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Bio

I'm an INTJ-type personality; a (mostly) liberal social-democrat; a military brat & groupie; a kinda' Buddhist/stoic; an agnostic atheist/ secular-humanist; a B.A. with an English major but an interest in everything; and a kinky guy-on-guy kinda' guy.

Ever since I was a shunned nerdy jr. high schooler-- probably well before that, really-- I've had a thing for sci-fi/fantasy. Comic books and video games were a refuge when I found my peers to be unwelcoming and stupid, and I found myself imagining alter-egos who were X-Men, or U.N. counter-alien-invasion special operatives, or ancient god-like beings who commanded intergalactic peacekeeping forces but were stranded on Earth in human form. When I discovered D&D I created otherworldly selves who were wizard presidents and heroic swordsmen and mind-reading shapeshifters.

Somewhere along the way those imagined other selves and their worlds acquired their own momentum-- they came so alive in my head that I didn't have to 'create' them anymore, I 'tuned in' to adventures that unfolded in my subconscious. Then I learned about the multiple worlds concept and it felt like I wasn't inventing so much as channeling or spying across dimensional boundaries on my avatars in parallel realities. And I got to thinking that each of them had qualities that *I* wanted. So today I try to be a bit more like those fantasized-about versions of myself-- a gestalt of them. Unfortunately I haven't tapped any magical or cosmic powers, but I think it's improved my character, I think.

I joined this site mostly to share my creative interpretation of one of my newer, externally-originating fantasy otherworlds: Mass Effect. I've been a fan of the series since its introduction and longed for a mShep/Kaidan romance for years. When it was introduced in ME3, the ending inspired my first fanfic (a "not so fast, I wanted a happy ending for them!" piece) which got a warm enough reception for me to pen a sequel.