#the Shepard’s boy

[emotinalsupportturtle]

As much as I’m excited about 60th anniversary specials, David Tennant AND Catherine Tate coming back, RTD taking over again, Ncuti Gatwa as the new doctor etc do you know what I am most excited for? 3 words:

Murray Gold’s return

Sometimes just thinking about it makes me vibrate with joy and anticipation

That man is a pure and utter GENIUS and honestly wrote some of the best soundtracks ever. his music is purely magical and just so so good. The mixture of genres, how the music actually tells the story and perfectly encapsulates the characters personality is masterful. He has the epic tracks, the dramatic pieces, the contemplative ones, the bittersweet - I don’t know how but he does it all. There is also something so `’doctor who” about his music which is so iconic, I cannot explain

The new themes (60th anniversary, 15th doctors and Ruby Sunday’s) are FIRE and by god, I can’t wait for another whole dw era with his music

[habizuh-studios]

The difference between Soda's reaction to PB&J vs. Papercut in fanfics will never cease to amuse me pb&j: ya'll. are so adorable!! you're so cute, ya'll are my best buds and basically kid brothers to me, ofc i dont mind if ur dating!! wow you guys are so cool hey im queer too wowwowowow!!! being in love is the best im so happy you get to experience that :D papercut: curly fucking shepard if you don't get away from my kid brother this instant i will have your head on a stick and hang it in the front of the DX for the world to see what will happen if you hurt him. i will burn you and have your siblings watch, don't fucking test me-

[midive]

The shepard. A story about a man and his sheep.

[anakliro]

out and about

[hellonearthtoday]

"AIN'T NO PERSONAL THING,"

redraw if you know you know👅

[swaps55]

Cover art by the utterly phenomenal @legionofpotatoes!

Mezzo

Pairing: mshenko | Rating: M Tags: Canon-typical violence, trauma, dealing with your problems poorly, body autonomy struggles   Summary: The twists and turns of ME2, through the eyes of everyone but Commander Shepard. Chapter Summary: Death was the only way

Chapter 1: Stars | Read on Ao3

At first, you think you can survive this. Your ship is in pieces, your momentum catapulting you away from the wreck, the planet you call Alchera watching serenely as your life burns. You tell yourself, you’ve faced worse. The first time you fought death was the first breath you took, into lungs that weren’t ready, in a body too small and fragile to survive on its own. You struggled for days in a vessel adrift between our stars, an insignificant speck of heat in our cold universe, determined to burn as bright as a sun. When your mother finally held you for the first time, she showed you to us and asked if we were what you were in such a hurry to see for yourself. You have always been ours. You were ours when your father sang you to sleep while we gleamed through the shutters. You were ours when you rose for the first time on unsteady legs because you wanted to see us. You were ours when you felt our power come to life under your skin and understood that we are part of you in ways you’d never imagined. How many times did you palm the glow of dark matter in your hand and imagine you were one of us? But no matter how bright you burn now, it won’t be enough to save you. There is fear, now, but you swallow it back.    The second time you fought death it wasn’t your life you were fighting for. You begged, pleaded, to march into the unknown and rescue a father who didn’t come home, and when no one listened, you turned to us in the dark and begged to take his place. That was when you learned we could be cruel.   We felt your pain, we heard your anger, we wi ditnessed your tears and did nothing. And you forgave us. We wonder if you will forgive us now.

Read the rest on Ao3 | The Mezzo Playlist

[jamandjazz]

There’s something about SE Hinton’s older brothers…

[curliwurlie]

Ponyboy reached up and ran his fingers gently through Curly’s unruly hair, untangling the strands as he went. He’d done this a few times before—usually when Curly was half-asleep and grumbling about how it wasn’t manly to have someone play with his hair—but Ponyboy knew better. Curly loved it.

As his fingers worked through the soft curls, Curly shifted slightly, mumbling something incoherent under his breath. His arms tightened briefly around Ponyboy before loosening again, his head tilting into Pony’s touch.

“Hmm…” Curly mumbled sleepily, his voice raspy and low. “Feels nice.”

Ponyboy’s heart did a little flip. He leaned forward, pressing a soft kiss to Curly’s temple. “Go back to sleep,” he whispered. “You’re fine.”

Curly let out a soft hum of contentment, his breathing evening out once more.

[heyhay13]

Can we please get Shepard content? /silly /nf

Merry Crissis, have my cat /ᐠ > ˕ <マ ₊˚⊹♡

[shenkospectres]

Shepard checking out Kaidan's ass right after a speech about integrity and trust is a Top 5 moment in the entire Trilogy, don't @ me.

[valka-arialitan]

Here's that, as a kind reminder for people to BE GENTLE TO KAIDAN.

I saw the ''Wolverine or Kaidan ; who's the best canadian'' poll on tumblr, and had the SHITTIEST idea to go trough the reblogs tags and HOLY SHIT PEOPLE NEED TO FUCKING CHILL ???

Like basically, people voting for Kaidan were like ''sorry Logan, but Kaidan is my sweet baby boy </3'' while people voting for Wolverine were literally shitting on Kaidan and his fans and MAN ?? I DID NOT LIKE SEEING THAT.

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And in the middle of drawing this I thought that I absolutely had to make that second part.

Shepard is in his ''emotional battery'' recharge phase.

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

guys it's TIME!!! tidbit Tuesday once again!!!

"Ponyboy Michael where the hell have you-" Pony jumps, the door swingin' lamely against the wall 'n comin' to a stop. Darry's already on his feet, newspaper discarded on the coffee table.

There's a look that flashes across his face, confusion, dawnin' realization, 'n then a fierce concentrated anger that makes Pony back up, one foot out the door. He's made one crucial error that he only recognizes when Darry crosses the room in two strides, grabs him by the shirt front 'n yanks hard enough to nearly pull him off his feet.

"Ponyboy. Why do you smell like pot?" Oh, he's fucked.

Darry's not even hollerin'. His voice is low 'n desperately, viscerally calm. It sends a sudden, violent chill across Pony's bare shoulders.

"Would it make a difference if I said I wasn't the one smokin' it?" Pony smiles a shakey grin 'n Darry's fingers bite into his arms, not enough to break the skin but enough to make Pony flinch.

For a moment neither of them moves one inch, just holdin' position until Pony drops his eyes to the floor, worries at his lip until it bleeds.

"Ponyboy Michael go wash that fuckin' smell off of you before I do somethin' I regret." He drops him, takin' a long, labored breath 'n Pony nearly trips over himself as he hurries down the hall.

He ducks into the bathroom, shootin' a last nervous glance at Darry's back. He's done it now. He sinks down to the tile, stomach flippin' over 'n over. He was never gonna speak to Curly Shepard ever again. Ever.

Out in the living room, Darry shuts the front door with a terrible bang of finality.

If he survived tonight.

[dally-cola-aka-money]

For the tally shippers out there 🤎

[m1lkteaboi]

Shepard is younger than Kaidan and loves to be a brat.

Don't worry he loves the "old man."

[pacey-bunce-loves-joey]

favorite side ship: Shepard X poor decisions

[lovelywingsart]

Overcoming my sickness for like 2 seconds to post this yeehaw

Anyway

Post-ME1 Saren for Cams timeline! 💙

I got tired of going back and forth between like... 5 different things I've done when drawing him so he got the OC treatment like Karl before him and now has his own quick reference sheet before I lose my goddamn mind. It was mostly for the scarring and armor colors, but I decided to add a few small things here and there just to save myself some look-up time.

My pale bastard man I LOVE HIM

Uhhh yeah! I guess here's some notes about him lmao

- Was remade by Cerberus in a similar way to Shepard, but moreso as a 'prototype' to see if it could be done so fully instead of wanting perfection. It was held over his head quite a bit, both because of Cerberus being Cerberus and also because of his history with Illusive Man, who he developed a healthy fear of in the first few months he was 'awake' before it switched to hatred of the most BURNING passion.

- The prosthetic was absolutely a Cerberus implanted mechanism that connects to the nervous system and behaves like a normal arm, so much so that he can't even tell the difference sometimes unless he's looking at it directly- the only drawback is that Cerberus was a fuck and implemented a bug in the system that prevented him from using too much of his biotic powers, which they found out the hard way after a burst of them caused it to essentially short circuit and knock him out for a short while. Cam was not pleased and about 5 people had to hold them back from shooting Illusive Man through the hologram. (They ordered that the 'bug' be removed, which is was, but he was still hesitant on using biotics for a bit after that- understandably so)

- VERY much a cracked biotics user. Even with the prosthetic incident, once he knew he was able to, it was a primary focus instead of guns. //mostly to prevent Garrus from bitching about his sniper skills lmao//

- Lost ALOT of his confident charisma he was shown to have in ME1, and doesn't fully get it back. It was a struggle for him to even speak once he was brought on the Normandy. If anything, people avoid him now for obvious reasons instead of following his word, and the only reason he's spoken to in general most times is because of Cam.

- Just a little more actually feral now- i.e. using alot of sounds instead of speaking, as well as more primal power behind his movements once he's able to do so freely. Its suspected that its because of the whole 'recreation' thing kinda clicking his brain back into that predatory nature like a wild animal, but the only thing it seems to 'affect' is interactions with others, which there is minimal of in the first place. He fights just fine, and if anything those heightened senses make him even more of a menace on the battlefield than he used to be. But, even so, the only person he seems to communicate in his full chirp-trill-purring glory with is Cam- even if he's hissed at people a few times.

- The scarring along his carapace/plating is extremely sensitive, moreso than the scarring along his actual skin. Despite genuine best combined efforts, the most Chakwas and Mordin could do was lessen the sensitivity and ghost pains. Whatever Cerberus did when 'rebuilding' him, they made it so the scars couldn't fully heal over like Shepards could.

- He is rather small for a turian despite being 6'9", and his armor absolutely gives him more size to distract from it. The only one close to being as thin as he is is Garrus, but even then he's smaller both in size and height with Garrus being 7' (except for his thighs- he does beat out Garrus in thigh size). And, more notable design-wise, a smaller carapace and less defined keel and hip spurs. He also has more padding in his armor on his left side to make up for the missing plating.

- Yes, the tongue split is natural, because I cannot and will not be stopped.

- Cam is the one who scratched out the Cerberus logo on his arm and painted N7! It was after the prosthetic biotics incident, and it was pretty obvious that the sight of the logo on his own body upset him greatly. So they grabbed tools, sanded it down, and even painted the N7 logo on there to try and cover up the scratching. They offered to get the paint done professionally because it wasn't the best, but he declined because the gesture alone made it more important than simply going to a general application expert who didn't know the meaning.

- Do not let his 'pathetic wet cat of an old man' appearance fool you, he can and will still tear you to shreds, and very much still remembers how to... 'interrogate' people.

And I think that's it for now...! I'll add more if I think about it.

I love my old albino twig of a twink so much he is wonderful