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[iamgiraffe100]

9, 17 and 18 for the ME ask. 😉

Favorite DLC is probably the “Normandy Crash site” from ME2. I loved how it brought back references from the first ME and it genuinely made me cry a bit.

Favorite planet has to be Noveria, loved driving the Mako and found it hilarious when Garrus tells Shepard that Turians hate the cold.

Paragon because I feel so bad being mean in anyway😭, also I feel like it leads to better results in future games. (Might do a renegade play through)

[drelldreams]

Not so typical Mass Effect Fandom Emoji Asks tagging game

Rules: Send the person who tagged you a question (or as many as you like) and tag two or more people to participate and send them one or multiple questions.

Only participte if you‘re up to it of course. No pressure :)

I am tagging: @illusivesoul @threewhiskeylunch @messydiabolical

🤎 - What is a species you think is underappreciated and why?

🎶 - What's your favorite soundtrack of the trilogy and why?

🎤 - Favorite voice actor? What do you like about their voice acting?

🐰 - Most adorable character? Why are they so adorable?

🎗️- Something you would have liked to see more of in the games?

⚜️ - Character(s) who should have been squadmate(s)?

💪 - Character with most astonishing development? What makes their development so great?

😭 - Character whose story or fate breaks your heart? Why is it so heartbreaking?

💔 - Character who died in canon but you refuse to acknowledge it?

✍️ - Squadmate you love writing most? Why do you enjoy writing them?

🌎 - Favorite homeworld? Why is it your favorite homeworld?

🧡 - Favorite non-Shepard pairings? Why do you love this/those pairing(s)?

👤 - Favorite minor NPC? What do you like about them?

📖 - Favorite book characters? Why are they your favorite? (If you’re familiar with the books)

🧩 - Favorite squadmate combination and why you like this combination so much?

💟 - A rarepair you have and what you like about their dynamics?

🤍 - Favorite Shepard friendship and why?

💗 - A character who should have been romanceable and why would you romance them?

[ageless-aislynn]

5, 8 and 13 for the ME ask 😏

Ooo, thank you so much for the ask! 😎

5. Most interesting mission in each part of the trilogy and why?

From a "fun to play" viewpoint… ME1: Liara's mission on Therum and, surprisingly, Virmire right up until that horrible choice at the end, of course. But in both of those, you get some Mako combat as well as some on foot and I enjoy those a lot! ME2: "Lair of the Shadow Broker," which feels almost like its own game inside of 2. In that first playthrough, I realized I really had missed Liara as a squadmate and it made me happy to have her on the team again at least for a little while. 🤗  ME3: The Citadel: Shore Leave DLC is probably not a fair one to pick but you truly have it ALL: combat, an evil clone and a ton of wonderful interactions with your beloved squadmates. I also really enjoyed Aria's Omega mission, too. The combat was interesting and it was cool to know more about Aria. I also loooooved Nyreen! 💖

8. What’s your favorite loyalty mission in ME2?

Kasumi's, for the whole James Bond feel, lol! When I played it the first time, I had no idea what was important or not so when we did the DNA scanner part, I scanned everything looking for Donovan Hock's DNA and then laughed when Kasumi said, "That's a plant," in this dry tone like she was questioning if Shep had taken too hard of a hit to the head recently or something! 😂I suspect that final fight is going to be a bear on Insanity, though. 😱😱😱 But still, I find the rest of the mission fun and breezy to play!

13. What was the perfect ending for you and why?

Of the canon endings, Destroy is the one that makes the most sense to me. Saren basically advocated for Synthesis, TIM advocated for Control and, while I can see points to both of them, it felt like leaving the Reapers alive just made it too easy for something to go wrong and then the cycle would start all over again. Shepard's mission was always to destroy the Reapers and I can't see that he/she would be content with doing anything less at the end. Of course, the facts that Shepard will die unless you have enough War Assets to get "the breath" at the end and that we lose EDI and the friendly Geth that Legion gave his life to create both keep that from being a truly satisfying ending to me. If we could keep EDI and those Geth and see Shepard back with the crew at the end, then that would've been such a wonderful and near perfect way to end the trilogy, IMO. 💖

Mass Effect ask game

[assorted-things]

This is how I feel every time I talk to Zaeed and I kind of love it tbh

[artbymesa]

I'm finally playing Mass Effect (Legendary Edition) for the first time (many years far too late) and

Shepard, probably: I could take him

Garrus, probably:

[milkywayes]

some shameless battlefield nuzzling

[n7valkyrien]

Thank u for the Garrus head shots. I wasn't sure if his sclera was black or white, or if his eyes were just totally covered by the iris

But now I know for my thing, you've been much helpful thank u

edit: okay fuck im sorry i misunderstood what you meant. his irises are indeed bigger in ME3 covering up most of the sclera. but it’s still slightly visible in some angles.

not sure what was the reason they changed it but i do feel like he’s staring right into my soul in ME3 sometimes.

(might be due to LEUITM because there is no LEUITM for LE3. but i install a separate eye texture after LEUITM anyway so it shouldn’t be the reason of the difference. i don’t have any other texture mods that could have caused the difference afaik.)

ahhhh i assume you’re referring to the weird specular map for his eyes in ME1&2? from the front, the catchlight would completely cover his irises, even if i disabled post-processing effects and lighting through console commands.

as you can see from these shots (left: ME2, right: ME1) his pupils and scleras are black! only the irises are blue.

i didn’t mention it because i never expected that people would reblog the shots as ref, but for the front view of his eyes, it’s the best to refer to the ME3 shot imo.

[crapeaucrapeau]

Two sides on Hegemony slavery :

Heard on Illium : "A batarian trading group has announced plans to sue the Citadel Council. The batarians claim slavery is an inextricable part of their caste system, and that by limiting the slave trade, the Council is violating their cultural rights. The indentured servitude market closed down three points, with representatives decrying the unwanted controversy."

Heard on Omega (the speaker is distinctly a batarian) : "The Fer'Lit Consortium is going ahead with its plan to sue the Citadel Council to remove unfair limits on the intergalactic [sic] slave trade. A Fer'Lit spokesman had this to say : 'Slavery is an inextricable part of the batarian caste system. By limiting the slave trade, the Council is limiting our cultural rights.' The Council is scheduled to hear arguments over the next few weeks. Fer'Lit representatives do not expect the Council to take the culturally-sensitive option."

Can we talk about how the Council is only limiting slavery, and only doing so in 2185 ?

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

Fic Title: Escaping off to the Sky

"Are you sure about this?" the Alliance Recruiter asked Inko. The woman nodded.

"I am," she said. Inko signed the papers without another word. The recruiter handed her a paper with the date of her basic training. She bowed her head to the man and walked out. She headed right to the hospital, where her son was in the extended care unit.

"Ah, Mrs. Midoriya," the doctor said. "He still hasn't talked."

"Thank you," Inko said. She moved to Izuku's room. The green-haired boy stared outside the window. Inko sat beside him, watching her son. Her eyes went to where the covers lay far too close to the bed, before she looked away. "I joined the Alliance today," Inko told him.

Izuku turned his head to her, looking surprised.

"With... their benefits, I can afford the prosthetics," Inko said.

"...You didn't have to do that," Izuku croaked, the first time he spoke since the accident. "It was my issue. My mistake."

"It was not your fault," Inko said. "It was the fault of your school for putting you in that position." She reached out to touch his arm. "You should never have been there. They should have stopped it."

Summary: Mass Effect/BNHA crossover. Izuku as a kid ends up in a serious accident that causes him to lose his legs. Needing to get the funds so her son could get prosthetics, she joins the Alliance.

And she becomes Shepard.

Pairings: Garrus/Inko

[lofi-bear]

anyways everyone look at my spacer war hero "crumbling under the pressure of being the perfect alliance legacy golden girl" commander shepard and her murder chickenbug boyfriend

[average-mako-enjoyer]

(if you're still doing this) 🔥kaidan

I do! Thank you!

from this ask

I say this as his fan: I think we make him too wholesome and too bland and too focused on Shepard.

Kaidan is over thirty years old, he had an extremely traumatic experience in BAaT, he has trust issues, he feels like he has to be in control all the time, he's built this huge wall of sarcasm around himself (and people in this fandom, his fans, usually don't even realize that), and you have to pry his real opinions out of him sometimes with plyers.

He's not going to be good at talking about his feelings, people!

I'm also pretty sure he had a pretty messy dating history when he was in his twenties.

This is something I really want to see in longer fics and never come across: people with histories. I honestly think that having an ex-wife or a string of long-distance relationships (because of the army) doesn't make Kaidan any less attractive or cool.

The same goes for every other character in every other canon. Their messes make them more real!

[shahs1221]

Have you heard of Emmrich Volkarin (dragon age)

I think you may find him intriguing.

A bubbly Necromancer that was obvs based on Vincent Price and Peter Cushing

I am aware of him, yes! Always like a Peter Cushing esque character.

Unfortunately, I'm not too fond of EA and their direction with Bioware nowadays. I find the writing in the new DA super lacking.

[l3irdl3rain]

How do you feel about the party size going down to two companions? Are there any returning characters you want to see?

(I love dragon age please talk about dragon age)

I'm ngl I'm bummed about going down to two companions. That's been something I've always disliked about Mass Effect. How am i supposed to give every companion their time to shine if I can only bring two!? 3 is nice because then I can make sure I bring along my beloved from said game and then two others that I swap out as I see fit.

[keriweird]

👑 for Johnny? Because he's such a prince. To me. 🥺

👑 OC dressed as royalty

Managed to slap together a quick paint for this one. Thanks so much for the ask/prompt ☺️ ran out of time before bed for the fur but you get the idea. Pouty prince Johnny obviously just got told "no."

For the OC ask game:

[milkywayes]

what's your preferred choice for garrus' loyalty mission? i love that mission a lot...on one hand i want shepard to trust garrus' judgement the way he trusts hers, and when you push him about killing sidonis he points out the people sidonis got killed, and the unfairness of him getting to walk away. on the other hand he is so upset and acts so aggressively during the mission. even tho i do watch him beat up harkin everytime without interfering LOL. harkin had it coming (and it's hot shhh) it's more that garrus is obviously devastated and probably not thinking straight. i do love how shepard and he can argue it out and how much pain he's in for his percieved failure on omega, and his need to find justice. and how much it pains him that there may be a grey area where justice is not clear

My Shepard doesn’t go into the mission expecting to interfere. 

She has her concerns, but ultimately if Garrus asks for her help, her number one goal is to give it. On this suicide mission, he is more than her lieutenant. They both experienced recent, traumatic upheaval, and he is the only thing left that she can derive comfort from, even when he’s not quite the man that she knew. He’s volunteered for her mission, her suicide run, and the least she can do is return the favor and help tie up his one loose end. There might even be a little voice in her head that says, this is the source of his pain and everything about him that’s off and unfamiliar to her, and once it’s excised, she’ll have her crew-mate back how he was.

But then they’re on the mission, and he is less himself than she’s ever seen him. They’re on the mission and he is breaking apart. And she learns exactly how much his team meant to him, and there is no way to forget for even a moment that Sidonis was one of them too.

If he had kept his cool throughout, not let anyone see the emotional state he was in, she would have let him put a bullet in that turian’s head. 

She’s a commander; she understands the position he was in and what he owes his team. She doesn’t give a shit about Sidonis. They’ve all killed people for less. But when Garrus asks her, what would you do if someone betrayed you? Sold out her squad; her friends, for personal gain—betrayed their common goal—left them there to die—

She’d want that vengeance too. But she is far enough removed from that scenario to know that she’d wish someone would take that responsibility from her hands. That dealing with that particular loose end is not something that should be her task. That vigilante justice is well and good until it gets personal, and that as commander, the traitor would have been her subordinate too.

Killing a subordinate and worse, a friend, in cold blood is not something that you can come back from. It’ll stay with you for the rest of your days. Justice served—and you’re the one who pays for it to happen. Every time you close your damn eyes. The exploding head of a person you once swore to look out for.

The price is steep. She doesn’t want to see Garrus pay it. That death, and the deaths of his squad—of his idealism, his dreams—that trail behind it like offal would be an open wound forever. If she interferes, he can be angry at her for breaching his trust and crossing that boundary, but at least he would be hating someone other than himself. 

It’s not really her place. There are turian social mores and particularities at play here that she can’t even pretend to understand beyond simple keywords like loyalty and accountability. It might destroy their relationship and leave her all alone on that facsimile of a ship again. But on this suicide mission, Garrus is more than her lieutenant, and he’s more than just a comforting presence too. 

He’d have to be a hell of a lot more for her to willingly place her skull between the muzzle of his prized sniper rifle and the target that gives him tunnel vision and a twitchy trigger finger.

And he must be, because that’s exactly what she does.

[danielleitloudernow]

for the wip ask: door, star, red

Door-from What Cannot be Said Will be Wept: She heard Tali giggle beside her and Garrus whirled around to retaliate, but their mirth immediately evaporated when they turned the corner to be met by police presence and a taped off doorway.

Star-from But for Which of My Good Parts Did You First Suffer Love for Me?: She didn't have a particular destination in mind when she had started walking, letting the stars guide her while the wind whipped through her hair, her sarong flowing behind her.

Red-from a WIP called Bad Bandit I'm not ready to share yet: And though the bottom half of their face was covered with a red kerchief, the brim of their hat pulled low over their brow, Ava found herself utterly enthralled by a light dusting of freckles dancing across the delicate bridge of a nose, mapping out an unknown constellation in the brief glimpse of a new world.

It was actually really hard to find "star" even with the ME WIP and knowing I've written quite a few night scenes 😳 thank you for submitting an ask!