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This week we’re featuring @dragonwyrd316!

What got you started writing Fanfic? I was in a slump, major writer's block, and had been for years. Was browsing deviantArt one day when I came across some fan art for a new game I had just started playing - Dragon Age. Next thing I knew I was coming up with fanfic and, thanks to a friend of mine pushing me to try it even though I was unsure of myself, not knowing a lot of the lore at the time, branched into Mass Effect. Are there any authors, published or fanfic, that inspire you in anyway? Evil Sapphyre, Sia, erunyamarine (I think I spelled her pseud correctly), Matyrfae, SolarDiamond (all friends, sisters even, that I met through the fandoms and writing fanfic) What Mass Effect character comes easiest for you to write and why? This can be a canon character, an OC, or one of the MCs (Shepard/Ryder) Anyone who has a smart mouth, so Joker is my top pick along with the Shepard, Kara, I paired with him. 2nd place is Zaeed, Vega, and Thane, along with my other Shepard, Eve (she's with Thane). 3rd place is everyone else I love writing - My Shepards Phoenix (Vega pairing) and Vali (psycho Shep paired with Zaeed), as well as Wrex, Grunt, Jack, Drack, Reyes, and Liam. I do, however, have another soft spot for Hackett and will get back to his romance with another one of my Sheps some day. Yes, I love writing a lot of them. Are there any characters you want to tackle writing but haven't yet? Why? Garrus and Evfra - Garrus because I've read so many amazing fics written by others that have him as the main character alongside their Shepard. I'm worried I may not be able to do him the justice he deserves alongside the other fics already out there. Evfra, while I love his personality in game, I'm just too worried I'd accidentally go too OOC with him. Time to talk about your fics! What's your favourite story you've written / are working on? Lost and Found - it's my fic with Kara Shepard-Moreau and Joker. I started it back in 2011 I believe and, sadly, haven't finished it. One of these days I will. It starts during ME2 when the two of them learn that they both had, what they believed, an unrequited love for each other during their time chasing after Saren. It details their life together and their interactions with the crew through ME2 and continues into ME3. They're the first ME couple I ever wrote and because of their snarkiness, they're so fun to write and that's why this is my favorite, even if it's not finished yet. It needs polishing since my writing has improved since those days, but I still think it's a decent read. What's your second favourite story you've written / are working on? Add a synopsis, talk about why you like writing it, and add a link here! Enchantment is my second favorite story. It was born of a request from a friend of mine on deviantArt who wanted to see what I could come up with in regards to a Dragon Age/Mass Effect crossover. They even gifted me with an amazing piece of fanart for the story as a thank you. It's a one shot featuring my Warden Ana Cousland who happens to be married to Nathaniel Howe, my Hawke Amberlynn who I paired with Orsino, along with Kara Shepard and Joker. Something goes horribly wrong when Ana asks Sandal to enchant something for her and they end up being somehow transported onto the Normandy. Hilarity ensues. Sebastian gets a good look at a half naked Jack (as it's set during ME2's timeline). It's just a fun story in my opinion. Link: Fanart link: https://coupleofkooks.deviantart.com/art/DA2-ME2-Enchantment-I-212274461 What's your third favourite story you've written? Never Gonna Be Alone - my first ever finished multi-chapter fic that I submitted for MEBB 2017. It's a crossover between the ME trilogy and Andromeda. Thanks to her friends, Shepard is frozen for around 600 years, relays have been built, and she's able to travel to Andromeda to meet up with her main squeeze, one Reyes Vidal. I loved writing this because I enjoy coming up with rare pairs and ideas that others usually tend to raise their eyebrows over. What are your greatest challenges when writing? Distractions and loss of motivation. I get really into writing a pairing I adore and then get distracted with another couple that pops into my head and end up being the loudest of the voices that reside there, start writing about them, and it may be a good chunk of time before I even get back to what I was writing to begin with. It's why I, unfortunately, have so many stories started but, outside of my MEBB 2017 piece, and a handful of one shots, nothing is finished. And then when I start thinking about that, or when real life stress hits me too hard, I lose all motivation to write and I end up with a depressingly long lasting slump. Sadly, I haven't written since last year's MEBB. What are your greatest strengths when writing? My smut. Yes, sadly, that is very much a strength of mine according to some friends who had dubbed me the 'smut queen' from back during the days I posted most of my works on deviantArt. I'd also say the relationships between my characters, the way they interact, their friendships, dialogue, and my ability to come up with some very random plotlines and rare pairs (such as the Dragon Age/Mass Effect and ME trilogy/Andromeda crossovers). Okay, we're almost done! Any WIP or sequels or anything you'd like to give a hint about? I'm working on some ideas to get back into a few of my works in progress, as well as having signed up for MEBB 2018, though I'm not quite sure what my focus will be for that quite yet... or maybe I know and you'll just have to wait to find out! :D

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Mass Effect Andromeda Appreciation WEEK!

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 10 people. [Optional: post any MEA screenshot you’d like to share!]

Tagged By these lovely people: @lonyn, @amarmeme & @reyesvdl

I shall tag... @chenria, @faejilly, @dragonwyrd316, @teklacat, @syzara

What is your favorite scene in MEA? There were a lot of great scenes, and I’m torn between two in particular: (1) the sunset viewing/whiskey drinking scene with Reyes because that was turning point for me with the game. Before then, I was enjoying it, but there was yet to be a point of true investment beyond Oooh Mass Effect (which anyone will tell you Mass Effect is enough to invest me), but the emotion and vulnerability and storytelling of that scene were just magnificent. (2) The twin scene when you are on Meridian, where you are suddenly in control of your sibling, and despite having been comatose for the majority of the game, they are now working to save their twin light years away - and about to give themselves up to the Kett in the process.

What is your favorite quest? I’ll have to agree with everyone here that I’ve seen that Liam’s Loyalty Mission is by far the most fun. I really just adored it, and how it oozed pop culture from start to finish. Emotionally, it was again (in agreement with others) Ryder Family Secrets. Plus they just pulled one over on me, that I did not see coming with the reveal at the end.

What is your favorite weapon? Hornet - It shot like an AR and hit like a pistol. It was my best friend.

What is your favorite armor? N7 armor still looks the best to me, but I went with utility over looks. I lived in the Angarran armor for all their tech bonuses.

What is your favorite power ability? Remnant VI, Incinerate, Energy Drain was my chosen power loadout, and I never switched from it. I ran a straight Engineer profile the full game, and Zap was my favorite power, and sometimes squadmate. Zap doesn’t judge!

What is your favorite planet? Kadara - Beyond a certain smuggler, I loved the colors of the planet, and it was the Nar Shadaa, Mos Eisley, or Omega of Andromeda. I loved it. Despite how I often play and write straight-laced characters, I love the worlds and cities that are actually just fronts for the criminal underworld. I might declare myself to people as an Imperial, but I’m a Hutt faction supporter at heart.

What is your favorite addition to MEA that wasn’t in the original trilogy? Jump jets!

I love the jump jets. I jump jet everywhere.

And, as my husband would tell you, I billy goat everywhere too. (Taking a path that isn’t intended to be a path just because I can kind of get traction up the steep incline.) Jump jets make it soooo much better. (Plus, I did enjoy hovering in combat and raining death upon my enemies.)

Who is your favorite non-romanced (one you didn’t romanced but could be) character? (can be NPC or squadmate) Drack - I always end up with a soft spot for the Krogan crew member, but I didn’t expect that I would want to be adopted by the Krogan crew member in this game. Like, one of my best friends and I are looking into making Clan Nakmor t-shirts to show our support of our adopted kin. Favorite squad/party combo? Drack & Vetra - They tell the best stories in the Nomad. Favorite non-bipedal animal on Andromeda? Count me in the corner of flying beasties on Havarl.

What surprised you most when you first played MEA? I was surprised how much I loved the game. Although I’ve never been in the hater camp for ME3, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that the direction they chose for the story wasn’t what I wanted. I just chose to enjoy what they gave me, otherwise, I’d have hated the game from Mars. So there was apprehension about Andromeda for me.

And then, I played for a few hours, and I was hooked. I loved how similar yet different the game was from the original trilogy. It gave me the nostalgia of the series, but I felt it made the game it’s own.

What is your favorite quote? “I liked the way you looked at me. I was afraid it would change”–Reyes ❤

That line? For reasons not entirely capable of being ascribed to the game, it hit me (and Yumi) hard. I’ve admitted multiple times that I borrowed the main character from my original series for Andromeda, and I just finished the first draft of her third book a couple of weeks before Andromeda launched. And this line, and the scene it was in, resonated so much with her, and with me, and no one could possibly know why yet.

--- Sadly no screenshots because I forgot to install Fraps on my first playthrough.