(Fic) Memory
This is another 'Mass Effect' fic, I'm afraid. I've now finished ME3, and wasn't nearly as outraged by the endings as I expected to be given the internet rage they've generated. Honestly, I'm a Joss Whedon fan: ME3 didn't have nearly enough deaths of beloved characters or dei ex machina plot twists to bother me. Even so, I felt the need for a fill- ( Read more... )
Shepard is the character you play, who can be either male or female, paragon (Buffy-style morality) or renegade (Late-season 'Angel' Wesley-style). You have the choice between several love interests in each game; Liara is one who appears in all three games, so her and Shepard is as canonical a pairing as you can get, but not the only possible one.
The reference at the end to "(little) blue babies" is from canon too: in the second game it's said as more of a joke when they're talking about what they might do after all the fighting is over; in the third game there's a call-back to it in their final emotional conversation just before the big battle to settle the fate of the galaxy. Presumably if you romanced one of the other potential love interests they make an different comment! (Asari, you may have gathered, have blue skin.)
I think LJ is declining and Buffy fandom is declining too, so it's a vicious circle. On the other hand, putting a Mass Effect fic online the week ME3 was released probably ensured I got a lot more views than normal!
I believe you can subscribe to particular people on AO3 so you're notified if they post a new fic; but it's still more of a database site than a social site. You "attract viewers" by tagging your fic with things people are likely to search for, writing an interesting summary, and hoping you picked a fandom and character/pairing that people are interested in. That's basically it.
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