#andromeda's suffering

[jt1674]

[rawliverandcigarettes]

Thinking about Mass Effect, as you do, and how I'm kind of sad that the way it's been engraved in pop culture has more to do with the way internet reacted to it at the time than what the actual game is about. Yes sure, it's about romance (and not that much all things considered) and it's pulpy (but not solely because of hot lady aliens), but it's also intricate worldbuilding that touches on a lot of sharp ideas, and a complicated tug-of-war between a genuine and vulnerable belief in reconciliation and community VS post 9-11 US military propaganda and steadfast belief in heroic exceptionalism, and the melancholic yet energizing mood, and the daring narrative systems, and so so much more than the 'We'll Bang OKs" and the "There's No Shepard Without Vakarian" and the whole ME3 ending situation

It's all there, but I'm sad the impact of the series is often reduced to (what I think is) the least interesting parts of its sum

[jzargo]

I love how painful the Jaal romance is at the beginning, and not in an angsty way, in a "this is a slow burn friends-to-lovers and while you're trying to figure out if you're at the friends stage yet you have to listen to him flirt with every woman on the Tempest and also he talks with Vetra about his attraction to Peebee" way. Ryders who develop a crush early SUFFER

[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

do you ever think abt nymphadora being killed by bellatrix WHO LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ANDROMEDA???

[sarafangirlart]

“How might these events have looked from Andromeda’s perspective?” she would’ve still loved Perseus next question.

This makes me so fucking mad, how can you take a cultural story that was passed on through thousands of years where it’s Crystal fucking clear in most sources that Andromeda consents to marrying Perseus and think “but that’s not how it actually happened here is what she actually thought bc I said so”, once again a female character doesn’t have agency unless she makes decisions that reflect modern feminist standards.

I would’ve been fine with retellings that were like “hey what if this woman killed her abuser wouldn’t that be cool?” Or “even back then ppl thought this plot point/story beat made no sense so here is how I interpret it” but this is neither of those situations. Andromeda did have a happy ending and there is no point in changing that other than to present a shallow men = bad story.

[euphorial-docx]

everyone in my marauders hotd au will suffer more than jesus

[sheofthebookandsong]

Not me spending months working on this story and announcing how excited I was about it on my Tumblr…and then forgetting to actually post the AO3 link when I posted it 👀👀

Anyway, the first two chapters of my angsty new canon-compliant (and sapphic) fic are up now, if anyone would like to have a look! Welcome to The Silence of Sisters ♥️♥️

[gales-big-naturals]

Me: I’m gonna write Wyllstarion fluff guys! It’s gonna be so cute

Me, immediately after: Okay but actually what if I wrote Vexx/Traveller/Damon angst 😳

[sewerdad]

Liking Baldurs gate 3 without being able to draw is like being an angel without it’s wings

I am in hell

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

💥 for the ask game 😄

Thanks for the ask @charmsandtealeaves!

💥Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're most excited to write? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

Okay, yes, there is a fic I am working on which I have posted A LOT about already. It's a Tedromeda/Remadora AU. I have gone through a gazillion titles but I just told one of my (AMAZING, TRULY INSPIRATIONAL) betas @merlinsbudgiesmugglers that I am changing the title to SUPERNOVA, like a dying star supernova.

Anyway here's a fun little snippet that no one's seen yet:

“You made your choice very clear to me in 1959. You chose him and you chose them.”

“No, I didn’t!”

“You didn’t?” Ted demanded angrily. “You didn’t leave me brokenhearted in the rain? You didn’t leave me to find out in the bloody Prophet that you had married another man?”

“I didn’t want to—”

“Oh, don’t give me that bullshit. You chose wealth and privilege. You said it yourself—you never loved me—"

“That’s not true—”

“You think that marrying another man is love?” Ted’s voice was rough and gravelly. “You think that telling me it’s over after we had sex is love? You think that lying to me for over a decade, hiding my daughter from me, and then kissing me, knowing perfectly well I am a faithful man, is love?”

“It was to protect you—”

“No,” Ted said, shaking his head. “I was ready to go anywhere in the world with you to take you away. I would have given anything—anything—for you.”

“Ted,” Andromeda’s voice broke. “I’m sorry. You have to understand, I did what I had to—”

“I have to understand? I have to understand that you had to destroy me?”

new year writing asks

[therazzbeary]

Average Praetorium light party

[jtownraindancer]

link to that perseus & andromeda poem? asking for a friend ;)

Oh hell yeah I gotchu boo <3

[sarafangirlart]

Screw this by the end of Ramadan once I get my full energy back I’ll write a Perseus and Andromeda retelling and make all the Perseus haters stfu once and for all.

[impishtubist]

So I’m already writing a fic where Sirius comes back from the Veil and Harry is raising Teddy..............

.............but now I want fic where Sirius comes back from the Veil and raises Teddy himself. 👀

[tammiesheep]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43465870/chapters/109270999

The beauty stored in you

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Pairing: Cygnus Hyōga/Andromeda Shun

Chapters: 1/?

Summary: To meet someone as delicate as the flowers they tender to, and at the same time as strong as their roots.

To meet someone as precious as the gemstones they sell and produce, and at the same time as easy to see through as a polished diamond.

Neither Hyōga nor Shun expected that a bond so deep could be found through such a gloom path. Maybe it was meant to be, maybe everything aligned itself to make it happen. No matter, it should bloom like flowers and shine like jewels, and hopefully it wouldn’t rot and fade away or crack and break apart. After all, even a jeweler can appreciate the beauty of petals and green, soft hair, and even a florist can marvel at a well-cut precious stone.

[persephoneggsy]

i need to rant about a quest in mass effect andromeda 

so in the quest “the little things that matter”, you agree to help Addison track down an Initiative doctor who went missing. you find the doctor, Zoe Kennedy, and she’s eight months pregnant. and apparently the reason she left was because Addision wouldn’t let the Initiative people start having babies

you know. the same Initiative that could barely support the people it was already responsible for. they had no stability, no steady food supply, they were in danger from the kett and the scourge, and then there was a rebellion so they lost even more people and assets in the fallout of that.

i think it’s pretty goddamn reasonable to say, “hey, maybe we shouldn’t bring more people into this galaxy until we can be sure they’ll be safe and provided for”. and i hate agreeing with Addison, but there we go.

but dr. “smartest person Addison knows” kennedy decides that isn’t fair, runs away, gets pregnant, and starts stealing supplies from the outposts that YOU establish to stay on the run. 

and then you have to save her ass from kett and roekaar and there’s no option to tell her off for being a shortsighted, selfish fucking idiot. she just had a widdle baby so she gets off scot free. 

fuck her.