#me2 spoilers

[sol-consort]

Two years dead and everyone arounds you act as if it was your fault, as if you coming back to life disrupted their mourning.

And I get i, I get it. But to Shepard, it was only a few weeks. They were lost in space in anguish from the pain of choking as their lungs burned. The vacuum of space sucking whatever life left out of their beating heart as their final moment before their eyes closed.

Then they open them and find themselves on a medical bed. Two years passed in a blink, a second to them. Their body is the same, except for a few missing scars. Everything about them is the exact same as if they were plucked out of space during that moment and thrown two years ahead into the future.

But everyone else has changed, moved on. And no one wants to explain themselves, close friends treating them like strangers, news mentioning their name as one of the past legends, left to collect dust in the history books and memorials.

Like crashing their own funeral just when everyone else was done crying, and people feel upset at you for somehow beating the odds and surviving. Then it's Immediately back to duty, you don't even get to announce the fact you're alive again publicly. It gets spread in rumours and witness accounts.

And no one acknowledge how lonely it must have been to die surrounded by friends, knowing at least you died for them to survive. Only to wake up alone and remain alone, for everyone you've known died, or changed beyond recognition.

#☆Shepard #☆character study #ugh #Me2 #mass effect 2 spoilers #mass effect 2 #mass effect #commander shepard #me2 spoilers

[catsharky]

As terrifying as it would have been, I like to think there was a moment of peace there at the end, among the stars.

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So... this is the next part of the Shakarian comic, but it's not the big one I said would come next. I've made the decision to put that on the back burner for now and pick away at it a lot more slowly while I continue on with what I originally had planned. The next thing you see from me will likely be the Joker-centric part I mentioned a while back, but for now please enjoy this rare coloured comic in the meantime.

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#mass effect #mass effect comic #femshep #commander shepard #Outer Wilds is my all-time favourite game and when End Times starts playing I like to stop what I'm doing and just take everything in. #It's such a serene moment. I can't change what's about to happen but I can at least enjoy the incredible view in the time I have left #That's how I like to think my Shepard went out once the initial fear settled. Just taking in how beautiful the stars were one last time #so please imagine End Times playing in the background of this comic for maximum effect #mass effect spoilers #ME2 Spoilers #sharky art

[everythingmasseffectdd]

The thing about Garrus Vakarian that makes him such a 10 is that he came out of fucking nowhere.

In the first game I felt mid about him, even a little low-key concerned because he had some alarming ideals and I just had people closer to me who did the job better. Wasn't too sad to see him go.

And then there was the whole harrowing fiasco that was ME2 where he just fucking ajzbeinrbfusjanwb... And his reveal was such a roller coaster, such a colossal relief and horror and relief again. And the ride or die thing, because if you thought I was letting the emotional support vigilante out of my sight after that, think again.

I think I was like 10 hours from the end of ME3 (and WAY too far up another romance route), when the realization knocked me flat on my ass.

I love Garrus Vakarian.

Wtf am I doing with [xyz]?!?!

Holy shit, I LOVE him.

Embarrassing, honestly. He's pixels. I'd had game feelings before but... like via the main character, not like... hit me with a sack of bricks, stop dead in my tracks on a random Tuesday, moment of complete clarity type feelings. The Garrus thing really does sneak up on you though, lmao. Full arc. 10/10. Such damn good writing. Love that little turian forever.

#apparently is the night for completely random Garrus feelings #garrus vakarian #shakarian #Mass effect #me2 spoilers #Mass effect spoilers #ainulindaelynn

[seerasworld]

So, just to be clear, we do all agree that letting Thane die of Keprals because it was "set up in a way that made it hard to cure" in a universe where Shepard was resurrected is utter bs, right?

#forgot this was in my drafts #but yeah I still stand by it #shrios #thane krios #mass effect #mass effect 2 #spoilers #me2 #ME2 spoilers

[samseabxrn]

was this your first time through me2? who did you romance, fave companion, did you lose anyone, thoughts!!

It was!! So many thoughts:

I played FemShep, and I didn't romance anyone in ME2, but I romanced Kaidan in ME1 and I'm very intrigued to see him again

God, Horizon—the idea that he's been grieving for 2 years and is finally coming to terms with this, but to Shepard, it's been a matter of weeks?? That he was always on your side before, but now he has to draw the line and throw that wall up

I'm also so intrigued by the whole concept of Shepard being brought back to life and how that would work? And whether they would feel like they were still themself or not

It is so hard to choose, but my favorite companion is probably Tali—I had a little crisis during her loyalty mission, and I loved seeing how she was so torn between telling the truth and preserving her image of her father

I also really liked how you could challenge her on the geth, and I felt my opinions changing the more I interacted with people on the Migrant Fleet—the whole story of the quarian/geth struggles was so interesting!

I love Miranda and her strength—she really grew on me through the game, and I ended up taking her and Tali on most of my missions

I also love Legion: when you ask why he waited so long just to use Shepard's armor to patch that hole, and the response is just "no data available" ugh

There wasn't a character I disliked; even if I didn't get on with them at times, I could understand them—I thought the writing was great on that front

(On a side note, I really enjoyed that so much of the crew either had daddy issues or was the parent causing the issues)

The suicide mission stressed me out so much, especially making so many on-the-fly decisions—I loved it, and I thought the stakes felt so real. I lost Zaeed, which was—looking back on it, a fitting end to his story, but I was so shocked and I wish I could have gotten everyone out

On a more superficial note, the new Normandy looked amazing?? As much I missed the Mako and my horrible driving/"XO Pressly has the deck," I loved being able to wear sweatpants and the idea that Shepard puts together model ship kits in her free time

"Assuming direct control" haunts me

It was so haunting walking around the ship after the Collector attack—I loved the atmosphere of ME1, but I think this game had some really chilling moments

Sorry, that was a lot, but I loved this game! I can't wait to see how the next one goes—thank you for asking!

#asks #whirrlinginrags #mass effect #me2 spoilers

[maintitle]

I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but the first time I ever played Mass Effect 3 I did the full playthrough without Garrus. I managed to save everyone on the Suicide Mission in ME2 blind except Garrus, and I didn't realize until a few days after the game launch that Garrus could survive the suicide mission. It was a very confusing experience that I pretty much rushed through because I wanted to replay the second game and fix my mistake. It's also why I think I'm a bit frustrated that there aren't more companions from ME2 in that game, because the phantom memory of a playthrough without BOTH Garrus and Javik still exists as a spectre of horror deep in my soul even after the memories have largely faded into the abyss.

#Garrus #Mass Effect #Mass Effect 2 #Mass Effect 3 #ME2 spoilers #Mass Effect 2 spoilers #Mass Effect 3 Spoilers

[mothshrub]

The inside of Grunt's brain:

#mass effect #mass effect 2 #grunt mass effect #me2 #idk if this has been done before btw #I haven't seen it at least #also please no spoilers #'m halfway through the third game #urdnot grunt

[sol-consort]

Mass effect 2 screenshots pile that I forgot to post

#me2 spoilers #me2 #mass effect #mass effect 2 #mass effect screenshots #☆screenshots

[monowires]

you know what fucks me up the most about me2, though? it isn't just the fact that there was a 2 year time gap, it's that that time didn't even pass for shepard.

shepard was, as jacob puts it, "in a coma or worse" for most of it—the only real conscious moment he has before waking up at the start of the game during the attack is that one moment where the sedatives wore off and he started waking up.

everyone he runs into gives him some form of "it's been two years, you shouldn't expect things to be the same," but it's literally been like blinking to shepard. he was asphyxiating in space and then he was fighting for his life in a cerberus facility. he's expected to handle this reorientation himself; it's never really talked about, not fully. he catches up with people like anderson on what's happened in the past two years, but it's never really clarified how he processes it. and even so, he makes a visible effort to try and understand it, to try and understand the viewpoints of old allies like kaidan and tali and garrus.

this is something that i feel a lot of the characters overlooked when chiding him for 'working with' cerberus. like, my dude died and then woke up immediately thereafter (to him) in a cerberus facility. his only options were to ally with them or die, and then the elusive man went to extensive lengths to make it such that shepard COULDN'T leave—where would he go? the normandy wasn't his anymore. what crew would he take with him? they'd all been contacted by cerberus beforehand.

it just breaks my heart, because he dies saving joker/his crew during the normandy attack, and is then thrust into the future—literally, to him—and expected to just get up and keep moving. he was never given any time to process it, never given any time to argue, never given any autonomy beyond which mission he did first.

in me3, he still isn't given the luxury of being understood—people don't trust him, and understandably so given the reputation cerberus built for itself—but they also don't listen to him. when he tries to defend himself by saying he didn't have much choice, he is told "isn't that just what they want you to say?"

even jack gives him shit for it, and she was with him in me2. and if he tries to say he knows, he knows cerberus is awful, she says something along the lines of 'i'm sure that'll comfort all the people they killed' and that just stung in the moment because it really shows how alone shepard is, how alone he always has been. how being alone is a necessity when you're tasked with the fate of the galaxy—how he has to sacrifice himself in more ways than one to ensure the continuity of time itself.

#mass effect #mass effect 2 #mass effect 3 #mass effect spoilers #commander shepard #this is not anti jack btw i love her and understand what she was saying i just wish ppl tried to understand shep a little more #johnny.txt #those 6 months after the end of me2 must've been hellish for shepard #because things would've slowed down enough for it all to kick in

[punkryuki]

When you romance Thane:

#mass effect #fucking crying my eyes out over this stupid lizard man #ME3 #ME2 #spoilers? #Thane Krios #punkryuki

[rubensmuse]

looked at too much garrus art and decided to finally actually download & play those mass effects i bought. very excited

#i have some of the most important spoilers for me2 and me3 but i still...don't actually know what all three games are about #can't wait to find out! #mass effect #just squirrelly things

[sailforvalinor]

Actually my real red flag is that I beg for narrative choice-based games where there is real weight to your decisions and your actions have consequences that majorly effect how the story plays out, but whenever I play choice-based games and I’m faced with a decision of almost any caliber I end up googling what I should do because I’m anxious about the consequences

#brought to you by Val’s recent playthrough of me2 and Hogwarts legacy #sebastian and ominis’s storyline was honestly so compelling I just wish it took yours (and Sebastian’s) decisions a bit more seriously? #like the only choice that really matters (spoilers) is whether or not to send him to Azkaban at the end #but like I wish there were some consequences for covering it up? or running around using Unforgivables in the first place? #I’m pretty sure you can run around Avada Kadavra-ing anyone you want but chose all the good dialogue options and get the good ending #like there are in-universe lore consequences for using the killing curse guys #but whatever otherwise I LOVED this game #me2 is going to be SO hard not to google everything #I’m going to have to leave my phone in another room or something #I just don’t want anyone to die or accidentally romance someone I don’t want to 😭😂

[alukardtheabysswalker]

I always wondered what they called Garru's originally in ME2. By this I mean Archangel is a human concept from human culture and many of the other cultures would have no idea what an archangel even is. Sure you could argue that maybe it was a human who names him but we are never told explicitly. You could also mention how in turian religion there's the concept of Spirits as abstract concepts being revered so maybe without a universal translator his name would be something like "Spirit of Justice" but we also don't know if he was named after a turian concept even tho he is a turian, for all we know it could have been a word from one of the most prominent species in Omega

#everyone is talking their own language and they understand each other #mass effect 2 #mass effect #garrus vakarian #mass effect 2 spoilers #this is why many sci-fi authors go for because with universal trans #lators a lot can be lost in said translation #it's still a cool nickname don't get me wrong and it adds to the coolnes of me2 #it just got me thinking ever since I heard it the first time

[sstorkk]

I played mass effect two

Ok but Mordins view on morality and such is so interesting. Like, I can see where he's coming from, but he rationalises things in such interesting ways. He has such strong morals but at the same time, well.

Im afraid for mass effect 3. I've heard scary things.

#mass effect 2 #me2 #mordin #mordin solus #doodle #random #art #my art #mass effect art #fanart #mordin solus art #mass effect 2 spoilers #mass effect #me #me2 mordin

[rayvenden]

I’m playing through the Mass Effect trilogy blind (due to my significant other’s recommendation) and omg how is it so incredibly good. ggghhhhsfssfhhhhhh

Granted I’m a fantasy enjoyer primarily but dayum, Mass Effect is hands down my favorite space sci-fi experience. This SELLS me on good sci-fi. This is the ultimate sci-fi, world-building, lore-rich, character-rich, incredible dialogue writing, CHOICES ACTUALLY MATTER A LOT (like this is THE choices matter game, others wish they were half as good), beautiful experience. And ofc the gameplay is pretty solid too! Good shooter with fun abilities (yeah we like yeeting people with biotics). but the writing is where it’s really at.

Well, I’m sold on BioWare several times over. They know how to really write a story, like a true novel-quality one, which isn’t super common in video games. Respect. I already have been planning on catching up with Baldur’s Gate but it also made me sure that I want to play the Dragon Age series sooner than later.

The only thing is that achievements are broken on Mass Effect Legendary edition on PC cause EA is a piece of crap lmao

#I'm glad I have one person who knows me so well ;-; #he bugged me multiple times to play mass effect and for good reason #not tagging this with fandom cause I don't want anyone to reply with spoilers #I'm most of the way through ME3 though #ME2 is so far the best but it's really not a standalone experience at all #but ME2 definitely does character writing so much better than 1

[windchimegamer]

300,000.

#mass effect #me2 #mass effect 2 #mass effect spoilers #shepard #oc: anna shepard #femshep