[Scavengers - A Warframe Story [Second Dream Spoilers]]

"Enemies-turned-friends/lovers through mutual saving and respect" is a favorite thing of mine.

[Scavengers - A Warframe Story [Second Dream Spoilers]]

This?

This right here is a damn good fic.

I cannot find enough praise for it. The characterization, the world-building, the tone, the mood, the word choice, all of it combines seamlessly into a single 78 thousand word story that brings you through emotional highs and dramatic lows. You could print this out on paper, slap a well-illustrated hardcover on it, and sell it as an official Warframe novel, hell, novels, and I'd buy it. That you're doing it pretty much for free is just another example of how underappreciated fanfiction authors are.

One thing I liked was how at the beginning it seemed to just focus on a certain few protagonists, yet in the end it turned to be more of an ensemble piece. As one poster noted, the way Vern's crew turned from ruthless mercenaries opposing the protagonists to the close-knit family you want to root for in the reader's eyes was well-done. Along those lines, the way you give every named character, well, character, from the main protagonists to the one-off side characters is laudable. It speaks well to making the world a living, breathing one, and despite practically every character being an original creation aside from background mentions of canon ones, every single one of your original characters and ideas and concepts could slot right into the Warframe game with how well they're made.

The only thing I can say I detest is how the story is so tantalizingly close to the finish that the fact it's incomplete is a total travesty. Yet at the same time, I don't want it to end. The catch-22 of being a fan of an incomplete work. 😛

I'm definitely going to follow this and any other Warframe story you make.

[My personal Apology to the Fans]

1 minute ago, Buzkyl said:

For banshee and loki, certainly they were made worse. For ember specifically I was no impressed with the submitted concept. The horn is out of place and the bulb was unneeded. Ignus has full right to be upset over them modifying his concept but art-wise it wasn't a reduction in my eyes.

Um, you got it backwards.

The horn and the bulb weren't part of the original design.  They're what DE added.