#femshep clone

[ashalle-art]

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[sky-scribbles]

Shepard holds a funeral for her clone.

The paperwork is almost harder than the ceremony. Turns out it’s tricky to register the death of someone whose birth - creation? Decanting-from-vat? - was never recorded to begin with. Then there’s some kind of question about whether the clone needs to be retroactively registered as a Council space citizen to have her death put on the official record, and if so, whether she counts as a member of the Systems Alliance or as an ‘undocumented alien’. Which is pretty fucking ironic, considering how utterly she’d have loathed having the word alien attached to her.

And once Shepard’s ground her teeth through a dozen calls and bludgeoned through the first layer of formwork - a death certificate still needs a name.

‘I have to put something,’ she says. She’s aware that her voice is ragged, and that Kaidan is watching her as he brews her fourth coffee of the evening with concern heavy on his face. She must look barely alive, up near midnight in a kitchen that was Anderson’s and still feels nothing like hers, hair falling forward, eyes shadowed grey. Datapads and empty mugs strewn around her. Fine. She’s felt barely alive ever since she woke up in a Cerberus lab.

‘You could choose one for her,’ Kaidan says gently. A lot of people speak to her gently, these days.

‘She’d hate that. A name makes you individual. She didn’t want to be an individual; she wanted to be me.’

The cofee machine whirrs softly, sounding louder than it is in the open space of the apartment. It still doesn’t feel right, all this space for one person. Someone could drown in this much space.

‘She didn’t want to be you, though. Not really.’ Kaidan pours out the coffee, his eyes only leaving her face for a moment. ‘What she wanted was to be the symbol. The face on the vids.’

He carries the mug over and sets it down beside her hand. Shepard grips it tight. The unfinished form blinks up at her from the datapad screen, and she looks away.

‘I’m not asking this because I don’t support you doing it, or to judge you for it, or anything,’ Kaidan says, after a moment. ‘I just want to understand. Can you tell me why this is so important to you? I mean - I get that you were trying to save her, and she... she let go. But...’

He hesitates, and in his silence Shepard hears, she tried to kill you. She tried to take you away from me, and everyone who cares about you, for a second time - because she was jealous.

Shepard sips her coffee. It hasn’t had time to cool down, and her lips smart. She ignores it. She thinks.

‘What you said about... being the symbol,’ she says at last. ‘I get why she wanted it, or thought she did. I understand feeling that Commander Shepard is someone bigger than you are.’

Kaidan breathes out slowly, and takes a seat beside her.

‘I get feeling that you’re so small, so nothing, next to everyone’s idea of what Commander Shepard is. And when I fall short -’ She sees him prepare to protest, and cuts across him. ‘I do, I do all the time - I feel like it’d be easier if I were the symbol. Not...’ She waves a hand, indicating all the sleep-starved mess of her. ‘This. I don’t even know when what would Shepard do and what will I do stopped feeling like the same question.’

She lets her hand fall back onto the table. Kaidan takes it and holds it tight.

‘And I think of her, the clone, waking up in some Cerberus med bay. Confused. And Brooks - Brooks was there, feeding her things to believe, manipulating her, turning her into the symbol she wanted. And I get it.’ Shepard bites her burned lip. ‘Because I woke up in a Cerberus lab. And I was scared. And they used me, and I let them.’

What she does not add is, and sometimes I don’t feel any more real than her. I don’t have any way to prove that I’m the woman who died in the wreckage of her broken ship. They wiped away that woman’s scars. There could be all kinds of tech in my head, feeding me a lie, telling me I’m real.

She swallows. Her throat feels raw. ‘And now the clone’s dead, and no one cares. We’re planning a fucking party. If I don’t push for a funeral, she’ll just go unregistered and undocumented and everyone will keep joking about how crazy this whole mess has been, how I fell through a fish tank and a mad clone tried to steal my life, and it’d be like she never existed at all. I don’t have to fill in these forms. I could take the easy road and let her be a ghost. But I can’t do that, Kaidan. I can’t.’

He looks at her, his eyes steady and patient and full of worry. Then he slips an arm over her shoulder and pulls her in, and Shepard leans into him, needing the surety of his touch, his warmth. Anything that tells her she’s something more than a force piloting a set of N7 armour.

Kaidan presses a slow kiss to the top of her head. He holds her until she stops feeling ready to howl. Then he sits with her and helps her fill in the forms, helps her choose a name for the clone, one that fits. When morning comes, he calls C-Sec and stays on the line until they agree to release the body to the Normandy, into the custody of the only person who could be considered the dead woman’s relative. 

He doesn’t ask Shepard any more questions as to why she needs this done.

In the end, they bury her in space, as Shepard would a crewmate. And no one has stories to tell of what she meant to them. They have nothing to say about the achievements of her angry little life. But they wear their dress blues, and speak softly, and they turn the lights down low.

Shepard doesn’t know if this is what her clone would have wanted. Maybe she never learned to want anything for herself at all. It doesn’t matter. A funeral doesn’t help her clone; it helps her.

They lift the casket into the airlock. EDI opens the outer door. And the casket leaps away into space in a blur of silver-grey, like the body within is hungry for the stars.

[strawberrykidneystone]

idk yall i don’t think they’re gonna work it out on the remix

[writtenjewels]

Day Two: Reflection

She stared at the empty tank trying to process what she was told. She had been kept there, plugged in to stay alive, for years. There were no labels on the tank to indicate what it held. Once they were done with her, they could have reused the tank with no one the wiser. She rested a hand on the glass trying to dredge up memories of being inside. Nothing came to her; her first memory was of waking and seeing Brooks.

She took a step away from the tank. Technically speaking, she was a baby, only six months old. The idea turned her stomach. She had to learn everything: how to talk, walk, sit down and stand up. Then there was learning about the world around her. Sometimes the information overloaded her so much it was a miracle her brain didn't melt out of her ears. One time she got a nosebleed. Brooks never told her to slow down, though, or suggested she take time to rest.

Even as hard as she pushed herself, it wasn't enough. The other one was out there, a constant shadow looming over her and keeping her from being more. And every day she wasted learning how to hold a gun and shoot the target was one more that the other one had to be released from her prison.

The other one would have taken everything from her. Every organ in her body, every piece of bone marrow, her eyeballs, her blood. She was meant to be nothing but spare parts. She wanted to make the other one know how that felt.

She should be the one out there saving the galaxy and have every species bow at her feet. She should be the one respected and admired and followed without question. She was the one who should be valued. She deserved a name.

She hated the face in the mirror, but some day, when the other one was gone, she would be happier. She would be Commander Shepard.

[elfcollector]

“She said ‘I should go.’  Do I sound like that?” “Ah...yeah, kinda.” “May I suggest we concern ourselves with this iridium vault, inside which we have been permanently sealed?” “How come nobody told me about this before?  I’m open to feedback here!” “I’m not really one to talk.  I’ve been told that I say ‘calibrating’ more than a Turian should.” “At most we have an hour’s worth of air remaining.” “Maybe it’s...I should go. Hm.  I should go.  Hm...I should go.”

[ferindencadash]

@spectre-requisitions-exchange is officially over for 2024! Not gonna lie, I'm a little sad. It was so much fun!!

BUT! Authors have been revealed, which means I can start hyping all the incredible people who took part this year! (And my own stories, but that will be a separate post.)

My gifts this year were PHENOMENAL. And I swear I am not just saying that to be nice. I got SPOILED ROTTEN this year. Like holy shit. 🥰

First up is my official gift! Mimicry by @keriweird featuring Kaidan and MShep's Clone.

First of all, I almost lost my mind when I saw the length. 25k?? That someone would write that much for a gift blew me away. Impossibly generous. Then I started reading and GODDAMN. This is, legitimately, one of the best Mass Effect fanfics I have ever read. Easily in my top ten now. They took my prompt and ran with it in the most creative and mind bending ways.

The DETAILS in this story. Holy crap. Talk about world building. And the way they turn a phrase?? 🥲Beautiful. I cried. A few times. And also laughed out loud. There is some top notch humour in here. GO READ THIS STORY!

On top of the masterpiece that I got for a gift, I got a treat!! (Seriously. Spoiled.) And I nearly peed myself (sorry) when I saw which prompt they had picked!

We have: Mother****ing Dragons!! By @thedaselcor featuring FemShep and The Iron Bull!!!

I didn't think anyone would jump on board with my crack fic pairing but I really hoped they would. You KNOW Shep and Bull would hit it off!! Come on! And holy shit did they ever deliver!!

This has got to be the most FUN I have ever had reading a fic. I was literally BOUNCING while I read this!! Giggling like an idiot the whole time. It is everything I could have possibly hoped for when I dreamt this up, and then some.

You have to go check this out! You will not regret it. What an absolute blast!

Honestly. I am so beside myself with joy. The biggest thank you possible to both my authors. I utterly adore you both. ❤️❤️

[hardcore-like-eezo]

Citadel -- Identity Theft

[setokaibapetty]

Fic Friday 5 + 1 Roundup: Time Loops

Fics that do Groundhog Day style time travel.

amongst dust breathing souls (AO3) - "When A'Sharad gives Anakin an ultimatum - inform the Council about his massacre of the Tuskens or A'Sharad will do it instead - it's meant to put an end to an unpleasant stretch of indecision, to finally bring truths to light. A'Sharad doesn't expect a Sith Lord to decide that he's suddenly too great a threat to be allowed to live. Tatooine is a strange place, though, with a will of its own. A'Sharad isn't going to be allowed to die so easily."

Be Kind, Rewind (AO3) - "Wednesday shook her head. “No. I’m cursed, I think. It’s happened before. I’ll go through today and if I do something wrong, I’ll wake up and the day will start over again.” Enid’s eyes went wide. “You’re Groundhog Day cursed?”

New Game (AO3) - "And either Shepard's sanity had splintered under the stress, or she was now some kind of unkillable demigod. Or both."

These Furious Passions, These Chances (AO3) - "When Hawks gets hit with a time loop quirk, he takes it as an opportunity to make things right. In more ways than one."

one more thing (and maybe you'll get it right this time) (AO3) - “Of course it is! Or else why do I keep rewinding to this moment here?” Hawks spits out, flinging his arms around. “But you know what? This time I need a break. I’m just going to go on vacation, and both you and the Hero Commission can go to hell, and maybe this time I’ll be able to tell what resets everything. Or who knows, this is what solves everything.”

Bonus: Curse of the Old Gods (AO3) - "He had a dead look in his eyes. If she didn't know better, she may have been speaking to a living corpse. "I can't win. I can't escape. I can't scheme my way out. The Old Gods have cursed me to do this over and again, on until there's nothing left to lift the sword. I shatter myself against the walls, on and on, until it's over or I've gone mad in trying to do the impossible. The only escape is death, and I can never die."

[littleshopofchaos]

Fanfic idea: FemShep gets kidnapped because they want to use her for experiments to turn her against her crew and use her against Liara/ The Shadow Broker. Garrus, Tali and Samantha Traynor track her to Horizon, to the old Sanctuary place where Miranda's father was working and soon discover a cult of people trying to bring Cerberus back and destroy the Normandy crew. Garrus is obviously pissed/worried/hurt that this is another attempt at a Clone.

But Shepard is still recovering from her injuries from the end of ME3, so she's not exactly in good shape.

[dragonflight203]

Mass Effect 2 replay, squad post Mordin:

Jacob

-Jacob gets the armor upgrade for the Normandy by pulling favors with the Alliance. And now we know why TIM recruited him.

-Talking to Jacob as femshep is hard. Any line can be a flirtation – paragon, renegade, neutral.

The worst part is that Jacob doesn’t seem interested. Any time you flirt, he shuts you down. At least in ME1 Ashley and Kaidan returned the interest.

-I find it interesting people dislike Jacob because he doesn’t open up. As someone who normally remains professional myself at work, that’s never bothered me.

That’s the same vibe I get from Jacob – friendly, attempting to be helpful, but maintaining boundaries to keep personal and professional life separate.

-I do disagree with Jacob’s stance on politics and bureaucracy. He seems convinced in every conversation for the Alliance to do good because it engages them.

Dude was a corsair working for the Alliance unofficially and still complained that there was too much red tape.

Meanwhile, I’m looking at Omega and remembering the “rogue cells” of Cerberus from ME1 and wondering how he can not see the value in oversight and power checks.

-Why was Jacob sidelined after Eden Prime? He says this like it’s an obvious fact and I can’t recall if he ever told me what he had to do with the colony.

-If you go renegade, one of Jacob’s line is that the “General public never knew you were dead”. What?

There are news announcements on the Citadel dead about how the deceased Commander Shepard has been seen on Omega. There’s a memorial on Akuze to Shepard.

I’m going to credit this as a left over line when the plot of ME2 was different, but it’s very weird.

-If you go paragon, one of Shepard’s lines is “Couldn’t hurt to keep some spare parts handy.”

Given that we learn Ceberus had a clone for that exact purpose in ME3… Oof.

Mordin

-Mordin tells you all about how he found bugs all over the labs. Another reminder that Shepard is constantly being watched.

-He tells you to find more collector data and tissue samples.

I think at one point there would be a main mission related to that.

As others have noted, an insect from a collector swarm miraculously appears on the ship when Mordin tells you he found a cure. This line was probably supposed to be foreshadowing of the mission that would have collected the insect.

-Mordin really enjoys a challenge. Describing the limitations he had to work with on Omega reminds me of devs describing the challenges they had in developing a program.

-At this point Mordin only speaks about krogans hypothetically overcoming the genophage, and that his work with the STG was just to prepare militarily for it. He doesn’t trust Shepard enough yet to describe his real work.

-He is very insistent that the genophage is not a sterility plague. It just restores the krogan growth rate to what it was pre industry.

Miranda

-As opposed to Jacob, as soon as Miranda gets the slightest hint of friendliness she opens up.

I think this has more to do with their backgrounds than their characters. Jacob’s spent time in the Alliance where professionalism is expected. He knows he’s working with a sketchy group and is accordingly wary.

Miranda’s accustomed to being treated poorly. She whole heartedly believes in Cerberus and its cause. She tells Shepard her past almost as if she feels the need to make sure Shepard knows what she really is before she can accept Shepard’s friendship. She wants Shepard’s respect, but doesn’t think she deserves it.

Ironically, I suppose the reason Jacob’s more closed off is because he has a higher sense of self worth than Miranda does. He doesn’t feel the need to be validated by Shepard.

-As others have said: One successful mission and Miranda is saying that this is the best Cerberus operation she’s been part of.

That does not speak well of Cerberus.

-Whether you go paragon or renegade, Miranda doesn’t hesitate to remind you that TIM’s in charge. She has quite a journey to go before she’ll be ready to tell him to fuck off.

-Why did Miranda’s father want a daughter for dynasty?

Usually that type specifically want sons.

Every reason I can think of makes the man worse and explains why Miranda is so careful in how she speaks about him and insistent on why she had to get her sister away.

[rpking99]

RPG Games

NiER

Kaine

Because of the actual story/plot of the game, Kaine is intersex and has both sexual organs. It is genuinly important to her character and arc, as well as the fact she is... rather large.

NiER Automatica

Commander White

The Commander of YoRHA. The woman in chagre, hiding the dark secret of their mission as they fight against the machines

YoRHA Unit 2B

A Type 2 Model B, a Battler Model with the Type 2 personality and apperance. A skilled warrior with blades and guns, very serious and by the mission

YorHA Unit 2P

A Paladin Model. Skilled in defence and mele weapons, 2P is a counterpart to 2B. More of a tank than the jack of all trades that 2B is. Like her inverted colour scheme, 2P is also an inversed personality. Happy, excitable, joyful and teasing.

YoRHA Unit A2

A2 is a much older Unit than 2B is. While they share the same apperance and starting personality, A2 is a bit more cynical and has little skill with a gun as an Attacker Type her full capabilities lies with Mele weapons

YoRHA Unit 9S

9S is a super curious and excitable femboy. Super submissive and curious to learn anything about humanity, also deeply loyal to 2B.

YoRHA Operative 6O

A gentle, free spirited soul. 6O is the operative charged with helping 2B. Acting like a little sister, but also potentially being in love with the warrior, she is vastly curious and excitable about Earth.

YoRHA Operative 21O

21O is the Operative in charge of 9S. Acting as a big sister/mother figure she tries to stop him from getting too caught up in his curiosity.

Mass Effect

Commander Jane 'FemShep' Sheppard

Jane Shepard is a no-nonsense military woman. Captain of the Normandy, she is a Spectre. Above the law, dealing with the galaxy's deadliest threats. A mix of paragon and renegade, she will kick your ass if you are racist to one of her crew but also be more than happy to joke over some drinks at an Asari stirp club

Tali'Zorah Vas Normandy

Tali is a Quarian. A race of Space nomads forced from their home from the AI known as the Geth, and intergalactic law screwing them over. She is so sweet and kind, a brilliant engineer and more than deadly with a shotgun

Miranda Laweson

Miranda Lawson, made/cloned to be genetically perfect by her father. She escaped his clutches to try and live her own life. Confident in her sex appeal, she is a powerful biotic (basically space wizard/psychic) and takes no one's shit

Kasumi Goto

Kasumi is the galaxy's greatest thief. With tech to make her almost completely invisible to sight, sound and any type of vision imaginable. She is basically a space ninja. She is a fun playful tease who does what she wants as she pleases, because why not?

EDI

Ashley Williams

Liara T'Soni

Samara

Aria

Final Fantasy

Cloud (Genderbent)

Tifa

Aerith

Yuffie

Kingdom Hearts

Kairi

Namine

Xion

Aqua/Anti-Aqua

Larxene

.Hack//GU

Alkaid

Atoli

Undertale

Toriel

Total Muses: 29

[tealenko]

Ooh, can I ask about Golden Hour and Shore Leave from your WIPs?

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks!!!! Like A LOT!!! Really love talking about all this 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Golden Hour

This is (or will be) the first chapter (I think) of a post Dragon Age Inquisition fic (because I really want to do a massive saga, like I'm doing for Mass Effect)

It's a femMageHumanInquisitor x Cullen Fic, of course, and just covers how Ferelden (and all of Thedas) is after de events of DAI

This chapter is about Sybil (my inquisitor... well, ex-inquisitor) on her way to meet with Cullen after work. All very soft and warm, enjoying the sun as she walks there.

She travels with her eyes nearly closed, taking this opportunity the Maker rarely gives her to sunbathe, as she keeps her slow but steady pace. No bag, no luggage. The only thing Sybil is carrying with her is the thin cape she was wearing until the temperature of this early scenery started rising, now folded and resting on one of her arms. The beams of he sun embrace her from every angle, tinting of honey her light brown hair and accentuating its natural golden highlights as the wavy waterfall spreads through her shoulders and back, almost reaching her waist.

Shore Leave

Continuation of my "Didn't Have the Heart" fic (Mass Effect - femShep x Kaidan)

This is going to be my main take on the Citadel dlc + leviathan (which I always do near the end of ME3)

I'm gonna add tons of things and fix a bit of cannon stuff too (I said it before, I do not like the clone plot, at all)

It's going to start with my Shep depressed after Legion's death and I'll go from there. This fic will be my way of having her deal with some of her trauma, and answer some of the things I left opened in previous fics and set future ones. Also will increasily have more and more fluff, of course, that's a given.

Here are some of my notes:

Fix the shenko date -> gives her back the ring -> Flashback to tell how she gave her to him when the 1st Normandy is destroyed

Mention the apartment was in part paid thanks to Shepard (all the betting Anderson did back on her training days) and when she tells him he’s like: I already knew that… and I also know about this too (gives her back the ring)

Slow dancing at the citadel party

Garrus teasing her about Kaidan and she getting him back about Tali

She tells Garrus about Van and her ptsd with the bff thing.

Add a conversation with Javik, kinda apologizing after reading about akuze

Talk about Legion (and maybe Thane because funeral) -> this can be a good thing to join Steve story and tell him about Van 

Definitely neglect the clone thing ever happened, like she doesn’t go to the sushi place or something like that -> Brooks is the main villain, no some stupid clone (yeah, I'm still mad about this lol)

[cassandra-pentughasst]

Hmm how about top 5 video game characters? 👀

Shhheeeeeeet look at me forgetting every video game character I know right now 🤦🏼‍♀️

1- BioShock 1&2 man

2- Femshep, but my FemShep specifically

3- Kratos & Freya (they are a package deal in my head)

4- Cassandra Pentaghast

5- Elisabet Sobek and all her clone daughters

6- Mister Chief and Cortana (iconic duo and also I like even numbers)

Bonus: Ellana Stamatina Grace Lavellan

[elfcollector]

CITADEL ARCHIVES: ESCAPE.

[captainkatie42]

A few more fan ficcie recs. Rare pairs!

Green is the Loneliest Color by DKLC - fshep/Shiala

I love that lil bit when Shiala flirts with Shep in ME2. I don’t see this pairing enough.

Rituals by ThePantyReckless - fshep/edi

Turnaround by Doirly_No - fshep/Benezia

Good Enough by RaeDMagdon Revans_Mask - femshep clone/miranda

[forlornmelody]

berryshiara replied to your text post

"Hey melody I'm relegated to typing with my thumbs on my phone. I could not find the button that says send an ask. Please forgive me. I feel sub human when I'm stuck typing on my phone. Can I ask about a few of your stories here? I would love to know more about The night winds Tit for tat Bury a friend Mirror Mirror Omegas one rule And therapy session. I look forward to learning more. Especially about omegas one rule. Just the name makes me smile."

The Night Winds is basically my take on ardat yakshi--what if Aria was a closeted one? And what if the whole notion of their mind melding being lethal was merely bigoted Asari propaganda?

Tit For Tat is more Jayrose, but like if they met in the comics with both being aware of their enemy status. It's also mostly smut. One of those really long one shots where I'm not sure if I'm gonna split it into chapters or not.

Bury A Friend is also Jayrose, but it's a sequel to Three Robins Rose Has Kissed and The One Who Kissed Back. I'm not gonna say anything else cause I don't want to spoil things for those who haven't read the first fic.

Mirror Mirror a fic that gives us that Jack/Femshep romance were ROBBED of.

Omega's One Rule: What if the clone survived? What if she lived out the rest of her life among Omega's malcontents? What if she caught the eye of one Aria T'Loak?

Therapy Session:

*blows dust off this post and this WIP* So it's been so long I had to look up what this was. Er...is. You never know. Heh. So apparently Selina Kyle goes through some traumatic shit and Ivy and Harley help her out by doing therapy...and a threesome. *ahem*

WIP Grab Bag

I was tagged by @alyssalenko and @himluv to share the titles of my WIPs so you y’all can ask me about them if you are curious.

I uh…have a lot of ‘em, so buckle up, kiddos.

The Night Winds

KC: Jason & Rose: Comedy of Errors

Tit for Tat

Bury A Friend

Mirror Mirror

Omega’s One Rule

Bruce Wayne Gets a Gym Membership

Therapy Session

Tagging: @bronzeagelove and @inquartata30, if you wanna share.