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[blackjackkent]

Ooh, canons for Jenna please?

Ooh! Haha, haven’t done a lot of thinking about Jenna lately; this is exciting. :D

(In answer to this post, for those wondering.)

Canon: What actually happened.

Jenna took the control ending, merging herself with the Reaper threat in order to command them for all eternity rather than allow them to ravage the universe.

Headcanon: What you think happened, based on the characters, settings, storylines and all reasonable extrapolations thereof.

Jenna left personalized messages for most of the crew, set to be delivered in the event of her vital signs no longer being transmitted from her omnitool to the Normandy.

Heartcanon: What you feel ought to have happened, quite divorced from rationality or sense.

Jenna ought to have had a long happy life “living off the royalties from the vids”; I had several RP AUs in which she lost a leg in the Citadel collapse but was otherwise perfectly healthy and it was very nice, damn it.

Soulcanon: What you know happened, deep down in your soul, regardless of what anyone says. Including the creators of canon, themselves.

Jenna was able to make a certain amount of contact with people outside after merging with the Reapers, via holographic interfaces or the QEC or some similar communication technology -- at least enough to give some closure and let people know what happened and why all the Reapers were suddenly good guys.

Crotchcanon: What your gonads wish had happened, or, alternatively, what turns you on.

Jenna’s back definitely does light up during sex. ;)

[blackjackkent]

fire

Send me a word, any word, and if it’s in my WIP document I’ll answer your ask with the sentence or line it appears in. 

The fire in her flesh died, green flames falling aside. Dizzy, she toppled forward without a sound, dimly aware of the sounds of eluvians both ahead of her and behind.

[blackjackkent]

"The Bae and the Bear" sounds like an awesome chapter title for something.

I think you just wrote Hayden and Leliana’s OTP tag.

[blackjackkent]

Philip for the meme, please!

Full Name: Philip Gabriel ShepardGender and Sexuality: Male cisgender bisexualPronouns: He/him/hisEthnicity/Species: Human (mixed ethnic bag like I sort of picture most people being that far in the future)Birthplace and Birthdate: April 11 on Arcturus StationGuilty Pleasures: Weapon modification.Phobias: Entomophobia (fear of bugs)What They Would Be Famous For: Being Commander Shepard and a nerd at the same time.What They Would Get Arrested For: Probably trying to buy a really cool mod on the black market because he couldn’t get it anywhere else.OC You Ship Them With: Dom or Jaksa, the jokesters, probably. :POC Most Likely To Murder Them: Jenna, who would think him bizarre and exhausting. :P Elliot, for similar reasons.Favorite Movie/Book Genre: Technical manuals and cheesy monster movies.Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: I’ve honestly run out of ideas for this question. :PTalents and/or Powers: Tech powers galore, many of which he created and programmed himself.Why Someone Might Love Them: He is a sweetheart and very smart and willing to do anything to protect innocent people.Why Someone Might Hate Them: He is a giant nerd and won’t shut up about it a lot of the time. :PHow They Change: Philip is painfully young at the start of ME1 and really grows into his role as a leader a lot in 2 and 3, thinking beyond the immediate towards how to stabilize the galaxy.Why You Love Them: I see a lot of myself in his nerdiness :P

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Sooo... are you saying that your bear was bare? ;)

Exactly! It was a bare, barren bear! I can’t bear it. :(

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YOU ARE OMEGA (assumptions meme)

Damn right. ;)

[blackjackkent]

Hi there! I was just looking at your characters page and it got me wondering - do you have a favorite Shepard/Warden/Inquisitor amongst your OCs?

This question made my whole morning. :D Thank you!

Hmm. I'm not sure if you mean a favorite of each or a favorite overall across all the games so I will try to answer both, although it's hard. :P They're all my babies for different reasons; getting inside their head always makes me feel very protective of them after a while.

I'm reminded suddenly of a quote from Ender's Game that sums up my style of angst-ridden meta-gaming pretty well. :P

In the moment when I truly understand [them]... , then in that very moment I also love [them]. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.

:P

Anyway... it's an interesting question. [strokes jaw thoughtfully] It's probably no secret to the people who read my live blogs that I have a super big crush on Dom Trevelyan and a lesser one on Matty Shepard. ;) But speaking more objectively in terms of who I think ended up as the most interesting character...

Shepard: Hands down Jenna. She was my first and will always be my canon Shep; she is the one with the most complex outlook and I think probably the most unique and coherent motivations.

Warden: Probably Daniel. While I love Jaksa and her Dalish storyline, she suffered from the fact that she was the first DA character I ever messed with so I spent a lot of time feeling my way with her. Daniel was a lot more solidly developed personality and his ultimate fate with Morrigan was very satisfying.

Hawke: This one's tough. Probably Riley, ultimately; her personality turned out to dovetail really nicely (and painfully) with the storyline of the game. And while Elliot did turn out quite complex (more than I was expecting actually) he's also a real serious jerk. :P

Inquisitor: While I do love me some Dominic (and Cass! :P ), I think this one goes to Adi. Everything about her up to and including her romance was super organic and gave me mountains of feels and by the end I was very very attached to her and worried about what would happen to her.

Of these four, the overall winner is probably Jenna, just because she was the first char I really explored on Tumblr and probably is the one I most deeply explored and understood. :)

Anyway... probably a more rambly answer than you were looking for but thank you so much for asking!

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Faces are hard, I struggle with them too! I think the main prob is that his head is oriented at 3/4 view, but you drew his eyes and mouth symmetrical as if we're looking at him straight on. I'm on mobile rn so can't find refs easily, but I'll link you some later if you still need them. Also his left eye should probably be lower to follow the curve of the brow.

Hmm. I just had another look and I think you’re right -- certainly that’s a part of it at least. I’ll have another go keeping that more strongly in mind. (And any refs you have on hand I’d certainly appreciate. :) )

Thank you much!