certified ancient dinosaur

she/her, old-as-dirt, here for mass effect and femshep/garrus

[werewolfetone]

My extremely controversial gaming opinion is that they should allow you to obtain meat in stardew valley and while I understand that the vast majority of people might not want to play with it I also think somewhat that the absence of any such mechanics in a farming simulator is a sign of broader disconnection and alienation from where food comes from etc

[werewolfetone]

>’Farming’ game

>Unable to raise animals for meat because that’s not ‘cosy’ enough

>Where do you think meat comes from in real life

[gammaraydeath]

i wanted to do a quick drawing of ro in her middle age (taking the extended human lifespans of mass effect into account)

i imagine that working as an instructor at ICT is her idea of retirement. she's a tough but fair teacher and enjoys designing complex field training exercises that can really challenge her recruits. maybe she even brings in a certain fellow sharpshooter in as a guest instructor from time to time.

in addition to the burns from harbinger's beam, she suffers from nerve damage as a result of her destroyed cybernetics. her right hand has a significant tremor and she has neuropathy. this significantly impacts her ability to hold, aim, and fire weapons until she creates weapon mods that can accommodate her disability - she doesn't really feel like herself until she can nail a target from a thousand yards.

after roughly fifty years, her skin grafts and other scars would probably be more healed than this, but i got a bit carried away lol. i like the idea of her having some kind of zuko thing going on with obvious facial disfigurement. she owns it

bonus under the cut because it came out a little wonky and i don't like it that much but i do want to share her jumpsuit

[that-wildwolf]

drew that one meme as shakarian

[themaniacisinthemailbox]

the thing about reading up on the ME codex in an effort to be canon complaint is finding out how much i hate the canon

[themaniacisinthemailbox]

my main issue is realizing the degree to which they let the rule of cool guide so many worldbuilding decisions.

The asari commando outfits are bdsm inspired because it looks hot. They loooove being strippers and mercenaries when they’re young and then they grow out of it and act like it was an embarrassing phase when they’re appropriately old and matronly.

Female romanceable aliens all have conventionally attractive human faces just colored differently because that’s just how you ensure young male gamers find them hot. The male romanceable aliens get to look a little more actually alien because…? It’s ok if not all women find them attractive? Women are just more open minded?

So many instances of orphans being put into super soldier programs??? Why so many child soldiers?? When did humanity decide that was the move?

[mounted-archer]

[Heavy are the hips that wear the strap.....or whatever]

[speshulduck]

I've made a terrible discovery: I realized Subnautica is playable in VR.

[speshulduck]

I made an impulsive decision and bought an EV this morning. (I live in Colorado, so obviously it's a Subaru.)

It's all black (like, blacked-out black) and I'm going to get the custom black-with-white-text license plates for it. I need Mass Effect suggestions in seven characters or less!

[speshulduck]

Gotta match this vibe:

[speshulduck]

I made an impulsive decision and bought an EV this morning. (I live in Colorado, so obviously it's a Subaru.)

It's all black (like, blacked-out black) and I'm going to get the custom black-with-white-text license plates for it. I need Mass Effect suggestions in seven characters or less!

[milkywayes]

i think what they did to EDI in ME3 really mirrors Liara in ME1. this virginal, new-to-the-world Hottie who is eager to learn how to please while simultaneously (contradictorily) being presented as sophisticated and experienced, with EDI being an AI supercomputer and Liara being ‘actually 108!!!’ and an expert in her field. it’s the mass effect version of that despicable anime trope of the child-bodied waifu really being an adult woman so it’s totally okay. it’s all just transparent misogyny. manic pixie dream girl for the guy to teach and mold and make his, and it’s a conquest because she’s soo special, but apparently not special enough to be above the whole thing and be actually mature and secure in herself. it’s all just male fantasy.

[lilmissnatcat24]

"im hard to kill" except a period after hard

[speshulduck]

Becoming, chapter 11/??

My Shakarian-meet-before-ME1 AU, The Road Less Traveled continues. This literally would not be at this point if not for @garfbin. Everyone who reads this, say thank you!

Chapter 11: Undercover and Under Pressure

Garrus brings Jane in to help him out on his case. It goes to plan. Mostly.

[gammaraydeath]

👕 Ro in a stupid shirt please

it's her day off

[atanertheartist]

💥

[atanertheartist]

he is real

he is born

he will save us all

[themaniacisinthemailbox]

on my Make Shit Up island, i’ve decided turian writing system (within my own fics) is visually similar to cuneiform while using a character system like chinese. So cuneiform with chinese characteristics

[speshulduck]

i like that when I'm writing and I need to visualize one of Garrus' facial features for description, I can just flip to my tumblr feed. I don't have to scroll for very long before I find a really nice picture of him, and it's usually a lovely piece of artwork by a mutual.

[valtsv]

my problem is if i enjoy something enough i will be nitpicking. i Will have things to say about where and how it failed. out of nothing but love straight from my heart. unfortunately this often makes me indistinguishable from a hater who has never experienced joy or kindness. such is the amateur critic's burden.