#Gandrayda

[hoshizoralone]

samus the protector of space pride

the girlfriend in question:

[mu-te33]

Some Gandrayda :3

wish we got to see more of her and the other hunters..

[s3znl-gr3znl]

thinking abt samus in a boring federation meeting silently going into morph ball and rolling out of the room to have gay lesbian sex with her girlfriend gandrayda

[loreleywrites]

To me, the core of Samus and Gandrayda's relationship is that Samus saw a hottie who was forward enough to approach her, but Gandrayda saw a socially awkward beefcake she thought she could manipulate into liking her.

The problems arise when Gandrayda learns that Samus is awkward and naive but also stubborn and smart. When "I'm gonna fool around with this beefcake" becomes "Oh no, she's so sincere that I've actually fallen for her," it's too late for Gandrayda to try to save the relationship because Samus has finally figured out why she's gotten so uncomfortable around Gandrayda.

And when the ship sinks faster than the Titanic, there's a lot of intense emotions and broken hearts. Oodles of regret. Anger that never dissipates, just simmers under the surface.

When they reunite in Corruption, Gandrayda paves over all that with an alienating playfulness. Samus keeps her mouth shut and does her damn job; professionalism is armor plating against the pain.

At the end, when Gandrayda screams for help, powerless to stop her imminent demise, it takes every mote of willpower Samus can muster not to turn around and try to help her.

That's Samus and Gandrayda to me.

[eromancery]

Metroid Prime 3 has a shapeshifting female bounty hunter who flirts with Samus and we've seen NO ONE talk about her EVER we are so disappointed in you all

[nerdy-the-artist]

As an unabashed lesbian and Samus x Gandrayda shipper, I knew I had to make this. Thanks to @Hoshizoralone for allowing me to use these adorable art pieces.

[ninebaalart]

Gandraya

aka the bad bitch Samus fumbled

[spaceyhibiscus]

Cool story, Sammy.

Been meaning to do some fanart for the metroid prime 3 hunters! I have the headcanon that samus isn't all that much of a lone wolf as the federation tends to think...but rather prefers the company of fellow bounty hunters.

[sepublic]

I like to think of another universe, maybe a future in our own, where Metroid gets an animated series adapting the game arcs, while having episodic stories both between and even as a part of said arcs. And some of those episodes are about Samus individually meeting fellow hunters Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda; With these stories culminating in all four teaming up together for a challenging mission that they barely succeed in. Cue the four celebrating together, becoming good friends as Samus gets some actual happiness and new connections.

So while most of the fandom, the newcomers, are posting fluff and fanart and HCs, veterans who know what happens next are just spamming memes like:

[tallon-underworld]

Pretty awkward that Samus had to work with TWO of her exes during Metroid Prime 3

[lord-rodentia]

Wakey wakey, I brought food.

Yes, it's a whole doodle page.

Let's pray that tumblr doesn't fuck up the image order.

FYI, some of the doodles are based on my genuine experience with the games (specifically the ones where Samus is confused, crying, or downright terrified. Hopefully that explains the off character Samus.)

I had a unique experience, that's for certain.

The stuff below is the harder to see doodles

Everyone but Raven Beak is drawn from memory or in my personal style, This post will be my first ever time having drawn that bastard.

He is kinda vibing in my brain though...

Also the drawing of Adam clinging onto Samus was made for the purpose of exposing his short ass.

Cut is to prevent a spoiler to a probably 2 decade old game.

The drawing of SA-X being afraid of the Metroid and trying to cover herself is based on an actual thing she does in fusion where she tries to swat away the Metroids that broke out their containment.

[hoshizoralone]

space women be shopping

[mu-te33]

Lazy sketch of the girlies

[razables]

metroid prime 3 in a nutshell

((actual art under the cut))

+ the original meme

[loreleywrites]

Samus only had green hair that one time cuz Gandrayda dyed it while she was sleeping.

[coldgoldlazarus]

Concept: Samus and Gandrayda's breakup happened during a game of Among Us.

Samus was frustrated with the game in general already, since she kept getting tunnel-visioned on doing her tasks as a crewmate and dying in the middle of them, and when she got the imposter role, her chronic poker face and ruthless murdery efficiency were belied by simply not being a very good liar. Meanwhile Gandrayda was an absolute menace, throwing out accusations and thriving on stirring up drama no matter what role she got; treating the game not as a cooperative effort, but as a personal challenge on how quickly in each session she could get that cooperation to break down.

So when she and Samus both got the imposter role in the same session, a very fed-up Samus instantly confessed that they were both the imposters, then ragequit to leave Gandrayda to talk herself out of it or get tossed out the airlock.

The following in-person argument quickly became about many more things than just the game, and left the tiny Federation outpost they were residing in at the time reduced to smoldering, electrically-charged smithereens. Thankfully, though, none of the other staff stationed there at the time were too grievously injured.