Life after Control

A series of loosely-related Shakarian short stories. None of them will mercilessly tear your heart into pieces.

[shakarian-dawn]

The Garrus hoodie is ten times better when you add a blue infinity scarf!

[rylaice]

Should I go to the GameStop launch party in cosplay?

[anidragon]

YES DO IT.

[shakarian-dawn]

YES DO IT!

It would be funny to go as Commander Shepard, but I'll have to settle for Marian Hawke.

[shakarian-dawn]

Painted during N7 day (weekend!) 2014.

Coming up next are bags for Shepard's other three favorite stores on the Citadel. (Each bag will naively display the coveted status.)

Interesting headcanon I came up while designing this bag...What artsy handwriting font would a graphic designer in the Mass Effect universe have chosen as a good match for this bag design?

...A very plain handwriting font! Because ALL handwriting is considered artistic/vintage thanks to tablets, omni-tools, and private terminals.

[nevrra]

Fan feedback survey!

[shakarian-dawn]

PSA! Let's help them make the kind of game we want to play most!

[asphyyyy-deactivated20211114]

some of the people on my dash i just assume are their icons bc i’ve never seen their pics so it’s like “oh look gandalf is up late bloggin again” 

[shakarian-dawn]

Nice to meet you, I'm Eve Shepard!

[rnorrigans-moved-blog]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[shakarian-dawn]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

...

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

No more of this: "I'm just not seeing these two in sexual relationship right now, but he's probably programmed to take it as a rejection."

[forgivetheinsubordination]

Gotta represent when you go out to buy yourself a cake at 2am #n7

[shakarian-dawn]

Shepard where are you going? Isn't it obvious? Not really....it's the middle of the night. At exactly 2am, that Salarian bakery next to the Kessler armory starts baking for the day. So? SO?? That's when everything from the previous day goes on sale! Shepard, they go on sale when the bakery OPENS at 6am. That's four hours from now.

Garrus you're not following me. They won't be open but there will be PEOPLE inside.

...

Who will let me in if I knock loud enough, and will be only too happy to sell me a cake that they'd otherwise have to move over to the sale shelf.

You've done this before, haven't you? How else am I supposed to get a red velvet cake at half price??

[kandros]

is it that time again????? frick yea it is . i never imagined to have this many people on a dang blog SO this ones for u nerds

rulez/how 2 enter

must be following me ! new followers welcome but cut & run followers who bail afterwards arent punk

reblogs and likes on this post each count as one entry each

giveaway shenanigans end july 11th, 5pm EST

i will message the winner via askbox

pls keep in mind what i normally can draw!! i can do most mass effect races (asari, turian, quarian, salarian, drell) to some extent!!

and yea i’m limiting this to mass effect, but whether it’s ocs or canon characters i’m cool (if oc, please be sure to have references tho)

prize

first place: super cool painted bust/headshot

second place: semi painted torso-up

third place: sketchy, crudely colored but equally cool waist-up (aka “whatever i feel like doing”)

for other examples of what i draw check out my art tag!!

have fun & may the best follower win

[shakarian-dawn]

I want you to draw Eve Shepard so badly that I may just have to commission you if I don't win!

(I initially reblogged this on my personal blog, cailin-grace-j. If only one blog counts for prizes, I choose this one.)

[masseffecting]

okamitaicho said: Which leads me to wonder. What happens if you flycam when Tali takes her mask off

[masseffecting]

This is what happens in both games. =)

[shakarian-dawn]

*rubbing hands together and fidgeting while trying to avoid spoiling  it with a funny comment*

[didyouknowgaming]

Mass Effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bytxqeUMPU

[shakarian-dawn]

Bear-proof trash cans: now with the added bonus of sending bears running in terror when opened.

[shakarian-dawn]

The bright side of Black Milk's dismal Facebook gaffe...

(The one where they seemed to imply that geek girls strive to look like pin-up models and that to look like Amy from Big Bang Theory is to fall short of the goal.)

So I've seen detailed reviews of the cheap Amazon N7 leggings. The colors are a little off, but overall, they seemed not bad for $20. I even got a link to the specific one they bought.

But I couldn't quite do it. The Amazon ones are knockoffs. Even though Black Milk leggings are more expensive, they're more desirable.

Not anymore! >:D 

I'm now the proud owner of these N7 leggings!

Congratulations, Black Milk! You lost a customer before you even gained her.

[n7positive]

[Caption: Shout-out to all Kaidan and Ashley fans who don’t let their love for one character get in the way of appreciating the other, and who tirelessly keep standing up for and defending them again and again. Just knowing that you guys are out there makes it all worth it. You all rock!]

[shakarian-dawn]

I saved Kaidan my first playthrough, but I'm saving Ashley my second. They're both awesome people, and I will deliver a smackdown to anyone hating on either one of them.

[bioware-confessions]

I think it’s funny that Thane was designed to attract female gamers and was the romance made for them specifically but then he dies no matter what you do.

[feyriane]

Yeah… They said they “forgot he was a LI”. And then… did nothing. Both of those things say something about Bioware.

[shakarian-dawn]

What?

Here I've been saying since I joined the fandom that I recognize the problematic aspects of Thane's death, but it's not inherently unfair that he was killed off without any of dudeshep's LIs also getting killed off because it was probably just how the devs chose to end the plot of a romance that was contextually tragic from the very beginn...

They FORGOT he was an LI?

So they KILLED HIM?

The Shrios fandom has my deepest sympathies!

I found the exact quote, and will share it whenever relevant:

"Yeah, I wasn't in charge of Thane, but I see Thane's death situation as one of those things that's the drawback of a large writing team. Lots of followers talk about the Citadel Event in terms of what happens with the VS, but because Thane was optional, it didn't click with any of us that the player could also have just lost a friend or loved one THERE as well. That was a dropped ball on our end." -Patrick Weekes

[justjasper]

just a thought

does javik have random holes in his armour at the knee?

bc that colour is the same as his fingers/face, indicating it’s exposed flesh

impractical armour, prothean edition?

[reyairia]

javik’s armor is about as far from practical as it can get

[caterpilarsushi]

maybe knees are like boobs to protheans and seeing as mass effect is a universe where practicality in armor during reaper wars is less important than being sexy

[shakarian-dawn]

*remembers Star Trek VI*

*undignified snicker*

[papercrow]

human!samara hi-res

[shakarian-dawn]

More importantly, you fixed her gratuitous cleavage!

[rezzydevil-deactivated20140824]

u rang? dlskgsjd

[shakarian-dawn]

D: at Legion's sweater!!

Tumblr: designing more interesting products than the Bioware store since...ever!

[everybidenjusthavegoodtime]

children wake up early because they still get excited about life

[ingoe-deactivated20190106]

this is the saddest thing I’ve seen on here

[shakarian-dawn]

A month or so after finishing Mass Effect, I woke up at around seven almost every morning and got up right away.

Know that excited, energetic feeling you get right after watching an awesome movie?

It lingered for over month!

So yeah. Life has its moments.