#leviathan dlc

[chooh2]

Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Doctor Bryson's Lab - Citadel

[laelior]

Every time I play the Leviathan DLC, I'm reminded of how little sense of scale the writers seem to have when it comes to time.

[gemsbokk]

day 4 — leviathan

[sometimesimshell-fish]

Thinking about the moment before Shepard goes diving in the deep with an old, shitty mech looking for a creature that took down a reaper.

The soft "but Shepard" from Garrus. He's not going to stop her. He trusts her and cares about her. He knows she is going to do it but just a soft comment of his fear or losing her.

She underneath the waves alone facing down who knows what and there is nothing that he can do but trust her.

I love how Garrus cares about her and shows it but also has her back and doesn't interfere with her being her badass galaxy-saving self.

[batyagamerr]

i have only one last exam left so now I have a bit more time to draw some stupidass memes about mass effect lmao (this game has taken over my brain once again. help)

[ju-chaan]

Wow. Just wow.

Every time I think there's no way Mass Effect can blow my mind again, it goes and does something like this.

Every individual part of this DLC was incredible in my opinion:

- Mahavid was eerie as fuck, the moment you enter the station and the women slowly and creepily turns her head to stare at you definitely set the vibe for the whole mission. And then finding out at the end that the people lost TEN YEARS of their lives...

- Namakli was an amazing set piece. They did an incredible job at making you feel like you're teetering at the end and like the ground beneath your feet could be falling apart at a moment's notice. Also the fight music slapped.

- And then 2181 Despoina was just a pure lore bomb. I didn't think we'd ever find out the origins of the Reapers tbh. Loved the underwater part and all of the romance lines (Garrus, I'm so sorry for worrying you again!!!) as well.

Also your squadmates were so involved in this DLC, it was great. Opening doors, using terminals and so many voice lines!

Bonus:

I couldn't stop smiling about all of the worried looks Shepard and Garrus kept giving each other on Mahavid, that was so funny. "Are you seeing what I'm seeing???"

Have a compilation:

[madautumn]

Kaidan’s concern for Shepard’s wellbeing in this scene was beautiful.

Like, I know he’s used to doing dangerous things with Shepard, but watching her go it alone again can’t be easy.

Normandy attack flashbacks.

[omegastation]

on a more serious note when you finish the Leviathan dlc, you walk away with the idea that the known gods in the Mass Effect universe are enslavers who require tributes (often in blood) and are utterly incapable of changing or seeing another point of view after who knows how many years spent in isolation hiding from their own creations.

so in that universe, what is there to do? i guess the answer is what shepard is doing. believing in a collective that can be powerful and strong and kind, and making steps to bring everyone together.

it all leads to the fleets arriving - something no one thought would actually happen at the beginning of me3 or even before that. but it did happen. shepard made it happen.

the leviathans said shepard was an anomaly but i don't believe shepard is the only one, in all cycles, who had that strength and willingness to work with others. someone like shepard can only be as strong as the people around them. i mean shepard's support system (which include hackett, anderson, the whole squad, normandy crew, alliance) + everyone who ends up negociating (the primarch, wrex, ...) + everyone the leviathans think are "lesser" beings doing little things to win the war and save people. all of them together? that's the true anomaly.

it doesn't take away at all from what shepard is doing because they're the driving force making it possible. but still, it all comes down to this: we face our enemy together.

with the added meaning: or not at all. because if not together, there is no anomaly, no change in the cycle. it's just the harvest.