#Mass Effect spoilers

[catsharky]

As terrifying as it would have been, I like to think there was a moment of peace there at the end, among the stars.

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So... this is the next part of the Shakarian comic, but it's not the big one I said would come next. I've made the decision to put that on the back burner for now and pick away at it a lot more slowly while I continue on with what I originally had planned. The next thing you see from me will likely be the Joker-centric part I mentioned a while back, but for now please enjoy this rare coloured comic in the meantime.

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[lunargazing-png]

i bought new brushes on clip studio paint so. everyone gets hurt /j

I had the idea after ME3 (specifically the destroy ending) that Legion and Shepard come back to life by merging their conciousness together.

[oonaluna-art]

Liara’s character development between Mass Effect 1 and 3.

As a history major, I’d probably be salty too.

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[tragicblondie]

COMMANDER AVELINE SHEPARD spacer • ruthless • infiltrator • paragade

[anotheroneformasseffect]

The thing about Garrus Vakarian that makes him such a 10 is that he came out of fucking nowhere.

In the first game I felt mid about him, even a little low-key concerned because he had some alarming ideals and I just had people closer to me who did the job better. Wasn't too sad to see him go.

And then there was the whole harrowing fiasco that was ME2 where he just fucking ajzbeinrbfusjanwb... And his reveal was such a roller coaster, such a colossal relief and horror and relief again. And the ride or die thing, because if you thought I was letting the emotional support vigilante out of my sight after that, think again.

I think I was like 10 hours from the end of ME3 (and WAY too far up another romance route), when the realization knocked me flat on my ass.

I love Garrus Vakarian.

Wtf am I doing with [xyz]?!?!

Holy shit, I LOVE him.

Embarrassing, honestly. He's pixels. I'd had game feelings before but... like via the main character, not like... hit me with a sack of bricks, stop dead in my tracks on a random Tuesday, moment of complete clarity type feelings. The Garrus thing really does sneak up on you though, lmao. Full arc. 10/10. Such damn good writing. Love that little guy forever.

[wetsocksinbed]

when I tell you I had a fucking meltdown

[abislwise]

The ABCs of Mass Effect, according to Reddit

Second place finishers:

[todayontumblr]

Wednesday, November 8.

Mass Effect fanart.

Yesterday was November 7, known to Mass Effect fans as N7 Day. Today, as you may have discerned, is November 8. And so, we thought to ourselves, why not celebrate N7 on N8 and stretch out the celebrations for another 24 hours? It's crazy, sure—but it might just be crazy enough to work.

Voila. Hey presto. Here's some #mass effect fanart. You deserve it, quite frankly. 

[johaerys-writes]

So I finished ME3 last night and respectfully.... what the fuck was that lmao

[catharsis-scrawled]

[mulberrystar]

finished the citadel dlc... i'm glad i got to see him one last time 💚

[catsharky]

There we go, 3/3 of what was supposed to be one big part!

This isn't the end, though the next part isn't going to be about Garrus so he will have to stay in grief limbo for a bit. Just while I give a certain someone else a bit of time in the spotlight! Then we'll be back to give the poor boy a break.

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[bharv]

Just redid Virmire and what I liked about those choices and the devastation to your team there was that there are a couple of different emotional threads being pulled here.

The first is that the Wrex decision is one of the first big ones that really rewards paragon or renegade behaviours. If you have been too measured you cannot save him. That is a gut punch if you have played it safe! It subtly tells us that we have to, as Shepard, be willing to either be overly generous in our approach or ready to work outside of the system if we want to be able to truly change what is happening around us. I think it’s a neat moment. I’ve had many playthroughs where I wasn’t there at that point.

The other thing is the big decision between two companions, who I think people forget sometimes have also been primed by the narrative as your main guys. What I think is often forgotten is there are TWO decision points here - who arms the bomb and who you save. You have a practical choice (it makes sense that Kaiden arms the bomb as the senior officer and Ashley is on front lines from a skillset pov, though either can do either job and are skilled enough to do so) but then you also get the choice of where you go to support.

That second one is a much more emotionally driven decision to me. The mission is to make sure the bomb goes off - Shep can justify it, but going to the front and trusting the specialist is a bending of the orders. They should see the job through. But maybe they’re emotionally compromised! Maybe they’re already in love with that person! Maybe they want to save as many people as possible in the evacuation! This combined with the earlier decisions is where the meat is.

It’s an old game, but there’s some neat stuff in there

[ageless-aislynn]

As it turns out, there were QUITE A FEW THINGS I did not know about Mass Effect 2. 👀👀👀

Hit it, Liara...

Oh man, this is ammo management, isn't it? 😭My favorite thing about ME1 was, if you pace your shots, you essentially have infinite ammo. Piffle.

Oh, no way, here's where Shepard's scars come from! Okay, that makes sense. I've seen the Terminator Renegade™️😉 look for both male and female Sheps but never thought about the reason why they had scars in the first place. *face palm*

Miranda! Uh-oh, I looked up at her and blurted out, "Sweet angel!" which is bad for me trying to Not Romance Everybody At One Time. I'm staying strong for Tali, though!

(Miranda, however, is freakin' gorgeous and her voice...! *chef's kiss* ����💗)

Okay, wish me luck, frens, because I'm literally about to die in the tutorial while on Little Baby Lamb Casual difficulty. It takes me forevvvver to get the hang of anything new, ugh.

My "favorite" part is Jacob telling me to just tell him when I want him to use his biotics. Which, I get, is a tutorial on learning how to direct your squadmates. But I can't seem to get the commands right so I'm just getting shot up and Jacob keeps saying to tell him when I want him to "hit 'em with the good stuff" and so I'm saying out-loud like I'm expecting him to hear me: "Now, Jacob, how about NOW???" *gets Shep's butt shot off* 😱😱😱😂😉

Definitely my ME2 experience so far, lol! Heh, I'll get the hang of it but, holy moly, I am the absolute definition of Skill Issue until then.

Later, gators! Aislynn, out! 😜

[littlegalerion]

The fanfiction scene for Dragon Age is about to get insane. With the recent leaks on Veilguard, I just wanna say: write your own ending. We ain't getting a good conclusion, and we deserve one.

So come forth, great multiverse tides of fanfiction stories, and show me your conclusions to the great Dragon Age franchise's story!

[wetsocksinbed]

welcome to Mass Effect, where no matter what happens, and who lives or dies, ultimately your choices and sacrifices don’t matter

we have:

• complete the mission you set out to do, destroy the reapers, but kill an entire civilisation of peaceful Geth and also one of your best friends in the process

• force everyone to become partially synthetic even though nobody wants that

• the Illusive Man wins and you follow through with his plan and become Reaper God. Admiral Anderson died for nothing

✨and then you die✨

but it’s okay because you get to meet a 50,000 year old genocidal maniac a Prothean