miteymidget, posts by tag: mass effect - LiveJournal

I've mostly settled into the new place. I still get nervous late at night if I hear something outside, and I'll still jump at odd noises, but otherwise I think I've gotten pretty comfortable. Even though I miss my mom kind of a lot, I like the quiet.

Mostly I just sit around and watch stuff on my Xbox. Or play on my Xbox.

Speaking of playing Xbox. I finally, finally finished the Mass Effect trilogy. Kim was here when I did it. I maybe cried a little, but it was just so... I don't even know. Maybe because I'm new to the franchise and I didn't see the ending pre-Extended Cut, but I didn't hate the ending. I mean, there were problems with it, and the logic behind it didn't make much sense, but c'mon! It's a video game! Also, if the reason you're upset over the ending is Shepard's death then I don't respect your reasoning. After beating the odds for three games, I though it's was a good way to go.

Now I'm trying to decide if I should play Assassin's Creed or start ME over as either a) BroShep so I can romance Kaidan in ME3 or if I should start over as a renegade FemShep and romance Garrus through ME2 and ME3. Decisions, decisions.

I've also watched the first four episodes of Revolution. Good show! I'm not a big Charlie fan, but I loved her Uncle Miles. It doesn't hurt that he's played by Billy Burke, who I've got a crush on about a mile wide. And Miles? Has some mean skills. I could watch that guy with a sword for hours...

I'll have to grab the next episode next time I go home. To my parents, I mean.

Liz is going to FanExpo tomorrow without me. She's going with a friend and her family. Not gonna lie, I'm totally jealous. I packed her off with $50 of my money so she'll hopefully bring me back something special. I gave her a list of fandoms I like right now. Her friend Ashley is really into anime, which is why they're going, and Ashley's dad is kind of into Doctor Who. My guess is that they'll be travelling back and forth between the sci-fi and anime parts of the con. Liz just wanted to get a picture with John Barrowman. Super jealous!

And then I talk about Mass Effect. Or, not really talk so much as spam my LJ with pictures from ME3. Now, I'm still admitting that this is not actually how my first playthrough is going to go down, but as a slasher this is relevant to my interests and the main reason I started playing. Also, I've been reading fic about these two like crazy. So.

Basically all you gotta know is that you're playing as Commander Shepard, a military man/woman that's basically out to save the universe. You pick up comrades and shoot lots of things, and one of the people under your command is Kaidan Alenko. In the first game, Kaidan was only romanceable to a female Shepard, and then he's only got a cameo in ME2. It's only in ME3 that he can be romanced by a male Shepard. And it's a thing of beauty.


This is the default male Shepard:



And this is Kaidan:



Together they look something like this:


My favourite part about this is that Shepard's the little spoon.

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I just can't get over how they touch each other.

Of course, this is just like the blatant stuff. There's just so many little things and there conversations and the history and just... So much. And Kaidan's voice. His voice! The voice acting in these games are pretty top notch.

Now, this is more along the lines of what I'm playing, atm:


Although, my FemShep looks different.

And, okay, the romance is really not all these games are about. You can play the entire trilogy without ever romancing anyone, but where'd the fun be in that? These two pairings are just the tip of the iceberg. There are 13 romanceable character through the all three games. I also really like FemShep/Garrus. Maybe I just have a thing for aliens? Dunno. I had a thing for the dwarves on Dragon Age, so maybe I'm just weird like that.

Me and Liz are watching Doctor Who today. She's gotten pretty into it over the past week or so. She's on season three already and she is obsessed. I got an angry text from her when she got to the end of season one about Rose and the Doctor leaving Jack on Satellite 5 and then a sobby text from the end of season two when Rose got stuck in the alternate universe.

So, we just watched Blink and now we're on Utopia.

Later today I'm supposed to go get my hair cut, but there's no answer at Rod and Denise's, so I dunno if that's still the plan.

Other than that I'm just planning to play more Mass Effect. I finally finished DA:O Awakening, so I started up a game of Mass Effect a little more than a week ago. I'm starting to get a handle on the shooter aspect of the game, and I can put up with a lot if the story's good. And the story in Mass Effect is really interesting. Only I've sort of spoilered myself for the part of the game and I've realized I'm going to have to sacrifice one of two of my party members, and the thing is it's gonna be Kaidan. I like Kaidan the most personality wise, but Ashley's been more useful to me in battle. It's sad, so sad, to have to make that choice. Especially 'cause I've been reading MShep/Kaidan fic based off what I've seen on YouTube from ME3. But no, I have to be practical. I'm not even romancing Kaidan in my playthrough, why am I so torn up about this?

So, this Xbox thing all the time? Maybe not a phase this time. Usually I got through stints where all I do is play video games, but this has been a while, and it was one video game leading into another, leading into another. I've got Assassin's Creed line up after the Mass Effect trilogy and Mike's giving me all of his World of Warcraft games, 'cause Jenn wants me to try it and join her guild if I like it.

Oh, I also got a new phone! It's an HTC Raider and it's pretty lovely. I'm on a three year contract through Rogers with a 1GB data plan. This is the first time I've had to pay a real phone bill. All of my other phones (all two of them) have been pay as you go.

My brother's leaving for Calgary tomorrow. Like, he's already got a job lined up there and our biological father is going to let him stay with him til he's got enough money for an apartment. Cagney and the kids are planning to join him after Christmas. I'm going to miss him kind of a lot.