#peebee x sara

[amys2885]

Before Dragon Age undoubtedly takes over this blog, I thought I'd draw a few pairs from other games. First up, Peebs and Sara.

[ghostymermaid]

What the sigma

[ageless-aislynn]

Since that last post was kinda long and rambly, here’s a look at the four different looks I mentioned that I’ve given Sara according to the romances she’s had:

Jaal’s Sara: she loves dancing, comfortable default clothing and helping absolutely anybody who asks 😉

Reyes’ Sara: cool, sophisticated and usually always 10 seconds away from being sent to Horny Jail over this devilishly handsome scoundrel 😂😂😂

Peebee’s Sara: friendly, approachable, with comfortable fashion and a ponytail that is always on point 😉

Vetra’s Sara: stylish cinnamon roll, looks like she could kill you, could actually kill you, but also gives great hugs 🤗

BONUS:

I spotted this in the scene with Peebee and Sara and, of course, couldn’t resist a cap of Reyes lookin’ FIIIIIINE. Also, I’m going to confess that I wish there was an option to romance Evfra (the blue angara directly to the left of Reyes). Enemies to lovers is utter catnip to me, what can I say? 🤷‍♀️😉 He dislikes Sara SO MUCH at the start, then grudgingly grows to respect her skills as time goes on. I can practically write you a fic at how very much Evfra would haaaaate himself for falling in love with the human Pathfinder, heh.

And also, well, Reyes is just lookin’ SO FIIIIIIIINE here. Dang, do I love him. 😍😉 Yes, basically, my take on Mass Effect: Andromeda is

Love ya, frens! 💖

[a-sanctuary-for-pathfinders]

They Include You preview

Jaal had never known any other time in his life that he had been so terrified, or at the very least, he couldn't think of one now. The time he felt closest to this feeling, on the top of his head, was back at the Archon's flagship.

Yet this was worse. Back at the flagship, S.A.M. had some degree of guarantee that he could bring Scott back. However this time, S.A.M. being forcibly taken was the reason Scott was down once more.

Jaal had checked for a pulse, as he had Liam tell him to do after they'd return to the Tempest with the relic that seemed like such a long time ago.

He felt nothing.

Barely keeping himself from going to hysterics, Jaal stood upright once more and tried contacting the Tempest once more while Drack tried forcing the door open by brute force alone.

"Rrrgh! Open!"

"Tempest, the Pathfinder is down!" Jaal growled into his Omni-tool for the umpteenth time, "Come in!"

Fear was clenching his heart tightly in its fist, and Jaal could hardly breath. He couldn't lose his Taoshay, not to the Kett. Skutt, not to anything.

As if it was an answered prayer, that was the moment they heard a sharp intake of breath and see Scott sitting up. Not even waiting five minutes, he zoned into the console and staggered towards it.

"Ryder! You were dead."

Jaal would've made a comment that stating the obvious wasn't necessary, but he was still reeling in his emotions. He wanted to hug Scott, to kiss him for all he was worth, to cry tears of relief and gratitude that he wasn't forever lost to him. But the Angara had been too stunned to react, and Scott's urgency to keep moving despite just coming back from the dead...

Again.

Ignoring the remark, the Pathfinder leaned heavily against the Console, as if his body was drained of energy once more after Scott took a few steps towards the console.

"The Hyperion's dark, S.A.M. with it..." Scott huffed, "We need to get back."

Understanding the implications of that statement, Jaal looked alarmed. "Wait, wait! That door is Remnant," he emphasized, like Scott needed the reminder. "You need S.A.M."

"We need" Scott strained, yet he sounded more determined than usual. "to get back."

Planning to write a complete fic of this in ao3

[orangedodge]

"Tag nine people to get to know better."

Three ships: First ever ship: Last Song: Last Movie: Currently reading: Currently Watching: Currently consuming: Currently craving:

I was tagged for this by @dannybagpipesarecalling back in November, and then I got stumped on the first question for an embaressingly long amount of time. It's been so long that I'm sure I've missed whatever occasion this was for, so I won't tag anyone--but if anyone wants to share then please feel free.

Three ships: At the moment, I really like Ianthe/Harrow from the Locked Tomb books. The concept is just so funny to me (especially considering that Gideon has to watch them 24/7 and can't say anything or let anyone know she's there). And I'm replaying Andromeda agaim, so Sara Ryder/Liam Kosta is always in my thoughts--as is Sara/Peebee. But I slightly prefer her relationship with Liam, and I've never quite been into them as an OT3. I didn't want to pick something I've actually written for (published other otherwise), so after a lot of wasting time, my third will be... (it took me weeks to decide on this) Bobby/St. John from the X-Men movies. They were my ship back in middle school

First ever ship: I think it was Kikyo/Sesshomaru? It could have been Link/Zelda though, and I also have strong memories of liking Rogue/Remy very early on. John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir is also a possibility. (I never did find out why we used to call them "Sparky"...) Actually, maybe it was House/Wilson that I shipped first? I'm not sure I knew what shipping really was, yet, with the other stuff, even though I was already into fanfiction and art.

Last Song: Fast Car, at time of originally writing this. I've listened to both the original and the new cover frequently over the last few months. Honorable mention for dragostea din tei, which my dashboard keeps reblogging. It's been giving me war flashbacks of IB exam season when my homeroom teacher would have that song blasting when we were supposed to be having a free study period.

Last Movie: It was a netflix horror movie called Night Teeth. I don't recall if I knowingly chose to watch it, or if it just happened on its own. It was better than it should have been, but not much better than you'd expect of it. A little better than the average low budget Netflix vampire movie. Jorge Lendeborg and Alfie Allen were good, but very little else was.

Currently reading: The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Not sure if I like it yet.

Currently Watching: Finished Shadow and Bone. Good performances all around, though I can definitely see why people joke that it's Netflix's live action Reylo fanfic. I guess it's sad it's not going to continue; I was a lot more interested in the third season stinger, and the promise of the Crows' adventure than anything that had happened so far, but I guess it's at least something that they managed to finish up their primary story before getting cancelled. I think it was a generally satisfying ending. I've also started something called Dare Me, that came to me recommended, but I haven't figured out what the show is about yet.

Currently consuming: At the time of writing, it was tomatoes and bread.

Currently craving: Not anything in particular tbh. I'll probably have toast next?

[kiran-wears-science-blues]

In which the author jumped ship halfway through the game and had to write a piece about it  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

(Peebee/Sara Ryder Break-up; Vetra/Sara Ryder Endgame)

Summary: Peebee asked for time to figure things out. During that time, Sara moved on. There was no way this was not going to be a little bit messy. 

Length: 1.2K

Status: Complete

Rating: G 

Warnings: None

[super-barry-allen]

“You’ve come this far, just let it ride…”

[nothing-typical]

Mass Effect Andromeda was pretty much the story of Sara and Peebee , and I enjoyed every minute of it. Colonists got rehomed, rocks got scanned, Arks were recovered. But most importantly, Pellesaria

[superfluouskeys]

Holding on to Good

Ryder/Peebee prompt: run for @rocket2saturn

The first night after Peebee says she wants to stay, she has a dream about leaving.

Nothing too specific. She dreams she launches her escape pod and drifts off to nowhere, to anywhere, to some distant planet where no one will ever find her, to cobble together another place to rest her head until her next great escape.

When she wakes up, she feels weird and hollow and off-balance.  She wanders around the ship hoping to find someone who can ground her, but everyone seems busy and distant, and her dream of leaving and leaving nothing behind seems more real and immediate than anything around her.  She's starting to feel cold and distant and numb, and the world is starting to go grey around the edges.  She thinks maybe she will just get in her escape pod and take off without a word.  Leave all this behind, start fresh.  Silly Peebee, throwing around words like stay and feelings and...

She catches sight of Ryder's ponytail around a corner and the world comes back into focus. "Ryder!  Hey!"

Ryder turns to face her, confused, probably hearing the weird breathiness in her tone. "Everything okay?" she asks, standing and approaching, but not quite touching.  Ryder likes touching and being touched, Peebee has noticed, but she's awkward and shy about it, like she thinks someone is going to bat her hands away. Peebee can't wait around this time. She takes Ryder's hands and presses them against her face, feels the cold and the calluses and the solidity.

"Yeah," she says, and it's mostly true.  After she's allowed Ryder's hands to fall to her shoulders, she amends, quietly, "Just glad to see you."

Ryder smiles, curiosity still burning in her eyes, but she's too polite to pry.  Peebee squeezes Ryder's arms and turns away, focuses her attention on some gadget someone's left lying around, imagines taking it apart and putting it back together.

"What was it like, before you left?" Peebee wonders quietly.

"What, the Milky Way?"

Peebee nods.

"I dunno, horrible?" Ryder says, in her usual offhand manner.  "Most of the time it seemed like everyone I knew was miserable."

Peebee looks up. "But what about you?"

"Me?" Ryder echoes with a frown.

"Yeah," says Peebee.  "You always talk about your dad's career and your mom's illness or whatever, but what about you?"

As Peebee expected, Ryder is confounded by the question for at least a full minute, but eventually, it's her turn to look away and focus on some random object, and after another long silence, Peebee gets her answer.

"I guess I felt...out of place.  Or like I didn't have one."  Ryder's frown deepens.  "I was hoping maybe...maybe in a whole new galaxy there might be a place for me."

Peebee, too, returns to fidgeting with her chosen distraction.  "Worked out okay," she says.  Then feels a little hitch somewhere within herself and adds, "Right?"

Ryder nods slowly. "Yeah," she says. "Definitely nothing I ever could have anticipated.  But I don't really get that 'out of place' feeling much anymore.  Which I guess is weird, considering we're all outsiders everywhere we go, but...at least I've got a purpose, and people who seem to like me well enough.  That's a lot more than I ever really found back home."

Peebee feels Ryder's eyes on her, hears the question before Ryder asks it.  "Why?  What about you?"

Instead of answering directly, Peebee puts a voice to something she's been contemplating for awhile now.  "Sometimes I feel like one of the differences between you and me is that when you run, you run towards things...and when I run, I run away from them."

Ryder is silent for a moment.  "I don't know," she says.  "Maybe."

Peebee nods firmly. "No, I'm definitely right about this.  I don't run because I'm looking for something or because I'm feeling wrong.  Yesterday I was feeling so...good, and happy, and...I don't know, here?" she gestures vaguely to the ship around them. "And last night I had this dream that I left anyway."

Another silence. Then, "Where did you go?"

Peebee meets her eyes at last.  "Nowhere.  Anywhere. Doesn't matter.  Never does."  She frowns, struggles to maintain eye contact, but this is too important.  She has to say it right.  "But I don't want to leave.  I want to stay."

You said that already.  That's what Ryder should say.  That's what Peebee expects her to say.  But she doesn't.  Somehow Ryder understands that this time is different than the first time, and her confused smile becomes more genuine, and she discards whatever she's been fiddling with and pulls Peebee--slowly, carefully, gently--into a hug.

And damn, if that isn't the best hug Peebee has ever had.  And damn, if there's anywhere Peebee would rather be than right here, then she has yet to discover it.  And damn, if she isn't crying a little bit, but she will never, ever let Ryder see, and so she buries her face in Ryder's shoulder and digs her fingers into the leathery fabric of Ryder's jacket and holds on for as long as she can.

[amys2885]

Some sketches I started for N7 day but didn't finish. I obviously was in a huggy mood the day I drew them! Thought I'd post them anyway...it's still N7 month right 😄.

[ageless-aislynn]

Yay, I’ve finished my second Mass Effect: Andromeda playthrough, this time romancing Peebee! I was just going to do the - ahem - Zero-G no strings option and quit there but it turned out that the save point I jumped in at was literally right at that part so I decided to keep on playing, just to do more of the flirting etc. Then I got to the scene where we - AHEM - locked in the romance and that was so near to the end of the game by that point that I decided to finish it so I could get to the movie night, because that was something I loved in my initial playthrough with Jaal!

I really think they should’ve let Lexi (the blue Asari lady on the right for those who don’t know 😉) sit next to Drack (the big Krogan fella on the left). Nobody’s ever going to convince me that she’s not at least a little bit sweet on him, d’aww. 😉

Sadly, you don’t get your honey with you during movie night when you romance Reyes but I guess that much sexy sitting on a sofa would’ve caused a spontaneous combustion! 😇😉

D’aww, and here’s Sara and Peebee! And Vetra behind them on the left who seems to be napping, like Cora is on the right, lol! Well, the crew of the Tempest had a hard day, after all. They don’t need a nap, they need a full-on good night’s sleep! 😴😇😉

Now, for my next trick... I want to do a playthrough with Sara and Vetra before I switch over to Scott. I haven’t gotten into modding so all of my Sara’s looks are basically just changing the color and style of her outfit, though I did think to give her a different hairstyle with Peebee. I honestly love her look with Reyes, I think the outfit and red and black coloring really suit her! 💖 (My Sara x Reyes vid ‘cause I really love them a lot, your honor 😉)

I’m not sure if I’ll keep her hair red (I really do like the red hair, though, so I’ll probably just try for a different style) and then may do a different color variation on the red and black outfit. I want her to be all spiffy for our best Turian girl, after all! 😇😇😇

For Scott, I actually like the default look for him, so am not planning on changing his face like I did with Sara. The Sara default face is one of those that can look nice from one angle, then a little weird from another, so I went with preset 5 or 6, can’t remember which at the moment, (edit: I went back and looked and that is NOT preset 5 or 6, I’m not actually sure which preset she is, oops) and made some minor makeup changes between all 3 romances.

Scott and Sara’s default looks. Annnnnd now I feel bad for dissing her default look. Okay, new plan: I’ll do a playthrough in her default look once I’m done with my Vetra romance. I wanted at least one more playthrough to romance Suvi, so... here’s my chance! *pats default!Sara*

Anyway, Scott is definitely going to romance Cora first for his full playthrough, then we’ll back up and switch to Gil because holy moly, I really ended up caring about Gil and I’d love to see how it’s going to work out with Gil having a baby with his friend Jill once he’s in a relationship with Scott! 🤔 Scott also needs to romance Avela because, as I love to remind y’all...

I know it’s just a tiny little quasi-romance but it’s KATE KENNEDY and if I can romance Kate frickin’ Kennedy in a video game, then, by Jove, step back and watch me get my romance on, yeahhhhhhh mannnnnnn!

(I feel like Vannak is representing every single person reading this right now... 😮😂😂😂)

This playthrough took me about 60 hours instead of 120 like the first one because I dropped several of the side quests this time. I also knew to place the forward stations right away so you can fast travel and such. I honestly think I can cut the time in a half again just because I have a better idea of which quests you need to do and which you don’t. I’m still really loving the game, even more as I get more comfortable with everything.

Ahhh yeah, look at how comfortable Sara is with her Pathfinder duties now! 😂😂😂

[otheenglishsetters]

WIP (AKA, I never published my work on Tumblr before and I am TERRIFIED)

Hello! I finally gave in and splurged on a Xbox this year, which may have also coincided with my rising anxiety and boredom since I’ve decided to take a year off of college (my senior year to be exact). Luckily, my boyfriend and friends, knowing how I tend to throw myself into fictional worlds when I am stressed had recommended to me this sweet little game series. It was filled with space and wonder and characters so wonderful that they will make your heart hurt.

That, dear readers, was Mass Effect. 

I had already played a little of the first game of the original trilogy at the very beginning of 2020 at my boyfriend’s house, long before all of my post-college plans came crashing down (as did the world too!) 

So I finally invested my time (and money) into Mass Effect Andromeda in November of 2020. Let me tell you, after loosing control over everything else in my life [laying panicked in bed, constantly praying that the pandemic would not claim the life of my middle aged father after already losing my mother to lung cancer just two years prior], it was unbelievably refreshing to be able to have some resemblance of control in this fictional world (And yes, I realize that this is a video game and of course I have control). And the fact that what Bioware was doing was...pretty freaking great.

So, I apologize if this is coming off a pity-party, I promise, it isn’t supposed to be. It’s more like I had just finished my first playthrough of my first videogame ever and I am filled with feelings and emotions. I never post original content on Tumblr, and that’s mostly because I got scared off posting my work after receiving mean-spirited reviews when I posted my fanfiction on Fanfiction.com years and years ago (which is fair, because looking back my work wasn’t that great, but holy crap I was 14 guys!) I have not written creatively since my high school creative writing class in senior year, but this game and this winter, I thought I would try? And hopefully get to connect with other fans? Let me know what you guys think; I’m planning to add more chapters/content soon. Okay, I’ll quit rambling...

He notices that she tends to have a lazy eye. He’s not sure when exactly he notices this, but it’s becoming more and more apparent.

Which is not a problem, absolutely not. In fact, he thinks it’s adorable in a way, especially when she’s tucked into a pillow and loudly craving sushi. 

“I wondered if she was mocking me,” Keema notes one day. Out of all the Angara Reyes has had the pleasure to meet, she still seems one of the few who can truly read humans in a non-lateral sense. Her favorite so far was when she discovered the music genres of both EDM and metal in the same day, “it wasn’t until I was approving shipping orders from the docks the other day I realized why. The Pathfinder needs glasses.”

She also loses control of her lazy eye, it seems, mostly at night, usually by 2300 hours standard time. 

“I’ve been reading studies about team bonding.”

He hums as he rubs her back. Sara, despite commenting on the numerous things she’s done throughout her day, seems wired and intent on rambling. He’s okay with that. More than okay, it’s been years practically since either of them has had a free moment to even been able to just relax in bed and daydream. They probably both haven’t been able to enjoy this luxury since they were…teens? Finishing school and about to launch themselves into the military? For him, he figures it was before that, probably when he decided to work for that florist at 12. Sara gives bits and pieces of her life in the Milky Way but he thinks she was definitely a kid who tried to ‘help��� C-Sec with their cases, constantly looking for ways to help people in any way she can. He smiles. It’s probably a never-ending itch for her. 

And now? He’s just content that he convinced her to come down to Kadara to ‘inspect Ditaeon’, or whatever bullshit she told Tann. Luckily, it seems that life is, slower? No, that’s not it, people are more than excited to create themselves anew here. Stores and trading posts are popping up everywhere and another hospital has just been built in Prodromos. There’s practically a whole shopping district in Kadara now, with outdoor venues and a movie theater that plays cinema classics every night. It’s more like they both are finally properly settled into their positions, like when a CEO is situated in a new company. Sure, the CEO may face numerous problems at first, especially if it’s during a recession or the company is about to go bankrupt. The CEO may even have to intimidate secondary managers and fight to gain respect; however, once the dust settles, whilst there may be everyday problems, it’s nothing compared to what it used to be. Usually, these problems are solved by lunchtime, mid-morning if either of them are lucky.

In the old days, when she appeared to be this amped up, Reyes would subtly (or not so subtle, it depends on how you look at it), swoon her until they had sex. It probably didn’t feel that way at the time, but sometimes Reyes cringes when he thinks of how rushed their attempts at romance used to be. Back then, they didn’t know how long she would be in the area and they would race to make the most of the evening. Now he wonders how much he used to unconsciously push aside the thought that either one of them could be dead the next day. 

Errrr. Negative bedtime thoughts. Not good for sleepytime. 

“Darling?”

“Yes?”

“Are you listening?”

“You were just telling me how you were reading various theses on social exchange theory but then you were already anxious about the thing that you have yet to tell me so you decided to read something familiar like one of the works by Dr. Brené Brown,” he pauses to give a quick glance at the data pad in his right hand. “Mi cielo, I have been informed to tell you that your contacts have been delivered as they were just sent in, along with the rest of the Tempest’s supplies, this morning.” 

He liked to think he was a good boyfriend.

“I hate when you do that.”

“What?” Listen? Dearest, it’s part of the job description as your lover. Speaking of, remind me to pick up toilet paper tomorrow.”

“No, multitask.”

He sighs and reaches up into the upper center of her back. Oof, she really is tense there. “You do it too.”

“Not at nighttime!” She scowls and rubs her eyebrow. “Ew, when did I become an old prune as soon as it gets dark?”

He starts tenderizing the hard muscle. Mentally, he makes a note to remind her later when she’s not grumpy to do her prescribed yoga. “We’re all getting older dear. I’m thirty-one and the other day I heard my knees crack.” 

She was silent. Any other fool would think that she was lost in thought while others would be jealous of the close bond she shares with her AI. Honestly, Reyes is just grateful she spends any of her time with him, let alone his bed. And if she occupies a part of it in a mental showdown with SAM, who is he to complain. 

“SAM thinks you should get an appointment. Even if Dr. Nakamoto is busy, there’s plenty of others who are just as qualified. Also, I think Peebee and Jaal are sleeping with each other.” 

  Both he and Sara know the in(s) and the outs of their jobs so well by now, that he can probably predict easily what his men will ask for even before the message is downloaded on his office’ terminal. However right now, as Reyes stops reading a report on corn being grown on Havarl that he already skimmed over this morning over his huevos rancheros, all he can think about before checking to see if he is correct is how her left non-dominant eye is floating far out to the side. 

Hmmm, who knew fraternization would be cutting into his beauty sleep? 

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If you made it this far, thanks so much for checking this out! I apologize for any grammar mistakes. If you’re confused, this is set to take place three years after the Hyperion first makes contact with the Nexus in the Andromeda Galaxy. I was just so intrigued by the dialogue between Jaal and Peebee. And then, after the initial curiosity, I was about to forget about it when I came across some interesting dialogue while driving the Nomad...

Jaal: Vetra, I catch Peebee looking at me. Frequently.

Vetra: Peebee likes new shiny things. Uhh… and why not? You’re genuinely interesting.

#

Jaal: Vetra, remember when I told you that Peebee was looking at me? Frequently?

Vetra: Yeah? Is it getting annoying? Want me to say something?

Jaal: No, no, no. It’s… just that… lately, I find myself… looking back. 

Vetra: Huh.

**

So of course I had to dig into that! And what better way to do so than by using my new favorite ship: Reyes and Sara? (Domestic times!)

Anyways friends, hopefully my writing isn’t awful and you enjoyed yourselves. I may wake up in the morning and delete this. Who knows. 

Have a great day guys!

[masseffect-gifs]

[gradient-descent]

Have a little picture of Sara and Peebee on Eos! My Ryder romanced her during the first playthrough but I secretly preferred Raeka ...

[dax-micro]

Mass Effect: Andromeda headcanon

[Keep in mind, those might change with future instalments in this new series]

- Peebee is Sara Ryder's true love.

- Sara Ryder is the true Pathfinder.

- Polyamory is very common for Angara.

- After the events of the game, Scott Ryder starts joining his sister on missions and on the tempest. He quickly gets to know the crew.

- Monogamy being a thing of the past and distant Milky Way, things are much more open in Andromeda.

[gay-like-you]

[After finishing the game I needed to write. So here goes nothing] 

Peebee and Sara have decided to be together, but where do they go from here? The lines are both so fuzzy and so clear. Maybe with Sara's recent injury and Dr. Lexi's orders of bed rest they will finally have time to just be them and see where it all leads. (Takes place post Peebee/Sara confirmation of wanting to be together but pre-love scene. Definitely includes a few tiny spoilers).