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Garrus & Shepard Just a moment of peace in the chaos of war.

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Jokes about Shepard's driving will never not be funny😂

the shore squad in the back of the Mako while Shepard drives like an absolute maniac

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blep

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my shayla

requested by one of my Patreons

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Sketchy comm for the lovely @combustiblecake ❤️

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I'm Commander Shepard and I have the best boyfriend in the galaxy 🩵

A birthday gift for my bff ^^

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Hey tumblr I like things other than mass effect you know....

Tumblr: shut up and look at the same gifs of Garrus again

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have been looking out for what garrus calls shepard throughout the three games since this post and here we go!!!

ME1: always “commander” with the exception of battle banter.

ME2: “commander” with outsider present, “shepard” in private or in the presence of other squadmates

ME3: i don’t think he has ever called shepard “commander” (also note: my human girlfriend, sweetie and love of my life in citadel dlc)

and now we compare it with wrex and tali:

i didn’t pay much attention in ME1 at first but if memory serves me well:

wrex: “shepard” all the way

tali: a mix of “commander” and “shepard” in ME1, then “shepard” all the way

i just think it’s a really neat detail.

ofc wrex wouldn’t give a damn about those stupid human rules and formalities. he respects shepard but it’s not because of the title, but slowly earned.

garrus respects shepard. due to the turian militaristic culture that’s so deeply ingrained in him even if he’s a “bad turian”, he sticks to “commander” at first because that’s…well…the chain of command. but as their bond grows stronger, whether platonic or romantic, the personal connection causes him to use a more intimate way to address shepard.

then finally tali who also respects shepard from day 1. she’s been isolated on the flotilla for her whole life until her pilgrimage. she’s just a kid who’s experiencing the world for the very first time, so she’s scared of making mistakes especially when communicating with other species. sticking to “commander” sounds right to her.

quarians aren’t always being treated kindly. they were stigmatised. especially with what happened to her before joining shepard — being hunted down by saren’s assassins, rejected to land on illium, called “suit-rat” on the citadel, and more, she didn’t expect kindness on a human ship. but she’s welcomed by shepard and some of the crew.

(i’d also like to point out that when ash is expressing her doubts about aliens on board, she specifically mentions “wrex and vakarian”, not tali, which is a bit funny considering tali is the one most invested in the ship’s technology.)

as a naive girl who just left the flotilla for the very first time, and got treated like shit the entire time, i imagine she’d be quick to trust someone if they show kindness.

with the not-so-militaristic culture of hers, she feels comfortable switching to “shepard” quite frequently even in ME1.

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@rinavasqwibqwib​ FORGIVE ME here it is

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sometimes u just gotta hold hands

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Gotta love them lol

happy birthday to THE bitch of all time

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sleeping in, because they deserve to

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Shepard and Garrus

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Im thinking about it but I'm unsure😭

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Something that really stuck with me while I was playing Mass Effect 2, and that I feel was so important to understanding the relationship between Shepard and Garrus, whether you romance him or not, is that Garrus is your only companion from ME1 who never moved on.

You died. The crew watched you die. Assumedly they grieved you, there was a funeral service, there were tears and all five stages of grief. Things were rough, but eventually life took on a shade of normalcy again.

Kaiden/Ashley got reassigned and continued their work for the alliance. Liara fights tooth and nail to get your body to Cerberus, but then it’s out of her hands and she becomes an information broker. Tali goes back to the Floatilla, like she was always supposed to. Wrex becomes a clan leader. And yes, they’re all fundamentally changed by their time on the Normandy, but no one seems as stuck as Garrus Vakarian.

Because he doesn’t go back to the Citadel. He doesn’t join the Turian Hierarchy. He ships himself off to Omega, one of the most dangerous places he could be, and makes a life out of pissing off the most dangerous people there. It’s kind of a suicide mission, especially after what happened with Sidonis. He kind of figures he’s going to die doing this, but what else can he do?

There is no normalcy for Garrus in a world without Shepard, and I think that’s why he’s always immediately ready to come back to the Normandy. The Normandy, and Shepard, are home for Garrus and that’s why I think romancing him feels like the natural conclusion for so many femme Sheps, because Shepard feels that way too.

Of all the companions, no one needs Shepard to live more than Garrus, and no one needs Garrus more than Shepard. They’re perfectly matched, as lovers, as friends, as soldiers, as whatever they are in your universe and when you’re that perfectly matched with someone, you never quite feel whole without them.

No Shepard without Vakarian.

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Im back and so is my Shakarian brainrot....

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Garrus and Shepard on their honeymoon. Reports of her death have been greatly exaggerated.