#oc: sara ryder

[fereldanwench]

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[aymayzing]

ty for the questions in my inbox so here's one for you! --

what objects do your ryders carry around? what classes are they, and ofc, did their parents have any influence on them they consider important? :)

Thank you sm for the ask!!💕 Answer under cut as it got so long 🫣

Scott has ADHD and is very forgetful so at some point he realized he needs to carry around stuff he may forget and then need. So he has a small pack with some water, a protein bar, safety pins, some money, a bandage - just in case.

Sara always has on her finger the ring she got from her mom on her 18th birthday. It's a tradition in Ellen's family that on the 18th birthday a girl gets a diamond ring. Sara's is not super fancy or anything, it's a small, lab grown diamond on a simple band but since she got it from her mother, as a part of family tradition, she values it very much, even more so after Ellen's gone.

I headcanon, much like you it seems :), that both Scott and Sara are biotics. However, Sara's biotics are more powerful, she's able to control them better, she's generally much better at them than Scott. Scott has a rudimentary grasp on his biotics but the best he can do is throw a biotically charged punch. Therefore he, unlike his sister, cannot rely on them, so as Sara went on to become a vanguard, Scott ended up choosing to be an infiltrator. He loves precision, so a sniper rifle is his weapon of choice, followed by a pistol. He doesn't shoot and hopes he hits something, he only shoots when he knows he will hit the target. He's very good at it too, enough to even have impressed Alec, but their father is always looking for an edge for humanity and just shooting good will not cut it. In my mind Alec is very impressed with biotics, believes it to be the next big breakthrough in humanity's history, in how we wage war. So it always made him all the more appreciative of Ellen's research and later on of Sara's powers. Scott was always aware of his father's disappointment in the fact that his biotics don't stack up to his sister's, another thing that made their relationship all the more strained.

For the question about parental influence... Scott has ADHD and it was Ellen who figured out what works for him best, how he can focus best and she is the one who found precision and focusing on small details is a way for Scott to get done what needs to get done. Breaking up reality into small chunks and focusing on them instead of one big thing. That's what she taught him and that's his strategy in his daily life which really came in handy when he became a Pathfinder. It made the situation he was in a little less overwhelming. This is also why he fights the way he does. He wouldn't have been able to handle life as well as he does without it.

When it comes to Alec though, he and Scott were never close, they never really knew one another. Alec loved his son but was never able to show it nor connect with him and at some point Scott stopped looking for any sort of affection or pride from his father, so there wasn't really any area of Scott's life Alec could largely influence. If anything, a lot of Scott's insecurities stem from what Alec pointed out - his not being a great biotic, being too trusting, not taking things seriously. I guess you could say Alec's job as an attaché ended up influencing Scott's choice of career - not the one in the military but the one he envisioned and planned he could've had once he finished uni and served a bit. He wanted to be a diplomat - through Alec he already knew enough people and the realities of intergalactic politics to be good at it. Of course it never worked out but probably, in the end, it made Scott's time as the Pathfinder a bit easier, as navigating interspecies diplomacy was not completely new to him.

Biotics are still new among humans so Sara always felt the odd one out when in the company of more humans than just her family. She heard the whispers, saw the weird looks. Her mother was ofc always very encouraging and trying to get Sara to accept her powers but it was Alec who actually made her feel.good about them. It was not easy to impress Alec Ryder, yet every time she showed him a new trick with her biotics, he was so impressed and excited. That's his biggest influence on his daughter.

Ellen on the other hand had such influence on Sara, being her primary caregiver, that she cannot pinpoint one specific thing that had the biggest influence on her. Everything Ellen did for Sara helped shape her, her morals, view of the world, that it's impossible to pick which one was most important.

[athirstygoblin]

My Shepard and Ryder are by nationality (and ethnicity in terms of my Ryder) South African.

Jane Shepard is Earthborn and lived in South Africa. Her first language is Afrikaans but quickly picked up English when she joined the Alliance Military, hence why her accent is American.

Sera (player character) and Scott's race are Coloured (not a slur in my country), an officially recognized racial and cultural identity in South Africa that consists of people with mixed white and African heritage (both are also fluent in Afrikaans)

(Ignore Sara's hair texture Andromeda doesn't have decent afro textured hairstyles)

Just thought it would be nice for the Mass Effect Games to include a bit of my home country, even if we are a mess

[charlatxn]

My Mass Effect Characters Masterpost

So I figured I should probably have a master post for my Mass Effect characters; my Shepard, Ryder, and OCS with basic information about them. * = will add more about this character

Original Trilogy

Commander Athena Shepard

Earthborn, War Hero

Infiltrator

80% paragon, 20% renegade

Childhood best friends with Lillith; they're practically sisters in every aspect except biological

Was an orphan living on the streets until Lillith's aunt took her in

Romances Garrus

Survives the Reaper war

Lillith Caine

Earthborn, Sole Survivor

Infiltrator

60% paragon, 40% renegade

Her parents died when she was an infant and her maternal aunt took her in and raised her alongside her family

Childhood best friends with Athena; they're practically sisters

Romances Thane

She does not like Jacob

Her entire biological family dies to the Reapers on Earth. She finds out a day after Thane's death

Does not survive the Reaper war; goes to the Citadel in Athena's place and dies choosing the synthesis ending

*Cielle Winters

Spacer

Adept

95% paragon, 5% renegade

Romances Kaidan

During the events of ME2, she and Kaidan were on a break (caused by her joining Chakwas on the Normandy) so she went on a date with Jacob. It didn't go well (he flirted with the waitress. A lot), which caused Lillith to greatly dislike the man.

Is Doctor Chakwas' intern; is in training to become a warship doctor - something her parents disapprove of

Survives the Reaper war

Andromeda

Pathfinder Taliyah Ryder

Infiltrator

Casual and Emotional

Twin sister to Finn

Cousin to Scott and Sara

Romances Reyes

Has a remnant VI bot named Tars and an assault turret named Admiral

*Finnigan "Finn" Ryder

Engineer

Casual and Logical

Twin brother to Taliyah

Cousin to Scott and Sara

Romances Vetra

Has a drone named Kase

*Scott Ryder

Vanguard

Casual and Professional

Older brother of Sara

Cousin to Taliyah and Finn

Romances Cora

*Sara Ryder

Adept

Logical and Professional

Younger sister to Scott

Cousin to Taliyah and Finn

Romances Jaal

Left the Milky Way engaged, and left the Nexus no longer engaged. Her experience with her ex-fiance left her very hurt and weary of new people, so she built a wall around herself to protect herself. She also had no intentions of pursuing any romantic relationships for the foreseeable future. That is until Jaal joined the Tempest.

[mahiiimahiiii]

can a girl-failure & a dandy fall in love?

[cairaleighexe]

Asaara Adaar for @/_ltcmdrwilliams on twitter

Sara Ryder for @/primarina on twitter

Cleo Hawke for @/tykayl on twitter

[theratking-heheheheheh]

Hehehehhehehe my Sara Rider oc? Self insert? Head canon???? I’ll never know🥲 I lover her sm…but not enough for hands🙉

lol I only drew this cause I needed an appearance reference for a few fic ideas and a base for head canons

[djfatchip]

Happy N7 Day!

[themaybug]

my Ryder twins ft. what they might wear in a modern AU! it was fun to design the outfits and i hadn't drawn any of them before except for Erica 🥰

bigger pics under the cut

[destinysquared]

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[fereldanwench]

remnant on eos

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[vhenad4hl]

you know i luv her so much that i had to commission pathfinder sara ryder from my bestie @deeplord

[al3ssio97]

Sara Ryder, Pathfinder and former Alliance Marine.

As an Alliance field scientist who did studied ancient Protheans Sara is astonished by Remnant technology and by who built them

[cosmicw1tch]

am i posting again but with ocs, lord

[moss-flesh]

Nova Ryder <3

cutie pie

[husband-steve-cortez]

I think "Eric has an identity crisis" is the first time I really played with how young Ryder is.

Noah is in my mind so much more fluid and easy breezy yet simultaneously fixed. I think he might have went through more of a crisis when he was a teen as far as what kind of person he is vs what he's expected to be (gnc).

Whereas I think as a teen. Eric thought he had it all figured out, thought he knew exactly what kind of man he wanted to be and he had to fight a bit to be it, and later he comes to realize he was stifling himself a bit in a rush to escape how he was.