#mass effect asks

[drelldreams]

Not so typical Mass Effect Fandom Emoji Asks tagging game

Rules: Send the person who tagged you a question (or as many as you like) and tag two or more people to participate and send them one or multiple questions.

Only participte if you‘re up to it of course. No pressure :)

I am tagging: @illusivesoul @threewhiskeylunch @messydiabolical

🤎 - What is a species you think is underappreciated and why?

🎶 - What's your favorite soundtrack of the trilogy and why?

🎤 - Favorite voice actor? What do you like about their voice acting?

🐰 - Most adorable character? Why are they so adorable?

🎗️- Something you would have liked to see more of in the games?

⚜️ - Character(s) who should have been squadmate(s)?

💪 - Character with most astonishing development? What makes their development so great?

😭 - Character whose story or fate breaks your heart? Why is it so heartbreaking?

💔 - Character who died in canon but you refuse to acknowledge it?

✍️ - Squadmate you love writing most? Why do you enjoy writing them?

🌎 - Favorite homeworld? Why is it your favorite homeworld?

🧡 - Favorite non-Shepard pairings? Why do you love this/those pairing(s)?

👤 - Favorite minor NPC? What do you like about them?

📖 - Favorite book characters? Why are they your favorite? (If you’re familiar with the books)

🧩 - Favorite squadmate combination and why you like this combination so much?

💟 - A rarepair you have and what you like about their dynamics?

🤍 - Favorite Shepard friendship and why?

💗 - A character who should have been romanceable and why would you romance them?

[milkywayes]

some shameless battlefield nuzzling

[prezs]

this is still the funniest way to start a romance in a video game possibly ever

[c-rowlesdraws]

I adore your Tali design and I wanna give her headpats. I'm curious though, does she by any chance have sharp teeth?

thank you-- and yes, she does!

there's no speculative biology reason behind it, I just thought sharp little teeth would look cute.

[justabiteofspite]

I honestly don't get the spawn vs ascended debate when we really should all be coming together to shame those who think it's "unrealistic" that Astarion could fall in love with default dragonborn Durge on account of that Durge "not being attractive."

Like, I'm sorry, but are you fucking high? In what world is Default Durge not peak sex appeal? Big, tall, muscley thicc ass man who can barely run because he's so caked up with a deep, haunted voice struggling to overcome the darkness within himself all while looking like he could bite Cazador's head off in one satisfying crunch? You're telling me Astarion wouldn't be speed running that romance arc to climb him like a tree? Like that wet pathetic cat man looking for protection and attention wouldn't be the president, vice president, and treasurer of the "Top That Nice But Kind of Disturbed Hot Lizard" club?

Get fucking real.

[sashthesloth]

Sometimes you spend 100 hours replaying a beloved character from a beloved game and end up spending another 25 or so ish hours making a character sheet so self indulgent ft. My beloved Shep who I put through the wringer the first time around in 2017 but hopefully gave an easier time on our second run.

[luckyspacerabbit]

The reason they didn't have quarians in Andromeda was that they simply would have been too powerful. We're stuck on a spacecraft with limited resources? Oh no, what a disaster. /s

[mcflymemes]

AS SAID BY GARRUS VAKARIAN, updated version  *  assorted dialogue from the mass effect trilogy, adjust as necessary

i can't find any hard evidence.

good luck, [name]. maybe they'll listen to you.

i'm coming with you.

sometimes it feels like the rules are only there to stop me from doing my work.

i just couldn't take it anymore.

maybe i can get the job done my way for a change.

if you're wrong, we'll pay for it. but if you're right, and we did nothing, i think we'd regret it a whole lot more.

i thought you were dead.

it sure is good to see a friendly face.

at least it's not hard to find criminals here. all i have to do is point my gun and shoot.

my feelings got in the way of my better judgement.

i'll make you a deal. you get me out of here alive, and i'll tell you the whole damn thing.

nobody would give me a mirror. how bad is it?

don't make me laugh, damn it.

some women find facial scars attractive.

i'm fit for duty whenever you need me.

when i got to the meeting point, no one was there.

kill you? no. but i don't mind slowing you down a little.

what do you want from me, [name]?

i know you want to talk about this... but i don't. not yet.

it's so much easier to see the world in black and white. gray... i don't know what to do with gray.

my instincts are what got me into this mess.

never knew you had a weakness for men with scars.

well, why the hell not? there's nobody in this galaxy i respect more than you.

if we can figure out a way to make it work, then... yeah. definitely.

you're about the only friend i've got left in this screwed-up galaxy.

you don't ever have to worry about making me uncomfortable. nervous, yes... but never uncomfortable.

i brought wine.

your hair looks... good. and your waist is... very supportive.

hopefully that's not offensive in human culture.

i want something to go right. just once.

think you can win this thing, [name]?

i'm pretty sure we'll still need giant guns... and lots of them.

so... is this the part where we shake hands?

the scars are starting to fade. i remember they drove you wild.

i've been doing some more research on human customs.

glad to know my romantic skills made an impression.

let's not go there.

i can afford the good stuff.

what about you? i'm starting to see some wear and tear.

don't forget to come up for air. and not just because all these people need you. because i need you.

if you're suggesting i'm scared... game on.

still trying to make me blush, huh?

i'd be lying if i said i didn't hope it would inspire a certain... mood.

it seemed like you needed time to... figure us out.

the worst part about the galaxy going to hell would've been never getting to see you again.

not saying you don't know how to handle a gun. just saying some of us know how to make it dance.

i've actually seen you dance. no comment.

i know there are other things you're good at.

probably not a lot of air in here. an hour if we're lucky.

so tell me. think a girl would fall for that?

it gets even better when you try it in bed.

you don't lack for places to get lost.

did we break anything last night?

you'll find a way to win. and when this is over, i'll be waiting for you.

if this thing goes sideways and we both end up there... meet me at the bar. i'm buying.

forgive the insubordination, but your boyfriend has an order for you.

come back alive. it'd be an awfully empty galaxy without you.

we're in this 'til the end.

we didn’t kill these people. and we’re going to shut down the bastards who did.

looks like we’ve got a siege on our hand.

if anyone needs fresh clips or a bathroom break, now’s the time.

oh crap!

guess he didn’t like the food.

looks like we got the jump.

pretty extreme, but those were desperate times.

we won’t get a second chance.

that was me, sorry.

nothing like being stranded.

we’ll do more than that.

just the usual minor flesh wound.

what would these people have done if we hadn’t shown up?

i was there when you two had your thing, remember? just get a room and work it out.

stay angry. we’ll need it to get through this.

drinks will be on me.

one of my favorite places to fight!

i’m hard to kill. you should know that.

it’s gonna be bad all over.

for whatever it’s worth, i’m with you.

you’ve waited long enough for this day.

just wait ‘til this war is over.

you came along and warmed my heart with your winning personality.

maybe you’d like to go work for them instead?

how do i not have one of those?

surprise on our side for once. i like it.

brutal, but it makes a certain kind of sense.

[thefloatingstone]

We don't talk enough about that moment in the Citadel DLC where Brooks is complaining about all the paperwork she has to file with the Alliance regarding getting shot while on duty and Shepard responds, completely seriously;

"It's easier to just write up a template beforehand"

[lovelywingsart]

'Every once in a while something changes And she's changing me It's too late for me now, I am altered There is something beneath

She's not acid nor alkaline Caught between black and white Not quite either day or night She's perfectly misaligned I'm caught up in her design And how it connects to mine I see in a different light The objects of my desire'

'Alkaline' - Sleep Token

-

This song is perfect for him and I'm going to fight Sovereign, it's on sight motherfucker The more I learn about him in just reading little tidbits as well as the apparently extremely widely believed theory that he's Vetra and Sids dad makes my heart break even more and while he was just a ruthless asshole in general, I still don't think he deserved what happened given the actual regret he expressed before. Well. This.

[average-mako-enjoyer]

Thinking about John Shepard, a 7-year-old orphan. Scrawny little boy. Ribs, back and thighs always bruised, nose always bloody. Eyes too big for his face, too blue, full of tears when he gets beaten, but never shed.

Thinking about John Shepard, a 12-year-old boy. Too tall for his age, too skinny, always, always hungry. He steals smokes from the older kids and tries his best to learn how to smile properly. Says, "When I was a kid…" and follows it up with the most vulgar joke you can imagine.

Thinking about John Shepard, a 14-year-old teenager. A bloody knife in his hand. Blood on his fingers, on the cuffs of his jacket, on the sneakers he stole two months ago and was so proud of. "Fuck," he says, stepping back from the body on the ground. "Fuck."

Thinking about John Shepard, a 17-year-old who bullshits his way in and out of situations, using everything he has: his looks, his aim, his complete lack of conscience. Everyone will use you and throw you away, so use them first and come out on top.

Thinking about John Shepard, a 23-year-old completely overwhelmed by the need to survive.

Thinking about John Shepard, a 28-year-old, suffocating in space. Alone. Trying to take a single breath but failing, trying to float but falling.

Thinking about John Shepard, a 29-year-old man, who finally knows what his violent, stupid, chaotic, short life was lived for. Knows that there are people worth dying for. So he dies for them. He lives. He gives his all.

[dalishious]

May I ask why you’re a mass effect hater but a dragon age lover? To me the seem pretty similar as games, so if you like one you’d probably like the other (unless you don’t like sci fi ig) and ME imo is a lot less problematic than DA

My biggest personal issues with Mass Effect:

I have a hard time giving a single shit about Shepard as a protagonist

I have a hard time giving a single shit about half the squad members (and I downright hate some, like Garrus)

The Alliance fucking sucks; the one and only nice thing I can say about it is at least it's not Cerberus AKA the Space Manifest Destiny Corp, which sucks even worse

I hate the "humans are so special" narrative, especially considering how boring they are in comparison to literally every single alien species introduced

I hate the colonial glorification

I hate the military focus and glorification

I hate the misogyny, racism, etc.

I find the gameplay itself super difficult, even on easy mode

I have personal gripe with how god awful the UI in every Mass Effect game is, with Andromeda easily being the worst; I can't even fucking read that shitty shit text

Also, ME has just as many problems as DA. A lot of them being the same, actually.

[ekingston]

Easter! I saw your ME reblog about Kaiden romance options and wanted to know what spicy thoughts you have to share with us about the game in a Supercorp context

ohhh anon. i have too many ideas for this and too many WIPs already to make myself chase after any of them, but like. take your pick honestly

in-game, save-the-world etc:

i’d put Alex in Shepard’s shoes, make Lena an engineer or comms specialist with an Ashley-like family history (ostracised in spite of her talents), and cast Kara-as-Kaiden as Alex’s flawed-yet-optimistic biotic sister, except no one dies, and Kara and Lena fall madly in love by the end.

Illium: a lil bit of action, a lil bit of spice

if it’s just me playing around in the magnificent sandbox that is the greater mass effect universe, i might have Kara and Lena meet on Illium (i needed SO MANY MORE STORIES on Illium), where Lena is working high up in her ruthless family’s spotless corporate offices and Kara is one of their (again, obviously, biotic) hired guns. which could either go the way of ‘oh no my bodyguard/the woman i’m supposed to protect is HOT’ (i’d love to explore how Kara’s powers might enhance certain. ahem. experiences) to ‘oh shit i think we’re going to expose the planet’s seedy underbelly and fight for social change’

Omega: camp

or i could introduce them on Omega, where Kara comes looking for her sister (who doesn’t want to be found because oops she’s fallen under Morinth’s spell), and Lena is the local mechanic who lives in a tin pod above her tiny shop and has 1. perpetually engine-oil-stained fingers, 2. a suspiciously broad knowledge of the space station’s layout and the various mercenary factions and 3. a couple of personal grudges to settle. lots of campy action, wild flirtation and engine-oil-stained tin-pod sex in that one

The Citadel: angsty babies

if i was braver i might have Kara and Lena meet at Huerta Memorial Hospital, where Lena is a surgeon and Alex is recovering. considering that’s Mass Effect 3 it would have to be a bittersweet ‘meeting at the end of the world’ type of deal though, with an open ending at best, and i don’t know if my heart could take it

Hyperion: a whole new world/genre

so what if instead they get to know each other on ark Hyperion, where Lena is in charge of monitoring the cryopods on their 600-year-long journey to a new galaxy and botanist Kara keeps inexplicably waking up each time Lena does. that would start funny/sweet/flirtatious and then BAM HORROR (system malfunction/hostile alien parasites/threat of years of isolation/slow death/responsible for twenty-thousand dead colonists etc) BUT it all ends well (and they still get to take each other’s clothes off)

if you had to pick one of the scenarios above though which would you go for? asking for a friend

[c-rowlesdraws]

Funnily enough I prefer YOUR Tali over bioshocks in ME3 I think? She actually properly looks like an alien from a planet where they didn't adapt an immune system

thank you! (and lol I'll assume you meant Bioware-- although a steampunk-aesthetic Tali is a very cool mental image.)

some things about how my Tali looks are definitely a result of living nearly her whole life sealed inside an exosuit and dealing with regular bouts of minor illness (at one point she mentions working while having a fever like it's something quarians just deal with). Pre-exile quarians, and post-canon quarians who have had some time to get re-acclimated to their home planet's ecosystem, would look a bit different. I did a couple lil sketches to hypothesize about some differences between my Tali during the games' timeline, and a post-canon Tali who's spent a few years on Rannoch:

there's no place like home.

(the spots of pigment on her face are made more colorful, and even softly bioluminescent, by harmless symbiotic bacteria found only on Rannoch. After the quarians fled into space after the Geth War, the bacteria died out in a generation; for over two hundred years, the only quarians with colorful faces were ancestors in old vids and pictures.)

[who-is-riley]

Lookin' Good!

[sashthesloth]

“Janiris. It’s an asari holiday.” […] “It is mainly marked by a feast and the making of flower crowns and necklaces. Then exchanged between friends and lovers.”

The Untamed Effect, Chapter 6 by @thievinghippo