SaturnRing wrote...
Ashoken wrote...
But I can't write for them or develop a deep background other than, Asche is a spacer kid who feels awkward on land and doesn't feel any real attachment to Earth as a homeworld. The galaxy is her home. Or Evie who got the hell off Earth as soon as she could and hasn't looked back. The reason why, I figure, is because Shepard is the character Bioware gave me.
Asche sounds like a potentially deep character to me. Looking at her closely (this is all hypothetical - it was my initial thought when i heard about Asche), might reveal (again hypothetically) more problematic issues than the mere fact that she didn't grow up on Earth or feel awkward about it. Her lack of attachment could have been triggered by a traumatic event from her past associated with Earth/humans. Same for Evie " who got the hell off Earth as soon as she could and hasn't looked back " sound like something more than a lack of attachment - or maybe i'm just reading too much into it...
Traumatic, perhaps. Asche survived Elysium and got a medal for it, but she was only there on shore leave. Her home is space, on a ship. Any ship would do, but she was born into a military family. It's natural she enlist as soon as she's able. Maybe she was expected, pushed into it. Could explain the near absence of any relationship with a mother who's reaction to her being suddenly alive was to send an email. Is it a strained relationship or a never there thing? I imagine a young Asche was shunted from space day care to space day care, ship schooled and/or station schooled, never able to develop any long lasting relationships.
Everything was superficial, fleeting, as easy to grip as the stars she saw everyday. She skirted around Kaidan for a long time, I think.
Having been through so much with the Normandy, that ship became "home." One of the ways she rationlized working with Cerberus was because there was the Normandy. Only later does she realize, after reading through the Shadow Broker intel, how TIM manipulated her. She was embarrassed and angry and Kaidan-less at that point. She vowed to hold onto that ship no matter what.
Best laid plans and the Alpha Relay, lands her on Earth, on land, the stars dim and no Normandy. Everyone apologizing to her for not visiting made me angry for her. She just felt abandoned, alone, longing for the sky.
Wow. This almost sounds like a background.

Evie ran with the Reds until she was old enough to enlist. Most of her life had been out of her control, so she acted out and did bad things. Then, the Alliance gave her a structure she could embrace, one that gave her anger at being helpless for so long an outlet. It's how she survived the thresher maws. She was damned if she was going let them kill her.
I'm rambling on. I'll have to think more on my gals. In the meantime, have an Evie.