#Stellan Shepard

[messydiabolical]

Happy lovey smoochy requests, all in one edition! Lots of Mass effect loving (and one sneaky star wars). Thank you to @bluerose5 @angstyastro @stormikins @jtownnn @spookyvalentine @jadevakarian @yellingaboutmasseffect Aritier and Kiba for entrusting me with your Sheps/headcanons <3 A couple notes: Tali design based on requesters headcanons and my interpretation of those. (I haven't actually made my own headcanon yet- maybe one day!) Bottom right are both Shepards! metaverse baybeee

[spookyvalentine]

I’m Commander Shepard,

L to R: Mercy, Stellan and Truce

they/them pronouns only please

‼️ 🔥 ART BY @pyxchta 🔥‼️

stellan: talking a million miles a minute about water pumps, shiala, their turtle, zhu’s hope, shiala’s flowers, keeping sourdough starter alive through all these years, aquaculture (oysters in particular), shiala’s biceps, regenerative agriculture, their cousins tilly and scott, and also their wife, shiala…

mercy n truce, making eye contact over Stellan’s head, clearly both thinking the same thing: tiny

MERCY SHEPARD

earthborn / sole survivor / sentinel / renegon

romance: kasumi

likes: music, anything physical like dance and sports, racing cars. fresh fruit. a good heist. getting to know people

wears: usually issued pants and boots, simple sweatshirt. occasional leather jacket, rare suit. big fan of fuzzy socks they’d normally only wear a tank like this on on the ship, but as @acrylicsalts-inspo pointed out… the gun show 🙈

dies at the end

fun fact: even though anderson won mercy a plea deal (alliance enlistment rather than a prison sentence), hackett takes it a step farther and threatens kasumi’s safety for mercy’s compliance

fun fact: mercy and kasumi met on earth as teens n were very close. until just before mercy’s eighteenth birthday they did a lot of hits together. they reunite in me2, over a decade later, and fall in love. my brain is currently rotting over them right now,, we in the pits fam

au’s!! 🙈: crimelord, sports coach, white collar

STELLAN SHEPARD

colonist / war hero / engineer / paragon

romance: shiala

likes: kepesh yakshi, fixing things, aquatic plants, kayaking

wears: like a walking carhartt duluth catalogue, but also likes jeans and shiala’s old sports teams jackets that are big and comfy on them (like rn)

joined the alliance to be a science officer/part of the engineer corps, not to be a military commander

fun fact: stellan lost their arm in an accident w farming equipment at age ten—tinkers over their prosthetic with their cousins tilly and scott (ryder)

fun fact: gets soft and a lil chubby with retirement—farm strong, but also really well fed on fresh bread and jam and butter and honey wine and thick yogurt and hearty stews and fruit beers, grilled veggies and smoked cheeses…

TRUCE SHEPARD

spacer / ruthless / infiltrator / paragade

romance: EDI

likes: really really good oil pastels and colored pencils. making the impossible shot. getting to check out local galleries and museums

wears: very muted neutrals, the occasional pastel. even if they’re wearing something casual it’s a monochrome outfit, which makes them always look a little formal. at minimum, put together.

wanted to run away to become a portraitist. when they wake up in me2, truce discovers their parents sold and published all of their private sketchbooks

fun fact: clone of their dead older brother, john. he died in the first contact wars, in the middle of a meteoric rise

fun fact: their baby sister Ruth, is also a clone of their dead brother John. Born on Truce’s sixteenth birthday. Truce dotes upon her

THANK YOU AGAIN @pyxchta seriously yall go check out her work, go commission her, it was an amazing experience and my heart is still bursting at how damn well she translated my word salad into ART

[yellingaboutmasseffect]

For the character headcanon questions: (choose one or do them all!) Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani Zaeed Massani Shiala

Sexuality Headcanon:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: Lesbian Zaeed Massani: Has done it all, doesn't think about what that means about himself Shiala: Pan-romatic

Gender Headcanon:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: This one I haven't thought about as much. Zaeed Massani: Is that one post going around about their dad not wanting to remember anyone's gender Shiala: The gender most asari use but doesn't translate in game

A ship I have with said character:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: Emily Wong/Khalisah as exes and rivals but still with mutual admiration of each other. Zaeed Massani: I like him with Chakwas a lot Shiala: @spookyvalentine 's Stellan Shepard ;A; they are so cute together

A BROTP I have with said character:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: Since she'll be taking the place of Allers in my fic, Khalisah and Samantha will be interacting a lot Zaeed Massani: Zaeed and Garrus are terrible influences on each other during Citadel DLC and it would have been funny to see more of that. Shiala: Shiala and her colonists fighting the Reapers with the power of friendship and found family (and the neural link a fungus gave them)

A NOTP I have with said character:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: Getting punched because people think it's hilarious Zaeed Massani: I think Samara turning him down at the party is funny and they wouldn't work out. Shiala: The Thorian

A random headcanon:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: Khalisah is a reporter who wants to report what the Alliance is doing regardless of if it makes the Alliance look bad or not which has her blacklisted by Pro-Alliance news networks. As a result, she's fallen in with the more of a pro-human news agency which she doesn't personally believe in but they give her the resources to investigate the Alliance so she's using it for her own ends. Zaeed Massani: Him and Vido did the horizontal tango together. Don't think it was romantic just something to do Shiala: @spookyvalentine 's headcanon about Shiala gardening flowers on Zhu's Hope is a beautiful image and I like about that too.

General Opinion over said character:

Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani: I want better for her so much. The fact there are people who still think it's hilarious that the game treats the most prominent Arab character in the franchise as a punching bag for questioning the military is just gross. Zaeed Massani: War crimes grandpa. Great voice actor but I do feel being a me2 style dlc character hampers my ability to connect with him. I feel Kasumi was more successful with the formula. Shiala: I have found her interesting since encountering her again on Illium during ME2. I think it's one of those times that Mass Effect really pulls off having a NPC who feels like they're living this very complicated and rich life while Shepard is doing what they're doing.

[zet-sway]

If you’re still doing the character ask game, what about shiala?

YEAH!! Thanks for asking :D

First impression

Holy shit how did she SURVIVE?????

Impression now

HANDS DOWN probably the sweetest character in the trilogy. It would have been totally understandable if she was like "I want to get the fuck off this planet as fast as possible. But instead she's literally out here helping Zhu's Hope TWO YEARS AFTER THE FACT.

Favorite moment

The part where Shepard asks possibly the most rude fucking thing and Shiala is like "No its fine lol" - literally she is a paragon of kindness holy shit.

Idea for a story

I mean she's a perfect fit for the Normandy crew right? An asari commando fighting for a better galaxy after having her entire life changed by first contact with a one-of-a-kind species?

Unpopular opinion

I have absolutely nothing negative to say about Shiala lmao

Favorite relationship

Shiala & Stellan Shepard UwU I am extremely biased.

Favorite headcanon

Ok this is more broad but my friend is writing this fic where the asari have really subtle mind powers beyond just biotics. And I think this kind of intuition and ability to empathize and see "the unseen" really lends itself to Shiala being awestruck by the thorian instead of terrified. She speaks about it with such reverence and empathy.

[Give me a character and I'll answer the above!]

[aceghosts]

Commander Rooney Shepard (Colonist/Sole Survivor/Infiltrator) (They/Them)

@spookyvalentine created their Shepards, Mercy and Stellan, in this creator! (Thank you for finding this!) I decided I would give it a try to create Rooney in this creator, and I think Rooney came out pretty good! I'm not going to tag anyone, but if you decide to create your Shepard in this, you should definitely tag me!

[sacrosanctvm]

Anyway, here’s a casual list of muses who need more love that is absolutely not ridiculously long, so if we’re mutuals and you’d like any of them, feel free to let me know.

Adam Bolivar

Adele Bellerose

Adrian Deatherage

Aeron Nixon

Alexander Petrov

Aoife Hawk

Atticus Faust

Caedmon Kenway

Camila Lovecraft

Corbin Solas

Declan Hyde

Ecaterina Dragomir

Elijah Malone

Elita Vane

Emery Seguin

Ezekiel Lockwood

Gemma Monroe

Gunnar Aslan

Harlow Shepard

Hayden Donovan

Ibrahim Lucis

Isaiah Sanderson

Josefina Guerra

Kaidan Hyde

Kennedy Locksley

Kingston Knochen

Landon Hyde

Leonidas Typhon

Lochlan Typhon

Lucinda Grigorian

Maebh Danvers

Maksim Barlow

Malcolm Kenway

Mateo Flores

McKaylee Aedus

Monroe Hyde

Nikita Xander

Parker Whitman

Rebecca Fawn

Rigel Malik

Rohan Kumar

Ryder Dillinger

Samson Drake

Sarah Ingram

Sedona Monroe

Siphosethu Nokuduma

Shoshana Ray

Stellan Scott

Takashi Blair

Temperance Fayreweather

Thane Ulric

Thiago Corso

Zane Regis

Zoe Pirotta

[messydiabolical]

Stellan x Shiala for @spookyvalentine <3 <3 <3

[spookyvalentine]

sketch of my least talked about shep, truce, plus an old ficlet I just stumbled across trying to navigate my google docs

His name was John.

That is the first sentence you can remember finally understanding the rhythm and shape of your parents words.

His name was John, he was your big brother.

And you were made because he died—is what you learn to hear. You have the same birthday.

Every step you take, he has already done for you.

You will never be him. Why can’t you be him?

His name was John, he was your big brother, and he was perfect.

[spookyvalentine]

Rules: Using this picrew, design yourself and your OCs! Or just your OCs if that’s what you’re comfy with - it’s up to you!! :D ✨

Thanks for tagging me @zet-sway!! I made only stellan bc mercy and truce weren’t workin for this

I’m gonna snag @acrylicsalts-inspo @aceghosts @jadevakarian and @veelial if y’all wanna!

[spookyvalentine]

some shepard retconning:

boy these three chickens have been doin some cookin. These are just canon hcs

MERCY

Fully a kasumi-mancer now. I got brainworms real bad for those two reuniting and falling in love

Initially I said they’re 6’2. They’re 6’5 and lee pace shaped

Mainly just making a Kasumi announcement lmao. I have been smashed to pieces

Mercy has a dick

STELLAN

Related to the Ryders via mindoir commune (tilly is like. Feral stellan)

Really young. Is ~23 during me3. War hero at a fresh 19

Just wanted to study aquaculture 😭

Has a pet turtle named skipperdee on the Normandy

TRUCE

Clone of their older brother John that died in the first contact wars (Hannah sent him to his death, thinking he could handle being outnumbered)

Purposely made to be born on his birthday

Was informed that they were a bad investment, and their baby sister Ruth (another clone of John) is born on their sixteenth birthday

(beats all of johns records but it’s still not enough 😭)

Hannah Shepard is like 130 years old and still active military. Admiral status or smth. Nihlus encountered her during the first contact wars. Not afraid, per se, but would rather take the stairs when he sees her

Humble Shepard (their father) is around 120ish and uses their (first) death as a campaign gimmick to be elected PM of earth. Lifelong businessman and politician. Was in the citadel embassy when truce was n7

[spookyvalentine]

made a lil height comparison for my sheps 😈

[spookyvalentine]

i do believe truce is my most openly disdainful shepard

like omg. control your face

[spookyvalentine]

OCs as onion headlines

I was tagged by @aceghosts ! I cracked up reading your choices 😂 I’m gonna be snagging @stormikins @angstyastro @acrylicsalts-inspo @zet-sway @jadevakarian @bluerose5 @greenteabtch @mxssrelay and @aevallare!

Mercy Shepard

Stellan Shepard

Truce Shepard

[spookyvalentine]

Ohhhhh I done goofed

( spacer / ruthless / infiltrator / renegon )

Y’all, meet Commander Truce Shepard. I think I’m in love? Oops

(they/them pronouns only pls)

[spookyvalentine]

my name’s commander shepard 😑

[spookyvalentine]

If you're taking the Shep asks, how about 8, 15, 28, and 49 for Mercy and Stellan?

Omg!! Yes!! to me stellan is my soft clean ragdoll cat and mercy is the feral raccoon snarling from inside the dumpster

8. What is their reaction to the Alchera mission? And after?

Man I wrote these questions without expecting I’d have to be writing answers. These are hard!!

stellan I think has it a little easier than mercy. karin chakwas was one of their aunts living away from the family commune, working for the alliance when mindoir was attacked. she took them in and together they grieve the loss of their vibrant (enormous) family. once stellan enlisted, the two of em didn’t serve aboard the same ship til the normandy. stellan was definitely boggled, wounded and a bit offended by the alliance sending them the mission, and ooooh karin was pissed at the audacity. they go down to alchera together, but explore and process the site separately. and stellan is with someone who was there, experienced the same floor cracking beneath their feet, lost the same people—they share and process grief together, again. and with joker :,)

as for mercy… well. mercy reads the message and goes what. what?? wow, fuck you! doesn’t tell anyone about the mission or where they’re going. purposely has edi guide the ship while joker is down with chakwas for pt and checkups (and the rare occasion when both are asleep during the same shift) and takes a shuttle down by themself. orders edi to lock the garage. no one’s following. stays out there until they’ve managed to claw every last dog tag out of the ice. 28 hours. mercy forces themself to lay down next to the twisted rails of what used to be the command deck and stare up at the sky and the stars past it, clutching at the dog tags and counting the seconds stretching between heartbeats (and has a total breakdown)

(and of course by this point joker n chakwas are super awake, and very aware they are orbiting goddamn fucking alchera locked inside the normandy, which is pointedly missing its commander. garrus and tali are also Not Happy. outrageously miserable start to the day. mercy what the fuck. why are you doing this by yourself. answer the phone. the rest of the gang is like what is going on. and like yeah mercy gave edi permission to share minimum biostats but that’s hardly any better, shepard)

also if you want to read extraordinary fic, the frozen sea by @zet-sway. Devastating, gorgeous, i think about it all the time, and 1701% inspired this question

15. What colors does Shepard prefer for their armor?

stellan obviously has an affinity for blues. alliance navy looks amazing on them. they settle on something that looks like moonstone for regular use, and a deep navy for stealth missions

in me1 mercy wears literally whatever color as long as the armor is good. me2 they wear this crazy stealth armor that’s not like kasumi’s cloaking but color shifts and slides to echo the environment. me3 is the GOLD ARMOR ERA that was cooked up between liara and hackett as some good promo. mercy’s like wtf is this shiny ass clown suit i will be blasted to pieces immediately. impractical. tacky.

and liara n hackett are like it’s for morale

28. What about hyperfixations? What’s the topic that will get Shepard rolling no matter the person or place

stellan can recall entire kepesh-yakshi games of legend, move by move, in the same gushing, wondering tone of a sports commentator, even hollering at times when recounting something especially remarkable. and their pet turtle along with the whole excruciatingly in depth journey of the aquascaping/aquaculture that went into building his enclosure

mercy loves music. can never get enough kind of love. to mercy, music is magic. the soul made tangible. they’ll excitedly discuss all sorts of up and coming artists across the galaxy with an awareness in trends that at first glance seems out of character. very passionate about music theory and instruments, fucking adores live performances. mercy is the type to spontaneously sweep someone into a dance

49. What is Shepard’s happy ending? What’s the dream that keeps em going

broooo why did i ask this question. hoisted by my own petard, the one petard i never thought would hoist me 🤡🙈

well by me3, stellan is thoroughly in love with shiala, who they’ve been in regular contact since that chance reunion on ilium in 2. they dream of joining her on zhu’s hope, of reconnecting and nurturing the earth beneath their feet. of watching shiala tend to her flowers while they make jam and bake bread before being swept up into an impromptu dance across the kitchen. of being warm and safe curled up in shiala’s big beefy biceps

mercy,,, im really not sure. all i can think of is that line (i am absolutely butchering) frodo knew he would not survive the journey

fifty questions for commander shepard