#vakarian hours

[dukeoftheblackstar]

@eyecandyeoz ;///////////;

✨best boy in the universe✨ Over ten years in Mass Effect brain rot, and it's only my first Garrus Vakarian fanart. SHAME.

[shittybundaskenyer]

stranded enemy soldiers during the first contact war au has me in a chokehold. rest is on ao3 because it's a bit spicy :))

[thatwildwolfwrites]

I am once again deeply, extremely unwell about Garrus and Shepard's eye colours. What do you mean Garrus has tiny specks of green in that blue. What do you mean when Shepard looks into his eyes, into that blue dotted with green, she sees the home planet she should know but doesn't. What do you mean her eyes are green with little lime tint. What do you mean this is the homeworld Garrus knew, before it burned before his eyes. What do you mean they literally see home in each others eyes. How could I ever be normal about that.

[thefloatingstone]

I remember Garrus complains a lot in the third game when you take him to an ice world but I forgot he would complain about this even in the first game.

Put on a sweater, bird boy.

Liara profusely apologised after the mission thinking she had made some MASSIVE social mistake and overthinking it until she was in a state of anxiety. As is ME1 Liara's way.

[hellt00th]

I am endlessly enamored by Garrus’ change across the 3 games. The way he refers Shepard as Commander in ME like he’s speaking to a living god rather than a person, to the breathlessly reverent way he says “Shepard… I thought you were dead,” when you meet him as Archangel, to the confident and almost jovial way he greets you on Menae, as if he never had a doubt in his mind that Shepard would inevitably show up for him.

[stormcallart]

Mhmmm this man in this armor is just 😳

[the-fae-tricked-me]

My perfect man? Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect. Will I elaborate? No. If you know, you know, and if you know, you will understand completely. I rest my case

[topaz-carbuncle]

"To be loved is to be known" is a quote that I've been thinking about a lot recently, especially when it comes to how well that quote can work with garrus and Shepard's relationship. Both platonically and romantically.

Even before his romance, from the moment you recruit garrus, he's checking up on Shepard without any prompting. "Frankly, i'm more worried about you. Cerberus, Shepard?" He knows that Shepard wouldn't be working with them without a damn good reason, so he accepts whatever reason Shep has, instead choosing to voice his worries and rejoin Shepard as if those 2 years never happened. He trusts shepard enough to join a potentially dangerous workplace, knowing shepard would not allow anything to happen to him.

Not to mention that Shepard didn't exactly get to officially ask Garrus to join the crew, he just woke up in a new Normandy med bay and they both knew he would be there until the end. No Shepard without Vakarian, and all.

In mass effect 3, regardless of romance or bro/femshep, Garrus is the one to get Shepard to rest after Tuchanka. He knows that besides Earth, losing Mordin was the first personal hit that Shepard has taken since the war started. Being a pessimist, he is also more than aware that it won't be the last and that there's only so much that platitudes can do. So he does what he can, reassuring Shepard that he will keep an eye on things (unromanced) and will wake her (romanced) if anything happens. He knows the stress and burden that's been placed on her, so he does what he can to lessen it just enough to get a few hours of sleep.

My personal favourite romance scene in the 3rd game is the conversation with him after Thessia, despite Shepard's worsening mood when speaking to the crew post-mission, he continues as normal. He doesn't make a huge deal out of the mission and instead, Shepard is met with relief with the news about his family, critical thinking when discussing the call he made, then sharing her own thoughts before allowing herself to receive his comfort.

Garrus knows what Shepard needs in these circumstances, he's always there to give her the truth as well as to reassure her. "But humans want to save everyone. In this war, that's not going to happen." , "I tend to expect the worst, anyway." and "Before a certain turian with no romantic skills to speak of tries to cheer you up?"

He doesn't sugarcoat his thoughts, he doesn't downplay anything for her sake because he knows she needs someone to be that rock for her.

It goes both ways as well, especially if you view the outcomes of Garrus' loyalty as Shepard acting on behalf of what Garrus will need vs what he wants if you talk him down from taking the shot. Shepard knows that Garrus is standing on a thin line between getting justice for his team or acting out of revenge. She knows that shooting sidonis won't undo the hurt and will just be another body piled on top of it all, this time the blood actually being on his hands.

Or, if you prefer the renegade path, Shepard knows that Garrus needs to take out the final thing keeping him tied to Omega. That Garrus needs his team to be avenged so that he can stop carrying those souls with him and finally put them to rest.

It's such a brief discussion, but after recruiting him in me3, shepard is also very quick to ask about his family and then reassure him that they will be okay. After everything they have been through (not even just with the reapers) and all the losses they have collectively endured, she still doesn't hesitate to comfort him when it comes to his family.

I just love these two and their relationship so much

[dukeoftheblackstar]

I AM FREAKING OUT OKAY?

THIS SOUR BLUEBERRY AGAINST MY SWEET BABY BLUEBERRY. There is too much want emanating from this post.

guess how long this fucking took me

guess

[continuous-spec]

Having fun with my Shakarian texting fic

[who-is-riley]

[bad-auntie-ronnie]

shakarian nation, could i perhaps interest you maybe in checking out my one turian kind of woman playlist which i literally cannot stop listening to on loop for the past year?

it is for now my only humble silly offering to this fandom, and i feel like i need to somehow express my gratitude for all those wonderful fanworks i consume daily that keep me afloat

i swear y'all just unceasingly reinforce my confidence that nothing will ever be able to top those two for me, as if the game itself hasn't done the job enough

but that's okay, i refuse to be normal about them anyway

so if you could give it a try that would mean a whole great lot to me

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF PRIORITY: PALAVEN

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Lt. James Vega, Dr. Liara T'Soni, Garrus Vakarian, and EDI With: Flight Lt. Jeff "Joker" Moreau, General Corinthus, Primarch Adrien Victus, and Councilor Tevos War is your resume- and at a time like this we need leaders who have been through that hell. And honestly? Uniting these races may take as much strength as facing the Reapers. Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

+BONUS:

[dukeoftheblackstar]

@eyecandyeoz ;////////; My husband as slut waist too. Am I forgiven for thirsting over Turians because look at the guns on my mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Y'all think Kit 'tits out' Fisto is hot? Y'all ready for a comic big reveal? BEHOLD:

Also featuring my murderous husband who's out for blood and his grabby hands ♥ — Yes, they be fighting here and Plo just wants bloodshed ♥

[thefloatingstone]

Me discovering a new game detail in Mass Effect 2 at midnight.

aka that time I gave Garrus a lethal disease

[mishikaiya]

@trekkiemage I am your giftee this year for @masseffectholidaycheer‘s annual reaping gift exchange! I hope you enjoy my tribute to that found family juice we both love so much!