#☆Mordin

[sol-consort]

Any hc about Mordins nephew? Some people do, curious what you think about him

You know I actually never thought about him much, huh... So let's look at all the available information we have so far!

The scene transcript itself:

[Start scene]

M: Yes. personal matters on mind, actually. Got call from nephew.

M: Promising geneticist himself. Just turned 16. Got tenure at university. Following in my footsteps.

M: had to lie about what I was doing. Think he was suspicious. Doesn't matter. still good to hear his voice.

S: Your nephew got tenure at 16? Is he a genius or a scientific prodigy?

M: No. Wait, don't want to insult him. Yes, but not in manner you meant.

M: Remember, salarian lives short. Mature rapidly by your standards. Don't live much past 40.

S: Does anyone in your family know about what you really did for the government?

M: No. Know I'm lying, but won't pry. Salarians curious as a people, but also have social cues. Keep two types of secrets from family.

M: First type personal or guilt-based, invites suspicion, exploration. Puzzle to be solved. Reward for curiosity, intelligence. Drama! M: Other secrets more serious. Dangerous if discovered. Signals discourage curiosity for protection of family.

S: Why wouldn't everyone give clues that their secrets were too dangerous to be uncovered? M: Not conscious. Social. Reflexive body language. Can't fake it. Example: yawning perceived as contagious among humans. M: Subject observes yawn, sensory input deactivates left periamygdalar region, subject yawns in response. Social empathy. Also works with dogs. M: Salarian faking signals to discourage curiosity similar to human faking a yawn. Can try, but effectiveness limited.

S: does anyone in your family know about what you're calling him because you're worried we won't make it back

M: No. Aware survival unlikely, but actually contacted him for family connection.

M: Hard to imagine galaxy. Too many people. Faceless Statistics. Easy to depersonalize. Goo when doing unpleasant work.

M: For this fight, want personal connection. Can't anthropomorphize galaxy. But can think of favourite nephew fighting for him.

S: I'm glad you got to talk to family before we finished this. And I'm glad we talked, too, Mordin.

M: Honoured to be part of this, Shepard. Helped preserve galaxy before with genophage. Dirty work, ethically ambiguous. Problematic.

M: Collectors mission simpler, cleaner. Will be proud to see it in Mordin Solus biography Vid. Unless we all die. Proud posthumously in that case.

M: Regardless... thank you.

[End Scene]

And the video here for frame of reference

Then there is the wiki brief description of the interaction

Known members of Mordin's family include a nephew who earned a university tenure at 16, a promising geneticist following his uncle's footsteps. Mordin fondly remembers this nephew and maintains contact with him during Shepard's mission, finding the familial connection a better motivation for saving the galaxy as opposed to the bigger picture and depersonalized statistics. Mordin is not above concealing his work from his family, however.

And those are all the available buildings blocks to make our Nephew Solus base out of it. Let's refer to him as Neph for the sake of simplifying things.

The well-established facts about Neph so far are:

He is a salarian male

He is 16 (48 in human years)

He is a geneticist

He has a close relationship with Mordin

He is his favourite nephew

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And on the more subjective side, we have these conclusions:

He is naturally curious and suspicious

He looks up to Mordin and respects him immensely

Mordin might have been a mentor figure

He shares one or more similar physical traits with Mordin

He is a civilian leading a domestic life, possibly on a salarian owned planet (being a prof at uni and all)

He often calls Mordin to update him on his life and milestones

He is Mordin's only family connection that reaches out outside of obligations and despite Mordin's detached nature

He probably doesn't know Commander Shepard since Mordin couldn't mention his work with you

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Now I want you to focus on this scene from the video, specifically the cinematography of it.

In most of Mordin's usual dialogue scenes, the camera faces him upfront. Yet, in here, it was a deliberate choice to show the side of his face.

And what stands out most? The scar. This particular position puts heavy emphasis on the X shaped scar under his eye, the bullet holes above his eye, and even the long scar on his forehead.

Even the dialogue emphasises the word "fight" it appears twice in the same sentence. This fight, against the collectors, he's fighting for him.

If you take in the context clues, the faded scars, the rushly healed wounds, then Mordin might have been fighting for the sake of his nephew for much longer than this. That Neph has been his motivation in so many fights, even during the lowest times of his life.

Maybe he often thinks of his nephew's happy and excited face looking up at him—back when he was still a small hatchling with stars in his eyes as he listens diligently to Mordin's retelling of his stories. As he proclaims in a moment of sincerity how much he wants to be like him when he grows up, how Uncle Mordin is so cool and amazing.

Maybe that memory and so many like it, are what keeps Mordin's sanity intact. What keeps him on the ethical morally just path. What makes him listen to you when it comes to sparing his student at the end of his personal mission, he saw his nephew in him.

Even when life is shit and pain is debilitating, I still smile when I see my niece. I still kneel on the floor next to her as she shows me her toys and tries including me in what she's playing. I still act happy and excited, and unlike the bitter mask of happiness society makes you wear just to appear polite even while you're miserable, this pretend happiness with her doesn't feel fake at all.

It feels the most beautiful of white lies. Sometimes, I start to believe that I'm truly happy, forget all my burdens.

It's fullfilling, to lie to them in these situations and smile. You never have to force it, either; it comes so naturally. I could be on the brink of a breakdown, yet seeing her and getting to play the role of the fun happy grown-up becomes the purpose of my life for those few hours before I have to leave.

What an honour it is to be part of her life.

I'd imagine Mordin to feel something similar about his nephew. It seems impossible to imagine anything else.

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One last thing to consider is that Neph might not have the last name Solus. It's not explained how Salarian culture functions when it comes to titles and if surnames are even a thing or hereditary to begin with.

Like not all human names work the same either. I know western names go [First name -> Last name]

But middle Eastern names use [First name -> Father's name -> Grandfather's name -> Great Grandfather's name -> surname]

And eastern names often use [Last name -> first name]

Salarians are matriarchal, women making up only 10% of the population and yet holding the most important positions as the heads of the family and in society aristocracy.

It makes sense for their full names to include the female headfigure of the clan they originate from. To not mix genetics + to keep track of the family's prestige and standings amongst the rest.

The surname Solus most likely originated from a great grandmother. That or it's Mordin's mother's name. Or maybe the current matriarch's name?

Either way, if it was a surname, the mother is the most likely candidate to pass down her surname to the children when it comes to Salarian culture.

And we don't know if it's Mordin's sister or brother which this nephew came from. So Neph being a Solus isn't set in stone.

[sunsetoverdose]

Had to be me. Someone else might've gotten it wrong.

[1071png]

giving tails to some mass effect aliens ੭

[nyxpheros]

[annoyingjelly]

[claudiawolf]

MASS EFFECT 2: LEGENDARY EDITION (2021) dev. BioWare

[fascinationstreetmp3]

MORDIN SOLUS | Mass Effect 2

[peachxmoons]

i’m insufferable and i’m NOT sorry

[leafy-yezi]

Playing Mass Effect again, broken by Mordin again.

[tuanishere]

some new and old doodles of my shep and my fav guys <3

Here's a design sheet for my shepard if you're interested!

[strawberrykidneystone]

i hope yall know i make these with love after midnight

[sol-consort]

I really really REALLY love Mordin... I love the way he talks, the way he sings, the way his black beady eyes blinks... i just really love him man... i just love him so much... i want to suck and fuck him... wine and dine him.. maybe he can breed me with his eggs...

TLDR : Mordin is cool 😎

hope i dont sound too desperate

When it comes to Mordin this is the normal amount of yearning this man's presence seems to induce into everyone who gets to know him.

You know, characters that are shown to be insanely hot and appealing in-game universe usually don't translate into being as adored in the meta fandom itself. their fame and popularity don't transfer over.

Yet Mordin seems to be the exception. Either the devs were completely aware of the ungodly amount of charisma they gave Mordin, and that every player who meets him will be in the trenches of love and adoration for his beautiful froggy eyes, or they were poking fun by making a salarian the most fuckable character in universe.

To me, it was never a joke. Salarians are hot, extremely so. Even shithead Tann is like legit one of the most beautiful characters I've ever seen.

And I just CAN'T settle on which meet cute scenario I want to fantasise about Mordin.

Are you the cute human assistant that was assigned to him back in university days? And everyone around underestimates you because you're not a salarian, except Mordin actually treats you with respect and sees your potential! You two hit it off and become close. Mordin isn't afraid to speak his mind and defend you behind your back against other professors who hint that you're not as capable with your flawed human memory.

Maybe you're a completely science illiterate mercenary who knows a million ways to blow someone's head clean off their shoulders, but doesn't have a clue when it's beyond defining the power house of the cell. You met Mordin back in his clinc in Omega before the whole collectors thing by a year or two. You were hired to safely escort a patient to his clinic before calling it a day. But oh! The blue suns attack the clinic again, and to Mordin's surprise, you don't hesitate to jump into the line of defence when some of them sneak past the security measures. Now you've caught his eye, and it's rare for someone on omega to "do the right thing" without expecting payment afterwards. It becomes routine for you to come check on the clinic and help in escorts or delivery tasks, Mordin extends you a free full check up each time you come. Your relationship becoming more intimate as professionalism is slowly forgotten, you find yourself confessing your dreams to Mordin one day, he entrusts you with his past regrets.

What I know is that the idea of a Mordin who keeps rejecting all the reproduction requests from female salarians because he has a human lover (practically any gender) is just far too hilarious. Like having children is a game of thrones to them, not anything even slightly related to romance, a mere business practice. But Mordin knows that it falls under the cheating category in human culture, so he rejects the proposals all the same, much to the frustration of noble salarians who want his offspring in their gene pool.

[miyku]

So.....trick is gone

[azatas]

"Worked with available data. Only option. No other possible... Doesn't matter."

[mrtntw]

Mass Effect scribbles!

God, I love this game so much.

[kasianie]

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