#mass effect original trilogy

[fiishes]

@bagog

(Must be hard being the only stable guy around.)

#mass effect #kaidan alenko #mass effect original trilogy #me3 #myart #can’t relate sorry kaiden

[pathfinder-inquisitor]

#mine is infiltrator #mass effect #mass effect original trilogy #mass effect legendary edition #mass effect andromeda #mass effect poll #mass effect 1 #mass effect 2 #mass effect 3

[tempest-ssv]

Cool I got polls now so guess what im doing

(Honorable mention to Steve Cortez, tumblr won’t let me do more than 10 options and it was him or Sam (I still love you Steve))

#mass effect #mass effect trilogy #mass effect original trilogy #commander shepard #tempest posts #shout out to the other characters available for brief romances #y’all are great but this is about The Romancez #andromeda is next

[qwibqwibs]

They deserve a happy ending 💔

#mass effect #fanart #drawing #garrus vakarian #mass effect legendary edition #fshep #shepard x garrus #shakarian #bioware #mass effect original trilogy

[phaeston]

I’ll never be over Nihlus

#nihlus kryik #nihlus #mass effect #turian #spectre #turian spectre #nihlus mass effect #mass effect nihlus #turian mass effect #mass effect turian #turians #mass effect turians #turians mass effect #me mihlus #nihlus me #mass effect original trilogy #meot #me ot #mass effect ot #mass effect legendary edition #mass effect legendary #my edits

[crossfalconx5]

Reference for my shepard in my playthrough of mass effect one

#mass effect shepard #mass effect #commander shepard #mass effect original trilogy #mass effect fanart #love this bitch so much #coolest guy I know #shame they’re going to be heavily traumatized

[queerwardens]

"We can't question her courage." "Humanity needs a hero. And Shepard's the best we've got."

#meedit #masseffectedit #mass effect #shepard #mass effect 1 #me1 #meot #original trilogy #mass effect original trilogy #oc: cassidy #mine #mygifs

[spectres-scribbles]

Starborn Saviour

[Starborn Saga on AO3]

Chapter Masterlist:

[Prologue]

Act I:

[The Wrath of Heaven] - [Milky Way I] - [Interlude I] - [The Threat Remains: Haven] - [The Threat Remains: Haven II] - [Interlude II] - [The Threat Remains: Hinterlands] (WIP)

#my writing #fanfiction #dragon age: inquisition #Mass Effect Original Trilogy #crossover #Shepard x Josephine

[sparatus]

Exponential Differentiation Series Masterpost

welcome welcome, we’re now [checks notes] 3 major installments and some extras into my big no-reapers au, so it’s probably high time i actually make a big masterpost for it, huh?

Features

Premise: 50,000 years ago, the Protheans were able to complete the Crucible, but by the time of firing, their population had been reduced to unsustainability. Their technology still remained for the later species, but the Reapers would never return. All’s well that ends well, right? Well, not quite. When a routine artifact retrieval on Eden Prime once more goes awry, new Special Tactics candidate Matteo Shepard is thrown headfirst into the fray, hunting down the mysterious team that attacked the colony - and stumbling across something so much bigger than they ever could have imagined.

Our Hero: Matteo Shepard, DMAB nonbinary (they/he pronouns). Native of Terra Nova, Matteo’s mother disappeared at a young age, leaving their family fractured and their trust in others on shaky legs. When their team’s investigation into the disappearing colony of Akuze leaves all but themselves and two others (that they know) dead and them needing intensive psychiatric care, they withdraw in on themselves, not wanting to get close enough to other people to be hurt again. Unfortunately for them, the universe disagrees with this plan.

The Crew: The Normandy crew has been supplemented with a whole host of other Shepards imported into a different canon OCs to flesh out the crew, as well as a couple familiar faces - Nihlus Kryik, mentoring Shepard for the Spectres, is a fixture on the team, and his rude shadow Saren Arterius is (very grudgingly, because the boss said he had to) coming along for the ride. Beyond the Normandy’s hull, the rest of the galaxy’s got a lot of new faces too, both friend and foe, ranging from Saren’s secretive family to the batarian Resistance and back again! Both canon characters and OCs join the party to bring the awfully empty galaxy to life...

Most Wanted: ... including the antagonists, of course. An entirely new team of mini-boss antagonists causes problems for Shepard left and right as Shepard explores the depths of Cerberus’s depravity, and an enemy often overlooked gets their own time to shine, with a subplot all their own, because I think they deserved better and had a lot of potential, and I’m the author so I decide the subplots, dammit. (You didn’t think I mentioned the batarian Resistance up there just for fun, did you?)

Love and All That: It's no Truck Shepard and the Space Kissing Adventure, of course, but we're not leaving romance off the table entirely! There's both established relationships and budding relationships for the discerning connoisseur. A couple of them are even majorly plot relevant, check the AO3 tags. Endgame for Matteo themselves is with Jack, but we have to get there first ;)

Links

Full Series: Exponential Differentiation

Broken Mirror: Start here! The first fic in the series. 333k words, completed. The adventure begins on Eden Prime, as usual, but takes a turn for the Something Else when the beacon is assaulted instead by a human strike team, launching a manhunt across the stars that quickly spirals into something so much bigger than Shepard ever could have imagined. [LINK]

Blood in the Water: A novella in-between-quel set maybe a month after Broken Mirror. 50k words, completed. Shepard is taking a much-needed break from the hunt for Cerberus when an unwelcome guest turns up on their doorstep with dire news. It's a race against time to stop batarian terrorist Ka'hairal Balak and his genocidal plans, but this time, with some help: half-mad salarian Spectre Gurji Taeja and her pals from the batarian Resistance, Tarvok and Teezh Shad'derah. [LINK]

Where the Wind Rests: Two-shot glimpsing what Nihlus has been up to while Shepard was dealing with Balak. 8.6k words, completed. Nihlus takes a detour to Palaven to visit Saren and get an answer for an important question. [LINK]

In the Land of Giants: The second major installment. Currently in progress! With Hislop dead and Terra Nova safe, Shepard is back on the hunt for Cerberus. A friend's disappearance and a strange message both point them to Omega, where they encounter a surprising new ally... [LINK]

The Weight of Memory: Novella companion piece to In the Land of Giants. Currently in progress! While Shepard and Nihlus continue the hunt for Cerberus, Saren returns home to Palaven to get his new leg built and adjust to retirement. Unfortunately, the problems for the Arterius clan are getting too big to just retreat from and wait for the storm to pass... [LINK]

#mefanfic #no reapers au #mass effect #mass effect original trilogy #matteo shepard #exponential differentiation series #exdiff #kryterius #vakarennis

[veylia]

Two more updated thumbnails!! Dragon Age "Pieces" and Mass Effect "The Greatest Reward"!

#tributes #evie shepard #shenko #pieces #dragon age #fenris #antonia hawke #mods #mass effect original trilogy

[illusivesoul]

People when game characters have their own goals and motivations, aren't yes men to whatever the player says and don't change their views and opinions just cause the player wants them to

#aka the “this character is badly written cause they dont agree with everything I say and feel” crowd #fandom critical #memes #gaming memes #rpgs #rpg #mass effect #dragon age #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate #mass effect trilogy #dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #mass effect memes #dragon age memes #bioware #larian studios

[fiishes]

Get ‘em space mage…

#mass effect #mass effect 3 #mass effect original trilogy #kaidan alenko #hey hi hello I’m uh not dead #yeah boy I know it’s been years I totally lost the plot for a while there #I’ve drawn something very similar before but okay hear me out #myart #masseffect

[nellasbookplanet]

The more time I sink into andromeda, the more I suspect the biggest reason it ultimately failed commercially was because of the massive tonal shift I've already mentioned, and how there was probably a pretty big chunk of original trilogy players who simply no longer fit as a demographic, while the game failed to reach the people who might’ve enjoyed it.

The original trilogy, much as I love it, feels a little bit like a wishfulfillment power fantasy for a very obvious demographic. Almost all women are overtly sexy in design and the f/f relationship in the first game seems to be written along the guidelines of 'what would a straight man find hot'; you play as someone cool and confident and powerful, the most specialest human ever, and maybe you aren’t always respected but YOU and the NARRATIVE always know you're right and you get to be rude to and sometimes punch/murder people who disagree with you so it’s fine. The game then salvages all this by means of genuinely well-written characters and arcs, really cool sci-fi tech and lore, a fantastic story, and meaningful and hard-hitting choices and consequences (which also allow and often encourage you to steer away from that exact macho ideal).

Enter andromeda. Instead of being a super powerful supersoldier from the start, you're the kid of one. You barely know what you're doing. Everyone doubts you, including yourself. You don’t get the assuredness of knowing you are Right and Cool that you have as Shepard. You don’t demand that same respect. And I'm sure there are a lot of people who hated that.

#mass effect #mass effect andromeda #to be clear: i don't think this is an actual flaw of the game but i do think it played a part in why it wasn't a hit like ME 1-3 #andromeda has plenty of flaws #some similar to the original trilogy and some all of it's own #the biggest being that it fails to take the same big swings and risks as the trilogy #and therefore feels a lot less hard hitting and rewarding #had it succeeded in that emotional core the way the trilogy did i actually think that original demographic would've enjoyed it too #in a similar way to how i adore the trilogy despite not being the intended target audience. it has enough substance to carry past its flaws #nella talks

[lulii999]

They’re just so…FOND of each other. 😍😍

“No Shepard without Vakarian,” indeed.

Now excuse me while I lie down and just think of them an absurd amount.

(Also for those interested, I am offering some commissions in this style. For more info check out my commissions post on my profile, or DM or email me at: [email protected])

#mass effect #mass effect legendary edition #mass effect legendary collection #mass effect trilogy #garrus romance #mass effect garrus #garrus vakarian #shepard x garrus #garrus x femshep #garrus fanart #garrus x shepard #femshep #commander shepard #original character #original character art #original art #scifi #turian #character #character art #character artist #character artwork #art #illustration #commissions open #oc #Artemis Shepard

[enarien]

my toxic trait: starting 20+ new characters for that perfect walktrough, not finishing the game ONCE

#the only games i finished multiple times are mass effect games (the original trilogy) lol #baldur's gate 3 #the witcher 2 #the witcher 3 #cyberpunk 2077 #assassin's creed #swtor #vampire masquerade #vtmb #skyrim #x com #im sure there's more...

[frostbackmountaineering]

fullbody for @dwarrowdams lovely taria adracus! very fond of the spiral-y clan markings on her face comms open as usual :)

#mass effect #mass effect trilogy #me2 #me3 #mass effect 2 #mass effect 3 #turian #mass effect oc #mass effect art #original character #oc #mass effect fanart #mass effect fandom #bioware #digital art #indigenous artist #queer artist #art #art tag