Post by Aerecura on May 7, 2012 3:19:11 GMT 1
Hello, hello, everyone! My name's Helena, and I'm crawling out from lurking 'round these here boards because I just finished Mass Effect 3, which ignited in me a bitter disappointment with Bioware and frustration with the way my Shepard's story ended in general.
I'm not really sure what I can say about the ending of ME3 that someone hasn't already said already (and more eloquently). It was a great game. Fantastic even. I cried so hard my nose bled (yeah, didn't know that was possible either, the things you learn...). Everything was just peachy up until the last 15 minutes, which made me want to take my laptop and hurl it out the window. So, to wrestle with my hurt feelings with Bioware, I decided to delve into my Shepard's character and figure out just who this woman was that I had spent 100+ hours with. It's been five years since something inspired me so strongly that I wanted to write any fan fiction, but ME did just that.
So I have a couple of ideas in mind for stories, which I will also be publishing on my fanfiction.net profile (same pen name as here), but I wanted to join this forum to actually, you know, talk about them. Get feedback on the development of character, look at the proliferation of various Shepards out there and how they're written, maybe grab a beta reader if I can.
And I guess a little bit about me IRL...I'm 18 and will be attending college in the fall. I write original stuff for the most part, but I also act, sing, play woodwind instruments, mock the ridiculous facial hair of major European historical figures, and make a mean strawberry cheesecake.
So...yeah. Happy to be here, if you guys will have me!
I'm not really sure what I can say about the ending of ME3 that someone hasn't already said already (and more eloquently). It was a great game. Fantastic even. I cried so hard my nose bled (yeah, didn't know that was possible either, the things you learn...). Everything was just peachy up until the last 15 minutes, which made me want to take my laptop and hurl it out the window. So, to wrestle with my hurt feelings with Bioware, I decided to delve into my Shepard's character and figure out just who this woman was that I had spent 100+ hours with. It's been five years since something inspired me so strongly that I wanted to write any fan fiction, but ME did just that.
So I have a couple of ideas in mind for stories, which I will also be publishing on my fanfiction.net profile (same pen name as here), but I wanted to join this forum to actually, you know, talk about them. Get feedback on the development of character, look at the proliferation of various Shepards out there and how they're written, maybe grab a beta reader if I can.
And I guess a little bit about me IRL...I'm 18 and will be attending college in the fall. I write original stuff for the most part, but I also act, sing, play woodwind instruments, mock the ridiculous facial hair of major European historical figures, and make a mean strawberry cheesecake.
So...yeah. Happy to be here, if you guys will have me!