A Human Day

[Ilikemilkshake]

Really good job. So good infact it makes me want to replay the series and romance Thane so I can headcanon this comic.

Also, as for things for Shepard to feel guilty about, why couldn't they use the 300,000 Batarians they force you to blow up? How great the opening of the game could have been if you had to stand trial or something but no, we had to open with a bang.

 

[putowtin]

Ohh....

I may have to go and cry... and play Mass Effect again

 

[keiji_Maeda]

This was a wonderfull surprise to find.

i find myself limited in trying to summarize what i've just read, despite myself, i try not to come across as a stuttering fanboy of your work, but this was amazing. Ioften pride myself on my ability to twist a phrase or turn a word, and yet i am limited in my ability to express the gratitude i experience when stumbling across this, i am reading this on my lunchbreak, and i've laughed out loud twice, and felt sadness thrice.

this was a wonderfull surprise, and i'm so glad i found it.

 

[K.ur]

That's even worse, all these far more traumatic and emotional experiences are playing second fiddle to some random ass kid that you barely had more than a minute of conversation with. I know what they were trying to do with the whole innocence thing, but it was just so cliched and pointless I didn't care for it. The point is, that kid did not DESERVE to be the focal point of anything. It was lazy and about as blunt as symbolism could be. Not only that, they were repetitive as fuck save the the aforementioned voices in the background. What really irked me was the lost potential of it all. These scenes could have had a lot of emotional weight to them and really hit home the emotional turmoil Shepard was having over those that he lost. But nope, just pedo Shepard chasing after a young boy. It also screwed over people whose Shepards were praticularly dick-ish. Playing as a ruthless and sadistic Renegade Shepard? Too bad, apparently he/she has enough sympathy for this kid he/she talked to for a few seconds over to give Shepard multiple nightmares and have the Catalyst choose that form over any of the others.

But the child isn't there from the beginning or so a mayor theory goes. Beside, the game self acknowledges that most self aware life did become indoctrinated after a fraction of what shep handled. Another angle, look at standard male shepard and look at the boy, quite similar (or i'm racist against my own colour ¯\_(&#12484_/¯). I honestly thought that they could make the catalyst a child version of shepard. As man they have already the boy dialog, only appearance change needed.

 

[Reikan]

That's even worse, all these far more traumatic and emotional experiences are playing second fiddle to some random ass kid that you barely had more than a minute of conversation with. I know what they were trying to do with the whole innocence thing, but it was just so cliched and pointless I didn't care for it. The point is, that kid did not DESERVE to be the focal point of anything. It was lazy and about as blunt as symbolism could be. Not only that, they were repetitive as fuck save the the aforementioned voices in the background. What really irked me was the lost potential of it all. These scenes could have had a lot of emotional weight to them and really hit home the emotional turmoil Shepard was having over those that he lost. But nope, just pedo Shepard chasing after a young boy. It also screwed over people whose Shepards were praticularly dick-ish. Playing as a ruthless and sadistic Renegade Shepard? Too bad, apparently he/she has enough sympathy for this kid he/she talked to for a few seconds over to give Shepard multiple nightmares and have the Catalyst choose that form over any of the others.

What this guy said. I don't develop an emotional connection to people I don't know. Almost nobody on the planet does this. We can see how a situation is sad, but if it doesn't effect us we tend to not care. Seeing someone die can and does haunt people, but Shepard has seen a lot, renegade or otherwise, and doesn't seem the type to get hung up on one unknown. Like the comic said, the lost comrade on virmire would have been a better choice for haunting someone. Lost people in number 2 if that happened. Anyone shepard knew and counted as a comrade/lover what have you. This would have resonated with the audience more because we can all imagine or have been through the death of someone we know.

The actual ending is another beast, but yes I felt bad about the lost potential to have a game stand as one of the great stories ever told.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Yeah, ok, fine, you win. I'll play mass effect.


I guess I'm really a sucker for anime inspired art doused with generous puddles of melted cheese.

 

[WretchedFool]

Thank you, this was a lovely way to fill out Shepard's visit to the hospital in ME3. Funny and touching. Thane was so beautifully illustrated and portrayed in ME2, and shortchanged so awfully in ME3.

As to the people who posit that Drell anatomy is disagreeable to humans. Let's be blunt, the Asari were created as part of an American cultural tradition that boobage and titillation have to be in all forms of entertainment. Asari will have sex with anybody of any race, they love to perform sex work in their youth when they're not providing convenient cannon fodder as mercs. The species doesn't even really physically age except for their breasts getting larger. But not drooping, of course.

So you'll have to forgive a few women if they feel entitled to posit that male Drell anatomy is compatible with human female physiology. possibly superior to the standard human male model. Look at Thane's gorgeous lips, pillowy and covered in skin, not scales. His other tender parts are unlikely to be scaly or sharp.

 

[Roofstone]

Beautiful, this is simply beautiful. Very much so.

 

[Machine Man 1992]

Since I am a cold and flinty hearted creature, this did not, in fact, result in feels.

Nice character design though.

 

[Lono Shrugged]

Nice attempt, but I found it a bit too sugary and hard to swallow. I guess it's just my take on the characters. I saw them as a lot less 'cute' and more like a collection of of weirdos and freaks who can't fit in anywhere else. I liked the sentiment quite a bit but it's just a bit too mawkish for my taste. I am probably in the minority on that one.

Basically it was well done. But I am not crazy about what it was trying to do.

 

[Alar]

That was a very cute rendition of Shepard. Well done, over all!

 

[hazydawn]

Which one? I can't tell if that's an insult or a compliment.

Not directly an insult but rather negative feedback? That doesn't sound so harsh xD
I wouldn't say it's overall bad just that some parts of it appeared corny to me.
Page four with "And salvage what happiness we can from amongst the rubble" for example...
that's probably the line I took most offence with >.<
That's of course just my own humble opinion and I'm no literary critic so excuse my amateurish attempt at critique.

 

[Product Placement]

Ohh....

I may have to go and cry... and play Mass Effect again

No don't! You'll just get disappointed again!

 

[TheRaggedQueen]

Thank god I have to walk to work today, otherwise my co-workers would likely ask why I look like someone just shot my dog. It's a hell of a comic, and thank you to both Mister Carter and Miss Baggs for writing and drawing it, respectively.

 

[Sixcess]

Brilliant.

And the love scene managed to be erotic and subtle, which is rather more than the ME series usually achieves.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

I would express my exact feelings and thoughts about this piece, but mods don't seem to like it when I do that with content creators. So I'll stick to saying that I'm not very enthusiastic about fanfiction, and this did nothing to change my stance.
Props to the artist, though. Loved the art.

 

[putowtin]

Ohh....

I may have to go and cry... and play Mass Effect again

No don't! You'll just get disappointed again!

It's ok, I got over the crappy ending. Now I just remember the good that made up the trilogy

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I've got to be honest. This made me a little uncomfortable, but that's due to my own personal hang-ups. So I will will also say that it's very well written, if rather sad, and the artwork is astounding.