#mckenzie shepard

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4 + 5 for Kaidan and Wrex :)

I’m gonna go ahead and answer these for Kenzie!

Kaidan4. Did your Shepard get along with Kaidan? Why or why not?Kenzie liked Kaidan. She thought he was a nice person, and they got along well, in a professional setting. Off the clock, Kenzie mostly hung out in the cargo bay or on the bridge, so she just didn’t spend too much time with him.  

5. How did your Shepard decide who to leave behind on Virmire? What was one of their main reasons for either leaving or rescuing Kaidan?Kenz clicked more with Ash. They had similar senses of humor and she just liked having another girl around. Kenzie left Kaidan on Virmire because she had no time to think. Had she had a little more time to think, she’d probably have tried to save them both and gotten herself killed in the process

Wrex4. Did Wrex become a friend to your Shepard? Were they indifferent to Wrex or did they dislike him?Wrex and Kenzie definitely became friends. Kenzie is a people person, so there’s very few people that she doesn’t think she could be friends with. Wrex didn’t like McKenzie at first; she’s just so cheery and happy all the time. But as she proved she wasn’t this chipper little thing, he started to open up to her. 

5. How did your Shepard handle the conversation with Wrex on Virmire? Did Wrex survive the confrontation? McKenzie handled it well. She understood why he was upset, so she was able to talk him down. They are able to laugh about it. 

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5, 6, 9 & 10 for Kenzie

5. Do they have any siblings? What’s their names? What is their relationship with them? Has their relationship changed since they were kids to adults?she’s an orphan, so no siblings that she knows about. but tali quickly becomes her adopted sister. 

6. What were they like at school? Did they enjoy it? Did they finish? What level of higher education did they reach? What subjects did they enjoy? Which did they hate?she didn’t go to school and didn’t realize how weird it was until later in life. she learned street smarts growing up, and learned what else she had to during basic training for the Alliance. but she wishes she was able to learn about tech. sometimes tali isn’t around to hack things for her and then she’s screwed. she is interested in other cultures and their history, but she really can’t remember it. she’s not one to sit on the internet and research obscure historical events. 

9. Do animals like them? Do they get on well with animals? she’s never really had that much experience with animals, but a lot of animals are neutral towards her. she’s afraid of most animals except like cats and dogs. when jack walked in with a varren she almost shit her pants tbh 

10. Do they like children? Do children like them? Do they have or want any children? What would they be like as a parent? Or as a godparent/babysitter/ect?god she lOVES kids. like grossly obsessed with kids. like please get her away from the baby krogan before she steals 12 of them. Grunt is 99% her child, and joker even jokes about not being ready to be a step-father. She does want children of her own, but she’s not sure if she should have kids. she lives a pretty dangerous life and she didn’t know her mom so she’s afraid to screw up. but wrex trusts her with his son/daughter. as in “hey shepard i’ve got stuff to do watch my kid thanks” and just leaves. 

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21-25 for Kenzie c:

21. Do they have a temper? Are they patient? What are they like when they do lose their temper?Anderson gave Kenz the nickname of “Commander Sunshine”. she has the patience of a saint. but she sees some messed up crap in the world. she punched zaeed when he was willing to blow up the refinery full of innocent people for revenge. she punched gavin archer for torturing his brother. she always has good reasons for losing her temper. 

22. What are their favourite insults to use? What do they insult people for? Or do they prefer to bitch behind someone’s back?she calls Joker a dick a lot. with good reason, of course. after the war is over, and she finally gets really really drunk with the crew, she tells garrus to fuck off just because she’s always wanted to tell him too. but she usually sticks to things like “asshole” and “dick”. she’s not very creative. or angry.

23. Do they have a good memory? Short term or long term? Are they good with names? Or faces?her short term memory is really really good, but her long term is not as great. it’s not bad, but while she’s in the middle of a war zone, she can remember exactly where a thermal clip was that she found 30 meters back, but she can’t remember what planet she was on when she flipped the Mako and made Garrus scream like a little girl. you would think she would remember that.

24. What is their sleeping pattern like? Do they snore? What do they like to sleep on? A soft or hard mattress?she doesn’t really snore, but she sprawls out, taking up as much room as possible. kicks joker in the middle of the night. wakes up to him with a fractured rib. soft mattress, especially when she gets together with joker. he’s fragile. surround fragile boyfriend with soft and fuzzy. 

25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves? she doesn’t think she’s that funny. but she has joker to make her laugh, so she’s good. she likes sarcasm and dry humor, but can appreciate slapstick comedy too. 

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44-49 for Kenzie

44. What is their favourite season? Type of weather? Are they good in the cold or the heat? What weather do they complain in the most? She loves the warm, but also enjoys cold. She just doesn’t really like snow or ice. But a brisk day is nice. 

45. How do other people see them? Is it similar to how they see themselves? She is the Great Commander Shepard™ who is beautiful and kicks ass and saves the Galaxy. To her, she’s just a girl who had really bad luck as a child and made the best out of it. But, she’s pretty confident in herself and definitely tries to live up to the expectations. 

46. Do they make a good first impression? Does their first impression reflect them accurately? How do they introduce themselves?She’s charming AS FUCK. Her first impressions are always so great. A lot of people think she’s flirting, though. So sometimes things get awkward. But she is very optimistic and kind, and always strives to be as nice to people as possible. 

47. How do they act in a formal occasion? What do they think of black tie wear? Do they enjoy fancy parties and love to chit chat or loathe the whole event?she’s a slut for formal parties tbh. She knows how to work a room, and she secretly loves getting dressed up. 

48. Do they enjoy any parties? If so what kind? Do they organise the party or just turn up? How do they act? What if they didn’t want to go but were dragged along by a friend? Well, she did throw a party for her friends. Although it was at Joker’s instance. But she was a partier when she was younger, so any party will do. As she got older though, she started blacking out less and actually enjoying time with her friends. After the war is over though, she does let herself get blackout drunk once with the Normandy crew. 

49. What is their most valued object? Are they sentimental? Is there something they have to take everywhere with them? When Liara gave her the SR1 dogtags, she almost cried. Anderson made sure they stayed safe, and now she just keeps them in her cabin. She wears Joker’s sweatshirt a lot, because he uses this cinnamon body wash and holy shit he smells so good and he left it in her cabin and now it’s hers. 

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Mckenzie Shepard : 1,16,31 ayyyyy

1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?McKenzie Shepard. She was an orphan on Earth, but found out that that was her name. No middle name. And she is secretly a little bitter that her name is nothing special, really. 

16. Do they collect anything? What do they do with it? Where do they keep it?Model ships and really cool beer bottles. Like what even is on the label? who cares it looks sick 

31. Do they drink? What are they like drunk? What are they like hungover? How do they act when other people are drunk or hungover? Kind or teasing?She can drink. A lot. She’s constantly dancing while she’s drunk, and tries to kiss all of her friends. She’s just quiet when she’s hungover, only wanting water and bed. Maybe some leftover takeout she more than likely ordered while drunk. She’s nice to some people while they’re hungover (aka Tali and Grunt) but teases the rest of them (aka Wrex, Ashley and 100% Joker). 

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8 & 16 :D (any of your ocs. or all of them maybe ?????)

8. Did they have pets as a child? Do they have pets as an adult? Do they like animals? McKenzie definitely did not. And still does not. Although her and Joker might get a dog eventually. Nicole never had pets growing up, but she had a full fish tank and a beautiful space hamster named Penelope. Alea loves animals, and the clan was always around wild animals that she hung out with. But never any pets. 

16. Do they collect anything? What do they do with it? Where do they keep it? Both Nicole and McKenzie collect model ships. (Joker gets upset at both of them because the Normandy isn’t the biggest and it should be). Alea collects flowers and presses them in her small journal she takes every where. She writes something good/nice/pretty she saw and then puts the flower in. 

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Commander McKenzie Shepard aka Commander Sunshine                               →April 11 2154