#paragade

[blighted-elf]

Jae Shepard throughout the years

[askpokeeosin]

Paragon or Renegade?

On Mass Effect

Mass Effect is legitimately my favorite video game series of all time. I really like the morality system although I do feel that the Paragon path can at time be much more hardcore than Renegade at times, especially ME2 and onwards. For example, when dealing with Harrot the Elcor Merchant on Omega in ME2, the Renegade persuasion option is to tell Harrot to buy out the Quarian he had been threatening, presumably letting the poor kid get swallowed up by the streets of Omega. Meanwhile, the Paragon persuasion option is just straight up threaten Harrot with a serious case of broken legs if he doesn't leave the Quarian alone. That's not even getting into how the Paragon Interrupt at the end of the Overlord DLC is to straight up pistol whip a (very terrible) guy.

Of course, I've never played a full Paragon playthrough. There's just too many Renegade Interrupts that are too good to not hit, like interrupting the Krogan's long winded speech during Mordin's Loyalty Mission. I've also never done a Renegade playthrough, though. It always seems unnecessarily mean.

Ask from @askseriousrainbow

[monowires]

just found out that there's actual terms for renegon/paragade shep and i didnt really need to go to the trouble of extensively explaining to my friends how i play shepard

[vinwarrican]

A 1/6 scale figure & photo project inspired by Mass Effect's Commander Shepard to mark N7 Day.

[laugh-of-the-medusa]

I really wanted that tiny lil kiss from Aria because her reaction (and Shep’s surprise) was adorable. I did a Paragade* run during Omega. Mostly agreeing with Aria (Renegade) and being an annoying fucker with Petrovsky (Renegade) then agreeing with Nyreen (Paragon) because seeing them argue was fun. Like, I know exes when I see em and it was way more fun to needle Aria through Nyreen than anything else.

BUT HOLY SHIT I DIDN’T EXPECT I WENT WITH TOO MUCH PARAGON BECAUSE IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN SHE SPARED PETROVSKY 😆

I was willing to give up potential Intel on TIM for revenge on what happened Nyreen regardless of how Petrovsky presented himself to my Paragon Shep (what happens in Omega, amiright?) —

BUT DAMN. Seeing her spare him was way more satisfying than the tiny peck. I did take the renegade option of threatening him with a gun but not killing him.

In my head, when she says “partner” she’s not talking about Shep. She’s talking about Nyreen. You can try prying that from my cold, anemic fingers. I won’t budge. On that note, I also believe that Aria’s morality shift isn’t just because of Shep, it’s also because of Nyreen (and the revelation that she never left Omega and somehow still stayed true to her code of ethics). I mean. Holy shit.

Imagine seeing that sort of sacrifice (with the adjutants) and not being rocked to the core???

Plus, somehow Aria being incredibly furious (and hurting) and still finding the energy to spare Petrovsky? Uggggghhhhhh sooooo satisfying.

*My Vanguard did magically transform into an Engineer midway through lmao. (Look, my personal headcanon is that Shep spent enough time with Tali, EDI, and co. that they eventually learned the final points of hacking if they’re assed to do it.)

[ozziyo]

Terra as of Mass Effect 1

[inuhodo]

[passes away on the ground] finally drew reference for my sheppy... her tattoos are soooo funny to me but its moe... shepard needs to be a bit lame. the threshermaw tat is cool as hell tho thanks me3 for having that thing in a cave... also she is 6'4"

[chanihobbit]

Another snippet from my current Mass Effect wip. Not sure when I’m going to be finished with this monster. 72k and counting….*sigh*

The story (if I manage to finish it) will be an AU for Mass Effect 2 where Kaidan rejoins the crew of the Normandy as undercover agent for the Alliance. It’s slow burn MShenko. I’m just ride or die for that pairing.

______

The look Shepard levels at him is piercing, cutting right through to his soul. He knows. He doesn‘t believe me. Then to his great surprise Shepard nods and extends his hand. “Glad we‘re on the same page. Welcome on board.“

The reaction is unexpected to say the least. Kaidan was sure he‘d lost any chance of being allowed back after his melt-down. Then again Shepard may have simply wanted to test him. See if he would spin a yarn of having changed his mind and accepted Cerberus as the good guys. Not that there was ever any chance of making that lie believable. Kaidan‘s poker face might be nothing to sneer at but it‘s not that good. And the fewer lies he‘s forced to keep track of the better. Belatedly he realizes that he‘s been staring at Shepard‘s hand a little longer than is natural. He quickly grabs the offered appendage and shakes it with what he hopes is an air of confidence.

“Good to have you back, Kaidan.“ Shepard‘s face erupts into a brilliant smile. The expression stirs something in him that he‘d rather not examine too closely at present.

“Thank you, Shepard. It‘s good to be back.“

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[renegon-paragade]

I need Martha Wells to know how much I love Witch King. Like to a concerning degree. Like I love the book so much I want to consume it and I'm not sure if I mean that metaphorically

[rangerdoubt]

playing mass effect has really. revealed the chokehold roy mustang has on my psyche

also CHRIST i didn’t realize how much space xenophobia is baked into renegade runs. can’t i be a vigilante in peace

[niriaveil]

I don't have a screenshot of her but my Shepard is an Earthborn/Sole Survivor named Hayley. I picked Vanguard for her class because it's what felt right, but I think she may be more of an Adept.

She is, of course, Anderson's daughter that he picked up off the street and Kahlee said he could train her

[docholligay]

Also that put me in mind of my clearest memory of reading @ultrace 's pathfinder books*, of, and I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong, knowing in my heart of hearts that michiru would be an inquisitor of we could deal with the faith thing or make it otherwise work.

But the ends justify the means, mind fucking, detecting lies shit, that's michiru.

*doc why were you doing that? I don't think you understand, I was the girl who read the cereal box at breakfast when I was a kid. I didn't have a smartphone until I was in my 20s but still managed to nearly get into a reading based accident, just with a magazine. They were sitting on the table.

[secretagentdragon]

(hands you another shepard)

Gave this char a bit of an overhaul- here's Cavendish (aka Ven) my vanguard earthborn, romanced Thane (sort of, it's complicated) and then Traynor

[akuzeisms]

So something I’ve been working on recently (prompted by Marnie a mutual who mentioned watching a playthrough as a great means to familiarize/re-familiarize with the series) is… an edited cinematic style playthrough of the trilogy. I’ve managed to pare things down in the playthrough to only the most majorly important aspects of the playthrough (i.e. skipping the majority of side quests), along with some reorganization of clips or clever use of clips to make things flow more like a movie format. While it’s by no means perfect, it’s a little more digestible than skipping through hours of gameplay.

Currently, I am still working on this as I am in the midst of a full playthrough of the trilogy. This version is only going to feature Kaidan’s romance path, though it will feature the events of the Virmire Savior Mod (allowing for both Ashley and Kaidan to be saved on Virmire, and subsequently be part of things in the remainder of the trilogy). Each “episode” is roughly movie length, averaging out at around 1 hour and 20 minutes per clip.

[murderandcoffee]

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