#✧ — ⋆ verse ; mass effect 2 squadmate .

[bloodiedbiotic]

@diewithaname — semi-plotted starter

"You really gonna insult my intelligence that much? Or do you just want to ask it a lot more bluntly? How long you been dusting again?"

There’s bile in her throat, ready in a heartbeat to ignite and be spat at the man beside her — but she holds herself back, continues to ignore him even as his gaze drills into her. Knuckles turning white. Her gunmetal gaze is elsewhere as time drags on and the question remains unanswered. Ryker wasn’t going to go anywhere, she knew that for a fact. He had always been such a stubborn prick.

God, every coiled up fiber in her body wanted to just fucking snap— deck the shit out of him right onto the countertop. At least on Omega, this would be considered just another Tuesday. But she already got her daily punch on him in, with that one being what led her to this shitshow of a reunion.

She rolls her jaw, relieving some of the tension that had built up, before turning her attention to the drink that he had bought for her. It wasn’t the first one, but it was going to have to be the last. She needed to get out of here. Taking the glass, she coats her throat with that shitty-tasting alcohol with one final swig and a grimace to follow. On Omega, you never knew for sure what you were going to be given. At least it was usually strong enough to forget the taste. Setting the glass down, the woman pushes herself away from the bar top and turns to the exit, finally responding to Ryker before proceeding to storm out of the club.

“Thanks for the drinks.”

[blitzbefallen]

Not gonna lie, I went from feeling like I was at a wall with this to just having a constantly unraveling idea that made me get concrete details down. I made something like this for Blair, explaining what she gets up to if she survived the attack on the Normandy SR-1 while her relative perished. This is Astrid's version, pulled directly from my writing app and tweaked to fit tumblr posts (and make better sense)

Astrid survives the destruction of the Normandy SR-1, having focused on trying to get the crewmates on the lower decks to the escape pods safely. This leaves either Liara or the Virmire Survivor to go and seek Shepard.

Astrid grieves hard. Her bereavement leave from duty is long, and if Shepard has the apartment on Intai'sei, she will spend most of her time at the apartment. She doesn't reach out to anyone but will not deny company should it appear. This lasts for about eight months, but she doesn't return to duty until a year after Shepard's death. On the surface, it's just assumed that in those final months before turning, she refused visitors or left the apartment.

In reality, she was back in the field being pushed hard behind the scenes by the Alliance into becoming the next Spectre. So far that she had gotten to the point of having been monitored by a Spectre during several missions with them and is awaiting to hear the response—to hear anything from the Council. During that period, they replace Shepard with her as the poster girl for the Alliance. The best of humanity. When rumors begin to circulate regarding Shepard being seen alive, Astrid feels the need to investigate, but she’s denied answers from everyone she turns to. Hackett stonewalls her. Anderson stonewalls her, as well—even if Shepard chose him as the Councilor.

Shepard will have the ability to reach out and try to recruit Astrid for their mission against the Collectors. This is where Shepard’s decisions in ME1 come into play:

IF THE COUNCIL IS KILLED… It's clear that Astrid wants to join Shepard, however she has to decline their offer. She has her own things that are important and she needs to take care of, and she can’t go AWOL. If Shepard takes the Renegade dialogue in response, Astrid snaps back that they’ve been gone for two years and never reached out to her until after she heard the rumors about them. Clearly whatever they were doing with Cerberus was more important than reaching out to her to tell her that they're alive. So in that case, they’re not more important than what she’s doing currently in the Alliance. It's a bit of a half truth. The half truth is that she won't leave the Alliance in fear of losing everything—becoming a Spectre allows her to set aside that fear. Plus, she's still waiting to hear back from the Council about her Spectre candidacy and is afraid to ruin her chances by being seen associating with Cerberus. It’s only after Horizon that Astrid is inducted into the Spectres. Once inducted, she reaches out to Shepard, asking to meet them somewhere. There, she'll tell them that she took care of her business with the Alliance and she's able to help them with their mission now. Shepard can welcome her aboard or can refuse to bring her along. She refuses that answer, and begins to explain herself, explain how she was a candidate for the Spectres, that that was what she was waiting on when Shepard first asked her to join. Shepard can either stand firm on their decision or allow her to join. What happens if Shepard ultimately refuses to recruit Astrid is worth a whole separate post.

IF THE COUNCIL IS SAVED… The process for Astrid’s Spectre candidacy goes by faster if the Council is saved. By the time Shepard wakes up during the attack within the Lazarus Research station, Astrid is a newly inducted Spectre. When she hears about Shepard being alive, she immediately goes to try and meet with them. Astrid can be recruited after Shepard gets their first squadmate after Freedom’s Progress, allowing time for rumors to begin circulating and for her to begin investigating.

[solheimisms]

In an attempt to add a little spice/variety to this blog, I’ve come up with a new AU for Miranda that is going to serve as the general basis for a few plot(s) that have been discussed with others, but also open up some other opportunities for plotting with Miranda! Information on the new AU can be found under the cut, or you can check my Carrd/About page on Miri’s blog for the details as well. I’ll be making a few new tags to denote it (an me1 au and me2 au tag, and in the case of me3, if it’s using her squadmate verse the au tag will be used, if not her regular me3 tag will be used).

Runaway AU

This AU begins prior to Mass Effect 1, where after running away from her father, Miranda was part of Cerberus for a short time before defecting prior to Mass Effect 1. Using the resources she had access to through Cerberus, Miranda created herself a new identity: Miri Solheim, which she used to enlist with the Systems Alliance. Her talent was unmatched by her peers, leading her to completing an officer’s degree in electronic sabotage with some talent in trauma and first-responder tactics. She is granted the rank of Second Lieutenant by the start of Mass Effect 1, and is assigned to the SSV Normandy as part of its shakedown run. As a result, Miranda is present for the events of Mass Effect 1 as a member of the crew.

Following the destruction of the SSV Normandy SR-1, Miranda leaves the Alliance and touches base with Jacob Taylor, and the events of Mass Effect: Galaxy occur (them stopping an assassination on the Citadel Council). Much to her surprise, the Illusive Man reaches out to her and Jacob again, proposing an offer: he wanted to bring Commander Shepard back to life, and proposed the thought that Miranda was the only one talented and intelligent enough to lead such an endeavour. Despite her previous defection from the organization, she is put in charge of the Lazarus Project to resurrect Shepard, with The Illusive Man watching closely over her actions.

During Mass Effect 2, Miranda’s loyalty to Cerberus is a facade, and her loyalty is specifically to Shepard. The events of Mass Effect 2 continue as normal, and she defects after the suicide mission, choosing to go into hiding. This can then tie in with her ME3 Squadmate AU or can follow the game’s canon.

[wieldsit]

starter  call  /  @gonegoto​  [...]

thane  has  very  few  material  possessions,  and  the  reality  is  that  the  ones  he  does  possess  are  not  of  some  grand  importance.  there  is  a  danger  to  being  sentimental  that  can’t  be  understated,  and  thane’s  learned  that  particular  lesson  one  too  many  times.  still,  upon  the  realization  he’s  missing  a  bottle  of  batarian  brandy  he’d  bought  on  the  citadel  no  more  than  a  week  ago  (  just  to  try  it,  he’d  told  himself  ),  the  question  begins  to  tug  at  his  sleeve:  what  could  he  have  possibly  done  with  it?

it  isn’t  until  they’re  back  at  the  citadel  with  shepard  that  the  solution  occurs  to  him:  who  would  be  better  at  finding  lost  possessions  than  someone  who’s  made  the  art  of  theft  their  trade?  when  shepard  is  off  and  otherwise  preoccupied  at  the  emporium,  he  decides  to  make  his  move.    ❝  kasumi,  i  have  a  favor  to  ask,  if  it’s  not  too  much  trouble.  ❞

[kinardstits]

Cutscenes for editors, a masterpost

For those who don’t know, I tend to post all the cutscenes I record (in english and with no subtitles) in my YT channel, not only for safe keeping but also to share them with other editors.

All scenes are in English, with no subtitles (when possible: for example, genshin impact has no option to remove subs, so the scenes include them). The older games are all 1280x720 (recorded with a PS4) but the latest ones should be 1920x1080.

Since it’s been a while since I posted an updated list, here it is after the read more.

ANTHEM (rip buddy)

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ARISE: A SIMPLE STORY

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ASSASSIN’S CREED:

ACII (Ezio Collection) (on going): ACII | Brotherhood | Revelations

AC Unity (on going)

Syndicate: Main Story | Secondary Missions | DLC: Dreadful Crimes | DLC: Last Maharajah | DLC: Jack The Ripper

Origins: Main Quests | Secondary Quests | Miscellaneous Cutscenes | DLC: The Hidden Ones | DLC: Curse of The Pharaoh

Odyssey: Main Quests | Secondary Quests | Miscellaneous Cutscenes | DLC: Lost Tales Of Greece | DLC: Legacy Of The First Blade | DLC: Fate of Atlantis

Valhalla: Main Quests | Side Quests (on going) | Wrath Of The Druids DLC | Ragnarok DLC

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BORDERLANDS:

Borderlands

Borderlands 2

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Tales From The Borderlands, S1: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

Borderlands 3

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DEATH STRANDING (on going)

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DESTINY:

Destiny 1 (Expansions included)

Destiny 2: Base Game | Expansion I: Curse of Osiris | Expansion II: Warmind | Expansion III: Forsaken | Y2 Annual Pass Content [Expansions IV/V/VI] | Y3: Shadowkeep | Y4: Beyond Light | Y5: The Witch Queen

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DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN

(With over 800 videos, it contains the main route, plus added cutscenes to other paths, as I worked towards the platinum)

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FINAL FANTASY:

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Final Fantasy XV: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |  Chapter 12, Patch 1.16 | Chapter 13 |  Chapter 13, Verse 2 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 14, Royal Edition | Platinum Demo | Side Quests | Broquests | Miscellaneous Cutscenes | Episode Gladiolus | Episode Prompto | Episode Ignis | Episode Ardyn | Comrades DLC | Moogle Chocobo Carnival | Assassin’s Festival | TERRA WARS Collaboration | FFXIV Collaboration

Final Fantasy VII Remake: Part 1 | Intermission DLC (on going)

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GENSHIN IMPACT

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GOD OF WAR (2018)

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GRIS (on going)

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HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE (on going)

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HORIZON:

Zero Dawn (+ Frozen Wilds DLC)

Forbidden West (on going)

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JOURNEY

White outfit version.

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KINGDOM HEARTS:

Kingdom Hearts III | Re:Mind DLC (incomplete)

Kingdom Hearts HD Dream Drop Distance

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage

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LIFE IS STRANGE:

Life Is Strange: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

Life is Strange: Before The Storm: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Farewell

The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit

Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

Life is Strange: True Colors: Main | Wavelengths DLC

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MASS EFFECT:

Mass Effect (on going)

Mass Effect 2 (to be uploaded)

Mass Effect 3 (to be uploaded)

Mass Effect Andromeda: Main Story (Sara w/ LI!Vetra) | Main Story (Scott w/ LI!Reyes) | Squadmate Missions

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NI NO KUNI: Wrath of the White Witch

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SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS (2018)

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MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN (on going, to be re-uploaded)

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RiME

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THE WOLF AMONG US

Season 1: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

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UNCHARTED:

UNC1: Drake’s Fortune | UNC2: Among Thieves | UNC3: Drake’s Deception | UNC4: A Thief’s End | UNC5: The Lost Legacy (most to be uploaded)

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As a final note, I do this for my own entertainment but, if you appreciate what I do and would like to help/tip (games are expensive!), the link to my paypal is up on my channel, next to the twitter and tumblr icons :) Happy editing!

[lionidas]

          001.          mass effect 1,  loyalty mission.

similar to the other squadmates in mass effect 1,  save for the initial human companions and liara,  i planned for cullen to have an optional loyalty mission that would determine his disposition towards shepard in mass effect 2.  below,  i’ll go into his mass effect 1 verse in a bit more detail.

quite early on in cullen’s military career,  he was assigned to the msv mandalay.  serving underneath commander greagoir,  their mission was to provide the safe transport of several notable figures within the biotics industry.  this included corporate officers belonging to numerous amp developmental firms,  scientists,  health care professionals,  and other key shareholders.  alliance forces onboard were to ensure that despite the high-level executives aboard the ship and heightening tensions with biotic extremists,  fueled by decades of mistreatment,  that no harm come to anyone aboard.

biotic extremists raided the ship,  locking it down with the aid of several mercenary groups.  it later comes out that several anti-human groups funded said mercenaries,  aiming to destabilize the human biotic industry and therefore,  the alliance.  to sum up the raid and weeklong occupation,  all non-alliance civilians onboard the ship were tortured and executed first.  then,  the same fate came to the commanding officers.  cullen and two other privates were the only survivors of the ordeal,  the aggressors having escaped away on their vessel by the time the alliance had come to rescue the freighter.  cullen was the only soldier to remain in the military following this.

this happens about a decade before the events of mass effect.  his loyalty mission begins after shepard has conversed with cullen a number of times,  inquiring about his service record and bias against biotics.  in those conversations,  shepard can either affirm or refute cullen’s biases,  although he admits that he’s unlearning them through ongoing therapy.  during this pivotal conversation,  cullen reveals that the biotic group that attacked his ship years ago has been located,  having crashed on a habitable,  uncharted planet.  he requests shepard take him there to end the threat to the alliance once and for all.

upon the planet’s surface,  you can note several smaller encampments before arriving at the main base.  despite his descriptions of the group,  there are no biotics running rampant,  guns blazing.  instead,  the squad finds farm equipment,  fields of vegetables and livestock,  the semblance of a budding community. 

at their main base,  shepard is greeted with trepidation from the leader who instantly comes forward,  asking for any alliance personnel to leave the community as they are not welcome.  it is not demanded nor stated in a threatening manner,  this community’s leader simply explaining how they’ve created a life free of galactic politics and strife.  cullen,  unfazed by the display,  instantly recognizes the leader as one such extremist from the msv mandalay.  he draws his shotgun,  ready to kill,  demanding that shepard assist him in ending this threat.  the leader pleads with shepard,  stating that no matter what wrongs their community may have committed in the past,  they’re harmless,  isolationist.

if shepard affirmed cullen’s biases towards biotics.

cullen demands that they bring an end to this threat once and for all,  citing shepard’s authority as a council spectre to achieve a measure of justice that the alliance could not.  he suggests killing the leader and taking the rest into alliance custody.  shepard can either agree to kill this community’s leader and arrest the others,  arrest their leader,  or allow them to go free.

if shepard challenged cullen’s biases towards biotics.

cullen more calmly states that while they may have turned a new leaf now,  the worst offenders of this community should face justice.  he’ll suggest arresting the leader,  taking any other members of the community involved in any sort of terrorist activities as well,  so they can face trial in an alliance court.  shepard can agree to arrest these individuals or allow them to go free.

if shepard agrees to kill any member of the community or arrest them,  the biotics will attack,  letting shepard know they had warned them,  stating that they can’t trust alliance officials.  if a renegade shepard agrees to let them go,  cullen will follow their orders but will remark on the hypocrisy of such.  if a paragon shepard agrees to let them go,  he will simply follow their orders and express a desire to leave the planet.

following this mission,  either outcome will result in cullen mulling over the results,  his past and the numerous lives lost.  if the biotics were killed,  he’ll express happiness at the exacting of justice,  though he would’ve wished he could’ve stopped them years ago.  if the biotics were allowed to go free,  he’ll challenge shepard’s decision,  leading to another conversation where shepard can refute his biases or agree,  simply stating that a more tactful approach was required.  he will agree,  however,  that peace was ultimately the better option,  even as an ugly part of him wanted a more defined measure of justice.  either way,  he will leave the mission satisfied that the group is no longer a threat and will thank shepard for taking the time.

ultimately,  i don’t think there’s necessarily a right or wrong answer to this quest.  i personally believe that letting the biotics go,  after they’ve been mistreated for so long and simply want to be left alone,  is the better option.  however,  i can see some shepards unwilling to trust these biotics,  citing their past terrorist activity as reason enough to arrest them.  for cullen’s character development,  i’ll always assume that the biotics were allowed to remain unharmed and that shepard challenged cullen’s biases,  forcing him to grow beyond his trauma and skewed beliefs.

if shepard takes the time to complete this mission,  in mass effect 2,  he’d remember this upon joining shepard’s squad following horizon.  he’d express warmth and excitement at fighting alongside shepard again,  not just as a commander but as friends.  he’ll openly express how he trusts shepard’s judgment as well,  thereby alleviating any concerns he’d have about working with cerberus.  should shepard ignore this mission in mass effect 1,  he’d simply state that he’s excited to work with shepard again,  albeit at anderson’s request.  cullen will,  admittedly,  be quite wary about working with cerberus,  even with shepard.

[xxxlovedandlostxxx]

thebloodychampion, I know we haven't interacted much

SEND A URL AND I WILL ANSWER THE FOLLOWING;

Do I Follow Them?: yes!

Why Did I Follow Them?: I saw that they have Dragon Age muses. I thought their prose would match well with my writing style, and they seemed nice and chill, and I'm happy to say that i was right

Do We Role Play?: a little? Tentative starts, so far. No pressure! Sorry, I'm slow and shy

Do I Want To Role Play With Them: Yes!

An AU Idea For Our Muses: maybe a modern/mundane verse w/ Carolus, any mass effect verse ( i need to flesh out Anthony, but I'm thinking he's a young biotic student at Grissom Academy, or one of the missing biotic squadmates working under Major Alenko.

A Song For Our Muses: it takes me A LOOOOONG time to formulate any sort of hc that has to do with music by the simple fact that I just don't listen to much music at all. I don't know many songs. I'm sorry! But once I do find a song, I spam my mutuals about it. It happens rarely, but once it happens, I don't shut up about it... I'm sorry. I'm the worst.

Do I Ship Our Muses?: I'm very open to shipping. Maybe TOO open and I need reining in. But on that same token, if the other mun doesn't feel the pairing, I'm more than happy to write an unrequited ship that slowly transforms from my muse having a crush, to getting over it, to being mature about it, and the two becoming closer friends than they were before as a result, someone either give me a ship, or give me that sort of angstyplatonic-ultimately fluffy and life affirming thread plz!!

What I Think About The Mun: 💯💯💯

Overall Opinion: a great range of muses, great writing. Looking forward to more!

Blog Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 (why would I not follow any ten? All of you are tens, 100s in my opinon, otherwise I wouldn't follow and like your posts, all y'all)

[gunnerychief]

A LIST OF CURRENT VERSES I HAVE FOR ASHLEY .   FLEXIBLE ,  &  SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON INTERACTIONS .  

𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴 0𝟷  :    𝙼𝙰𝙸𝙽 .  

set during the main trilogy ,   &   flexible throughout all three games .   includes any interactions during the time between mass effect 1   &   mass effect 3 .   interactions with other mass effect characters will generally be set here ,   unless otherwise discussed .   

EXTENDED .   anything set in the mass effect universe ,   but outside the timeline of the main games ,   or an au of the main games .

post - game .    this is any interaction set after the events of mass effect 3 .

ext .    ashley is using her authority as a spectre to go out   &   assist the galaxy in any way she can .   sometimes this is helping refugees .   sometimes this is gunning down slavers   &   mercenaries .

ext .   set decades into the future .   ashley is an admiral of the alliance navy .   alt .   ashley is the human councilor .  

mass effect 2 squadmate .    highly au .   there was a time in between shepard coming back   &   ashley being stationed on horizon .   shepard actually did manage to get in contact with ashley before the events of horizon occurred .   ashley agreed to meet up with shepard to get an understanding of the situation ,   &   managed to get context for what happened ,   as well as decide for herself if shepard was really who they were or not .   however ,   she did not become a squadmate at this point .   the events of horizon occur ,   &   the reunion is not charged with anger .   shepard’s story about the collectors attacking human colonies is confirmed .   ashley finally sees for herself what is happening .   she states that she’s been trying to warn the alliance of what has been happening ,   &   was assigned here to see if anything like shepard’s claims would happen .   deciding that she cannot let shepard fight this battle on their own ,   &   with human colonies disappearing ,   ashley tells shepard that she’ll go with them ,   to help fight the collectors   [   &   partly to keep an eye on cerberus .   ]

𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴 0𝟹  :    𝙼𝙾𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙽 .  

highly flexible modern verse for any interactions set present day ,   outside the mass effect universe .  ashley is currently an fbi agent ,   ex military .   she has an apartment in washington ,  d.c. ,   albeit she is constantly traveling .

𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴 0𝟺  :    𝙳.𝙲.  /  𝙼𝙰𝚁𝚅𝙴𝙻 .    

ext .    vigilante .   ashley is a vigilante operating out of   [  redacted   ] .   she isn’t known by any sort of name ,   but the police are currently working to track her down after she gunned down multiple areas where mafia members were meeting .   she doesn’t work without purpose ,   &   she doesn’t kill someone without knowing for sure that they deserve it .

ext .   ashley is a cop ,   frustrated  &  fed up with the amount of crime that slips through her fingers .   while she doesn’t love vigilante justice ,   she slowly begins to see that it is necessary when so many criminals slip by without it .

𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴 0𝟻  :    𝙵𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙰𝚂𝚈 .

a generic fantasy verse for fandoms such as dr.agon age ,   a.soiaf ,  etc .   adjusted based on interactions .   the eldest of four girls ,   &   the  “ roughest ”  of them ,   ashley was brought up by her father learning how to sword fight ,   etc .  &   is a warrior .    more tba .  

[spectrerisen]

finally getting around to making a tag post....... :))) even tho all the new tags i’m adding are Just for verses but-- 

MASS EFFECT 1 ; i'm pointing fingers and i'm holding the knife. MASS EFFECT 2 ; i was spinning fables while you were picking at my seams. MASS EFFECT 3 ; when you walk alone you think such foolish things.  EARLY - ALLIANCE ; take these hands, what have i made them do? SQUADMATE ; we try to fill our heads with blank tapes. POST - WAR ;  are you the hands of a ticking clock?  are we okay when the ticking stops?

  STUDY. MEME. ASK.  FORM.  OOC.

[kinardstits]

Cutscenes, a masterpost

As most of you know, I post all the cutscenes I record (in english, no subtitles) in my YT channel, not only for safe keeping (in case my hds go to hell) but also to share them with other editors. It’s been a while since I posted an updated list so, here’s one?

Under a read more, as the list is looong.

ASSASSIN’S CREED:

Syndicate: Main Story | Secondary Missions | DLC: Dreadful Crimes | DLC: Last Maharajah | DLC: Jack The Ripper

Origins: Main Quests | Secondary Quests | Miscellaneous Cutscenes | DLC: The Hidden Ones | DLC: Curse of The Pharaoh

Odyssey: Main Quests | Secondary Quests | Miscellaneous Cutscenes | DLC: Lost Tales Of Greece | DLC: Legacy Of The First Blade | DLC: Fate of Atlantis

BORDERLANDS:

Borderlands

Borderlands 2

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Tales From The Borderlands, S1: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

Borderlands 3

DESTINY:

Destiny 1 (Expansions included)

Destiny 2: Base Game | Expansion I: Curse of Osiris | Expansion II: Warmind | Expansion III: Forsaken | Y2 Annual Pass Content [Expansions IV/V/VI] | Expansion VII: Shadowkeep

DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN

(With nearly 850 videos, the main route is finished, but I plan on uploading different ones as I play towards the platinum)

FINAL FANTASY:

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Final Fantasy XV: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |  Chapter 12, Patch 1.16 | Chapter 13 |  Chapter 13, Verse 2 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 14, Royal Edition | Platinum Demo | Side Quests | Broquests | Miscellaneous Cutscenes | Episode Gladiolus | Episode Prompto | Episode Ignis | Episode Ardyn | Comrades DLC | Moogle Chocobo Carnival | Assassin’s Festival | TERRA WARS Collaboration | FFXIV Collaboration

GOD OF WAR (2018)

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HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE

HORIZON: ZERO DAWN

Base game

The Frozen Wilds DLC

JOURNEY

White outfit version.

KINGDOM HEARTS:

Kingdom Hearts III

Kingdom Hearts HD Dream Drop Distance

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage

LIFE IS STRANGE:

Life Is Strange: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

Life is Strange: Before The Storm: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Farewell

The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit

Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

MASS EFFECT:

Mass Effect Andromeda: Main Story (Sara w/ LI!Vetra) | Main Story (Scott w/ LI!Reyes) | Squadmate Missions

SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS (2018)

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN

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RiME

THE WOLF AMONG US

Season 1: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5

UNCHARTED:

UNC1: Drake’s Fortune

UNC2: Among Thieves

UNC3: Drake’s Deception

UNC4: A Thief’s End

UNC5: The Lost Legacy

[bloodiedbiotic]

Catching him while he spoke, that should do it. Go back a few years and this would have been a clean hit, but her edge was gone. There was no time to react when he just moved away from her fist, fluid like water dodging a bullet. Heart diving into the deep, she is only forced to watch the world turn as the power balance continues to lean towards Ryker. First she’s moving toward, connecting with nothing, only to then feel herself be grabbed—moved, forcefully, like a riptide she’s powerless to fight back against.

He leaves her little time to turn her head as he shoves her into the wall, and guessing by his lack of gentleness, his patience was at its limit. That’s funny, because so was hers. Breathing through gritted teeth, there is no reprieve in the building tension between the two, no chance for her heart to cease its heavy pounding within her chest—save for the moment Ryker’s voice is heard just inches from her ear, forcing a shudder to roll down her spine.

Except it did not ebb the tides of her mood, violent and merciless like the sea in the midst of a storm.

It only made her want to fight back with the ferocity of a maelstrom.

“Go to hell, Moore,” she snarls, attempting to angle her head to see better. “You don’t fucking know shit about me—not anymore.” It had been years since they had seen each other, and a lot had changed since Torfan. They had both changed. Gained some new tricks. He may have restricted her from moving away, but she could still turn her body from where she stood.

Wedging her pinned arm out from between herself and the wall, her elbow swings back with intent to meet his jaw and push him away. There is no hesitation from her, striking like lightning to grab him by the collar of his shirt and throw him to the ground with her atop him.

“Still better than you, Mustang."

The fact he'd managed to get her into this position was a surprise: Blair was a highly trained, highly dangerous soldier - head and shoulders above any level he'd reached - so he shouldn't have been able to catch her off guard like that. The way that it had been so easy to do so just served to piss him off even more. Just shows how much that shit fucks with someone.

When she tried to squirm past him, Ryker had thrown his arm up to block her path; his prosthetic fist colliding with the surface beside her with such force that it caused a dent in the metal wall. When it came to Blair falling back into this pit, he wasn't playing around; he'd never hurt her, so his frustrations had to be channelled into the station's infrastructure. "I said: you're not going anywhere."

At her response, he shook his head. His arm remained in place but he did as she asked and moved back ever so slightly. "Fine, but you better-" If ever proof was needed that Blair was better and stronger without drugs, the way that she seemed to move in slow motion was it. Usually he could never tell what she was planning or what her next move would be, but here and now, everything was obvious. Her eyes betrayed her, her movements were sluggish. Leaning back, he let her fist pass by his face before grabbing her arm, letting momentum take its course, and twisting it; pinning it behind her back as her chest collided with the wall.

He was close to her again, his chest against her back. "Well that wasn't very nice..." A frustrated sigh escaped his lips as he stared at her. "This is why we got you off this shit before, Blair, you're fucking better than this."

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Don't follow. Don’t follow. Don’t follow…

The thought played on repeat in her mind as she rounded the corner, knowing damn well that Ryker was on her heels. Shit. Why can’t he just fuck off already? Blair had intended to use the dimly lit alleys of the station to lose her pursuer, but it became evident that she didn’t have enough of a distance between the two of them for that plan. He gets ahold of her, leaving her little time to react before she’s thrown, back slamming into the wall of the alley she had intended to lose him in.

Maybe she can get a start before— nope, he was already closing in on her, walling her off with his arm. Too fucking close… There was an almost feral ferocity in the former soldier’s eyes; like a cornered coyote, able to snap at a moment’s notice the moment his guard lowered. If she could just get him to ease up…

“...Give me enough space so I don’t have to smell your breath and then I’ll talk.”

Her eyes watch for an opening—the perfect moment to take him by surprise… there! Believing to have the upper hand, the woman doesn’t hesitate to go in for a right hook with the intent to stagger him, giving her an opening to escape.

She didn’t want to fight him. All she wanted was to get away from him.

Absolutely fucking not.

It had been years since he'd seen Blair; least he thought it had been. The last time he knew for sure that they had been around each other was just after Torfan; just after he'd had his arm removed and he'd failed his psych evaluation. He hadn't wanted it to be a permanent split, but knowing she was sticking with the Alliance and comparing that to where he'd end up, he knew the likelihood of them staying in contact was slim to none.

But now she was here, on Omega, running her own little operation on the station. At least physically she was: he knew that far away look in her eyes. The way that her distant, empty gaze had so quickly turned to rage and violence after his question just confirmed his suspicions: she was taking Red Sand again, and it was nearly time for her next hit. They'd worked so damn hard before enlisting, she'd worked so damn hard, to get clean that he knew she wouldn't have fallen this low unless she was truly struggling. That thought, and the pang of sympathy that ricocheted through his chest at it, did little to soften the anger rising under his skin. She was better than this; what the fuck was she playing at?

Her avoidance of the question and eagerness to leave him behind pushed him over the edge. As soon as she stood, so did he; as she walked through the exit into the lower levels, Ryker grabbed her arm and threw her against the wall of one of the darkened alleys. Neither of them could really afford to be seen together, but he'd be damned if he was going to let her just walk away.

"You're not going anywhere, B. Answer the fucking question."