#fun fact kai is actually on the list of characters of yours i've wanted to draw for a bit

[prismbearer]

Daily Avowed Dump, still in Dawnshore.

- My envoy cautiously treating the Voice like it's a curious child with a weapon at all times, while praying she's not the weapon. Every decision she makes she is making it like the Voice is watching and this child will learn to be terrible and doom a bunch of people or unleash the full strength of the fungi dream soulplague or something. It's like being held hostage. However, taking powers to owe a favor at an undetermined time in the future??? 👀 They're healing powers what's bad about that.

- the whole analogy with the watcher where you don't have a chime and you don't sound like the other godlikes. You're alien even amongst your own kind, who are all mostly gone from your world. Your soul growing around a thorn. I'm not sure I like the thorn imagery but I'm assuming it's meant to make you consider the strangleroot and briars etc.

- Loved Everything about the Sargamis questline. His lines... he's so cool. I wish I could have suggested he become a companion, although potentially risky. Having the Envoy who is a godlike get called sister by a godlike who is a historical figure tied to one of the most divisive gods in memory? There was zero chance this character was killing him. (I'll fight him next time tho just to try it.) His feelings about Eothas were making me lose it, it was such a fascinating read on his god and just the closest the Envoy could come to another person who can relate to their experience. Sargamis was ultimately abandoned by his own God, though one could say he was almost freed by him. I'm just obsessed with his entire perspective of trying to force his god back to life in order to make penance and serve the world like. Holy fuck. His lines and perception of godlikes were also very fascinating. Him building an idol/vessel to imprison his god out of the earth of the land he has retired to and been left abandoned. Ough. Then my Envoy being like "Listen Voice.... You can have this toy but I will take it away if you act poorly... Will come back here and burn this effigy..." Kai and Marius were both like 🧍🧍 watching this quest. Sorry guys. Also loved that Sargamis helps you define your Envoys experience as a godlike with your parents or whatever and sort of solidify their character history and bring concepts forward to question their own purpose.

- I love love love Kai and Marius. Their dialogue at camp makes it feel like they're friends and I feel included. Nothing feels forced etc. Listening to them reference all the times they almost died, Marius saying things that might come off as angry to others but it's obvious it's out of worry and care for the few he does actually have connections with. Love to see a dwarven companion, and for him to be the brooding hunter kinda archetype is fun too. Marius is like, you're both stupid I have to stay around to keep you alive.

- Also almost wish the Assassin was a companion but it pays hopefully to have connections, or at least that's what I'm doing with this character because the actual fucking Ambassador hasn't manage to make any sort of contact list at all for her to do her One Job. The fact that the Emperor sent the Envoy after the Ambassador begged for it is also interesting. Sargamis bringing the point that the Emperor likely took the player character in in order to strengthen his own claims to the throne and connection to the gods by having one of the only remaining godlikes that still exist as his loyal servant etc. fucK.

- being able to talk so much shit about watchers is so funny.

- So far I've been really happy with reactivity and choices, I've been able to do the things I want narratively and I'm on the edge of my seat over what happens next. Im still clearing the first area and finished the main quests for now to Emerald Stair or whatever.

- the Inquisitor seems to have her own plans and motivations. I was initially certain she was engineering plots with some higher power faction connection that would parallel the Envoys own connection with the Voice, but having met her I'm less certain. It's just, are her efforts truly in the motivation of conquest because frankly she has only inflamed chaos...

- I want more of the past life memory moments I haven't stopped thinking about the one on Kishamel that I accidentally stumbled across before I even spoke with the watcher. The voice seems to only care about the Envoy and their past, and then the natural world and order, seeing all other Kith as separate outside of the Envoys relationship to them. The choose your own adventure element of them is fascinating and I'm curious about what impact those recovered memories have on the Voice. The dreams with the voice are so alarming fr though like, feels like you're walking a dangerous line influencing something that could consume you or worse the living lands if you misstep.

- can't stop thinking about the splinter of Eothas and then the thorn in the Envoy tho aha 💀

- love doing whatever I want and then having the Envoy remind everyone they serve the emperor directly and have only been assigned One Task. You let the assassin get away??? Yeah, it didn't have anything to do with stopping the plague. Not my business, Ambassador. I serve the emperor, and as the Emperor is like a god to man so are his motivations through me not yours to question. While knowing she's absolutely going off the rails and just trying to figure out how this turned into an existential crisis quest to find herself. Anyway I'm obsessed rn and I haven't even cleared this first map. 💀

[multi-lefaiye]

hi hi :3c no pressure of course but I can offer my oc Kai for Experimenting On maybe?? if the mood strikes?? (also we could do a lil trade or something if you want, I love ur ocs to bits n I'm in an artsy mood hehe)

I have a few refs of some pretty old now art of mine n the closest thing to a faceclaim I have is this one pic from when I was messing round on artbreeder :P

(I have never attached images to an ask before lmao I hope I don't make anything explode)

they are Tall and freckly and smiley... hair is wavy and dyed dark red, I draw it a bunch of different lengths and styles, sometimes a short bobcut, sometimes a bun, sometimes a ponytail, so tbh just go wild and do whatever hahaha

anyway, ye... I present They to you as an option for art shenanigans c:

OHHHH YES YES YES I LOVE KAI SO MUCH,,,, thank you for this opportunity omgg I would love to try and draw them!!!! :3c

I will do my best and see how they look in this vague semi-realism thing I'm trying to develop :3c

(also i would love to do a trade so much omgg,,, i love doing trades with people and your art is always such a treat <33)

Also I just want to note. That drawing of Kai holding a cat even tho they're allergic. That's me. I'm allergic to cats but I love them and want to hold them <3 (not deathly allergic though asdfjkl; I just get sniffly if I'm around em too long)

[luckyspacerabbit]

Can I have 33, 39, 43, and 50 for both Dan Hyun and Jade? 👀

ahh it would mean the world to me ;_; thank you dear steph! A shooting star for you 🌠🌠 hehe

Dan Hyun☄

﹝33. What skills do they have that are a surprise to the people around them?﹞

Her actual combat execution always comes as a surprise to people, despite the fact that she's a soldier. I think because of how she delegates and carries herself, people assume that on the field she'll bring up the rear of the squad and operate at a distance. That's before she comes crashing into them with full-tech armor, yelling like a complete foghorn. Fun related excerpt from her dossier that features one of her related combat formations:

Hammer- Offensive- Dan Hyun takes point, making herself the biggest and loudest target on the field. Companions flank from behind, forming a triangular point that is meant to barrel through enemy lines. Upon tech armor detonation, the entire team swings forward, crumbling enemy defenses.

﹝39. Do they keep around any sentimental items?﹞

Her mom's pearl earring and Kai's dog tags! (I had the earring as a ruby before but I've retconned them for character themeing <3 ). She wore the pearl set to a friend's birthday party (that she wasn't supposed to go to) and lost one in the heat of the disaster. Her mom graciously repurposed it into a simple necklace for her, so sometimes you can spot it around her neck. Her N7 dog tags were originally made for Kai, before he was listed KIA and thus never took his exam. Anderson pulled some strings to save the digits, in hopes of motivating Dan Hyun to later undergo the N7 qualifying exam. It clearly worked. If it's not around her neck, it's resting on her nearby desk.

﹝43. Which version of the Normandy do they like best?﹞

Definitely the SR2. She absolutely hated it when she boarded initially-- All her life, her blood had run Alliance blue. Seeing that dreadful Cerberus orange sickened her. I think of all people, she was the most surprised to realize on the SR3 just how much she missed the SR2. She'd come to associate it with not just her close friends and confidantes, but her squad. Her team, brave enough to splinter from one of the most dangerous terrorists in the galaxy to take down the reapers on their terms. She'd fallen in love on the SR2. Watched the dead come back to life. Formed a community. And experienced one of the biggest betrayals of her life. The SR2 was unforgettable-- and she missed it more than anything.

﹝50. Is your Shepard indoctrinated?﹞

Damn, she might be! I definitely subscribe to reaper tech being a part of Dan Hyun meaning there is some level of indoctrination surrounding her. There's a certain range of difficulty to saying no to her that increases as Me3 goes on, an enamouring dreamlike guidance that brings her back and back to the Reapers. But in the good end, (the end which her loved ones remain alive) her will is strong. It takes dedication, but she can refuse the urges when she's kept close with the people she loves. The silence that comes with the destroy ending is so freeing.

Jade✃

﹝33. What skills do they have that are a surprise to the people around them?﹞

She has near perfect memory. Whether it's an offhand comment from five years ago, or jeopardy facts from the year 2177, Jade has it down pat. Her Aunts from the salon used to reward her with orange hard candies if she could guess trivia answers on the fly, something that went on to catch people off guard when she replied with obscure answers to their questions. Also? Huge movie nerd for oft rerun westerns. She'll pepper in dialogue from country star greats on any occasion. It turns out killing time by watching TV doesn't melt your brain!

﹝39. Do they keep around any sentimental items?﹞

No. The one thing Jade keeps is the necklace she's had since she was a baby: but even that isn't sentimental. It's an endless question to which she swears she doesn't want the answer to: Just who her birth parents were and why they left her on the doorstep of that salon.

﹝43. Which version of the Normandy do they like best?﹞

She's only been on the Normandy SR-3, but it's definitely her favorite edition. The original Normandy would have been too polished and official for her. Normandy SR-2? Well, too chummy, too fast (Not to mention all that drama with Shepard and some of Jade's operatives). The Normandy SR-3 is the perfect mix of scrappily put together, mixed with just enough awkward tension that keeps everyone apart enough to get things done.

﹝50. Is your Shepard indoctrinated?﹞

No, definitely not. Jade loves technology, but there's no way in hell she would get close enough to Reaper tech to become indoctrinated. It's the reason she defects from Cerberus after Me2, and the reason she gets in a large argument (and split) with Kai after he entertains the idea. She refuses to put mind at risk-- it's one of the few things she can count on.