fill: old age should burn and rave at close of day 1/3
anonymous
February 19 2016, 07:10:40 UTC
Adrien Victus isn't quite ready to deal with conversation following the death of his son, so Urdnot Wrex intruding upon him in the usually-empty starboard observation deck is, to say the least, unwelcome. Still, the promised alliance with the United Krogan Clans is the Hierarchy’s only chance, the only slim flicker of possibility that Adrien’s keen military mind can see for retaking Palaven, for saving his people
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old age should burn and rave at close of day 2/3
anonymous
February 19 2016, 07:13:36 UTC
“Well, when people can live long enough to watch mountains rise and crumble,” says Wrex, “there doesn't get to be much cultural precedent for mourning the deaths of the young. You ever think about how it is that the life stage where asari are most driven to risky behavior is also the first one immediately out of childhood, and what it means? The vast majority of them don't ever make it past maidenhood, and that's normal for them. Young asari die all the time, and no one ever kicks up much of a fuss about it at all
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anonymous
February 20 2016, 00:31:19 UTC
Thank you! Wrex having had a son that he lost when his father betrayed him isn't canon but... I feel it's really not hard to imagine that something like that might have happened, given the context of the trilogy's repeating motif of parents and children and inherited injustice.
Re: old age should burn and rave at close of day 3/3
anonymous
February 19 2016, 23:12:18 UTC
wow. OP here, and let me tell you, A!A, that was AMAZING! very in character and beautifully written. honestly, couldn't have asked for much more. thank you so much for filling this.
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anonymous
February 20 2016, 00:39:23 UTC
I'm glad you enjoyed! No pressure to counter-fill, but if you'd like to, I would never say no to more of either of these guys.
Maybe Garrus actually having to run interference between them while Shepard is unavailable, if you want a prompt. I always thought it it was strange that that never came up in canon. I mean, he's bros enough with Wrex by ME3 that they're comfortable with good-naturedly giving each other shit, and Victus clearly trusts him, right? It seems like it'd be obvious to put him on political-shitstorm hurricane watch on that front.
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anonymous
February 20 2016, 06:20:46 UTC
(OP)Oh gosh, you're entirely right! I'll probably post that as a prompt a bit on, unless, of course, you plan to. And, uigre, I fill quite a lot, but I'm honestly not that good at writing. To be fair, I'm kind of new to it, but that's not much of an excuse seeing as I've been writing for like a year and I swear I've just gotten worse. I could never fill anything even remotely this good.
Do you have any other prompts you've filled? I'd love to read them.
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anonymous
February 20 2016, 07:22:52 UTC
Hey now, don't sell yourself short! We're all here because we share a love for a particular published work of fiction and want to create things to celebrate it. And a wise dog once said that sucking at something is the first step to becoming sort of good at something. For perspective, I've been creating various kinds of narrative fanwork forrrr... roughly fourteen years now. And I spent a lot of that time feeling like I wasn't good enough
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anonymous
February 21 2016, 04:15:42 UTC
Aah, thank you! Honestly just saying that makes me want to write more. The KM needs more people like you, heh. And I guess that's true, whether or not it's good doesn't make it worth less than nothing. Something's always better than nothing, and writing would help me improve. Thanks again!
Oops. I'm hooked on the Preitor Gavorn/Johnn Whitson one. Is it going to be ongoing? Beautiful writing and an awesome idea. not to mention hot haha oops ((Also, I've read Sweet Pea before! Dang, A!A, I'm seeing you everywhere! And of course, the Charr one is awesome as well, amazing structure, and way to develop a character that wasn't really mentioned much in the game. I'm impressed, to say the least
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anonymous
February 21 2016, 07:13:07 UTC
Well I'm glad to help however I can! I mean, honestly, there's no rush to pass some arbitrary skill threshold so you can join the Accredited Fan Creator Club or whatever, we're all free to learn and improve at whatever rate fits with the rest of our lives. Like I said before, we're here because of a shared love for something. In my experience, putting care and genuine love into your work is the best way to galvanize other fans into being creative anyway, and I've yet to find any downside to encouraging each other
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anonymous
February 23 2016, 03:30:58 UTC
Naw you're not being creepy! I'm just used to being one of the less experienced writers I know, there are several people in my immediate social circle who are professionally published writers, hahaha
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anonymous
February 25 2016, 19:01:35 UTC
haha that's good. i always fear i just praise a bit too much, oops.
honestly, when i write, it's quickly and usually off the top of my head. i don't really plan things out. i, oddly enough, used to be able to write better, back when i first started. it wasn't a matter of skill, but i actually enjoyed writing back then, and now i'm just like eh. i was writing a story with a friend that got up to about 133 google doc pages, but then things happened and she decided she 'would never write with me again' and blah blah blah you get the idea. which kind of sucks, considering that it was the only thing i enjoyed writing, but eh. for some reason, i just can't seem to write any more, at least not anything long. maybe i'll try after i finish writing this message, heh. and oops i rambled my bad
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Maybe Garrus actually having to run interference between them while Shepard is unavailable, if you want a prompt. I always thought it it was strange that that never came up in canon. I mean, he's bros enough with Wrex by ME3 that they're comfortable with good-naturedly giving each other shit, and Victus clearly trusts him, right? It seems like it'd be obvious to put him on political-shitstorm hurricane watch on that front.
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Do you have any other prompts you've filled? I'd love to read them.
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Oops. I'm hooked on the Preitor Gavorn/Johnn Whitson one. Is it going to be ongoing? Beautiful writing and an awesome idea. not to mention hot haha oops ((Also, I've read Sweet Pea before! Dang, A!A, I'm seeing you everywhere! And of course, the Charr one is awesome as well, amazing structure, and way to develop a character that wasn't really mentioned much in the game. I'm impressed, to say the least ( ... )
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honestly, when i write, it's quickly and usually off the top of my head. i don't really plan things out. i, oddly enough, used to be able to write better, back when i first started. it wasn't a matter of skill, but i actually enjoyed writing back then, and now i'm just like eh. i was writing a story with a friend that got up to about 133 google doc pages, but then things happened and she decided she 'would never write with me again' and blah blah blah you get the idea. which kind of sucks, considering that it was the only thing i enjoyed writing, but eh. for some reason, i just can't seem to write any more, at least not anything long. maybe i'll try after i finish writing this message, heh. and oops i rambled my bad ( ... )
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