BISEXUAL'S FOLLY

im going to stare at it

im going to grin like an idiot

i dont care if you think its bad or not

i love it

curious more about the very early days of grail's life. how did arcann and eight (TYEE au or otherwise) actually adapt to him being around?

does eight have any hobbies that he enjoys indulging in?

does eight have any pet peeves?

How do turians hear?

They don't have visible ears.

Are their ears under their facial crests?

But it's not just a Turian problem. As far as I know, the only spacefaring species with external ears, other than Humans, are Batarians. And their's are just Human ears saran-wrapped down to the sides of their heads. For ever other species, we don't even see aural canals. Even the halfassed photoshop that was the "Tali unmasked" photo in the original ME3 managed to avoid showing ears (and the replacement in Legendary Edition keeps enough helmet on to hide any potential ears too). It's just something that was easy to "remove" to make the aliens more alien looking, I guess.

Which ties in nicely to my Headcanon that "Pyjak" is a slur for Humans not as a "you're a monkey" insult, but because Human external ears are just so HUGE and ATTENTION DRAWING and WEIRD... and this thing is the only species that can compare.

oooh yay them! thank you for the ask this was fun

12. What is one of the most pivotal moments in their pre-romantic era of their relationship?

Is it a cop-out to say getting Kerrish out of carbonite? Because like. neither Cantik nor Lana would ever have met Kerrish normally. (none of them will ever say this but Sonnas was their matchmaker by getting Kerrish involved in all this -) Other than that... There is a moment after they get to Odessen where Lana actually calls Cantik out on being such an asshole to Kerrish. Which is huge, given she and Cantik have a bond they've formed over the five year gap and Kerrish is constantly unsure if Lana likes him or is using him, and this kind of shakes up that status quo. Kerrish knows Lana cares; Cantik has to consider the words of someone they actually do like and respect (and also, with Sonnas dead and their crew gone, their only friend.)

17. What nicknames would they use for each other? If none, why not?

oh man. I can't see Lana doing nicknames unless you count "Commander" and Cantik mostly just insults people either fondly or aggressively (there is a tonal difference but it is very slight, which is another reason they suck at making friends). Lana doesn't want to seem too fond in public, and I just don't see her with cute names for people in private; Cantik has a lot of hang-ups about how they're perceived, and no idea how to control that. Kerrish, though... I think he's letting a 'honey' or a 'sweetheart' slip out pretty much at random to both of them, and I don't know if they have any inside jokes yet but if they do I could see him nicknaming one or both of the others based off that joke.

23. What is an angsty piece of their lore, and how does it affect their current relationship?

Well. The fact that Cantik met Lana while searching for his best friend/first love, who turned out to be dead, and got Kerrish as functionally a replacement for said best friend. Lana's acceptance of Kerrish as their new figurehead upsets things between her and Cantik, both because it feels like an insult to Sonnas and because Cantik does have genuine concerns that Lana is using Kerrish. (as angry as he is, he doesn't think anyone deserves that treatment.) and Kerrish's self-esteem issues get worse and worse the more Cantik shows how angry she is over having him instead of Sonnas. Cantik says some pretty unforgivable things while struggling to deal with it, but Kerrish also is. willing to forgive them. because he doesn't know how to deal with any of this either and if it helps Cantik to blame him then fine he can live with that, can't he? (He starts falling for Cantik before Cantik is ever nice to him. As you can imagine, that hurts a lot.)

Once they actually get together things are easier, but Cantik is not good at being nice and every now and then says or does something that sparks memories for one or multiple of them of that time. And Sonnas still is a topic they can't talk about much, even though he was Kerrish's brother and Cantik's best friend.

24. What is a happy (dare I say sappy) piece of their lore?

mmmmmm... one tentative but very cute concept and then a bonus this-definitely-happens one that has implied angst to it:

One, I am toying with some kids for them. Lana is someone I struggle to give biological kids to (unless it's with Nalyan who's crazy and just grows them in his lab) because the idea of Lana being like "yeah sure pregnancy sounds fine" is. wild to me. she's busy. but I do think she's a woman who could be persuaded by her partners, like I don't think she's viscerally against it. So, a hypothetical: Kerrish's immediate reaction to a pregnancy is utter delight, followed almost immediately by abject apology as he insists to Lana that since they've never talked about kids and it's her body he doesn't want her to feel like they have to have kids, and Lana does actually want to keep it because of that reaction, but neither one of them knows how Cantik feels about kids. They're both pretty sure Cantik is not a kid person.

And then they talk to Cantik about it and her immediate response is to find someone on Odessen who can build a crib. (thinking about this has revealed to me that if Cantik could carry their own child they would. i do not know why but apparently they feel strongly about this. so they're going to be very happy about the kid thing.)

sao'la for @rinskiroo 🧡

urifhrueiwfre i would love to talk about my thoughts on Hysi and Katari 😌 as a sidenote: Hysi's profile needs a major rehaul, so a lot of the information in it isn't entirely accurate, save for her personality and other tidbits here and there. i'll get around to editing it...eventually...

what struck me the most while i was reading through your posts about Katari was their personality, which is very similar to Hysi's. i think Hysi is just a little more introverted—in the sense that she's a little timid around new people and self-conscious, always holding back because she doesn't want to annoy other people by talking too much about her interests—but once you get her to open up and reassure her that she's not being annoying, she's basically a carbon copy of Katari 😂 Hysi is also someone who just wants to be a good person and help others. she obviously doesn't have the Force like Katari, but that doesn't stop her from standing up for people against those who are arguably stronger than her. i could see her and Katari getting into a lot of sticky situations this way and needing someone to pull them out of it fruieofhtre (though, depending on how strong in the Force Katari is and who they're facing, they might not need outside help sksks).

Easily becoming a pair of my favorites because they just exude the kind of energy that makes them both so fun to be around and also a little concerning to leave alone together. I think when they put their heads together, anything's possible. They amuse me greatly and I've only had them as a pair of friends for like a day and a half. Good luck to Zanya and Santi going forward though, now there's two of them...