#patrickdiomedes

I am SO SORRY. I saw this when you first sent it, and the stupid notification went away and my AuDHD did the rest. >.< '

I HAVE AN ENTIRE HARRY/MURPHY PLAYLIST BTW. xD

If you archive dive on my crap, you'll see it somewhere, but anyway: I think Murphy is a mix of like metalcore and alternative rock, with maybe a LITTLE Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson along with old jazz and blues thrown in with some of her playlists. I think she likes a lot of things and not just Standard White Girl music or girlboss Beyonce music. She probably prefers great lyrics over flashy sound.

If I had to assign her a song, it'd be "Cosmic Love" by Florence + the Machine, but since that one describes her AND Harry, if I had to pick HER song out, woof. Uh. I'd say, "She's Always a Woman to Me" is probably my strongest candidate for Murphy, but even that is told from Harry's POV. Runner up is "Break Thru" by Dirty Projectors.

Petty headcanon: if you even dare suggest Taylor Swift to her, she'll roll her eyes and walk away from you that very moment.

...okay so. bear in mind that this is all about a year and change-ish of collecting. and. i very badly need to organize. and dust. but.

the various barbies and mh dolls i've got around are meant to be for custom doll work at some point...

these two in particular DESTROYED the nerves in my fingers. i got them right after i fucked up my ankle so i'd have something to do in bed and the tips of my thumbs and index fingers still don't have full feeling back, lmao

and just for funsies, my "still to be built" cabinet

"I do really like when heroic figures and villainous figures have a shared backstory. Things they've gone through together, that they have then taken different perspectives and made different choices with kind of a shared basis of understanding. One of the most famous of this would be Professor X and Magneto, where you've got friends who kind of share some attribute. I would say that Kaladin and Moash are a very different dynamic; they were actually the exact sort of group and suffered some of the same things and took different perspectives. And that contrast really is fun for authors to write, and asking what decisions would lead you to one direction versus the other."

Oh ok honestly I have no idea if someone’s written this down or if it’s a real thing specifically, but this is what it is in my head. Also this isn’t based in canon its just like an “oh this could be an interesting idea if it was the narrative”

So basically my Duo Indoctrination theory is very straightforward in what it describes: TIM + Hackett are both indoctrinated agents of the Reapers. We know TIM is indoctrinated as a direct result of his reaper tech implants which makes him move to stop Shepard, so the question is why is Hackett?

Well we know the Alliance has their fingers in Reaper tech. Amanda Kenson proves that’s true. It makes no sense that Hackett wouldn’t really be aware of what was going down there given the fact that he’s an Admiral and supposed close friend— especially on a project of this severity. Admirals visiting sites of such import, even in secret, seems plausible.

To me, this would be the indoctrinating incident or origin for Hackett. If not this, I can’t not believe he hasn’t encountered reaper tech elsewhere.

Military of all species have motivation to understand or take advantage of reaper technologies. Their role as a military is to increase their own species’ advantage against all else. Especially with a reaper war dawning on the horizon.

So it wouldn’t just be Hackett, honestly, I think there are a lot of reaper agents in Alliance ranks that could start crumbling them from the inside.

BUT ANYWAY

Obviously Hackett coordinates Alliance forces against the reapers but honestly if I were a reaper controlling a major head of my enemys militaries im not gonna immediately tank their power by making it obvious I’m in control, I’ll do it bit by bit.

So while TIM would make obvious moves against the galaxy Hackett would be more like Udina and play the long game of losing alien troops and upgrading alliance ones while relaying choices to the Reapers. His motivation would be really similar to TIMs, like, control of a significant power source to advance humanity above all else.

Then what you get is shepard having this choice to strike out from the Alliance since it is acting inherently against the interests of the galaxy and recruit a scrappier, independent source of forces to tackle both the alliance and cerb. So sort of emulating some me2 unlikely allies vibe

Also itd be cool to boss battle tim then boss battle hackett then they join forces lol and its like “the heads of the dogs” bc u fight like a three headed reaperfied hacky and tim (third head is a husk ig LMFAO)

The ultimate idea being shepard is an agent for destruction for both institutions, then gets to make a final choice to defeat both in the name of a united galaxy n justice and chooses the decision that best suits their view of things. 👯‍♀️ n also institutions of violence will always commit violence against those theyre sworn to protect so the only answer can be rising up as a people or smth ssmth smth

Aaaaaaaand the second batch of OC requests, featuring: