[ SECRET POST #2511 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2511 ⌋

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

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02.
[The Hobbit]


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03.
[The Fly 1986]


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04.
[Slightly Damned]


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05.
[Game Of Thrones]


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06.
[DC Comics]


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07.
[NCIS]


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08.
[Roosterteeth]


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09.
[Mass Effect]
[Art: The Shepard Siblings, by bigcman321]


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10.
[Easy A]


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11.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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12.
[Sir David Attenborough]


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13.
[New Tricks]


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14.
[Hannibal (NBC)]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 078 secrets from Secret Submission Post #359.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Iknow I'm pointing out the obvious here, but your Shepherd does not equal other people's shepherd. Even if you both choose identical responses to everything you're still interpretatin the character differently which will than carry over into your fics as you exagurate things they see them.

they only seem OOC because theu're not YOUR Shepherd, bit they're IC for that person and that's what matters cause its their fic. you don't have to read it

[forgottenjester]

See, this is how I feel. I have two Shepards that are basically identical. They have different genders but they have the same background and made mostly the same choices. However, I interpreted them so differently due to the various motivations I assumed they had that was exclusive to them. That's me interpreting the character differently from others and making him/her my own. I've seen a lot of people do this.

I mean, just going back to the Rachni decision in the first Mass Effect, which did you choose? Did their background affect their decision? Who were the people you took with you? Was one Wrex? How did that change your interpretation of your standoff with him on Virmire? But what if you did Virmire first? It kind of just goes on and on.

I will admit there are some limitations but mostly Shepard can be who you want.

+1

[elaminator]

They have different genders but they have the same background and made mostly the same choices. However, I interpreted them so differently due to the various motivations I assumed they had that was exclusive to them. That's me interpreting the character differently from others and making him/her my own. I've seen a lot of people do this.

Exactly. I agree with the limitations bit too, but there's certainly room for variety.

Re: +1

[forgottenjester]

Yeah, maybe the difference between the two groups who think Shepard is a defined character and those who don't is that we have a different view of those limitations? Maybe some view the limitations and then say, "Yup, that's the character" And others view the limitations as, "So this is where I can start my character."

So maybe it's less about not agreeing with each other about those set limitations existing and more about how those limitations are viewed to define the character?

...Am I making sense?

Re: +1

[elaminator]

Makes sense to me! A paragon and renegade Shepard can be quite different people, as two paragons can be, per your example. If I'm wrong in thinking that...uh, whatever. Guess it's good I don't write fanfic. *shrugs*

[forgottenjester]

I don't write fanfic either so it's not a big deal. We're twinsies.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly.

There's a lot of Shepard or other player character fics that I have zero interest in, so I simply do not read them.

[(Anonymous)]

People can have radically different Shepards but there are some things that are out of character no matter what their background. I have seen a lot of femSheps written like teenagers who cry over thinking Garrus or Thane doesn't like them or who have to be taken care of. I saw one memorable MShep who was an incredibly slutty unprofessional goth who spent his time sexually harassing people. Some things just aren't IC for Shepard.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, if there isn't at least some baseline of military professionalism going on, I back out of a fic pretty quickly.