Trope Trasher 5
The Re-Write. Take another person's hard work introduce minor additional plot elements a few extra characters and call it your own. Yeah, that's how it works.
Commader John Shepard led his ground team of Gary, Mary, James, Jane and Kaidan against the Geth forces invading the colony of Eden Prime.
The Geth sought the Prothean Beacon, one of the few left in the galaxy.
The soldiers charged forward cutting through Geth by the droves.
The team enters a clearing to the sound of gunfire. Ashley Williams having been pursued by Geth turns and fires upon them, the team providing covering fire.
As the last of the Geth fell, Gary having gazed upon the site of the lovely Chief Williams falling deeply in love with the warrior woman, Ashley of course reciprocated his feelings despite not having spoken a word to each other since their meeting seconds ago. The team, now plus Ashley continued on to the space port.
After a confrontation with more Geth the team arrived at the space port. Jane seeing the fallen form of Nihlus screamed in rage as her lover lay dead. A forbidden romance from a previous mission, she hadn't seen Nihlus in years but just being near him had reignited her love.
The team continued on, deactivating the explosives and approaching the Prothean Beacon.
The team, minus Ashley and Kaidan were struck by the beam emitted by the Beacon, all gaining the knowledge stored within.
The Team continued their quest, proving Saren's guilt to the Council, and saving Tali, who despite being considered underage and having no previous inclination otherwise, fell madly in love with Mary, who was of course a lesbian and also madly in love with Tali.
They then continued on, saving Liara who instantly started a relationship with James, who has a thing for transvestites.
They proceeded to save Feros from the Geth and capture instead of kill Matriarch Benezia, despite the why never being extrapolated upon.
No one died on Noveria, because I said so.
They then convinced the Council that Saren needed to be pursued and the Council went on the offensive, despite the team having no evidence what so ever to prove this. They then chased Saren to Illos and then the Citadel, where they defeat him and in turn Sovereign.
They then live happily ever after… Until the Reapers kill them all.
I actually find some of these to be amongst the best stories on this website, epic in length, well written and well thought out works that if the author replaced a few names can be a completely different story rather than a fan fiction. On the other hand you have those fic's that rely so heavily on the base material that if you lack an intrinsic knowledge of said base material you wouldn't understand a word.
Much like the SI fic's these are once again attempts at pandering to one's own ego. This time by having a character that isn't you despite being identical to what you believe you are. An OC and an SI are one in the same if an author refuses to differentiate between them (ex. the OC SI).
Yet another reference to Chaos Theory as once again we introduce new factors and nothing changes. Changing a story is just that, changing a story. If you're going to change one thing actually change it and don't fake it by changing the characters and whether someone lives, dies, or does something stupid, most readers aren't idiots we see what you are doing, and we are not amused.
The need to have OC's romance everything that moves is frightening and suggests a deep seated issue in regards to what a healthy human being is before introducing a relationship. Having a relationship for the sake of having a relationship is not a healthy mind set, especially if you consider the possibility of an abusive relationship; go see a therapist... please, for your own sake.
No romancing Tali during the events of ME1, Paedophilia is sick and wrong!