#maleshep

[annoyingjelly]

[gemsbokk]

i've said it before and i'll say it again:

if i had a nickel for every mass effect prologue with its protagonist suffocating to death, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it is weird that it happened twice...

happy n7 day, soldiers! keelah se'lai.

[skinnyazn]

Back from my very long hiatus with the ninth card in my Mass Effect tarot series. Commander Shepard is the perfect embodiment of The World card. This card ends the cycle of the Major Arcana cards, just as Commander Shepard ends the Reaper Cycle with their final choice. It's a card that signifies completion and achievement, and very worthy of our valiant Commander Shepard as they stare down at Earth. The World: Representing balance and accomplishment, The World is the final card of the Major Arcana suite. Feel a sense of relief as you achieve balance in your life, as well as the connection to the world around you when you find your place in the cycle of life. This card ends The Fool's journey and is often depicted with a dancing person in the center, surrounded by a wreath that signifies the completion and cycle of life.

Please do not repost my art without credit. 

The Star | The High Priestess | The Emperor | The Empress | Death | The Moon | The Hermit | The Devil | The World | Master List | InPrint

[illusivesoul]

Hackett: "If the Illusive Man is good at one thing, it's finding new ways to subvert science. It's never worked for him before, and it won't now" Shepard, who's alive due to the Illusive Man subverting science: "You're so right, boss"

[qbedience]

thinking about kaidan begging shepard not to leave—not to leave like everyone before them, like rahna, like ashley, like himself on horizon. kaidan not being able to forgive himself for losing people to his own mistakes. jump zero. walking away from shep. causing himself so much heartache for nothing. stay, stay because you're the only good thing that's happened to me; shepard is the only thing he feels hes done right.

if he lost them he'd never forgive himself. he'd never forgive himself for letting them be the one that got away, letting them walk away, letting everything play out just like it did before.

like jump zero

like virmire

like horizon

he can't lose another friend. he can't lose the one person left that he truly, deeply loves.

it's for this reason he messages shepard apologetically after horizon; he knows it's wrong, and he knows he's pushing shepard away like rahna pushed him away, and god if that isn't eating him alive. so he messages the commander and reassures that he wants to trust them but needs time and needs them away from cerberus.

and in the end it's all for nothing because shepard still leaves like everyone else, and all he can do is hope his words are enough and that the commander's final words to him won't hang so heavy. and he's doing it all over again, watching them die again

i had a point here i dont remember what it was but im getting it

[wetsocksinbed]

that one conversation with Grunt:

Grunt: I figured out who I am

Shepard: who

Grunt: a racist :)

[libraesthetiques]

i should go.

【 commander levi shepard 】

[average-mako-enjoyer]

It doesn't matter if your Shepard is male or female. It doesn't matter what kind of person they are or what their background is. They must have a thing for Turian waists and hips.

If they don't, they're not really Shepard.

[chibichibisha]

Amellen & Shenko 💗 BioWare queer men parallels

[chiefatticcreator]

The NTR Difference: Miranda with Jacob vs Miranda with Shepard

Miranda was a phenomenal woman. Incredibly smart, observant, knowlefgeable, competent, and of coirse absolutely drop-dead gorgeous, with her body literally built to be perfect. She was everything a man could dream of, could want in a woman. And while Jacob would forever be grateful for the few months they had been together, he was no fool: Miranda was perfect, was a bombshell with the sex drive to match, and Jacob... Jacob wasn't.

Oh, he had nothing specific to complain about in that regard for himself! He knew he was good-looking, he kept in shape, he knew his duty and did it well, and he liked to think he was a good lover (he had certainly not gotten any complaints from the others women he had dated). But he knew this was not enough for Miranda, and they had broke things off amicably. She was a queen, she was perfection, and she deserved a man that was better than Jacob. He had accepted it, and made peace with that fact.

+++

Shepard was that man. He was stronger, faster, better-built. He was a hero, an accomplished soldier, a spectre, and an absolute monster in bed. With a cock that put any man to shame (and that Jacob had thought was a joke when he had first seen medical records), there was not a single aspect where Sheoard was not better than Jacon by leaps and bounds.

And that included being Miranda's lover. Sheoard could fuck for hours, for days even. He had outfucked Miranda every single time the two had fucked. He had brought her more orgasms than any other man had had in her life. He had fucked all her holes to the point she had been in a pleasure-coma for a full week.

And Miranda couldn't have enough of him. Miranda belonged to him. And it was her turn to wonder if she was woman enough for him.

[jbk405]

In my ME2 playthrough, I began to think about which Romance Option characters should have been available for both male and female Shepards based on the content in the game. Several characters were originally intended to be and then had the content cut out, but some had content left in that still hinted towards a possible romance even though it couldn't happen.

The most obvious is Jack, who is almost the poster child for "She was obviously supposed to be an option for FemShep before they chickened out". She makes reference to having relationships with both men and women in her past, and though her past relationships ended horribly, they all ended horribly. Up until she shuts down what she thinks is FemShep flirting with her -- saying she's not a "girls club" person -- she treats all of her past relationships exactly the same.

The next is Tali, who actually does flirt with FemShep in the game. It's brief, but the dialogue is identical to when she is flirting with MaleShep. Even more glaring is the info you get from the Shadow Broker's files. They may be DLC, but they're officially canon. In her files you learn that she is attracted to Shepard regardless of gender, researches human courtship and mating rituals, and (most tellingly) uses "Nerve-Stim Pro" while thinking of her.

Thane is less obvious, since there's no affirmative attraction towards MaleShep. However, he has the same near-religious fixation on Shepard regardless of gender. Before joining the Normandy Thane was depressed and passively suicidal, eventually admitting that that he hoped (planned?) to be killed during the Dantius assassination. It was only the challenge of trying to beat Shepard to the kill, and then connecting with Shepard in honest friendship afterwards, that pulled him out of that state. Shepard's mere presence is life-changing for him.

Based on the in-game content, all three of these characters should be an option for Shepard regardless of gender.

[gemsbokk]

it is (was) @unfair-water-plane 's birthday so you know what that means! Isaiah Shepard with some good mshakarian (the short king finally being higher. good for him)

[annoyingjelly]

[illusivesoul]

"Someday I'll tell you what it means"

[evilsapphyre]

Decided to treat myself to a new game of ME for my birthday.