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[ElectricZ]

 Not sure if this is the appropriate forum, but Fan Creations got lumped into the ME2 Character board, so here it will land until a moderator decides otherwise.

The question: those of you who are/were creating art and stories for Mass Effect: did you find your creative output increased, decreased, or stayed the same after finishing ME3?

For me, it's been a definite decrease. I am a fanfic writer and not a terribly prolific one. But after finishing ME3, I cranked out a pair of stories within a couple days, one a fix fic for the end, the other an outright parody. After that, I tried to get back to what I enjoyed most which is writing character pieces. Even though I dig the subject matter, I couldn't put my finger on why my heart wasn't in it like before.

Until I got a review of the character piece. The story had three of the characters trying to find hope for the situation the galaxy was facing early on in the game, and ultimately, through comaraderie they did. So far so good.

But a reviewer pointed out that knowing how the game ends, such a story was really pointless, especially for the characters involved. Ultimately, as the players who were dissatisfied with the game believe, there is no hope for the characters once the Crucible fires.

The thing is, he's right. It's hard now to write about the future of these characters knowing the canon ending. And that bums me out.

I know for me, the answer to my question after this initial burst of writing will be a massive decrease in output. Unless I'm interested in writing a bunch of alternate universe plotlines, writing hopeful character pieces seems kind of hollow. I'd almost rather put them out of their misery.

So how about the rest of you who've spend time writing and drawing in the ME playground? Did the conclusion to ME3 affect how you feel about creating for the game?

[LTKerr]

Just before ME3 was released I made a painting of Shepard and I planned to paint another one or made a 2 meters long mural of the Normandy for my bedroom. But then I played ME3. Now I don't want to draw anything related to Mass Effect, I don't know...

[ElectricZ]

Droidsbane42 wrote...

Surprisingly I found my output increased after experiencing the ending, i made my first motivationals, parody images and most of my drawings, artwork was in some way influenced by it. Ive even considered making a comic with my own ending, something i wouldnt have thought of doing. Ive actually spent more time creating ME related artwork than playing the actual game since march.

I had a similar reaction making the motivationals, parody images and attempts to "fix" the ending, but again those are kind of negative, reactionary responses to something  I saw as a flaw rather than the desire to create. I haven't picked up the game since completing it either, because I just don't see a point,  and it's that wave that has carried over into my fandom.

I'd be really interested in anyone's experience who was able to get back on the horse. What did it?

[Zombie Chow]

I'm not sure I consider myself an artist or anything, but here's some stuff I did before:

http://not1stepbackw...rt.com/gallery/

I haven't made anything lately.  I'm seriously thinking of just storyboarding my own take on an ending.  My motivation isn't like to one-up Bioware or try to get them to take my ideas.  All I wish to do is, having joined the Retake movement and whatnot, I'd like to make an ending just to appreciate the difficulty of it.  I wouldn't ask anything of anyone I wouldn't do myself, so even with limited abilities, I'd like to give it a try.  What set me off is:

- my personal dissatisfaction with the ending
- the questions this thread started, I think they're good points
- an interview with FemShep/Jennifer Hale where she's like, "Endings are hard!  I'm glad I'm not a writer"

[Lucky Thirteen]

I found my output in fan fiction increased because I want to fix things. I rarely wrote ME fanfiction before, and since ME3 I've been constantly coming up with things because so much seems so wrong. My flashdrive and notebook is a mess of random stuff that pops into my head and I immediately write out.

It's not this, oh I feel so inspired to write because I love this series so much, it's a holy crap they could have done this and could have done that and she should have said that and he should have done this.

[TheMarshal]

Canon schmanon, I write what I want. In one of my stories I've embraced the idea of Synthesis simply because it provided a means for a resurrection (I actually really dislike Synthesis). Despite thinking the endings are crap I have no desire to "fix" any of them or come up with how I think the Reapers "should" have been defeated. I prefer to focus on what I've always focused on, which is the relationships that have formed throughout the series. That's what's important. Forgetting that is why Bioware's attempts at an ending failed so spectacularly.