#menacingmetal

[nowandthane]

my new dp :D by the loml @menacingmetal <3

[xoshepard]

hi i saw it was ur birthday or is ur birthday soon(?) so i wanted to draw Audrey for you!! happy birthday! 🥳

omg thank you!!! she looks so good 😭🤩

(also yeah my bday is tomorrow 😁 thank you for the birthday wishes!!)

[yellowcandraw]

Fallout event for @menacingmetal ! Have a Yes Man, on the house!

[anna-antoshchenkova]

Sketch commission for @menacingmetal ^^

[destinysquared]

Sketches I made for @menacingmetal of their Commander Shepard with Legion from Mass Effect!

Sketch Comm Prices/Info Here.

[ideas-on-paper]

Wake up, folks! A new Legion romance patch (including platonic relationships, too!) just dropped for Mass Effect 2!

An author named jasp on AO3 (big kudos to you! <3) released an interactive fanfic allowing you to finally get into a relationship with Legion. It's not only wonderfully written, it also has the trademark ME dialogue wheel and even the Normandy AI core engine noise in the background!

It really felt like talking with Legion again, which is a real treat. Finally, after the painful ordeals of ME3, my depression has been cured, my broken heart has been mended, and my soul has been restored.

Also I'm gonna tag @everythingcounts2007remaster and @menacingmetal since I know both of you are Legion lovers (hope you don't mind ^^)

EDIT: If the text is cut off for you, see comments 🔽

[menacingmetal]

username change

metallinemenace -> menacingmetal

(metallinemenace will just be my art account)

[nowandthane]

😐👀🥇🌝 fic asks uwu

hi metalllll thanks for asking :D questions are from here

😐 What embarrasses you most about your own writing?

the smut

👀 Do you have any WIPs that you would never let see the light of day? If yes, what are they about?

i write self indulgent smut and fluffy stuff that no one but me will ever read :D

🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc).

oh so last year was a horrible writing year for me because of the like. uh. shit that was happening in my life LMAO but i was convinced at one point that i was probably never goin to write again, in addition to some other very depressing things, but in the past few months i've been writing more, and while im not where i used to be, im still real happy that im finding joy in writing and sharing again. and i finished Transmissions, which is like a new OC, a new ship, and a new format so that was cool <3

🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to? (i just answered this one here)

ooooh hmm reaper overwatch. im not saying anything else about that though 🧍 for reasons why i will not be sharing, u can look at my second answer 🧍

[nowandthane]

for the poem prompts:

shawson/miranda; how conflicted/guilt she feels about not being able to tell shepard about the info she needs, how she misses shepard but it clashing with her need to protect her sister

thank you metal!!!! <3 <3

she is my sun the galaxy yours we orbit each other close enough to touch but not close enough stolen moments are all that we can have the sun will always rise and i must always leave

this part didnt make the cut but i think you'll like it xD

weeks and then months since the time we held each other the engine humming beneath bare skin the pulsing of the drive core drowning out our cries

[xoshepard]

1, 17, 30!!!!!! Muah

ILY METALLLL <333

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

ummm deffo growing up in the caribbean and all the good and bad stuff that happened there, watching anime as a kid and especially as a teenager (and studying japanese bc of that), and moving around a lot as a kid. i think all my good and bad personality traits and the overall trajectory of my life so far is based on those 3 things.

17. name 3 things that make you happy

1) mass effect 2) watching shit with my friends (especially study group friends ❤️) 3) spending time w my family

30. what’s one thing that never fails to make you happy/happier?

uhhh if we're talking about improving a bad mood, either talking to my mom or getting some sleep are pretty sure fire ways to feel better, depending on the time of day

[xoshepard]

14, 21, 28, and 49 of the shepard asks for all three of them or whichever is applicable! 🥰

THANK YOU METAL ❤️❤️❤️

14. Any good at flirting?

Evanna: yesssss good at flirting bad at romance

Audrey: nope

Orion: not really but he has a lot of natural charm and pull (he's hot and powerful. ig this also applies to audrey tho sdkjfhskj)

21. Do you have any AUs for your shepard?

Evanna: if you see me writing smut of her and tali. that is au LMAO ain't no way that could happen in canon and i admit it. i also have been playing with alternate romances for her, if that counts.

Audrey: everybody know about the nihlus lives au :3 but also her other au version is in orion's worldstate, where she's just like a normal model/designer and not a soldier or anything and her parents are alive. they did train her to fight but it has nothing to do with her career or daily life, it just kinda stops her from getting mugged or abducted dsfjkhsjk

Orion: he also has an au version in audrey's worldstate, where he was on elysium working when mindoir got attacked. he's a civil engineer working on expanding elysium in that au. his personality is super different in audrey's worldstate, they have a bit more aloof/antagonistic relationship in his canon bc he resents her for not being pushed into their spacer family legacy of fighting for the alliance, whereas in her canon he's v protective of her and STAYS worried sick about her and wishes she hadn't felt like she needed to join the alliance

28. What about hyperfixations? What’s the topic that will get Shepard rolling no matter the person or place

Evanna: idk if i would say they're rly one for hyperfixations? and they'll laugh at 1) any stupid crude joke they hear 2) people they despise/look down on getting hurt 3) fuckin whatever man they love to laugh

Audrey: answered here

Orion: he gets suuuuuper into studying, he likes to study combat, war, and tech. he also will get v into observing alien environments if he gets the chance. he'll laugh at a good pun, and thinks harmlessly annoying people is funny (again, he likes puns).

49. What is Shepard’s happy ending? What’s the dream that keeps em going

Evanna: freedom, having her own space that she's the owner/leader/ruler of. she figures if she does enough in the alliance she can retire and buy a house on the outskirts of some earth megatropolis

Audrey: owning a jewelry/trinket shop and finally being able to sell handmade products, preferably on elysium or wherever ryan is when this is all over

Orion: ryan doesn't really know what he wants, because he spent so much time convincing himself that he wanted to be a soldier. i think his main hope is that with enough time he'll stop having nightmares about akuze and stop feeling guilty for surviving. he starts thinking about what he wants to do seriously when he's with cerberus, because working with them makes him more depressed than ever, and he knows that if he doesn't set some sort of goal to work towards he won't make it through his stint with them. so he decides he just wants some land to use for designing a house and getting it built, as well as for growing plants and seeing which he can learn to cultivate. he gets a few desk plants for his cabin, too, which helps w his mental health.

[xoshepard]

I followed u initially bc u posted mass effect and funny posts i found funny too and now u r me why are you me?

[nowandthane]

Lae'zel and Karlach playing ✨Catchball With Gale✨ multiplayer shenenigans with @xoshepard (Gale) and @menacingmetal (Karlach)

[destinysquared]

Legion and Shepard (COMMISSION)

Drawing I've made for @@Menacingmetal of their commander shepard with Legion doing the scene from the garrus romance.

Thank you for commissioning me! Commission Prices/Info Here

[nowandthane]

Artist/Writer vs OC

thank you for tagging me @azurechicken <3

no pressure tagging @menacingmetal @xoshepard @asgardianhobbit98 @sweetmage @poetikat @mxanigel @adelaidedrubman @vakariansvixen and anyone else who wants to do this <3 (also sorry if youve been tagged already/have already done this dkfjghk)

Link to the picrew

it me and sarani :D also this made me realise the only thing we have in common is our hair colour lmao

[destinysquared]

Mech and Shep (COMMISSION)

Drawing I've made for @menacingmetal of their shepard and mech OCs from Mass Effect.  Get 20% off all ME related art till Jan. 7th 2024 Thank you for commissioning me! Commission Prices/Info Here