#itgb

[n7punk]

Image manips for reference for my new Mass Effect fic. Catra will get this armor after leaving C-Sec and Glimmer's armor will change... a lot. These are adapted straight from the light human/asari armors in Mass Effect 1 (and the She-ra character key art they slapped on everything)

[mdkm444]

[nymphl]

Hey, are you gonna finish In the General's Bed? It's so good and you're so talented, every chapter kept me on the edge of my seat I had to pace myself lol

Hi, darling! Sorry it took me a long time to come up with your reply. Somehow, I thought I’d already replied it xD Now onto your question, YES, I WILL. I just have to find my pace with my writing again. A few bad things happened to me last year e and this year as well. I got sick... my dog was poisoned. And then I got another job (thankfully, my previous job was making my sick) I’m working my ass off and I’m still not used to it yet... plus, we still have this pandemic right? And things are definitely NOT well here in Brazil.

But I definitely will update ITGB and finish it. And thank you so much for your kind words, sweetheart <3 It always warms my heart to get asks like this. 

I hope to see you all with updates soon xD

[n7punk]

saw ur action figure post. do mass effect normandy crew get like there own action figures for saving the galaxy, then they could like be with adoras horses…

god mentioning the action figures to me at this point is a trigger point 😭 but this is actually a really cute idea and the answer is absolutely yes. in mass effect it's actually canon that there are models/figures of the normandy, so those are floating around, and i think there's a bunch of bootleg action figures of the normandy crew, but you have to think about likeness rights. the alliance would have the rights to the alliance crew's likeness to a certain extent but i think that's like. picture and video. i don't think de facto their alliance contract allows them to recreate them as action figures. now. would they sign over those rights. i think the answer is no for adora after seeing what they did with her photos and video for recruitment promotion while actively denying the reapers while she was dead. i think bow would kind of be into it but wouldnt do it if the others werent and glimmer is the shadow broker she has to keep her likeness out of the limelight as much as possible even if she's not hiding from cameras lol

as for the other members, i actually think entrapta's STG contract probably did give them enough rights to make her as an action figure but i dont think they would want to LOL no one wants to piss the dalatrass off that much

catra's hierarchy contract would not allow her likeness to be used that way without an additional contract and catra absolutely would not do it lol. no one would be stupid enough to even ask XD

i also think the matriarchy would have the least rights out of any of them not because they respect privacy the most but because glimmer wasn't part of their military lmao so her likeness is mostly owned by the alliance

[n7punk]

What happens to Kadroh in the events following mass effect fic?

He stays with Entrapta lol (and thus on the Normandy for quite a while) they're good friends. She's absolutely fascinated by him and he's glad to have someone who cares about the culture that suddenly turned to dust for him overnight. Other people are interested of course and he's interviewed many times, but he feels like Entrapta cares about the First Ones themselves and what being part of them was like in a way that most of the academics don't (obviously many academics are incredibly passionate about what they study but there's a big disconnect between him and most other people being an extinct alien and all. Entrapta however has never cared about how "other" someone is lol, look at Darla. Most other people who "don't care" choose not to - Entrapta straight up doesn't notice). Entrapta eventually coaches and guides him into writing first biography-style and eventually essays for academics, sharing his knowledge and helping First Ones culture live on.

There is some discourse about his singular biased viewpoint becoming the lens through which everything about the First Ones is viewed, which is valid for literally any time you consult one person about a giant group of people, and some people arguing for going back to consulting only the archeology they can find even if it is a much narrower view of their history (basically none). When there starts to be more criticism of his writing, they pull back from public visibility for the most part, but if an academic seems legit, they're willing to answer questions still and he does continue to quietly write and publish essays because god, it's a lot, it takes forever to share everything about your people from square 1 actually. Entrapta helps with that stuff on the side from her own experiments and missions.

[n7punk]

Remember when I said 7 chapters

[n7punk]

i think my new goal is to keep the mass effect au under 150k

[n7punk]

Post mass effect AU does Catra’s number in the Heiarchy stay the same? Considering all she accomplished in the war it would be hard to surpass her accomplishments. Especially as she continues clean up efforts. Does she get to keep the apartment too even if they’re not always at the citadel?

So one thing to keep in mind is that rank isn't just "you're the most accomplished", it's also a job title. So like think of it as AB00004. That means you're the fourth highest in the entire AB tier, with the first A being army and the B denoting the job title within the army branch (major general for instance). This is completely made up bullshit identifiers but just so you can get the gist. Catra is absolutely one of if not the highest for any A rank/job that she inhabits, but she's not suited to be over in C as an agriculturist, yknow

Catra was basically #2 in the military branch by the end of the war, that's why (well, part of why) she ended up in the Council seat while the Council was located at Earth. She worked to get Junipurr's rank up in the diplomatic branch so she could replace her, because it's one of those things where it's better to have four years of experience in the applicable branch than 10 years in another skill that's related, yes, but not the exact same thing.

Catra takes a "demotion" from Major General simply because that was a wartime promotion (it's normal to have ranks in the military that literally don't exist outside of war, so afterwards the people in them get "demoted" and it's not seen as anything bad. this isn't that exactly but it's the same vibe), because the role really was only meant so she would have authority over any troops she meets in the field during that mission. Now they're past a crisis, she still overall needs to be able to issue orders since they're on important missions, but her having that high of a rank without dedicated units under her command would be unheard of outside of war. She could very well keep the major general title if she wanted, but then she'd have to like, actually operate within the hierarchy and command units from magicat vessels/homeworlds and not constantly be on missions with Adora, so AC00001 suits her just fine instead. In the military branch she's very high rank, but her job title is lower than before.

With the line for the throne, that's a separate line determined partially by rank and partially by additional factors that could never be captured with a rank (such as the fact Catra doesn't know shit about magicat culture). clawdeen is #1 and catra's still basically #2 rank-wise, but their cousin (who was like, number 3 or 4 or something) stepped up to take the role since she was actually on Palaven. catra starts slipping as they figure out who is still alive, people distinguish themselves as touchstones of the people in the post-war rebuilding, and time passing from the war makes Catra's military experience less relevant than cultural knowledge. If the queen needed to be replaced, ideally the number 3 overall ranked would take it, but otherwise it is likely Clawdeen would take the throne and Catra would become the military Primarch because, again, diplomacy is not really her skillset. Not because she can't do it, but she doesn't want to lol. she probably stays in the single digits for the secession line, but other experience gets prioritized over her

because she's so high rank and did so much for them, though, the apartment does stay with her (and adora). technically it previously always belonged to the primavera and was loaned to other high-rank individuals visiting the citadel as long as they didn't conflict with someone higher, but catra basically gets ownership of it for the rest of her life or until dishonored demotion, and then it will go back to the primavera after that