightspeaker]

Fair enough. It's been literally like two weeks since I posted here, heh.

[Akernis]

The Lightspeaker wrote...

So er...hey guys.

I'm sorry I've not been around much and I'm sorry for the lack of blogging and/or fanficing. I've been having some quite major personal problems lately and it's been hard to deal with that and get on with my writing.

Starting to get somewhere with them though, and I've FINALLY got the second chapter of my ME2 Femshep/Liara fanfic "Separation and Reunion" done.

Few quick notes:
- It's set between Shep's revival and Horizon.
- Liara isn't actually IN this chapter. It's all Naomi and a lot of emotional stuff.
- On reflection, it's a little angsty. But that's very important for the overall story.

Please leave feedback. I hope you enjoy.

Separation and Reunion - Chapter 2: Resurrection


Anyway, apart from that...what major things have I missed in the last hundred pages or so? Any particularly hot Liara or Femshep/Liara pics?

Nice timing, i was just thinking about it has been along time since you posted anything. I will give it a look as soon as I have time
I also have a few ones from Crazygreggy to catch up on, so it might take a little while. 

[The Lightspeaker]

Yeah I've been...busy I guess you'd say. Not technically busy but it's still been hard to push myself to just get on with it. Meh for RL problems.

No matter, chapter 2 done now. And since I'm over that I'm hoping I can sort of just keep going at them now. Busy tomorrow but on Thursday I think I'll sit down and make a start on the next Chapter.

Modifié par The Lightspeaker, 05 juin 2012 - 10:59 .

[CrazyGreggy]

The Lightspeaker wrote...

Yeah I've been...busy I guess you'd say. Not technically busy but it's still been hard to push myself to just get on with it. Meh for RL problems.

No matter, chapter 2 done now. And since I'm over that I'm hoping I can sort of just keep going at them now. Busy tomorrow but on Thursday I think I'll sit down and make a start on the next Chapter.

I like it. Summary technique is dear to my heart, hate simply rehashing the game and quoting massive amounts of stuff verbatim, prefer to use key lines of dialogue as anchors but flesh the rest ouf myself.

Nice use of original dialogue, in character as well which helps with immersion. Looking forward to chapter 3

[The Lightspeaker]

Yeah, I've used anchor dialogue in some of my earlier ME1 fics where the breaks were a lot clearer. ME2 becomes a bit more muddled and long winded so I've moved onto heavily focussing on recaps within the actual text itself; kept within context.

Thanks.

[shepard1038]

Actually yeah when shepard is talking with jack she says everyone knows you can't dance and shepard says so?Thank god that the fate of the galaxy isn't decided by dancing. And now the fate of the galaxy rest on shepard's terrible dancing.

Modifié par shepard1038, 05 juin 2012 - 11:48 .

[Akernis]

shepard1038 wrote...

Actually yeah when shepard is talking with jack she says everyone knows you can't dance and shepard says so?

Shepard dosn't say anything to that, they just dance inidividually.
Garrus also makes a comment about Shepard dancing. For me that can mean as little or as much as you want it.
Does the game imply that Shepard is a bad dancer? yes it does.
Do I think that is a locked point that cannot/should not be changed to suit the player? no.

I like the idea of my Shepard being a fair dancer, possibly not something classic or special just knowing how to move well on the dance floor.
I don't see any problem with small changes like that. it is not as if it radically alters who Shepard is or actually affects anything within the story.

[MidnightRaith]

Whew, now that I'm actually lucid and not in significant pain or sleepy, I wanted to talk about the dreams. I think it would have been great if they just cut the kid completely, and did something similar to what Obsidian did with the Force hallucinations in KotOR2. Those, I felt were rather good. For ME3, Bioware could have recreated some of the battles Shepard had been in previously, but twisted them somehow. Or made you face some of your squadmates or LI similar to how you did with Kreia. Just recreate the creepy feeling you got when you went into that tomb in Korriban. Those dreams could have been some of the better parts of the game. However, they were horribly written and utterly underutilized and depended on everyone identifying with a symbol that meant very little to them.

[CrimsonN7]

Aristobulus500 wrote...

Shepard probably just doesn't care if other people think his dancing is bad or not, and just dances to have fun and relax. I could see Shepard dancing some corny dances with Liara and just totally enjoying it even if he looks lame doing it, though - but Liara can dance so with her in the lead I could see it actually being a stylish dance.

Maybe that's something else Liara can do for Shepard - teach him how to dance! Honestly, I think Liara has the best dance moves out like everyone you see dancing. So she definitely has something to teach Shepard there.

I love how Rae described how good a dancer Liara is, even if it is of a more private adult nature;)
http://www.fanfictio...46872/1/Display

I can't gush enough about Rae's stories, she really stays true to established canon and adds her own unique aspects to Liara iswell which I have accepted as canon myself:D

Also I just realised I missed the 1600, son of a b*tch, I gotta check in more^_^ Hey I'm top, have a Liara:wub:

Modifié par CrimsonN7, 06 juin 2012 - 12:15 .

[shepard1038]

@Akernis
Actually yeah shepard says so? It happens on the game.

@MidnightRaith
The kid appears as a symbol of the people shepard could not save.
I would have like if the dreams showed all the traumatic moments of shepard's life from me1 to me3.
And also that in the dreams you could see shepard crew getting killed and friends and also
moments where shepard has to fight and pulls the trigger on his friends.