#redincarnations

🥀 - I enjoy seeing you in my feed

Thanks! You know, I thought this was a brontosaurus eating a tree first, but it’s a tulip.

🍒 - I love your blog

It’s a garbage can on fire a mixed bag, for sure. I keep on thinking of having a specific art/writing blog, but I’m too lazy.

❤️ - I sometimes get notifications when you post

My first reaction was “I’m sorry,” especially for the stale memes I find funny at 2am.

You got it! Thank you for asking! :)

7. Did they have lots of friends as a child? Did they keep any of their childhood friends into adulthood? Garrus had plenty of friends growing up on Palaven. Both he and Solana were gregarious and fun (Solana being only slightly shyer and artsier than her brother), but thanks to leaving home to train at 15, then coming back after his first tour to find his parents were splitting and dad was relocating to the Citadel, things kind of got uprooted. As such, he doesn’t have much contact with those early childhood friends anymore. Solana stayed with mom, so she probably hung on to a few more of those people. Might be some opportunities for Garrus to reopen those connections (for better or worse) during the latter hours of the Reaper War… thanks for the idea! haha!

49. What is their most valued object? Are they sentimental? Is there something they have to take everywhere with them? For Garrus, it’s his model ship collection. He’s been adding to it since he was young, and it came with him from Palaven. His mom makes a habit of sending him a ship every year, at least once - usually on his birthday. For fun, I have a list of some of the ships on his shelves in my notes, and I don’t know when/if I’ll get a chance to name them in the story, so I’ll just copy/paste it verbatim…

Garrus has been making model ships since he was a kid, he has a crazy collection spanning all kinds of species and eras, even a few in bottles. He’s currently working on a wooden model of Admiral Nelson’s HMS Victory. Among his collection:- Destiny Ascension- PCC Kara (the Turian Titanic)- RMS Titanic (the human Titanic)- Kwunu (Vol Protectorate sole dreadnaught)- a generic Kowloon Class Freighter- Fuchsian Infinity (Hero ship from the Blasto film series)- SSV Agincourt (Frigate that protected Elysium from Terminus Systems ships during the Skyllian Blitz of 2176. Former posting of Charles Pressly)- Iktomi (Quarian Liveship)- PFS Rhapsodon (Admiral Mehrkuri’s vessel from the Krogan Rebellions, found around 200 years ago orbiting Pressha)- PFS Tenefalx (Shepard gets understandably emotional when she sees this model. Garrus tells her to keep it. She says she doesn’t have a safe place to put it, but when the mission is over, she promises to come back for it.)

For Jane, it’s her father’s gun. More on that later. *wink*

20. Do they like musicals? Music in general? What do they do when they’re favourite song comes? Hmm. Musicals, probably not. Music in general? Sure. I imagine he was fond of pretentious Asari stuff for a while, since he spent some time as a young soldier under the wing of Matriarch Benezia, and wanted to look wordly and capable. He probably made a show of enjoying those concerts a bit more than he actually did - six-hour operas are a bit much for anybody - but the appreciation comes from a real place. He values the arts and has somewhat discerning (read: snobby) taste, thanks to his privileged upbringing. 

And… okay. I have a really dumb headcanon that once he relocates to Mindoir, he finds an antique record player (in the care of his would-be human employer) and tinkers with it till he gets it working again. With the turntable comes a collection of old earth standards, most notably some Frank Sinatra records, miraculously playable. I think he’s slow-danced with Hannah to “That’s Life” or “My Way” more than a few times. I don’t care how stupid or self-indulgent that is, Albacus Regidonis incongruously being a Sinatra fan is a pretty indestructible headcanon of mine at this point, haha. Nevermind that he’s 230+ years too late and several planets/cultural reference points removed from ‘Ol Blue Eyes…

There’s more AHOD to come!❤ I feel like I’ve used up my good news limit for months this morning but oh, do I care ❤❤❤

12. brand of haircare/bodycare/skincare that you trust 100%?

none tbh??? I do have my go-to brands, but I wouldn't say I trust them, because some of them made some questionable choices with a few of their products and marketing campaigns

19. the veggie you dislike the most?

I don't like cucumbers for some reason, there's something about their smell/taste that makes me gag

If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be? 

Oooh a Hoorik question!  DI Hoorik is my petty streak showing towards Bioware. She’s a butch woman, and very much a lesbian.

Two things I keep in mind while writing her:

She’s professional, but warm with it

Very much in charge of the squad. She should have the upper hand, and can silence the room with a quiet: “that’s enough.”

You got it <3

pumpkin - do you think that humans are inherently good or bad?This morning at work I was listening to the impressive first episode of the 10% Happier Podcast, and somewhere past the halfway point, the Dalai Lama (!!) quietly assured me (yes me, personally) that human beings are inherently good, that we are naturally inclined towards reason and compassion, and it’s patterns of mindlessness and lack of self-awareness (aka, failing to regularly meditate on our own reality) that prevent us from realizing our natural goodness. 

I mean, I’m just a fanfic author who works in a grocery store. I’m not about to disagree with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Requiem for a Dream  - I haven’t seen it :(

I TRIED