History FanFic / TheTranslationInBlood

* NotSafeForWork: A few scenes of explicit sex.

* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] An extremely odd choice for the main pairing considering that in the games Captain/Rear Admiral Shepard and Councilor Sparatus were never even on the same planet at the same time. Not to mention that Hannah is a character who has maybe twenty or so lines of dialogue in the entire trilogy and ''only'' shows up if you have one particular background and ''never'' seen, while Sparatus is one of the Council and thus ''extremely'' plot important no matter which background you take. Nevertheless, it works.

''[[http://games.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600087625 The Translation in Blood]]'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic by [=NothingTame=] that tells the story of a SecretRelationship between [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Hannah_Shepard Commander Shepard's mother]] and Councilor Sparatus, and yes, you read that right.

* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] An extremely odd choice for the main pairing considering that in the games Captain/Rear Admiral Shepard and Councilor Sparatus were never even on the same planet at the same time. Not to mention that Hannah is a character who has maybe twenty or so lines of dialogue in the entire trilogy and ''only'' shows up if you have one particular background, while Sparatus is one of the Council and thus ''extremely'' plot important no matter which background you take. Nevertheless, it works.

* AscendedMeme: Shepard's reaction in an e-mail to Hannah to Sparatus' air-quoting is absolutely hilarious.

* InterspeciesRomance: Two of them, between Hannah and Sparatus and [[spoiler:Shepard and Garrus]].

* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] An extremely odd choice for the main pairing considering that in the games Captain/Rear Admiral Shepard and Councilor Sparatus were never even on the same planet at the same time. Nevertheless, it works.
** Not to mention that Hannah is a character who has maybe twenty or so lines of dialogue in the entire trilogy and ''only'' shows up if you have one particular background, while Sparatus is one of the Council and thus ''extremely'' plot important no matter which background you take.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: Commander Shepard is female, has the Spacer background, saved the ''Destiny Ascension'' at ''VideoGame/MassEffect1's'' climax, [[spoiler:romanced Garrus, and chose the Destroy ending]].
** Although given that her ''not'' saving the ''Destiny Ascension'' would mean that the story would come to a swift end, that's sort of obvious.

''[[http://games.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=600087625 The Translation in Blood]]'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic by [=NothingTame=] that tells the story of a SecretRelationship between [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Hannah_Shepard Commander Shepard's mother]] and Councilor Sparatus, and yes, you read that right.

* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Sparatus was only able to capture Hannah because her rifle got caught on something when she was fleeing and went off.

* [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace I Just Shot Marvin in the Arm]]: Sparatus was only able to capture Hannah because her rifle got caught on something when she was fleeing and went off.

* ThatsAnOrder: Variation played for laughs. Hannah at one point settles a minor argument with Shepard by using her officer-to-underlings voice and calling her "soldier". Shepard automatically snaps to attention and responds as she would to Hackett or Anderson, then goes,
--> "Hey wait, that's cheating!"

''The Translation in Blood'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic by [=NothingTame=] that tells the story of a SecretRelationship between [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Hannah_Shepard Commander Shepard's mother]] and Councilor Sparatus, and yes, you read that right.

As the fic is hosted on Adultfanfiction.net TVTropes' {{content policy}} forbids us from linking to it. However the content policy discussion thread agreed that, as sex is only a small part of the story, the fic can still be discussed here.

In the ruins of occupied Shanxi, an Alliance soldier and a turian scout discover that they have more in common than is readily apparent. This leads to a story of a SecretRelationship across species (and government) boundaries and all that entails, stretching from the First Contact War to a little after the Destroy ending of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' and resulting in Commander Shepard having a mentor and protector she never knew about.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Commander Shepard is female, has the Spacer background, saved the ''Destiny Ascension'' at ''VideoGame/MassEffect1's'' climax, and [[spoiler:romanced Garrus]].

* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Sparatus and Hannah start out on opposite sides of the First Contact War, get separated from their units, and end up with him taking her prisoner. They gradually grow friendlier and eventually sleep together.

* TranslatorMicrobes: Shepard was bringing a captured turian translator back to the Alliance resistance when her vehicle was hit. Sparatus can understand her from the start because of his translator, but only gradually learns English.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Commander Shepard is female, has the Spacer background, and [[spoiler:romanced Garrus]].

* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] An extremely odd choice for the main pairing considering that in the games Captain, later Rear Admiral, Shepard and Councilor Sparatus were never even on the same planet at the same time. Nevertheless, it works.

* MysteriousBacker: Sparatus is recast as one for Commander Shepard due to loving her mother

''The Translation in Blood'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic that tells the story of a SecretRelationship between [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Hannah_Shepard Commander Shepard's mother]] and Councilor Sparatus, and yes, you read that right.