Garrus Love and Adoration v.2
#19451
Guest_Raga_*
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:18
Guest_Raga_*
When Grunt says "you don't see turians out of their armor much" what do you think that means? Does he mean all turians, period? Does he mean specifically turians who are soldiers or fighers? Does he literally mean just armor or does he mean that turians don't like to show a lot of skin in general? (It sure seems like they don't.) Why don't they take their armor off more? Practical reasons? Cultural ones?
#19452
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:18
#19453
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:21
Turians have a sense of duty so they must be going about being hired as mercenaries, C-Sec whatever, you name it. So they're always going off to work in there armor all the time.
#19454
Guest_Raga_*
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:22
Guest_Raga_*
#19455
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:22
And Raga -
I think it's because of comfort maybe?
They seem to not like the cold, and well, armor is pretty warm, at least all the armor we've seen turians in. I think we'd need more data, since honestly, I've seen about equal amounts of armored/unarmored turians all over the hub places. (Citadel, Omega, Noveria, etc)
#19456
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:23
#19457
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:27
Yeah, I usually have him in the Predator armor myself. Same as my FemShep.Ragabul the Ontarah wrote...
I actually like him best in mantis armor and titan armor. He strikes me as a camo kind of guy.
Modifié par Sand King, 14 mai 2010 - 04:27 .
#19458
Guest_Raga_*
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 04:28
Guest_Raga_*
Shazzammer2 wrote...
Ok this may be a long stretch but, I think he meant that as a figure of speech? The 'turians not taking armor off' thing.
Turians have a sense of duty so they must be going about being hired as mercenaries, C-Sec whatever, you name it. So they're always going off to work in there armor all the time.
Well, he was specifically talking about a stripped turian like that was a highly unusual situation. Also recall how krogan actually use torment of enemies as a mark of respect. "I won't disrespect their strength by doing less than the worst to them" as Grunt says of the Collectors. Or Wrex "Our worst insult is to say something's not worth killing." The turian being mauled is dead so why bother with all the claw-hammer, stripping him stuf if not for symbolic reasonsf? Having the plates pulled off sounds like a torment that would physically hurt but that would also carry cultural humiliation for a turian. The krogan certainly consider tearing off the head-plate as a really big deal. Remember where Zaeed says you can tear off a krogan's plate with a knife if you do it just right and threatening it is the best way to get them talking? It might be considered emasculating or something to the krogan and would probably qualify as "doing the worst" to a formidable enemy. They must consider that turian a worthy enemy if he was part of the group that killed the warlord Shiager. Anyway, given all that, maybe stripping a turian out of his armor is some kind of tailored insult.
#19459
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 09:33
#19460
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 09:38
Man that game was hard! It was also my first game other than childrens games
No problemkglaser wrote...
And belated thanks to Chimervera (many apologies if I spelled that incorrectly) for the Urz banner. Great!
Speaking of banners, should I add the new, alcohol related banner slogans into the animated Clan Vakarian banner, or create a new one just for those slogans? Or both?
Also, I'm looking for particularly bad fanfiction (preferably involving Garrus and possibly mutant babies, but any bad ME fanfiction wil do). I've been getting the urge to do some sporking lately. There was a mutant babies fic posted a while ago, but is it bad-horrible, bad-mindboggling, or bad-boring? Or just a decent fic with the mistake of adding mutant babies? I'd end up starting with that fics predecessor too, so if anyone's read either/both, please tell me which category it falls into. Feel free to send me other fics you feel need to be sporked too! (If anyone's lost as to what sporking is, examples can be found here and here)
Modifié par Chimervera, 14 mai 2010 - 10:32 .
#19461
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 09:54
And as per request: More Garrus Punch
Modifié par Ray Joel Oh, 14 mai 2010 - 10:26 .
#19462
Guest_Umanix_*
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 10:53
Guest_Umanix_*
WHAT.
WHAT IS THIS.
#19463
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 11:08

#19464
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 11:19
Chimervera wrote...
Also, I'm looking for particularly bad fanfiction (preferably involving Garrus and possibly mutant babies, but any bad ME fanfiction wil do). I've been getting the urge to do some sporking lately. There was a mutant babies fic posted a while ago, but is it bad-horrible, bad-mindboggling, or bad-boring? Or just a decent fic with the mistake of adding mutant babies? I'd end up starting with that fics predecessor too, so if anyone's read either/both, please tell me which category it falls into. Feel free to send me other fics you feel need to be sporked too! (If anyone's lost as to what sporking is, examples can be found here and here)
*really hopes that someone won't nominate my crappy fanfics*
#19465
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 11:28
Have to post this. For science!

{cross-posted from the Motivationals thread by the way, didn't make this one myself.}
And yeah, I don't think Mordin's all about science, either. He's genuinely concerned about you and your chosen LI, but also jokes around a lot in conversations. Like in the one about the Collectors, with Gilbert and Sullivan (YEAH!), or at the end of the sex talk, with the "less alcohol and mood music required" quip.
I really liked him.
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Mordin is an insainly well-written character. Almost makes me jelous.
[quote]Ragabul the Ontarah wrote...
Makes you wonder if there is some little tribe of REALLY crazy fangirls on the internet somewhere that are underground. I thought we were nuts, but just look through fanfiction.net some afternoon and you will realize we don't have ANYTHING on some people.[/quote]
Lol. Most of the time when someone makes a comment on this forum about us (or any of the fan threads, even the Tali one) being ‘a little too nuts’, I always think oh, how little of the internets they must have seen. We are barely worth calling the tip of the iceberg, IMO.
[quote]Shazzammer2 wrote...
[quote]Collider wrote...
Very true. Crappy and creepy fanfiction abound (in general). [/quote]
in general, each character has creepy fans ... except for Jacob
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Sure, but I meant fanfiction on fanfiction.net in general. Some of the things I've seen and read I kinda wish I could unread.[/quote]
Rule 34 and rule 35 are true. Oh, I’ve seen things, people. Things which cannot be unseen….
It was one of the reasons why I resisted fanfic for so long. Between the crappy and the creepy, and the takes itself too seriously, some of what is out there is terrifying. ME fic is the first I’ve really gotten into, and the only one I’ve ever had the urge to write. But then because some people take it so seriously, I end up taking it seriously, and get into a cycle. I’ll learn. Lol. Some of it, when you read, is very… well, OOC is one thing, but OOC wish-fulfilment in a non-crackfic way is something else entirely, and it scares me a little.
(I read Xsause’s crackfic, and it made me smile lots though.
[quote]Pacifien wrote...
I thought of that Salarian/Turian conversation when Garrus then brought up his idea that the Council was purposely dragging their feet in bringing Saren in. Saren was their top Spectre, and I imagine he had quite a few connections in the Council looking out for him. Considering I view Garrus to be somewhat young, I found it odd that he of all C-Sec officers was assigned such a high profile case as investigating Saren. Sure, with a little extra time, Garrus proved he could get the investigation done, but I bet there were some people in C-Sec hoping he'd fail.[/quote]
I’ve wondered this loads. Then I had to wonder why Pallin chose to put Garrus, the officer least likely to let it go, on the case when it’s obvious from the get-go that Saren won’t be convicted (everything he touches is classified anyway – the Tali evidence was a one in a million fluke. He must have known Garrus wouldn’t find anything in time). I like to think he wanted Garrus to leave and take it further, in a bid to take Saren down. However, the cynic in me thnks he may just have wanted to give Garrus something to keep him busy. I don’t think Pallin would have wanted him to fail (because in turian hierarchy, the failure would have been in part Pallin’s as well), but I think a good few C-Secers may have liked the idea of Garrus failing: he seems like he rubbed people the wrong way.
Garrus is young, yes, but he has clearly been with C-Sec for a while (Shepard says as much. Also, they don’t put rookies in the wards). And I think you can move up in rank quickly if you are good at your job, but yes., he seems a tad low level to be first port of call for investigating Spectres. Makes me think maybe C-Sec cases are assigned by rota: Garrus just happened to be the officer whose desk Saren’s file crossed. But then, he does take it quite personally… so I don’t know. I think I may be over thinking this.
I know we have the reputation as the 'wall of text' thread, but generally I think that even our slightly tangental conversatiosn (alien language, etc) feed into our Garrus conversations. And the responses on this thread tend to be very well thought out and intelligent (well, except when we thread drunkies crack open the wine. And even then we do better than some
@Chimevera An animated alcoholic banner would be awesome!
#19466
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 11:38
Xsause wrote...
*really hopes that someone won't nominate my crappy fanfics*
Yours are humour and parody fics, so they're allowed to be bad
Some of the fics I've read have required copious amounts of brain bleach afterwards. And made me not able to eat certain foods or look at certain colours.....
(To this day, I still cannot stand the colour lavender. Damn you badfic!)
#19467
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 11:49
Re: Mordin's sense of humour. Oh, he totally enjoys taking the ******, and it's great. He's definitely one of the best characters ME has shown us so far: smart, shrewd, concerned, committed to his work, but also tongue-in-cheek. The singing interlude is legendary. And his LM was amazing: hands down, the best of the lot. I actually had to stop and think about my decision. His reaction to the dead female krogan was also very powerful: the fact that he prayed for her gave me goosebumps. All in all, it was destabilizing in a good way to see a completely serious, conflicted Mordin.
Modifié par Nilfalasiel, 14 mai 2010 - 11:50 .
#19468
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 12:21
I read this pron GarrusxFemShep fic, the first chapter was about the two exploring each others body and it was a lot to read and with a cliff hanger. I checked out after 2 months only to find out that they were both virgins...that was mind blowing. The reach and flexibility talk in the scout's quarter wasn't about sex, but they actually continued what they started and Garrus won. Shepard kept herself "pure" until she found the perfect man. As for Garrus, he was too focused on his work to worry himself about sex. That was just mind blowing.
The dialogs were cheesy, Shepard was the most powerful biotic EVAH, surpassing even an asari matriarch but she was a mere soldier and modest about it. Best at using any weapon, even a japanese sword. Able to fly the Normandy and if she wanted to. Before she was assigned to the Normandy, she could have been an admiral on the Destiny Ascension but she polity refused. And everyone was falling for her, even Saren and the turian councilor, but they both had to keep it professional. And no, her name wasn't Mary Sue, she had a name I couldn't even pronounce.
I don't think I can find the fic anymore, it was on Quizilla and I trolled her for the lulz.
There was also a fic lurking about how Saren surprise butt-sexed Nihlus as a pay-back for making him a Spectre.
#19469
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 12:25
janeym27 wrote...
Sure, but I meant fanfiction on fanfiction.net in general. Some of the things I've seen and read I kinda wish I could unread.
Rule 34 and rule 35 are true. Oh, I’ve seen things, people. Things which cannot be unseen….
Now we're on that subject, I thought I'd repost this:

LOLandStuff wrote...
There was also a fic lurking about how Saren surprise butt-sexed Nihlus as a pay-back for making him a Spectre.
Modifié par Xsause, 14 mai 2010 - 12:29 .
#19470
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 12:34
LOLandStuff wrote...
I am not fluent in english and I mostly read plays, but some fic are full of purple prose and bad writing. All I do is scroll down and scroll down and continue doing so until I get to something decent to read past the meticulous description of absolutely nothing interesting, like silky golden hair that shines at the sunset rays of a thousand burning suns or the milky delicate skin, soft to the touch as a baby derriere. Some are so painful to read I don't even know if my head is about to explode or make my eyes bleed then have my head explode.
I read this pron GarrusxFemShep fic, the first chapter was about the two exploring each others body and it was a lot to read and with a cliff hanger. I checked out after 2 months only to find out that they were both virgins...that was mind blowing. The reach and flexibility talk in the scout's quarter wasn't about sex, but they actually continued what they started and Garrus won. Shepard kept herself "pure" until she found the perfect man. As for Garrus, he was too focused on his work to worry himself about sex. That was just mind blowing.
The dialogs were cheesy, Shepard was the most powerful biotic EVAH, surpassing even an asari matriarch but she was a mere soldier and modest about it. Best at using any weapon, even a japanese sword. Able to fly the Normandy and if she wanted to. Before she was assigned to the Normandy, she could have been an admiral on the Destiny Ascension but she polity refused. And everyone was falling for her, even Saren and the turian councilor, but they both had to keep it professional. And no, her name wasn't Mary Sue, she had a name I couldn't even pronounce.
I don't think I can find the fic anymore, it was on Quizilla and I trolled her for the lulz.
There was also a fic lurking about how Saren surprise butt-sexed Nihlus as a pay-back for making him a Spectre.
I don't even...
#19471
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 12:45
janeym27 wrote...
@Chimevera An animated alcoholic banner would be awesome! ../../../images/forum/emoticons/joyful.png Thanks for all your banner awesome. And Xsause too.

I've also created a blog entry with all the Clan Vakarian banners. Mostly so I can keep track of them, but I'll edit it whenever a banner is updated or created.
Wow, that's one monster of a sue! I'm not surprised it was on Quizilla - many of the stupidest fics come from there. Maybe I'll see if I can trck it down...LOLandStuff wrote...
I read this pron GarrusxFemShep fic, the first chapter was about the two exploring each others body and it was a lot to read and with a cliff hanger. I checked out after 2 months only to find out that they were both virgins...that was mind blowing. The reach and flexibility talk in the scout's quarter wasn't about sex, but they actually continued what they started and Garrus won. Shepard kept herself "pure" until she found the perfect man. As for Garrus, he was too focused on his work to worry himself about sex. That was just mind blowing.
The dialogs were cheesy, Shepard was the most powerful biotic EVAH, surpassing even an asari matriarch but she was a mere soldier and modest about it. Best at using any weapon, even a japanese sword. Able to fly the Normandy and if she wanted to. Before she was assigned to the Normandy, she could have been an admiral on the Destiny Ascension but she polity refused. And everyone was falling for her, even Saren and the turian councilor, but they both had to keep it professional. And no, her name wasn't Mary Sue, she had a name I couldn't even pronounce.
I don't think I can find the fic anymore, it was on Quizilla and I trolled her for the lulz.
Speaking of fics that can't be found, has anyone ever encountered a "Sailor Mass Effect" fic? Because I read about it somewhere, and it was apparently very horrible and illogical, but the link was broken and I've never been able to find it. If it is ever found, it goes straight to the top of the spork list!
...Why am I not surprised?There was also a fic lurking about how Saren surprise butt-sexed Nihlus as a pay-back for making him a Spectre.
Modifié par Chimervera, 14 mai 2010 - 12:48 .
#19472
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 12:54
There is YouxGarrus fanfiction. Yeah, that's right. Fanfiction involving the reader him/herself.
Modifié par Xsause, 14 mai 2010 - 12:54 .
#19473
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 12:58
Xsause wrote...
I just looked on Quizilla for the lulz.
There is YouxGarrus fanfiction. Yeah, that's right. Fanfiction involving the reader him/herself.
Ugh, You!Sues. Quizilla is like a breeding ground for those things! Are there any that stand out in their horribleness?
Modifié par Chimervera, 14 mai 2010 - 01:00 .
#19474
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 01:00
Chimervera wrote...
Xsause wrote...
I just looked on Quizilla for the lulz.
There is YouxGarrus fanfiction. Yeah, that's right. Fanfiction involving the reader him/herself.
Ugh, You!Sues. Quizilla is like a breeding ground for those things! Are there any that stand out in there horribleness?
...It's pretty much all You!Sue fanfiction. Here's a link to the ones I could find.
On to continue my search for horrible fanfiction....
#19475
Posté 14 mai 2010 - 01:02
Chimervera wrote...
Speaking of fics that can't be found, has anyone ever encountered a "Sailor Mass Effect" fic? Because I read about it somewhere, and it was apparently very horrible and illogical, but the link was broken and I've never been able to find it. If it is ever found, it goes straight to the top of the spork list!
When you say Sailor Mass Effect, is it as in Sailor Moon and Mass Effect?
Did they find the Moon Kigndom and the Sailor Scouts?
If yes, then that's just wow...wow.




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