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Don't Want to Lose You -

And this is my second piece for the @aromanceforthedragonages gift exchange. This time it's a gift for @natsora! I read the prompt and my mind just went "YES." with the Trespasser angst. >:)

The mauve + turquoise ran strong in this exchange!

Tagging @bronzieinthedas @mythals-whore @biowaredisasterbisexual No obligations

What is the origin of your blog name?

Well this isn't my first blog and in addition this has gone through several iterations. I use the name in a lot of places and it goes all the way back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

What’s your “I will always order this” food?

It depends on where I am. If I'm home Jägerschnitzel with fries, when I'm with my wife a burger, also with fries. So maby it's fries?

What’s your overused emoji?

😞💯😊🙃🌈 I don't use a lot of emoji bc I'm usually on my computer

What’s your current comfort show/movie/book?

Hmmm, I don't really have any. But I do have some video games I always come back to.

Song you’ve had on repeat this week?

I've had the Six: Live on opening night (original Broadway cast recording) on loop for a few weeks now

What’s the last thing you hyperfixated on?

Six the Musical

What’s an oddly specific thing that brings you joy?

the first cup of coffee in the morning

What smell instantly makes you happy?

fresh ground coffee

What’s something you loved as a kid that you secretly love now?

computer games? I've been hooked since Pong! I don't think that's a secret though

What’s your phone wallpaper right now?

It's my wife's and mine D&D characters from our last campaign. We made it all the way to level 20. A friend of ours did the art for us. She's so talented!!

COMMISSION FOR @natsora <3 <3 <3 Our babies Ruo and Dagna live rent free in our brains and hearts T-T *click for better resolution*

Fandom: Mass Effect Pairing: Gen Rating: T Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Character Death

For @natsora, for the @acrossdarkspace exchange!

Summary:

The rest of the husks in the street turn in the exact same direction, nearly simultaneously. It’s an eerie sight, and one that speaks to the truth of the claims of Reaper indoctrination and control—but it’s also a cue to Sara to move.

A series of vignettes from Sara Ryder's perspective, alternating between the events of Priority: Earth and a charting of her relationship to the famed Commander Shepard.

[ AO3 Link ]

Haha, S+S is shorthand for my Shepard/Thane/Garrus poly* fic, A Song of Sea and Stars. The idea of it goes, Iolana Shepard is a half and half haole and Hawaiian**. Her mother, Hannah Shepard, is an Alliance Captain; her father, Kahele, runs his family’s inn on Oahu. The inn is named The Hokule'a, in reference to the famous canoe that sailed to Tahiti and back using the ancient wayfinding techniques of sailing. Kahele’s ancestors, and by extent, Shepard’s, had a history of wayfaring and navigating. 

Shepard grew up spending half the year on Alliance ships and around the navy, and half the year on Oahu, learning about her heritage and family stories. Her name comes from the family guardian or ʻaumakua, a hawk that lives only in Hawai’i and was once a symbol of royalty, called Io. What makes this background fun (and yes, was written before Moana came out) is Shepard originally wanted to go into space navigation and exploration, but after enlisting in the navy for school, the Batarian riots on Elysium cemented her as a Good Leader. 

The first two rewritten chapters of S+S are already up on Ao3, along with a few snippets. The next is post-destroy ending, and the rebuilding of Earth from Hannah Shepard’s POV:

The two guards at the door give her crisp salutes as she enters; by the time she reaches the fourth floor—Why hadn’t the damn Geth repaired the damn elevators by now?—she’s exhausted, panting, and infuriatingly sick of being saluted and ‘Ma’am’d at. The ache in her chest offsets the reminder that she’d come within a hair’s reach of shattering both patellae when her ship landed abruptly—she refused to use the word ‘crashed;’ crashes were for untalented pilots and stock markets— on the outskirts of London after the Crucible fired. 

As she steps toward the flickering terminal, bitterness rises in the back of her throat. She and Steven are friends—have been for years—but hoping for anything other than bad news may be foolish. 

Bad news is our business these days. I finally understand Kahele’s reasons for staying on the islands. 

Some days, I wish I'd stayed when he'd asked me to.

* - If you like the idea of poly bioware fic, there are others I’m working on too. *slaps BioWare’s hood* this baby can fit so much poly

Giveaway Winner Announcement!

We’ve got our winners!

Third Place: @kemvee, who gifted her prize to @novamm66! 

Second Place: @natsora

First Place: @lethendralis-paints, who gifted the winning prize to @kourvo!

28: What’s the most hilarious thing that’s happened to you while playing (a glitch, a mission that went haywire, etc)?

I answered a shuttle landing on Liara on other ask, but I have another. In the Omega DLC there's a section that's a catwalk which you have to cross. It's a well known bug for Vanguard Sheps that charging anywhere on that catwalk immediately made you drop dead and result in a Critical Mission Failure. I have no idea why it happens but I find it hilarious every single time.

29: If you primarily play Paragon or Renegade, is there a dialogue/interrupt/action of the opposite alignment you always take?

I play Paragon Girlscout Shep in ME1 that gets jaded in ME2, so I take a lot of Renegade interrupts there. The one I don't miss is that batarian recruiter at the start of Garrus's recruitment mission, I always go for the threat in response to his comments.

30: Share a headcanon about one of your Shepards

Twin Sheps is a common trope but I'm for found family. My Shep originally had a different name and when they found a friend in the street gang (mShep) they decided to go by that same surname when they enlisted in the Alliance.