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[Tup3x]

Audience wrote...

Ah, the ME1 falling animation! I missed that a lot in ME2.
Love your character by the way! I dont see enough brown hair on Sheps.

Thanks! To be honest, there's quite many animations I miss in ME3...

EDIT:
Jaahas... TopShep.

Modifié par Tup3xi, 15 juillet 2012 - 10:49 .

[ELE08]

Random Teagans.

[Rikketik]

Long post incoming!

First, I still wanted to answer LadyAly's question about Jack. If she would become available to femsheps, I would romance Jack in a heartbeat. I've watched her ME2 romance on YouTube and even without experiencing it myself, I think it's one the best romances in the game. My first impression of her wasn't exactly good: that little tantrum at the end of Purgatory, when she finds out the Normandy is a Cerberus vessel, was pathetic and the constant swearing wasn't a turn on either. She redeems herself with the help of (a Paragon) Shepard, though. As for how she looks, well, I'm not into bald women, but her face looks absolutely beautiful. In ME3, with the updated wardrobe and a nice ponytail, she looks better than ever and is really one of the most attractive women in the game, I think.

Not all my Shepard would be attracted to her, but I like to see the Commander as a sexually open-minded person (that goes MaleShep, too, if I would play as him) so I'm sure at least one of my Shepard wouldn't mind starting a relationship with Jack.

@ Audience: Youy're welcome! And thank you, too, for your nice words about Ayla.

@ SebAusFR: Great shots and wel-written story. I liked how you handled Thane's death and the subsequent visit to Purgatory.

@ Ashoken: Nice shots of Lida! And to be honest, I sometimes let Shepard be grabbed by a husk just so she can plant her foot in its head.

@ Verly: Octavia looks great in that dress. You're right, though: it doesn't work with every Shepard. My current Shepard doesn't look very good in it, while it looked great on my previous Shepard (but maybe that's because she had the same haircut as Allers). A shame they didn't just use the dress from ME2, which looks much more classy.

@ raziel1980: Yeah, I know, it's just that Jack isn't really an "angel".

And wow, Stacia looks great in ME3!

@ razviolet: I love those action shots of Mercy. Keep 'em coming!

@ meonlyred: So I'm not the only one who thinks that doctor is creepy. I usually skip that scene, because that guy makes it a very awkward scene.


As for myself: I'm finally done with Part II of Ayla's story. I tried to keep it short, but of course, I failed again.

Ayla's Story - Part II

Hackett had already heard that the Council wasn't interested in helping the Alliance and Ayla told him that she was getting sick and tired of their continuing unwillingness to help her. Hackett was understanding, but reiterated that they needed the Council's support if they wanted to complete the "Crucible", which the Prothean superweapon was dubbed. What was her plan? Ayla told him about the Turian Primarch, who had called a war summit between the Turians, the Salarians and the Asari. However, he was currently stuck on one of Palaven's moons. They could rescue him with the Normandy, attend the war summit and appeal directly to the leadership of the other races.


Menae, Palaven's largest moon, felt like a giant obstacle course. The Primarch was already dead, shot down an hour before they landed. After jumping through several hoops to get communications up and running again, they learned that General Adrien Victus was the new Primarch. Victus was somewhere on Menae, but, of course, the Turians were unable to contact him. To make things worse, Ayla got contacted by Joker who told her that the Normandy was acting strange. It made sense to send Liara back to check it out, not because Ayla thought it would help much, but because she had to make room in her squad for Garrus "Garry" Vakarian. He would direct them to the place he had last seen the new Primarch.

***

"So, Lola..."

"What's up, Big McLargeHuge?"

James blinked at her, not really sure what to say. "Sorry, but... what did you call me?"

"Big McLargeHuge." Ayla said casually. "You're not the only one who can come up with nicknames, you know."

"Seems like a fitting name," Garrus chimed in.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, James laughed. "Ha! OK, OK, Big McLargeHuge... I like it, Lola."

"Don't I get a nickname?" Garrus asked.

"Sure thing," Vega said. "From now on, you are Scars."

Garrus shaked his head. "I should've known..."

Ayla laughed. "Don't worry, Garrus, you will always be 'Garry' to me." She looked at James. "So, McLargeHuge, what did you want to ask?"

"Well, about this summit..."

***



Back on the Normandy, Ayla had a good talk with Victus, the new Primarch, who informed her that Garry had already departed for the main battery for some much needed calibratin'. Ayla wasn't suprised.



Although she felt for him, as Victus didn't particulary seemed to like his new positition in the Turian Hierarchy, Ayla was glad that a former general was in charge of diplomacy. Only time would tell if he was any good at it, but at least he wasn't going to let politics get in the way of fighting the Reapers as best as possible. That he invited the Krogan to attend the war summit was proof of that. Sadly, the same couldn't be said about the Asari and the Salarians, who'd rather keep old grudges fester instead of settle their differences and stand together against the Reapers.

When she left the War Room, the lights suddenly flickered and a panicking Joker informed her that EDI just went offline. He would try to fix things from the bridge, while Ayla went down to the AI Core to see what was going on there. For a moment she regretted not taking a gun with her, when she opened the door to the Core and she saw the dysfunctional body of the Cerberus synthetic suddenly come to life again through the smoke caused by the fire. It wasn't Dr. Eva Coré who had woken up, however. It was... EDI?

She had hijacked the robot body when the Eva Coré AI activated its back-up systems. There was a bit of a struggle during their fight, hence the fire. EDI explained that she had full control over the body and could even accompany Shepard on missions. Ayla was impressed.



It seemed obtaining a body changed something in EDI. She revealed that she was able to modify her own core programming ever since Joker unshackled her during the Collector attack, but when she asked Joker if she should change something now she could, he deflected the question with humor... and EDI didn't get an answer. Ayla didn't know exactly what to tell her either. She was willing to help, though, so she told EDI to just "ask away" when she wanted to know something.

Of course, this immediately came back to bite her in the ass when they went to the Citadel for some much needed shore leave.



EDI didn't exactly skirt around the issue: she had the feeling Joker was romantically interested in her and she wanted to return those feelings. She wondered if Shepard could help with that. For instance, how do you let someone know you are interested in them without outright telling them?

"When you are sexually interested in another, what kind of advances do you make?"

How should I know? I haven't had sex in ages!

"Well, eh... You know, there are the intimate talks, thoughtful gifts, joking around..."

"Jeff does often try to lighten the mood with humor. That could indicate a 33.3 repeating percent chance that he cares for me," EDI said with an upbeat voice. She then shaked her head. "But that is insufficient data for determining his motives. Perhaps we could discuss how to provoke Jeff into an emotional commitment."

Oh boy.

"That's... not how to think of it. It's got to be natural. You need chemistry."

"I see. There are a number of pharmaceuticals I could inject to simulate the desired emotional state."

No, no, no, no, no! Not good!

"No! I meant relax and do something you both like. Something simple. For example, you both like humor?"

"Correct. I will see if there are comedic entertainment shows being presented on the Citadel. Scanning… Do you think he would like “The Man Who Hung Himself”? It appears to be about an amorous plastic surgeon."

Ayla patted the AI on her suprisingly soft shoulder. "EDI, the important thing is to have a good time wherever you go. And if you are having fun, he probably will too."

"Then the outcome is an unknown quantity, but you are saying I should attempt it anyway."

"Nobody fell in love without being a little bit brave."

The advice was as much directed to EDI as to herself. She did have her eyes on someone, but she was still waiting for the right moment to do anything with it. As carefree as she usually was, love made her a bit... nervous.

EDI dropped her head for a moment. "I see. I believe you have improved my chances, Shepard," she then said, a bit more happy. "Thank you."

"You're very welcome, EDI."

Ayla sighed when she walked away from the synthetic, who was now watching with interest how Joker tried to shoo a few birds away who were harassing him.

So this is how mom must have felt when she gave me the talk...

She then remembered that a Salarian Spectre named Jondum Bau had contacted her, requesting her help. When she met up with him at the embassies, he explained that none other than Kasumi Goto had send him evidence suggesting that Hanar diplomats were working for the Reapers. Ayla didn't exactly understand why Bau couldn't investigate the claims himself, as he was a Spectre too, but she decided to just play along.

She met up with Kasumi, who never seemed to be too far away when you needed her. Ayla tried recruiting her for the mission while investigating terminals all over the Citadel, but sadly the master thief wouldn't take the bait. She was quite happy living in the past with her memories of Keiji. Ayla didn't say it out loud, but she now wondered if it wouldn't been a better idea to destroy that greybox. But then again, if they had, they probably would not have known about the Hanar planning to disable the defense systems of his home planet, Kahje, because it was the information from Keiji's greybox that informed them of the threat.



Jondum Bau was a Spectre, but he wasn't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. First he let one of Hanar's goons easily overpower him and then, when Kasumi made her presence clear, disabled the bomb but was hit when the fail-safe on the hanar's computer created a small explosion, immediately believed that she had died when, of course, she was still very much alive. At least he promised to be there when Shepard was ready to take back earth from the Reapers. Ayla even got Kasumi to help out; not as a squad member, sadly, but she would use her expertise to help build the Crucible.

Next up in Part III: Grissom Academy and the return to Eden Prime.

[CrazyRah]

ELE08 wrote...

Random Teagans.

Random Teagan <3

[merylisk]

Here are the shots from Anja's final goodbye with Kaidan during the run for the beam. This scene broke my damn heart (even though it totally still doesn't make that much sense, haha).









I adore this next shot of her, despite the minor eye clipping.



T___T bye Kaidan

Modifié par merylisk, 16 juillet 2012 - 12:10 .

[Arkwright99]

Once again I'm in catch-up mode; I started commented on posts back on page 722 and got as far as p725, then realised that the screenshots I wanted to share from Jennifer's runthrough of Arrival actually featured the wrong armor design (or rather, I realised that I shouldn't have used her standard red/blue decals for a stealth mission) so I had to go back and re-do Arrival with the right armor. And that's before I get to Jennifer's Prologue in ME3!! So apologies if any of these comments are out-of-date (also if they're a bit, well, pants but I had a headache at the time so it was difficult to focus; you all put so much effort in and deserve so much more).

@LadyAly: Wow, Kayleigh looks fantastic, I wouldn't be surprised if her heart is cold as ice though.

@SebAusFR: Claire looks very cool.

@razviolet: The scar mods are very effective on Mercy; gives her real character.

@Audience: Olivia is awesome.

@Ottemis: Great ME1 shots (always love the stand-off pose on Noveria)

@meonlyred: Awesome ToP pic of Zody. And the others aren't too shoddy either.

@merylisk: Anja's final push looks great

@raziel1980: liking Stacia's armour colours a lot

@Rikketik: love your expansion of Ayla's conversation with Allers (wish I'd thought of that!)

@JamieCOTC: Lovely (random) picture of UJ.

@Rikketik: Interesting to read your re-speccing of Ayla. Sounds like it's working very well for you.

@Delerius_Jedi: That's such an awesom shot of Lena; what power is she using?

@Captain Crash: Thanks for sharing those cosplay pictures. She's a beautiful Shepard.

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Jennifer's screenies from 'Arrival' (aka the 'Paint it, black' edit):





Does she look pissed to you? She looks pissed to me. I'd start running if I were you.

(I Photoshopped the image to remove the Cerberus logo as Jennifer refuses to wear it in my headcanon.)



The Weird Corner:

I've no idea what causes this effect, but it's equal parts strange and creepy.

The Silly Corner:

("It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right;
With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust, that really drives you insane;
Let's do the Time Warp again...')


('You're not the messiah; you're a very naughty boy.')

I'm hoping to have time tomorrow to catch up with all the new posts/pictures as well as post some of the new look Jennifer from ME3. (I want to work on a little backstory headcanon to fill in the gap between 'Arrival' and ME3 as well.)

Modifié par demos99, 16 juillet 2012 - 12:55 .

[razviolet]

Ottemis wrote...

-regretful snip-

Things went boom.

 

Love it.

 @Tup3xi and raziel1980: Thanks! Plus awesome screen shots from the both of y'all

@meonlyred: Everytime I see that doctor, with romanced Ashley/Kaidan or not, I just want to shove him out the door. "Can't you see I'm having a moment here!"

@ELE08: Teagan looks intense even in ME1

@Rikketik: I enjoyed the read.



Contemplating how to attack the reaper protecting the shroud.  


James: "That is one mean looking mother-"
Javik: "I wanted revenge, not suicide." 


Wrex: "Shepard! Whatever happens, I just want you to know..." 




When Mercy came upon Mordin hailing the elevator to take him up the tower that was falling apart around them, she tried her best to stall him in hopes the structure would collapse before he could enter. Unfortunately, Mordin saw right through her and turned on her in a fury. "I made a mistake!"

Mercedes had steeled herself to sabotage the cure but her gut clinched at his words that admitted to what had been plaguing his conscious for years. She was no diplomat and felt she had no right to dictate the fate of an entire race. A thousand years ago the galaxy had deemed the Krogan too dangerous so Mercy agreed with the genophage. It was the same reason she destroyed the rachni queen in ME1 and again in ME3. They were a species damned a long time ago before she was even born.

Mercy told Mordin she needed the salarian support, the galaxy needed their support. Mordin turned his back on her in anger and defiance, not stopping even when she drew her pistol on him.

"Mordin, wait!" Her trigger finger shook and her vision blurred with white panic. How could she shoot? Should she pull the trigger? Mercy never spoke much with the brilliant scientist but-

"Thank you Shepard."

He was gone, whisked away by the elevator that had been where her gun was still pointing. 

"Damn you, Mordin," she murmured. "Don't make me regret this."


Eve and Wrex are well and alive after curing the genophage and Mercy listens to their jovial speeches of having children and naming their first born after Mordin, the fact it might be a girl almost puts a smile on her face. She has high hopes that Mordin will at least be remembered for more than just creating the genophage. 

Modifié par razviolet, 16 juillet 2012 - 01:20 .

[thompsmt]

@demos99: That reference to "Life of Brian" is best for Starbrat at the end of ME3 than Harbinger.

[Arkwright99]

thompsmt wrote...

@demos99: That reference to "Life of Brian" is best for Starbrat at the end of ME3 than Harbinger.

You're quite right, but it was more Shepard's posture in that particular image which looks like she's telling Harbinger off for something that made me think of that line, but it is more suited for Starbrat really. (In my defence, I did say it was silly.)

[Sinapus]

demos99 wrote...

"But with the blast shield down, how will I see anything?!"

[Ravii]

Sinapus wrote...

demos99 wrote...

"But with the blast shield down, how will I see anything?!"

*Obi kicks Luke right in the nuts* oooutch

[Ottemis]

@razviolet: Thank you! Also... Wreeeeeex! Handshakin all the fertile pretty females.

@ELE08: Teagan looks amazing. Did you redo the facial texture? It's looking ace. Particularly like the detail around the eyes, and I like the effect the high-bun has on her face-shape.
I catch myself looking at things primarily from a technical side then the aesthetics nowadays btw, kind of a parts-whole approach. Not sure if this should be classed as a positive development it's ... weird. Silly modding.

Any-whose, moving on. Imported Marie into ME2 just now, changed her eye-color. She blames Lazarus, because.


Clicky for big. They are now teal, lights up blue or green depending on lighting. I are happeh.

Modifié par Ottemis, 16 juillet 2012 - 02:10 .

[raziel1980]

 @mery : thanks...and great shots of Anja...btw your armor color choice is what sparked me to give Stacia the black n gold armor color look instead of my usual black n red get up. 

@ottemis : lovely ME 1 endgame shots...and I ABSOLUTELY adore Marie's ME 2 look and new eye color..the effect is ace( as you would say). 

@KurouTsubasa : welcome to the thread and your shep is cute! <3 Please, tell us more about her! 

@ELE08 : So, the Teaganator has returned for another trilogy run? She is looking lovely and badass as ever... 

@Rikketik : Thanks...I think so too... .

@demos99 : Thanks...as I said I got the idea from mery. WOW the one pic with the weird effect on Jennifer's eyes is great...and scary! 
@razviolet : Thank you and same back to you! 

Anyways...Stacia is on hold now(with Amelia)...and it's time to get back to Denise's playthrough...starting with the Cerberus Coup Attempt...






Da 'dirty harry' screenshot!




FLYCAM - Udina Killshot! 

[SaturnRing]

Ottemis wrote...

Almost concluded the ME1 part of the Marathon, Marie's happily shooting a hole through Citadel Geth defenses atm.

...piercing into my soul.   

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 03:43 .

[SaturnRing]

raziel1980 wrote...


More of Stacia's prologue run through ME 3...

I hate to sound like a broken record but she is beyond gorgeous.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 03:35 .

[SaturnRing]

ELE08 wrote...

Random Teagans.

Some things don't need to be said. So i'll just stop and stare.

[SaturnRing]

Tup3xi wrote...

[

. I'm always reluctant to use that chest piece. Tiia wears it so well. She is so beautiful btw

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 04:29 .

[SaturnRing]

demos99 wrote...


The Weird Corner:

I've no idea what causes this effect, but it's equal parts strange and creepy.

Awesome effect.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 04:08 .

[SaturnRing]

razviolet wrote...




Wrex: "Shepard! Whatever happens, I just want you to know..." 

All the scarring does is enhance her beauty.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 03:35 .

[SaturnRing]

LadyAly wrote...

 

speaking to Javik let her always be thoughtfully 
 


 

Often Javik views mirror Shepard most pessimistic thoughts. In that way they offer a good balance to the feedback she receives from her crew... Although at that moment he(Javik) was just contemplating beauty in it's purest form.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 04:33 .

[SaturnRing]

Rikketik wrote...




Next up in Part III: Grissom Academy and the return to Eden Prime.

Great read. The talk is indded no easy task.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 04:32 .

[Ashoken]

Here we go!

@Jane Shepard, Mikhaela is magnificent!

@ADLegend21, Two thumbs up!

@Verly, your Octavia indeed rocks that dress. But I'm certain she rocks everything she wears.

@raziel1980, That's Stacia with the awesome ME3 modded hair, right? She looks great. I can't keep up with your Shepards, but they are all ravashing. Keep 'em coming!

@Kit-103, Thank you!

@LadyAly, Thank you! It's great to see more of Carry. I really like her.

@razviolet, I love Mercedes' look. And that shot with the Cerberus mech and the rocket launcher is pure money.

@Tup3xi, good armor choice. Great screen shots!

@meonlyred, I hate that doctor. He changes that scene from sweet to creepy.

@Ottemis, Thank you!. I'm enjoying watching your fierce Marie progress through the games.

@KurouTsubasa, your Shep looks great with the default femshep texture.

@ELE08, please, more random Teagans. She rocks that bun.

@Rikketik, really enjoying Ayla and her story. I LOL'd at Big McLargeHuge.

@merylisk, Anja is one of my favorites. I agree, of all the final final goodbyes, Kaidan's is the most heartbreaking. She orders him to go!

@demos99, haha! Time Warp!

...

Lida went to the Citadel for the last time tonight. She completely surprised me and chose not to choose. I was pleasantly surprised by the final epilogue, and actually felt a little uplifted. I know that Lida made the right choice for her. And eventually, things turned out okay.

I am sad her tale is over. There were so many great moments.

There were big guns.


There was camaraderie.


There was introspection. "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Liara."


There was revenge.


There was love.


There was craziness.


And there was Lida. Farewell, star traveler.

[SaturnRing]

Ashoken wrote...



There was camaraderie.


There was introspection. "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Liara."

Emotionally charged moments.

Jane Shepard wrote

Looking forward to seeing more of Jane.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 16 juillet 2012 - 04:30 .

[ELE08]

Ottemis wrote...

@ ELE08: Teagan looks amazing. Did you redo the facial texture? It's looking ace. Particularly like the detail around the eyes, and I like the effect the high-bun has on her face-shape.
I catch myself looking at things primarily from a technical side then the aesthetics nowadays btw, kind of a parts-whole approach. Not sure if this should be classed as a positive development it's ... weird. Silly modding.

Of course I did.  I'm insano.  Can't play anymore without tweaking things for a week first ;D

I thought I'd have her go au naturale for a while after trying it out in ME3.



I cleaned out all my folders tonight.  *dumps random stuffs*

[Arkwright99]

SaturnRing wrote...

raziel1980 wrote...

More of Stacia's prologue run through ME 3...

I hate to sound like a broken record but she is beyond gorgeous.

There's something of Eva Myles (plays Gwen Cooper in Torchwood and voices Merrill in DA2) about Stacia, I think.

Modifié par demos99, 16 juillet 2012 - 07:46 .