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tempestrune

warmup idk his back looked good here

a-lenko-shepar-d

tempestrune

shep doodles

tempestrune

big fan of whenever shepard has to carry kaidan. sketch

bellaralutare

bonniepferd

what can I say... I love steaks

ahhrenata

What would I do without you?

You’ll never find out.

revvethasmythh

happy birthday to THE bitch of all time

artofmisi

happy birthday commander shepard! ♥

pignk

seventh-dawns

I love Kaidan Alenko a lot, lol. Every single thing about him, I love so much.

He knows exactly who he is and is comfortable with himself; he doesn't "need fixing" and tells Shepard that outright.

He's got a steadfast sense of morality and won't compromise his beliefs for anyone, not even his partner. He apologizes after Horizon but he won't say he was wrong. (And he knows he wasn't.)

He was a skilled and decorated officer even before joining the Normandy. He's hard-working, driven, and intelligent. His promotions feel earned. He outranks Shepard by ME3 because he's a damn good soldier.

His biotics set him apart, and throughout the trilogy, he becomes more assured of himself and confident in his abilities.

He goes from saying stuff like "I may as well get a paycheck for (being biotic)" to mentoring other biotics in the military and running his own special forces squads.

From holding back because he's afraid of hurting someone to learning to reave and bragging about it, embracing his biotics as something good. Something to be proud of— because they are.

Even after everything he’s been through, he’s not bitter. He’s not jaded. Underneath it all, he’s still the kid who read books about the hero going to space to prove himself worthy of the person he loves (or, you know, for justice.) He’s still a romantic.

He left BAaT feeling like he screwed everything up and after taking some time, rejoined the Alliance to serve because he wanted to make a difference. And he does. He has such a positive impact on everyone around him.

I love him. He’s an incredibly strong, kind, honest, and brave character. 💙

ssv-akinarii

Some Fem!Sheps，l love her🥺💗

prezs

this is still the funniest way to start a romance in a video game possibly ever

pr

the breakup prompt is equally bad

swaps55

This is why it's Like That.

Bioware writer Patrick Weekes took the time to explain how one of Mass Effect 2's most hilariously awkward conversation prompts made its way

From the article (which I believe was written before Trick changed their pronouns):

"Late 2009. I'm on Mass Effect 2," Weekes says. "Given that we're only a few months from ship, Mass Effect 2 is also on me. I'm one of a few writers left on the project, tackling bugs. A bug comes in saying that there's a lack of clarity around the opt-in to Thane's romance -- you only get one chance to choose to romance him, and they're missing it, and therefore missing a bunch of content. And some folks are opting in by accident, too. Thane's writer has left the team, so I look at the conversation. It's a great conversation! But I can also see how you could look at the dialogue options and not realize that one of them is you saying, "Let's start a relationship." So, yes, needs to be fixed. "2020 Brain: Wouldn't the big heart icon make that clear? Aha, but this is 2009. ME2 (and even ME3) didn't use icons to indicate that you were entering a relationship. No hover text on big choices, either! (See also, "How people accidentally ended up showering with Traynor.")

"2020 Brain: Okay, so let's rewrite the end of the scene, touching the original writer's lines as lightly as possible, to add a clean chance to opt into a romance with Thane. "Aha, but this is LATE 2009. This scene is LOCKED. No dialogue changes possible. Game DONE, yo. Thane is talking about how his wife died. He's never told anyone. A Shepard who wants to romance Thane tells him she's there for Thane to lean on, whatever he needs. "Original paraphase was something like, "I'm here for you." The writer (Chris L'Etoile) did an amazing job. "But players who wanted to romance Thane didn't understand that this dialogue choice was their one and only chance to get onto a romance path with him. "And players who DIDN'T want to romance Thane didn't like stumbling onto it by accident. "2009 Me: So I have no heart icon, I can't change the dialogue at all. Literally I can do is change the paraphrase, and I have to change it so nobody has any doubt about what this line indicates. "2009 Me: Nailed it."

"Did 2009 Me think this was a good paraphrase?" Weekes continued. "WOW NO! Was it the best 2009 Me could come up with to be 100% clear, with no other changes available and paraphrases limited to 30 characters? APPARENTLY YES! Every time I see this play on Twitch, the player makes fun of the paraphrase. "Subtle, Shepard!" And they are totally right! I wish we'd caught this earlier, so I could've changed the lines or done SOMETHING less clunky than this. But this is what last-minute fixes look like."