#rydam

[hanatsuki89]

"Something familiar"

Or, the story of how Ryder and Liam find a home in each other 600 light years away from home.

#eleonora ryder #liam kosta #rydam #hanatsuki89 #mass effect andromeda

[alenkosx]

➸ You dumbass.

#meedit #meaedit #gamingedit #mass effect andromeda #mass effect: andromeda #mea #liam kosta #hope ryder #femryder #sis!ryder #liam x ryder #rydam #liam x hope #otp: something familiar #mine #finally i finished mea with this ryder #so i made a quick gifset :)

[queen-scribbles]

Just look at these little cuties I got from @naarisz​!! 🥰🥰 They’re too adorable for words.

#emily shepard #kaidan alenko #shenko #cam ryder #liam kosta #rydam #mass effect #mass effect andromeda

[ziskandra]

From the fanfic writer emoji ask game: 🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

🍦 the sweetest fic i've created so far!

oh my gosh, I think this is the first question that's thrown me for an entire loop because I don't tend to write a lot of sweet stuff without a very hefty dose of bitter! I would say probably one of my Ryder/Liam pieces, as they're probably the softest pairing I have ever been obsessed with in my life. Three Words is probably the most tender, but Fiercely Bearded would probably give it a run for its money, it just has a little extra bit of spice 🌶🔥

Fanfic Writer Emoji Asks

#asha answers #mxanigel #thank you for the ask!! #i am not joking when i said this one made me think a lot sdjksdf #more welcome <3 #thoughts on writing #rydam

[sugarbubbleslove]

I've been a busy girl.

Got my hands on a PS5!!

Ordered the Kaidan Statue.

Ordered the Alistair T-Shirt.

Ordered the Kaidan hoodie.

Caught COVID...(two and a half year I managed to avoid it).

Oh well, I used this time to play as much of Greedfall (and Romanced Kurt and I am feeling the urge to romance Aphra for a change 👀).

And I'm now playing Mass Effect Andromeda and the start up screen music...it's like coming home all over again.

(and Liam's little wave to Ryder is just so damn dorky that I'm gonna romance his ass again)

#Mass Effect #they were good for me #regarding Kaidan Alenko #and Alistair #Greedfall #mass effect andromeda #Rydam for the win #but i will try and romance Reyes with Scott #soon

[thanekrios]

#liam kosta #vetra nyx #rydam #mass effect #mass effect andromeda #mea #liam x ryder #ryder x liam #nell ryder #mass effect edit #mea edit #i'm sorry i make you go with them vetra! #i also love that in that last scene gil is super amused by liam's joke and vetra is like 'u kidding me? u stan them???' #galiedits

[favoriteblogonthecitadel]

How it started vs how it's going: Rydam Edition

#Saraí Ryder #Liam Kosta #Rydam #The way my heart belongs to this boy #extrovert + introvert solidarity #mass effect andromeda #you know what they say about the first day in a new home? #<3 <3

[tempest-ssv]

Me: Don’t romance Liam again don’t romance Liam again don’t romance Liam again don’t romance Liam again

Liam: *the only one who stays with Ryder in the SAM node post habitat 7*

Me: god damn it

#tempest posts #liam kosta #rydam #mass effect andromeda #me: andromeda #holly ryder

[theserpantandhislion]

https://youtu.be/GbaBbPj3pX4

I can't get enough of this video my favorite not mine just a share from YouTube

#liam x sara #rydam #liam kosta #sara ryder

[hanatsuki89]

Before landing on Meridian.

I love that a romanced Liam does everything he can to turn a bad memory (shuttle crash on Habitat7, the big fall leading to Alec sacrifice) into something less haunting for Ryder with the cheesy jokes and the date on Eos.

#liam kosta #eleonora ryder #rydam #hanatsuki89 #mass effect andromeda

[grayingskies]

#mass effects #mass effect: andromeda #ryder #liam kosta #rydam #my gifs and edits #mine: me #the typo #old posts

[queen-scribbles]

"Being cute cannot save you from everything." from the teasing prompts for whoever it fits best :D

THAT'S a Cam/Liam prompt if I ever heard one, so the ME:A babes are back, being entirely too cute. It's their brand, what can I say? ☺

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Liam didn’t have a specific plan in mind as he headed for Ryder’s cabin. Just general knowledge they had a couple hours free before they reached Eos, and a short list of suggestion on how to occupy that time. If she wanted. She usually came looking for him to chat or spend time together, he figured he could take the initiative for once.

His steps slowed as a muffled voice filtered out her cabin door. Sounded like she was talking to someone.  There was no second voice in the pauses, but she could be on comms. Liam hesitated, not wanting to interrupt. A thud and what sounded suspiciously like cursing got him over it and he hit the door controls.

“-cute can’t save you from everything!!” Cam was standing on her bed, the words hollered seemingly toward the (empty) wall. Her gaze snapped toward him.  “Kosta, close the door!!”

She lunged in his direction, and Liam’s surprise slowed his reaction enough they hit the button at the same time.

Just in time to block the chittering blue pyjack trying to make his escape. SJ let out a screech at being stymied and scrambled up a bookshelf to cling near the ceiling. He held one arm curled in protectively to his chest.

“Stole my precision welder,” Cam explained, huffing loose hair out of her eyes and glaring at the pyjack. “I need it to finish upgrading Rover, and I don’t want the little bastard to hurt himself.” She turned a pleading glance toward Liam.  “Help me catch him? Please?”

He laughed and gave what remained of her ponytail a teasing tweak.  “Sure, but you’ll owe me.”

“I can live with that,” Cam winked.

Even working together, it took another half hour to catch SJ, as well as several very strategic pincer moves and the destruction of a model ship Liam promised to help her fix. Cam gave a bark of triumph as she pulled the tool from SJ’s grip. She unceremoniously dumped him outside her cabin--”Go bother Vetra or something”--and closed the door. She shot Liam a grateful grin. “Thanks. That’s the last time I let the little mischief maker in here while I’m working.”

Liam chuckled as he helped her start straightening up. “Yeah, you’re welcome. But whaddid you expect, namin’ him after your brother?”

Cam paused to fix her ponytail, then tossed a pillow at him, striated blue and green like the sky over Voeld. “Shut up, Kosta.” The rest of her pillows went back on the bed without care how they landed.

Liam grinned as he caught the pillow and winged it back at her.

She dodged, snatched another off the bed, and arched a brow at him as she readied to throw. “Sure you wanna do that? Pillow fight with a sniper? I have very good aim.”

He crossed his arms and arched a brow right back. “Bring it, Ryder.”

The pillow hit him square in the face.

The second one caught his shoulder thanks to how hard she was laughing. Liam grabbed one up in each hand and charged toward her.

“Liam, no-!” Ryder’s protest dissolved into a giggle-fit as she made a half-hearted attempt to whack him again and fend off his attack. Liam bopped her once with each pillow, then wrapped her in a bear hug as they tumbled onto the bed. They lay there laughing themselves breathless, wrestling for the pillows until Cam gave up.

Liam pushed up to brace on his forearms, grinning down at her. “Just like your pyjack, being cute can’t save you from everything,” he teased. 

“No?” Cam shot him a mischievous smirk, eyes dancing. She snaked an arm around the back of his neck and pulled herself up to kiss him full on the mouth.  “How ‘bout that?”

Liam huffed a laugh, just managing to keep himself from falling on top of her with both the pleasant shock of the kiss and the weight of a whole-ass person hanging off his neck. “That’ll do it for me, but I dunno if you wanna try it with the kett or ahdi or anything.”

She giggled--God, he loved her laugh--and dropped back on the bed as she held his gaze. “You don’t, huh?”

“For starters, your boyfriend might get jealous,” he deadpanned, unable to hold back a snicker. She was so damn cute when she was being smug.

“Can’t have that,” Cam said playfully. She grabbed a fistful of his shirt and pulled him down for another kiss. “You know you’re my one and only, Kosta,” she murmured, resting one hand along his jaw.

Liam grinned and lightly bumped his nose to hers. “Ditto, Ryder.” He kissed her again, for the hell of it.

“So,” she murmured, holding him close enough their foreheads brushed,  “assuming you don’t have precog abilities to know about my pyjack problems, was there a reason you were lookin’ for me?”

“Had some ideas for how t’ pass the trip to Eos if you weren’t busy-”

“Shit, Rover,” Cam muttered, but grabbed Liam‘s arm when he started to roll away. “It can wait.” Wrapped her arms around his neck. “I’d much rather do this.”

He chuckled. “Aye, aye, boss.”

She whacked him with the green and blue pillow again, both laughing as they went in for another kiss. The rest of the trip passed way too quickly.

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(Yes, Cam named her pyjack Scott Jr and is surprised he's a troublemaker. Scott is very proud of his "nephew".)

#queens fic #teasing prompts #cam ryder #liam kosta #cam/liam #ryder/liam #rydam #mea #mass effect andromeda

[ziskandra]

Choosing violence ❤ number 7, 20 & 21?

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them? okay so i already answered this question here, but rereading my answer there made me remember that there is yet more violence within my heart. before i start, a disclaimer: i cannot remember for the life of me if you also mass effect, so if you do not, apologies in advance for going on a rant for which you have limited context. that being said, the first character that immediately comes to mind is reyes vidal. andromeda fandom was only even really active for like, three months, but the amount of flare ups that happened that were centered on this one man...! who i will admit is quite fascinating, not that you would know it given the way most of his fanbase acted. because god forbid anybody characterise this man, who styles himself as the charlatan, who canonically tricks Ryder into doing his dirty work, be portrayed as maybe a tad manipulative or having goals that are a little bigger than banging his girlfriend. oh yeah. i said it. it was, for the most part, the femeryder fanbase I witnessed acting atrociously; while there were some wild takes on the mreyder side as well (like people saying that nobody should romance reyes with their female ryders), for the most part it was really justified salt due to the lack of mlm romance options compared to all other combinations. but the femryder side? they were eating their own, getting embroiled in popularity contests only one side knew they were even competing in, and it was a whole shitshow!!! anyway, as i said. fascinating character, would love to rotate him in my brain a bit, but sometimes recalling his existence makes me want to chew glass. maybe now that enough time has passed i should do a proper me:a replay and rewire some happier memories over those shit ones. (the funniest(?) part of this was that i was never really a reyder shipper--i was happily hanging out in my rydam corner--but seeing the way some of my friends were treated made me wary of bioware fandom for years to come lol. and yet did i learn? no.) 20. part of canon you found tedious or boring answered here! i have no backup answer for this one alas, i suppose my dragon age hot take is that i actually enjoy most of it 😔 21. part of canon you think is overhyped the ending of here lies the abyss! it's not exactly the canon moment itself, but rather the fandom reaction to it? people often treat it as a big dramatic moment of omg having to choose, but i don't know if it's because I'm a fan of Blorbo Suffering™, or I'm not convinced that whoever remained in the Fade is actually dead (can anybody in thedas truly be killed in a way that matters?), but idk. I just don't find it as emotionally impactful as other Big Decision moments in the series I suppose! (e.g., the Landsmeet, Anders's fate-- they always have me holding my breath, at the very least!) [choose violence ask game]

#asha answers #fergus-cousland #thank you for the asks!! #i hope my rants were at least somewhat entertaining

[sugarbubbleslove]

Mass Effect and Death

I swear I really do love Mass Effect Andromeda.

I'm playing this again (and romancing Liam because, yes!)

And I decided to look a little closer at the mechanics.

Under the cut cause it's a little long.

PS - Sara is my canon pathfinder

Peebee calls out on Liam sticking close to the Pathfinder and Liam admits to it, even saying he doesn't do it for anyone else.

It's TRUE!! He actually does stick close to Sara (at least in this one because I'm romancing him so he's in my party all the time). I turn around, there he is.

And it dawns on me.

It's because he's already seen Sara die once, he's not letting it happen on his watch.

If you take Cora with you to the second site on Eos and you unleash the Fiend, Cora calls the Tempest down for an immediate evacuation for Sara.

At first - that confused me because hello, Sara is the Pathfinder, she's kind of needed on the ground and she can fight then it dawned on me Cora was still reeling from Alec's death, Sara's death, and the blow of the golden worlds.

Of course, her immediate reaction to a clear threat is to get Sara OUT of it. She's already seen Sara die, Alec gave up his life to protect his daughter so yeah, Cora is going to prioritise Sara over everything else.

Then of course Kallo says sorry, Kett is inbound which results in Sara cursing. Poor sweetheart

And it just makes the death scene on the Archon ship hit even harder. That's TWICE now that Sara has died in front of Liam/Cora (if they come) or they heard her die over the radio (like Suvi says). No wonder Cora says 'not again' because she doesn't want to see it again.

It was bad enough the first time round that it makes you wonder just how bad it was. We know Sara was having fits because she couldn't handle the connection, the bloodshot around the screen when Sara does open her eyes a couple of times (indicating low health) and the fact that Liam is pacing in the background while Cora is hovering over Sara as Harry demands the Hyperion to prep the med-bay.

It would have hit even harder because this time, they need to rely on SAM to bring Sara back. They can't break free of the restraints so they can't help SAM. It must have been frustrating and desperate at teh same time.

Then add in the fact that she dies again near the end when the Archon servers SAM and Sara's connection. This time - they're even more helpless.

SAM can't bring her back, they can't bring her back. They have no medical equipment, no doctor on the ground (whereas in ME - Kaidan could pass as Medical Support in ME1, Miranda and Mordin are doctors (considering Miranda is the one who was heading the project to bring Shepard back), which makes it even more obvious in ME3 when Kaidan was hurt and they had no one with any medical abilities on the team/ship.)

They are locked in a room neither one can open so when Sara does wake up...damn, it just sends shivers down my spine thinking how close the Nexus was to losing Sara and her team.

I love the little details we get with that but at the same time, I really wish Bioware would put a bit more effort into the aftermath of a death.

Look at Shepard - she basically wakes up and discovers years have passed and just tells everyone she got better. We only got any indication she has issues with it in 3 when you meet her clone - she shuts down any conversation regarding her clone pretty hard - and when you see the video on Cerberus regarding her death.

You don't get anyone else's reactions, just disbelief that she is alive and that's it. Nothing else.

Kaidan asks her if she remembers anything then...nothing?

Same here. Sara gets to die 3 times.

Yet each time is brushed off?

(Still think Shepard wins the award since she was actually dead for 2 years but Sara still has a chance).

Then again, that is what's Fanfiction is for, I guess.

#Mass Effect Andromeda #Mass Effect #Sara Ryder #Liam Kosta #Cora Harper #Rydam #I swear this pairing sucks me in everytime #Liam/Sara Ryder #Cora & Sara Ryder #Death #and the effect it has

[thanekrios]

#liam kosta #rydam #liam x ryder #ryder x liam #mass effect #mass effect andromeda #nell ryder #mass effect edit #galiedits

[sopheronipepperoni]

Home

AN: Set some time after post-game.  Writing vignettes like these are my favorite.  “Before bed” kiss.

-

The lights in her quarters were turned as low as they could go without being completely off, washing everything in a barely-there blue hue.  She knew Liam was set to return from Podromos at some time, but not exactly when.  The now-routine day of bustling about Meridian had been more exhausting today than usual, and so as she waited she fought a battle with her drooping eyelids.

She was snuggled up in one of his more ragged shirts—she’d claimed it when he first started flying back and forth to help the colony.  In the silence of the Pathfinder’s quarters, she felt cocooned, completely safe, as she did few other places in Andromeda.  Just as she finally began drifting off, the main door slid open with a soft whisper, SAM chiming softly that it was just Liam when her pulse started to race.

She squinted against the light, Liam’s frame casting shadows on the wall before the door closed behind him, casting the room back into darkness.

“Sorry, Sara,” he murmured.  There were the soft creaks of his armor as he stepped closer into the room, a quiet thump as he set down his kit.  “Not sure if you’re asleep.”

She shifted, lifting her head from the pillow.  “Liam.”  It was more breath than anything, and then he was kneeling by the bedside, his gloved hand brushing her cheek before resting his forehead against hers.

“Sorry I’m so late.”

She closed her eyes, taking him in, still fighting sleep.  “Mmhmm.  Don’t know what time it is.”  He huffed a soft chuckle.  “I do know that now you’re home.”

He kissed her forehead.  “Not even Augie could keep me away.”

“Good.”  She flopped back down, already scooting over to make room—never mind that he could just walk around to the other side of the bed.

“Give me a minute.  Gotta get out of this armor, and then I’ll be there.”  There was a smile in his voice, and he stepped away.  For countless moments she drifted in that in-between place, right on the edge of sleep where reality bends and takes on that dream-like quality.  And then the bed dipped—on her side—and she was in his arms, and his warmth was around her, and now she felt the safest.  She released a breath she hadn’t realized had been building in her chest, and her nose brushed against his collarbone as she quested around for not his collarbone.

He chuckled again, the sound swallowed by the room.  “Here, Sara.”  And then he was tilting her chin up, until his lips were a soft press against hers, and she melted.

She was nestled against him, when he whispered, “Is that my shirt?”  His hand was warm against her back.

“Too unprofessional for a member of the Pathfinder team.  Too many holes.  Better for this,” she mumbled.

“Good thinking.  Looks better on you, anyway.”  He pressed a kiss to her hair.

She was right there, a few breaths away from slipping under.  “I’m glad you’re home.”

“Me too.”  His arms tightened around her.  “Always.”

This—this right here—was home.

#mass effect #mass effect andromeda #liam kosta #sara ryder #liam x ryder #rydam #kiss prompts