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[MizzNaaa]

Dragon_Claw wrote...

*snip*

Yeah... Kinda makes you think, doesn´t it?

LOL yes!

Also ToP:

Modifié par MizzNaaa, 01 août 2012 - 03:24 .

[meonlyred]

MizzNaaa wrote...

Dragon_Claw wrote...

*snip*

Yeah... Kinda makes you think, doesn´t it?

LOL yes!

Also ToP:

Mizz have I told you lately how much I love Jennifer.

Modifié par meonlyred, 01 août 2012 - 03:27 .

[SaturnRing]

Dragon_Claw wrote...
Shoe sale on Illium...

You bet; my Deirdre won't feel any remorse for looting; And then show up at Armax stores when they have chest harnesses or combat boots on sale. I may feel guilty but don't expect any apologies from her. She will take out bad guys and do it in style if she can.

@Bowie Hawkins: That's what i thought the first time i went through the endings: Starbratt just picked the easy way out - for him. Let things evolve in the unknown then you talking about short-circuit"ing" your (starbratt's) synthetic brain trying to assess if a solution is even relevant or needed.    

Modifié par SaturnRing, 01 août 2012 - 04:18 .

[razviolet]

@Mizznaaa: *holds in squeal* I love that pic, especially their expressions while in that pose

@meonlyred: That gif is awesome. It looks like someone was trying to make her laugh while she was reading.

Final goodbyes. Liara has a gift.


"Vikarain and Shepard storming heaven, huh? I'll meet you at the bar"


"A pity we did not know each other in my cycle."


I threw up another one-shot set that was inspired by the scenes above. Prisoners of War's Design. And yes, I just shipped her and Javik. How can BioWare expect to throw an interesting character at me with a strong personality, great writing, a complex history- not to mention that deep voice- and not expect me to swoon a little? I'm disappointed he wasn't a love interest.

Modifié par razviolet, 01 août 2012 - 03:55 .

[meonlyred]

@razviolet, *cough cough* Kaidan *cough cough*

[sagefic]

Turned on ME3 and played like, oh, 5 minutes of it. But first step to finishing insanity playthrough has been stepped. And I have to remember how to adept, now.



Shepard: Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat! Tee hee!
James: (offcamera) Who the hell let the biotic use the mounted gun? *I* wanna use it!

Ahem. anyhow, poked head in here, much awesome discussion of starchild. i find it fascinating. Am taking notes. All is making me think. Thinking is good. Thinking is better than the feels. I shall think on the game and save the feels for fiction.

also, many lovely sheps. love 'em. that is all.

Modifié par sagequeen, 01 août 2012 - 04:05 .

[SaturnRing]

sagequeen wrote...

Turned on ME3 and played like, oh, 5 minutes of it. But first step to finishing insanity playthrough has been stepped. And I have to remember how to adept, now.


Shepard: Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat! Tee hee!
James: (offcamera) Who the hell let the biotic use the mounted gun? *I* wanna use it!

Ahem. anyhow, poked head in here, much awesome discussion of starchild. i find it fascinating. Am taking notes. All is making me think. Thinking is good. Thinking is better than the feels. I shall think on the game and save the feels for fiction.

also, many lovely sheps. love 'em. that is all.

Would be awesome to have your opinion on the subject.

[Sinapus]

sagequeen wrote...

Turned on ME3 and played like, oh, 5 minutes of it. But first step to finishing insanity playthrough has been stepped. And I have to remember how to adept, now.



Shepard: Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat! Tee hee!
James: (offcamera) Who the hell let the biotic use the mounted gun? *I* wanna use it!

RHIP, James. RHIP...

Ahem. anyhow, poked head in here, much awesome discussion of starchild. i find it fascinating. Am taking notes. All is making me think. Thinking is good. Thinking is better than the feels. I shall think on the game and save the feels for fiction.

also, many lovely sheps. love 'em. that is all.

Don't be a stranger...

[SaturnRing]

razviolet wrote...



I threw up another one-shot set that was inspired by the scenes above. Prisoners of War's Design. And yes, I just shipped her and Javik. How can BioWare expect to throw an interesting character at me with a strong personality, great writing, a complex history- not to mention that deep voice- and not expect me to swoon a little? I'm disappointed he wasn't a love interest.

He can probably sense when he is being desired...

[sagefic]

SaturnRing wrote...
Would be awesome to have your opinion on the subject.

Um... Which part? Are you asking my opinion on the ending or on StarChild's explanation of the Reapers purpose?

To the first, I didn't care for the endings, even with EC. This is why. And also this is why.

To the second, I have two opinions about what StarChild says about the Reapers' purpose:

1) It doesn't actually matter.  It's interesting to find out the reason for the Reapers existence (or it would have been if I felt their purpose was thematically consistent, which I don't.) Knowing why the Reapers do what they do also might have been important if it had somehow factored into battle strategies against them.

But to me, the Reapers creation and purpose actually wasn't a critical plot detail. It wasn't the driving dramatic question, I thought. Not really. The driving dramatic question of Mass Effect - in my understanding, anyhow - was always something along the lines of that opening line: "What about Shepard?" The dramatic question was, "Will Shepard stop Saren?" or "Will Shepard survive the suicide mission?" "Will Shepard save the day?" "Will Shepard take back Earth?" "Will Shepard stop the Reapers?" "Will Sjepard unite the galaxy?" And yes, of course, " "Will Shepard get her little blue babies?" 

Whether I knew the specifics of why the Reapers did what they did was a curiosity at best. I would have been perfectly happy for that to remain shrouded in mystery if the *way* in which Shepard saved the day had felt more earned. I was really not a fan of the Crucible doing everything. I was hoping for a (Rannoch+Tuchanka) x10 = Epic Ending in which all decisions pan out in myriad different ways. The reason behind the Reapers might have factored into that ending, but that really wasn't the focus of the story up until that point, so it was weird to me that it became the focus of the story at the end. I came to hear a story about Shepard and was disappointed that the ending focused so heavily on the game's mythology. It was like going to see your favorite actor in a play and at the ending, the actor is shuffled off the stage and you're asked to applaud the set design. Set design is cool and all, but it wasn't what I came to see. I came to see Shepard.

And so, 2) I have some theories about the creator race, but they're all pretty much speculation. Some are game-based, some are wild imaginings of what I came up with in my own head when waititng for ME2.  I'm going to stick them in my fanfic, eventually. That's also part of the reason I haven't been around much. It's really hard for me not to weigh in with my theories, and instead I want to write them out in story form. Or try to, anyhow. Maybe no one will like my theories but me, but hey, that's one person pleased. 

Anyhow, I've really enjoyed reading the thoughts. Gonna have to pop head in more often, if I can even remotely try and keep up with the speed of this thread. 

Modifié par sagequeen, 01 août 2012 - 04:55 .

[Bowie Hawkins]

razviolet wrote...

How...anticlimatic. I can't wrap my brain around Starbrat having a conscience.

I didn't intend that as it having a conscience so much as the sudden realisation of mortality when it became clear that millions of years of existence were about to come to an end frightened it.

It took the form of the child in the simulation because, as someone whose first desire is to protect others, Shepard would be most responsive to that (and it explained this during the conversation leading up to Shepard making her choice which took place offscreen because I wanted to cut straight to the end). That's why it was the same form that the reapers had been using to prey on Shepard's doubts and fears in the dreams that were intended to make her think that the three choices that it gave her were the only options.

As for wishful thinking? Well yeah, but in the end isn't that true of all fanfic? I originally wrote this right after I ended my first playthrough of ME3, and only moved it onto ff.net when I decided to start writing what happens next. I'm still working on the next chapter, but you gave me too good a chance to link to it.  Thank you for the feedback!

[raziel1980]

 Some nice sheps and discussion going on here since I last posted...great to see 

@LadyAly : No, she isn't...I never play pure Paragon or Renegade...it's always Renegon or Paragade...in this case it's save the rachni queen and even though she sacrificed the council. She chose Anderson to be on the new council. 

@razviolet: Thanks...Love Mercy and her story ending will be AWESOME. 

Anyways...here are a few more from ME 2 Gabby since I spent all day/night MPing with my new N7 Shadow and my Phoenix Vanguard. Btw...BIOWARE...please for the love of god release the MP armors, weapons and abilities to single player with your upcoming single player dlcs. We would all love for our shepards to be able to use these abilities...hell you could even make it into a store type of thing...where Shep can trade her current abilities in for the new ones. 

[SaturnRing]

sagequeen wrote...


 This is why. And also this is why.

I agree.  i'll keep exploring though; probably because of how much i've invested in my character

Modifié par SaturnRing, 01 août 2012 - 07:02 .

[Sinapus]

Bowie Hawkins wrote...

razviolet wrote...

How...anticlimatic. I can't wrap my brain around Starbrat having a conscience.

I didn't intend that as it having a conscience so much as the sudden realisation of mortality when it became clear that millions of years of existence were about to come to an end frightened it.

...that tends to happen quite a bit with people who face Commander Shepard.

Work blocks fanfic site, so can't read that yet. The observation just came to mind. Had to inflict my insanityshare it with you all...

[LadyAly]

@SebAusFR Love that shot on Rannoch. Very nice colors for the Armor. I'm such a sucker for harmonic colors
and about the TV - Let me laugh. I was thinkig the same - but oh well - its space grain interferred by Reaper activity:devil:
@demos99 Farewell Jennifer - you were going down like a boss - And it wouldn't harm to post every now and then another pic of your many, many screens :happy:
@razviolet - WOW the Pics where Mercy gets nearly crushed are amazing

Ottemis wrote...

@razviolet : Starbrat says he gave the reapers purpose, not that he created them in the EC.

"Where did the Reapers come from, did you create them?"
- "My creators gave the reapers form, I gave them function"

It
bothers me slightly it's hinted the 'creator-race' created the reapers
but their initial design for them is not explained, just that they were
re-purposed by Starbrat. Maybe they were the initial synthetics created
by that race, and part of the organic-synthetic conflict that sparked
everything.

*snipso*

Well yes - this let me think.
Logical reason for this form could be a insectoid mechanical form of the creators.
BUT
- it came to my mind that it would be war wise much better to use cute
smiling bubbles or anything beautiful - would be helpfully for the
reapers. No one would shoot at first glance on  a cute smiling bubble.

Anyway - most tales in this genre having ugly, scary and threatening forms and behaviour - and so are the Reapers.
@meonlyred - OH <3 <3 <3 This Gif is so cute

@sagequeen - You should definitive looking more in here
@raziel1980 Gabby rocks the scars

Dreadnought Problems and Quarian Stubborns - Chiara has some to deal with

 



uups ...

Modifié par LadyAly, 01 août 2012 - 07:10 .

[SaturnRing]

Shepard and Alenko aiding Williams...assessing any threats.

All threats adressed. She is safe...for now.


@LadyAly: the Reapers(or those who designed them) are so rigid and show a total lack of imagination. That's is typical of organisms who think of themselves as superior and tend to underestimate their opposition. Love your last pic.

@raziel: Cool shots of Gabby. Scars so visible so early.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 01 août 2012 - 03:01 .

[Bowie Hawkins]

Sinapus wrote...

...that tends to happen quite a bit with people who face Commander Shepard.

She does have a knack gfor this sort of thing, doesn't she? 

[Arkwright99]

SaturnRing wrote...

@demos99: i admire your poise. The only thing i wanna do right after i finnish a playthrough is start a new one. I like the Jennifer pics you posted.

Heh! Well, I've got something like 250+GB of screenshots to wade through (and that's just ME3) first before I start collecting any new ones! Also, I don't think I'm ready to leave Jennifer behind just yet; I've spent too long living with her to just throw her over for a new FemShep without processing the rest of her (untold) story in my headcanon. Whether I'll put any of it down on paper or whether it'll just exist as a thought experiement I'll have to see. I suppose, in a sense, it's a form of mourning for a story/life that has come to end. I need to process my emotions before moving on, I guess.

FWIW, however, I spent last evening playing out all the non-Destroy EC endings with 'alternative' Jennifers; just to see how things might have turned out in three parallel universes.

I have to say, I still prefer Destroy for Jennifer's canonical ending.

Synthesis seemed too pat-happy a conclusion for the Renegon, what with the entire galaxy - including Reapers, husks, etc. presumably - coming together to hold hands and sing 'Kumbaya' and drink Coke or something. Different Shepards' mileage no doubt varies but as a (not so) old soldier Jennifer couldn't bring herself to buy into a galaxy of peace, love and harmony as the universe waves a magic wand and makes all the bad things go away.




For Control Jennifer, not surprisingly, got the Renegade ending and but ultimately she felt no-one should have that much Power. Her first impression from talking to the Catalyst was that it was clearly insane. Whether it had always been insane
(reaping its own creators against their will) or had gone insane over the course of countless cycles (why else keep forcing organic races down the same existential cul-de-sac) she neither knew or cared. If she replaced the Catalyst and became Reaper-Shepard-God how long would it be before she too went mad?




The Rejection ending was interesting but ultimately a futile gesture Jennifer decided. It condemned not only countless billions (trillions?) of lives to existence in Reaper form but also her friends, colleagues and loved ones. She'd always believed that command meant making that difficult decision to sacrifice the lives of a few over here to save the lives of the many over there. She'd proved this with the Destiny Ascension, the Terra Nova colonists and the Bahakian colonists and sacrificng the geth (and EDI) to destroy the Reapers once and for all was no different. She paid that price gladly to secure the safety of the galaxy. She'd proved that organics and synthetics could find peace together so she rejected the Catalyst's conviction that conflict was inevitable. Besides, she owed it to Javik not to let this cycle fail as his had failed.

[merylisk]

Dragon_Claw wrote...

SaturnRing wrote...

@Dragon_Claw: i though about it on Mordin's recruiting mission, when contronting humans looters. Though i went renegade on them, Shepard doesn't exactly stand on moral ground...except that she "loots" for higher purposes. n the end looting is just looting. 

Shoe sale on Illium...

I can't tell if you're being really sexist, or trolling.

[Audience]

Hey guys!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Been lurking though, and reading the discussion. =)
Nice to see Gabriella made it into ME2, and yay, Deirdre is back!

Demonique wrote...

That's such an adorable picture. I love Eve.
Dont think I can get myself to do a playthrough without saving Maelon's data. =P

As an update on Olivia's story, I finished ME1, on to ME2. I might start writing out excerpts of her story in my blog.
Though I know absolutely nothing about gun lingo, even less from translating into English from Dutch.
Might have to stick to off-duty hours.
http://cloud.steampo...EC1C3CC2C4C8DD/

[KyreneZA]

merylisk wrote...

Dragon_Claw wrote...

SaturnRing wrote...

@Dragon_Claw: i though about it on Mordin's recruiting mission, when contronting humans looters. Though i went renegade on them, Shepard doesn't exactly stand on moral ground...except that she "loots" for higher purposes. n the end looting is just looting. 

Shoe sale on Illium...

I can't tell if you're being really sexist, or trolling.

Here, have some Chillax™, merylisk! I can't tell if you're being overly sensitive, or had a sense-of-humour-failure.

[Dragon_Claw]

merylisk wrote...

Dragon_Claw wrote...

SaturnRing wrote...

@Dragon_Claw: i though about it on Mordin's recruiting mission, when contronting humans looters. Though i went renegade on them, Shepard doesn't exactly stand on moral ground...except that she "loots" for higher purposes. n the end looting is just looting. 

Shoe sale on Illium...

I can't tell if you're being really sexist, or trolling.

Neither...

And thanks to SaturnRing & Kyrene for being good sports.  

[sagefic]

SaturnRing wrote...

sagequeen wrote...


 This is why. And also this is why.

I agree.  i'll keep exploring though; probably because of how much i've invested in my character

Agreed. At this point I'm finishing ME stuff 'for Kyrie,' odd as that probably sounds. Don't think I'd bother if I hadn't gotten so invested in the character.

[Riot86]

So, I just reached Mass Effect 3 with my first Femshep. And after finishing the first two games with the female protagonist I have to admit: Jane is undoubtedly the better Commander Shepard 

For ME 1 and ME 2 I used the first preset custom face (the "default" one) and just changed a few minor things like her hairstyle, her haircolor, her eyebrows, the color of her eyes and her make-up. In the end she looked like this...



But after importing my character to ME 3 I was shocked that my Femshep didn't look like she did in the first two games, even though her ME 3 identity code matches the one I got from ME 2. (There is a slight resemblance to be accurate, but she definately looks different in ME 3 -  much younger and less badass)

Hence I tried to search for some ME 3 face codes which give her back her "default" appearance from the first two games. And though I did find a few which look kinda like her in ME 1 and 2, they weren't close enough that I could say "That's my Jane Shepard"

So, I figured the best place to ask for help would be in this thread:
Has anyone a ME 3 face code that looks like the default Femshep from the first two games? Or maybe some other way to get back her old face like for example an easy to install mod or something like that?

While reading a bit in this thread I saw some really good looking "Janes" that came really close to her original look. So I'm optimistic that there is some way to have her look like in the predecessors.

I would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance

Modifié par Riot86, 01 août 2012 - 02:04 .

[sagefic]

Riot86 wrote...

Has anyone a ME 3 face code that looks like the default Femshep from the first two games? Or maybe some other way to get back her old face like for example an easy to install mod or something like that?

While reading a bit in this thread I saw some really good looking "Janes" that came really close to her original look. So I'm optimistic that there is some way to have her look like in the predecessors.

I would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance

I don't know about a face code, exactly. I do know it can take a bit of tweaking to get your Shepard looking like herself again, whatever you were working with:



The problem with default Jane is that the 'true' default jane has no facecode. If you're using something slightly tweaked from the default, that would be easier to re-create in ME2 in the opening CC and pull the code from there, but even then, you might need to do some tweaking to get her skin tone correct again.

short story, I put up a blog post on tweaking shep back to her original appearance, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for or if you want to mess around with gibbed editing and such.

Modifié par sagequeen, 01 août 2012 - 02:06 .