#skylo-ben

stephanie beatrix tagged you as the artist! i bet that’s why!

OH MY GOD I HAD NO IDEA

THANK YOU

big mood!!!!

*tears out hair* Why. Why does this gay man have the most heteronormative storyline. Why. Plus, even my Ryder who's a woman in a relationship with a man, and might like to have children someday, doesn't want to be browbeaten into having them NOW.

THIS. ALL OF THIS. Ryder didn’t go to Andromeda thinking “boy, I can’t wait to arrive and procreate”. LEAVE RYDER ALONE. THEY HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW. 

skylo-ben replied to your chat “Ryder: So you, a gay man, are bringing me, a woman with a turian...”

I AM STILL NOT OVER THIS. It was so uncomfortable. I was definitely sitting there thinking "they can't procreate.... Gil please stop Jillian.. Stop Jillian!!!!"

Yeah I was cringing pretty hard. I like Gil a lot as a character, and I wish they would focus more on him than this weird friendship with Jill.

syzara replied to your chat “Ryder: So you, a gay man, are bringing me, a woman with a turian...”

Now you know why that meeting lasted only 2 minutes ;) That said, there is a surrealistic weirdness to that whole story arc that I was quite slow to realise.

1. What is your favorite fic you have under your belt?

I want to say Meeting and Parting but that’s more of “fic that annoys you and frustrates you the most” so I can’t. I really enjoyed Flexibility (and y’all seem to enjoy it too... I think it just beat Chocolate Sauce over on my AO3) and I still actually like it. That’s rare for me. I’m also partial to just the dumb silly stuff I write when I get silly ideas, honestly.

7. How much do you like symbolism in your fics?

I write the literary equivalent of a shitpost. There is no symbolism. At least not intentionally. I think there might be some in my Wardens fic by mistake... I really want to work to more meaningful stuff that isn’t literary shitposting, so  I guess I need to work on that.

8. How often do people catch on to your tiny details?

Mostly I just get people asking me why there’s two Shepards. 

Not often. When I’m writing fanfic it’s mostly fluffy stuff so I don’t tend  to stick deep things in there. If I do I tend to be memeing around honestly. In my actual novel works, though? I like to think I catch my readers a little bit. 

10. What would you change if you had to do it all over again?

Probably post Dossier: Angry Pink Monster before Meeting and Parting. People are still asking me about Bo and I still get salty about it. Apart from that, I’m pretty content with my literary shitposts.

they seem to have less body fat than humans (do they at all?) and this would make them heavier than human, for the same volume. So since they are also taller, they should be heavy boys. Though on the other hand, maybe the entire bone/muscle stucture is different (like birds) to make them light. I'd say anything between 100 and 300 can fit the canon :\

I guess they do have some body fat, I HC it gets stored on the back under the carapace... maybe a little in the legs, like with chickens ^^ Yeah I was thinking about their size and that they should be a lot heavier than humans but then I thought... Now, if they’re based on birds, maybe their bones are hollow, too? and idk how heavy their plates are, since they won’t stop bullets, I don’t think they’re overly dense?

isharaytaoshay hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “HC discussion time!”

That sounds pretty reasonable actually. There would be some variance of course but between the plating and density... Sounds plausible. For the heaviest I'd consider maybe 375?

Yeah I’d say for big behemoth turians (not the norm, mind you) the weight could go up to 400 or even a little more...

skylo-ben hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “HC discussion time!”

i hc their plating and overall body density to be similar to that of birds but their overall size would make them much heavier than a human. that weight range is reasonable and could account for height differences, thicker plating, etc.

Glad I’m not totally off the charts with my HC XD

yes-this-is-sam hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “HC discussion time!”

Honestly that sounds pretty freaking reasonable

Yknow if someone had sent me something like this even six months ago I could not have answered it. 

1) I like my voice, especially my singing, and my writing.

2) I like my hands, face, and hair.

3) I like that I’m improving and can be proud of myself.

4) I like my drive and determination.

5) I like my compassion.

11) tell us about your first crush

If fictional ones count, then the first conscious one was Aribeth de Tylmarande from the game Neverwinter Nights (and the first not quite conscious one that I only realized in hindsight was Xena). My first real life crush was actually my best friend, though I not necessarily realized that at the time because I grew up in a family that doesn’t really talk about any sexuality/romantic orientiation other than hetero. But man, I had it bad for that girl, in the “I want to be her partner in crime who she cuddles and goes on adventures with” way. Also, I was damn jealous when she got her first boyfriend, though I thought it was because of her getting a partner first and not because I wanted to be her partner myself. My mind was absolutely blown when I learned about bisexuality and realized that, lmao.

Anyway, we’re still besties, though the crush has long since worn off and she doesn’t have a clue that I was ever in love with her. I don’t wanna make it weird years later.

14) how do you feel about the term “coming out”?

Neutral? Like I don’t really have an opinion on it. 

26) favorite lgbtq actor/actress?

Aww :D That’s so nice! Actually I only found out about them through one of the official Dragon Age: Inquisition trailers, hence why I used the same song for my video :D And damn, I do miss making videos like that...