#kaidan alenko favoritism

[major-alenko]

You and I, we are important right now. And this is what will never happen again. Us. Shepard, you make me feel... human. Bunk here tonight, Kaidan. With me.

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

Sophie Shepard & Kaidan Alenko (ME2) 1/?

MIRA'S MORE CANON ME2 "The wrong place at the right time..." AKA: The aftermath of Stealing Memory. Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition (2021)

[clericofshadows]

"Goodbye, Shepard. And be careful."

[riyacrane]

[swaps55]

Mezzo - 04 - Peace in the Riot

Pairing: mshenko | Rating: M Tags: Canon-typical violence, trauma, dealing with your problems poorly, body autonomy struggles   Summary: The twists and turns of ME2, through the eyes of everyone but Commander Shepard. Chapter Summary: Shepard’s not dead and it’s everyone’s problem.    Thank you to @sinvraal for betaing!

Chapter 4: Peace in the Riot | Read on Ao3

30 October 2185, Omega Nebula, Sahrabarik System – Omega Approach, Normandy SR-2

Synthetic skin fibers. Skeletal-reinforcing bone weave. Muscle-perforating microfibers. Biomeimetic eyes with nanowire retinas. Biosynthetically fused spinal cord. The more Karin Chakwas learns about Shepard’s reconstruction, the more miraculous – and overwhelming – it becomes.

How did they do this?

Perhaps what distresses her most is the depth of repairs that had to be made. Lumbar burst fractures. Exposure to hard vacuum. Clinical brain death due to asphyxiation.

Shepard’s death hadn’t been slow, but it certainly had not been quick.

Knowing that his death had been all but certain the moment Moreau’s escape pod closed without him – that Alenko’s dedicated but fruitless search had indeed been in vain – somehow is not a comfort. Not when the Lazarus data makes it hard to deny the likelihood that he had lived long enough to know what his fate would be.

But the intel had been true. Cerberus had reneged his death.

She could study the Lazarus records alone for years. It will be studied for years, if she can get a copy of it into the right hands. But research is not why she’s here.

She thumbs through the drug pack stores with a furrowed brow. “EDI, who do I speak to about requisitions?”

“What is it you need, Doctor?”

A uniform without a Cerberus logo, for starters, and a manual on caring for a patient who’s come back from the dead.

“More glucagon drug packs and electrolyte tablets. This is hardly enough for one biotic, much less three.”

“I will see to it crewman Hawthorne is made aware.”

“Thank you. That’s most kind.”

“Is there anything else you require?”

“I’ll let you know.”

The fact that serving on a ship integrated with an AI is so far down the list of her troubles it doesn’t bear worrying about should bother her more than it does. But she does indeed have far more pressing concerns, chief among them, the person walking into her medbay.

“Commander,” she says warmly when the doors swish open and Shepard enters. “You came.”

He nods at her and takes a seat on one of the biobeds, trepidation on his face. “I said I would. And…I had some questions.”

The scarring on his face is the most visible sign of his resurrection. Looking beyond the fissures that glow a pale red, he is exactly as she remembers, with no trace of the two years she’s lived in the meantime. He isn’t the only one with questions. Some of hers she may never get the answer to.

“Ask away.”

Sam Shepard has always had the mind of a surgeon, knowing exactly where and when to cut to get what he wants, so she prepares herself for a question, or a barrage of questions, that puts her to the test. But instead of ask her anything he sits in silence, expression empty, curl in his back. The outline of one of the spinal clamps shows through his shirt.

She hands him a cotton swab to use on the inside of his cheek. Dutifully, he gives it back when he’s done, surely recognizing the reason behind it. There is belief in what she is seeing, and there is supporting it with irrefutable DNA evidence.

Once she plugs the sample in to be analyzed, she picks up the medical scanner and hums an old song her mother used to sing when she was a girl. She’d always found it soothing.

When she reaches the chorus a second time, he speaks up at last, voice soft.

“What happened?”

Read from the beginning | Read the rest on Ao3 | The Mezzo Playlist

[hawkeykirsah]

Make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone’s favourite! I was tagged by the wonderful @vorchagirl 💜

I'll tag @shotce, @lttrsfrmlnrrgby, @starlightvld, @laelior, and @wombywoo (only if you want to, of course!)

[jellyrump]

So im playing ME1 and I just got to Noveria. I decided to bring Liara and Kaidan which is, in my opinion, the funniest duo I could've brought. You'll talk to Liara and she's like "the goddess looks down on places like these, darkest in the places with the most light" or some shit and then you talk to Kaidan and he's like "the chill is making my nipples hard" like

[queen-scribbles]

Girl help, I’ve gone down the “watching Mass Effect romance compilations on youtube” tunnel and I can’t stop.😂

[starnicorn]

I know it's been awhile since Bioware did this, but I'm still really happy with how mine came out and it was such a good idea! Like I've got all my love interests: Tali, Liara, and Kaidan. I included Thane as my go-to biotic sniper, Legion as one of my favorite companions to talk to, EDI the up and coming AI who studies the human condition lol, and everyone's favorite Krogan bois Wrex and Grunt. Kinda feel like replaying the trilogy again now and I can't wait to see what's next for the series.

[housederiva]

Before you vote please keep in mind that a blorbo isn't necessarily your favorite romance option The two with the highest percentages move on to the next round!

-> Master Post

[tempest-ssv]

Cool I got polls now so guess what im doing

(Honorable mention to Steve Cortez, tumblr won’t let me do more than 10 options and it was him or Sam (I still love you Steve))

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

Sophie Shepard & Kaidan Alenko (ME3) 1/?

MIRA'S MORE CANON ME3 "You're real enough for me." AKA: The tango. :) Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

[clericofshadows]

I love them so much <3 and I love making them match thanks to virmire savior!

anyway, I'm nearly done with my Ashley's Armory update, still need to test every patch combo and more scenarios to make sure I didn't break anything :)

[lockescoles]

@pscentral event 15: favorite ship ↳ KAIDAN ALENKO & COMMANDER SHEPARD in MASS EFFECT TRILOGY

I’m going to fight like hell for the chance to hold you again.

[swaps55]

a funny, am not sure if coincidence or Planned, at the start of Cantata, Shepard decides to repay the pancakes by finding a problem Kaidan has that he can help fix? But funny thing is, Kaidan took off halways across the planet to avoid when his parents tried to fix him, he is notta fan :D let him have his woes in peace

You are SO right. Kaidan most definitely did not appreciate it. XD

Lucky for Kaidan, Sam isn't the chronic fixer his mother is. Lora has to fix, and she tends to only do so through her own lens of understanding, without listening to what someone really needs. Her heart is always in the right place, she just often misses the mark.

Sam's modus operandi is to take something apart he does not understand, poke it until he understands it, and then put it back together.

He just does not poke gently, lol.

[preztee]

Asexuality and Kaidan Alenko

Or, how a bisexual romance option is the only asexual friendly one. With a bit of work.

For a while, there was not a single Mass Effect romance I enjoyed. I found all of the ones I've played through fairly shallow, and as a result, I played as a single Shepard more often than not. Part of this is due to my being aroace - or for the purposes of this post, asexual.

I so badly wanted a romance with ample build up. With an emotional bond before getting together. But due to the nature of the series, most romances are sudden, and are directly tied with sex. Each romance culminates in a sex (or implied sex) scene, where they will leave if you turn it down. This is no fault of the characters, but of the writers for assuming turning down sex was equal to turning down the character entirely.

Even romances without sex scenes aren't exempt from their direct ties with sex. For example, the fan favorite romance with Garrus starts off with Shepard asking for sex out of no where. When it comes to Mass Effect, even if it is not shown, it is implied.

So, where does Kaidan fit into this?

The reason why I didn't even consider Kaidan at first was the knowledge that he (and the other ME1 love interests) were subject to a disease called the late 2000s. Romances are easy to lock into and all culminate in a sex scene. ME2 also default assumes you didn't turn them down for sex and will still act like you banged. Which. Epic game design there!

Even for a Male Shepard romancing Kaidan in ME3, it skips to a sex scene (though this I didn't mind since the build up with the trilogy long Kaidan slow burn was so fulfilling, but that's besides the point).

And then I found out that if you play as a Female Shepard, you can turn Kaidan down for sex in ME3, and he will be the only (and I mean only) romance option who doesn't leave, and instead chooses to cuddle with Shepard. Which. First of all, game changer.

Second of all, and most importantly, this meant that if I wanted to play as an asexual Shepard, all I had to do was play as a Female Shepard, abort Kaidan's romance path early on in ME1 by keeping up formalities, and then romance him in ME3, where you can turn him down for sex two times and he is totally okay with it. And he stays. Both times.

I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this, but having the option to do such a thing in a game series spanning from 2007-2012 meant a lot to me as an asexual.