Ryder (and Nora, both) drinking Nuka-Colas Quantum with straws carrying merch bags: hey Emily, why aren't you in Texas or Lyon making Dishonored 3?
Emily, hunched over playing Redfall at a booth: I bring a real Unaddessed Childhood Trauma vibe to the whole Knife Dad and Bi Daughter genre that makes it difficult for game developers to work with me
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I was tagged by @thessiansunfish - thank you so much :)
I’ll tag @fereldanwench @kellandry @pikapeppa @briarfox13 @painterofhorizons @ashenlavellan @lonesurvivorao3 @illusivesoul and anyone else who'd like to do this!
Fave Ships:
- Kaidan Alenko x femShep
- James Vega x femShep
- Reyes Vidal x sisRyder
- Harry Carlyle x sisRyder
Last Song
- Lost in Love by Catalano
Last Film
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Currently Reading
- Swan Song by Robert McCammon
- Distance by Vorcha Girl (yes, I'm rereading my own fic - but only because I can't remember huge chunks of it!)
Currently Craving
- movie popcorn
- water melon
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New playthrough of Mass Effect: Andromeda. SisRyder is lookin' good!
BroRyder is.. he looks fine
Daddy Ryder, erm.. Alec.. looks a bit like Clancy Brown (I'm good with this)
A really good shot of Sara and Cora
Anyway. I do a thing where sis and bro have matching tattoos (but reversed) in each playthrough. For this one, she has one down the left side of her neck and him down the right. Will update if I get a good shot of it later.
No idea who I'll be falling in love with (other than Evfra, who isn't a romance option - the cowards!). Will just try to not anger Drack. I love that cranky old bastard ❤️
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I am still so bothered by the decision to lock Ryder's background based on gender - I WANT to play a BroRyder who did prothean research, screw "guarding a Mass Relay."
Like it's just so reductively sexist - man do gun thing, woman do research. And, more charitably, it plays into this narrative I don't feel the game should support of BroRyder trying to win the affections of his distant father, a storyline that doesn't seem to exist for SisRyder (which, y'know, goes back to BioWare's well established tendencies to write for the straight male protagonist first and foremost...).
Meanwhile, I, as a player, am over here all "nah fuck him" on the subject of Alec Ryder and want to just play a Ryder who says the same of his father.
Like... I don't necessarily want to assume the home and personal life of any of these writers, but it very much seems like at the least, the core of the writing was written from the perspective of someone who has a positive relationship with the majority of their family and thinks that blood relations are a core factor in determining what makes someone "family," that if you are blood relations to someone, it means that you do what you can to find some form of affection for them.
Meanwhile, I, the player, am firmly against that belief, knowing that (and yes, my Supernatural is showing here) family doesn't end in blood, and it doesn't begin there, either.
And this is something spills across the game. Y'know, it's what I bring up with Gil often, that I don't feel like his writer actually had a clue of what life is for someone with an absent father, because I can't imagine anyone who grew up without a father, like I did, excusing that with "maybe they give us the foundation to go from," as if it's okay that this person who is supposedly meant to be family, to be a part of your life, to be someone who is there for you WASN'T.
So much of this game's attitude towards family feels so conflicted - where it SAYS family is important and meaningful and says it in a way that makes it clear it means family in the blood relation sense, so much of what it DOES, the things we see in action, emphasize the importance of FOUND family. Like I don't necessarily think that these are things that are inherently opposing factors, but at the same time, the game never really gives enough attention and recognition of found family over blood.
Like if I could have Andromeda to do over again, if I could go back in time, boot Mac Walters out of the driver's seat (oh don't I wish...), and claim leadership of the Decpticons er, of the game's writing... Okay, yes, I'd have a laundry list of things and Gil's handling is certainly number one on that list, but number two would be to actually COHERE this attempt at a story about family.
Because as it is, it really is saying one thing and showing another.
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It saddens me a lot that this year due to circumstances beyond my control, I couldn’t finish my piece for the N7 Day on time, so allow me to repost my drawings from the past years.
Anyway, happy N7 Day, everyone! ♥ Stand strong, stand together!
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“You’re my serendipity. I wasn’t looking for you. I wasn’t expecting you. But I’m very lucky I met you."
– Unknown
@starsandskies I'm completely blown away and am in love with how beautifully this came out. I'm so happy I got the chance to work with you, thank you again! 💙
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