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Eight more days! Remember to stream Star Trek Prodigy on Netflix when it drops Christmas Day!

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I do find it funny that Voyager has had two separate series specifically retconning the Seven/Chakotay ship from the final season.

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just realized I never posted this here 😅

I re-drew a screen cap of one of my favorite moments from prodigy 🥹

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so i got the kaidan hoodie off the bioware site (gotta rep my boy) and it is actually the most comfortable shit ever. and surprisingly heavy and warm. i wore it while traveling (author's note: excruciatingly long airplane rides) and by god did mr. alenko come through in keeping me sane

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happy n7 day to those who celebrate ✨

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Spacewalker

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Happy Shenko I mean N7 Day

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Happy N7 Day! Have a WIP of a print I’ve been workin’ on.

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happy n7 daaaayyyyyy i for one cannot wait to see a generic trailer with concept art that wont be used and perhaps some devs being like . we love. The mass Effect community. we are hard at work. for YOU. also dreadwolf still isnt out either so don't expect this next mass effect game for another decade or so. much love.

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everyone has a chapter they don't read out loud.

finally, the first mass effect art posted on my sideblog! and of course you know its gotta be for kaidan and shep. happy n7 day! man, being a teen in the mass effect universe must suck, especially if you play as a colonist shepard,

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rebecca shepard / kaidan alenko - Kaidan rushing in to save Shepard

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MAKE ME CHOOSE  → KAIDAN ALENKO or ASHLEY WILLIAMS (for anonymous)

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｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

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Join me as I make doodles whilst replaying the first three DA games and getting all the feels for my favorite romances yet again. God I LOVE Alistair, the most wholesome romance I pursue canonically 🥲 (Also looking for active DA blogs to follow!)

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I ... I really like how Kaidan is this man in his 30s who is confident and kinda quiet but exudes this aura of sureness in his words and actions - and then you have a strong presence in Shepard who is a leader, confident in their role as Commander, but not always sure of themselves when it comes to their subordinates/friends once the mantle of Commander comes off.

"Are you flirting with me?" - this line from Shepard sounds more like they're asking for confirmation that not only does a crew mate like them, but is interested in them. Interested in them, outside of the Commander title, and them as a person. Kaidan reassures them - even when he gets turned down the night before Eden, he still comforts Shepard.

I like that over the course of the series it seems to flip, where Shepard becomes confident in themselves in their work and relationships/friendships (much more out of necessity) and Kaidan falls more and more into this uncertainty with his personal connections, and most importantly, with Shepard. Just like Shepard, he doesn't compromise his work or his morals but you can see that on the personal side he's second guessing everything everything he knew about Shepard.

The ME3 romance is Shepard taking care of Kaidan the same way he took care of them in the first game. It makes me gush how much Kaidan gets back to his confident self from ME1 if your Shepard decides to pursue him again and how you build up that trust once more. Kaidan is much more confident in his relationship with Shepard, much like how he did to the Commander during the romance in ME1, and he allows himself to trust and be honest again.

Him asking if the Commander is flirting with him in the hospital? That's a mirror of what Shepard was doing - feeling - in the first game. Does Shepard feel the same way? Are they still interested after seeing him lose control of his anger at Horizon? Was he wrong to assume they wanted to end what they had?

I love me the dynamic between Garrus and Shepard (bros for LIFE), but there's something so wonderful about Kaidan saying he wanted to be that comfortable space, that safe person, for Shepard that just tickles my romantic side especiallg seeing how it looks like they swap roles by the time ME3 rolls around.

not to be too blunt or anything, but if i could make out with this ask and the meta you just wrote, i would. mwah. master craft. i am genuinely so honored and flattered you shared this with me - thank you! i literally never even thought about it this way before, but holy shit you are so RIGHT. right down to the fact that kaidan now technically outranks shepard as major in me3; he is a lot more confident in his profession and position as a leader in his own right. hell, its his main priority (up until the moment he decides to take shepard at their word during the citadel confrontation...).

it’s clear that romanced or not, shepard’s death hit kaidan and it hit kaidan HARD. no doubt that he recoiled back into his shell after that, and especially after shepard joins cerberus and causes a whole slew of misunderstandings, confusion, and people being kept out of the loop. it’s really, really sweet to see him bounce back after that.

even with a shenko that starts in me3 (with mshenko primarily, but also fshenko where the romance path is cancelled before it can even begin)… while kaidan never takes his shot in me1, and its directly stated that kaidan wants to avoid acting out of line with such a serious and professionally focused shepard (in his words, shepard was “always so focused on the work back then. the mission was everything,” to which shepard replies, “it’s true. i’ll never know what i missed.”). however, over the course of the plot he still manages to get shepard to warm up around him, becoming good friends w them and dealing with ashley’s death together.

so really, we’re back to our original parallel. kaidan was the one more assured in personal relationships while- wait. hold on. kaidan’s initial struggle in dropping formalities in this route could also be attributed to his uncertainty when it comes to working with shepard. this would be filed into kaidan being more uncertain when it comes to his work and interacting with his more ‘accomplished’ and emotionally constipated/serious commanding officer. SORRY. sorry. as i was saying, kaidan was the one more assured in personal relationships, while shepard was the opposite. and gah. GAH. taste. by design.

also, to add to your original take, his certainty in his actions are called into question in me3 too. he doubts his behavior towards shepard, he tries to sit down and think through the good people who were caught up in cerberus, he questions how the illusive man spiraled into the person he is and if he was ever a good person. its just good. sorry my thoughts are so jumbled and im just word vomiting as i write this reply. truly a failing grade paper on my part, i hope you dont mind!!

as for garrus, agreed! garrus feels like a really touching sort of “mentorship” ride or die comrades dynamic that builds over the course of the plot while kaidan definitely has the above mentioned parallels and has the “equals who can help bring out the best in each other’s weaknesses” thing.

also i made a meme just because of this ask.

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Kaidan having a Rocky work out montage on the off chance he gets to dramatically rescue and carry Shepard away only for him to be the one to get his head smashed against a shuttle and then carried by Shepard.

[traynor voice] i know! twice!

LMFAO ENOUGHHHHH BE NICE TO HIM!!!!! it's not his fault his head is so crushable!!! some of us are born with heads just begging to be smashed and that's how the cookie crumbles. what more can i say.

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having a colonist shep and preparing for the confrontation with talitha is just like alright. which companions am i gonna have witness one of the most heart wrenching interactions in the series