#reaper shepard

[ageless-aislynn]

Since my no-frills Steve Cortez romance run was doomed to be a little cursed because I started doing only the required missions and would therefore not get anywhere near the amount of War Assets I'd need to do the "perfect Destroy" ending, I decided to get a little creative. And I think I gave it one of my favorite 100% totes serious, absolutely legit headcanons so far!

It all starts as Shep, Kaidan and James are making a final desperate run to get to the Citadel. Then Harbinger arrives and flips a death pancake Mako at our heroes!

Harbinger: "Death pancake arriving in 3...2...1..." *blows loud Reaper horn to celebrate*

OH NOES! We need an extraction by the Normandy, STAT!

But how can we keep Harbinger from destroying the Normandy with his giant, angry, red death laser of death???

Shepard: "Don't worry, I'll distract him! HEY, HARBINGER! WHY DON'T YOU GO EAT A BIG OL' JUICY BAG OF DIC--"

Shepard: "--TIONARIES!"

Kaidan: *groans in emotional pain* "Oh no, he promised he'd never use the 'bag of dictionaries' line ever again!" James: "Hang in there, buddy, we'll get through this together. For Earth!"

Harbinger: "WHAT? I hate dictionaries!!!!!!" *completely misses the Normandy escaping right under his, errrr, nose*

Harbinger: "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT, SHEPARD!" *red death laser of serious anger management issues*

GotWrek'd!Shepard: "Heh. Totally worth it. What a loser! And speaking of losers... Annoying Star Child, do you know of a way where I could make Harbinger's day, like, 10,000 percent worse?"

Star Child: *sigh* "Follow me to the Fun o'matic machine."

And, after a quick spin in the Fun o'matic machine...

Reaper!Shepard: "Hey, Harbinger!"

Harbinger: *grudgingly* "Yes, boss?"

Reaper!Shepard: "How 'bout you get started on that big, ol' juicy bag of dic...tionaries I brought you? Assuming..."

Harbinger: "No, don't say it!"

Reaper!Shepard: "...direct control."

Harbinger: *flies away with a high-pitched scream*

💖The end 💖

[cryptid-jack]

So I came up with an alternate version of ME3′s Control ending where, instead of becoming a new entity that is all the reapers, Shepard’s consciousness is scattered between them all to keep them bent to his will and protect the galaxy. Whether because of his own impossible to suppress will to live, or some plot on the reapers’ part, the reapers pool their efforts and build a new one of their number, this time from the scattered husks of the ships that still remain around the Omega-4 relay, and pour all the pieces of Shepard into it, giving him a body of his own.

While this means Shepard is once again an independent entity, it also means the reapers are no longer under his control. Most of them are willing to abide by his will, however, and leave sentient life alone, many of them opting to leave the galaxy entirely, but others are hell bent on completing the task they were created to carry out. Completely disconnected from his humanity though he is, Shepard isn’t about to let that happen, and so he begins the long task of hunting down his fellow reapers before they can come together and find some way to achieve their objective.

Lucky for him, his new reaper form is terrifyingly formidable, even by reaper standards.

In the mean time, 3+ years have passed and Kaidan has been promoted and now commands the Normandy with the core of Shepard’s team still serving with him as they travel the galaxy assisting where needed as civilization pieces itself back together again. When they get word of strange activity on the other side of the Omega-4 relay, the Normandy is dispatched to check it out and finds itself in the midst of a reaper battle that destroys the relay, stranding them near the galactic center and in the clutches of a strange reaper that protected them from the ensuing blast...

No one is quite sure what to do, and confusion turns to fear when something knocks on the airlock. Realizing they have little other option, they open the door and find Shepard on the other side, looking for all the world like not a day has passed since he vanished through the citadel beam.

The commander’s not quite himself at first, and not just because he’s walking around in an android body that can pass for human. Determined not to make the same mistake a second time, however, Kaidan welcomes him back and, gradually, Shepard is able to reconnect with his humanity with the help of his found family. Figuring out where he and Kaidan stand takes a little longer, but however much some things may change, others don’t, and rekindling their love is less like work and more like falling all over again.

Anyways I’ve got an entire fic planned for this so stick around and hopefully I’ll get to it X’D

Not quite settled on Shep’s reaper form yet, might change the smaller forelimbs. He is meant to resemble the Normandy, though, since reaper’s tend to reflect whatever it is they’re made from. Shepard was constructed from the remains of old ships, so of course he came through the other side of the transformation looking like his ship.

[elenachatnoir]

In an AU far far away, Reaper Shepard still cares (too much) for his daughter xD The result of a conversation with @seigephoenix and @shaken-veil xD

[deadly-ninja]

Indoctrination from start to finish

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reaper shep concept 2 combination

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reaper shepard head concepts

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Reaper shepard wip plus some old sketches of sheppy