#Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib

[gemsbokk]

how come i have just rEALISED THEY PUT A HORRIBLE DICK JOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST SERIOUS LOYALTY MISSION

YOU KNOW. ZAAL'KORIS VAS DEFRAHNZ. VAS IKTOMY. JESUS

[veshialles]

Ah yes, "Jubilee", the Doctor Who episode in which Zaal'Koris vast Qwib-Qwib is the President of Earth who tortures a Dalek and drinks its blood for fun

[edains]

Mass Effect LE2: Zaal'Koris' Ship Name

Children of Rannoch - A Quarian Overhaul (LE2)

Expanded Shepard Armory (ME2LE)

Kaidan Alenko's Armor for Male Shepard (LE2)

Morning's Hairstyles for MaleShep LE2

Tali'Zorah's Hunter Armory (LE2)

[vaguely-concerned]

save me martin jarvis-directed audio play version of macbeth... save me

[naturepointstheway]

Okay, so I'm probably thinking too deep into this, especially after finishing all three games, but there's something about this damaged geth crawling towards you, paralysed from the waist down, that makes me feel sad. I think it's also the way it's just pulling itself with its arms across the floor that, were they organic (human, krogan, asarai, quarian, etc), it would look very much like pain, before it expires. The way it focuses on you as well, almost like it wants you to help it, and not even bothering to try to be at least threatening, let alone hurt us.

I also don't think it's an accident that the game doesn't let us fire on this geth - at least "salvage" is greyed out under "damaged geth" until it dies. Somehow, to me, it really looks like a being in pain (to paraphrase our beloved Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib) for those few moments.

I wonder if this was the devs/writers foreshadowing what we will learn from Legion about the "heretic" vs "non-heretic" geth, and what we will learn about their true intentions, especially during the Morning War when some geth tried to protect more sympathetic Quarians?

Would be interesting to hear others' thoughts on this (or I'm thinking too deeply about this XD)

[silly-name-tourney]

Silly Name Tournament General Prelims #13

top 4 get in!

UPDATE: homestucks i am so sorry. can't edit the poll but our first candidate is Yiffany actually. simple slips on the keyboard (also that's what was submitted)

[magnimoon]

Let's add another question for our Shepards.

[onedismay]

Mass Effect Tag Game

Stole this thing from @messydiabolical. :)c Anyone is welcome to steal it from me as well!

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I am a fan since: Forgot what year it was but I remember ME2 had already been out for a while before I bought ME1. But I caught up quickly and got to experience the release of the Arrival DLC in real time. :D

Favourite game of the series?: It's hard to pick between 1 and 2, but I'll say 2 because the concept of loyalty missions is MY JAM. Also ME2 is my favorite graphics-wise, it's got that high contrast I love so much. (hate the simplified skill trees though)

MShep or FShep?: Most of my Sheps are fSheps because the character creator for mSheps isn't versatile enough for me. :( Where's the long hair! Let me look impractical!

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?: I might slightly prefer Earthborn. I enjoy playing characters who've had a rough start in life and made some bad decisions, but grew up to become decent people anyway.

Biotics or Tech: Can't pick, I like variety!

Paragon or Renegade: peace for everybody in the galaxy :') But I reeeaally love the Renegade eyes so I do have some mean Sheps as well.

Favourite Class: I used to main the Infiltrator class but in my most recent run I really enjoyed the Adept. Hard to pick a favorite but I do know my favorite class is NOT the Sentinel, it always feels clunky to me somehow.

Favourite Companion: Tali or Javik. Kaidan and Thane are nearby too. Tali's character development feels very natural and wonderful to me on every playthrough and I always love to see it. Javik is a fave because he's haunted and completely alone and that combo always hooks me like, I MUST see to it that this sad man has at least one nice thing in his life.

Least favourite Companion: It's the writers' fault but Liara. It gets really old when the same companion treats you like her love interest in all 3 games no matter what. I haaaate forced hugs in roleplaying games, don't put me through that, it'll ruin the character for me.

My squad selection: In my most recent playthrough it was unsurprisingly Javik and Tali. But I also ran with Vega quite often in the early game and I kinda missed him in the end game, haha.

Favourite In-game romance: Kaidan, especially with mShep because I really enjoy a slow burn of several years. 🔥

Other pairings I like: I am motioning at my blog and presenting to you Tazzik and the Shadow Broker...... no i don't have anything else to offer at this time

Favourite NPC: I like all these shady-ass salarians like Anoleis and Jaroth and Maelon and Linron (yes) (no i'm not defending her, i just find mean characters interesting sometimes) and Chorban and probably others. Valern isn't all that shady but still a fave. Charn! And Balak, I always look forward to finding out how my Shepard reacts to him. Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib I always loved you and I knew you were the best admiral before ME3 ever happened

Favourite Antagonist: the Shadow Broker, I was so into the mystery in ME1 and man I was not disappointed when we got the reveal. I would have loved to learn more about his early life.

Favourite Mission: ME2's Suicide Mission because I lovvve how it's a culmination of all your previous actions. It felt really scary and chaotic on my first playthrough and like anything could happen. Now I know all the mechanics so nothing surprises me, but I still look forward to seeing every little detail play out.

Favourite Loyalty Mission: Tali. Also Mordin. And Samara, ugghhh I love Omega and I love playing bait uwu

Favourite DLC: Hmmm I love about half of LotSB very much but I might like Bring Down the Sky more as a whole? The mood is great, it's not super long, and nothing about it annoys me. :D I've only played the Leviathan DLC once so far so I'm not confident enough to call it a fave yet but I liked it a lot, too.

Control, Synthesis or Destroy: I just wanted an ending where we finally talk the Reapers down and they go "yeah u right actually, let's not fight anymore. :( handshake?". All this star child borderline magic stuff is kinda goofy to me. I've picked Destroy almost every time tho.

Favourite Weapon: Recently enjoyed the Blood Pack Executioner... Historically I've probably used the Widow the most. Also I LOVE the way the Revenant looks but I can't stand using it myself lmao. My hand hurts just thinking about it.

Favourite Place: nnnoooo there's so many good places. I adore the Shadow Broker's ship, first of all. Such a cool concept. Noveria for the snow and miserable people. Feels like home. I loved visiting the Migrant Fleet! But my absolute favorite place is probably Omega because it's so rough yet there's still a weird sense of community.

A quote I like: The first that came to mind is "I have a home." Idk, I don't really remember quotes unless they're repeated over and over and by that point I start hating them.

[mass-effect-anonymous]

CONFESSION:

I have no idea why but I simp for Koris, he's my favorite and I'd absolutely romance him if he were an option.

[effectingsomedragons]

CATS IN THE CRADLE

CHAPTER 3: MEASURE OF A MAN

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: F/M Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy

Relationship: Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib/Original Female Character(s), Kal'Reegar/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya Characters: Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib, Han'Gerrel vas Neema, Kal'Reegar (Mass Effect), Original Female Quarian Character(s), Original Geth Character(s), Rael'Zorah (Mass Effect), Shala'Raan vas Tonbay

Additional Tags: Family Drama, Canon Defiant, Quarian Headcanons, Flashbacks, Already Dead Character, Canon-Typical Injuries, Post-War, Post-Canon, Just This Once Everybody Lives, Character Death Fix, Congratulations Zaal You Have A Son, Congrationations Kal You Have A Dad, Now You Get To Be Sad About It, Minor Character Death, No One Is Happy, No Admiral Is Free of Screwing Up, Bittersweet Ending, Father-Son Relationship, Grief/Mourning, The News Is Wrong

Summary: Even as dawn breaks, there's still a long journey ahead. Some bridges take time to fix...

Read on Ao3!

[gemsbokk]

ok mass effect nation i know yall have your three favourite npcs but i need to know. who would you ship Zaal'Koris with

[baggesa]

[edains]

[mortisal]

[naturepointstheway]

One of my favourite things about Tali's loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2 is talking to Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib, and hearing how he admits that he had considered moving to a ship with a more respectable name like the Iktomi or the Defrahnz, and it's like - I want to tell him, but on the other hand...

I love the image of future Zaal'Koris finally moving to the Iktomi or the Defrahnz, once the Qwib-Qwib goes down, and being confused about why humans keep laughing every time he says he introduces himself as Zaal'Koris vas Iktomi (or Defrahnz).

If Shepard were still alive, I can imagine them keeping up the world's best poker face and just pretending to have NO idea why that would be the case.

[doolallymagpie]

nah, but if zaal’koris only knew how fucking badass the name “qwib-qwib” was in context of his own world, that idea of transferring over to the defrahnz or the iktomi wouldn’t even occur to him