#Kaidan alenko

[chanihobbit]

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remember to kiss your biotic boyfriend daily (▰˘◡˘▰)

[racc00nguy]

Me the second I start my Mass Effect 3 playthrough

[average-mako-enjoyer]

Kaidan Alenko has the most interesting story in the Mass Effect canon.

Exposed to Element Zero in utero.

Basically kidnapped from his home by a government agency when he was a teen.

Forcibly implanted with a piece of tech that literally makes people mentally ill and/or disabled but gives them godlike powers.

Survived that with pretty mild side effects (compared to others).

Survived a torture boot camp for kids.

Killed the authority figure who physically and emotionally abused him and other kids for over a year and was about to kill him.

Caused a diplomatic scandal.

Survived Red Sand addiction.

Still decided to return to military service.

Risen to the rank of Staff Lieutenant WITHOUT using his biotics on the living targets (no, seriously, he must be really good at shooting, hand-to-hand, and strategizing to become the head of the marine detail without using his main cheat code).

Trained a team of biotic superspies.

Literally a second human spectre.

Learned by HIMSELF the biotic skill that only Asari matriarchs can perform.

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"Basic man", "generic noodle", are you fucking kidding??

[azdesertwillow]

The Kaidan Alenko to Lucanis Dellamorte pipeline is real.

[average-mako-enjoyer]

You're seriously doing the "Why people are hating on Ashley when they should hate on the boring squadmate?" thing, and oh boy...

What is it with people and pitting two bad bitches against each other?

The way I have to make sure I don’t get on Mass Effect tiktok because they ALWAYS end up hating on Ashley is so annoying. I swear people played the og Mass Effect once, killed Ashley during that play through and just never thought about her again besides miss remembering her comments.

How many times do I have to say it people. ‘I can’t tell the Aliens from the animals’ is triggered by being around Keepers. In universe there is a on going conversation about what the hell the keepers even are so while her comment is in poor taste she isn’t talking about any sentient being.

The ‘Bear Vs Dog’ monologue is a metaphor where humans are the dogs and the person is the Council. Her point is that the council would throw humans under the bus in a heartbeat and Oh, come ME3 she is completely right.

If you bring her along to the conversation with the  terra firma guy she makes it extremely clear that she doesn’t like them in anyway, even before she gets character development. She the hates her grandfather being used by them and strongly opposes them uses his history to promote their racist messages.

ALL the teammates in the og Mass Effect said dumb shit. Garrus in particular makes some shity comments. Because a group of random wildly different characters that start off distrusting each other but grow to love one another like family is a huge part of all the games.

But oh, Ashley is a woman so she gets to die while the boring soft boy gets to live.

[chiefmysticmia]

if kaidan came out during ME1 it would’ve gone something like this

[strawberrykidneystone]

the difference 2 years can make

[guchaigue]

“Hey I’m an L2”

[spacevixen2024]

How is started vs how it's going haha

Sometimes all Shepard needs is to be shoved up against a fish tank 😂

[lunargazing-png]

did it suddenly get warmer in here?

shoutout to all the shepards who have sick ass tattoos and scars all over them.

[hallabun]

[lelianaslefthand]

ive had a migraine all day and keep thinking about him

[average-mako-enjoyer]

What I think a lot about is that for James, who has been running circles around Shepard for the last six months and probably looking him in the mouth, this is his first real introduction to Shepard as a person. Not as someone to guard or a list of accomplishments, but as a person with friends, with a life outside of N7 and Spectre missions. And judging by his facial expressions, he's a little stunned to see all of this in this quantity.

And then Shepard and Kaidan start arguing during the Mars mission, and… poor James, really. Don't meet your heroes lol.

I'm working on a transcript for Prologue:Earth, and I'm not always sure what needs to be included as far as gestures go. But one thing I find interesting is that Shepard's reintroduction says a lot about past history. James salutes both Anderson and Shepard. He calls Anderson "Admiral" while Shepard just calls him "Anderson".

Anderson doesn't acknowledge James but immediately talks to Shepard and touches them. Even if it's very light.

They go so fast, you think James is not following, but as Shepard talks about the batarian relay, and Anderson's voice starts strong, then really soft (to show support), James is seen in the background, arms crossed. There's much nodding and awareness between Shepard and Anderson.

Kaidan appears. He doesn't call Anderson "Admiral", he doesn't salute. It's just "Anderson" and he gets a nod in answer. Honestly, Anderson seems pleased to see him, there's almost a smile on his face.

Later Kaidan smiles and nods as Shepard walks by him. Shepard does the same.

James is still in the background, at this point in time the "outsider", the one who doesn't really know them all. He observes, he sees the dynamics.

But even Kaidan's answer, that he "used to know" Shepard can't change the fact that there's too much history between them. Gestures and looks, body language, it just betrays them - Shepard, Anderson and Kaidan - as people with a deep history between them. And I like that soon James will have history with them too, Shepard especially. He won't stay in the background for long.

Anyway, so many information in so few minutes - and so many things I can't sadly put in a transcript! I got to be very matter of fact about it all, but I do think the process is fascinating.

[blighted-elf]

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Mass Effect 1 - 2024 Replay

[calnexin]

Commander Shepurrrrr

I got into mass effect recently and she’s all I think about. her and the Canadian one

[rim--blim]

good morning mshenko enjoyers