#itgb

Hi, darling! Sorry it took me a long time to come up with your reply. Somehow, I thought I’d already replied it xD Now onto your question, YES, I WILL. I just have to find my pace with my writing again. A few bad things happened to me last year e and this year as well. I got sick... my dog was poisoned. And then I got another job (thankfully, my previous job was making my sick) I’m working my ass off and I’m still not used to it yet... plus, we still have this pandemic right? And things are definitely NOT well here in Brazil.

But I definitely will update ITGB and finish it. And thank you so much for your kind words, sweetheart <3 It always warms my heart to get asks like this. 

god mentioning the action figures to me at this point is a trigger point 😭 but this is actually a really cute idea and the answer is absolutely yes. in mass effect it's actually canon that there are models/figures of the normandy, so those are floating around, and i think there's a bunch of bootleg action figures of the normandy crew, but you have to think about likeness rights. the alliance would have the rights to the alliance crew's likeness to a certain extent but i think that's like. picture and video. i don't think de facto their alliance contract allows them to recreate them as action figures. now. would they sign over those rights. i think the answer is no for adora after seeing what they did with her photos and video for recruitment promotion while actively denying the reapers while she was dead. i think bow would kind of be into it but wouldnt do it if the others werent and glimmer is the shadow broker she has to keep her likeness out of the limelight as much as possible even if she's not hiding from cameras lol

as for the other members, i actually think entrapta's STG contract probably did give them enough rights to make her as an action figure but i dont think they would want to LOL no one wants to piss the dalatrass off that much

catra's hierarchy contract would not allow her likeness to be used that way without an additional contract and catra absolutely would not do it lol. no one would be stupid enough to even ask XD

He stays with Entrapta lol (and thus on the Normandy for quite a while) they're good friends. She's absolutely fascinated by him and he's glad to have someone who cares about the culture that suddenly turned to dust for him overnight. Other people are interested of course and he's interviewed many times, but he feels like Entrapta cares about the First Ones themselves and what being part of them was like in a way that most of the academics don't (obviously many academics are incredibly passionate about what they study but there's a big disconnect between him and most other people being an extinct alien and all. Entrapta however has never cared about how "other" someone is lol, look at Darla. Most other people who "don't care" choose not to - Entrapta straight up doesn't notice). Entrapta eventually coaches and guides him into writing first biography-style and eventually essays for academics, sharing his knowledge and helping First Ones culture live on.

So one thing to keep in mind is that rank isn't just "you're the most accomplished", it's also a job title. So like think of it as AB00004. That means you're the fourth highest in the entire AB tier, with the first A being army and the B denoting the job title within the army branch (major general for instance). This is completely made up bullshit identifiers but just so you can get the gist. Catra is absolutely one of if not the highest for any A rank/job that she inhabits, but she's not suited to be over in C as an agriculturist, yknow

Catra was basically #2 in the military branch by the end of the war, that's why (well, part of why) she ended up in the Council seat while the Council was located at Earth. She worked to get Junipurr's rank up in the diplomatic branch so she could replace her, because it's one of those things where it's better to have four years of experience in the applicable branch than 10 years in another skill that's related, yes, but not the exact same thing.

Catra takes a "demotion" from Major General simply because that was a wartime promotion (it's normal to have ranks in the military that literally don't exist outside of war, so afterwards the people in them get "demoted" and it's not seen as anything bad. this isn't that exactly but it's the same vibe), because the role really was only meant so she would have authority over any troops she meets in the field during that mission. Now they're past a crisis, she still overall needs to be able to issue orders since they're on important missions, but her having that high of a rank without dedicated units under her command would be unheard of outside of war. She could very well keep the major general title if she wanted, but then she'd have to like, actually operate within the hierarchy and command units from magicat vessels/homeworlds and not constantly be on missions with Adora, so AC00001 suits her just fine instead. In the military branch she's very high rank, but her job title is lower than before.

With the line for the throne, that's a separate line determined partially by rank and partially by additional factors that could never be captured with a rank (such as the fact Catra doesn't know shit about magicat culture). clawdeen is #1 and catra's still basically #2 rank-wise, but their cousin (who was like, number 3 or 4 or something) stepped up to take the role since she was actually on Palaven. catra starts slipping as they figure out who is still alive, people distinguish themselves as touchstones of the people in the post-war rebuilding, and time passing from the war makes Catra's military experience less relevant than cultural knowledge. If the queen needed to be replaced, ideally the number 3 overall ranked would take it, but otherwise it is likely Clawdeen would take the throne and Catra would become the military Primarch because, again, diplomacy is not really her skillset. Not because she can't do it, but she doesn't want to lol. she probably stays in the single digits for the secession line, but other experience gets prioritized over her