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Liminally's Fic Masterlist
I have officially started a taglist, please DM me to join (and the name of the series/character)
PSA: Most Dangerous Writing App
If you're like me and you enjoy using The Most Dangerous Writing App for your short fics/warm-up exercises, there's something you need to know.
The host site, squibler, is an AI-powered software that scrapes any work you input into it, using it to train its AI writing tools. This is a site that touts the outcome of "Turn your ideas into a book to become a published author", which, of course, is a slap in the face.
However, all is not lost! The original creator made sure the original is open source, and can be found here: The Most Dangerous Writing App (GitHub link). The privacy policy states: "No, all your writing is private and not submitted to or stored on any server", meaning there will be no stealing or scraping.
Happy writing!
💀 I hope you haven't gotten this one for the clothes doodling
It ended up a little more elaborate than a doodle. But here is Faith in Goth attire.
Long time fans.
be honest you have a mass effect opinion that would have you in this position
I'll do mine! I don't have a problem with long haired Sheps, but for God's sake please have it up. No military officer in the galaxy has ever gone on ops with their hair down at that length and it's ridiculous. In non-combat/post war art it doesn't bother me at all.
Tali is a lovely character but damn does her entire fanbase have to be gooners? If you step outside tumblr it's actually ridiculous. Same goes for most female characters/EDI.
I don't really like Liara that much and the fact that the devs were so adamant that she needed to be there all the time was really annoying. If you like Liara that's great though.
Every game has a "everyman" type Lieutenant and as much as I love Kaidan, Jacob and James were both so clearly derivative and they could've been great if that wasn't the case. You could almost make the case for Liam being a mix of Kaidan and Joker in terms of personality while still filling the same niche.
The games should have been a lot harder on Cerberus. It doesn't make any sense that the human-supremacist group would readily allow aliens into the fold, even for Shepard.
To even see the dresses in Shepard’s wardrobe as a viable option is to be ridiculous. Why would anyone choose to lounge around in skintight leather dresses?
Treating EDI like a woman is weird and it would have been much cooler to have her deny the concept of gender completely, and this comes from someone who actually does like Joker x EDI.
We should have had the option to not trust any of the defectors to Cerberus after the prologue of ME2, INCLUDING Joker and Chakwas.
Jack had every right to be as cagey and combative and destructive and hostile as she wanted. I do not and will never like Miranda or her general dismissive nature of everyone around her and their difficulties/trauma. Jack should have killed her.
Kai Leng could have been great. They could have made him more cruel and more sadistic and a complete psychopath but he was more just vaguely annoying. The renegade interrupt was iconic though.
Thane dying makes sense and I'm glad it happened, as much as it hurts.
This goes for most fandoms but I get really tired of the in-jokes sometimes. "We'll bang, ok?" Is not that funny. "Calibrations" is not that funny. "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite _______ on the Citadel" is not that funny. If they were used sparingly they'd be awesome but everyone says them all the time.
Anyway that about wraps it up for now, feel free to interrogate me on these points I'm happy to talk.
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AU Roulette 2026 Sign-ups are officially open!
And with that, we are getting things started! As a brief reminder for those new to the event -- AU Roulette is a casual fic-writing challenge encouraging fanfic authors to play around with different types of alternate universe stories, which will be randomly assigned to each participant regardless of the fandom they sign up with.
Writers will be able to sign up from May 10th-31st with a fandom of their choice. At the start of June, each participant will be assigned three AUs from a masterlist using a random number generator. Each author will then have the choice of completing the challenge one, two, or all three of the AUs. Any fic exceeding a 500-word minimum will be considered a completion, so long as it employs the AU premise. Fics can then be posted at any point during the month of June.
As a reminder: The fandom you signed up with is used to filter AU assignments, in order to minimize re-rolls! (For example, someone signing up with "The Lord of the Rings" will not be assigned a High Fantasy AU). Please only sign-up with one fandom.
The sign-up link can be found here. Please feel free to spread it around and get the word out about this year's event!
BC 2: Fixing the Lights
Read more here: Master Post
She was splayed out on Anderson’s bed as she did paperwork, her legs kicking lazily as she doodled. Every now and again, she reminded herself that it was her bed now, not his. The wires by the light panel behind her bed were still exposed from where she’d taken a pocket knife to them, stripping the wires and jury-rigging a switch to turn the floodlights that ran across the floor off. She worked mostly in the cockpit, much to Joker’s amusement.
“Is that regulation, Commander?”
“I won’t tell if you won’t.” She’d said, plopping down next to him, tinkering with an array of circuits and rubber bands. “Do we have anything sturdier than rubber? I’m concerned it’ll snap.”
“Did you ask the Requisitions Officer down in the hangar bay? Maybe there's a gun thing that can help.” He fiddled with the instruments on his chair, his cap pulled low over his face. It was late, and they were both tired.
“A gun thing? Joker, have you ever examined a gun? ”
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Faith would never wear something that makes her look really girly.
Points for guessing who she is glaring at 🤣🤣🤣🤣
be honest you have a mass effect opinion that would have you in this position
Fanfic Writers: Director’s Cut
Reblog this if you want readers to come into your ask box and ask for the “director’s commentary” on a particular story, section of a story, or set of lines.
Or, send in a ⭐star⭐ to have the author select a section they’ve been dying to talk about!
One of the Andromeda complaints I never understood was the "We should have played Alec" argument because like a) I understand a lot of people view Shepard as a pre-established character, but Shepard very much is still a customizable character and playing as a truly pre-established character in Mass Effect would fucking suck. And b) we already have Mass Effect games where you play an already established war hero and badass N7 it's called the Original Trilogy.
I like that Ryder is the opposite of Shepard. I like that, in contrast to Shepard's hyper-competence and the respect they've already earned, Ryder is out of their depth and has to prove themselves to everyone around them. I like that Ryder is not Shepard 2.0. I wouldn't have hated playing Shepard 2.0, but it would have felt like retreading old ground. The team deliberately made Ryder distinct and different from Shepard and I think some people never let go of the fact that Shepard's story was done, and this inability to let go of that is part of why Andromeda was so poorly received (in addition to things like EA's bungling of the release)
THIS ^ and also (now I haven't finished the game yet so I could be wrong) Alec Ryder haunts the narrative in a pretty palpable way, so playing as him would remove that from the narrative. The younger Ryder works best because (so far) the theme of the story has been persistence and hope in the face of fear and loss, just like the original trilogy, except this game is less about going to war and more about building diplomatic relationships, where the trilogy tends to do the opposite.
The last character you drew/wrote about is now stuck in the last game you played. How screwed are they?
Grace Shepard is in Death Stranding, and honestly, I think she'd manage. She might even be a porter.
Picturing a moment where Robby is holding a debrief or something and goes "to be frank-" and Langdon looks over at Mel from across the group like
and she nearly chokes trying not to laugh
Tagged by @chalkituptofate , thanks!
slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death //one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane
Some of these were haaaard to choose between! Tagging @garfbin and @liminally-challenged , no pressure!
slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death //one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane
Tagging @sanguinemoonglitch and @spacevixen2024, apologies if you've already been tagged! :)
Big Place 2024 NOMS
Hi everyone! We're a little over a month out from nominations (yey!) and since this is a new part of the exchange, I'd like to go over what that means.
So, what is a nomination?
A nomination is a pairing or relationship you'd like to see in the exchange. Since we're opening the exchange up to relationships other than shenko, this can be anything, as long as Kaidan is one of the people in the relationship.
How to nominate:
When nominations are open, I'll share a link. It will look something like this:
You'll fill in the blank spaces. Under "Relationships", just enter the relationship you want to nominate!
Under fandom, enter "Mass Effect - All Media Types".
So, a filled out nomination should look like this:
After you're done, just hit submit! That's it!
Some other things:
Types of relationships: For romantic pairings, separate names with a "/". So, Kaidan Alenko/Liara T'Soni would be a nomination for a romantic pairing. For platonic pairings, separate names with a "&". So, Kaidan Alenko & Garrus Vakarian would be a nomination for a platonic pairing.
You can nominate relationships between more than two people! Just use the name / or & markers are above. You can't mix and match, though, sorry. So, Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard/Ashley Williams is fine, but you can't nominate Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard & Ashley Williams.
I'm "front loading" the following relationships, so you don't have to nominate those: Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard, Kaidan Alenko & Female Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard, Kaidan Alenko & Male Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Non-Binary Shepard, Kaidan Alenko & Non-Binary Shepard.
There's a limit of 10 nominations per person, but since I'm already loading up the big ones, that should be enough.
If your nomination is rejected, it's probably already been nominated and approved by someone else! Don't worry!
As usual, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I'm looking forward to all the tasty noms!
Nominations are live!
Go here to nominate.
Please see the previous post about nominations for the in depth rules, but the crux of it is: - Limit 10 noms per person - One of the people in the relationship has to be Kaidan (that's kinda the point lol) - Use / for romantic pairings, & for platonic - You don't have to nominate the following (I already added them): fshenko, mshenko, and non-binary shenko (both romantic and platonic).
If you have any questions about nominations, please reach out to me!! Happy nomming!
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