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[TamiBx]

Ajna wrote...

Kyria Nyriese wrote...

Ajna wrote...

TamiBx wrote...

Phoenix NL wrote...
That's always the issue, you can't lose yourself in the story if there are too many mistakes.

I know!! Mistakes all over the place, no commas, no periods...I couldn't keep on reading it 

Btw, am I the only one who did not really appreciate it that Kaidan became a Major? I don't know, I liked being his superior officer...

Nah I liked being outranked by him, LOVED it even!

Yeah, I'll try to read a story that has a lot of mistakes but I just can't get the immersion there.

I'm with Ajna I loved the fact that he outranked Shepard.  I thought it was great .

I think me and Kyria are on the same page here

You guys are just...yeah...I'l just...excuse me while I go over there and blush a little...

[chibievil]

 
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just love this pic, based on a Shenko fanfic where Kaidan teaches shepard how to Dance Link

[sagefic]

 Hey guys. So, um, you said to keep dropping off updates, so I shall do so:

Ragnarok, Chapter 5: Knowing

since i had plans for that reunion and all.  also much shenko smut. you've been warned.

and on fanfic.net

And a pic:



hmmmmmm.....

enjoy

 

[LastFadingSmile]

TamiBx wrote...

It didn't bother me in game, but...I don't know. In the beginning, I felt like Shepard was left behind...everyone got a new rank except her...

Ahh, well yeah, I guess I can sort of see that. It does feel like Shepard is being purposely kept down, and probably for a lame reason like wanting to keep the iconic "Commander Shepard" hero in-tact. On the one hand it makes sense, given the events of Mass Effect 2, and why it sucks so hard that you get railroaded into Cerberus; there are a few opportunities where you get to maintain your Alliance ties, but not enough. My favourite eyeroll of ME2 is when at the beginning TIM says "and if you want we can part ways" and then, you know, you can't.

So, I understand why, from a purely protocol POV, Shepard is never promoted. But from a "come the frak on guys I just saved the galaxy twice over, are you ****ting with me" viewpoint... yeah... it bothers me that Kaidan gets promoted for being a big stupidhead on Horizon and I get house arrest with a gorilla for a handler.

Modifié par Kolotosa, 29 avril 2012 - 09:39 .

[LastFadingSmile]

chibievil wrote...

 <snip dance pic>

Oh. I liked this more when I thought it was a Lost planet reunion scene.

I mean, it's still great work and all, but it just lost some of its appeal for me.

[TamiBx]

Kolotosa wrote...

TamiBx wrote...

It didn't bother me in game, but...I don't know. In the beginning, I felt like Shepard was left behind...everyone got a new rank except her...

Ahh, well yeah, I guess I can sort of see that. It does feel like Shepard is being purposely kept down. One the one hand it makes sense, given the events of Mass Effect 2, and why it sucks so hard that you get railroaded into Cerberus; there are a few opportunities where you get to maintain your Alliance ties, but not enough. My favourite eyeroll of ME2 is when at the beginning TIM says "and if you want we can part ways" and then, you know, you can't.

So, I understand why, from a purely protocol POV, Shepard is never promoted. But from a "come the frak on guys I just saved the galaxy twice over, are you ****ting with me" viewpoint... yeah... it bothers me that Kaidan gets promoted for being a big stupidhead on Horizon and I get house arrest with a gorilla for a handler.

OMG!!! hahaha. I can't stop laughing at the last line 

Yeah, that's exactly how I feel. Poor Shep deserved more than that. She should be Staff Commander...I'll just pretend she's Staff Commander...

[TamiBx]

sagequeen wrote...

 Hey guys. So, um, you said to keep dropping off updates, so I shall do so:

Ragnarok, Chapter 5: Knowing

since i had plans for that reunion and all.  also much shenko smut. you've been warned.

and on fanfic.net

And a pic:



hmmmmmm.....

enjoy

 

So much for studying...time to read some good fanfic 

[chibievil]

Kolotosa wrote...

chibievil wrote...

 <snip dance pic>

Oh. I liked this more when I thought it was a Lost planet reunion scene.

I mean, it's still great work and all, but it just lost some of its appeal for me.

i really like the way he/she draws Kaidan it looks really cool looking heheh

Including this 1 :innocent:

Modifié par chibievil, 29 avril 2012 - 09:46 .

[Kyria Nyriese]

Kolotosa wrote...

TamiBx wrote...
It didn't bother me in game, but...I don't know. In the beginning, I felt like Shepard was left behind...everyone got a new rank except her...

Ahh, well yeah, I guess I can sort of see that. It does feel like Shepard is being purposely kept down, and probably for a lame reason like wanting to keep the iconic "Commander Shepard" hero in-tact. On the one hand it makes sense, given the events of Mass Effect 2, and why it sucks so hard that you get railroaded into Cerberus; there are a few opportunities where you get to maintain your Alliance ties, but not enough. My favourite eyeroll of ME2 is when at the beginning TIM says "and if you want we can part ways" and then, you know, you can't.

So, I understand why, from a purely protocol POV, Shepard is never promoted. But from a "come the frak on guys I just saved the galaxy twice over, are you ****ting with me" viewpoint... yeah... it bothers me that Kaidan gets promoted for being a big stupidhead on Horizon and I get house arrest with a gorilla for a handler.

Well think about it, Shepard died 1 month after the Battle of the Citadel.  Now why she wasn't promoted immediately after that battle to Staff Commander I don't know.  So she's dead for two years... no promotions while she's dead.  When she comes back, she's with a known terrorist group - Cerberus - and quite lucky she even gets her SpecTRe status back.  If you think about it, in ME 2 she's not even Alliance, so she has no rank except for SpecTRe.  Then in Arrival she blows up the Alpha Relay and 304,942 Batarians.  Yep don't see the Alliance promoting her for that, even if it was to stop the Reapers - you know those 'mythical' things that no one but Shepard, her crews and a couple Alliance Admirals believe in.

So with the exception of post Battle of the Citadel, yeah I can see it as quite viable that Shepard didn't get any promotions.  Though I think she should have been at least a Staff Commander after the Battle of the Citadel.

There's my 2 creds on the matter.

[LadyofRivendell]

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

[Doodle]

*notices nobody saw the comment...*
My 8th shepard just.... died.... yeah.... thanks Atlas

Getting Tali before i do Rachnai mission (for the soul reason she says "Spiders! spider spider spiders!!!!")

[Doodle]

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

Actually, shepard joins the Alliance 1 year prior to Kaidan

[LastFadingSmile]

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

Actually, shepard joins the Alliance 1 year prior to Kaidan

Sure, but Shepard is dead for two and working for Cerberus for close to one, I imagine.  How the heck long a time frame is ME2 supposed to take place over anyways? I hate how anomalous time is in these games. XD

You may be right, Lady, I hadn't considered that. And at any rate, Shepard's rank is fairly inconsequential. Being an N7 automatically transfers a level of respect above his/her station, and being, you know, hero of the galaxy... Shepard operates more like an Admiral than a Commander, even if the truth is a little less impressive.

Modifié par Kolotosa, 29 avril 2012 - 10:00 .

[shepskisaac]

chibievil wrote...

 does it mention somewhere that Kaidan mother is Japanese as i don't i heard it anywhere, unless its in the codex or something.

No, there's no mention of Kaidan's parents ethnicity. We're guessing from tibids/hints on Kaidan and his youth. His parents were in Singapoure when Kaidan's mom was pregenant, so perhaps she has roots there. Kaidan's name is technically a Japanese word but from what we heard, it's not used as a name. It is used as a name in Middle East though, so maybe Kaidan's dad has roots there. Then there's Kaidan's last name which is Ukrainian and then they live in Vancouver which is famous for its diverse population.

I think Kaidan's suppoused to represent that diversity in ME universe

[Kyria Nyriese]

Kolotosa wrote...

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

Actually, shepard joins the Alliance 1 year prior to Kaidan

Sure, but Shepard is dead for two and working for Cerberus for close to one, I imagine.  How the heck long a time frame is ME2 supposed to take place over anyways? I hate how anomalous time is in these games. XD

You may be right, Lady, I hadn't considered that. And at any rate, Shepard's rank is fairly inconsequential. Being an N7 automatically transfers a level of respect above his/her station, and being, you know, hero of the galaxy... Shepard operates more like an Admiral than a Commander, even if the truth is a little less impressive.

Correct, Shepard joins one year before Kaidan.  However, for close to three years she was dead/working for a terrorist organization/not alliance.  I could see her being a Staff commander, but no  higher in actual rank.

As for length of the games, it's been 6 months since arrival, and 3 years since Saren.  Shepard was dead for 2 years 12 days, so that... bah makes ME time just about as screwy as Star WArs time... /sigh  I really shouldn't think about these things.

[Doodle]

Kyria Nyriese wrote...

Kolotosa wrote...

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

Actually, shepard joins the Alliance 1 year prior to Kaidan

Sure, but Shepard is dead for two and working for Cerberus for close to one, I imagine. How the heck long a time frame is ME2 supposed to take place over anyways? I hate how anomalous time is in these games. XD

You may be right, Lady, I hadn't considered that. And at any rate, Shepard's rank is fairly inconsequential. Being an N7 automatically transfers a level of respect above his/her station, and being, you know, hero of the galaxy... Shepard operates more like an Admiral than a Commander, even if the truth is a little less impressive.

Correct, Shepard joins one year before Kaidan. However, for close to three years she was dead/working for a terrorist organization/not alliance. I could see her being a Staff commander, but no higher in actual rank.

As for length of the games, it's been 6 months since arrival, and 3 years since Saren. Shepard was dead for 2 years 12 days, so that... bah makes ME time just about as screwy as Star WArs time... /sigh I really shouldn't think about these things.

ME1, takes about a few months, ME2 spans about 2 years 4 months (inclueding the death time LOL) so basicly the whole event of ME1-3 spans near 4 years... which makes Shepard 32/33 and kaidan 35/36

Modifié par I LikeTo Doodle, 29 avril 2012 - 10:10 .

[sagefic]

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

No joke. ><

The Alliance is military-flavored, I'd say. Like a strange variety of ice cream.

[TamiBx]

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

Kyria Nyriese wrote...

Kolotosa wrote...

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

Actually, shepard joins the Alliance 1 year prior to Kaidan

Sure, but Shepard is dead for two and working for Cerberus for close to one, I imagine. How the heck long a time frame is ME2 supposed to take place over anyways? I hate how anomalous time is in these games. XD

You may be right, Lady, I hadn't considered that. And at any rate, Shepard's rank is fairly inconsequential. Being an N7 automatically transfers a level of respect above his/her station, and being, you know, hero of the galaxy... Shepard operates more like an Admiral than a Commander, even if the truth is a little less impressive.

Correct, Shepard joins one year before Kaidan. However, for close to three years she was dead/working for a terrorist organization/not alliance. I could see her being a Staff commander, but no higher in actual rank.

As for length of the games, it's been 6 months since arrival, and 3 years since Saren. Shepard was dead for 2 years 12 days, so that... bah makes ME time just about as screwy as Star WArs time... /sigh I really shouldn't think about these things.

ME1, takes about a few months, ME2 spans about 2 years 4 months (inclueding the death time LOL) so basicly the whole event of ME1-3 spans near 4 years... which makes Shepard 33/34 and kaidan 36/37

Except my Shepard looks younger in ME3 than in ME2 or 1...guess she got a facelift while on house arrest 

[Kyria Nyriese]

sagequeen wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

No joke. ><

The Alliance is military-flavored, I'd say. Like a strange variety of ice cream.

Well in all honesty I can't seem to believe that a game that was all military protocol would be much fun to play.  I think they did a decent nod to the fact that the alliance is supposed to be military, however, the game would have been about 10 times longer, with 1/3 less action and a lot more reports and whys and hows than they are.

So this is where you have to suspend disbelief and see it going on behind the scenes.

[Doodle]

TamiBx wrote...

*i snipped the whole thing*
Except my Shepard looks younger in ME3 than in ME2 or 1...guess she got a facelift while on house arrest 

Damn it.. you commented Before i fixed my mistake with Shepards age

[LadyofRivendell]

TamiBx wrote...

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

Kyria Nyriese wrote...

Kolotosa wrote...

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

Actually, shepard joins the Alliance 1 year prior to Kaidan

Sure, but Shepard is dead for two and working for Cerberus for close to one, I imagine. How the heck long a time frame is ME2 supposed to take place over anyways? I hate how anomalous time is in these games. XD

You may be right, Lady, I hadn't considered that. And at any rate, Shepard's rank is fairly inconsequential. Being an N7 automatically transfers a level of respect above his/her station, and being, you know, hero of the galaxy... Shepard operates more like an Admiral than a Commander, even if the truth is a little less impressive.

Correct, Shepard joins one year before Kaidan. However, for close to three years she was dead/working for a terrorist organization/not alliance. I could see her being a Staff commander, but no higher in actual rank.

As for length of the games, it's been 6 months since arrival, and 3 years since Saren. Shepard was dead for 2 years 12 days, so that... bah makes ME time just about as screwy as Star WArs time... /sigh I really shouldn't think about these things.

ME1, takes about a few months, ME2 spans about 2 years 4 months (inclueding the death time LOL) so basicly the whole event of ME1-3 spans near 4 years... which makes Shepard 33/34 and kaidan 36/37

Except my Shepard looks younger in ME3 than in ME2 or 1...guess she got a facelift while on house arrest 

Really? I think they did a good job in ME3 adding wrinkles and other slight aging signs. Or, at least, I notice that I have to remove a lot more face wrinkles in Photoshop for ME3 screenshots than ME1 or 2. 

In my mind, ME3 takes place three years after ME1. About 3 months for the events of ME1, one month after ME1, two years while Shep is dead, three months for the events of ME2, six months under house arrest, and then ME3 (about 1-2 months, I'd say, it's definitely a lot faster paced than the previous games). So, all in all, about 3 years to ME3, 3 1/2 when it's all over.


Seven hours. Seven hours, I've been mindlessly browsing tumblr. And I don't even have an account. But I did find an excellent fanfiction about a tree branch and power lines. 

[sagefic]

Kyria Nyriese wrote...

sagequeen wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Don't a lot of military promotions base themselves off of time, too? My older brother, who recently got promoted to Captain in the Marines, was explaining to me that he has 6 years to go before he can be promoted to General.
Kaidan's technically got about three years on Shep, as far as military service goes. But the Alliance isn't very military-like when you actually get down to the specifics, so I don't know.

No joke. ><

The Alliance is military-flavored, I'd say. Like a strange variety of ice cream.

Well in all honesty I can't seem to believe that a game that was all military protocol would be much fun to play.  I think they did a decent nod to the fact that the alliance is supposed to be military, however, the game would have been about 10 times longer, with 1/3 less action and a lot more reports and whys and hows than they are.

So this is where you have to suspend disbelief and see it going on behind the scenes.

agreed. not saying i don't like it that way. i mean, it's easier to take advantage of kaidan if it's not pure military protocol. 'cause there's that whole spectre loophole and all.

yeah.... loopholes....

[TamiBx]

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Really? I think they did a good job in ME3 adding wrinkles and other slight aging signs. Or, at least, I notice that I have to remove a lot more face wrinkles in Photoshop for ME3 screenshots than ME1 or 2. 

In my mind, ME3 takes place three years after ME1. About 3 months for the events of ME1, one month after ME1, two years while Shep is dead, three months for the events of ME2, six months under house arrest, and then ME3 (about 1-2 months, I'd say, it's definitely a lot faster paced than the previous games). So, all in all, about 3 years to ME3, 3 1/2 when it's all over.


Seven hours. Seven hours, I've been mindlessly browsing tumblr. And I don't even have an account. But I did find an excellent fanfiction about a tree branch and power lines. 

Oh, the other characters? Yeah, they look older. Just not my FemShep. She used to have strong lines around her mouth but in ME3 there were none. Also, her foreheard was so...wrinkle free lol
She definitely looked younger. 

[shepskisaac]

I LikeTo Doodle wrote...

ME1, takes about a few months, ME2 spans about 2 years 4 months (inclueding the death time LOL) so basicly the whole event of ME1-3 spans near 4 years... which makes Shepard 33/34 and kaidan 36/37

During Eden Prime mission in ME3 Shepard mentions specifically that they were on Eden Prime 3 years ago. Kaidan said in ME1 he's 32, so he's 35 in ME3 and Shep is either 32 or 30 (depending on whether you count his 'dead' years)

[Kyria Nyriese]

TamiBx wrote...

LadyofRivendell wrote...

Really? I think they did a good job in ME3 adding wrinkles and other slight aging signs. Or, at least, I notice that I have to remove a lot more face wrinkles in Photoshop for ME3 screenshots than ME1 or 2. 

In my mind, ME3 takes place three years after ME1. About 3 months for the events of ME1, one month after ME1, two years while Shep is dead, three months for the events of ME2, six months under house arrest, and then ME3 (about 1-2 months, I'd say, it's definitely a lot faster paced than the previous games). So, all in all, about 3 years to ME3, 3 1/2 when it's all over.


Seven hours. Seven hours, I've been mindlessly browsing tumblr. And I don't even have an account. But I did find an excellent fanfiction about a tree branch and power lines. 

Oh, the other characters? Yeah, they look older. Just not my FemShep. She used to have strong lines around her mouth but in ME3 there were none. Also, her foreheard was so...wrinkle free lol
She definitely looked younger. 

hmm All of my Shepards that I've at least started 3 with have difinitive laugh/frown lines around their mouths, and some crows feet around the eyes. (those were there in 2 as well).

*edit top (good thing I just uploaded a new batch of screenshots lol)
Have a classic Kaidan

Modifié par Kyria Nyriese, 29 avril 2012 - 10:27 .