How could you not love Rory Williams, eh?

It’s a lesson I can never seem to learn. So it is hardly surprising that when Commander Shepard and I finally defeated the Reapers, I felt empty. I wanted more than a colorful explosion & a trite “The End.” What I wanted was more story, for the ending not to be. Can you blame me?

And thus I counted myself among the angry & dissatisfied. Surely Shepard deserved better, didn’t she? There had to be something I could do, something I could say, that would convince the story-tellers to give me more options. After all I am telling her story too, aren’t I? I choose how her story goes, don’t I? And none of these endings are the one I would choose. It made no sense.

I got so wrapped up in the drama of my own desire that I forgot something huge. The “ending” was never the point. And then I recalled something Stephen King said:

You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey, not in the destination, no matter how many times it has been proven to you. You are the unfortunate ones who still get the lovemaking all confused with the paltry squirt that comes to end the lovemaking … you are the cruel ones who deny the grey havens where tired characters go to rest. You say you want to know how it all comes out. You say you want to follow Roland into the tower. You say that’s what you’ve paid your money for –the show you came to see.

I hope most of you know better. Want better. I hope you came to hear the tale, and not just munch your way through the pages to the ending. For an ending, you only have to turn to the last page and see what is there writ upon. But endings are heartless. An ending is a closed door no man or Manni can open.

I tell you this. Should you go on, you will surely be disappointed. Perhaps even heartbroken … There’s no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal ‘Once Upon a Time’. Endings are heartless. An ending is just another word for goodbye.

There is much to be said on the side of those who want a DLC to “Retake Mass Effect.” But others in the community have said it all already, and more eloquently then I could. And I can’t say I disagree with a word of it. I don’t. As rational as I try to be, I still don’t want to let go of the Commander and her crew. Especially not like this.

If BioWare should choose to produce a revised “ending DLC” I will happily lay down my cash for it. (Those that think we will be getting anything worthwhile for free are sadly delusional. This is a business for BioWare/EA & everything they make costs them money. So meet them halfway here, they are much more likely to bend to our desires if there is something in it for them.)

But if BioWare chooses to stand by their product, I will do my best to be satisfied. It would take more than the end I was given to negate the beautiful story that went before. I will try not to be of the grim & goal-oriented, and instead cherish the journey I had.

I guess what I’m saying is, I don’t have a dog in this race. All the anger & venom just make me sad.

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Posted on March 30, 2012

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Posted on March 28, 2012 via Sarah531 (has numbers in front of her name) with 20,499 notes

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Let’s talk about this ending, shall we?

This post is spoiler free, I promise.

I don’t normally do this, engage with the online community much, that is. But I gather that a lot of others are as dissatisfied (read: pissed the fuck off) about the ending of Mass Effect 3 as I am.

That being the case, I was hoping that someone could tell me how I get involved with the protest. I want to add myself to the numbers EA/BioWare see when encountering resistance. Where do I sign up? Is there a forum link or an online petition or something?

Like I said, I don’t get involved within the online community often. So I have no idea where to turn. Help?

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Posted on March 17, 2012 with 4 notes

Um… how much do you want for it? … I will pay that.

doctorwho:

TARDIS Ring

patheticperipatetic:

I was bored and made this. Its a TARDIS based ring with a tension set 1CT Princess Cut center stone. The three round stones is the Police Box sign, the two sets of four baguettes symbolize the windows, and a small princess cut below that to symbolize the instructions found on the front of the Police Box.