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[Visii]

Criz-Zone wrote...

and then I relaized I had clicked quote and not edit
this really isn't my day today

Lol, I was like, "I didn't write that!"

And yes Invader Zim... just re-watched the whole series a few days ago. Gotta love GIR!

Modifié par Visii, 12 avril 2012 - 06:33 .

[Visii]

mayrabgood wrote...

This is a great idea! But I wish I could send in a screenshot of my Shepard and Thane, but I can't . I don't play on a PC and I can't get one from my xbox. I can't draw either. So I guess my writing will have to be enough

You can also go hunting on Deviant art for ShepXLI pics, but make sure you get the artist's permission!

[Aryss0410]

You guys can also help by spreading the word through facebook, twitter, and deviantart (or anything else you can think of) and sending interested parties to this thread and MassEffectLIA@gmail.com!

[Chromatix]

Aryss0410 wrote...

You guys can also help by spreading the word through facebook, twitter, and deviantart (or anything else you can think of) and sending interested parties to this thread and MassEffectLIA@gmail.com!

Heh, already.

Trying to write a letter regarding Samara btw.

[Aliqaiser]

I'm up, now where is my Graphic Tablet??

[Stalker]

With "8.5 by 11" you mean the image-size in inches? Horizontal and/or Vertical?

[Julia_xo]

mayrabgood wrote...

This is a great idea! But I wish I could send in a screenshot of my Shepard and Thane, but I can't . I don't play on a PC and I can't get one from my xbox. I can't draw either. So I guess my writing will have to be enough

I'm in the same boat. I'll try to see what I can come up with.

I do like the idea of the tribute. It's a creative way to show the Devs we care about these characters.

[Visii]

Julia_xo wrote...

mayrabgood wrote...

This is a great idea! But I wish I could send in a screenshot of my Shepard and Thane, but I can't . I don't play on a PC and I can't get one from my xbox. I can't draw either. So I guess my writing will have to be enough

I'm in the same boat. I'll try to see what I can come up with.

I do like the idea of the tribute. It's a creative way to show the Devs we care about these characters.

Also, lets us talk about our Shepards a bit . Real-roleplaying! You can always write a letter. I have no drawing talents whatsoever, but I think I have a fair-hand for writing.

Modifié par Visii, 12 avril 2012 - 09:36 .

[Aryss0410]

Mr Massakka wrote...

With "8.5 by 11" you mean the image-size in inches? Horizontal and/or Vertical?

Yes, the image size in inches and either Horizontally or Vertically. The reason we're asking for this kind of dimension is because it makes it a ton easier to format the book for printing/ binding in the long run. However, if your picture(s) does not have a high resolution, it's okay to send it in without being 8.5 by 11" and we will combine it with other artwork on the same page.

[gearseffect]

Julia_xo wrote...

mayrabgood wrote...

This is a great idea! But I wish I could send in a screenshot of my Shepard and Thane, but I can't . I don't play on a PC and I can't get one from my xbox. I can't draw either. So I guess my writing will have to be enough

I'm in the same boat. I'll try to see what I can come up with.

I do like the idea of the tribute. It's a creative way to show the Devs we care about these characters.

Wait, I play on the 360 too, and I just use my old HP Camera to get my scene shots, it may not be as simple and easy as PC.

Here are a few of the pics I've taken of my TV with my camera







Oh and here are some pics of a femshep I made in the ME3 demo on 360







I had a buddy tell me just the other when he saw that femshep that she reminded him of some chick on a TV show called Criminal Minds I can't remember what the acrtess name was,


Oh yeah and the camera that I took those pics with was a 2001 model HP degital camera

Here is link to more pics I've taken with that cemera of My Shepard, and the demo Femshep
http://s1183.photobu...ct/Mass Effect/

Modifié par gearseffect, 12 avril 2012 - 10:16 .

[Aryss0410]

If the 'project managers' of LI Fanbooks could pimp out this cause on their respective fanbook/ Deviantart pages, that would be incredibly awesome! We're trying to top The Book with how much awesome content we'll include and every little bit is important!

[Yermogi]

I'm trying to write something of good quality here... It may take a little while. XP

[LolaLei]

I'm game, count me in!

Where/who do we submit our stuff to?

Modifié par LolaLei, 12 avril 2012 - 11:17 .

[Tyrium]

Just written to the artist for permission to send in a Shep/Garrus commision she drew for me last year. This is an awesome idea!

[leighzard]

gearseffect wrote...

I had a buddy tell me just the other when he saw that femshep that she reminded him of some chick on a TV show called Criminal Minds I can't remember what the acrtess name was.

Paget Brewster.  And the resemblance is uncanny

Modifié par leborum, 12 avril 2012 - 11:24 .

[Aryss0410]

LolaLei wrote...

I'm game, count me in!

Where/who do we submit our stuff to?

MassEffectLIA@gmail.com please =)

[LolaLei]

Aryss0410 wrote...

LolaLei wrote...

I'm game, count me in!

Where/who do we submit our stuff to?

MassEffectLIA@gmail.com please =)

Awesome thank you!

[Jenlocks]

 So it's a letter about why your shepard fell for their LI? How they got it right back then but messed it up in ME3? Hit on the points why your shep found him/her compelling?

also if I draw something with my cool #2 pencil i can just scan and send right? I don't draw with any fancy computer stuff..i barely draw at all..but I think I can contribute a picture at least. is that cool?

[gearseffect]

leborum wrote...

gearseffect wrote...

I had a buddy tell me just the other when he saw that femshep that she reminded him of some chick on a TV show called Criminal Minds I can't remember what the acrtess name was.

Paget Brewster.  And the resemblance is uncanny

Holy sh!t that is freaky as heck, This would be the chick.

[Visii]

Jenlocks wrote...

 So it's a letter about why your shepard fell for their LI? How they got it right back then but messed it up in ME3? Hit on the points why your shep found him/her compelling?

also if I draw something with my cool #2 pencil i can just scan and send right? I don't draw with any fancy computer stuff..i barely draw at all..but I think I can contribute a picture at least. is that cool?

Yup all that. And yes, all drawings are welcome, just send it in!

Here's my Thane letter to show the kind of writing we're looking for:


Dear BioWare,

My Jaine Shepard was a colonist and "Ruthless". She had seen some terrible things, and done some terrible things. She romanced Kaidan during the hunt for Saren, but he was too "good" for her. To Jaine, he had made one mistake by accident a long time ago, and she had made many bad decisions on purpose, and day by day, it was eating away at her.

When Jaine woke up on the Lazarus station, she saw it as a chance to do better and move forward without the iron fetters to her past. She still had that hard edge, that tendency to lash out when diplomacy might have suited better, but instead of beating herself up over it, she just used to fuel her desire to be different. This was her new chance, she wasn't going to screw it up.

Seeing Kaidan on Horizon was, difficult. She had "hardened" Garrus during their time on the SR1, so meeting up with him wasn't so awkward. But Kaidan; he had changed and it wasn't her fault. Worse, he blamed her for it. She hadn't chose to die, to leave him mourning her for two years! She'd been dragged back from death to do her damn job and despite her determination to do better, she wasn't about to take the blame and all the mental anguish that goes with it, for something she didn't do. Jaine was done with Kaidan; his email was an insult and she didn't respond.

When she met Thane, the half-harnessed beast inside her, calmed inside its' cage. She couldn't get the image of his cool stare, his body outlined by the red and orange light of dawn, out of her head. He was very sure of himself, and his skills. The news of his terminal illness, his eventual death- if the suicide mission didn't do it- she swatted it away like an insect.

She was determined to get to know him and quickly found herself developing feelings for the drell. Jaine was the Butcher of Torfan, but she wasn't racist, and wasn't concerned with his history; for a long time, she had considered the military a means by which to murder many, only with ribbons of honor and duty and patriotism tied to it. Jaine saw no difference between her occupation and Thane's. She had no problem loving an alien, and seized each day with a ferocious joy; to do what she'd been brought back to do, to save people and stop the Reapers, and to spend every free moment she could with Thane. Because he was her equal. She couldn't push him around, he could hold his own in combat and conversation. He understood what terrible deeds done in the past do to a body, but like Jaine, he was trying to live in the present.

This is why I can't accept the culmination of Thane and Shepard's relationship in Mass Effect 3. Shepard doesn't get to say the things she should have been able to say; she doesn't get to tell Thane she loves him. Jaine didn't get to "live in the present, in the moment" with Thane. She didn't get any opportunity to show some emotion at his deathbed; denial, tears, anger. She doesn't get to express disbelief that nothing still can be done for Thane, or demand why other treatment options aren't available. I loved nearly everything about the Thane romance in ME2; I only wish I could say the same for its' conclusion in ME3.

                               

[Jenlocks]

Ok thanks Visii

[gearseffect]

@ Visii just was wondering something, I liked Thane as a character and he was really cool. Thane's death in ME3 was the one that really kicked me in the gut, it was rather well done, except the after math and all that, it was all extremely disappointing how he was forgotten about.

I was wondering if I could contribute a letter of sorts on Thane and how his death would affect his friend My Shepard. It would be a different perspective than everyone writing for LI Thane. I just wanted to check and make sure that this would be OK?

[Visii]

gearseffect wrote...

@ Visii just was wondering something, I liked Thane as a character and he was really cool. Thane's death in ME3 was the one that really kicked me in the gut, it was rather well done, except the after math and all that, it was all extremely disappointing how he was forgotten about.

I was wondering if I could contribute a letter of sorts on Thane and how his death would affect his friend My Shepard. It would be a different perspective than everyone writing for LI Thane. I just wanted to check and make sure that this would be OK?

Sure, go ahead.

[Yermogi]

As per Visii's request, I'm putting this up here as an example of what they'd like for the project. Hope it helps people understand what's needed.


Dear BioWare,

My character Jane Shepard was born on Mindoir in an average family and had a good, average life. She had brothers and parents and friends and a high school and did normal things until they were all slaughtered by batarian slavers. Then she joined the Alliance and a new family formed up around her- her brothers and sisters in arms, and she finally found herself managing to patch herself up a bit. And then the Thresher Maw killed all of them as well.

Jane Shepard was never what you would call a ‘happy’ type of person, but she tried to be friendly and remain optimistic. Doing this was the only way she felt that she could survive and not go insane, because if she accepted that her life was nothing but death and that at the end of the day she was more likely to be staring into the barrel of a gun than at a friendly face, she’d just lose it and kill herself. She was a paragon because if she didn’t at least try to help others, she’d feel like she failed everyone that had died in her life before. Helping others was the only way she could get over being alive while her family and friends were in graves. She loved Kaiden, but he couldn’t understand her, not really. She had just a half-life, and did nothing for herself because deep down she was afraid of stopping, afraid of taking a breath anddoing something that she wanted to, because she wouldn’t be helping someone else. She was afraid because whenever she had stopped before, and enjoyed and loved people before, they all died. But she tried it anyway with Kaiden- and then she died.

To say that the psychological damage done to her at this point was taking a serious toll would be an understatement. She had support from others- especially Garrus- but only Thane, who was actually dying and had been around death his entire life, could really talk to her. Thane and Jane were so similar, especially with the trauma they had both experienced. Both had loved ones killed and had killed many others, but Thane had managed to develop a way of coping with it all that he shared with Shepard.

They supported each other in ways that their other companions couldn’t begin to, and although Thane said that she awoke him from his battle sleep, he did the same for her. Thane was perfect for Shepard because he accepted her and didn’t judge her for what she had done and what she was going to do. For the first time, someone wanted to be there just for her and asked for nothing in return, and Shepard began to lose her fear of dying and death thanks to his peace and resolution. When he came to her and cried because he was no longer at peace himself, they realized for the first time in many years that it wasn’t death they had been running from, it was life. And when they had survived the supposed Suicide Run and all their companions came out alive and they had succeeded despite the odds… That was when the curse of fear lifted from both of them.

My Jane Shepard would never have accepted the way that Thane was butchered in Mass Effect 3, and neither can I, because there is no way such a fantastic and amazing character could be treated so horribly. Thane was the only thing that Jane Shepard wanted, and the only thing she dared to ask for. There was nothing else she hadn’t given to the rest of the galaxy, including her own life. Thane shouldn’t have died the way he did. Even if there never had been a cure planned for him, surely there must have been some sort of greater departure for him. Why is it that none of the crew members who knew him and were friends with him didn’t even acknowledge his death? Why is it that Shepard, who loved him and wanted to be with him, didn’t so much as blink back tears as he was dying in front of her? Why didn’t she tell Kaiden when he accused her of cheating on him that she chose Thane over him because he abandoned her when she needed him the most? Jane Shepard, and really, every Shepard who romanced him would never have been so passive and calm about this. Thane was a LOVE interest. Shepard was supposed to fall IN LOVE with him. Thane was not a casual fling, was not designed that way, but yet if Shepard chooses him, he dies and then she’s shoved right back into Kaiden’s arms. Except that Kaiden left her. There’s no way in hell that Jane Shepard would accept being called a cheater by the person who left her without even trying to understand.

Why are the Shepards who decided to either move on from heartbreak or did not have a lover from ME1 being punished for choosing him as an LI? Why were the ME2 romances forgotten about when all the romances from ME1 were treated like they were the ones Shepard was supposed to pick? Why did you even create Thane in the first place if you were just going to tear him away in such an awfully painful manner? Jane Shepard would not understand, nor accept either the ‘dropped ball’ or ‘limited resource’ excuse, and neither do I. Nor would any other Shepard who would have romanced him, and it goes without saying that their players share this dissatisfaction. You did a remarkably wonderful job with Thane in ME2. Please, don’t do yourselves and Thane this injustice by pretending this romance didn’t happen in ME3.

Give Thane back to Shepard. Don’t make her be alone because she chose someone that you placed in front of her and then took away. If every other romance can receive an “I love you,” then so should Thane. It’s the leastthat Shepard deserves after saving the galaxy twice and dying for every person in it.

-An earnest and sadly disappointed fan,
Yermogi


I was also really, really tempted to add “Not to mention we deserve it for paying 70 dollars for a game that we consider to be incomplete", but I decided that wouldn't really help the matter any. Still think it's a valid point though. 
That 70 bucks was my spending cash for the month... <_<

Modifié par Yermogi, 13 avril 2012 - 03:45 .