#bridget shepard

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Strongest contenders for upcoming Bridget Shepard. Seems to come down to if I want someone who can meet her energy, or someone more down-to-earth/collected, to contrast her.

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Liara: They would have kind of a nerd/jock dynamic which IS cute, but I would almost certainly leave her for an ME2 LI.

Kaidan: Honestly probably one of the more, if not the most, healthy long-term choice, although it would surely give Kaidan some grey hairs lucky for me I find that hot. It does leave the question of what would attract her to him in the first place. Also I am still tempted to have Ashley be the VS again. It’s hard enough to not romance her again, and I NEVER do that...they would get along so well, though.

Garrus: He was the one I originally had in mind for her. There’s still a touch of that nerd/jock dynamic, and they’d have battle synergy with him being long range, and her being close range. I guess something that hold me back is my general disenchantment with Garrus/Sh@karian.

Miranda: Very much an Opposites Attract dynamic...possibly too far in that territory for my comfort. Admittedly I’ve come to like Miranda a lot more, but I’m still not...quite there with her yet. Maybe the romance will help? Idk.

Jack: I don’t talk about her much, but I actually like Jack a lot. I don’t actually know much about her romance, but I always felt like she wasn’t in a place to be with anyone in ME2? But if I were to ever make a Shepard that meets her where she is, it would probably be this one.

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It’s gonna be a while, but here are some thoughts regarding my next Shepard, Bridget.

Earthborn/War Hero

Vanguard; basically fights like a Slugger/Brawler type boxer. Lacks finesse (both combat and with words) but hits real hard, real fast.

The Reds would stage fights, which is how she spent most of her time. One of the older members mentored her and taught her boxing. Then when her biotics manifested she became the Main Attraction.

I don’t have a Tragic Event Horizon yet, but she was probably very cocky with it, until someone get real hurt. That or it became apparent that if she could not “perform” and get them money, they would abandon her.

Paragon, but is blunt, aggressive.

Not so much optimistic in that she tells herself, insists things will work out fine, no one will die, she will save everyone, because there’s that sliver of her that’s convinced she’s one bad day away from losing everything again.

 So yeah idk, I’ll happily take thoughts on who might be a good match for her, if anyone.

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MEANWHILE the next Shepard I have on deck, Bridget (god knows when I’ll actually play her but...eventually!) I was thinking a krogan instructor.

Raphel’s asari instructor: It’s all about patience, control. It’s not a foe for you to beat, but a partner.

Bridget’s krogan instructor: Listen, kid, I’ve got a whole ass other set of organs, and my body is still my worst enemy. You take those biotics and you make yourself its master. You’ve got to--hold on, I looked up human youth culture--kick everybody’s ass, kick your own ass, kick your dog’s ass. No idea what a dog is, but you get the point.

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Apropos of absolutely nothing I am considering Raph and Bridget swapping profiles; as in, he's a Paragon War Hero, she's a Renegade Ruthless (still Colonist and Earthborn respectively).

The catch is their personalities are still largely in tact, it's just the nature of the persona that changes.

Raph was still a sensitive, creative young man, and he still had the magnanimous older brother who wanted to join the Alliance. So when he died, he assumed the role, as a way of honoring him. He trained in biotics by asari; he is control, he is the shield, he protects his people. He is still intense, introverted, but on the field, he becomes the hero. He becomes the kind of man he thinks his brother would have been.

Bridget leans into it. She's still fiery and outgoing, somewhere in there is that excitable little girl who wanted to see the stars, but she gets beaten down every day. It's not like anyone expected anything more from her, anyway. Her biotic training was a krogan; she's reckless, she's the underdog, and when she fucks up, everyone knows it. But everyone knows she has nothing to lose either. She's the ghost, haunting her enemies. She was born in ruin and shadows, and she always retreats there.