Someone else might've gotten it wrong.

❄️ I mostly only reblog stuff, but I post about games I like when I feel like it too ❄️ She/Her, Polish, bisexual, 22 (queer safe space over here) 🍉🏳️‍🌈 { languages 🇵🇱 & 🇬🇧, a bit of 🇮🇸 }

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Edited stuff again; spent like 12+ hours on this, but it was fun, and I actually like it a lot (mild flash warning though, just in case)

If the women of assassin's creed have no fans, then I'm surely dead. They're important to me and I love them all very dearly. Whenever I see the hate and misogyny in this fandom, I can't help but be grateful for the devs and writers who fought for them to exist and be included as main characters of their own stories. Teenaged me loved the stories of Aveline and Evie Frye, and adult me loves the stories of Kassandra and Eivor, and I bet I will like experiencing the story of Naoe as well, once I play the game for myself instead of just watching it somewhere.

People don't talk enough about how much of an impact seeing strong women in media can have on a young girl, and even though they almost always have a male counterpart (thanks to Ubisoft's weird thing of "women don't sell as protagonists") or are overlooked in marketing, or are included as the love interest, I still love them, and I think they're important and will continue to be important. Even when their haters resort to misogyny and double standards to put them down as "DEI bullshit". God forbid women get the same tropes and traits the men do, right?

Ubisoft might be a greedy company, but I won't ever say that their devs (not the executive board) didn't create something special that I hold very close to my heart even when I'm not obsessing over it at the time ❤️

The song is "The Hand", and I need to mention that I owe Anabelle Dinda my life for writing it.

[kirinwyn]

james sitting there like 👁️👄👁️ while shepard and kaidan bicker on mars

[medialogue]

ME3 Citadel: Retake the Normandy (Shuttle Bay Fight Banter)

Retake the Normandy Masterpost

Note: The phases may be inaccurate, as I think it's based on how fast you get the clone down to the necessary HP/medi-gel packs.

First Phase:

Crew not in Shepard's squad:

James (if he calls Shepard Lola): Hey, Lola. You copy? James (if he calls Shepard Loco): Hey Loco. You copy? James (otherwise): Shepard, this is Vega! Do you copy? Over! EDI: Shepard, can you hear me? Javik: Commander, do you hear this? Wrex: Shepard, you getting this? Garrus: Shepard, you hearing this? Liara: Shepard, can you hear me? Tali: Tali'Zorah to Shepard, do you copy?

Shepard (if James calls her Lola): Lola here. You cut through the jamming? Shepard (if James calls him Loco): Loco here. You cut through the jamming? Shepard (if James calls them Commander): Shepard here, Vega. You cut through the jamming? Shepard (otherwise): Loud and clear. You cut through the jamming?

Crew not in Shepard's squad:

Liara (romanced): I wasn't going to let you down. Liara: We did. It was heavily defended, but we got through and disabled their tech. Ashley (romanced): No way I was going to leave you in the dark, Skipper. Ashley: Affirmative. Got a bit hot, but their jamming tech is down. Tali (romanced): I wasn't about to leave you alone out there. Tali: Yes. It was rough, but we disabled their tech. Kaidan (romanced): No way I was gonna sit on the sidelines and wait. Kaidan: Affirmative. Heavy fighting, but we got it done. Garrus (romanced): I'm not the "stay at home and worry" type. Garrus: Yeah, and picked up a few more scars in the process. Wrex: More "blew up" than "cut through". I told C-Sec you'd cover the damages. Javik: Along with many mercenaries. It was quite enjoyable. James: Yeah. A bit of collateral damage, but that part of the Citadel was kinda beat up already. EDI: Correct. The mercenaries defended their position fiercely, but we eventually succeeded.

Brooks: You should've died at that damn sushi place!

Cortez: Commander, the Normandy's prepping for a jump to FTL.

Joker: Can you get to the cockpit? Like soon?

Shepard: Negative. I'm occupied in the shuttle bay!

Cortez: Roger that, Commander. We'll proceed with Plan B.

Joker: Plan B? The hell is Plan B?

Clone: I am Commander Shepard!

Shepard: Are you kidding me?

Shepard (if Conrad Verner is alive): Conrad Verner is better at being me than you are!

Shepard (otherwise): You're nothing but one more mercenary thug!

Joker: Arg, again with the pancreas!

Cortez: I'm overriding the skycar's safeties, Commander. I'll obstruct the Normandy's path, try to get their attention.

Joker: We're bait? Plan B stands for bait?

Brooks: You ruined everything! My plan was perfect!

Squadmate:

Wrex: Except for the part where you're losing! Javik: Evidently not. James: If it was perfect, it would've worked! Garrus: Better luck next time! Liara: I'm happy to help! Tali: I'm so sorry!

Clone: My team is just as good as yours!

Shepard: A team? You have minions! And you're running out!

Brooks: You should've stayed in the archives! I tried to make it clean and painless!

Brooks: You can do it! You're better than he/she is.

Clone: Get Dagger Squad in here!

Brooks: We need backup!

Clone: I can win this war. All you have are the vain hopes of a tired old man/woman!

Shepard: This tired old man/woman is kicking your ass.

Squadmate:

EDI: You will regret your betrayal, Agent Brooks! Tali: We trusted you, Brooks! And you betrayed us! Liara: You should have known better than to come after us, Brooks! Kaidan: You betrayed us, Brooks! You don't get to walk away from that! Garrus: You betrayed us, Brooks! You're not walking away from that! Ashley: You're a backstabbing Cerberus traitor, Brooks! James: You had the whole galaxy out there, and you had to come screw with us! Javik: You were a fool to betray us!

Brooks: It was easy! You were so eager to help the loveable rookie!

Second Phase (after the shuttle bay door opens):

Squadmate:

EDI: Be careful! The door is still unsecured! Tali: Watch the cargo ramp! Liara: Be careful around the cargo ramp! Kaidan: Watch out! That door's unsecured! Garrus: Watch out! That door's still open! Ashley: Watch out! The cargo door's unsecured! James: Watch out! Hell of a drop out there! Javik: Watch your step!

Clone: You're just cybernetics! Scarred, worn-out Cerberus tech!

Shepard: You know where I got those scars? Feros and Noveria and Virmire and Ilos!

Shepard (if they've completed Priority: Thessia): At the Collector base and Palaven and Tuchanka and Rannoch and Thessia! I earned these scars from protecting the galaxy! You got yours from a petri dish!

Shepard (otherwise): At the Collector base and Palaven and Tuchanka! I earned these scars from protecting the galaxy! You got yours from a petri dish!

Brooks: You're all blind! You worship Shepard while the galaxy dies around us!

Squadmate:

EDI: Shepard has earned our loyalty! All you have is cowardice and a clone! Tali: We worship Shepard? You made your own copy! Liara: Shepard is the best hope for this galaxy! And we have the real one! Garrus: Says the woman who made herself a clone! James: You're hanging out with Shepard's clone, lady! That's all kinds of messed up! Javik: The Commander fights for survival! You cling to a clone and cower in fear!

Brooks: This changes nothing! Once you're dead, we can explain everything!

Shepard: The rest of my team has already put a message in to Hackett by now! It's over, Brooks!

Clone: You're a figurehead! A decent soldier with a lucky streak!

Shepard: Then how come you want to be me so badly?

Brooks: What's wrong with you? Do you want him/her to win?

Clone: Shut up and let me fight!

Squadmate:

Wrex: That all you got? The real Shepard hits a lot harder! Javik: Pathetic. You are a poor simulation of the real Commander. James: Not good enough to handle the real Shepard, huh? Garrus: You know, the real Shepard would've blown my head off by now! Liara: Not bad, for an imitation of the real Shepard! Tali: You think you can replace Shepard? My drone fights harder than this!

Shepard: I'm taking the Normandy back. And honestly, I'm doing you a favor. 'Cause you don't have what it takes!

Clone (if male): I'm Shepard! Do you hear me, asshole? I'm Shepard!

Clone (if female): I'm Shepard! Do you hear me, bitch? I'm Shepard!

Shepard: No. You're not.

Brooks: Damn you all to hell!

Squadmate:

Wrex: Liked you better when you were funny, Brooks! Javik: I preferred you as the incompetent primitive! James: Liked you better when you were cute and funny! Garrus: Should've stuck with comedy, Brooks! You don't have what it takes for the front line! Liara: I preferred it when you were harmless and helpless! Tali: You should've stayed silly and harmless, Brooks! It suits you better!

Note: I wasn't able to trigger the following lines in my own playthroughs, so it may be unused.

Crew not in Shepard's squad:

James: All right, we've got stuff locked down on this end. EDI: We have the situation under control here, Shepard. Javik: We have killed the primitives here. Wrex: All quiet on our end, in case you were worried. Garrus: We've got everything down here under control, Shepard. Liara: We've got everything under control down here, Shepard. Tali: We've taken down the last of these bosh'tets. All quiet down here.

Shepard: Glad to hear it.

Crew not in Shepard's squad:

Liara (romanced): So be careful up there. I believe in you. Liara: The rest is up to you. Good luck. Ashley (romanced): Now go kill this bastard, Skipper. Ashley: Good luck up there, Commander. Tali (romanced): Now kill that bosh'tet and take back my ship. [to 1] Tali: Now go kill that bosh'tet. Kaidan (romanced): Time to take back your ship, Shepard. I know you can do it. Kaidan: Good luck up there, Commander. Garrus (romanced): So stay safe up there, and take back what's yours. Garrus: Now quit slacking and kill this asshole. Wrex (if Shepard is male): Now kick this guy's ass. Wrex (if Shepard is female): Now kick her ass! Javik: Now destroy this imposter and reclaim what is yours. James (if Shepard is male): Now waste that asshole. James (if Shepard is female): Now waste that crazy bitch... no offense. EDI: Now kill the imposter and reclaim the Normandy for me. [to 2]

[1]

Shepard: Your ship?

Tali: You know what I mean.

[2]

Shepard: For you?

EDI: For us.

Squadmate:

EDI: I am the Normandy, and I will see you dead! Tali: I am Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, and this is how we deal with pirates where I'm from! Liara: I lost one ship already, I'm not losing another! Garrus: Get the hell off my ship! James: You still want the ship assholes? Come and get it! Javik: Find your own ship. This one is mine.

Clone: Take him/her down!

Squadmate:

Wrex: Keep dreaming, pyjak. Javik: Unlikely. James: No chance! Garrus: Not on my watch! Liara: I don't think so! Tali: Give it your best shot, bosh'tet!

Related: Retake the Normandy (Shuttle Bay Fight)

[navkays]

soaring between the stars

[navkays]

soaring between the stars

[drizzlesdoodles]

I'm a firm Miranda and Shepard shipper, but Liara was my first Mass Effect love, and I've always loved the idea of lots of little blue children

Credit for the asari markings goes to @peachyatelier. Turns out it's genetic

[atanertheartist]

- carrying weight of the universe on her shoulders-

[thememedaddy]

[molvrae]

Shepard presenting her findings to the Council

[pnwnativeplants]

[woundedsoul12]

@sorcerousadventurer

People need to touch fucking grass

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[aitr5939]

commission

[peachyatelier]

beach episode🏖☀️

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[mulderscully]

people when a bisexual character ends up with someone of the same gender: i love queer representation, yay bisexuality

people when a bisexual character ends up in an hetero presenting relationship: i really dont see the point of making this character bisexual if they were gonna become straight:( i feel Tricked

[redwarpaint]

[sapphic-boy]

"Bi people aren't oppressed they can just date the opposite gender, they have straight privelege" idk how to tell you this but having to somehow Control who you Fall In Love With so you don't face bigotry isn't a privilege

[thememedaddy]