#matriarch aethyta

[mass-effect-anonymous]

CONFESSION:

I honestly can't stand the Asari and I think their pride, arrogance and not wanting to change helped put the galaxy in the trajectory of the reapers but I really liked Liara's father Aethyta for wanting to change the system and get rid of old traditions. And I loved Aethyta's protective nature towards Liara.

[captainkatie42]

Doing my slowburn romance with Liara but Aethyta speaks the truth and Liara’s not denying it.

[tungstenb]

requested by a follower who asked to remain anonymous (:

[ladygwyndolin]

Mass Effect characters react to you coming out (Part 1)

Part 1//Part 2//Part 3//Part 4

[lord-of-the-froggies]

Another comic, inspired by another one of my friends. The idea came when I shared a headcanon that Benezia is a wine connoisseur; my friend gave me an interaction between Benezia and Aethyta:

"It's fruity-"

"You're fruity."

I had to draw it out, I never felt such a powerful urge in my life (that's a lie but you get what I mean).

[sympateawithsugar]

Inktober 2022 Day 8: Match

[hellafluff]

Matriarch Aethyta is soooo butch coded I love her so much

[shizuu-chann]

If you've ever wondered what happened to Liara's father, Matriarch Aethyta, wonder no more!

I always acted like Aethyta was fine after the Citadel coup, despite there being a million and twelve people who insist Aethyta tragically died right after Liara got to know her. I always thought "no way she's die like that, how lame." But! I heard a line of dialogue that confirms she's alive! (At least that's how I'm choosing to interpret it.)

When you get the Library of Asha war asset for that commando in Purgatory, later on you can click on her and she'll say something like, 'make it all required reading, I have Matriarch Aethyta's backing on this!'

You can only get that mission AFTER the coup attempt, meaning she's alive and discussed the asari military reading with the commando AFTER you returned the reading material! I feel so much better just knowing this information, I really liked her character.

[masseffectdiary]

Liara talking to her other parent.

[randombackgroundasari]

Benezia and Aethyta visit the Citadel. Art I commissioned from BirdyRaider

[anghraine]

The Mass Effect P&P AU is taking slightly clearer shape in my head and I think it ... very roughly follows the Mass Effect story with the character roles taken by P&P characters and the dynamics being necessarily affected by that.

I've been set on Elizabeth as Shepard and an asari Darcy from basically the start, and when I was deciding if I wanted Darcy to basically occupy Liara's role (personalities aside!), I thought "yeah, I can see asari Darcy going into academic research and being like, I don't care what everyone else thinks about the Protheans, I know I'm right!"

And then I was like... wait, is Lady Catherine Matriarch Benezia in this universe??? o_O

[freedombeginsathome]

This is what happens when you have a Mystery drink from the Eternity Bar on Illium. (Mass Effect 2). Any other drink does not have the same effect.

What are your thoughts on this?

Does the Mystery drink allow you to see Matriarch Aethyta as she looked like younger?

Because this drink comes from a Vorcha world, is this how the vorcha see her? (leaning on that theory that Asari can manipulate how they look to make them more attractive to each species)

Or it doesn't mean anything at all?

[tungstenb]

when your bondmate is very supportive

[omniblades-and-stars]

Characters I would get drunk with:

Matriarch Aethyta

Gianna Parasini

Irritated customer service rep who that guy never believes when he's trying to return his toaster or whatever he's been trying to return for 3 years straight

The guy who's been trying to return his toaster for 3 years straight

The receptionist at the embassies at the Citadel pre-Geth attack

Conrad Verner

Characters I would not get drunk with:

ANY KROGAN (I would not survive)

[lord-of-the-froggies]

Howdy! There's been a lack of benezia/aethyta stuff recently, and I'm starved for content. So I'll do what I told my friend: "I'll make my own food then!".

You will all be subjected to my two favorite grumpy old ladies 👁👁

[imakemywings]

Mass Effect Femslash Recs

Happy February 4th! For Femslash February, a nice collection of femslash fanfic recs! Asteriks by personal favs (★‿★)

* after the flood, all the colors came out by madamebadger - f!Shepard/Tali - Tali has nursed a crush on Shepard for years, but there was never any indication--any at all--that anything could come of it. And she has plenty on her plate with the rebuilding of Rannoch. But the truth is that the heart is not so easy to quiet. Especially when Shepard comes back to visit.

Almost Like Being in Love by Urdnot_wrekt - f!Shepard/Liara - As with any new relationship, Shepard and Liara can't seem to keep their hands to themselves.

Between Us by @anneapocalypse - f!Shepard/Tali - While the war rages all around them, what was between Tali and Shepard remains.

* building mountains in your memory by @chocochipbiscuit - f!Shepard/Liara - Liara spends two years mourning Shepard's death before Cerberus brings her back.

Cardamom and Cloves by wolframbeta - f!Shepard/Liara - Liara takes the night off from her duties as an information broker on Illium to share a meal and quiet conversation. It doesn't go according to plan.

Expiation by supernovasooth - Jack/Miranda - Miranda tries to apologize in her own way.

Faithfully Faithless by Settiai - Ashley/Liara - War and faith didn't exactly go hand-in-hand

For the Living by DrJekyl - f!Shepard/Samara - Samara's relationship with death has always been complex; her relationship with life and love even more so.

Grasping at Straws by Settiai - f!Shepard/Ashley - Ashley kept getting the feeling that she was missing something.

The Great Cabin Conspiracy of '73 by DrJekyl - Aethyta/Benezia - Two matriarchs somehow get stuck in a chilly cabin with no security escort and no extranet access.

Kiss and Get It Over With by ziskandra - Jack/Miranda - Faced with the end of the universe, old differences are set aside.

Motion by SomethingProfound - f!Shepard/Traynor - Sam Traynor's life would be a lot easier if Marines could keep their shirts on. Or: a new friendship aboard the Normandy between the ship's comms specialist and her Executive Officer blooms into something else as the war rages.

nights, by the light of whatever would burn by madamebadger - f!Shepard/Tali/Garrus - In every life, you have to make trade-offs. Shepard has always been at peace with what she's given up to be who and what she is, mostly because she's focused her attention on everything but her own personal life. Even her dearest friends know that she will always, to some degree, hold them at arm's length. But the war has a way of burning everyone down to their most essential selves, and in the end even Shepard can't help seeing, finally, what she wants, what she needs--and what she may have lost.

Purple Shadows by Settiai -Ashley/Liara - Ashley hadn't even considered that the Shadow Broker would be the best person to help clear her name. She'd reacted on pure instinct. It probably said more than she'd like it to say, that her first thought when in trouble was that she needed to find Liara.

* Rakhana by DrJekyl - Aethyta/Benezia - The revelation that the hanar are conspiring to uplift a newly discovered species, the drell, sends shockwaves through the galaxy and right into the T’Soni household.

A Recommendation by YourLocalPriestess - f!Shepard/Ashley - Ashley and Shepard haven't spoken more than a few words to each other since Ilos, and more importantly, since their kiss beforehand. But it had been over a week, and a recommendation leaves Ash with room to doubt what they have.

* Silent days, violent shades by acrosspontneuf - f!Shepard/Aria - ‘There’s profit in survival,’ Aria says, later, an offer masked as a parting shot as Shepard starts to walk away. They both know that Shepard can’t run, but Shepard allows herself the illusion for another stolen moment. The thought of disappearing is tempting - she could discover other galaxies, let this one save itself for once. She could live without being so intrinsically aware of how close she is to the end of it all.

something more comfortable by xenosaurus - f!Shepard/Tali - The first thing Tali does after Rannoch is move all of her things into Shepard’s quarters.

* Stolen Goods by DrJekyl - Aethyta/Benezia/Shiala - Benezia returns home early from a work trip and finds that Aethyta and Liara are up to minor mischief, with Shiala as their willing accomplice.

An Unexpected Pleasure by BlackJackKent - f!Shepard/Traynor - Shore leave is a time for cutting loose from the day-to-day protocols of military life, and after a few drinks at Purgatory, Sam Traynor finds the courage and motivation to try flirting again with Commander Shepard. She's fairly sure Shepard is interested in women too, and her intuition doesn't lie -- the only trouble is Shepard hasn't quite realized it herself yet.

Worth It by Pigeon_theoneandonly - f!Shepard/Traynor - In the midst of the reaper war, Shepard finds a pocket of normalcy for Sam.