#fornax mass effect

[naiitiel]

In the new FORNAX volume: The hottest STG captain, Kirrahe.

Just a funny drawing, salarian related as always.

[dirtybiowareconfessions]

Confession: okay but like why could we buy Fornax in the Omega market and not take a peak inside? Does it matter that I'd spend more hours looking at it than playing the game? What's the species on the cover? So many questions

[babycupart]

replayed me3 for the first time in years and all the feelings i have for these two came crashing back. hopefully this is cropped enough to not get flagged. anyway, here’s a little fic under the cut to accompany this, enjoy ;) 🥴👇

“That’s it. You’re doing so well, sweetheart.” ...

The Commander’s skin feels hot against Kaidan’s lips. With each inhale, his body quivers. Muscles bunched up tight with the strain of keeping himself upright, arms locked at the elbows. Gently pulling the foreskin down, using the pad of his thumb, Kaidan spreads the clear liquid oozing from Shepard’s tip over the fat head of his cock. Shepard bites down on his lower lip, brows furrowing as his eyes close shut.

Kaidan is aware that Shepard is an attractive man, even if the Commander himself doesn’t acknowledge it. Too modest and good to admit such a thing. “I’m just a soldier, Kay. Nothing special,” he’d say. Like he was just average, an ordinary Alliance marine. But Kaidan knows that the Commander is anything but ordinary. And now, like this, bare and gasping for air under his touch, Commander Shepard is the most beautiful thing Kaidan has ever seen.

“God, John, look at you.”

Kaidan twists his hand on the upstroke and it forces the breath out from between Shepard’s lips. “So pretty… so good…” Nuzzling along Shepard’s neck, Kaidan leaves a trail of kisses along the tiny freckles that reach down to his shoulders. Kaidan places words of praise against John’s skin, nonsensical verbalizations of love and affection that leaves the Commander gasping and breathless.  

After a few strokes, John is leaking all over Kaidan’s hand, making the glide up the thick length that much smoother. Kaidan has never seen a man get so wet like Shepard does. There’s barely any need for lubricant at this point. “So good. You’re doing so good for me, love.”

The attention and praise has John shaking, chest heaving with each labored breath. His hands clutch at the sheets beneath them, grip knuckle-white. Kaidan tightens his grip and Shepard releases a long, low whine. Barely audible, Kaidan feels it more in the rumble of Shepard’s chest, the way his abdomen clenches up, the flexion making prominent each individual cut of oblique and rectus abdominis muscle. His skin breaks out in goosebumps at the feel of biotic pressure, the barely contained power coursing through the Commander’s nervous system, nearly bursting out in flashes of blue.

“Just like that, baby. There you go. Just like that.”

A startled groan dislodges itself from the back of John’s throat. Shepard is mostly quiet during sex, military discipline so ingrained into him. Kaidan can definitely relate, knows how difficult it is to let loose, to trust another enough to be vulnerable. It’s taken patience and practice on both their parts to get to this point, for Shepard to give voice to his pleasure. And much to Kaidan’s delight and surprise, a few words of encouragement is all John needs to have him moaning and groaning.

Kaidan lets go of his grip to lavish attention on the underside of John’s cock, where he’s most sensitive. With just the lightest of touches the reaction is almost immediate - a drawn out high-pitched keen, a sound Kaidan has never heard from the Commander before. His own cock twitches in response in the confines of his boxer briefs, the ache almost unbearable.

Kaidan repeats the motion and John’s hips nearly fly off the bed, the athletic bulk of his quads quaking as his heels dig into the mattress. A strangled hiss through his teeth as Shepard’s head hangs low, eyes hooded and pupils blown out wide, almost black. A light sheen of sweat covers his body, along with the lovely pink flush of his cheeks.

Kaidan takes John’s erection back into his grip, the movement slow and deliberate. It makes John choke on a sob, the sound needy and desperate and Kaidan knows he’s nearly at the edge of climax. His free hand comes to Shepard’s hip, pressing soothing motions along his flank. “I’m right here. Right here with you. Tell me what you need, baby.”

John takes a few inhales before he can even speak, and not once does Kaidan stop, stroking with a grip too light bordering on torture. “K-Kay… I- nngghh. I can’t- I- ah!”

Reduced to an incoherent mess, hips thrusting in time to meet the rhythm of Kaidan’s hand, stifled moans at each interval. Kaidan takes mercy on the poor Commander, slick-wet sounds becoming louder and obscene in the walls of Shepard’s cabin as his grip tightens, stroking in a flurry of movement.

Kaidan speaks the words against John’s neck, right below his ear, “It’s okay, I’ve got you.” The words, the love, the tight slick heat of his hand has John wordlessly gasping and whimpering, toes curling, fingers twisting as he comes undone. Whole body trembling as thick ropes of cum paint the faintly scarred surface of his torso.

Kaidan follows John through the aftershocks, wringing out every last drop of his orgasm, watching as John’s breathing slowly returns to normal. Shepard gently pries his hand away from the oversensitive flesh, while Kaidan kisses along his neck, tracing mindless patterns with his clean hand along John’s hip.

[charlatron]

Shepard does Fornax

Thank you so much @ambellinaleander , you're an absolute wizard ❤️

[graywolph]

I’m sure it’s a me-thing, but I really want Gabby to respond to one of Ken’s lecherous comments by grabbing FemShep or Tali, or even EDI while they’re walking by and pinning them against her console and start going to town - deep kisses, and work it from there. Shut the dumbass, sexist pig down.

Probably just a me-thing.

[commanderogerss]

i finished all my fanfics for the fornax exchange! just like a few hours before it’s due, no biggie.

though i am worried that i’ve written three when all i needed to write was one... oh well, my partner will be happy then!

[thefloatingstone]

Puff please tell me about Grunt I just saw a Tumblr post you reblogged that vaguely went into detail and I read a small bit of his wiki page but I want to hear it in your own words because it's like 10x more interesting with that filter. Fill my dash with grunt lore

GRUNT IS SHEPARD'S VERY LARGE SON

I don't know whether the designers originally created him with this thought in mind or not but it's really funny because by the time the DLC came out for ME2 you can see the games just fully embracing what was originally just a joke in the Mass Effect fandom.

I used to not be fully into it as a concept but as I'm busy replaying ME3 and having just played ME2 again... nah people were right. He's our son.

He was created in a lab to be an "ultimate krogan warrior" or whatever, but when Shepard cracked how out of his tube, he had did not have that "burning desire of revenge in the name of his species" the scientist who made him was obsessed by. Physically he was perfect, but psychologically, he just didn't understand why he should care about being a krogan. in ME2 when he's introduced, his story arc is helping him connect with what it means to be a krogan, and to help him find purpose as an individual. You essentially help raise this adolescent fully formed person out of apathy and teach him how to care about things, concepts and people, almost completely through actions and not so much through words.

As ME2 goes on, it becomes clear Grunt very much wants Shepard's approval about things, which is funny because at first he comes across as a cold, uncaring fully formed adult, but as you help him learn how to connect with being a member of his species, he'll sometimes want to talk to Shepard JUST to be like "Hey Shepard!! I thought about something to do with being Krogan I thought you'd approve of! listen to this!!"

In the DLC for ME2, you can read up on his internet search history as well as his online purchase history and I just.... think a lot of it explains SO MUCH about him as a character. So I'm just copy and pasting those here

SEARCH: krogan history SEARCH: great wars SEARCH: genofage / ERASED / krogan victories SEARCH: okeer/ ERASED / great generals SEARCH: toochanka/ ERASED / tuchanka SEARCH: urnot wrex SEARCH: battlemaster shepard/ MODIFIED/ commander shepard/MODIFIED/commander shepard normandy SEARCH: animal fights / MODIFIED / large predators SEARCH: tryrannsauros wrex/ ERASED / earth lizard wrex SEARCH: dinosaurs

SEARCH: battlemaster humans/ ERASED / earth humans SEARCH: human history SEARCH: earth wars // DOWNLOAD 6.1T NEWS FOOTAGE - HUMAN GENERAL HISTORICAL - CONFLICT // SEARCH: warrior humans // DOWNLOAD 2.1T DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE - HUMAN GENERAL HISTORICAL- MAJOR MILITARY FIGURES // SEARCH: great humans/ MODIFIED / honored humans // DOWNLOAD 0.7T NEWSFOOTAGE [sic] - HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT- AWARDS // SEARCH: great storytellers human SEARCH: war stories // DOWNLOAD 0.67T LITERATURE - HUMAN WRITERS CONFLICT// SEARCH: human homer kipling hemmingway // DOWNLOAD 0.13T LITERATURE - HUMAN WRITERS – EARNEST HEMMINGWAY // // DOWNLOAD 0.06T AUDIO BOOKS // // THE SUN ALSO RISES // 14% COMPLETED // FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS // 100% COMPLETED // A FAREWELL TO ARMS // DELETED // THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA // 100% COMPLETED SEARCH: sharks

CATALOG ORDER: Ultra Black Ops Mega Catalog PURCHASE 2823- UG-652: Case Premium 54/ER Engine Oil VIDEO DOWNLOAD: The Madness of Sacrifice: The Unauthorized Biography of Warlord Okeer PURCHASE 2856- UG-122: Economy Box, Fishdog Food Factory "Tastee Bites" VIDEO DOWNLOAD: When Fauna Attacks! Volumes 1-10 PURCHASE 3254-UG-975: Batax's Hot Fish Spice VIDEO DOWNLOAD: Vaenia (this is a movie) VIDEO DOWNLOAD: Asari Confessions 26: True Blue (this is porn) PURCHASE 9683- UG-662: Fornax Special Spotlight: Krogan Edition (this is a human magazine focusing on interspecies sexual relations) PURCHASE 8856- UG-972: Captain Cosmic Action Figures: "Garr the Krogan Battlemaster" with real smash your enemies action!

By the time ME3 comes around, most of the rest of the squad is referring to Grunt in terms poking fun at the fact that Shepard is his mom. I think it's Joker who at one point comments "Our baby boy's all grown up" or something to that effect. I can't remember the exact dialogue. I think at one point Garrus also jokes about how "they grow up so fast" or something along those lines.

He also loves spicy ramen.

Grunt is a good boy.

[babycupart]

arriving 10 years late to the mass effect fandom with a mshenko wip 🥴

[cr-noble-writes]

Mass Effect Master Post

A collection of all my Mass Effect fanfic, meta, and character posts.

Alex Shepard

Alex Shepard Character Info

Alex Shepard Asks Answered:

Greek Mythology from @heroofshield

Edgy/misc OC ask from @rotschopf-thedrow

OC ask from @briarch

OC asks from @crescentbunny

OC asks from @shadoedseptmbr

Shepard asks from @kalliesa

Shepard asks from @parker-of-loxley

Shepard asks from @theoriginalladya

Shepard asks from @rotschopf-thedrow

Shepard asks from @iheartgarrus

The Pigeon Parallel

How Gender is He?

Why Didn't He Join the Commandos?

Teenaged Boy Needs

Percy Jackson

Alex's biotics

OC Headcanon ask from @otemporanerys

Six Song Soundtrack

The last several asks were from @butter-and-too-much-bread

Jackson Shepard

Shepard asks from @gardensystemtv

Shepard asks from @foofyschmoofer

Shepard asks from @ad-astra13

Shepard asks from @spacebunshep

Shepard asks from @pastelroyce

Shepard asks from @dandenbo

OC ask from @briarch

OC ask from @pastelroyce

OC ask from @mtreebeardiles

OC ask from @rotschopf-thedrow

Six Song Soundtrack

Combo posts!

The idealization of parents- ask from @swaps55

Other Mass Effect OCs

OC asks for Nyala Atruzea from @nickelkeep

OC asks for Taedra Atruzea from @swaps55

Sorry for all the tags, but y'all have all legitimately helped me build these characters by asking these questions, and you all deserve credit for that <3

Fanfic

Odyssey- Alex Shepard's canon series, mShep/Reyes, mShenko

New Stars Growing Pains The Upside of Down By The Stars Family Day A New Hope Argonauts

Virtue and Volatility- Jackson Shepard's canon series, mshep/Coats, Willenko

Verisimilitude Vicissitude Viaticum Venatic Vexillum

Can't Live Without You- John Shepard, mShenko

Night Terrors Don't Die, Kaidan Meanwhile, In Starboard Observation All's Fair in Love And Sparring

Canon Compliant

Baby, It's Cold Outside- Alex Shepard, mShenko The Man I Thought You Were- Scott Ryder, mReyder Couldn't Utter My Love- Jackson Shepard/Alex (Shepard) Atruzea, mercenary AU Let Me- Alex Shepard, mShenko Learning- Alex Shepard, mShenko

Alternate Universe

Kiss Me, Not Him- Alex Shepard, mShenko, roommates AU The Ties That Bind- Alex Shepard, mShenko, vampire/fey AU I Shouldn't Hope To Know- Alex Shepard, mShenko, magical Regency AU

Exchange Fics

Some Things Never Change- Shenko Summer 2023, mShenko Gun Mods and Handjobs- Fornax 2023, Venko (Kaidan/Vega) From The Bedside- Spectre Requisitions 2023, fShalibrations (femshep/Tali/Garrus) First, Last, Only- Holiday Hangover 2024, Alenkoats (Kaidan/Coats) Like Real People Do- Big Place 2024, Venko (Kaidan/Coats)

Unattached Fics

ME Drabbles- A collection of drabbles from prompts from the MEFFW discord server Penny For Your Thoughts- mShenko Primitive Pleasures- mShenko Disappointment- Jackson Shepard, pre-Canon Come and Save Me From It- Destiel, Supernatural crossover

Worldbuilding/Meta

Biotic Flora and Fauna of Thessia The Alliance Intelligence Organization Criminal Justice in Asari Space

[max--phillips]

“Do you know who ‘K Sanders’ is? She has great taste in adjustable massage wands.”

Honestly I desperately wanna know what the sex toy scene is like in the mass effect universe. You know they’re getting toys that use mass effect fields for whatever they do. Probably a truly wild non-human dildo market. We know sorta what the smut scene is like, what with Fornax, but cmon man.

[iliumheightnights]

Kaidan's reaction to Lux showing up in a Fornax centerfold

(Pre-relationship, probably during mass effect 1) Kaidan freezes when he sees the pages. The last thing he expected was to see his Commander in a Fornax magazine. "Humanity's first specter." was the title of the article/photos.

Lux was completely naked except for his helmet covering his junk. However, how he was angled gave Kaidan a glimpse of Lux's ass. He kind of wished he could see more.

What was he thinking? That was his commander! He couldn't think of him like that. It was inappropriate.

He turned the page and almost fainted There were more photos of Lux. This time his ass was on full display and Kaidan felt himself get hard. He let his hand move and touch himself.

Sure Lux was his commander, but Kaidan was only human after all. He'd take the magazine into the refresher. That was about the most privacy he could have on the Normandy.

...

(Years later)

"Hey K, what's this?"

"Lux wait!"

"Woah." Lux looked at the images of himself and laughed. He turned and looked at a blushing Kaidan. "This was a limited issue from years ago. Have you been holding onto this since the SR1?"

"No! I've-I've-" He sighs. "Fine. What can I say? You're hot."

[thefloatingstone]

*starts mass Effect 2 again*

*gets to the first place you are able to buy improved weapons from*

*Buys a model ship and a $5 copy of Fornax*

*leaves*

[umbrahighpriestofgiratina]

Tales Of Arrival Chapter 5

Whew. Once again, this is long overdue, because I am slow, but here is another Tales of Arrival update which has some very enticing bits. Well hopefully you find them enticing. Anyway here's: 

Chapter 5: Multi-Mystery

Nyra was displeased. Very displeased. 

Her troops still hadn't secured the area around the meteor. This was a vital task! If they couldn't then-

Slam. The doors to her throne room were flung wide open. 

A tall Cinderace in a sharp military jacket stepped in. He marched briskly before stopping in front of Nyra's throne. 

"Ahem. Empress Nyra, if I may?"

She gave a beaky smile. "Ah, General Mullein. You may"

"I have come to deliver a report." "Of what sort?"

Mullein chuckled. "Excellent rhyme there, my lady. Anyway the report is of some mons of interest."

"...Show me."

Mullein produced a strange, Clamperl-shell-like device. It opened to project the holographic image of a certain adventuring party. 

"Another group of adventurers seems to be headed for the crater."

Nyra looked closely with her sharp owl eyes and scowled.

"Something bugs me about this group but I'm not sure what... They could be a threat to the plan. Send in troops ro investigate."

"As you wish my dear."

And Mullein marched briskly out. 

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Kratos and his newly expanded crew were moving onward. The la landscape had opened up to a grassy field with sparse trees, the sun shining gently down on them. 

"So where were we headed again?" said Faxi.

"Trying tio head to where that meteor hit!" said Riki. 

"Why? It's just a rock." said Laila.

"I'm a rock," said Fornax, deadpan. 

"Listen," said Edbark. "It's totally super special and we-"

"Wait." said Kratos. 

His ears twitched. Ever since he'd gotten them he'd noticed they were strong, and could pick up on many things. 

And they could hear something coming their way. 

"...There is potential danger near." said Kratos. 

"...Where? I don't see anything," said Riki. 

"Over there!" said Laila. 

The party turned to look. There was indeed a shifting mass heading straight toward them. 

"What is that?" said Riki. 

The mass grew closer, revealing it to be an eclectic collection of mons in strange uniforms. "Wait, are those-" Faxi started to say. 

"Halt!"

A strange draconic creature wearing apple rinds as wings moved to the forefront of the crowd. 

"Under the order of Empress Nyra you are under arrest!"

"I'm perfectly awake, thank you," said Riki. . 

The Flapple sputtered. "You know what I mean! I, Lieutenant Grimhilde, need to capture you lot!"

"Well then we should  probably get out of here!" said Edbark. 

"...Agreed," said Kratos, realizing his current form probably couldn't take on this many Pokemon. 

The party broke into a run. 

"Wh- You can't do that!" said Grimhilde. 

She and her army began to pursue. 

The gang kept running. However, the squad of soldiers quickly started gaining. 

"What are we gonna do?" said Faxi.

"Die I guess," said Fornax.

"Preferably not that!" said Laila.

"Keep your heads together!" said Kratos.

"I- I have an idea!" said Edbark.

"Wait, are you gonna-" said Riki. 

Suddenly,there was a shimmering effect around the group. Everyone stopped. "Hey! Where'd they go?" said a voice outside the shimmering. There was the noise of many moving Pokemon. Eventually the noises quieted, then faded into nothing. Edbark the whole time was standing stock still,eyes scrunched closed,visibly straining himself. "...Edbark I think they're gone, " said Riki.

The illusion dissipated. Edbark collapsed,coughing. Riki rushed to his side.

"You can't do that Edbark!"said Riki. "You know you can't handle it!"

"I just... Made us invisible..." said Edbark.

"And what, exactly, happened?" said Kratos. 

"See, Edbark's a Zorua," said Riki. "They can make all these fancy illusions.But something happened with Edbark and he has a hard time doing them anymore, It really strains him."

"So he's.. Illusion impaired?" said Kratos.

"Basically," said Riki.

"That's rough buddy," said Fornax. 

"I-I'm fine, really..." said Edbark.

"Could someone carry him? Not me my back is too, er delicate," said Faxi. 

"I can!" said Laila. "I love lifting things!" She quickly scooped up a moaning Edbark in her tentacles.

"Who were those Pokemon pursuing us?"

"That was \the Quiver Empire!" said Riki. "They're led by the Decidueye Empress Nyra! They just... showed up one day and started conquering everything they could!"

Kratos frowned.He was reminded of a group from back home known as The Desians, who wished to subjugate any they deemed lesser.

He thought briefly of his own connection to the Desians, and their true purpose to bring an end to all beings.

...No, couldn't be. And it wasn't like he could tell these Pokemon of his past. He would have to find a way to deal with this... but later.

:"...Sounds dangerous. We should avoid them if we can."

"Most definitely..." said Faxi. 

"We should get going," said Fornax.

"Let's go then!" said Laila.

The gang slowly, awkwardly, shuffled off, Laila carrying ann exhausted Edbark the whole way. 

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The group eventually came across a small city. It was simple in structure, but had some noticeably large buildings scattered around it. The group entered casually without attracting much attention from the Pokemon there. 

"This should be a good stop to rest," said Kratos. 

"Good idea probably," said Riki. 

Laila plopped Edbark down on a nearby wooden bench. He groaned and moved to get more comfortable. 

It was then Kratos noticed an unusual pair of Pokemon. One was a tall, black and white mustelid wearing a fuzzy gray coat. The other was a yellow and green doglike Pokemon in a tight-fitting jacket. It wasn't long before they noticed him back. 

"Hmmm... He could be the one," said the mustelid.

"...Really. He just walked into town," said the dog. 

"We haven't found anyone willing to help IN town," said the mustelid. 

"...Fair point," said the dog. 

They steadily approached Kratos.Oh no, Kratos thought. He had enough adventuring experience to know where this was going. The pair stopped in front of him. "Excuse me sir," said the mustelid.

"...Yes?"

The dog sighed. "We have a proposition  for you."

"And what exactly is it?" said Kratos.

By now the other members of the party had noticed and were gathering. 

"We need your help with an investigation!" said the mustelid. 

"Ooh, sounds exciting," said Faxi. 

"I'm up for it," said Fornax.

"Once Edbark gets rested yup sure," said Riki. 

"Ooh, I wanna punch the culprit at the end!" said Laila. 

Kratos' internal oh nos intensified. 

"Excellent." said the mustelid. "But first, introductions. I am Heinwald."

"And I am Curran," said the dog. 

"We're looking for an especially wily culprit," said Heinwald. 

Kratos sighed. "Such as?"

"We're trying to find the identity of an assassin," said Curran. "But like... a really bad one."

"They've caused countless screwups and blunders we need to get to the bottom of," said Heinwald. "And we've tracked them down to... the downtown of this very city!"

Everyone in the party but Kratos gasped. 

"Once your friend is rested we can start investigating." said Heinwald.

Kratos let out a long, drawn-out sigh. 

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With Edbark recovered and having enthusiastically agreed to the situation, the group were now looking for clues downtown. Everyone was diligently searching different parts looking for clues. 

"Not here," said Kratos. 

"Not here," said Riki

"Not here!" said Laila. "Wait! I found something!" said Edbark. 

He pointed to a trail of some kind of dried fluid. 

"Aha!" said Heinwald. "We've spotted this dried fluid at other places the assassin hs striked!"

Edbark sniffed at the trail until it led to the doors of a mansion. A very large mansion. 

"Oh there," said Curran. "They say that place is haunted."

"Very haunted," said Heinwald. 

"HAUNTED?!" said the party aside from Kratos. 

Kratos sighed. As if the ghosts of his past weren't bad enough.

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Cerdiwen and Pari Passu were at a desk, studying a book. A nearby door opened and Stoakes entered. 

"Whatcha two looking at?"

"We're reading up on the history of The Seeking!" said Pari Passu. "We're trying to find the origin of the mysterious red meteor..."

"And I think we've already found a lead,"said Cerdiwen. 

She pointed at a particular point in the book. Stoakes went over to check. 

"This says something about a... Red light being seen during the Seeking. It's happened before... Just not this extreme."

"Precisely," said Cerdiwen. "Definitely cause for concern..."

"You think we should bring Ho-Oh into this?" said Stoakes. "This could affect the entire realm..."

"Not... a bad idea," said Pari Passu. 

"Yes, let's," said Cerdiwen. 

The trio grabbed the book and shuffled off to find Ho-Oh.

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Ho-Oh was staring at the book extremely intently. A very worried expression was etched onto his avian face. The other three watched him with great anxiety. 

"Well?" said Pari Passu, nervously tapping his cane. "What do you think?"

"...This." said Ho-Oh. "Is very bad. It was already clear whatever we're dealing with is not of this world. But this indicates.. I don't know for certain but it could be worse than even that."

"Then what do we do?" said Cerdiwen. "We need to protect our people..."

"We need further investigation," said Ho-oh. "Secure a piece of the meteor if possible. We need to know what this thing is and how much of a threat ir presents."

"I can get the Adventurer's Guild to hunt for any leads,' said stoakes. 

He nodded sternly.

"Mark my words, your grace, we WILL get to the bottom of this."

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Stella  was sparring in a large field, similar to the field Kratos and co were in before, and in close proximity, though mercifully free of Quiver Empire forces. 

Her sparring partner was a Sirfetch'd in black and green armor, who was deftly countering her swipes with his leek blade. 

"Ha! Haha! Good show Stella, that's enough for now."

"Very well, Sir Quackmire." Sir Quackmire gazed out into the distance. "I do love our training sessions but there's a meteor to be found! Adventure awaits!"

Stella let out a long, drawn out sigh. She wanted to tell him, he was her mentor, her friend,  but she knew she couldn't yet. 

But this awaiting adventure would be far from simple.

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[diaphanouso]

Fic Wrap Up Meme 2022

Tagged by @otemporanerys! Thanks!

Words Published: 109,585 …w h a t... (o_o')

Fandoms: Mass Effect, The Shape of Water, a tiny sprinkling of Gremlins

3 Fanfics with the most kudos in 2022:

Acts of Service (138)

Vox Spiritus (137)

Flare (113)

(So grateful to everyone who read and enjoyed these ❤️)

Favourite Opening Line from a fic in 2022:

Silence blanketed the settlement as Nihlus lifted his omni-tool to check his bearings. Due north, toward the mountains. The light of the twin moons cast an amethyst outline along the edges of the slanted metal roofs. (from Stay)

Favourite Closing Line from a fic in 2022:

Their breaths joined the night air, perhaps to go off and form a storm somewhere, leaving the two of them to the sweet moment of peace they’d found together, lost in each other under the eternal watch of the night sky. (from Breathe With Me)

Fic I’m Most Proud of in 2022: That would have to be Stay, written for last year's Spec Recs fic exchange. It's a Samara/Nihlus (Specticar!) fic that explores what happened between them when she pursued him to exact justice all those years ago. It also touches on Samara's grief over her daughters. It was my first time writing her, and I really enjoyed learning more about her character! And of course, writing anything with Nihlus is always fun 😏 Also thought the smut was pretty hot, if I may say so. 😅

New Things I Tried in 2022:

Fic exchanges! Spec Recs was the first organized fic exchange I'd participated in, and it was such a great experience. It pushed me out of my comfort zone, and I'm so glad for it. I also participated in last year's Fornax Exchange and the N7 Exchange for the first time and really enjoyed both experiences.

Writing classes! In August, I started taking some online writing classes. I learned and wrote SO much, ending 2022 with a lot of short original works and skills I can try to transfer to my fic writing!

Experimenting with screenwriting! I entered some screenplay challenges where we had like a handful of days to write a 5- or 6-page screenplay based on randomized prompts. While I had a very small amount of time just to learn the basics of writing a screenplay, it was a lot of fun. And it reinforced how hard it can be to convey a character's state of mind JUST through their actions. It also made me more aware of character blocking. In general, it was a great experience!

Goals for 2023:

Draft a significant portion* of Hungry Eyes; resist posting until it becomes unbearable

Get back to polishing chapters from Vox Spiritus, maybe even post them

Wildcard🎲: For whatever random plot bunny pops up that demands my attention. Appease random plot bunny.

Be more conscious of how I think about my writing. That mostly means pay attention to the negative self-talk that starts up every so often. If I'm in a "hate my writing" spiral, I want to try and identify what specifically I'm hating on and look at it constructively (maybe even kindly), the way I would with a friend. Easier said than done, but I'm gonna give it a whirl.

Keep learning and improving my writing craft!

*uhhh I'll know what this is when I get there, lol

Tagging @dispatchwithlove @angry-jager @kalliesa

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One of the Fornax exchange pieces I did, this one was my assignment for @kittynomsdeplume <3

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“Krogasm”