Something that really stuck with me while I was playing Mass Effect 2, and that I feel was so important to understanding the relationship between Shepard and Garrus, whether you romance him or not, is that Garrus is your only companion from ME1 who never moved on.
You died. The crew watched you die. Assumedly they grieved you, there was a funeral service, there were tears and all five stages of grief. Things were rough, but eventually life took on a shade of normalcy again.
Kaiden/Ashley got reassigned and continued their work for the alliance. Liara fights tooth and nail to get your body to Cerberus, but then itâs out of her hands and she becomes an information broker. Tali goes back to the Floatilla, like she was always supposed to. Wrex becomes a clan leader. And yes, theyâre all fundamentally changed by their time on the Normandy, but no one seems as stuck as Garrus Vakarian.
Because he doesnât go back to the Citadel. He doesnât join the Turian Hierarchy. He ships himself off to Omega, one of the most dangerous places he could be, and makes a life out of pissing off the most dangerous people there. Itâs kind of a suicide mission, especially after what happened with Sidonis. He kind of figures heâs going to die doing this, but what else can he do?
There is no normalcy for Garrus in a world without Shepard, and I think thatâs why heâs always immediately ready to come back to the Normandy. The Normandy, and Shepard, are home for Garrus and thatâs why I think romancing him feels like the natural conclusion for so many femme Sheps, because Shepard feels that way too.
Of all the companions, no one needs Shepard to live more than Garrus, and no one needs Garrus more than Shepard. Theyâre perfectly matched, as lovers, as friends, as soldiers, as whatever they are in your universe and when youâre that perfectly matched with someone, you never quite feel whole without them.
No Shepard without Vakarian.
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