maybethings asked: Joker/EDI
vomit / don’t ship / ok / cute / adorable / sexy / perfect / beyond flawless / hot damn / screaming and crying / i will ship them in hell
Both times I’ve completed ME3, I’ve helped them get together. I enjoy companion character pairings when they happen. But I don’t really have strong shippy feelings for Joker/EDI in the game.
In fanart, it’s different. There are some really nice works of Joker/EDI fanart that make me adore them together.
But, I think I might be unfairly biased against them. I still have a Shepard who hasn’t quite finished ME2 (Overlord and Arrival left to finish). This Shepard has gone through ME & ME2 with no real romance recognized by the game. I was hoping to pair her with either Joker or Ashley in ME3, but neither of those can happen. I would probably ship Joker/EDI more enthusiastically if I hadn’t been holding out a little hope for a Shepard pairing.
Joker/EDI is cute though. I like them a lot.
work would be a lot more fun if i could vanguard charge down the hallways
Sometimes it’s the small, silly tokens that bring the most delight.
(And by small, silly token, I meant the model Mako…not the sex, which I am sure was beyond delightful.)
(And for the record, I really want a model Mako.)
oh! this is so clever. and look how much liara is pleased with herself. :-)
on romances and forever!alone characters in bioware games
Mass Effect and Dragon Age, specifically.
i like playing or thinking about main characters who never pursue any of the romances. personally i like to imagine that they had a really wonderful relationship in the past, their partner died, and now they just aren’t ready or interested in trying to find a physical or romantic relationship or other special person like that again.
of course, there are so many other stories one could tell about a character who doesn’t pursue a romance. that’s just the one i’m typically drawn to. i’m curious, sometimes, about how - and if - other people have headcanoned their main characters who don’t romance.
who are they and what are their stories?
false mustaches! yes!
if i had a PC for gaming, EVERYONE in Mass Effect and Dragon Age would be modded to have a mustache just like that. but only for the cut scenes. that way, i would forget all about them during combat and while wandering around the citadel or through kirkwall. and then - every time a cut scene came along - i would laugh out loud and possibly tinkle myself a little. because i am juvenile. and false mustaches are sometimes all it takes.
edit: that said, i have no real opinion on the spelling of alenko’s first name. doesn’t even bioware spell it both ways sometimes?
second round edit: and, on principle, i’m totally against throwing anyone out of an airlock for spelling mistakes. though i’m still not convinced there are, in fact, any mistakes in whichever way one chooses to spell the above dude’s name. i’ve now checked and i see for sure that bioware totally does use both.
insanity unlocked
yay! it’s the small things that make me feel proud of myself. like the fact that i can be good at shooting stuff in video games if i want to put the time and energy into it.
i will say, however, that beating mass effect 3 on hard core with most weapons still at level 1 is a little more challenging than beating it on insanity with all weapons maxed at 5.
a great start to my day off. time go do stuff in the world, like eat food and drink tea.
OMG. Yes. First there was Oriana and then another Oriana. And then an Orana… I’m often confused anyway, though, just as a baseline state of being.
And I’ve gotten confused when trying to remember Shiala or Shianni and Arianni or Shianni. That said, yes, my examples are all minor characters to a greater or lesser degree.
Derp accidentaly deleted my post.
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Finally finished this quickie!
Oh my gadorable! Rinna and Delia Shepard are both ready and willing to sign up for a couple of these.
EDIT: and, in case the universe is listening, can I please have a krogan stuffed animal? why aren’t they selling them in stores? i am a grown-ass woman who still snuggles with stuffed animals at night. and i’d really like a krogan. is that too much to ask for?
now where can i find me some Love Notes From Liara?
because, really, that’s all i need at this point for true satisfaction to be achieved. but then i might have to change the title of my tumblr…
Well, I suppose I did just write your name in the stars.
After ME3, no question about it. Garrus = my Shepards’ BFF.
And *shhh* don’t tell Liara, but secretly, I’m a little bit jealous of the Garrusmancers. From the outside looking in, the whole Garrus romance experience seems to be making a whole lot of Shepards and fans really happy.
But… I just don’t get it. And I probably never will.
Ah, well, different strokes.
The Commonplace Book: hawkeward replied to your post: your head canon, mass effect. have you...
hawkeward replied to your post: your head canon, mass effect. have you got anything special for the 3 shepard origins: earthborn, colonist, and spacer?
omg please please please write Shep trying to explain cow-tipping to Tali. That is the best thing.Shepard is beginning to…
And this is why the shifty cow on Ontarom steals Shepard’s credits. Payback for debts incurred against space bovines everywhere.
Oh, interesting. Now I want to hear all your thoughts about her. What do you think was off? I remember that the asari mystical mind-meld powers were kind of off-putting to me, especially at first. It seemed like too much forced specialness, but I think I got used to that pretty quickly and just ignored it. What was it for you that made her tough to like? (I will say I’ve never played any of the love triangle stuff with Shep-Liara-Kaidan, so that never entered into my impression of her.)
I also thought she got really interesting in ME2 in a way that needed to happen for character development, and I was really glad to see the naivete harden into something a little bit world-weary, a little bit ruthless. LoTSB was one of my favorite things about ME2.
Why I love Liara… or Mass Effect as CBT
From the moment I first chatted with Liara in Mass Effect, I felt at home with her. She was quiet and scholarly and a little bit sad and painfully awkward. She was sweet and inquisitive, earnestly trying her best to fit in. And then, after Noveria, she was also grieving.
I’ve never been able to personally identify with Shepard all that well. Shep is everything I’m not - assertive, direct, goal-oriented, seemingly fearless in the face of death. But I identified with Liara.
Being kind to Liara - especially with a badass renegade FemShep who’s typically terse with everyone else - feels a lot like a lesson in being kind to me. Shep gets to role play the mean voice in my head, but she has to stfu and love Liara. So there. Mass Effect as cognitive behavioral therapy. That’s probably weird and stuff, but I don’t care. People are weird. I’m no exception.
