#mass effect will continue

[veshialles]

HAIII :3 happy N7 day! did you watch the new trailer for ME 4?

HIII!! YESS I SAW THE NEW ME5 TEASER AND AM STILL LOSING MY MIND OVER IT!!

I was also following some of the ARG buildup leading up to it, which leaves me even more obsessed. also, the Angara hidden in the latest poster?? and the Geth wearing a fancy robe??? what was all that about? I'm incredibly intrigued.

ALSO THE MUSIC SNIPPETS!! the signature Eden Prime clicking noise, that electronic twiddle building up to the drums reminds me of th combat and exploration tracks from MEA, and then finishing off with the theme from the Rachni Nest in ME3? what does it all mean??

like, I know Mike Gamble already confirmed years ago that this game was gonna be a tie-in sequel to all previous Mass Effect titles, but every snippet still tells me so little and so much that it makes my brain whirl lol. I'm very excited is what I'm trying to articulate eeeeeee

[mostmagical]

there are a lot of things that endear garrus to me, but easily it’s the way that he tells shepard about a sexual conquest with full confidence, only to get up to her room and act like he’s never touched a woman a day in his life that really sells it for me

[swordmaid]

and when you go to the sea, i will be waiting for you at the shore.

[c-rowlesdraws]

pajamas!! And with some careful camera work, if she's sitting at her desk, nobody on a work-related video call will know she's not wearing real pants.

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE VIRMIRE SURVIVOR SURVIVORS

Spectre Ashley Williams & Spectre Kaidan Alenko "Not a lot of other people have had my back since the beginning..." Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021)

[leavingautumn13]

presented without context for @ghostfacedbat

[reference]

[commander-sarahs-art]

Aspen needed some art outside of her outfit sheet🥺💕 and yes i continue to be a filthy Shenko shipper. But god does it feel so sacrilegious to draw Kaidan with anyone other than Mir Shep😂

[garygoldenbignaturals]

looking thru my screenshots folder and found this big geth guy in an um. compromising position

[clericofshadows]

ASHLEY WILLIAMS - 1/??? MASS EFFECT 1 - EDEN PRIME

[cxldtyrant]

I'm still working on a master list of Arcosian biology, but have temporarily halted it due to how time consuming my work has been. Nonetheless, I want to throw out a few ideas I've come up with that I plan to apply to Cooler (or any Arcosian NPC that I write, for that matter):

Arcosian blood is blue. This is canon to the manga coloring when Freeza was shown bleeding, but not to the anime where it is red. I love the idea of their blood being blue since it's also unique to other alien blood, which tends to be purple, and for the pun of Arcosians being "cold-blooded" (or the Cold Clan being "blue blood" royalty).

An Arcosian bite is venomous. They have glands that will secrete toxins from their fangs, injecting their prey with a venom that causes varying degrees of paralysis. It is non-fatal, but its effects can range between temporary loss of certain motor functions to full-body paralysis for several hours, and was used back in Ancient Arcos as a means for hunting and subduing their prey. Nowadays, modern Arcosians find biting other sapient beings to be very "barbaric" and embarrassing. Nonetheless, when a rattlesnake is cornered...

There are male, female, and intersex Arcosians. The differences between the three are incredibly subtle to the non-Arcosian eye, which is why most of the universe believes their species are a "one-gendered", asexual race, similar to the Namekians. Male Arcosians tend to have a broader upper-body, thicker tails, and their natural coloring is vibrant, while female Arcosians tend to have wider hips, slimmer tails, and softer, more neutral coloring. Intersex Arcosian can have an assortment of features from either sex. Their genitals are sheathed, and they do not have breasts or nipples.

Arcosians have night vision. With their home world of Arcos being perpetually dark due to their solar system's star being too far for a typical day-and-night cycle, Arcosians have naturally evolved to have nocturnal vision in order to acclimate to their surrounding environment.

The average natural lifespan of an Arcosian is 500 years. Arcosians age very slowly when compared to most other species, and their generally ageing cycle has longer development than, lets say an Earthling or a Saiyan. Generally, their development goes like this: - Egg: their parent will birth an egg which will take around 5 years to hatch - Infant: from the moment they hatch to age 19 - Toddler: from the age of 20 to 39 - Juvenile: from age 40 to 59 - Adolescent: from age 60 to 99 - Young Adult: from age 100 to 199 - Middle-Aged Adult: from age 200 to 299 - Older Adult: from age 300 to 399 - Elderly: from age 400 and above

[laelior]

Periapsis Chapter 6: No Return

Mass Effect Kaidan Alenko/Beth Shepard Rating: E (shameless smut) Chapter 6/6 Periapsis: The point at which two objects in a binary system orbit nearest to each other. a.k.a., the Shenko shore leave fic that's been plaguing me non-stop lately. Chapter link | Start from the beginning

Shepard woke the next morning to sunlight streaming in through the cabin and the warmth of Kaidan’s arms still around her.

It was…surprisingly pleasant to wake up next to someone like this. Next to him. He was warm and tender and solid all at once. She couldn’t even remember the last time she’d woken up next to someone. After their last encounter, before Ilos, she’d stayed up, going over the Normandy’s battle readiness reports while Kaidan slept undisturbed in her bed. And before that…well, it had been a long, long time.

In a few hours, they would have to pack up and leave. They would stop being Kaidan and Beth. They would resume their roles as Staff Lieutenant Alenko and Lieutenant Commander Shepard and go their separate ways until their orbits crossed again at the Citadel in a week. 

It had been nice, to just be Beth with him, even for just a day or two.

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[major-alenko]

N7 Month Day 3: Humans

“Come on, Hannah! We’re going to be late!”

Hannah Winslow rolled her eyes as she smoothed her hair and pulled her coat off the rack. She examined her reflection in the mirror with a critical eye. Another party. And they still had a week to go in Vancouver. 

“I’m coming,” she replied. “Just… give me a sec.”

Maddie vibrated in the doorway of their rental. She was indefatigable; the two women had been to every Christmas party in the city since their arrival. This particular event was at a bar downtown, and Hannah had admittedly little interest in wrestling crowds for overpriced cocktails two days before Christmas. 

“If we don’t get there soon, it’ll be packed. That Star Alliance or whatever just opened a new headquarters downtown.  I don’t want to have to fight our way through a bunch of space cadets.”

“Systems Alliance,” Hannah corrected her. Maddie’s disdain for the organization was nothing new. Hannah’s father said the same and worse every time they were in the news.

“Whatever,” Maddie said, tossing her hair over her shoulder. She cracked the door, letting a blast of freezing air wash over them. “Are you ready?” 

Hannah shivered and buttoned her coat, tugging her scarf tighter around her neck. “Ready.”

The walk downtown was mercifully short. Maddie prattled excitedly the whole way and Hannah made vague noises of agreement whenever she stopped for breath. Damn, it’s cold, she thought. The icy wind blowing in from the harbor penetrated her coat as if it were made of tissue paper. Streetlights wrapped in strings of holiday lights caught a few snowflakes drifting down from the sky. All around them, people jostled and laughed; snatches of Christmas music bursting out of each storefront they passed. 

There was something about it all that made Hannah feel desperately lonely. 

When they arrived, the bar was, as predicted, crowded. Hannah and Maddie pushed through the throngs and made their way to the back room where the party was being held. Hannah smiled and shook hands with the host— Maddie’s friend, not hers— and grabbed a drink. 

“Cait, this is Hannah,” Maddie said, “Hannah, this is Cait. She’s a curator for a local art gallery.”

“Pleased to meet you,” Hannah responded by rote. Maddie eyed her but didn’t say anything until Cait had moved on.

“Are you okay? We can cut out early if you’re not feeling well.” 

Hannah could tell she didn’t want to. “I’m fine,” she lied.

Maddie’s face brightened. “Then let’s have some fun!”

The initial round of introductions was over; there wasn’t much to do but mingle and make small talk. Different people, all the same stories. She heard Maddie’s laugh, high and false, as she chatted with a girl Hannah thought she recognized from their university. 

Between the press of people and the alcohol she was drinking, the room was starting to get hot. Hannah ducked out into the back hallway by the restrooms, needing air. She went and splashed cool water on her face. What am I doing here? The trip had been Maddie’s idea, a chance to get away from the holiday stress with their parents and let their hair down before their final semester of college and entry into the same white-collar world they’d lived their whole lives in. 

She exited the bathroom, but couldn’t quite bring herself to head back into the party yet. In the main bar, there was a group of Alliance personnel laughing and talking in a corner booth. She remembered Maddie’s disdain for their employer just a few hours earlier. A few years ago, after the discovery of the Martian ruins, humanity had been excited. A whole new wealth of technology had opened before them. The entire galaxy was now within humanity’s reach. There were some, certainly, who thought they were crazy. Asking for trouble by poking around with things beyond human comprehension, like the mass relays. Still, the Alliance kept growing. Earlier this year, they founded the first extra-solar colony—Eden Prime.

And Hannah Winslow was standing by the bathroom in a crowded bar, feeling sorry for herself. 

A party-goer shoved past her, mumbling an apology as he squeezed past her into the men’s room. The interaction shook Hannah out of her reverie. Sighing and shaking her head, she turned back towards the party and her friends-- directly into a tall young man in Alliance fatigues.

“Oh, I’m sorry!” he said, sounding as surprised as she felt. “Are you all right?” Hannah looked up at him. He was gorgeous. Black, short-cropped hair stood in contrast to his pale skin, slightly flushed with embarrassment and alcohol. His voice was low and pleasant, with an accent Hannah couldn’t quite place. Irish, maybe? 

“I’m fine,” Hannah replied, flustered. “It’s my fault, anyway. I wasn’t looking where I was going.”

Something in her tone caught his attention because he stopped and looked at her for a long moment. His eyes were a dizzying shade of blue. “It’s no trouble at all. Are you upset?”

Hannah had opened her mouth to brush him off; his direct question surprised her. “No, I mean, it’s nothing, I— I just don’t want to go back to the party,” she finished sheepishly. 

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to,” he said with an astounding conviction for someone discussing an unpleasant Christmas party. It was… endearing, in a way. Direct and refreshingly straightforward. 

Hannah blinked. “I guess I don’t,” she replied. “Did you have something else in mind?” 

“Let me buy you a drink,” he grinned. “As an apology for crashing into you, of course.” He offered her his hand. “I'm Lieutenant Owen Shepard, Alliance Navy. And you are?”

[perryabbott]

So... Take care, Major.

[onedismay]

Tazzik, the Shadow Broker, Bray, Harrot, Aria, and Barla Von please!

Thank you!! :D

Push off a cliff: Uhhh I think Aria's gotta go....... She's got biotics, she'll survive (but I won't)

Kiss: So I don't really care for kissing but I would make an exception for the Shadow Broker any day

Marry: Barla Von for the financial stability and lack of gunfire

Set on Fire: Tazzik, I mean, he'd probably be into it idk

Wrap a Blanket around: Harrot. As an apology for never finding that stupid couch for him. I tried, man, I tried

Be Roommates with: Bray because he's like, not likely to cause drama. I think. Reasonable guy

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF ATTICAN TRAVERSE: KROGAN TEAM

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Lt. James Vega, EDI, and Urdnot Grunt With: Urdnot Wrex, Dr. Mordin Solus, Primarch Adrien Victus and The Rachni Queen I don't need luck- I have ammo. Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

[herssian]

every tumblr blog who posted bioware content in its golden days has the innate superpower to feel when something new happens or is announced. can feel it in the air no matter the time, place, or current obsession. my dilated nostrils are sniffing the airwaves and detecting Stuff and Things