#nadia doesn't recruit him in ME1 and i diverge from canon options by ME3

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mass effect fandom typically has no problem disregarding or rewriting portions of canon, but one thing i have almost never seen touched is the friendship between garrus and shepard. so here is a poll because i am genuinely curious. i tried to be as expansive as poll limitations allowed, but since we are already throwing out canon i recognize there are a lot of variances that haven't been included. because of that, i would particularly like it if people elaborated about their non-romantic relationship with garrus in the tags, comments, or reblogs - especially if you are someone who has voted for any of the non-friend options. thanks for your time!

this post is not meant to be garrus critical. garrus enjoyers are welcome to participate in the poll, i only ask that you are respectful toward other people who may not have him as their favorite, or who may just simply roleplay a shepard that does not have him as their (best) friend for whatever reason.

#mass effect #mass effect polls #kaidan alenko #ashley williams #liara t'soni #i feel like such an ass tagging with those char tags but i really want a discussion started 😭 #if you want it removed from one of the character tags let me know and i'll oblige #(i didn't tag gman only bc i feel like most of the ppl who frequent that tag are the ones who romance him and this is a non-romance poll) #tbh i already know what the most popular choice(s) are going to be #but maybe the convo it starts will be interesting :3 #anyway. my answer to the poll: #nadia doesn't recruit him in ME1 and i diverge from canon options by ME3 #i think he is a crew member in ME2 as per canon but in ME3 he only joins temporarily and leaves with victus #like how you can dismiss the VS after the coup and they just become a war asset #the overall poll option that suits her best i think is just that she doesn't hate him but she also doesn't trust him #but if i went by game me1 would be that she mostly doesn't remember he exists #me2 would be antagonistic coworkers but (very grudging) trust in combat #me3 is the overall poll option i already mentioned. more or less