#female!shepard

[scripts4dreamers]

Something that really stuck with me while I was playing Mass Effect 2, and that I feel was so important to understanding the relationship between Shepard and Garrus, whether you romance him or not, is that Garrus is your only companion from ME1 who never moved on.

You died. The crew watched you die. Assumedly they grieved you, there was a funeral service, there were tears and all five stages of grief. Things were rough, but eventually life took on a shade of normalcy again.

Kaiden/Ashley got reassigned and continued their work for the alliance. Liara fights tooth and nail to get your body to Cerberus, but then it’s out of her hands and she becomes an information broker. Tali goes back to the Floatilla, like she was always supposed to. Wrex becomes a clan leader. And yes, they’re all fundamentally changed by their time on the Normandy, but no one seems as stuck as Garrus Vakarian.

Because he doesn’t go back to the Citadel. He doesn’t join the Turian Hierarchy. He ships himself off to Omega, one of the most dangerous places he could be, and makes a life out of pissing off the most dangerous people there. It’s kind of a suicide mission, especially after what happened with Sidonis. He kind of figures he’s going to die doing this, but what else can he do?

There is no normalcy for Garrus in a world without Shepard, and I think that’s why he’s always immediately ready to come back to the Normandy. The Normandy, and Shepard, are home for Garrus and that’s why I think romancing him feels like the natural conclusion for so many femme Sheps, because Shepard feels that way too.

Of all the companions, no one needs Shepard to live more than Garrus, and no one needs Garrus more than Shepard. They’re perfectly matched, as lovers, as friends, as soldiers, as whatever they are in your universe and when you’re that perfectly matched with someone, you never quite feel whole without them.

No Shepard without Vakarian.

[ziriii]

the original girl boss of gaming; commander shepard everyone.

[sweet-officer]

I need people to understand

I pray for shakarian

Old art, but still gold

[ashalle-art]

[ozziyo]

happy (belated) N7 day to Them

[zashifish]

till the end❤️💙

[thefloatingstone]

I'm close to finishing the trilogy, and suddenly felt so guilty for putting him through all this again.

[kassyeh]

I would love to see Grunt wearing a t-shirt with this phrase on it

[sun-marie]

Been replaying ME1 and I got slammed hard with Anderson/Shepard father/daughter feels 🥺

[aloboguara]

Happy N7 Day!!

Shepard was crucial for my self-esteem development after my early 20’s. I was set to throw myself in the trash where I thought my value belonged as soon as my brain was fully formed, but Mass Effect and all of its characters dived head first after me to pull me back.

[velascoem]

Finally I finished this art 🥹

Honestly, I refused to believe in Thane and Shepard deaths. So I love so much think about how they can live after saving Earth.

And I totally confident, Shepard would like to bring Thane for nice vacation by the ocean and after they go to see Sahara desert 🏜️

Damn it, my children deserve happy ending!

[oonaluna-art]

You don't chase a rogue spectre across the galaxy for several months to save intelligent life from the apocalypse without realizing a few things about yourself along the way.

I tried to experiment with my style with this comic. Please forgive the sketchiness. I'm trying to make less important comics faster.

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[wingsofthesun]

Zaeed's loyalty mission definitely proves that a Paragon Shepard is very much Good is Not Nice.

I mean, we get:

Shepard literally punching Zaeed in the face for almost blowing them up at the very start, telling him they don't sacrifice people for the sake of a mission

"FUCK your loyalty, we're going to save the refinery workers even if it costs us Vido"

"You know, I don't need someone on my squad who won't follow my orders ☺️ And you're trapped under a piece of rubble in a burning refinery ☺️ I could just leave you here ☺️ Or you could agree to follow my orders and put this aside long enough to finish the mission ☺️ It's your choice ☺️"

Seriously, this is why I love them

[yuukian-aurorerose]

Another post for N7 day

I hosted a binder international exchange for Mass Effect and here are the beautiful binds I made!

[ashalle-art]

I rarely get to do father/daughter vibe art, so I was super happy to work on this commission with a friendship between Shepard and Anderson 💕

[shittybundaskenyer]

stranded enemy soldiers during the first contact war au has me in a chokehold. rest is on ao3 because it's a bit spicy :))