#tali Garrus mshep

[mushstump]

My MShep is a infiltrator, better at investigation under cover missions, sometimes he wishes he didn't had the whole Normandy to command bc he prefers go alone in some missions

Also, he is the bi awakening for Garrus lol. Tali, Garrus and Hector (his name) are in a poli relationship and Hector love language is gifts and service

[copiasthighhighs]

honestly just mass effect art dumping…. ily ashkii shepard + my drell and turian oc’s…

[thefloatingstone]

Firstly, found the full image which is important because it includes Vega

secondly thank you to everyone who pointed out the reverse art

Apparently Cards Against Humanity had a Mass Effect themed set come out in 2017 and this was their official fucking art for it

[omegastation]

Just saw a post that had a list of unromanceable characters that OP wished they could romance, and I did one like this before, but right now, it goes for the trilogy:

Garrus, Thane and James for MShep

Miranda, Ashley, Jack and Tali for FShep

Joker and Zaeed for All Sheps

For Andromeda:

Cora for SisRyder

Liam, Kallo, Orev the sniper on Voeld, Evan Bell-Scott and Dutch for BroRyder

Kandros and Sloane for All Ryder

The main ones for me in the trilogy are Garrus & Joker for MShep and Miranda for FShep. ​

For MEA, I could have added more. I find that Ryder has quite intimate and deep conversations with side characters and I'm always left like... What was that???? But Orev and Sloane would be the priority for sure.

[edenprime]

if u haven't read it a lot of liara's more action-oriented shift was told in the comics. the shadow broker DLC didn't quite capture how much effort she went thru to secure shep's body and how big feron's role. i personally welcome the change and while i like archeologist liara i think her ME1 characterization is so superficial. she's mostly just a fan girl. the shift is abrupt but it's nice that in ME2 she has her own thing going on outside shepard cos i believe the writers wrote her as the canon love interest in mind so her character often suffers from the fangirl disease. i think a lot of people in the fandom dislike how the game shove her to us so much. which is funny since another famous shepard ship is garrus, who's equally as pushed as liara and is just as much of a shep fan. it's just that he's a guy so he doesn't suffer sexist hate.

I haven't read/seen anything outside the games, no! I've been thinking of getting into that, but first I'd like to sort out all of my feelings wrt the main event - the games. I feel like if I got into the "peripheric" media, it could maybe influence how I view the games and i want to analyze those by themselves (i'm thinking i'll finish this playthrough + another one in which i might or might not play as mshep) and then see about everything else. Thank you for the rec, though! I knew there was extra stuff about tali and garrus but this is the first i'm hearing about liara <3

And well... let's be real, most of the squad is part of the Shepard fan club, even those that can't be romanced, like Grunt and Wrex. The fact that Shepard gets a breeding request in Tuchanka after completing grunt's loyalty mission is like the most Mary Sue thing ever (and I don't necessarily mean this in a bad way). The asari, sex symbols of the galaxy, are throwing themselves at them left and right (Liara, Shiala, arguably Sha'ira, Morinth...). Shepard is the main character, everyone wants a piece of them. It's one of the entertaining parts of the games (or at least I have a lot of fun with it, if maybe a little bit ironically).

I suppose people might single out Liara because she's the one whose actions are the most extreme, and thus it crosses the line from "cute" to "creepy", but she's not the only one. Legion literally wears the armor off their dead body. As I said in my post, maybe her actions and/or attitude aren't 100% justifiable, but they are understandable.

I'm not sure about the game pushing Garrus as a love interest (I think the game itself is skeptical of the player making this choice, like when Shepard says she "can't believe she finds comfort in the arms of a turian" or something like that), but I do think he's definitely meant to be one of the characters that's most influenced by Shepard, regardless of gender.

Personally, I think him being so popular a choice (at least on Tumblr, which has a mostly female userbase compared to other social media) is due to him being a man, yes, but not necessarily because of sexism (or not always), but because het ships are farrrr more popular than femslash. Also, it's very clear how much he respects Shepard in basically every aspect, and it's incredibly fucking rare to see a het relationship in such equal ground, especially with a """bad guy""" lmao. (though ME in general does quite good in that regard I think, the romances in general are not toxic™️ or unequal) (mostly... ignoring that Shepard is basically everyone's boss... lol).

I completely agree that there's a double standard in how female characters are expected to behave vs male ones, and from what i've seen Liara is 100% a victim of this (I had the very bad idea of reading some threads on reddit...yikes). I don't know the fandom enough to know how it compares in relation to Garrus in particular, though, or if there's a correlation between Shakarian fans and Liara haters.

[stormikins]

Mass Effect Trilogy Tag

tagged by @nowandthane thank you!! Warning I ramble a bit in this lol

I am a fan since: 2017, I got it for Christmas in 2016 so I always just say '17

Favorite Game of the series: By virtue of simply replaying it the most, three. I really love the combat in it so I've played it near thirty times? But all time fave would have to 1 because of the aesthetic, tone, and story. There's something about first discovering a world which is what me1 is about.

MShep or Femshep? Gotta go with Femshep. I have played both, its just hard to capture the male shepard image I have in my head in the character creator so Femshep it is.

Earthborn, Colonist, or Spacer: earthborn! My main Shepard Jenn is earthborn so that's what I'm going with. Though, I have numerous Shepard's are various background combinations. I have feelings about each background trust me

Biotics or tech: Both! Though I really do love biotics, you can do some cool stuff with them, setting up and detonating both biotic and tech explosions.

Paragon or Renegade: I have to repeat what nowandthane said, paragon choices, renegade dialogue.

Favorite Class: Sentinel. I love the versatility of the class, but I do have an affection for Infiltrator because that's what got me through me2 on insanity.

Favorite Companion: Tali. By story value, Javik. He's like one of the most important characters

Least Favorite Companion: Javik, throw your attitude out the airlock. IM JOKING! (he has every reason to be like he is. I love him very much) Liara is my answer though only because I don't like some of the story choices the devs did with her. (ex: why does she have Shepard's armor in a display case when i didn't even romance her??? I can't mention this at all??)

My squad selection: For Jenn's playthrough: Wrex/Tali in me1. Garrus/Mordin/Miranda generally in me2. Thane and Miranda/Samara for the collector base. Kaidan/Javik/James in me3. Of course, I mix it up based on story aspects and the difficulty settings. But me3 is pretty fixed bc I always play on insanity.

Favorite in-game Romance: Tali and Garrus. I'm a sucker for awkward, wet cat of a man like Garrus is. But Tali's romance man.... her parting line to Shepard during the beam run "I have a home" makes me insane actually

Other pairings I like: Obligatory Nihlus/Shepard/Kal (and the duos within in this throuple) mention here. Other than that, Joker/Miranda and Joker/James, Ashley/Garrus, and Shepard/Wrex, I could list a whole lot so I'll keep it to those ships lol

Favorite NPC: Nihlus and Kal'Reegar for sure. Victus and of course Niftu Cal our favorite biotic god.

Favorite Antagonist: Saren. He's the best one that we get in all three games (Harby could have been number one if they did anything with him in three but that's a rant for another time lmao)

Favorite Mission: Haestrom/Tali's Loyalty mission because that's when I get to see Kal <3 and blow up a colossus with the Cain. Also, the Collector Ship mission I have to mention because it's frankly the only mission besides the two previously stated where I've loaded up the save to play it on insanity when I'm bored. It's fun. Of course, this is with the Infiltrator.

Favorite Loyalty Mission: Tali for numerous reasons. Kal mention here. But I love the insight into Quarian culture we get. Also we see that fire in her when she's talking to the Board which I always appreciate. Along with her dialogue at the end, "I got better, Shepard. I got you." and then on the ship afterwards, "I don't think life is about what we deserve." I love her so much.

Favorite DLC: Leviathan. Only because of the horror aspect.

Control, Sythesis, or Destroy? Destroy. I have so many issues with the ending and that's the least worst option in my opinion so. (I too ignore that it wipes out the Geth and Edi fuck that)

Favorite Weapon: The M-90 Cain or the M-99 Saber aka the "Big Iron". Lancer in three was my favorite weapon before I found the Saber. Special mention to my bud the Mattock, I have been convinced of its glory. I do not think the Harrier is better anymore lol which my brother would be happy to hear

Favorite Place: me1 Citadel my BELOVED.

A quote I like Quotes I Like: The ENTIRETY of Sovereign's dialogue on Virmire GOD ITS SO GOOD!!!! / "Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer." / "Does this unit have a soul?" / "Just followed your example, Shepard. Yell loud enough and eventually someone will come over to see what all the fuss is about." / "I won't let fear compromise who I am." / "I MADE A MISTAKE!" / "Help me out here, Shepard. The line between friend and foe is getting a little blurry from where I stand." / There are so many great quotes in these games I could go on and on but I'll stop myself

No pressure tags: @spacebunshep @jtownnn

[squigglysquidd]

11 - 20 for the fanfiction asks 😀

Thank you so much for the ask!

Ship Questions for your Current Fandom

11. Who is your current OTP?

Shakarian! Which is probably of no surprise to anyone 😆However! I do have some other Mass Effect OTPs. Pairs like James/Solana, Ashley/Nihlus, MShep/Tali, Joker/EDI, Liara/Javik, etc. (Yall probably don't want me to list out the entire list)

12. Who is your current OT3?

This one had me thinking. I'm not too sure I have an OT3. I might need to change that.

13. Any NoTPs?

Nope! Unless it's like incest or pedophilia, you know? As long as it isn't something nasty like that, I support other people's ships and their OTPs because in fandom, we're all equal in our headcanons

14. Go on, who are your BroTPs?

I like to think that James and Garrus are good friends, like the kind to tease one and jab at one another. Also, I think Nihlus would be a good kind of older brother to Garrus. Of course, there's also MShep and Garrus but that's more of an AU.

15. Is there an obscure ship which you love?

I personally ship Solana and James. I think their nature to pick at Garrus and tease him like siblings do would be a good start to their relationship. And maybe Shakarian has opened their eyes up to a turian/human possibility.

16. Are their any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike?

I'd say absolutely not but, unfortunately, I have a thing for Talibrations but that has more to do with how the games did it. I'm sure fanfics have done a much better job.

17. Who was your first OTP and are they still your favourite?

Shakarian of course and absolutely!

18. What ship have you written the most about?

Shakarain obv

19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?

I think this is basically question 16 so same answer

20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?

I was surprised by the Ashley/Nihlus ship @wafflesrock16 helped make happen. I never would have imagined the two but now, it makes sense.

Thanks again for the asks!

[crescent--moons]

Playing Veilguard kept giving me the OT Mass Effect vibes in many ways and since the last time I played was when the LE released I thought "why not just go back and do a full run again?"

Welp, now I'm in full ME brainrot mode with a thick layer of nostalgia that I can't shake off (Kinda expected it though lol). Decided to do something different this time though, and played as mshep all the way through 1 to 3 and absolutely loved it!

I cried like a baby at the end (Again). I've been replaying the OT for the past 13 years and the ability the series has to inflict emotional damage on me is unparalleled lol

So here is a list of my thoughts, laughs and tears, basically my feelings old and new cuz I need to dump them somewhere lol

(Although the OT has been out for a long time, since the LE was released I've noticed a substantial amount of new players consistently popping up which is awesome, so spoiler warning just in case)

- Mordin still remains unbeaten as my favourite overall character (love the layers to his personality and the redemption story arc is chef kisses)

- Thane, Liara and Kaidan are still my top 3 romances

- Shep & Grunt's dynamic is awesome and hilarious (especially in ME3)

- Biotic charge my beloved

- The way Garrus says "by the goddess" when poking fun at Liara at the party STILL makes me bust a lung

- Mshep looking at VI Mira on Noveria and asking deadpan "why do you look like a librarian?" Took me tf out

- The sequence showing the Normandy SR-2 for the first time in ME2 STILL makes me tear up

- The OT soundtrack is fantastic (No, I don't listen to the Noveria track on repeat, why do you ask?)

- Playing all 3 games with mods was great

- Tali saying Emergency Induction Port is STILL one of my favourite moments

- Javik and the Airlock is the best duo in the Milky Way

- "I am Commander Shepard and this is my favourite store on the Citadel" is forever iconic

- Shep being a Hamster owner and lover speaks to my soul

- Saren and The Illusive Man are still my favourite antagonists (Honourable mention: Shep's clone)

- Aria saying "I am Omega" for the first time is top tier cinema

- Destroy is still the choice I prefer out of the three vanilla ones and I always thought that once the extended cut was included, the ending was fine (might still be a controversial take, dunno and don't care tbh)

- HOWEVER now that I have the happy ending mod I'll never go back lol

- Default mshep is too handsome for his own good and Mark Meer's voice fits the face so well like- *faints* I should have given mshep a shot years ago already lol

- ME3 opening sequence up to the title screen is STILL one of my favourites across all gaming (yes, I cry every time pls help)

- Still not sure if bringing Shep back in a future game would be a good idea (too many strings attached imho) Probably best to keep them as the legendary "The Shepard" and let them rest (is this controversial too? Dunno, don't care)

- "Ah yes, "Reapers". We have dismissed that claim." has been living rent free in my head since the day I heard it lol

- I've always liked both Jack and Miranda but since this last playthrough I really grew to love them (might be an age + wisdom thing on my part lol)

- Planning on shaking it up again on my future replays and going for femshep romancing Jack (thank you mods lol) in one playthrough and finally commit to a full Renegade shep on another

- I should go

[ferniliciousness]

Mass Effect Trilogy Tag

Was tagged by @nowandthane Thank you :) You tagged me over a week ago, but I saw someone else do it and just remembered 😅 Covid brain.

I am a fan since: July 2023

Favourite game of the series?: Dont hate me for this, but its Mass Effect 1. The others have better mechanics, but the storyline and just pure variety and choice you have in one, not to mention THE MAKO! just makes me love it so much. And I'm saying this as someone who has yet to even romance anyone in 1.

MShep or FShep?: FShep hands down. Have never even contemplated playing MShep lol.

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?: Ive been Earthborn 2 or 3 times but I also enjoy Spacer.

Biotics or Tech: Tech. I am a tech girlie through and through. Ive only played a biotic class once. It was fun but I still prefer tech.

Paragon or Renegade: Paragon hands down lol. Sometimes a pit of Paragade but I'm too nice to be mean to people.

Favourite Class: Engineer or Soldier. I love the tech powers of Engineer but I also love my assault rifles lol

Favourite Companion: Tali, hands down.

Least favourite Companion: Jacob.... do i need to say more.

My squad selection: ME1- Garrus and Tali or Wrex, ME2 Garrus and Tali or Mordin, ME3 Garrus and Liara

Favourite In-game romance: In case you couldnt tell from above, cough, its Garrus lmao

Other pairings I like: Garrus is the only romance I like for the first two games for femshep, but Traynor <3, the amount of times I have almost broken up with Garrus for her is insane.

Favourite NPC: Kal'Reegar

Favourite Antagonist: TIM

Favourite Mission: Priority Palaven. As a Garrus romance it has one of my favorite scenes in the entire series.

Favourite Loyalty Mission: Tali's, I love the ship and the drama if you bring Legion

Favourite DLC: Citadel

Control, Synthesis or Destroy: Destroy, everytime

Favourite Weapon: M-96 Mattock, best part of being a soldier

Favourite Place: The migrant fleet from Tali's loyalty mission.

A quote I like:  "Your best has my mandible on the floor. Damn."

[queen-scribbles]

I saw the post about the big Bioware sale and figured you're a good person to ask since I've seen you posting about Mass Effect/Dragon Age a lot. The games look fun, and I'm a sucker for complex stories with customizable protagonists, but I am a complete weenie about the more, uh, mature stuff when it comes to romance and the 'M' rating keeps scaring me off.

Like I'm over 18 and I'm fine with the violence/drinking/most of the swearing listed with the M rating, but I just get deeply uncomfortable with the other stuff. I'm just weird like that, I guess.

Is it really a lot? Or is there like a skip option, or some kinda setting that'll just have it be a fade-to-black sitch like SWTOR? I won't be too disappointed if there isn't, I kind of expect that really, but I figured it was worth an ask while the sale is on/to keep in mind for the next sale.

I have major social anxiety and am kinda embarrassed about all this, so sorry about the anon-asking. :P

No, no, you're fine, I understand completely. (I can take or leave a lot of the sexier stuff myself) Now I will try to remember romance scenes bc I haven't played some of these games in 4-5 years, and some of the romances I haven't gotten to yet. 😅 (if you don't mind spoilers you can always look up the romance on yt to check for yourself if it goes past your preferences. but if you do wanna avoid spoilers I will do my best) P much all the romances there's only even potentially anything that might be a problem in the Culmination Scene.

(If I got anything wrong anyone please feel free to correct me)

I know in ME1 the romance scene(with Kaidan for f!Shep, Ashley for m!Shep, Liara for either) there's sideview but shadowed nudity for f!Shep/Ashely/Liara(with Arm Strategically Placed to block boobs so all you really see is a little bit of butt) and Kaidan/mShep is shirtless.

ME2.... I think there's 0 nudity and ftb for Garrus, Thane, Tali, and Jack(ftb on tenderness, comes back in to fully-clothed snuggles in bed), Jacob's shirtless, and Miranda you half-unzip her catsuit uniform so you can see her bra. Oh, and there's a mini-romance-y thing with Kelly and she wears something really skimpy if you do that.

ME3... I need to caveat I've only actually gotten through ME3 with my Kaidanmancers + the Jackmancer, but I watched p much all the others on yt to hurt myself. Also it's been a while. I don't thiiiiink there's any full nudity, when it gets to the big sex scene toward the end, the furthest it goes is cuddling/foreplay with underwear still on, then cuts to waking up still just in underwear, and not all the romances get that. Some of them, ah. end prematurely for different reasons, or the romance isn't an actual companion in this game, so there's less content(Kaidan, Ashley, Garrus, Liara, and Tali get the most, since they join the team + have been established longer). There are new m/m and f/f exclusive option in ME3, but it's been long enough I don't rememberrrrrr if there's anything risque for them. I don't think so.

Andromeda I've only done Liam's romance and I don't think there was much in there(you can get him to stop wearing a shirt on the ship about halfway through and there's a makeout session on the couch that ftb). I think Cora's and Jaal's involve male and female shirtlessness, but I'm straight up blanking for the rest of them.

FOR DRAGON AGE

In Origins, the "big scene" for the romances does involve "sexy" movements, but the characters still have on underwear, so no nudity, and tbh with game engine/graphics advances that have been made a lot of people find those scenes cringey/silly more than sexy now. I think you can skip those, maybe, but if you can't there's dialogue after so you can just look away til you hear your chosen sweetie start talking and the conversation takes place fully clothed.

DA2 they did ftb for the four vanilla game romances. Love interest shows up, there's cutscene kissing fully clothed, ftb, wake up in underwear at worst. (Sebastian MY BELOVED is romanceable with a f!Hawke, but since he's a) chaste and b) a DLC companion, there's absolutely no sex scenes with him, you can get chaste married on his friend path and he'll talk about the two of you getting married to reclaim his homeland on his rival path).

DAI is... simultaneously best and worst in this regard lol Josephine and Solas there's nothing. Sera and Cassandra you see boobs and enough leg to hint at full nudity without actually showing it(Sera's might get a little more explicit, it's been longer for her so I don't 100% remember). Dorian's has... full rear nudity, but I think that's it. Blackwall's I don't remember, Cullen and Iron Bull both have scenes where you can tell they're naked, but the Inquisitor or an object is strategically in the way of the naughty bits.

OH AND not romance related, but possibly an issue, there are demons in the DRagon Age canon known as Desire Demons, who look like practically naked purple ladies(they have, like, an even skimpier version of the SWtOR Slave Girl outfit and are fond of caressing themselves seductively). They aren't in DAI, but do show up in the first two games for a few quests.

[clericofshadows]

For the mass effect questions: 4, 5, 6, 20, 21, 26, 44, and 54 (P.S. - I love your mods quite a lot, thank you so much for taking the time to make and share the ones you release :D)

thanks for the ask! and thank you, I'm so glad you enjoy my mods! my releases are definitely slowing down as I'm now in my third year of pharmacy school, but I still have some things and updates planned :)

mass effect questions!

4. First Shepard; Paragon, Renegade, or Neutral?

I think my first shepard, who was eventually an abandoned femshep playthrough because I started using mods and preferring mshep (lol) was more on the paragon side.

5. Preferred alignment?

Renegade, by far. I like the dialogue options and the overall more ruthless and brutal stance Shepard can take on things. I really play closer to "Renegon" but overall renegade is just a lot of fun. And the scars are sick as hell.

6. Preferred Shepard backstory (colonist, earthborn, spacer)?

Spacer. I like the idea of Hannah Shepard as a character you can interact with just a little, and I've had a lot of fun envisioning this relationship between Regis, my main shepard, and her as being quite strained. A perfect paragon Admiral in the Alliance versus the fallen Renegade Butcher of Torfan... very fun to explore.

20. Post Suicide Mission survival rate?

With Regis's canon, I lost Garrus, Grunt, and Legion due to Risky Suicide Mission, a mod that introduces some randomization and other neat mechanics to make the suicide mission actually feel like one. I would in fact choose to kill off those three intentionally since I like my ME3 world state without them/don't really care for them, so 9/12 would be my survival rate.

21. Favorite ME2 Squad combo?

Zaeed and Miranda. Great skills, I've made them match with my mods, and they're my favorites in the game.

26. Blue, Green, Red, or Fuck You?

Red, always. Destroy was always the goal, so it's the obvious choice for me.

44. A character you'd love to drop in a volcano and forget about?

Liara. I mean Therum is right there... but honestly, I hated the direction they went with her with 2 and beyond, and at least Garrus, my second choice for this question, I can get rid of in 2. I can't get rid of Liara, and if they didn't do the Liara grabs Shepard's corpse and delivers it to Cerberus plot line, I'd probably be a little more neutral meh on her. And if the game let me not be besties with her. And not forced to take her to Thessia... I could go on and on tbh.

54. Your absolutely NOTP

Shakarian, Shiara, Garrus/Tali, and EDI/Joker. I don't have one lol

First two because I don't like the characters and tbh why I can never really release a Shepard sculpt (sorry, I'm very biased and once I make a Shepard, he's mine and Kaidan's). Garrus/Tali came out of absolutely nowhere and I never got couple vibes from them, especially with Garrus's terrible elevator dialogue towards her in 1. Felt like a terrible "pair the spares" thing. And EDI/Joker isn't bad, but I vastly prefer them as friends tbh.

these were a great mix of questions btw :)

[menacingmetal]

Mass Effect Trilogy Tag

tagging my pookies @nowandthane @xoshepard :3

I am a fan since: I guess since early highschool era so 2013? i had played a bit before then tho

Favourite game of the series?: ahhh i rly like all of them, i guess me2 bc i like the vibe and updates to the game, but i do rly appreciate me1!!

MShep or FShep?: I love both of em but i've played femshep more.

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?: Colonist baybee. love that added trauma

Biotics or Tech: biotics are so fun but i play tech more?

Paragon or Renegade: Renegade voice lines can be extremely hilarious and badass, but I cannot be mean to video game characters so paragon ^^;

Favourite Class: i've been playing engineer recently and thats fun, but I do like vanguard and sentinel

Favourite Companion: you know its Legion

Least favourite Companion: Don't really have any bc I love them all, might have to say Jacob just bc of how bioware wrote him, and hes mean to tali, garrus and thane... and the fact he can cheat on you??? But its not fair, its not his fault they made his character like that. He deserved better. :/ (and also Liara SORRY just mainly bc of how much she is shoved into everything)

My squad selection: I have a soft spot of garrus & tali since you can have them in every game! but otherwise I mostly pick whoever would be good on the mission...

Favourite In-game romance: Garrus is what got me into Mass Effect but I dunno, I enjoy a lot of them. Jack and Thane's are very sweet, i'm a bit partial to Miranda bc she's my fav girl. Oh of course how can I forget Samantha, i love hers a lot!! Probably between her and Garrus!

Other pairings I like: Oh geez we will be here forever if i list them. But also I like almost everyone together lol. some top picks are Joker x Edi, Miranda x Jack, Shepard x Wrex, and Shepard x Legion of course lol

Favourite NPC: Kirrahe, Aethyta, Shiala, that smoking salarian lol

Favourite Antagonist: hmm... Bioware really got em right out of the park with Saren and Sovereign

Favourite Mission: I dunno they can be fun but then some parts can be annoying, i was literally gonna say the below answers but they're loyalty specific lol

Favourite Loyalty Mission: Kasumi, Thane and Samara, I love undercover mystery spy stuff. Legion bc well I like to spend more time with them even though the result in that is painful

Favourite DLC: Citadel obviously lol, lair of the shadow broker is also pretty good

Control, Synthesis or Destroy: you're not bioware you can't make me choose. (I do like synthesis personally only bc I wish I were a robot.)

Favourite Weapon: assault rifles, kassa locust and carnifex my beloveds

Favourite Place: wahhh everywhere, I wish I could actually go and live on the Citadel DESPERATELY, Illium is pretty, Ilos is gorgeous and I love the atmosphere

A quote I like: "Show me yours tough guy, I bet mine's bigger" Hot and badass femshep line. Of course anything from Legion, especially "Do these units have a soul" (not does this unit have a soul.)

[average-mako-enjoyer]

Hello friend and welcome back! Hope your vacation was lovely!

Good to see you on my dash. How about 2, 7, and 22 for the ask game?

2. OT3?

7. Is there a piece of clothing you think [Kaidan] is particularly fond of/that you imagine them wearing a lot or like to draw them in?

22. Give us a headcanon for [Shepard]!

Hi! My vacation was great, thank you. ❤️

2. Fandom oldies totally sold me on the Mshenko + Garrus romcom, because we all know that Garrus is the ultimate Steve, Shep is Garrus' ultimate enabler, they're both idiots, and the only person sane and patient enough to tolerate them together is Kaidan. I also find the idea of Tali pining for both Shepard and Garrus hilariously good. Let the girl have her threesome!

7. You mean besides Shepard's N7 hoodie?

I think Kaidan, being the rich guy that he is, is the king of luxurious, comfy clothes. Bet he has a whole set of ridiculously expensive undershirts that he wears under his uniform against regulations. And a set of cashmere sweaters, silk underwear and socks. But his all-time favorite is still Shepard's hoodie.

22. mShep is 6.4 and he will absolutely smack you for the "how's the weather up there?" joke.

Link to the game if you want to participate. (Please send me links to your ask posts, guys, I'll be happy to play)

[marythegizka]

Mass Effect Trilogy Tag

Was tagged by @illusivesoul

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Answers under the cut! (Quite a bit of rambling there, I'm afraid...)

I have been a fan since:

Favourite game of the series?:

MShep or FShep?:

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?:

Biotics or Tech:

Paragon or Renegade:

Favourite Class:

Favourite Companion:

Least favourite Companion:

My squad selection:

Favourite In-game romance:

Other pairings I like:

Favourite NPC:

Favourite Antagonist:

Favourite Mission:

Favourite Loyalty Mission:

Favourite DLC:

Control, Synthesis or Destroy:

Favourite Weapon:

Favourite Place:

A quote I like:

I have been a fan since: 2021. I had been meaning to try the first game since 2017. I played for one evening, then life happened and I forgot about it. Fast forward to the 2021, when having less work and no longer having a commute made me go 'well, why not use this time to mitigate my existential dread and deaden my emotions with... oh. Okay. Nevermind that'. And then I sank... I don't know, a little under 200 hours into it? Yeah.

Favourite game of the series?: ME2. I think I like the stakes and storytelling of ME3 better (also, I think it was the first game to ever make me cry? Several times?), but ME2 is very character-focused and I just live for that.

MShep or FShep?: Well, I usually play as female characters (the one recent exception I can think of being a M!Cousland because that was the only way marry Anora. I have no regrets.) so I'm not really in a position to compare.

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?: Earthborn on my Paragon playthrough, colonist on the Renegon one. (I also started a spacer one but did not finish it).

Biotics or Tech: Both, but for different reasons. I like the visuals of biotics (yes, I really am that shallow), and having an enemy NPC floating helplessly in the air while you take aim is really, really convenient. That said, the 'overload' ability is extremely helpful, and I really like Tali's little drone, so tech is pretty cool too. I just usually make sure I have both in the squad (except for specific missions like the moon base in ME1).

Paragon or Renegade: Hmm, so... I'm going to say Renegon, because Renegade is very entertaining at times, and absolutely awful at other times (particularly in ME3). But my first Shepard was a bleeding heart Paragon. She was just so nice.

Favourite Class: Anything that lets me experience the story without dying too many times (and I play on casual so that's really all of them). That said, I find myself rather partial to the Vanguard's charge ability. It's not necessarily the *most* useful, but it's just too satisfying not to use.

Favourite Companion: Hmm. Well, I love EDI's dry humour and the fact that she becomes more human over time, so I'll just go with EDI...But honestly, it is a tough choice, especially when old grump Javik is right there, and Tali melts my heart, and Liara's arc is so good, and Wrex is too funny but also pretty tragic, and... see what I mean?

Least favourite Companion: Jacob. The thing with Jacob is, I don't even dislike him, I just think his writing is... how do I put it? Not bad, per se, but it doesn't quite pull me me in. He's pretty much the only companion who remained 'a coworker' on all my playthroughs. Other were either 'best pals' (Tali, Garrus, Wrex), great romances (Liara, Garrus, Thane), or downright antagonistic at times but in a way that felt natural and brought something to the story (Miranda and Jack come to mind).

My squad selection: I don't have a fixed one.

Favourite In-game romance: Garrus

Other pairings I like: Miranda/Jack, Javik/Liara, Tali/Garrus, Nyreen/Aria

Favourite NPC: Matriarch Aethyta

Favourite Antagonist: Saren

Favourite Mission: Virmire

Favourite Loyalty Mission: Tali/'Treason'

Favourite DLC: I haven't played them all (I haven't bought the Legendary Edition so they were separate purchases. This means I have never recruited Kasumi or played Lair of the Shadow Broker, any knowledge I have of them comes from the fandom + a couple of videos), but I really enjoyed the Omega DLC.

Control, Synthesis or Destroy: Oh man... I mean... I feel like Control comes with fewer moral downsides in the short term? Organics remain organics, so no consent issues there, and the Geth and EDI get to survive... the only real downside is that Shepard is gone. But in the long term? Who's to say they're not the new big bad? It's the one I went with on my 'Renegade' playthrough and her monologue was pretty chilling. Also, there's a degree of sadness in her being 'still there but gone'. What does the grieving process look like for Liara (or whoever else was romanced)? For Shepard themself? Isn't it lonely up there? I don't know, there are just so many questions. That said I went with 'Destroy' (and high EMS) on my first run because I looked up a wiki as I played and I wanted Shepard to survive. Let her and Garrus adopt baby Krogans.

Favourite Weapon: Ermm. I'm not good with names (or details in general for that matter 😂) but that big Prothean rifle you find in ME2? Yeah. That one.

Favourite Place: Ilium. Again, I am shallow. Though I initially mistyped that as Ilos (again, I am bad with names) and you know what? I love Ilos too, but more for the feels than its aesthetic. Also Liara's reactions. And the music when you get to Vigil.

A quote I like: "You did good, child. You did good. I'm proud of you." Man, the delivery got me right in the feels.

[mephestopheles]

I'm 3 hours into me3, and the way Liara says commander is legit making me feel things. There's so much bittersweet longing in it? Am I reading too much into an inflection, oh totally. What is it about could have been relationships that just get to me so much?

I intentionally decided not to romance Liara in the first one. I avoided romance in the first game entirely, my Shep was focused on the mission and saving everyone. Then he died saving everyone at the beginning of 2. Time didn't pass for him, but the galaxy left him behind while he was an experiment for Cerberus. Seeing Tali again after running from the Lazarus project felt like a home coming. But each meeting of the old crew felt more bitter than sweet.

Tali couldn't leave her mission, and Shep didn't feel it was his place to ask her to. Garrus was perhaps the only one who was immediately ride or die. Given he was almost killed there it was a close goddamn thing.

*** side bar, originally I planned to romance Garrus as soon as I could, only to find out he's gender locked. This pissed me off so much, but I read further and saw that Tali was now available for mshep. Unintentionally, during my me1 playthrough, my go-to squad was Tali and Liara. I had them statted out so nicely. I could heal the mako in one use of omni-gel, and the two of them were amazing with weapons. I completely forgot about biotics 90% of the game.

I am still kind of bitter about Kaidan's reaction on Horizon. And now, I'm on the citadel in me3, Liara is with me, and feels so close to old times and yet so so far away. I need to find Tali but I'm not sure how that's going to play out. I hope it goes well.

The brainrot is so real though, I have discovered that I can get the legendary edition on steam and have it on the steam deck. So that will be happening.

[themaeveschild]

Mass Effect Trilogy Tag Game from @judithmactir and I tag literally anyone who follows me or trips over this or hate stalks me. Please enjoy.

My answers below cut.

I am a fan since:

Favourite game of the series?:

MShep or FShep?:

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?:

Biotics or Tech:

Paragon or Renegade:

Favourite Class:

Favourite Companion:

Least favourite Companion:

My squad selection:

Favourite In-game romance:

Other pairings I like:

Favourite NPC:

Favourite Antagonist:

Favourite Mission:

Favourite Loyalty Mission:

Favourite DLC:

Control, Synthesis or Destroy:

Favourite Weapon:

Favourite Place:

A quote I like:

I am a fan since: 2010-ish because my DA friend Mena insisted I try it

Favourite game of the series?: ME2

MShep or FShep?: usually FShep but I do have a beloved chaos bisexual Logan MShep I adore

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?: I have played all 3 but Colonist feels most relatable.

Biotics or Tech: Biotics because I am a mage in every game with something even magic adjacent

Paragon or Renegade: Paragrade. I want to help people in general, but some people need punching

Favourite Class: Vanguard or Sentinel

Favourite Companion: Zaeed

Least favourite Companion: Ashley just rubs me the wrong way

My squad selection: Kaidan/Garrus, Thane/Zaeed, Kaidan/Javik

Favourite In-game romance: see above and take a guess (it’s Kaidan/Thane/Kaidan…it would be Kaidan/Thane/Kaidan and Javik but it says in game so I must endure)

Other pairings I like: Garrus/Tali, Jack/Miranda

Favourite NPC: Bailey is the only valid cop still in c-sec after Garrus quit.

Favourite Antagonist: Saren. (Is it wrong that he’s the primary Turian that I want to bang?)

Favourite Mission: ME2 Suicide mission is so epic

Favourite Loyalty Mission: GRUNT

Favourite DLC: Leviathan

Control, Synthesis or Destroy: Synthesis is my favorite but I’ve done all 3 and also frequently Destroy for happy ending purposes. (Don’t harsh my buzz, killjoys)

Favourite Weapon: Widow Sniper rifle (yes I know it’s not technically the right weapon for my favorite classes but I don’t want to hear it)

Favourite Place: Ilos is so cool. I wish we could explore the whole planet.

A quote I like: Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space!