#krogan

[goodolreliablejake]

Fantasy races are an uncomfortable concept, because they present a world that literally works the way racists think that it works. The attempts to mitigate this problem often fail to address the core concern, merely making the idea more palatable.

A big example is trying to correct by changing the language from "races" to "species." This attempt fails for two reasons:

1) Exactly! Racists think that people of other races are a different species. That's the foundation of "race science," phrenology, all of it.

2) Are demihumans different species, though? Like, the interactions between elves and dwarves don't resemble the interactions between different species in our world. They don't act like snakes and lemurs, or whales and krill, or even cats and dogs. More often we've got different groups of people, who may speak different languages and have different cultural practices, engaging in diplomacy or war and struggling to coexist. In practice, they are treated as nations: ethnicities. Except they're ethnicities who are biologically distinct enough to have objective differences in ability.

This is something that puts me on edge in Mass Effect, otherwise one of my favorite games. True, the game ultimately lands on condemning the genophage, and it's not subtle about that. I mean just look at the name... But it's still considered debatable, morally grey, and Mordin Solus remains one of the most charming and enduring heroes of the series. The setting has bent over backwards to make every racist stereotype and talking point as legitimate as possible. In this setting, it is objectively true, scientifically proven that it is in the DNA of Krogans to naturally be violent, warmongering killing machines whose explosively rapid breeding poses an existential threat to the galaxy. That in turn is meant to make us think that maybe forced sterilization is something worth considering. It's hard to ignore the parallels to real life racist propaganda. I don't think it's malicious, just ungrounded and thoughtless; the result of creators to whom these ideals are abstract thought experiments, rather than reflections of real history.

Another big example is Dark Elves. They try to make it okay, to mitigate the message by fleshing them out as characters, by scapegoating an abusive deity rather than an ingrained nature, by erasing the monster manual description that reads "Always Chaotic Evil," by trending skin tone away from black and towards purple, or gray, even pale white. But none of it really changes the core issue, does it? The idea of drow is to equate dark skin with evil, to fetishize that idea, and to tell a story about a subsect of people cast into darkness as a result of sin in a direct parallel to racist Christian beliefs about dark skin being a curse or punishment from God.

So, do I think we need to cancel Mass Effect and stop playing D&D or telling stories about drow? No, not really. I mean... I do all these things. Truth is, I don't have an actionable solution, for myself or anyone. But the dynamic is clearly present and worth describing. And the attempts to challenge it are often insufficient, more about making ourselves feel better about what we're already doing than enacting real change.

#mordin solus #drow #dark elves #fantasy races #fantasy #mass effect #krogan

[tempii]

✨ besties ✨

#photo sent to Shepard #my artwork #fanart #artists on tumblr #mass effect #mass effect garrus #krogan #turian #commander shepard #mass effect art #art

[supertaliart]

So I’m binge-playing Mass Effect for the first time.

I think Grunt would love Blåhaj

#mass effect #mass effect 2 #urdnot grunt #blahaj #mass effect trilogy #mass effect fanart #krogan

[point-maitimo]

« Tuchanka is a place of great gifts. It kills the weak, torments the slow, and destroys the stupid. Survival is an honor, and here, krogan thrive! »

Tuchanka and its people. I especially remember the moment of Shepard's first visit to Tuchanka in the Mass Effect 2. A meeting with good old friend Wrex, stern krogans, funny pyjaks and varrens. Especially with cutie Urz!

#wrex #grunt #uvenk #krogan #mass effect #digital

[krattgirl124]

I’m making a silly power point for a college event, I think you guys will like what I have so far

Am I putting in more effort than I should? Probably.

#httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd race to the edge #race to the edge #httyd rtte #hiccup horrendous haddock lll #astrid hofferson #fishlegs ingerman #snotlout jorgenson #tuffnut thorston #ruffnut thorston #dagur the deranged #heather the unhinged #viggo grimborn #ryker grimborn #traitor johann #Krogan #httyd shitpost #this presentation is all one big shitpost

[r-b3033]

I had this lady in my head for a while now so here she is. Her name is Undra and she's a busy mom of one tiny krogan bean.

#Krogan #Mass Effect #OC #my art #3033

[evelya-song]

Day 1 of Art Challenge

Word: Homage

Fandom/Subject: Mass Effect

Little Mordin loves his doll 🥲

#mass effect #krogan #baby krogan #art challenge #n7 #traditional art #mass effect fanart #mordin solus #my art

[thetimetraveler24]

You know what we really needed after RTTE ended? A mini series from Johann’s perspective because wtf was he doing half the time. Like in rob when he was just floating on some driftwood until Hiccup found him. Was he just chillen there ��passed out” for hours just waiting? Like, this is really important information I need to know.

One of the best plot twists ever but he so goofy for that.

#rtte #race to the edge #trader johann #hiccup horrendous haddock lll #hiccup haddock #astrid hofferson #snotlout jorgenson #fishlegs ingerman #ruffnut thorston #tuffnut thorston #rtte chicken #dagur the deranged #heather rtte #viggo grimborn #ryker grimborn #krogan #how to train your dragon #httyd

[toxiqit]

Mordin Solus my beloved

#Mass Effect #Mordin Solus #krogan #mass effect fan art #toxiart #digital painting #artists on tumblr

[c-rowlesdraws]

third and final sketch commissions post from this batch! This one is COOL colors (and one red vulpera)!

commission info | patreon | etc

(credits & mentions below the cut: )

1) @joysweeper 2) @syntheid 3) @lapsuslapsiis 4) @capybonara 5) @psychuan 6) @minutia-r

#khajit #wuxia #mass effect #krogan #digimon #sketches #my art #sketch commissions

[destinysquared]

Asari and Baby Krogan (COMMISSION)

Drawing I've made for Vizcainoia of their Asari and Krogan OCs.  Get 20% off all Mass Effect related art till Jan. 7th 2024

Thank you for commissioning me! Commission Prices/Info Here

#destinymade #masseffect #mass effect #masseffect fanart #masseffectart #bioware #masseffectfanart #asari #asari oc #krogan #krogan oc #asari fanart

[bargu]

Discreet mission failure. And they say she can't dance x'D The mission was to mingle subtly in some kind of fancy party, but good old Shepard couldn't help herself. Wanted to draw ME-version of one of my favourite vines. Art & Selene © me Mass Effect by Bioware, do not copy

#mass effect #me #selene shepard #commander shepard #femshep #discreet mission failure #critical mission failure #garrus vakarian #tali zorah #thane krios #grunters #drell #turian #quarian #krogan #mass effect comic #barguest #freestyle dance teacher

[dirtybiowareconfessions]

Confession: I'll never forgive Bioware for not making a single Krogan romanceable. They're massive, muscular warriors with deep voices, they tower over you, they're obsessed with breeding, they canonically have four balls, and the second game not only shows one of them being romantic, but also that one of them wants to bed Shepard. And yet, in all four games, no romancable Krogans. I can understand why not for Wrex and Grunt, but you added new characters in 3. Give me some random new Krogan I can kiss.

#krogan #mass effect #bioware #dirty confessions #dirty confession #as Drack says: you're meat. you spoil

[lumi-klovstad-games]

The moment you take Zaeed to Tuchanka after Grunt's coming of age, he actually disappears on the sly.

After some time of trying to track down his whereabouts, you discover that not only did he visit every single Krogan armory within a hundred miles at a speed that could only be described as "Santa Clausian", but within a few short hours, the story of how he survived his betrayal by Vido Santiago has already spread among the the "teenage" Krogan, who have started collectively referring to themselves as "Clan Zaeed" and have also pronounced the Angriest Mercenary In The Terminus Systems an "honorary Krogan" and "Clan Chief".

Wrex could put a stop to it and acknowledges that he probably should, but he's too busy laughing and shouting "WHERE'S THE LIE?" before giving Zaeed a commemorative bottle of Ryncol. Zaeed will later use said Ryncol to maintain his guns after he discovers that Tuchanka-made Moonshine-style Ryncol actually cleans carbon fouling and other gunk out of guns like NOTHING ELSE. For his part, Grunt insists that was Ryncol's original purpose, and nobody is sure if he's trolling or not.

Over a thousand years later, it is generally agreed by all Krogan that Zaeed Massani never actually died, per se, but rather just angrily climbed a ladder into the next world so he could beat the crap out of that one too, and his birth and death days are well-respected Krogan holidays, just like Shepard's.

#mass effect 2 #mass effect #zaeed massani #zaeed #wrex #grunt #krogan #tuchanka #ryncol #headcanon

[aksisqo]

#mass effect #mass effect fanart #krogan #female krogan #baby krogan #sketch #art #fan art

[r-b3033]

Digging trough older drawings...still think these look cute, must share.

Ballpoint pen + some digital shading

#krogan #Mass Effect #varren #doodles #my arrt #3033