#mass effect headcanons

[lassieposting]

So anyway I think it would be funny if Garrus kept getting a bit distracted during his extensive research into human biology

Like obviously he reads the pamphlets (helpfully provided by Mordin) and watches the porn (gleefully provided by Joker) but he also does a bunch of his own extranet deep-diving because he's Like That, he's got Detective Brain, and he doesn't half-ass anything

But he knows the Normandy extranet hub is not private: Cerberus is probably spying on all of them, EDI has unrestricted systems access and a tendency to share anything she finds interesting with Joker, Legion can hack into anything, Tali likes to gossip. So, to a) avoid putting Shepard in an awkward position with the Illusive Man and b) keep his sex life private, he uses vague search terms. Human biology. Human organs. Evolution of humanity. Human reproductive cycle. Interesting facts about humans. Interspecies workplace communication.

And then he gets sidetracked. 50 Weird Facts About Humans leads him to 10 Reasons Humans Are Scary which leads him to an article about humans as persistence predators. An Overview Of Human Body Parts leads him to 5 Body Parts Humans Don't Actually Need which leads him to articles on wisdom teeth and tonsils and the appendix, which can apparently explode at random. He gets clickbaited.

And now he has all this new knowledge he finds fascinating and wants to share! So he starts doing things like telling Kelly how many bones she has, or explaining Why Humans Evolved Eyelashes at the dinner table and then asking Jack why she evolved eye hairs, but not head hairs. Or asking Jacob how tall he is, and then thoughtfully musing about how that's short for his species.

And, in Shepard's cabin, when he nervously mentions having done some research, she slinks over to get all up in his personal space in her bathtowel and asks him what he learned. At which point he panics, all the sexy one liners about sensitive spots evacuate his brain immediately, and he blurts out that according to the extranet, the anus is the first part of an infant human to develop in the womb, so, you know, when Saren said humans were a bunch of assholes he was not technically wrong

(Shepard looks at him for a minute. Like, a really long minute. Just blinking. He's fairly sure he's about to be booted into the elevator and she'll keep the wine, to get over this disastrous encounter. And then she explodes with laughter, tells him he's ridiculous, and shuts him up by kissing him, because at least someone here has her head in the game)

#mass effect #shakarian #mass effect headcanons #garrus vakarian

[favoriteblogonthecitadel]

I’m especially curious about people’s thoughts on how some character deaths don’t make that much sense (glaring at the Thane writing) versus the need to have actual stakes in a story and making it feel like the war costs Shepard personally.

Also if you jump into this with Virmire Survivor hate you are obligated by HR to put on a clown costume and sit in the corner by yourself.

#mass effect #mass effect headcanons

[ferniliciousness]

Mass effect headcannon for you cause I can't share with anyone else lmao

Ok when you first go to the citadel after Eden Prime in me1 the vi guide tells you that it's the first time You've been there. So tell me, after you recruit Garrus (who lives on the Citadel and has for years atp), WHY ARE WE THE ONE LEADING THE GROUP!

I got lost so much my first playthrough and still continue to do so after 40+ hours in the first game (2nd playthrough). You cannot tell me that Garrus does not joke with Shepard about how they constantly get lost, and it just gets worse as they get to know each other more. The mercenary outposts where you get lost in the maze, the tunnels on Feros, or the labyrinth that is the hallways on noveria. Hell I couldn't find the garage entrance on noveria for 10 minutes and was running around like a crazy person.

(bonus points if Wrex is on your squad cause you know he's just encouraging Garrus)

And yes this trend continued into the second and third game. To the point where I was yelling at Garrus for Shepard because I just know he was being a smartass about it lmao.

Garrus: Shepard, we've literally been here 50 times before. How are you still lost? I think I should be concerned atp.

Shepard: oh shut up Garrus, I'm sure this is all very funny. (Goes down the wrong hallway again)

Tali: (shaking their head in disappointment while desperately trying not to laugh)

#mass effect #garrus vakarian #mass effect legendary edition #shakarian #commander shepard #shepard x garrus #bioware #mass effect trilogy #shepard #me1 #mass effect garrus #mass effect headcanons #garrus i love you but shut up

[shadesofmauve]

It all fits: The asari as conservative capitalists

[Thanks to @swaps55, @comeoniwantacoolname, @shadoedseptmbr, and everyone else who contributed to this wild red-string-connecting ride. Don't know all the tumblr names]

The asari: galactic influencers known for elegance and diplomacy. The only full natural biotics, powerful, graceful, and attractive to everyone they meet. The species at the pinnacle of advanced biotic technology.

And holders of immense wealth, acquired over 1,000-year life spans spent playing capitalist chess with galactic society.

Yes, the asari are the most technologically advanced race in the galaxy, but they're not innovators. They're ahead because protheans masquerading as gods gave them hot civilization tips that equated to a millennia-long head-start. They're ahead of the rest, but they move slowly. Within a few centuries — well within the life-time of most asari living today — they'll lose that technological advantage. From asari board rooms to Thessian political think-tanks, this is seen as a looming disaster.

Thankfully for the asari, long life-spans also mean the opportunity to amass huge amounts of wealth. You don't need to be an innovator if you can hire the best minds in the galaxy and lock them under a brutal non-compete contract. Buy out the competition entirely if you can; if that won't work, steal their secrets. You know how the council prohibited genetic modification and AI research because of 'ethics' and 'galactic safety'? Those laws also just happened to effectively quash scientific study in two areas where the asari were already starting to lag behind.

Ever wonder why the volus,creators of the whole financial system, don't have a seat on the council!? Who would want to keep the people who understand financial systems away from power, if not the people who are successfully gaming that system?

The asari reputation as master negotiators is chalked up to experience, skill, and empathy, but the unspoken threat is their ability to stop any negotiation dead in it's tracks. They are the masters of stalling, stonewalling, and passive blockades. Other species might filibuster. An asari can walk away from the table and wait for you to die.

It may look like galactic civilization is a multi-species effort gracefully guided by wise elder asari. It's actually a bunch of shorter-lived species being held over a barrel by sexy blue Mitch McConnell.

Sure, their kids go out and dance at bars or get involved in mercenary groups. That's fine: other species tend to underestimate you when all they see is your trust-fund kids tearing it up on their decades-long spring break. And it's not that risky. Mamma can always buy junior's way into the best armor (or out of jail).

A vastly-longer life lends itself to even more unethical behavior, though. Y'know that super popular dating site? Did you know if you dig through the front companies it's asari-owned? Did you realize when you submitted your genetic profile to 'help find your perfect match using proprietary technology' you also signed away rights to your own genome? No, of course you didn't — the fine-print is forty-six pages long! Forty-six pages is nothing to an attorney with a thousand-year life span! And they REFUSE to share their matching algorithm. Why?! Because they're BREEDING US. They can choose the traits they want using your own genetic code, and only match you with mates likely to pass them on! It's not a service, it's eugenics via tindr. It doesn't matter if doing that via dating app is wildly inefficient; when you have 1,000 years inefficiency doesn't matter!

WAKE UP!!!!

#mass effect #fire the headcan(n)on #asari #Note: I do not necessarily endorse my own thoughts here #in fact #I HATE this #capitalism fucking up my escapism #DAMN IT BRAIN #yes I know wiki says their economy was largely barter-based #haven't figured that out yet #mass effect headcanons

[autocon23]

Another Mass Effect Headcannon:

You know how when Shepard used the beacon on Eden Prime at the beginning, the beacon almost killed them?

Do you remember how both Dr. Chakwas AMD Javik commented on how it's changed them?

I imagine that there was some kind of repercussions to their health. Like if they touch smaller artifacts and other beacons or anything Prothean related, including when Javik had been "reading" them or Leviathan, it leaves behind some kind of side effects.

Like, depending on what it is, it can go from migraines to full on seizures?? Maybe experience the memories of the Protheans who interacted with the artifacts last in the form of nightmares? Maybe they get nose bleeds and brain lesions and aneryuisms?

Think about it. They're always dizzy or nauseous or have headaches whenever whatever they're interacting with is strong. I don't know if it was overlooked or just never thought of, but I feel like it's something to think about. To me, at least. The stress of the war and the pain over those who are lost during it along with all the mental health issues Shepard already has just adds onto it.

I hadn't seen anyone else mention it in fanfics or here. Maybe I had and just forgot or maybe haven't seen it yet. But I always imagined that, if Shepard survives the war, they HAVE to retire due to the brain dage they received from using Prothean beacons and Leviathan on top of whatever injuries they had sustained during the last battle against the Reapers.

#mass effect legendary edition #mass effect fic #mass effect #mass effect trilogy #mass effect headcanons #garrus vakarian #commander shepard #urdnot wrex #urdnot grunt #urdnot bakara #jeff joker moreau #mordin solus #tali'zora vas normandy #liara t'soni #kaiden alenko #ashley williams #nihlus kryik #samara #thane krios #miranda lawson #jacob taylor #javik #james vega #steve cortez #kasumi goto #mass effect legion #jack mass effect #admiral hackett #david anderson #adrien victus

[oonaluna-art]

My buddy @for-the-love-of-starwars and I were chatting about Mass Effect, and I brought up the idea of Turians being born with fluffy down/feathers like T-rexes were theorized to have. We had an entire voice call designing this baby Turian who eventually turned into Garrus Vakarian. 

#please don't take fluffy turians away from me #i need this #mass effect #turian #turians #oonaluna art #cw: gun #bubbles #alien #headcanon #mass effect headcanons #clip studio paint #Garrus Vakarian

[shipsnthenight]

LAST PANEL [HERE] (because tumblr is a virgin)

...to be continued?

This thing took me WAY too much time, but I am pretty happy with how it turned out. It's one of my most treasured headcanons from the end of Mass Effect 3. and it does have a part 2 that I will probably draw in the future.

All I ask is, please, if you enjoyed reading it, give it some love with reblogs and comments? It would mean a lot to me.

#mass effect art #mass effect #femshep #liara t'soni #shiara #mass effect 3 #jane shepard #commander shepard #mass effect headcanons #mass effect headcanon #destroy ending

[bigfan-fanfic]

My Life Needs Calibrating (Male!Reader x Garrus Vakarian)

Requested by @jayfeather965 for  What about a short fic on Garrus confessing his feelings for reader?

Garrus Vakarian has an undeniable charm.

At least... to you.

Let's be fair, though. It's easy to fantasize but a lot harder to process in real life.

Garrus is taller than any human you've ever met, and though you find him cute, he doesn't emote in a way recognizable to you as a human. His facial plates are cool to the touch and hard, more like ceramic than anything you'd feel resembles skin. His hands only have the three fingers, and really, it's impossible to forget that he is not human - he can't even eat the same physical category of food that you can.

But, if you set aside the physical incompatibility of your bodies' designs, there are still things to love about him.

He is strong, of will and heart as well as body. He only fights for causes he truly believes in, and he doesn't back down easy.

He is whip smart, with an amazing memory and head for tactics.

And he is committed to his morals in a way that is intensely human. He cares for the parts, not the sum, and in a war where it's all life against the Reapers, that's kind of a wonderful quality to maintain.

And when it comes to romance, he's got the most endearing amount of awkwardness.

It's very clear that this man's only experience with flirting has been Fleet and Flotilla, the turian-quarian limited series epic romance, but somehow it just makes him more lovable.

Take the time he confessed his feelings for you.

He invited you out onto the Citadel under false pretenses.

Claimed to need your eye on a new set of armor.

Which you really don't know much about.

He was far more nervous than usual, kept glancing over at you and trying to speak.

And it just got suspicious by the time he had taken you halfway around the whole Citadel without finding the armor store he supposedly wanted to bring you to.

"Garrus, not that I don't like spending time with you, but what the hell is going on here?"

Garrus tries to look away but you smack his arm, demanding his attention.

"I've been trying to ask you out!" Garrus finally snaps.

"Well, how was I supposed to know that?" you snap back.

"I don't know! Maybe it's because I've been in love with you for months and months!"

You start to laugh then, and Garrus chuckles with you.

"Okay, this was bad, wasn't it?"

You nod. "Not the worst, but yeah. Bad. How long did you say you were in love?"

"You heard that part?"

"Yup. But it's okay. I think I've been in love with you for longer."

"How about a redo? Wanna get some food?"

You wink. "Are you asking me on a date, Garrus Vakarian?"

"I most certainly am."

#garrus vakarian x male reader #garrus vakarian x reader #mass effect headcanons #headcanons #male reader #mass effect x male reader

[katthekatt]

Some of my Mass Effect headcannon:

> After defeating Saren, Shepard took his headband as a memorial for his sacrifice in a paragon run, and as a trophy in a renegate run.

In the ME2, Shepard would find it in the original Normandy's wreckage, and it's placed next to Shepard's helmet in their private quarters.

> When Shepard first drives the mako the companions are forever traumatized and if they are partnered with one who has been with Shepard before and one that hasn't, the one that has been in the mako before puts a second seat belt on the other companion with the words, "Hold tight and pray in whatever you believe in."

> In ME1, when Shepard gave Wrex the Phoenix armor, he shoots at them and vows to pay them back.

> Thane plays chess with Dr. Chakwas during and after ME2, in ME3 Dr. Chakwas and Shepard play in his memory on the board from Aria from the Omega DLC

> After reading about Grunt's search history and his interest in dinosaurs Shepard takes him to Earth for a night in a museum. Grunt may or may not be responsible for the fall of one of the bigger displays.

> Shepard tries to game with Legion but keeps losing, after coming to a consensus that Shepard-Comander's feeling are getting hurt, Legion let's them win. Shepard knows that Legion lost on purpose, and it says so. However, Shepard doesn't let it forget it still lost, que in Legion never letting Shepard-Comander win again, with a tally system it so happens to update loudly after every win.

> Zaeed would be regularly "bothered" by Grunt for battle stories, the mercenary may have a sweet spot for Grunt

> Tali and Kasumi share fashion style and go shopping together on the Citadel, Kasumi would offer Tali for them to take everything for free, but she knows the stigma around quarians and out of respect never voices the offer and simply steals what Tali has said she can't afford on a later date. Even after the Suicide Mission she would still send Tali gifts.

#mass effect #mass effect headcanons #commander shepard

[slightlysaneee]

I saw a fanart on Pinterest where Shepard was covered in scars, real deep ones, so face, chest, legs, all pink and deformed (which make sense considering what she's been through and looks cool af).

And I'm thinking, Garrus getting scars in ME2 would make him look more like her in that case (he doesn't have that many scars because he's basically a sexy armadillo lol).

His scars are healing in ME3, while Shepard's still stay quite visible and then he goes with those lines (paraphrase):

The scars are starting fade... but I could get some new ones if that would help.

And I know he said it to flirt, showing how he still wants to be with her and be sexy for her, but he could also want to look more like her as well. Because he admires her and loves her in every way possible aslsjkqolalajkal

#shakarian #mass effect #mass effect headcanons #why are they so perfect #;; #sane:speaks

[monowires]

i love thinking about mshenko domestic scenarios like:

my shep is earthborn and thus doesn’t have a firsthand knowledge of general family traditions so kaidan & his mom invite him to join theirs after the war, and shepard learns he’s got a knack for accidentally burning the christmas cookies—he never was a good baker.

shepard shows kaidan some of his favorite places around the galaxy, the planets with the best views, that one restaurant on the corner of the block he grew up on; places only a wanderer would really know of.

kaidan introduces shepard to the world of traditional cooking—shepard never did quite learn how to cook anything more than enough to count as sustenance. between growing up on the streets and being biotic, shepard learned not to be picky, but this also meant he didn’t really learn how to make full-on dishes. 

kaidan helps shepard discover his hobbies—the man joined the alliance at 18, and he’s 29 by the time the trilogy starts, and street life didn’t leave much room for hobbies. turns out “shooting things until i either run out of bullets or run out of things to shoot” doesn’t count as a hobby.

the one thing kaidan CAN’T teach shepard is the ability to dance. he is utterly hopeless in that field. kaidan would ask him about it, but he doesn’t need to be told “come on, kaidan. the battlefield is my dance floor!” again.

shepard doesn’t much care for permanent domestic life. it’s too stagnant, he’s been a soldier for too long to do anything else. but he’d be lying if he said he wouldn’t be happy to wake up next to kaidan every morning for the rest of his life. so maybe he doesn’t retire, but they’re both spectres. the council will find that two of their spectres coincidentally take the same jobs and work as a pair.

shepard still won’t swim at the beach when they go together. he says something along the lines of “no thanks, i’ll stay in the sand. don’t want the hassle of getting all wet,” which in reality means, “yeah, ever since we tracked down leviathan, i sort of really hate oceans because i have no idea what’s in there.”

kaidan wants a cat. shepard says, “kaidan, i can barely take care of a house plant, what makes you think i’ll be able to take care of a cat?” (they get a cat.)

kaidan tells shepard that if he moves his things one more time to make room for his new model ships, he’s sleeping on the couch. (shepard moves kaidan’s things one more time to make room for his new model ships. kaidan isn’t a liar, but he doesn’t have it in him to condemn shepard to a night on the couch. not when shepard seems so… content.)

kaidan gets the grand idea to take shepard to a skating rink. he later wonders where he got that idea; shepard can’t even coordinate himself enough to dance properly. it was pretty funny, though, watching the renowned commander shepard stagger around on roller skates like he’d forgotten how to walk.

#johnny.txt #mass effect #commander shepard #kaidan alenko #mshenko #shenko #headcanons #mass effect headcanons #male shepard #mshepard #mshep #male shepard mass effect #shepard #shepard mass effect #idk what to tag

[lassieposting]

Having feelings about Garrus during a successful Suicide Mission

It's. Fairly obvious throughout the game that the massacre of Archangel's team has taken a wrecking ball to Garrus's self-confidence. He sees himself as a failure - failed C-Sec detective, failed vigilante - and blames himself for their deaths. Nalah Butler tells Shepard outright that Garrus took every shot fired at his team as a personal failure to keep them safe. He's been holding himself to impossible ideals, as turians are wont to do, and he's fallen short, and it's shaken him badly.

However. He is, honestly, the obvious choice for leader of the second fire team on the Suicide Mission. We know Miranda can run a science project, but we've never seen her lead anything in the field, let alone anything so high stakes. Garrus is the only one on the team with a proven track record of active duty, under-fire leadership skills - obviously, Miranda would have a Cerberus file which Shep would've read, as would Jacob, but their field achievements are never relevant or really mentioned in-game, whereas Archangel is mentioned in background chatter on planets halfway across the galaxy. But he doesn't volunteer, when Jack and Miranda are kicking off. If Jack is killed, he's the one who tells Miranda that half the team doesn't even trust her, but he still doesn't nominate himself as an alternative. He stays quiet and keeps his head down, and if you give him command, he just gives you a tight nod. Because he doesn't believe in his own leadership abilities anymore. He knows he got his last team killed.

By the time you meet back up with him, he hasn't lost anyone, and he's getting back into the swing of it. You've been able to hear things going well for him over the comms, and he's been checking in regularly too. And if you have him take command again, it's framed as him actually volunteering this time, and strategizing with you - "I'll take a team and do ABC..."

Shep's trust, her faith in him, the fact that she believes he is still fit to lead, gives him his confidence back. I have feelings.

#mass effect #mass effect headcanons #mass effect meta #shakarian #garrus vakarian

[skinnypig2]

hmmm let’s see

shepard is a lesbian

liara is an avid ally after her girlfriend shepard explained human queer oppression to her

garrus is trans

tali is trans and bi

Kaiden is bi

Ashley is working on her internalized homophobia

Wrex is homophobic but shepard is “one of the good ones” to him

joker didn’t know any gay people until he met shepard

anderson is a vigilant ally for his daughter shepard

hackett is a proud dad of all queer kids

Miranda is queer but she doesn’t accept herself until she’s been on the normandy a while

the Illusive man is gay, deeeeep in the closet, and wildly homophobic

Jacob says he’s an ally but he really does the bare minimum

kelly is bi

mordin is an ally (technically asexual)

grunt finds the existence of queer people entertaining

jack is nonbinary and pan

zaeed is supportive but has a very rudimentary view of trans people

kasumi is trans

thane just found out kolyat is bi and he’s learning for his son

samara looks down on humans for their historically oppressive behavior

legion is agender, aromantic, and asexual

james is trying hard to be a good ally

EDI is agender and asexual

traynor is a lesbian

cortez is gay and resilient

javik is pan but he intentionally doesn’t attend the Normandy’s pride party

cloned shepard is simultaneously gay and homophobic

#mass effect #shiara #mass effect trilogy #mass effect headcanon #mass effect headcanons #mass effect 2 #mass effect 3 #me2 #me3 #headcanon #queer #lgbt representation #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbtqia+ #lgbtq #queer pride

[dovahbeeotch]

Romance head cannon! (I don't have the heart ;-;) for Garrus.💙

OH YES ILY

- Shepard in combat gets that boy going like nothing else. Her sweaty and covered in blood>>>>

- he loves watching her do domestic things like brushing hair, cooking, laundry— stuff like that. he might not even realize he’s being rude by not offering to help but he’s just sitting there like a lil bitch making happy purrs 🐱

- cleans her guns and armour as a love language (especially when he’s stressed, chronic arms cleaner)

- gets frustrated when Shepard won’t open up to him, takes it personally. He fails to realize he does the same to her what funny little morons. Vulnerability is hard

- garrus cant say ily to shepard cuz he thinks she’ll die when he finally does (yes i chose violence today) though, his subvocals already said it long ago

- they can’t get very far into an argument before abandoning it to do seggsy things. I don’t think either of them can distinguish anger, adrenaline and horniness

- accidentally slips Shepard’s weird habits or quirks to their friends cuz he doesn’t know they’re not normal human things to do. Ex: flossing with her hair or something

#mass effect #mass effect headcanons #Shakarian

[hellafluff]

Cant sleep bc im thinking about Mass Effect Species Gender Headcanons

Asari, while "monogender" are established in Andromeda to sometimes prefer gendered or nonbinary pronouns (she, he, they, etc). I think the Asari languages make it very easy to slot pronouns from other languages into it, on top of having many pronouns to choose from. Many Asari are fluid in what pronouns they use, but in their writing, pronouns are chosen rather deliberately to establish mood, tone, or how a character is supposed to be viewed, which is often lost in translation. (I'm thinking like how Japanese has Boku vs Ore for boys)

Quarian culture has 4 genders, Male, Female, Bigender (both,) and None. The way one styles their suit cloth can give you an idea as to what their gender is, but pronouns are usually exchanged with names regardless. Quarian genders aren't put on record till after they return from Pilgrimage.

Turian society being so focused on military standing makes gender roles kind of irrelevant, but they do view male and female as distinct. They don't really have gendered facilities like bathrooms, however. Being trans is NBD since everything is co-ed anyway. Being intersex is rare but it tends to happen visibly, like bilateral gynandromorph birds. Their fringes will be much shorter on one side, with a longer mandible like a female turian, while the other has a longer fringe and shorter mandible. Coloration may also be visibly different.

Salarians don't really care about gender but also care about it A LOT, mostly because of how they reproduce. Salarians can pick any gender or lack of gender they want, but their birth sex is really all that matters in the end for them, because of reproduction contracts and the like 10 male to 1 female birthrates.

Sex and gender matters a lot for Krogan, and they don't really have a sense of nonbinary genders. Maybe before the genophage their philosophers might have argued that soldier, warlord, shaman, and mother, and other titles were all different genders, but it doesn't really matter now, post genophage.

Volus have a few genders but that tends to be very personal information and isnt shared outside of close relationships. They don't particularly care about the pronouns other Clans use for them either.

Hanar are a hermaphroditic species and tend to not care about pronouns.

Elcor gender is largely body language based.

Vorcha are also a monogendered race but no one likes to talk about it.

#sequel to make tattoo HCs and my pet HCs posts #sadly i don't have anything for the drell #mass effect #mass effect headcanons #asari #krogan #turian #quarian #gender #crazee talk

[drelldreams]

Headcanon: Affectionate phrases in alien languages - Riikip-lur volg olem [Salarian]

Riikip-lur volg olem is an affectionate phrase in Puron, a salarian language spoken in the Northern regions of Sur’Kesh and many colony worlds. It can be translated as ‘You are my mind palace’, though it is difficult to translate as there is not a specific term in English that has a meaning akin to ‘mind palace’. The phrase is very meaningful and not used casually.

Mind palace refers to an individual whose mind you deeply admire. To be someone’s mind palace means to be their source of inspiration, to provoke deeper thought in them, and for them to wish to learn from you. You look up to your mind palace; they’re a mentor, an idol.

While this is much about the intellectual aspect of a relationship, being someone’s mind palace means much more than them admiring your intelligence. Is is a form of affection; to be in love with the beauty of someone’s mind.

To not only admire someone’s raw intellect but their insight and wisdom. Your mind palace is your friend who you will skip the entire hour of sleep for just to engage in nightly philosophical discussions.

To a salarian this is perhaps one of the most beautiful and meaningful things you can say.

#mass effect worldbuilding #mass effect lore #mass effect headcanons #salarian lore #salarian headcanon #salarian language #mass effect alien languages #puron #phrases of affection #my headcanons #mind palace #concept