#biotic god

[berryplusbears]

[bagog]

N7 Month, 2023 - Day 19: Volus

A little thing about that little volus dude from ME2

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The galaxy trembled at the feet of a biotic god.

Niftu Cal saw the worlds now through a haze of crackling blue, his own aura of command made manifest in a biotic halo.

“Fear me, lesser creatures!” Niftu wheezed. “The Age of Niftu Cal is upon you! Feel my mighty power!”

He stood upon the planet now, mounting Illium as if it were a mountain of excess and trickery and power. He stood at the top, now, the oceans beneath his feet and the cities cowering in his shadow. Mighty asari warships appeared, and Nifty flung them into the depths of space, cartwheeling like toys, with a mere thought.

Gone were the days when a hapless Niftu Cal would be abducted off the street, used as some crazed asari’s pin-cushion… test subject. He was ‘afraid’ then, a feeling he no longer knew the meaning of. What a sense of humor the fates had, though! That out of such infantile terror would be born a titan of pure, raw power!

He picked up the Citadel, plucked it out of space with a hand. He gazed down at the people below—the masters of the galaxy. Well, former masters. Gleaming blue, he crushed the Citadel in a gloved fist. None would stand in his way! He was filled with the ecstasy of domination, he began to cackle. Standing on the disc of the galaxy like it was a dais to his throne, he burst out laughing: a terrifying sound that shook the hearts of lesser beings galaxies away.

He looked now at his gloved hands, still wheezing from his powerful laughter. The gloves—the suit! What need had he for a pressure suit when he was a biotic god? His new world should know their deity as he truly is! Still cackling, Niftu Cal began to tug at the seals of his pressure suit.

Damn things wouldn’t come loose.

He tugged, pulled, struggled.

This couldn’t be… he was a biotic god… a BIOTIC GOD!

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“Wh-what?” Niftu Cal woke up, found he had an easy time breathing. When he looked down, his hands were not covered and an asari doctor in a pressure suit stood nearby, looking puzzled.

“Welcome back,” She said, helping Niftu sit up.

“Wh-where am I?”

“Medical clinic. When they carted you in here, you were unconscious and babbling. I’ve flushed the drugs out of your system but you’ll want to take it easy for a while.” She beckoned to a pressure-suited salarian nurse who came over and helped Niftu to settle into the bed.

“I… I was a biotic god…?” He said weakly.

“Sure you were,” the nurse said, adjusting the blanket around the rapidly fading volus.

“F-fear me?” Niftu said, a tiny voice.

“No.”

[night-of-the-alienguardian]

When you finally find the right prescription

[mako-designated-driver]

It does look like a biotic god if you squint, doesn't it?

[thefloatingstone]

I'm sorry I've been absent here for the most part. I was bogged down with studio work and am now editing. But oh all the little ideas I have for things to draw for you guys......

As an apology for not being around much this week, look at this poster on the Silversun Strip of the fucking Biotic God himself

This is a serious video game about staying alive in defiance against death...

[mamulgogi]

I was almost endgame years old when I learned how to properly play vanguard. I really liked my mattock and claymore man. I was at -93 weight all the time. I didn't know ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[wantonlywindswept]

me, starting my mass effect replay and hearing the music hit:

[zet-sway]

Mass Effect Legendary Edition | Dossier: The Justicar

[husband-steve-cortez]

always kind of endlessly fascinated by different takes on player characters. Especially since I'm a bit of an outlier when it comes to Shepard vs Ryder.

Unkillable cockroach is more how I'd describe Ezra and "built different" is how I'd describe Noah.

It's perfectly reasonable given Shepard's position in their games vs Ryder's position in their game, as well as the clear age/experience difference, and perhaps just favoritism, that you'd put Shepard above Ryder. And I don't necessarily not feel that way about my Ryders vs my Shepards.

Just funny that because I have the power to put lipstick on Noah he came out a little more all-powerful Bayonetta coded.

[explosionshark]

Make the Element Zero goo! No more Biotic auras just ooze that turns off gravity!

WE NEED MAGICAL SPACE OOZE AND WE NEED IT NOW!!!!

[astorythatwritesitself]

Ok but I'm just imagining through this fight Adrian is doing a VERY good job staying calm considering she's fighting a bunch of things without any of her primary skillset being accessible

[lisaandthedevil]

Downing another juice of the probiotic variety, I find myself amazed by the grandeur of life.

[primarchvakarian]

coming back to an age old obsession trying to remember the lore and calculating times just to realize your gut instinct was correct right off the bat

[nukednick]

biotic god

[felassan]

PC Gamer interview with Mark Meer: 'I'm afraid you'll be forced to encounter me as Niftu Cal and Blasto and any vorcha you run into'

Mark Meer is a fan of Jennifer Hale too.

Excerpts:

""I occasionally get told by people, 'Oh, I've never played female Commander Shepard. I only play you.' And I'm like, why are you denying yourself the excellent performance of Jennifer Hale?" Meer says. "That's the thing about Mass Effect, it has so much replayability. I certainly don't mind though, if people are like, 'No, I just play Jennifer as Commander Shepard,' because I'm afraid you'll be forced to encounter me as Niftu Cal and Blasto and any vorcha you run into and various other things in the game." Before he was cast as Shepard, Meer was hired by BioWare to come up with soundsets for the alien species, which he describes as the audio equivalent of concept art. "Laying down what a typical krogan would sound like, a typical turian, that sort of thing." He not only ended up playing a bunch of different alien characters, he's the one responsible for ideas like the asthmatic inhalations of the volus—those heavy-breathing, wombly little guys in gas masks.  "Not rocket science," he says. "Obviously they're wearing some kind of breathing apparatus so I threw in that wheeze sort of sound. There are some alien races that I ended up playing all of, for example, the vorcha. I think I'm almost all of the hanar and have played a number of volus, I think I've done at least a few elcor and batarians certainly. So yes, I'm sprinkled throughout the games in a variety of roles." One of the most memorable of these is Niftu Cal, the drugged-up little guy who gets so high he thinks he's become a biotic god. "That was a lot of fun," Meer says, "and perhaps lesser well known but equally important, the pizza volus. And speaking of hanar I got to play Blasto, who is in some ways one of my favorite characters—no offense to Commander Shepard. But Blasto was a lot of fun, especially because it started as an audio in-joke." Blasto is a parody of action movie heroes like Dirty Harry and James Bond who you first hear about in ads as you're exploring Mass Effect 2. "Jennifer Hale played an elcor in that," Meer says. "She's playing the sister of Blasto's partner Bubin, who Blasto winds up having an affair with. Embedded as an audio easter egg is both commander Shepards having an affair—as a hanar and an elcor." Even before Jennifer Hale was cast, he was an admirer of her work as Bastila Shan in Knights of the Old Republic, and in various cartoons. "I'm a big comic fan," he says, "so I was a big fan of Justice League Unlimited and the old Batman animated series. I'd loved her work as Zatanna and she was the go-to Giganta and Killer Frost for the Justice League stuff.""

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[bed-of-ashes]

sighs. sorry if any of this has been done before but im literally going to school for botany and im a literature analysis nerd so. here we go

I personally find it really fascinating Ivory is mistaken as "Ivy" and she has to redirect people away from that. Aside from being an interesting way to introduce a character, there's symbolism potential here. Take it with a grain of salt because obviously, it's a Jonathan Sims situation, it's the creator's name. However. Ivy is a plant, a living organism, and that automatically means a lot more considering this is The Plant Themed Horror Minecraft. Ivory, meanwhile, is . . . dead. It's dead biotic material from an animal. It's prized for its rarity, making it a symbol of wealth if you possess it. Interesting for a servant

Ivy on the other hand is common and well known, fairly easy to obtain. This basically just says that Ivory is far more than meets the eye to the other serving staff

(it's also the name for all those super fancy colleges. You know the ones. Minutes later Clownpierce is informed that Ivory might be "stunted"—she is not an ivy.)

Also I just think it's funny that the head butler assumes she has a plant name because he's so used to the Hemlockes lol

Speaking of hemlock I'm sure this has already been noticed but symptoms of hemlock poisoning include vomiting and restlessness. Pyro didn't seem unsettled by it at all, however. All he does is ask for coffee. A common "settle your stomach and wake up" remedy, but also really great at erasing scents. Wonder if they're being poisoned by someone else or doing it on purpose

White pines being a symbol of peace tho is insane because god it is not peaceful here

hemlock is the name of an evergreen tree as well, named after the poisonous plant. Notable other evergreens mentioned include ivy and white pines.

the symbolism of evergreens is kinda in the name but yeah, longevity and resilience are kinda the keystones here. a little ironic but hey