Hi hi you don’t mind me popping in!! So I just read your tags on the TIM-LI Picture-Manipulation post and 👀👀 I am so here for Sheps who are FURIOUS about being forced to work with Cerberus/TIM. I’d love to hear how your Shep(s) handle the whole being brought back to life by Cerberus plot point.
(Also hehe complicated relationship status left off in ME1 just for everything to go to hell FEEL that with my Shakarian idiots)
Yeah, nope, pop right in, I love talking about my kids. I'm gonna do at least a little for the four main ones bc I think it's so interesting how their background/profile effects their view on the whole thing.
Boys first, since they're less developed 😅
Charlie(Earthborn/Ruthless) spent a decade working for a gang, then the time in Alliance military, and he's very ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about authority in general, so he does to TIM what he's done before; "Uh-huh, sure"s his way through the conversation(maybe pushed back a little more against his BS) and then did what he thought was best regardless of what TIM wanted(Very big believer in "Easier to ask forgiveness than permission"). Long as he gets result and doesn't cost too much in the process, the worst he's ever gotten is a slap on the wrist, so TIM doesn't scare him anymore than his gang leader or DI did. xD Why waste a second chance at life, right? He was very "I know, dude" about Kaidan's whole thing with not trusting Cerberus on Horizon. He did relish blowing the Collector base to hell and flipping TIM double birds as he flew off in the nice shiny new warship. :3
Quinn(Colonist/Sole Survivor) viewed working with Cerberus and having their leash on his neck, so to speak, as the price to pay for them bringing him back and giving him a second shot at taking down the Reapers, since he feels like he failed first time around. Not thrilled about it, definitely looking for a way out, but if this is what it takes to defeat the Collectors, he doesn't really have much choice, does he? He romanced Ashley, and if anyone had overtly threatened to do anything to her, I think he would have just laughed and wished them good luck. xD
Emily(Spacer/War Hero) is grateful to be alive but sees working with Cerberus almost as a punishment, or penance of some sort or something like that. She failed against the Collectors and this arrangement was the price tag on getting another chance. A lot like Quinn(my Paragon bbys), but with added guilt. Almost like she deserves this, even though she hates it, bc she's The Hero and she failed at her job. She felt like she was suffocating, she wanted out, but they brought her back and they were the only ones taking the Reapers seriously, so she stayed. She struggled the most with her identity and holding herself together like puzzle missing pieces, and Horizon didn't help with that. A lot of the stuff Kaidan says there was stuff she'd wondered herself. She did not have a good time.
Lisa(Colonist/Ruthless, a delicious combo to play) might be grateful to be alive, but she's fucking furious at Cerberus for just about everything else, lol. How dare they try to use Kaidan to manipulate her? (if they touch one hair on his head-) How dare they toss her a couple of her friends as if that will make her happy with this arrangement? (happy as she is to see her bestie Tali again, she knows why TIM let her have Tali and Garrus back, it's to give her a tie to the crew and make her care and keep her here and she resent the hell out of the motivation even if she's relieved with the familiar faces) She feels trapped and manipulated and mentally is just semi-feral, lunging against her chains with every ounce of strength the entire way through. she'll work with them bc she has literally no choice, but doesn't ever miss a chance to push against it, to say "No, we do this MY FUCKING WAY. You need me, we do it the way I want", to grab for just a little bit of control. IF she has to stay bc Cerebrus is the only one Doing Anything against the Reapers/Collectors, she's gonna do everything she can to keep a little bit of agency. (Horizon was by far the worst for her bc of the complicated state of her and Kaidan relationship/romance, his pointing out the... murky morality of a choice she felt a) cornered into making and b) didn't feel like it was a choice hurt a LOT. She still got the romanced hug even with not sleeping with him and holy hell her emotions were a mess. She's not great with them anyway, and this did not help) Gonna c&p a post I made about one of the songs on her playlist bc it's still a pretty perfect summation of her attitude
Masquerade by Lindsey Stirling gives me really big Lisa Shepard vibes. I’ve never been able to put my finger on it, it just felt like a song for her. It’s the music box feel of the song. Lisa feels very…. herded. Caged. Controlled through ME2. More than my other Shepards she feels like the Illusive Man is just using her. A weapon in his arsenal, a wind up doll to point at a threat and make it no longer a threat because she’s Commander Shepard™, the one-woman army who Gets Shit Done and she resents it fiercely the whole way through.
But she has to go along with it, stay in the cage, dance to his tune, bc the Collectors are a threat. And no one else seems to be doing a damn thing about it. And she’s Commander Shepard, the one-woman army who’s willing to get her hands dirty and do hard things if it gets shit done and apparently the Reapers are “her problem” for now, so if this is the only way she currently has of stopping them, well. What choice does she have?
No matter how much she hates it.
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OC MASTERLIST
last update: 01 february 2024
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INTERACTIVE FICTION
ANGEL PAVON
alias: operative vesper
age: 28
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 6’2
specialization: infiltration
romance: nash, evie thierry (ex, au), seb ariti (au) [belongs to consulaaris]
verse: project hadea + original
BENJAMIN “BENJI” FINCH
alias: sunset bird resident
age: 23
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
occupation: guitarist + freelance artist
romance: cove holden, rowan hill (au) [belongs to consulaaris]
verse: our life + original
DAVINA VIRAC
alias: the painted phoenix
age: 25
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 6’, phoenix mythosi
weapon: double-bladed scythe
romance: syfyn javall (ex), amilia von clamile
verse: the exile
LEOVIC “VIC” RANE
alias: omen, commander-legate
age: 29
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’4, hunter-raised mage
specialization: circle-trained diviner
romance: red antiqua (ex), trouble alder
verse: shepherds of haven
LINDEN “LUX” KENNEDY
alias: lead vocalist of saint reverie
age: 26
identity: they/them, bisexual
appearance: 5’11
occupation: alternative rock singer
romance: seven lawless (ex), orion quinn
verse: infamous
RIVER LOVELL
alias: rivlaughluv
age: 27
identity: they/them, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
occupation: private lab technician
romance: olivia santos (au)
verse: blooming panic + original
TABITHA ABRAMS
alias: the preacher
age: 26
identity: she/they, lesbian
appearance: 5’7
occupation: vampire-hunting swindler
romance: celina sokolova
verse: larkin
VERONICA SCARLET
alias: the wayward scarlet
age: 25
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’8
occupation: biology grad student
romance: avery belle
verse: scarlet hollow
YANA ROMANUS SEVILLA
alias: white company mercenary
age: 29
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’4
occupation: mercenary + latin translator
romance: hadrian
verse: the golden rose
TTRPGS
ELAITH NATHAIR
alias: the druid
age: 32
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’7, half sun elf
class: circle of spores druid
romance: none
verse: dungeons & dragons
LON LAURIER
alias: the investigator
age: 33
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’3
occupation: wwi veteran + museum curator
romance: ethan ripley
verse: call of cthulhu
DC COMICS
OLIVIA SANTOS
alias: the lawyer
age: 27
identity: she/her, demiromantic bi
appearance: 5’5
occupation: defense attorney
romance: dick grayson, river lovell (au)
DRAGON AGE
GABRIEL COUSLAND
alias: hound of highever
age: 23 in 9:30 dragon
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 6’
class: duelist + shadow rogue
romance: nathaniel howe, leliana (au)
NALAH MAHARIEL
alias: hero of ferelden
age: 24 in 9:30 dragon
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’4
class: berserker + spirit warrior
romance: tamlen (ex), zevran arainai
THE ELDER SCROLLS
ARISE VALEN
alias: the vestige
age: 33 in 2E 583
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’9, dunmer
class: dragonknight
romance: fennorian
TORA THE DOVAHKIIN
alias: the last dragonborn
age: 29 in 4E 201
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’8, nord
class: conjuration warrior
romance: farkas
FALLOUT
MARISOL REYES
alias: courier six
age: 29 in 2281
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’6
skills: speech, guns, repair
romance: none
FINAL FANTASY XIV
D’ALIA LIVEQ
alias: warrior of light
age: 28 in ARR
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’4, seeker miqo’te
job: summoner, dark knight, dancer
romance: minfilia warde (ex), sidurgu orl
MASS EFFECT
MALENA SHEPARD
alias: the commander
age: 29 in 2183
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
class: vanguard
romance: kaidan alenko
SONORA “SONI” RYDER
alias: the pathfinder
age: 22 in 2819
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’8
class: sentinel
romance: vetra nyx
PATHFINDER
MERITHIA DE CHARON
alias: queen of the stolen lands
age: 29
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’7, aasimar
class: celestial line sorcerer
romance: tristian
RESIDENT EVIL
EVELINE “EVIE” THIERRY
alias: the detective
age: 28
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’1
occupation: private investigator
romance: jill valentine, angel pavon (ex, au)
STAR WARS - KOTOR
SHIVA AMHI
alias: the jedi exile
age: 31 in 298 BTC
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’5, mirialan
class: consular + master
romance: atton rand
VANNA PHY
alias: revan
age: 33 in 303 BTC
identity: they/she, bisexual
appearance: 5’9, human
class: scout + sentinel
romance: malak (ex), canderous ordo
STAR WARS - SWTOR
ANA MAITE VICARI
alias: the wrath
age: 21 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’3, human
class: marauder + shadow
romance: jaesa willsaam
ANDAN VICARI
alias: cipher six, sith intelligence commander
age: 24 in 10 ATC
identity: he/him, demiromantic bi
appearance: 5’11, human
class: operative + gunslinger
romance: rysandor riel [belongs to consulaaris]
CADRIEN TIRAI
alias: lord tirai, claw of the empire
age: 19 in 12 ATC
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’1, miraluka
class: juggernaut + sage
romance: minaiph tirai [belongs to hythlodaes]
EDELIE LOK CADERA
alias: champion of the great hunt
age: 18 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, bi demisexual
appearance: 5’2, human
class: mercenary + powertech
romance: torian cadera
JORANI RHA
alias: captain of the fortune’s favour
age: 24 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’7, twi’lek
class: scoundrel + mercenary
romance: blaire myrrho [belongs to consulaaris]
KAIZEN “KAI” AMHI
alias: jedi battlemaster, the outlander
age: 20 in 10 ATC
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’2, mirialan
class: guardian + sage
romance: theron shan
MITTH’ALIA’MIURANI “THALIA”
alias: CEDF infiltrator/biochemist
age: 25 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, bi demisexual
appearance: 5’9, chiss
class: sniper + operative
romance: saganu
MITTH’ASTON “THASTON”
alias: cipher nine
age: 23 in 10 ATC
identity: they/them, bisexual
appearance: 6’1, chiss
class: sniper + powertech
romance: kaliyo djannis (ex), hunter (ex)
SARAJAH RIZAS
alias: jedi barsen’thor
age: 23 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, bi demisexual
appearance: 6’, cathar
class: shadow
romance: felix iresso
VIN KHARU
alias: havoc squad commander
age: 25 in 10 ATC
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 5’8, nautolan
class: vanguard + mercenary
romance: elara dorne
WYLAN ORIAS
alias: ex-padawan mechanic
age: 20 in 20 ATC
identity: he/him, bi asexual
appearance: 6’4, echani
class: shadow + guardian
romance: jase bralor
ZOYAH KALLIG
alias: darth occlus
age: 26 in 10 ATC
identity: she/they, poly bisexual
appearance: 5’, rattataki
class: assassin + sorcerer
romance: andronikos revel
VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE
INES DELAROSA
alias: the fledgling
age: 25 at embrace in 2004
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’2
clan: toreador
occupation: metal singer
romance: ash rivers
THOMAS REAUX
alias: the sire
age: 28 at embrace in 1919, final death in 2004
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 6’2
clan: toreador
occupation: jazz pianist
romance: none
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Muses
Muses that are Male/Femboy:
Danny Phantom: Danny Fenton/Phantom
Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong
Dragon Prince: Callum, Ezra
Fate/Stay: Astolfo
Final Fantasy: Cloud Strife
Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss: Moxie, Angel Dust
MHA: Izuku Midoriya (Deku)
OC: Midan Aurum
Pokemon: Calem, Machamp
Ratchet and Klank: Ratchet
RWBY: Oscar, Ozpin, Jaune
Spyro: Spyro
Transformers Prime: Jackson Darby
Undertale/Deltarune: Asriel Dreemur
Muses that are Female/Futa:
Adventure Time: Marceline, Princess Bubblegum
American Dragon Jake Long: Rose, Susan Long, Haley Long
Arcane: Powder/Jinx, Vi
Avatar the Last Airbender: Katara, Azula
Ben 10: Gwen Tennyson
Bofuri: Maple, Sally
Danny Phantom: Dani Phantom, Sam Manson, Jaz Fenton
DC: Starfire, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Harley Quinn
Dragon Prince: Rayla, Claudia, Ellis, Ava
Fate/Stay: Artoria Pendragon
Final Fantasy: Tifa Lockheart, Aerith
Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss: Loona, Millie, Beelzebub, Mrs. Mayberry, Octavia, Charlie Morningstar, Emily
Mario: Princess Peach, Bowsette
Marvel: Gwen Stacy, Susan Storm (Invisible Woman)
Mass Effect: Tali Zora Vas'Normandy, Miranda Lawson, Liara T'soni, EDI
MHA: Froppy, Ururaka, Momo, Toru, Miruko
Naruto/Boruto: Hinata, Tsunade, Sakura
OC: Tink, Dew, Loti, Samael Silverquill
Pokemon: Misty, May, Dawn, Juliana, Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny
Ratchet and Clank: Rivet, Kit
RWBY: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Nora, Salem, Glinda Goodwitch, Pyrha
SAO: Suguha "Leafa", Yui, Asuna
Spyro: Elora
Star Wars: Ahsoka Tano
Transformers Prime: Arcee, Airachnid, June Darby
Undertale/Deltarune: Toriel Dreemur
Overwatch: Tracer
Muses that can be any gender:
Undertale/Deltarune: Frisk, Chara, Kris
Disney: All (Exceptions on a case by case basis, no real people)
Mass Effect: Commander Shepard
Ben 10: Ben Tennyson
That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime: Rimuru Tempest
Naruto/Boruto: Naruto Uzumaki, Boruto Uzumaki
OC: Jacwyn Silverquill
Pokemon: Ralts line
DC: Beast Boy
SAO: Kirigaia "Kirito"
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