i know it's the dumbest little thing but it means a lot to me that a couple people liked what i wrote so much they left a comment. We're in an era where folks just don't leave comments on fics (and I tend to write very unique low-demand relationships and friendships besides) So this meant a lot

i know it's the dumbest little thing but it means a lot to me that a couple people liked what i wrote so much they left a comment. We're in an era where folks just don't leave comments on fics (and I tend to write very unique low-demand relationships and friendships besides) So this meant a lot

Davrin deserves appreciation

One thing abt Mass Effect : For all the flack Ashley gets from the fandom - some legit, some not - re her prejudice against aliens: 1) It lessens a LOT via growth over the series (GOOD THING) 2) She is, regrettably, absolutely RIGHT about what the council will initially do in ME3 w the bear story.

One thing abt Mass Effect : For all the flack Ashley gets from the fandom - some legit, some not - re her prejudice against aliens: 1) It lessens a LOT via growth over the series (GOOD THING) 2) She is, regrettably, absolutely RIGHT about what the council will initially do in ME3 w the bear story.

I love these two dorks. #MassEffect

I love these two dorks. #MassEffect

My first fic based on the Mass Effect Trilogy. Thane Krios knows his time draws short, and realizing that the woman in the room down the hall is the same Ashley Williams that Shepard's heart belonged to, the ex-assassin knows he has one last debt to repay for being reunited with his son. #masseffect

Kinda love this for us

amazed ive lost six followers in four days. damn some folks really hate mass effect 😭

i am consistently impressed with my ability to write 2/3 of a story and then struggle to complete it.

i love you, writers of gen fic. Always and forever.

Maria Shepard has a full duty plan, logistics mapped, a list of resources...and it all goes to shit in 10 minutes. Luckily, Ashley's there and she literally had to help raise her siblings. After she's done laughing at Maria's 'plan', she patiently explains how it's REALLY done #ocqotd #masseffect

Maria's parents were pressuring her to start dating boys, something she wanted no part of (lmao). She was going to tell them when she was 16 when the slavers came. Once the Alliance took her in, she mostly buried her love life for years, before finally meeting her match on Eden Prime #ocqotd

Maria Shepard has a full duty plan, logistics mapped, a list of resources...and it all goes to shit in 10 minutes. Luckily, Ashley's there and she literally had to help raise her siblings. After she's done laughing at Maria's 'plan', she patiently explains how it's REALLY done #ocqotd #masseffect

Vilke Lavellan (and thus Gabi, Kione, and Amalia) MOSTLY exists because I decided to take my Cullen-mancer, Lyriana, and re-do her run as a Solas-mancer. Of course, she felt like romancing Blackwall, but Vilke Lavellan is TECHNICALLY a rework of Lyriana Lavellan

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Elissa Shepard Elissa Tabris (guess what i played back to back) Karolina Aeducan Luna Hawke Eva Mahariel Isseya Thorne Mėlyna (BG3) Katernina (BG3) literally every Fallout OC except most recent

The first time, "Why did Liara give Shepard to Cerberus" made sense. Elissa and Liara romanced. ...damn Liara did NOT take rejection well. 'No' is a sentence, Blue. Gee, wonder what possible incentive she could have to give Maria to Cerberus (plus she gets to spite Ashley)

Me in 2019-2025: "I can't replay Mass Effect 1-3 because I'll meet Thane again and be sad" Me in 2026: "I can't replay Mass Effect 1-3 because Bioware made a bunch of dumbass choices in ME (esp ME3) development with Ashley and a mod author only patched the first two games"

"Chels, given who you've had OCs romance before why are you so hung up on *this* (Femshep/Ashley) problem, we know you have the imagination to overcome?" 1) Because I know why it's not a canon romance to begin with. 2) If the relevant mod didn't exist for LE1/2 OR original ME3 I'd be less mad.

Me in 2019-2025: "I can't replay Mass Effect 1-3 because I'll meet Thane again and be sad" Me in 2026: "I can't replay Mass Effect 1-3 because Bioware made a bunch of dumbass choices in ME (esp ME3) development with Ashley and a mod author only patched the first two games"

Apparently the ME3 mod for the same-gender romance series for LE doesn't exist (the mod author has been allegedly 'working on it" for four years but lol) and no other modder has deemed Ashley worthwhile to mod back in. I guess this is how my run stops. Not finishing 1/2 if I can't follow it to 3.

i mean, if I can cobble together a coherent ME3 Ashley/FemShep romance w the save editor, thats one thing But I don't want to get there and NOPE and have just wasted two whole games of time

i mean, if I can cobble together a coherent ME3 Ashley/FemShep romance w the save editor, thats one thing But I don't want to get there and NOPE and have just wasted two whole games of time

Apparently the ME3 mod for the same-gender romance series for LE doesn't exist (the mod author has been allegedly 'working on it" for four years but lol) and no other modder has deemed Ashley worthwhile to mod back in. I guess this is how my run stops. Not finishing 1/2 if I can't follow it to 3.

so to the annoyance of everyone i generally love and prefer writing GenFic over smut and I think I JUST figured out what my first story is going to be about.

The first time, "Why did Liara give Shepard to Cerberus" made sense. Elissa and Liara romanced. ...damn Liara did NOT take rejection well. 'No' is a sentence, Blue. Gee, wonder what possible incentive she could have to give Maria to Cerberus (plus she gets to spite Ashley)

my one new frustration: In Dragon Age, playing three games lets me create three blorbos, each of whom romances someone else. Mass Effect only lets me make ONE blorbo, and while in *theory* I can romance two or even three people, if I don't want to be a dirty cheater I shouldn't

my one new frustration: In Dragon Age, playing three games lets me create three blorbos, each of whom romances someone else. Mass Effect only lets me make ONE blorbo, and while in *theory* I can romance two or even three people, if I don't want to be a dirty cheater I shouldn't

also, have decided I am absolutely running the happy ending mod for ME3. My badass space marines deserve happily ever after, and I have never stopped hating the canon endings. Especially you Starchild.

me realizing that the relatively small amount of FemShep/Ashley fic means theres incentive for me to write them

me realizing that the relatively small amount of FemShep/Ashley fic means theres incentive for me to write them

I went ahead and took down the donation link since the need has been met. I don't want to take a cent from anyone unduly or unnecessarily. Thank you!!!

My hat has been in that ring for a long time.

I have long disagreed with the idea that obscurity is a writer's greatest obstacle. Is it my favourite thing? No. But I would literally rather die with my name forgotten and a hundred unpublished novels on my computer that no one will ever see than have a readership made up of genAI users.

Today is the biggest day for Ellipsus since we launched in 2023! 🎉. 🧵👇 youtu.be/WEd5I5bLrfA

one of the sub-plots of the Mass Effect Trilogy is Ashley's fam being blackballed from the service & her joining anyway - bc of her grandfather. She notes her dad "never made it above serviceman third class" and he was BEAMING when she made Gunnery Chief. There's a codex entry showing ranks and...

I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up

Elon Musk incited pogroms in Belfast.

Honestly just run all the 'Tales of the TARDIS' Doctor Who specials end to end at Christmas and put this one on last. The Doctor and Ace, off on more adventures. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea's getting cold. #doctorwho

Thoughts and prayers to the Doctor Who fandom today.

i miss living in seattle more than anyone on this hellapp can possibly understand

one of the sub-plots of the Mass Effect Trilogy is Ashley's fam being blackballed from the service & her joining anyway - bc of her grandfather. She notes her dad "never made it above serviceman third class" and he was BEAMING when she made Gunnery Chief. There's a codex entry showing ranks and...

...sometimes i start feeling bad again by clogging up ppls feeds w my ocs and lore and info dumps

prob about yo spam bsky w a bubch of oc qotds abt Maria Shepard and Im sorry

my main problem trying to frame up Maria Shepard's character is that Thedas (Dragon Age) and Faerun (BG3) are wholly fictional worlds whose lore I am nose deep in With Sara Cecilia, I got lucky in that the game handed me an idea on a silver platter. Maria's a head scratcher.

I need to work out who Maria Shepard is, since I'm with her for THREE games. The basic bio gives some nuggets but there's so much left to fill in the gaps on. also, Vanguard w L3 biotic, did NOT go to 'brain camp'. This thread will mostly just be notes I make myself over time: (1/x) #MariaShepard

I need to work out who Maria Shepard is, since I'm with her for THREE games. The basic bio gives some nuggets but there's so much left to fill in the gaps on. also, Vanguard w L3 biotic, did NOT go to 'brain camp'. This thread will mostly just be notes I make myself over time: (1/x) #MariaShepard