#ME 3

[tragerfcks]

mass effect legendary edition 🪐

Garrus Vakarian

[motriarch]

That was a joke

[upwards-descent]

Pretty please reblog to enhance sample size!

[itstheaestheticforme]

"You know me, always like to savor that last shot before popping the heatsink. Wait... that metaphor just went somewhere horrible." - Garrus Vakarian, Mass Effect

[illusivesoul]

Shadow of the Banshee

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Got this shot almost by accident while replaying the London level on insanity. During the part where you had to wait for the shuttle after destroying the Reaper laser, the Banshee appeared, killed my 2 squadmates and I ran back down

She didn't come down after me, but her shadow was still seen and that's how I got this shot 😄

[perkeleen-lavellan]

Rowan-Shepard-Harper-Moreau - Commission for @sephraem

Her words are whispered- if it wasn’t for the warm air, Jack would think he’s dreaming. “How far down do your modifications go?”

Listen. This space opera didn't have enough romance with the villains, science-fiction body horror and polyamoury. Sephraem is here to fix that.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46586077

[oonaluna-art]

My other favorite ME couple. I was rooting for them since ME2.

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[kingofthewilderwest]

Had to be him 🥺

(YES IM MISSING BEST BOY ITS TIME TO REPLAY IT ALLLLL)

IT IS TIME FOR ME TO REPLAY THESE GAMES TOO

It is

so

past time

I said I was going to stream the full games through when the Legendary Edition came out and then I got 50% through ME1 and DID I EVER FINISH!?!?!?! NO

I NEED TO

ACTUALLY

DO THAT

Anyway AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Mordin forever bae forever best why did it have to be him??

[anxietytwist]

I haven't seen any mention of this on my dashboard yet so:

Mass Effect [Legendary Edition] is FREE right now for those with PlaystationPlus !!!

[mtreebeardiles]

War of Warnings Unheeded, Ch 15 pt 1

Ended up splitting this one into two, to account for a POV shift. Hopefully the second half will be up sometime this week.

Part one is over on AO3!

The changes were subtle at first, after their little field trip to Despoina. Little alterations in day to day interactions, in scheduling, and to say it was rare to see Shepard without Alenko and Alenko without Shepard was an understatement.

Or maybe James was just used to paying attention to that sort of thing. 

Habit hard to shake after those months watching over Sunshine and while the two men had never been overt around him (or anyone else, so far as he could tell), it wasn't exactly hard to put two and two together. Just enough there for some plausible deniability, no real measure of reg-breaking fraternization (or whatever it was -- James had tried to work out the logistics once, the confused tangle of ranks and Spectre status and had ultimately decided it wasn't worth the headache), certainly nothing to give those who may have been oblivious to the little things before any reason to raise an eyebrow now. 

But then Leviathan happened, and Shepard had gone into those depths alone, and he hadn't been in great shape when he'd clawed his way back to the surface. 

So far as injuries went, Sunshine wasn't in bad shape: Alenko had acted fast enough to stabilize his core temperature, and so far as James could tell it wasn't as if the Commander had gotten into an actual fight with that monster beneath the waves. No, whatever he'd endured had been mental; James knew the signs. Sleeplessness, lack of appetite, and he wondered if the stress had set off another episode of vomiting. He was smoking again, too, having given up all semblance of quitting, and even Alenko didn't seem too pissed about it despite his obvious disapproval, so easy to see in the set of his jaw and the slight thinning of his lips any time he caught him at it. 

On the field, nothing changed: Shepard was as calm and cool and collected as ever, watching their backs and doing what he did best, a veritable ghost on the battlefield, but it was what came after that was different, now. Kitting down with Alenko, the Major's hands finding any excuse to touch him, Shepard taking any opportunity to stay close, to lean against him, to let his carefully controlled mask of poise slip to reveal how tired he was. More than a few kisses stolen in James's periphery, and he doubted he was the only one who saw them. Didn't begrudge them any, didn't engage in or encourage any rumors circulating around the ship and beyond, his poker face usually enough to dissuade the worst of the gossip. 

It was almost funny, really, the things people whispered about, the questions and possible answers, as if the two men hadn't been sharing a cabin this entire time.

Not exactly standard practice for a CO and XO, no matter how limited space on the ship was. 

Do they think one of them sleeps on the couch or something? 

But the gestures of affection had always been hidden away, and there was no proof to lend substance to speculation. And now…

Well. 

So to say he wasn't surprised to come across the pair late into the night cycle about a week after Despoina would've been an understatement. It was that dead hour Shepard seemed to have a knack for sensing, when most of the crew was either abed or focused on their duties elsewhere, leaving the usually bustling mess/common area largely deserted. And it wasn't like seeing him there was an unusual sight: baking was clearly therapeutic for him in the same way eating his cinnamon rolls seemed to be therapeutic for everyone else who could eat them. 

What was unusual was him leaning back against the counter, Alenko standing in front of him, arms braced on either side of the Commander's hips while Shepard ran restless fingers along the Major's shoulders. What was unusual was the serious set to his expression, troubled, lower lip caught between his teeth and Alenko looking…

Pretty fucking unhappy, if that scowl was anything to go by.

He couldn't hear what they were saying, their voices low murmurs pitched in a way to ensure they didn't carry very far, but whatever it was seemed pretty serious. Way more serious than one of Shepard's late night baking sessions generally warranted, the sort of conversation that would've made more sense upstairs, behind closed doors, where it would've been less obvious that they were arguing. Not a lovers' spat, so far as James could guess -- Shepard didn't seem distressed, for one, and he'd already seen first hand how the man reacted when he felt cornered against his will. Something related to the war, then? Some echo from the Leviathan mission? 

The door to the medbay whirring open had all three of them startling, Alenko stepping away from Shepard and Shepard straightening, tugging at the hem of his hoodie. Gray eyes spotted him mere seconds later and James flushed. Not that he had anything to be embarrassed about, exactly -- it wasn't like he was somewhere he shouldn't have been, though he supposed it wasn't good form to have remained silent as long as he had. Shepard frowned a little but didn't say anything, turning his attention to Dr. Chakwas as the woman joined him and Alenko, the Major already retrieving a glass and a bottle of brandy for the woman. 

James rubbed the back of his neck, feeling awkward, and slipped away with a quick salute in Shepard's direction. 

The Commander didn't stop him, but he felt his gaze on his back all the same.

[tragerfcks]

mass effect legendary edition 🪐

[puppyeared]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[kenapiece-main]

Can you believe I'm having to make this meme even after successfully finishing up taxes and applying to job

[imperatoralicia]

I get a lot of entertainment thinking about how containers are used in video games sometimes.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again