[ SECRET POST #2371 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2371 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I took it more as pairing bait-and-switch, like OP is looking for FemShep/someone-not-Garrus, but then the fic suddenly nose-dived into Shakarian, which is ungodly rampant.

And woe betide anyone who dares write Garrus as just a bro. I used to write fic with a lot of Shep&Garrus as friends (usually with Shepard/Kaidan as the main romantic pairing) and I'd get review after review of "this story would be so much better if Shepard and Garrus were together" or "I really thought this story would end up with Shakarian and I'm kind of disappointed" and even the occasional follow-up PM with helpful tips on re-writing my fic to make it Shakarian. This, despite numerous, bolded mentions of the fic's actual pairing and an utter lack of romantic interaction between Garrus and Shepard.

Shakarian's probably the biggest FemShep pairing in fandom, and there are a lot of really nice shippers, but holy shit the entitlement and obsession of some. I don't write Mass Effect stuff anymore and I don't plan to return to the fandom, which sucks because it was one I really used to enjoy.

[elaminator]

Your fic sounds right up my alley. :( I'm sorry people were so rude and pushy about their pairing preferences. Once you made clear the fic was Shep/Kaidan they should've noticed and not read it at all if they weren't interested. There's more than enough Shep/Garrus fic out there, so it's not exactly like fans of the pairing should easily run out of things to read.

[diet_poison]

If you like Shenko, have you read Sinvraal's Shenko series? Shenko is not my pairing of choice (I didn't even really like Kaidan much in the games) but I really like her fic. I'm not done with it, but I've read most of it.

[elaminator]

No actually, most the ME fic I've read has been at the kink meme or AO3. Thank you for the rec! Will def check this out.

[diet_poison]

No problem! (I guess that doesn't surprise me. FFN has gone way down in popularity. I got this fic from a friend who loooooves Shakarian and prefers it over Shenko; she and I both love this author's writing and dialogue. A couple fics in the story focus on other characters - Joker for one and Wrex for another; the longest fics, which are the main storyline fics, focus on almost all of the crew members equally, but Shenko is definitely the central pairing and obvious endgame.)

[elaminator]

FFN has gone way down in popularity.

Yea, that seems to be the case. I do still go there on occasion if the fandom is new or small, but mostly I don't think to check there anymore.

Hmm, I've rarely read ME fic that focuses on crew members outside the pairing. Which is a shame tbh, because I love basically everyone. This sounds promising!

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I'll link you if you're interested (I'm only anon because too lazy to make an account). I've slowly sort of been easing back into writing ME fic. There's one series I'd really like to finish but after that I'm just not sure.

http://archiveofourown.org/series/26090 <<-- This is the Extraction series, which grew out of a kinkmeme fill and has like four or five more stories I'd like to add. It's all Shenko with a side of Talibrations and Garrus as space bros with Kaidan & Shep.

[elaminator]

I'm definitely interested! Didn't want to outright ask because I thought you might feel uncomfortable linking to your account, but thank you! I'll bookmark these for later. ♥

I hope you write more! Shenko could always use more fic, and again, Garrus is a wonderful space bro and that dynamic should be explored more often.

[diet_poison]

...Talibrations.

I hadn't heard that ship name before. That is PERFECT. XD

[elaminator]

I think you mistakenly replied to my comment, but I agree; it's damn funny. (And cute!)

[diet_poison]

Wow, that sounds really annoying. "I don't like the pairing you are writing; change it to suit me!"

[ex_mek82]

and even the occasional follow-up PM with helpful tips on re-writing my fic to make it Shakarian. This, despite numerous, bolded mentions of the fic's actual pairing and an utter lack of romantic interaction between Garrus and Shepard.

Oh man, this actually happened to a friend of mine a while ago. The person in question had basically rewritten a platonic, friendship scene between the two and turned it into Shakarian. I thought my friend handled it rather gracefully, but needless to say it created a very awkward and uncomfortable situation otherwise.