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deustiel's Mass Effect sideblog. I'm Max! I'm on my first playthrough and I have no idea what I'm doing. Garrus and Shakarian trash. AU enthusiast. Lots of screaming.

[shepgarrus]

The Shakarian Fic Rec SPREADSHEET

it’s been eighty-four years

Some of you may know that I read a lot of fic. So Much fic. So much so that several years ago, I started a spreadsheet to keep track of the good stuff.

And I’m finally ready to share it! My rec list to end all rec lists, The Shakarian Fic Rec Spreadsheet.

The current count is over 400 fics and 5 and a half million words. (I only save about 30-40% of what I read. For reference lmao.)

(There is a random rec generator if that looks/sounds overwhelming.)

Here’s the link!

PLEASE reblog this post to spread the word!

[shepgarrus]

Previous Updates: January 26/27 2022 - Sub!Garrus Column February 9 2023 - Updated Filtering Instructions July 11 2023 - Filtering for non-AO3 fics

February 17 2024

I've added 43 new fics to the bottom of the sheet! The new ones start at Be Your Shelter (row 483). I still have more to add at some point, but hopefully I'll be able to do it in smaller, more frequent doses moving forward.

[varrictithrass]

Hello you’ve caught me thinking about how Garrus tells Shepard to meet him at the bar if things go south in ME3 & how at the start of both 1 & 2 you go to different bars to find him

[varrictithrass]

10 pictures taken moments before tragedy (ie your faces gets lightly tapped by a missile)

[varrictithrass]

How do I tell this guy on Hinge that I probably wrote the tumblr post he ripped this from???

[lavellaned]

mass effect 2: shepard stressing garrus tf out

bonus:

garrus stressing shepard tf out

[sweeetestcurse]

Garrus Vakarian 21/??

[shepgarrus]

*looking at garrus drawing reference rotations and crying at how beautiful he is* god help me i’m in love with a cricket man

[shepgarrus]

playing a bit of me2 for the first time since making actual progress in me1 and getting to the first garrus dialogue is like who is this guy???? that nerd turned into this???????????? this????????????????????

[seracadash]

Imagine a Mass Effect where you could play as something else apart from human, what would you pick?

Human

Asari

Turian

Salarian

Krogan

Quarian

Geth

Volus

Angara

Drell

Voting ended onDec 19, 2025

[gvennel]

[lilmissnatcat24]

I would love an approval/disapproval mechanic in the Mass Effect games because I just know that when Shepard asks Koris if his ship is really named the Qwib-Qwib, specifically after Tali pleads that she's doesn't, I would get a "Garrus Greatly Approves" in the corner

[liminally-challenged]

This is a real image of Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect: Homeworlds. He is learning how to shoot.

[n7valkyrien]

someone please tell him to stop standing like that

[lilmissnatcat24]

i think the best bit of worldbuilding by far in the mass effect trilogy is the lore that went into the quarians. from the beginning, you're immersed in their culture and their customs. tali's only dialogue in the first game is her talking about her people, and even in the other two games it doesn't extend too far outside of that. and for good reason. you get an in-depth look into their economy, their way of life, their religion. you learn about their creation of the geth and their subsequent exile from the galaxy. you visit the quarian fleet far before you visit other homeworlds, and even when you do they're burning to the ground. the quarians are uniquely flushed out in a way that asks you to keep digging, keep learning about a culture.

and then there's kal'reegar, from galveston, texas. he only smokes camels and drinks bud light. his hobbies include lawn care, smoking meats, and watching that son of a gun dak prescott lead the cowboys to the superbowl.

[that-wildwolf]

nobody: garrus vakarian in me2:

[shepgarrus]

#I can be casual #except I'll tell you that I can't fuck up this casual one night stand or I'll perish (via @pencilwarrior01)

[continuous-spec]

Garrus booby trapping Shepard’s apartment is a form of nesting.

[gamingscreenshotsdump]

MASS EFFECT || Jane Shepard and Garrus Vakarian " The Citadel Date "