#garrus is my bestie

[psin314]

a bit of silly text memes.

ru ones under the cut

[everyoneonthenormandyisgay]

the virmire survivor "but how do I know you're really you Shepard!"

Garrus five minutes after seeing them again "wow you haven't changed at all I'm so happy to see you"

[copiasthighhighs]

honestly just mass effect art dumping…. ily ashkii shepard + my drell and turian oc’s…

[choccy-zefirka]

Genuinely fascinated by folks that go out of their way to prevent viddy gaem Blorbo from starting a background romance with another character in playthroughs where Blorbo is not the LI. How do you make friends in the fandom knowing that they have OCs that also romanced Blorbo?

[nxtyrfinalgirl]

I love making up fake drama in my mass effect games just for like rp purposes

[pinkfey]

they r all friends :] (psd used) (inspired by these templates done by @trashwarden 4ever ago!!)

[ratasum]

Me vibrating regarding Qirri being there for at least a little bit of the research in this since she's the krewe chief of the Dragonwatch Krewe.

[dukeoftheblackstar]

@eyecandyeoz e///////////////////////////e

lies and deceit

[zeynatura]

It's kinda wild that my brother is playing Mass Effect as male Shep, can't spoil him that he can only have a gay romance in the 3rd game 😭

He's on the 2nd game now and at least he saved Kaidan

I was also so not used to hearing male Shep's voice lmao

Not only did I play fem Shep but most of the fandom loves and plays fem Shep

The only romance option I'm sad is locked for male Shep only is Tali

[xoshepard]

some machine in this plant sounds exactly like some of the collector ship/base ambient noise and it is so distracting dhsjdhdj it’s not even scary, just. makes me wanna go home and play mass effect.

[brekkie-e]

I think the reason that the lack of multi-dimensional relationships within the party, and for Tav, is eating away at me so much recently is because it’s significantly affecting BG3’s replayableness for me. It’s a huge game, and I’m ever guilty of taking a completionist approach. Now, there are many branching narratives in BG3 which means there’s endless new content to explore by taking different approaches. Personally though, that’s not quite enough of a reason for me to want to keep revisiting a story. I don’t feel compelled to replay hundreds of hours worth of content just to see what happens to Sazza if you rescue her in Act 1 instead of leaving her in the cage. But if I’m invested in a story and the characters in it- I will replay a game 10,000 times just to rewatch my oc become ride or die besties and trauma bond with their companion. Thinking of Liara’s relationship with an unromanced Sheperd in ME3. Tali declaring herself Tali’zorah vas Normandy?? Gut wrenching. Garrus taking you out on a friend date and making fun of your go to catch phrase in the process? Iconic. Varric writing Cassandra a book to bury the hatchet between them? Unforgettable. Solas and Varric co-parenting a kid together? Can’t get enough of it. Those are the interactions that keep me coming back to replay a game over and over again. Seeing the effect my character has on the lives of their friends, and the effect their friends has on them. Absolutely, I adore the romance aspects of these kinds of rpg’s. It is also a reason I will replay a game. But I don’t want to replay a game as massive as BG3 if the only real significant connection my character develops during it is with their love interest. There’s too many hours that have to be invested to just be playing for a couple of scenes with their boo.

Same goes for trying different romances! If I want to try out the game taking a different approach, and exploring a different character’s romance- I’m dedicating a significant amount of time just to get a handful of scenes over the course of the entire game that focus on an emotional connection for my character. If replaying the game with a different oc meant that I could explore their friend dynamics differently as well? Heck yeah. But as it stands, it just feels like you pick your romance option and then have to stand awkwardly while you’re surrounded by acquaintances who want to bang you.

[everyoneonthenormandyisgay]

the virmire survivor "but how do I know you're really you Shepard!"

Garrus five minutes after seeing them again "wow you haven't changed at all I'm so happy to see you"

[bunabi]

wyll's voice actor brought so much heart to the character, and he has such a lovely shakespearean type of cadence of speaking that really gets across that this is an 18 charisma guy, with a mild obsession with heroic tales. and he's very handsome irl too, he deserves more love ;^;

i think wyll had like... the least cutscenes and dialogue of any companion, by far, which is just sad. it made me like the whole game less once i realized i hadn't just accidentally missed some of his cutscenes, they straight up didn't give him any for large swathes of the game...

Literally. Like Wyll is fine. I only experience BG3 through osmosis + my bestie's streams — maybe there's something I'm missing — but fans usually go wild for this archetype. He's giving Alistair. He's giving (the only endearing parts of DAI) Cullen. I even feel a little Garrus in him. So where the fanworks at?

[To the eight folks asking what happened: here]

[ersatzpenguin]

BioWare Artist 1: And all the female characters will have thigh gap. Because thigh gap is sexy, and players want sexy.

BioWare Artist 2: Yeah! And so will the Turians! But like, even bigger, and gappier. Like, we’re talking thigh canyons. Especially Garrus.

BioWare Artist 1: Wait—why?

BioWare Artist 2: Uhhh… Be—because they’re aliens of—of course. 😳

BioWare Artist 1: Oh. Yeah. Duh.

BioWare Artist 2: Ye—yeah. Duh. Haha. 😅

Don’t mind me—finally playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition, enjoying a ride in the elevator with my besties, and thinking about BioWare’s character design choices.

[deep-space-lines]

I've realized the main reason I romance Garrus every time (apart from the fact that he's cool and I love him) is because he's the only one my demisexual ass can tolerate tbh

Liara and Kaidan are trying to smash from day 1 and I keep coming around to liking them by the time I finish a playthrough, but then when I replay ME1 again I HATE THEM AGAIN I'm like bitch I'm just trying to be nice to you STOP trying to get in my pants I swear to god I WILL TURN THIS CAR AROUND AND TAKE YOU BOTH RIGHT BACK TO THE CITADEL DO NOT TEST ME

Jacob speaks for himself

Thane? It's not even because he dies (or is a man), it's that I physically cannot bring myself to romance him because the option to do that comes right after him talking about his dead wife and I just can't, dude, I just can't. That's weird to me. Guy just told me about this traumatic experience he had and how his wife was killed and he's never talked to anyone about that before and I'm supposed to sensitively reply with "wow dude so sorry that happened to you! anyway. i want you" I CAN'T DO THAT!!! WHO DOES THAT!!!

Samantha's cute as hell don't get me wrong. Finally a gay woman who isn't Liara! But the shower thing caught me so off guard I was genuinely looking forward to playing chess with my new bestie & she decides to shoot her shot by showering in her underwear with the door open, like I gotta respect it but girl what 😭

anyway shoutout to Garrus for being the only romance option that doesn't make my ace ass even vaguely uncomfortable, if he wasn't in there my Shepard would be getting No Bitches

[thefloatingstone]

We know that Liara is bestie and that Legion is baby. That Garrus is best boi, but who is your favorite none squad member/NPC from Mass Effect?

Honestly I can't answer that. I thought to pick Liara's dad, but then I remembered Li from the first game who I have a giant soft spot for but that reminded me of the turian who works as a gardener on the Presidium and I like him a lot too, but Bray is also really cool and I like him a lot, but also the poet krogan iss great but also Victus is great and sool and Councilor Sparatus has a great character arc which I think most players don't notice or give him enough credit for, Qui'in I'm a big fan of, David Archer is really cool, THE BIOTIC GOD, Kirrahe my best friend Kirrahe, Blasto....