#Source Mass Effect

[incorrectfandomsapphic]

Horizon: Forbidden West #094

Source: Mass Effect

Regalla: Huh. Nobody died. Aloy: I could shoot someone if it would make you feel better. Regalla: Nah, I'm good.

[artbymesa]

I'm finally playing Mass Effect (Legendary Edition) for the first time (many years far too late) and

Shepard, probably: I could take him

Garrus, probably:

[felassan]

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

[milkywayes]

GARRUS VAKARIAN: DATABASE IMAGE ACCESS. > PT. 1 : 2160, 2166, 2170. > all files backdated according to user preferences: (terran_coordinated.calendar).

[incorrect-mass-effect-quotes]

Jacob:You know what I discovered? Approximately ten office text chains, and I'm not on any of them!

Jacob: There's a Thane-Legion-Joker-Garrus-Shepard-Tali-Jack chain, a Kasumi-Garrus-Grunt-Miranda-Jack-Joker chain, a Shepard-Tali-Garrus-Wrex chain, a Joker-Garrus-Kasumi-Jack chain...

Jacob: There's a Garrus-Thane-Shepard-Legion chain, a Jack-Miranda-Samara-Wrex-Liara chain...

Jacob: There's even a Kasumi-Wrex-Grunt chain! What even happens on that one?

Kasumi: We mostly exchange Blasto theories.

Grunt: The hanar is going to marry a thresher maw.

Kasumi: We think!

[incorrect-dnd-classes]

Cleric: I can't do this without you, Bard. Bard: Of course you can. Not as stylishly, of course.

[danganronpafakes]

The universe is a dark place. I'm trying to make it brighter before I die.

Source: Mass Effect 2 (2011)

[spicypepperjack]

[roseofithaca]

Shepard: You'll do fine, Grunt. We're a family of survivors, it's in our blood.

Grunt: Why would that matter? I'm adopted.

Garrus: WHAT?! Spirits, who told you?!

[incorrect-tmnt2012-quotes]

Karai: I can't do this without you, Shini.

Shinigami: Of course you can’t. Not as stylishly, of course.

[incorrectfandomsapphic]

Horizon: Forbidden West #018

Source: Mass Effect

Aloy: You think I'm crazy, don't you? Erend: Sometimes crazy is the best way to go.

[felassan]

Compilation of snippets from the DA:TV acting talent panel at SDCC (Dragon Age: Meet the Heroic Companions of Thedas) today (July 26th). DA:TV spoilers under cut.

Huge props and tysm to the users who live-tweeted and clipped this panel, you are heroes 🙏💜!!

The panel was moderated. In attendance were John Epler, creative performance director Ashley Barlow, and the actors of Lucanis, Neve, Emmrich, and Harding - Zach Mendez, Jessica Clark, Nick Boraine, and Ali Hillis respectively.

The panel ended with a Q&A session.

(BioWare have stated that a recording of the panel will be made available at a later date.)

Edit/update: I've now been through this post and tidied it up :)

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Here are some pictures from the panel [source]

Here are some more pictures from the panel [source]

In this Twitter thread there are also some video clips of parts of the panel [source]

BioWare tried to avoid spoilers in the panel [source]

Key points/summary of DA:TV: hunting Solas, found family companions, stop the elven gods [source]

When auditioning the companions, BW were specifically looking for character chemistry [source]

BW used motion capture for the game [source]. Mo-cap was mentioned a lot in the panel [source]

Lucanis sees assassination as a job. His mind is as dangerous as his knives and he is also "kinda hilarious" [source]

There was mention of other Crows [source]

Zach Mendez read Tevinter Nights like three times [source]

A clip of the actors doing mo-cap was shown [source]. Photos of Zach mo-capping for other characters was shown [source]

BioWare said that Zach brought a certain darkness to Lucanis [source]

Zach is excited for the romance and is looking forward to the stats [source]

Zach mentioned that he used his own relationship with his brother in his portrayal of Lucanis [source] (surely this means ILLARIO.. ?👀)

Zach played a lot of darkspawn originally while auditioning [source]

Ali Hillis really welcomed Zach into the DA family [source]

Neve is from Minrathous. She has fun banter and is a cynical detective with a heart of gold. They want to show a rebellious side of Tevinter [source]

Jessica Clark loves Neve's loyalty, dedication, and different vision of Tevinter

Neve is fighting for the people [source]. Jessica: "She is really really fighting for those people, and she loves those people. So, yes, she's cynical, and yes she's kind of tough and brusque and all these other things, but when they say there's a heart of gold, there really, like, to have that kind of a passion and dedicate your life to something like that, I think that's definitely my favorite part about her" [source]

Jessica loves how much Neve loves Docktown and its people [source]

Neve sees a different vision for Tevinter than what has previously been depicted in the series [source]

The actors were separate from one another while recording lines but still bonded really well and organically [source]

There are several Veilguard gc [source] (groupchats?)

Ali is an angel and very supportive of the new cast [source]

Emmrich is a "stone cold silver fox" (this is a quote from the panel moderator) [source]

BioWare knew the reaction they would get about Emmrich from the fandom [source]

Nick Boraine feels like he's been preparing for Emmrich all his life. He's obsessed with death (as a comfort and not scary) and enabling people to transition into death. He is attracted to this aspect of the character [source]

"You're gonna need a dictionary for Emmrich" for all the magic spells [source]

"Interesting how this character caught fire compared to the other sexy characters" [source] (I think this was said wrt Emmrich?)

BW had a great time recording with Nick, he is a very consistent actor [source]

Nick and Matt Mercer have never met [source]

Manfred plays off of Emmrich. "I set the tone" [source]

What has Harding been doing in-between DA:I and DA:TV? She's been working closely with Varric and the Inquisition remnants. She and Neve already met in the comics [source]

Ali vividly remembers the beginning of voicing Harding, she says it's brilliant writing. She really thought of Harding's personality and traits. She's so happy to be back [source]

wrt the Covid-19 pandemic and the year 2020, BW had to pivot with working remotely and were able to push through their projects. [source]

"[Harding] chasing Solas for a decade..." "that was a great relationship that [you] developed... and now I'll stop talking now". Ali was excited [source]

John Epler talked about how companions may but heads, and won't be predictable [source]

There are thousands and thousands of lines and so many characters to meet [source]

Zach "unfortunately has been around the DA Reddit before recording as Lucanis" [source]. He feels inspired by all the fans and cannot wait for us to play it [source]

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John Epler on Emmrich: "I mean honestly, I will say, like, we expected a great reaction to Emmrich. Went beyond what we expected for sure. But it’s been fascinating to see, because again, Emmrich is this character, he’s more of the professorial, more, he brings a wisdom and kind of a calmness to the group, so even when things are at their worst, there’s that one person in the group who is kinda like, ‘okay, y’know, we've got, let's figure it out, let’s take a deep breath’. And just his journey through his character arc, and his interactions with the others, it’s been fantastic to see. Even just finding opportunities for him to bounce off the other characters, you know, the way he talks to Bellara, the way he talks to Neve, it’s all so different, but it’s also just, again, based around this core of this warm, kind-hearted, professorial necromancer. Which, again, is not something you see a lot of in media. I mean, usually, necromancers are depicted in a very specific way. But it’s been, it's awesome to see how Emmrich has grown and just, really one of the most, one of my favorite experiences has been just working with Emmrich’s writer, working with Emmrich as a character." [source]

All the actors are excited about the dialogue and narrative, and for us to explore DA:TV [source]

Ali says that we will really find ourselves in this game [source]

During the recording process, the actors all hear the previous person's recording and react or respond to it [source]

Due to Covid-related lockdown, a lot of recording was done over Zoom, and the writers besides Ashley Barlow (creative performance director) would jump in on the call to talk about the previous person’s lines [source]

A question was asked about the background factions. "Characters not causes". [source]

You can work with the Grey Wardens in the game (for example) [source]

The actors all met this weekend. They are an "un-chosen" family [source]

Zach stood in for multiple characters for mo-cap, for example he was Assan [source]

Lucanis has a heart but is stubborn and stuck in his ways. Zach is excited for fans to help his character open up as the story progresses [source]

Jessica is incredibly honored to join the DA universe. She is new to voice acting for video games. “This is play pretend. Playing Neve allowed her to step into her power.” [source]

A question was asked on what their first exposure to fantasy was, and do they implement this into the acting? John talked about Lord of the Rings and how every media you experience will seep out into your work [source]

Ashley didn't want the dialogue to sound modern [source]

Zach loves Theseus and talked about the symbolism in DA [source]

Jessica loves Greek mythology and lore [source]

Nick talked about The Hobbit and how he would dress up in big boots and a cape when his mother would read to him [source]

Ali recently went to Greece and felt like she saw DA everywhere [source]

A question was asked - "From your companion's perspective, which previous companion would you romance?" Zach kind of has a thing for The Iron Bull, saying "oh that awakened something inside of me". He also likes Dorian. Jessica was too overwhelmed to answer. Nick was also overwhelmed by the question, but thinks Solas is sexy [source] [source]

Ali fangirled over Lucanis and Emmrich [source], prefers Emmrich [source]

A question was asked - "Is DA:TV and DA:I streamlined together?" [paraphrased]. Answer: DA games are not as streamlined as Mass Effect and act almost as standalones [source]

The cast were asked about which aspect of their character is their favorite. Ali loves the little quirks about Harding. "Lucanis is a good cook!?" ** Neve is very dry and pretty closed off about it. For Emmrich, it's the "exploration of the idea of death and necromancy" [source] (** FINALLY CITATION for this? :D)

A question was asked: "How do you decide to introduce the lore in each game?" BioWare answered that it depends as they build each game. They always know the base lore, and see opportunities through game mechanics and characters. They try not to infodump [source]

A question was asked: "Any favorite party banter?" Ashley Barlow said to listen for "hand to bone combat" [source]

The game takes place approximately 10 years after the end of DA:I. You start the game hunting for Solas. The game is built on some core principles: be who you want to be in a world worth saving and with characters that matter. The companions are always at the heart of DA and they are at the heart of this game too. [source]

The moderator asked John Epler about what is bringing this party of people ("this rogues' gallery") together. John: "I mean, it's the end of the world, and each character that you bring into your party understands that the world is ending, that they need to stop that, and you're really building, what I would say is, more of a found family. These are characters who may not start off liking each other, may not even start off liking you, but over time they grow to understand the importance of what they're doing and just, how critical it is to stop the elven gods" [source]

"He is kind and has some spectacular lines. He is a natural nerdy scientist. He loves learning." [source] (Emmrich? ^^)

Ali didn't realize that Harding was such a beloved character. She thanked fans for bringing this character back [source]

Ali is super excited that the game is releasing. She said that there has been an evolution to Harding's character and that she's been chasing Solas for like a decade at this point [source]

Jessica loves the writing in the game [source]

Nick loves its narrative [source]

Ali said that this game is going to take you into a world that will blow your minds [source]

On Manfred: Nick was asked what it was like having another character to bounce off of. He said "Oh man! I mean, that is such a hard question, because Matt and I have never met, and we worked completely separately, and, I, I mean I know that the rapport is really great, but it's in the ether, I mean it is just, the magic that these guys create, telling us how to respond, how to do that, but it's, I can't wait to meet Matt" [source]

BW still said that the game's release window is Fall 2024 [source]. Nothing more specific was given [source]

There are also more snippets here in this Tumblr post, go check it out!

[source, two]

[incorrect-x-quotes]

Rogue: I can't do this without you, Gambit. Gambit: Of course you can. Not as stylishly, of course.

[doortotomorrow]

rebecca shepard / kaidan alenko - Kaidan rushing in to save Shepard

[sol-consort]

I love cooking, it's the only thing I've been naturally good at so far, and gastronomy is so fascinating to me. What are your headcanons on alien cuisine

do you love cooking because you're good at it, or are you good at it because you love cooking?

Asari

Element Zero infused food, 100% inedible and deadly to humans.

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Turians

Dextro based food, 100% inedible and deadly to humans.

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Quarians

Dextro based food, 100% inedible and deadly to humans.

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Hanar

90% meats, raw. Consuming something cooked is very bad for them, especially the oils or too many human seasonings, could seriously hurt their digestive tracks. Fun Fact! Hanar are one of the few species that can safely participate in cannibalism with zero health repercussions—they don't, but they could. Just a food for thought :) Some asari scientists theorise it was part of hanar culture to consume their dead as a part of a religious ceremony back in their early stages of civilisation, but the hanar have yet to deny nor confirm that. Where was I? Oh yeah, human safety... 85% inedible. With a predator as deadly as they are, you really don't want to see the type of eldritch horror straight-outta-Dredge their prey fish were forced to mutate into just to survive. But as a result, the hanar can safely consume 100% of the Earth's aquatic life! Yes, even those freaky fish, at that point poison is the hanar's equivalent of spice.

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Krogans

Mostly consists of meats, Pyjack and Varren, and bones (their shells require tons of calcium to maintain) 70% inedible only because the human digestive system can't properly break down these items, but only 40% is actually deadly to us—the rest come out the same way they came in.

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Drell

In theory, 50% ediable to humans. But how do you feel about consuming thorns, spikes, leather-like meat? Thought so. Blended dishes make them safer to eat, but be sure to bring a water bottle because oh boy it's like the drell cuisine has to make love to the world's most dehydrating air-fry oven as the last step in every dish. On the flipside, Drell think human cuisine is too... watery, mushy, and gooey. If they consume too much, they might even get water overdose/intoxication, which is a real thing even humans can get if we ingest too much water, except our threshold is so high, really hard to graze by it unless you're in a water drinking competition or something.

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Salarian's

Varied with proteins, fruits, and some meat, but very little carbs/grains. They didn't need to invest in agriculture much nor selectively breed their fruits/veggies, by the time they stopped licking their own eyeballs, Sur'kesh was an open buffet of colorful fruits and juicy bugs and small easy-to-catch prey. As a result, their culinary arts didn't develop much besides the basic, there was no necessity for it. Humans can eat their sugary fruits and fiber-rich veggies, some of the bugs. Salarian food is known to trigger an allergy reaction the very first few times you consume it until your digestive system and immune system familiarise themselves with it. 30% inedible, but there aren't many options to eat to begin with.

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Batarians

Their diet overlaps with the salarians a lot! Except for the lack of meat. The whole species is somewhere on the vegetarian scale. Their culinary arts are more creative and considered a part of their culture, agriculture more advanced, and only 10% of it is poisonous to humans to eat, not deadly, but annoying poisonous. Some determined humans insist a particular batarian plant is basically paprika 2.0, but their vision have yet to be accepted by the masses.

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Angara

100% safe to eat, but their dishes taste as bland as sin. One serving of beige goop paste coming up! Stuff outta dystopian futuristic movies. Very rich in nutrition value... in the nutritions needed by the photosynthesis electricity-generating angara body—not so much for the plain-jane humans. So don't eat too much, or you'll get poisoned from overdosing on the wrong vitamins. Angara have shown to place great cultural and sentimental value on certian food items, refusing a plate of freshly cut fruit from an angara is akin to spitting in their face, kicking their baby, punching their mother, and burning down their house, in no particular order.

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Protheans

You don't want to know.

Let's just say, if they've held the power to consume planets and stars, they would've already, it wasn't from a lack of trying either.

They can eat anything and everything under the sun, even you, especially you. Or so Javik claims, and since he's your only frame of reference, you really don't want to put this theory to the test.

Although... he still acts queasy around pineapple juice. He claims it's not because he can't consume it, but for some other personal reason, he would rather not disclose.

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Geth

Element zero based engines and hydrogen fuel mostly, 100% inedible and deadly to humans.

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Vorcha

Man I don't fucking know what they eat, they scare me. Your mom or something.

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Humans

Oh my god 100% safe to eat who would've thought, we need to throw a party someone go invite lady gaga.

This is more of a reverse list of what percentage of our food is safe to eat when it comes to galactic species.

Quarians, turians, and Volus can't eat any of our stuff.

Turians can enjoy our alcohol, but quarians can't for some reason.

Hanar enjoy our sushi. The rest is a no-go, but in theory, they can consume the raw meat of any Earth animal... maybe even us included.

Salarians absolutely adore human dishes and our varied cultures of culinary arts. A salarian can eat almost everything a human throws their way, except for a selection of a few items. One of the few species that can handle our seasonings and cooking oils just fine. Except for spiciness. They actually think our desserts and candy are not that sweet, well, in comparison to their sugar-rich Sur'kesh fruits.

The galactic species as a whole are weirded out by our obsession with milk and its incorporation into cooking—there were even plans to incorporate that fact into propaganda smear campaigns against humans by turians in the late stages of the First Contact War if things kept escalating—The thought of using the fluid meant for babies in cooking didn't even cross their mind, until they met us and were briefly horrifed. It simmered down into mild concern after they tasted a cake for the first time.

As a whole, no other alien species had a positive reaction when introduced to spiciness by enthusiastic humans, lots of masochism accusations thrown around.

A lot of them hate our more acidic fruits as well, because it digests them back faster than they can, especially pineapples that have yet to be safely consumed by a species other than humans.

On the other hand, enjoy this mental image a galactic murder mystery with an open can of pineapple slices as the chosen murder weapon, hanar detective and their elcor Watson-like helper that acts as the window for the readers to observe the world from. Homoerotic subtext sprinkled between these two throughout their journey.

[incorrectly-quoting-mxtx]

Luo Binghe: I couldn’t be in better hands.

Shen Qingqiu, about to push him into the Abyss: I just stabbed you?

Luo Binghe: We all have off days.