#normandy sr2

[ptitsa-poh]

I always felt bad for poor planets

[n7valkyrien]

in the ending, joker initially refuses to escape the crucible wave until a squadmate firmly tells him to go. i realised it’s such a great contrast with ME2’s prologue.

he refused to abandon his ship, the Normandy SR-1, during the collector attack. he loved his ship so much that he was in denial it’s already gone. shepard had to run up to the helm and convince him to leave. but because of this, shepard themselves did not make it to the escape pod and died.

joker thinks he’s responsible for shepard’s death because he insisted to save the ship — if he had came into terms earlier that the ship was already lost, would things be different? would shepard made it to the escape pod too?

imagine the guilt he must have after the SR-1 was destroyed and shepard was dead. and now the thought of leaving without shepard reminds him of the guilt. what he wanted the most at that moment the crucible fired is to save shepard, more than the SR-2 until a squadmate and traynor tell him to go.

he then reluctantly accepts. but the devastated look on his face as he’s piloting the SR-2 away — it’s a nice little contrast with the SR-1 during the collector attack, that he prioritised saving shepard this time instead of the SR-2. it shows how much his bond with shepard has grown, more so than his attachment to the ship.

and now he has to endure the same guilt again not being able to save shepard (though no matter what, he can’t save them unless it’s the perfect destroy ending. this is why the happy ending mod is canon now. no that’s not an opinion it’s a fact.)

[butter-and-too-much-bread]

Shepard: Colony was raided and only got away because the batarians missed them, spent all of Akuze playing hide and seek with thresher maws, Captain of the most hidden ship in the galaxy, built their own cloaking field.

Dr. Chambers: Commander, you may have a complex of some kind.

Shepard: You can't see my trauma because it's super hidden lalala.

[squigglysquidd]

Truly, what is the point of the sleeper pods on the Normandy? There aren't nearly enough for everyone and they already have beds in the crew quarters for people????

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[shadesofmauve]

wheeeeeeeeee

[ferniliciousness]

I never want to look at another bg again

[echoesofarcadia]

cover art reveal? for my novelization of mass effect 2, forthcoming on ao3 (likely) by the end of September. this took way too long and i still don’t know if i love it. more fan art soon, but until then—thoughts?