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normandy crew and their overwatch mains bc i haven’t stopped thinking about it since i made that art of shaylor playing

ashley - soldier 76

kaidan - baptiste

wrex - reinhardt but only one less hour on torbjorn

garrus - sojourn

tali - mercy

liara - symmetra

miranda - widowmaker

grunt - winston

jacob - ana

jack - reaper

legion - mercy but glock only. somehow GM

samara - zarya

thane - zenyatta

mordin - moira

zaeed - genji

kasumi - sombra

edi - ramattra

javik - sigma

james - doomfist

Odd idea, but team dragonborn's overwatch mains?

Ldb: decide that for yourself(default to top 500 because protag)

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Kaidan: Rein AND Brig, would mostly play fill, super non-toxic until someone says something to LDB, ends up in all women parties and its confused how he got there, only gets on mic to tell toxic people to shut up, Silver 1

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Inigo: Hanzo and Ana, hes super non toxic, dances in spawn and on point, sings on mic, plat DPs, bronze support

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Lucien: He mains Mercy and Baptiste, crys after every match thats toxic, is plat 1, but is worse than everyone else

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Xelzaz: Dps Moira, doesn't switch, very toxic, says hes carrying but he wont fucking heal, does actually get the job done, Diamond 5

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Rumarin: Mains Sigma(cause his feet are out), hammond(because balls)and D.va(because hes a self proclaimed gamer girl), but refuses to actually tank, trolls a lot, really good at the game, but refuses to play well, Top 500

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Nebarra: Reaper main, hes got hundreds of shitty plays where he just ults saved, super toxic to everyone but his supports, talks mad shit, Plat 1

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Serana: Literally god teir, plays all characters, top 500, winrate of 70% on every hero Top 500, might be in a pro team

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Remiel: Torb/Sym main, has a custom Aimbot she coded herself, actual dogwater, talks mad shit, is usually right, Bronze 5

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Lucifer: Genji Main, constantly talks about how everyone is too toxic and its just a game, but hes 10× worse, always tilted, Silver 2

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Sofia: Pocket mercy main, says slurs on mic, refuses to heal anyone but whos shes pocketing, secretly actually mains Lucio, Bronze 3

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Caryalind: Mercy Main, Gold 1, flirts in general chat, unproblematic king

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Khash: Junkrat Main, TALKS MAD SHIT, is a squeeker for the two hit combo, Diamond 5

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Miraak: Moira main, Prides himself on how he can do both healing and dps, but only does dps, bronze 5

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M'rissi: Soldier main, Ults then says its a skill issue, always on mic, silver 3

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Nanak: Sym and Zen main, tries to talk philosophy and history in chat, very good at multi-tasking Silver 1

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Auri: Zarya Main, flirts with all women she sees, and sometimes the men, but mostly the women, goes out of her ways to bubble ONLY the women on her team, doesnt play ranked,

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S'ariq: Sombra/Genji main, but hes actually really good, you will never see him, but hes got a 45 killstreak, Top 500, may or may not be on the pro team with Serana

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Bikhai: doesn't really have a main, plays whatever hes asked to, hes pretty good at tanks though, never uses mic, doesn't play ranked

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Hoth: Reaper main, usually high when playing, never on mic, most people think hes racist, but he really ain't

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Bishop: Soldier Main, wont play unless mercy is pocketing, constantly raging, super edgy, xXxLoneWolfxXx, always on mic, you can constantly hear his dog barking, pisses people off because he actually pops off when he gets his pocket mercy, Plat1

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Thogra: Zarya Main, doesnt talk alot, minds her damn business, doesnt play ranked

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Telmiltarion: his computer can't run overwatch so he plays stardew valley instead, is in the groupchat when everyone plays though

tagged by @casecous 

rules: list your favorite character from 10 different fandoms then tag 10 people

1, MDZS - Lan WangJi 2. Metal Gear - Big Boss 3. Dark Souls - Artorias 4. Sailor Moon - Venus  5. TTGL - Kamina 6. Overwatch - Ana  7. Bloodborne - Alfred 8. Mass Effect - Kaidan 9. Fallout - Boone 10. Destiny - Saint14 

I TAG YOU! 

Name ten favorite characters from ten different things (books, film, tv, etc.)

I was tagged by @ryanstormarts Thank you! 

This is hard. In no particular order:

Daniil Dankovsky (Pathologic)

Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elisium)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)

Kaidan Alenko (Mass Effect)

Sheogorath (The Elder Scrolls)

Pachino (The Ministry of Time)

Alistair (Dragon Age)

Sam Wimes (Discworld)

Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)

Mr. Spock (Star Trek)

I tag @serpenstoned @levikra @ana-the-unknown @femmeshep @quirkydetectives but no obligatory!

3, 7, 11, 22 for Furia, 28, and 38 from the Fic Writer Asks?

Fic Writer Asks

3: what motivates you? I’ve kind of given up on motivation. Because motivation can be hit or miss for me. But defining an actual writing time worked well in January, and I’ve gone back to that focus this month as well. In February, I had some prompts that motivated me back into character development and work, but it was not done consistently. 

Sometimes just tossing a character into a new situation can motivate me to want to write about them. 

7: hardest/easiest verse to write for?Right now, honestly, they all feel hard. It used to be that Mass Effect was my goto fandom. I think that shifted a few years back to Saint Row.

Dragon Age has always been a fandom that kills me. And shockingly Far Cry 5 is turning out to be a tough one for me to write in. 

11: (if you use) what do you like about archiveofourown?I love the ease of refining your search in AO3 and the CSS for the stories is nice, and you always know where to find the things you might usually look for. It is really a beautiful site and I love how responsive they try to be with the needs of the writers and readers.

38: do you title your chapters? what’s your favorite chapter title? what’s its significance/why did you choose it? I try to. I don’t think my titles are in anyway exciting. They tend to be one or two or a few words, maybe a phrase. Sometimes they feel right perfect. Most of the time however they are just kind of thrown in there. I’m rather fond of Excessive Heat Exposure from First Watch of the Night it not only captured the feeling of Therum in the ME timeline, but also the kind of slow burn that was revving up for Shepard and Kaidan. I’m not sure I remember how I chose it. I might have heard it after I was writing or I might have chosen it in the outline process. I’m honestly not quite sure when I came up with it. If I recall, it’s a term from somewhere ... not sure if it is science or medicine. Of course, I could also be completely wrong on that.

22: favorite line/quote/inner monologue from this character? Answered under the cut, because I love this little play between Furia and Troy. It’s a bit of both dialogue and inner monologue and shows the dichotomy of her reason and feeling--that battle between logic and heart that is so key to this character for me. 

Troy leaned a little closer to her, pulling her against him in a calculated display meant for a particular audience and to achieve a specific purpose, she knew. Despite that, his proximity merely heightened her anxiety. The slight sense of comfort offered by having one of her own with her was nearly entirely wiped away with the weight of his hand on her waist. His breath at her ear had her pulse racing at a near dizzying pace again.

“You good?” he asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she said, turning toward him. When her eyes met his, her mind was stripping through gears trying to find a way to slow down. She swallowed back the lump choking her. “I’ll be right back.”

You’re a complete and utter idiot, Furia. You just keep playing with fire. And yet again you’ll end up burned through to the core and singed around the edges for good measure when this all crashes and burns around you. She slipped into the front seat of the Bootlegger and pulled the two stacks from the bag. Furia knew there would be a buy in for the race and she knew from Miguel’s ramblings over the last year that it tended toward the steep side of things even when the stakes were considered low.

Taking a deep breath she leaned back in the seat and glanced in the mirror. She could still see the flush on her cheeks. Part of her hoped people, including Troy, would chalk it up to the chill in the air. “You should have called Memo,” she muttered, rubbing her hand over her forehead.

“Should have called Memo for what?”

“Christ.” Startled, she shifted farther into the car. Taking a deep breath, she looked up and saw him leaning casually on the roof in the open car door. He has to see it. She was sure there was no way anyone could miss how flustered Troy had her, even him. Sometimes he seemed so oblivious to it; it made her wonder if Bradshaw did it just for sport. 

“To let him know what I was doing. If he or Miguel find out from one of these idiots,” she said, shaking her head in part to clear it, “I’ll have to listen to them whine about it for weeks.”

Troy tugged his phone out of his pocket. When she reached for it, he pulled it back and sank to a crouch so that in that moment she loomed over him. She could tell he had something to say. 

“I can back off,” he offered, toying with the device in his hands as he looked up at her.

She slid toward him slightly. As much as the sane part of her could have used precisely that, there was a completely certifiable side of her that wanted his attention, even it if was feigned. 

“If you do, the vultures will descend.”

He looked up at her and nodded. “And we wouldn’t want that,” Troy said with a heated grin that made her cheeks burn.

“Not in the least.”

Holding the phone between them, he cast an expectant glance at her. Furia shook her head. “Probably better that he doesn’t know I’m here or doing this. Any of it,”” she confided. “Don’t think he would be too pleased across the board.”“He does seem to have an overdeveloped protective streak.” Troy stood and held his hand out to her.

Furia scooted forward, setting her hand in his before she stood. Her body grazed his as she shimmied out of the way to close the door. “Under the circumstances, it seems wholly justifiable, if not incredibly irritating.”

Convincing herself he was just too good at his role, she spun and sauntered back to Vu, who it turned out was the man holding the money that night. Once she handed off her fee, Furia tried not to think too hard about the warm body she leaned up against or the way his hand splayed over the front of her hip with his thumb tucked comfortably in the waist of her skirt. She even managed to mostly push him and everything he stirred up to the back of her mind while they socialized with Vu and some of his people, at least until he set his chin on her shoulder. The tickle against her bare skin invariably brought Ana’s question rushing back to her mind with the ferociousness of a big cat on the hunt.

Furia could feel her body tense whenever their exhibition seemed to overwhelm her. Sometimes Troy would lean away, offering her a moment to breathe; other times she would feel his arm tighten around her and his warm hand would press her more solidly against him, making her a little breathless. It was equal parts comforting and frustrating. It was like walking on a knife’s edge for a half an hour.

About The Character

Tagged by @alyssalenko. I already did this one for Artemis Shepard

― your muse’s name:

She’s got a few-- The Clone, Ana Fields, Commander Shepard, Jane Doe, Alison Gunn. For the purposes of this meme, this is Clone Shep after the events of Double the Trouble.

― one favourite picture / faceclaim of your muse:

Art by @ta-mars-space

― two headcanons you have for your muse:

Jane Shepard’s clone has cybernetic implants and imprinted memories that function much like Grunt’s. She has a LOT of head knowledge but not so much emotional intelligence or understanding of social cues.

Her voice is also deeper and huskier than Jane Shep’s.

― three things that your muse likes doing in their free time:

Drawing, video games, and listening to loud and obnoxious rock music.

― seven people your muse loves/likes:

Dreya T’Vasi, Jane Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, the Tenth Street Reds, Kasumi Goto, Jack Nought, Zaeed Massani.

― a phobia your muse has:

Needles. Anything medically related.

Tagging: @rpgwarrior4824 and @bioticsandheadshots, if you want to share.

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Female Shepard (Mass Effect) Series: Part 1 of Kaidan and Ana Summary:

With Sovereign defeated, Ana Shepard and Kaidan Alenko are left with the lingering question of what will become of their relationship. These are the moments they shared between the battle for the Citadel and the Normandy's fall.

I finally decided to post the first chapter of my FShenko fic so check it out! It’s basically a collection of oneshots. I’m currently working on three other parts to the series (one for ME2, one for ME3, and a final post-ME3 one) so there will be lots more to come! I’ll likely be updating once a week since I have all the chapters done for this part of the series.

who are the mw from admins and members? any fandoms tbf i'm in love with loads

hey angel!! i would just like to start off with the fact that we would absolutely love down anyone and everyone you bring us, and that is a promise!! and if you would like to find some more suggestions, then check out our most wanted tag, promo blog or even wanted connections page!! but otherwise, here is a list compiled by us admins and our lovely members!! marvel/gifted: thor odinson, stephen strange, m’baku, t’challa, johnny storm, sabretooth, charles xavier, chase stein, alex wilder, colossus, nathan summers, tony stark, frank castle, foggy nelson, erik lensherr, leo fitz, philip coulson, kate strucker, blink, carol ferris, mystique, rogue,molly hayes, gert yorkes america chavez, the rest of the runaways, billy kaplan, tommy shepherd, pietro maximoff, groot, gamora, clint barton, and wolverine!! dc: lois lane, carol ferris cassie sandsmark, cassie cain, helena bertinelli, diana prince, arthur curry, bruce wayne, clark kent, edward nygma, roy harper, steve trevor, and hal jordan!! disney: anna, lilo, jessie, bo peep, prince adam, mauiprince kit, mrs. potts!! overwatch: mei, ana, pharah, brigette jesse mcree, reaper, reinhardt wilhelm, lucio, hazo, genji sombra, soldier 76, ashe, widowmaker, and tracer!! harry potter: mckinnon family (wanted connections), molly weasley, petunia evans, cho chang, daphne greengrass, nymphadora tonks, minerva mcgongall, ron weasley, ted tonks, albus dumbledore, jacob kowalski, oliver wood, theseus scamander any of the weasleys bpys, dean thomas, dorcas meadowes,  mad eye moody, bellatrix lestrange or voldemort!! mass effect: ashley williams, miranda lawson, tali-zorah nar rayya, liara t'soni  kaidan alenko, garrus vakarian, thane, mordin solus, urdnot wrex, grunt wrex miranda lawson, tali'zorah vas normandy, or james vega!! dragon age: morrigan, isabela, leliana, cassandra pentaghast, seracullen, or zevran arainai!! legacies/tvd/to: penelope park, freya mikaelson kol, finn, freya and elijah mikaelson, and marcel gerard!! hamilton: angelica, peggy, alexander hamilton, and eliza schylur!! legend of zelda: mipha, urbosa, or prince sidon!! life is strange: chloe price, kate marsh, victoria chase, nathan prescott, or warren graham!! gravity falls: wendy corduroy, pacifica northwest, candy chiu, dipper pines, bill cipher, stanford pines, stanley pines, and gideon gleeful!! shadowhunter chronicles: livvy blackthorn, cristina rosales, sophie collins, charlotte branwell, maia roberts, cecily herondale, emma carstairs, diana wrayburn,  jem carstairs, nate gray, henry branwell, gideon lightwood, gabriel lightwood, gwyn, julian blackthorn, ty blackthorn, kit herondale, mark blackthorn, kieran, max lightwood, raphael santiago, jocelyn fairchild, luke garroway, sophie, gabriel, gideon, cecily, ragnor, camille, henry, and charlotte!! doctor who: thirteen, river song, donna noble, rose tyler, martha jones, jenny, the tardis, clara oswald, sally sparrow, yasmin khan, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, jack harkness, rory williams, ryan sinclair, or amy pond!! the raven cycle: adam parrish, gansey, joseph kavinsky, henry cheng, orla, persephone, piper greenmantle, gwenllian, or maura sargent!! until dawn: jessica riley, emily davis, hannah washington, beth washington, ashley brown, josh washington, mike munroe, matt taylor, or chris hartley! star wars: bail organa, cassian, chewie, finn, jacen solo, luke skywalker, breha organa, mon mothma, winter celchu, jabba the hutt, palpatine, han solo, or the rest of the rouge one crew!! got: jaime lannister, oberyn martell, bronn and all game of thrones muses you can think of!! tolkien: bard, legolas, thranduil, frodo!! the walking dead: glenn rhee!! stranger things: jim hopper, lucas sinclair, max mayfield, mike wheeler, or dustin henderson!! the hunger games: gale hawthorne, haymitch abernathy, effie trinket, and primrose everdeen!! final fantasy: gladiolus amicitia, ignis scientia, prompto argentum, nyx ulrich, cloud strife, tidus, squall leonhart!! bat out of hell strat, zahara, sloane, and falco, or any of the lost!! derry girls: clare, michelle, james, and orla!! buffy the vampire slayer: angel, giles, willow, dawn, anya, xander!! sailor moon: haruka, mamoru, minako, rei, mako, ami, chibiusa, setsuna, or michiru!! scream tv: jake fitzgerarld, zoe vaughn, riley marra, nina patterson!! anyone from a court of thorns and roses! critical role: pike, vax'ildan, scanlan, or gilmore!! alice from the magicians!! orpheus, hades from hadestown! marius, fantine, valjean, from les miserables!! avatar : the rest of the avatar gang, azula, ty lee, and mei! legit any war and peace muses!! jack morrison from ow! anyone from the travelers, black sails or outlander!! i apologize for how long this list is, but members if you have any characters that weren’t mentioned, throw them in the replies for this angel!! ♥

Skyrim Action Shots from Past Playthroughs 🗡️

Featuring Team Dragonborn: Kaidan, Ana (My DB), Farkas, Vilkas, Aela, Erik the Slayer, and Lydia. All in this last pic except Farkas who lets just say was taking this pic 😉

Hitsuji Bungaku Lyrics: Step

English translation and romanization below the cut.

ENGLISH

My legs got tired Running up The long set of steps So I sat down And thought to myself, “You need A really strong mind To stand back up Once you feel this way”

I took for granted There’d be a happy ending Like I saw in the movies But once I realized That it was all made up I found it in me to laugh About a lot of different things And say there was nothing else I could’ve done

You’ll probably leave Without even saying goodbye The wind coming through my window Smells like Being by the pool

I’m still broken

The things I’ve taken for granted Are getting farther and farther away God’s watching all the time I’m starting to forget that, too Maybe it’s inevitable That my head’s always filled With me me me I’m fine with that But I’d at least like to be A little bit kinder

Forget everything That’s happened so far You’re changing Your whole life In the hole in the wall

I wanna stay broken

Memories always sparkle A teeny bit I’m standing still all the time Envious of them Maybe it’s inevitable That my head’s always filled With what happened yesterday I’m fine with that But I wanna know what it’s like to be happy At least a little bit

I bet we’ll never see each other Ever again But I’ll learn to smile about it And say there’s nothing I could’ve done, right?

ROMAJI

nagai kaidan wo kake-agatte’tara ashi ga tsukarete suwari-konde shimatta ichido kou naru to tachiagaru no ni wa monosugoku tsuyoi kokoro ga iru na to omotta

eiga ni utsutte’ta happi- endo wa atarimae dakedo tsukuri-banashi da tte kidzuite kara wa ironna koto wo shikata nai kara to waratte yukeru you ni natta

kimi wa sayonara mo iwazu ni yuku darou mado wo nukeru kaze pu-rusaido mitai na nioi da

watashi mada kowareta mama de iru

atarimae no koto ga dondon toozakatte yuku itsudatte kamisama wa mite iru sore mo wasurete’ku jibun no koto bakari itsumo ippai ni naru no wa tabun shikata no nai koto de sore mo ii keredo sukoshi kurai wa yasashiku naritai

ima made no koto wa wasurete okure yo kabe ni aketa ana kurai ni shika kimi no jinsei wo kaete’nai

watashi mada kowareta mama de itai

omoide wa itsudemo sukoshi dake kagayaite mieru itsudatte sore wo netande wa tachidomatte iru kinou no koto bakari itsumo ippai ni naru no wa tabun shikata no nai koto de sore mo ii keredo sukoshi kurai wa shiawase mo shiritai

kitto mou nido to au koto mo nai kedo shikata nai yo ne to waratte yukeru you ni naru darou 

Some Vidja Game Headcanons - Offense

DOOMFIST has every single Civilization game stored on a portable hard drive for his computer. He won’t tell a soul, but he employs the diplomatic strategies he learned from the game at various Talon meetings. Also, Nuclear Gandhi is hilarious.

GENJI has been playing Final Fantasy games since he came out of the womb, and puts up no pretensions about his love for the series. He had a chocobo plushie and a Tifa figurine in his youth. Though he’s since lost those items, he’s still incredibly fond of the series due to it’s influence on him in his formative years.

MCCREE played Fallout: New Vegas for fifteen minutes, once, and that’s why this grown-ass man voluntarily dresses as a cowboy in Our Year of the Lord 2076. He fought for an independent New Vegas, has a stockpile of whiskey and teddy bears that takes up half of his inventory, and exclusively uses revolvers like a fool. Cass is his favorite companion.

PHARAH meant to play Mass Effect as a hardass Renegade Shepard, but as soon as she meets her crewmates, her heart immediately softens and she now plays as The Nicest Shepard. No one gets left behind on her watch. Mostly. Probably romanced Kaidan on accident in her first playthrough and liked him too much to say no. 

REAPER the 3dgel0rd supreme loves Doom with a passion that nearly matches his love for sewing. Nearly. It’s great catharsis to carve a demon alien like a turkey with a super powered chainsaw. He also likes to play goofy dating sims on his phone and SOMBRA GET OUT OF MY ROOM THIS IS FOR IMPORTANT TALON BUSINESS-

SOLDIER:76 do board games count The Sims. He’s built a beautiful house for his sim (named “John Morrissey”), has Sim replicas of all of his Overwatch comrades (past and current), and adopted seven kids. He, Gabe, and Ana are close again, Angela’s getting enough sleep, Fareeha is a successful engineer, Lena’s married to her wife and he has a lovely garden with a flower patch arranged to spell “FUCK TALON”.

SOMBRA “plays” games, in that she programs her own aimbots and absolutely dominates in various hero shooters until she gets banned. When that happens, she switches to one of her alt accounts. She has many, many alt accounts. Several forum threads are dedicated to uncovering the identity of “ShadowSlayer” (and various permutations thereof) and putting an end to their antics. Her opponents hate her. Her teammates hate her. The devs hate her. Someone stop her.

TRACER is always ready for some good, ridiculous fun. When she’s gaming alone, cartoony and bright games like Sunset Overdrive and Just Cause are her favorites. But, under the pretense of good fun and competition, she will destroy anyone in Mario Kart. Everyone except D.Va, and Emily- but only because she lets them win! Really!

Shay for the worldbuilding thing!

B A S I C S

full name: Shay Marcus Shepard

gender: man

sexuality: bisexual

pronouns: he/him

O T H E R S

family: Ana Verhoeven (mother, deceased), Henry Shepard (father, deceased), Lily Shepard (sister, missing)

birthplace: Mindoir

job: Alliance Naval Special Forces Officer, Spectre

phobias: being burnt alive

guilty pleasures: very unrealistic shooter vidgames

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: chaotic good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: extrovert

organized/disorganized: organised

close minded/open-minded: open-minded

calm/anxious: anxious

disagreeable/agreeable: disagreeable

cautious/reckless: cautious

patient/impatient: patient

outspoken/reserved: outspoken

leader/follower: leader

empathetic/unemphatic: empathetic

optimistic/pessimistic: pessimistic

traditional/modern: modern

hard-working/lazy: hard-working

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Shay/Kaidan or Shay/Miranda

ot3: Shay/Kaidan/Ashley, Shay/Kaidan/Cortez ???maybe

brotp: Shay/Joker

notp: Shay/Tali. Too much like his little sister

Half-Truths

A new fic inspired by a prompt by @vorchagirl for my summer giveaway. It turned into a full-fledged multi-chapter story.

Basically: James an Analya have to go undercover as a married couple to save C-Sec. Smut will come later, as you might guess.

Will be updated on AO3 here

“I’m sorry Shepard, I can’t help you out with this one.” Kaidan folded his arms over his chest as he took half a step back, shifting his weight. “I just… don’t think it would be appropriate.”

“I understand. I just… I’m comfortable around you, so I figured-”

“I’m flattered.” he cut her off with a hand held up that soon rested on her shoulder. “I think you’re overlooking other people though.” he smiled, nodding his head in the direction behind her. She turned and immediately spun back around with a hard-set face.

“No.”

“Shepard-”

“You think you and me is inappropriate?! He’s ranked lower than you were when we met!” she hissed in her quietest voice. “I-I can’t spend a whole four days alone with him!”

“Well I’m not going and you can’t make me under any authority. Besides, you two work well together and I think you underestimate his talents.” Kaidan gave her a less than gentle push in the general direction of the young man, turning around to get back to his reports.

Analya grumbled and shrugged out from under his hand to turn and walk over to where James was sitting, in the middle of eating his lunch. She did like him, and she agreed that the two of them got along very well. But she didn’t know if he was really ready, or capable, of what she was needing from a partner. Suddenly from the corner of her eye, she spotted Garrus, and she thought it over for a split second before making a beeline for him, instead.

“Hey Garrus, you got a minute?” she asked.

“Sure, what’s up?” he asked, stopping in his tracks on the pathway from the main battery to the kitchen. Ana motioned for her to follow him back into the main battery, waiting until the door shut before speaking again.

“I got a message from C-Sec, forwarded from the Council, asking me to investigate a crime ring that’s apparently threatening a lot of the Citadel’s security. The only problem is that everyone knows if a Spectre starts showing up, they’ll try shut it down. They want this situation dealt with.”

“Okay, what does this have to do with me?”

“Well, I need to have a partner to go undercover and help me get close to someone so I can hack into their files and see what they have.”

“Shepard, no offense, but I would be terrible. I can’t lie to save my skin, let alone act.”

“You acted like you weren’t jealous when Tali mentioned getting that suit modification.” Ana half-muttered with a smirk.

“And yet, everyone figured it out. Proof I’m no good.” he said quickly. “Besides, I’m not very good for sneaking around or causing distractions. Hell, I can’t even plan escapes well.”

“Fine, you’ve made your point.” she huffed, crossing her arms for a moment before bringing her hands up to her face, groaning. She really didn’t want to bring James along, but she’d already exhausted all two of her comfortable options.

“What now?”

“This is just… It’s going to be so awkward.” she mumbled.

“Asking or doing it?”

“Both. But I guess I just have to do it.” Ana shook her head and ran a hand down her pink face, trying to restore the natural pale tone the best she could before going back out. It took a few minutes before that happened, though there was still a small blush as she approached James.

“Hey Lola, Scars said you wanted to talk to me about something.” he said, looking up before she was even close. But hearing him speak first did ease her nerves slightly, much to her surprise.

“Yeah. I think it would be best if we talked privately, though. It is a bit sensitive.”

“Sure thing. I’ll finish up lunch and meet you in your cabin?”

“Sounds great.” Ana smiled, aware he was doing the same as he returned happily to his omni-tool and food.

Great. She’d bought herself some time to think it over, plan out what she’d say, maybe how he would react. Analya slipped over into the kitchen to grab herself something to eat before going to the elevator, taking it up to the cabin and promptly laying back on the bed, popping a few grapes in her mouth.

James would probably love to do this job with her. It was a chance for him to get some experience with trying to stay undercover, and there was the chance of a shootout type scenario at the end. Not to mention it was going to be at least three days alone with her, possibly more. Ana knew James was at least a little bit serious when he flirted and she loved that it was easy to tell how he felt. Though it was cruel of her to string him along like she had - not that she didn’t want to fully reciprocate his affection and attention, there were just boundaries in the way.

It was maybe an hour later before Analya had the request for someone to enter. Immediately allowing it, she steeled herself for the conversation, prepared for any number of replies to her request. Though she knew she didn’t need to be prepared for anything but one, deep down.

“Hey Lola.” his voice came across rather calm as he entered, not for the first time, and sat himself down close to her. “What was it you wanted to talk about?”

“I…” she started speaking but her mouth ran dry, and she felt her face growing hot. A few deep breaths settled the nerves in her stomach. Ana met his eyes and smiled. “Sorry. I was contacted by C-Sec, and the council, to take on a mission. The only issue is that I need a partner, and I need someone who I can trust-”

“Okay.”

“-not to mention-... Wait, what?”

“I said, ‘okay’. I’m in.”

“You… Don’t want the details first?”

“I’m pretty sure I’ll be game to help, no matter what the situation. Plus it’ll be great practice for N school, I’m sure.”

“James, just to be safe let me tell you everything and then you can give me your answer, okay?”

“Fine. Tell me everything.” he sighed, crossing his arms over his broad chest. The shirt he was wearing grew taut around his shoulders and that small detail didn’t escape Analya. She was careful to avoid saying anything other than what the mission was to him.

“First things first, we’d both have to go undercover. I don’t have exact details since I haven’t confirmed I’ll take on this mission, but I do know that we would be going in as C-Sec officers and trying to get hard evidence on some of the officers arrested.”

“Why can’t we just go in as ourselves?”

“Because, some of the officers have spoken about the Captain at their particular precinct having the records, but he’s been unwilling to come forward with the information himself, despite ordering the arrests. So I imagine they want us to sneak into his office and grab the data. But again, I don’t have all the details we need.”

“Alright… Is that everything?”

“For the moment.”

“I’m still in. You need help, and you’re gonna get it. And as much as I hate the way C-Sec operates, maybe this will help them figure their stuff out.”

“Garrus has been telling you stories, hasn’t he?” She smirked, pulling up her omni-tool to answer to the request.

“Oh, plenty.” he laughed, the sound leaning on dark, but… Analya was intrigued by the sound - shivers went down her back at the sound. “He also told me about the time you uh… Interrogated someone?”

“Oh god, not that story.” she groaned, her hands going to her face with embarrassment. She would admit, that interrogation - that whole mission, really - hadn’t been her brightest moment. But she’d done what was right and she wouldn’t take any of it back. James begged her for just one story before he left, and she decided she could tell her version of that mission to him, to kill some time.

Continue reading on AO3 here.

Double the Trouble Chapter 14 -- A New Name

Rating: Explicit (previous chapters have smut)

Ship: FemShep x Femshep Clone, Femshep x Kaidan, Femshep x Femshep Clone x Kaidan, OT3

AO3 Link: Here

Summary:  It’s Shepard and Kaidan’s anniversary, and they invite Jane over for a special dinner. 

Note: Two years and a prequel later, here’s the final chapter. Hope you all enjoyed my crack fic as much as I did writing it. 

Anniversaries with Kaidan are always a tricky thing. Should they celebrate the anniversary of the night they committed mutiny and banged on the way to Illos? Or would it be more fitting to dress up and eat a fancy dinner one year after their first date on the Citadel? One thing’s for sure--neither of them want to remember the date they ran into each other on Horizon.

Somehow, it’s decided that their official anniversary happens every 365 terran days after the day the Normandy returned to Earth. Neither of them is super eager to go out. Besides, how are they to explain the third person on their reservation? So, they plan a candlelit dinner inside Kaidan’s apartment. Shepard picks up a white tablecloth and candle sticks, and Kaidan plans their menu. They schedule a time with Jane and wrap a very special gift inside a black box with a red satin ribbon. Before Jane arrives, they start a playlist on the radio--arguing over whether the music should be club music or jazz. Their argument devolves into “Hey, I saved the galaxy three times” and “I stood up for you when everyone thought you were a traitor” and “No, Anderson didn’t” and lastly “Anderson doesn’t count.” Somehow, Shepard wins the argument--Kaidan isn’t remotely surprised. “Next time we’re listening to jazz.”

“Hey, I brought some treats for Jeff. Hope you don’t mind.” Jane closes the door behind her, dropping a small bag next to the hamster cage. “Whoa. You weren’t kidding.”

“Too much?” Kaidan sweeps Jane up into a kiss as Shepard limps her way over. Shepard’s mouth is on hers as soon as Kaidan’s is out of the way.

“No. Though I’m still surprised you invited me to this. Isn’t this your night?”

“You mean a lot to us, Jane. And we couldn’t wait.” Shepard sits down at the table, already set with plateware, glasses, flatware, wine, and steaming hot food. Kaidan pulls out a chair for Jane.

“Wait for what?”

Kaidan and Shepard share a knowing glance, and the former reaches over to the coffee table, pulling out a box and handing it to Jane. “Open it.”

Shepard leans forward, fingers and biotics itching to open it for her--to make the process go faster, but she holds back.

Jane blinks at what she finds inside. She holds up a driver’s license to the candle light “ID? I thought everything was digital?”

“It’s more for sentimental value...and those low-tech places without readers.” Kaidan serves them both steak--unburned steak, for the record-- candied asparagus, and garlic mashed potatoes.

“What Kaidan means to say is that wanted to give you--”

“My own name,” Jane says it softly, reading the name on the ID card. “Allison Gunn. Who is that?”

“Keep digging.” Shepard grins widely, not touching her food, as delicious as it smells. She doesn’t want to miss a single moment.

Underneath a birth certificate, obviously forged, and a Social Insurance Number, printed on a letter--also forged, Jane finds a mint-condition Badass Weekly. On it, Jane finds a familiar face. “What the hell is this?” She smirks over at Shepard.

“A name isn’t anything without a reputation, right?”

Jane thumbs through the magazine quickly, nearly ripping the edges as she races to the correct page. She skims the words while Shepard starts to wonder if this was the best gift idea. “But why go to all this trouble? I already have both.”

Shit. This is why Shepard never gives gifts. She always ends up sending the wrong message. Is it too late to take it back?

“What Shepard means to say--is that we wanted to give you a name that was your own.”

“I only used it once.” Shepard says quickly, sitting up. “On Beckenstein.”

“What the hell did you do?”

Leaning forward, Shepard eyes her Clone with the most confident grin she can manage. “A heist. And shot up a crime lord and all his shit.”

“Damn. You never do things the easy way, do you, Shepard?” Jane runs her finger down the image of “Alison”, obviously photoshopped. Shepard would never wear her hair that long. Especially for when this magazine was published. “This was when you were with Cerberus?”

Shepard bristles at the mention of that name. “Yeah. I was helping a friend.” Kasumi still wrote her emails--heavily encrypted ones. One of these days she should write her back. “Same friend who helped make the ID for you.”

“For me? Or you?”

“For you.” Kaidan taps the picture on her ID card. It has Jane’s undershave, and her sun tattoo peeking out over her shoulder. And then Kaidan grins. “Actually. That’s Shepard’s gift for you.” He pulls out a second box, deeper than the last. Jane glances at Shepard, to find her equally dumbfounded.

“Don’t look at me.” What could have Kaidan found for Jane? Is it something related to their coffee dates? Shepard watches closely as Jane lifts the lid.

Jane gasps as she pulls out a well-worn journal, made from skin of some sea creature--likely an alien one. Tears spring from Jane’s eyes, and Shepard glances at Kaidan for explanation. He smiles. “How’d you find this??”

“Took some digging. But we still have connections to Thessia, especially now that coms are back up.” Kaidan frowns. “We...we couldn’t save everything. And a lot of things her parents wanted to keep. But they sent this. For...” he scrunches his nose as he searches his memory. “...Ana…”

“Fields.” Jane’s voice is thick with emotion as she traces the sun design on the front. With a jolt, Shepard realizes it’s the same one that rests on Jane’s left shoulder. Distantly, her clone looks up at Kaidan, a tear slipping down her cheek. “Did they say anything?”

Kaidan shifts in his seat, clearing his throat. “Well, they said she’d want you to have them.”

Jane tears the journal out of the box, digging for what lies underneath. She finds brushes and pencils, erasers, and a straight edge. A sob escapes her throat before she can stop it. “Thank you. Thank you both.”

Shepard reaches over, squeezing her hand once it’s free. “I wish I could have met her.”

Jane’s voice is thick. “Me too.” 

So lost in running her thumb across Jane’s hand until her sobs subside, Shepard doesn’t notice Kaidan leaving the table. She doesn’t think much of it. Jane’s telling her some story about the hijinks her and Dreya got up to, and they’re both stirring their potatoes instead of eating them. Glancing over at Kaidan’s empty seat, Jane brightens, and Shepard sees a spark in her eye that makes her suspicious. Her clone never had a good poker face. “Jane? Is there something I should know?”

“Mm?” Jane says innocently, suddenly shoving potatoes into her mouth.

N school taught her to trust her instincts, and right now Shepard’s instincts are telling her that Jane is compensating. But for what? She scans the room, finding nothing particularly out of place. The hamster’s been fed. Nothing is on fire in the kitchen--for once. Kaidan’s chair has been empty for a while, though. “How long has Kaidan been gone?” She assumed he went to the bathroom, but even that diva didn’t take that long.

Jane shrugs.

“Shouldn’t we check on him?”

“He survived the Normandy crashing on an uncharted world, being run over by the Mako, and a Collector attack--I’m sure he’s fine.”

“Hey, Shepard,” Kaidan says softly from behind her. Shepard turns around to see him shyly watching her like with his hands behind his back--well, if she’s honest--like the first time he saw her naked. How far they had both come--and yet how little had changed.

“Hey, Kaidan.” Oh yeah. Something’s definitely up, but Kaidan is adorable like this so Shepard plays along. “What’s up?”

“I got something for you.”

A fork flips off Jane’s plate as she leans in closer to watch. Jumping at the noise, Shepard gathers herself and looks back at the man she loves. “Oh? What is it?”

“You... uh. You might want to turn your chair around.” Kaidan swallows hard, and a neuron fires in Shepard’s brain...only to miss its target. Something’s off-- but what. Shepard turns around anyway--and Kaidan sinks to one knee. Her heart plummets into her stomach.

“Jane Shepard, will you marry me?”

Shepard’s brain short-circuits. Her eyes catch on the sparkle of the gemstone as Kaidan pops open the box. Distantly she remembers ranting about the stupidity of diamonds when they passed a jewelry store on the Citadel. “Garnet?” She mutters.

Kaidan’s eyes widen and his mouth falls open. “Uh--sorry. I thought that was what you liked. Shit. Maybe I….” Her lover tailspins in a spiral, and Shepard’s jaw drops open as she finally realizes what’s happening. Link established.

“You’re asking me to marry you,” she says out loud. The words sound foreign coming out of her mouth. Marriage...always seemed to be something for other people. Better people. Not that Kaidan is a bad person--he’s amazing, better than her in so many ways. Kaidan would get married one day. But not to her.

“Yeah. Sorry. I thought maybe--” Kaidan puts on a brave face, but he could never fool her.

“Kaidan.” Shepard hooks her finger under his chin, turning his face toward hers.

“Shepard,” he whispers, his eyes wavering. An image flashes in Shepard’s mind of him looking at her that way--dressed in a tuxedo on an altar overlooking English Bay. Or maybe his family’s orchard--away from the Reaper’s destruction. The image scares her, and yet it thrills her to think the man she loves might look at her like that for the rest of her life.

Shepard should probably say something, but she doesn’t trust herself to speak. Not with the torrent of emotions raging through her brain. Instead she pulls him into a kiss--not unlike the one they shared when he hobbled off the Normandy after being MIA for months on end. Kaidan trembles at her touch, holding her gently as if she might slip away like cottonwood in the breeze. Squeezing his hands, Shepard kisses him harder, trying to say with her kiss what feels impossible to say with words. I love you, I love you, I love y--

Jane, or should she say--Alison, clears her throat. “Is that a yes or--?”

Kaidan’s smile slips again, and Shepard steals a quick kiss to reassure him. “Of course!” She is not good at this. But she wants to be better.

“Good. Cause I got to know if I need to get a nice tux.”

“Oh, so we’re inviting you?” Shepard swats Kaidan as he falls apart into laughter.

“Of course, she’s invited!” Somehow their playful argument dissolves into wrestling on the floor, and when Shepard has pinned Kaidan to the rug, she looks over to see her Clone brushing her fingers across her new ID. Alison Gunn, indeed.

Translation challenge

The lovely @sweet-ree tagged me for this little game, and I FRIGGING LOVE IT XD 

The instructions: Paste a section of your writing into Google Translate. Choose a language, and then translate it back to the original.

Original (from 

“In the name of all the Gods out there Commander! Slow down!”

She keeps laughing, having more fun than she has had on her way there. The LT presence always warms her, and seeing him so unsettled is something new, and very amusing for her. “Why? I’m having fun, Alenko!” Just then, the Mako reaches a little valley between mountains, stopping abruptly when all the controls inside the vehicle turn off. “What the fuck!?” Shepard looks to Kaidan, finding him looking at her with a raised brow, both hands resting on the dashboard. “Not my fault!”

Kaidan’s eyes roll back, a little-lopsided grin fighting its way on his face, “Sure, Commander. But just for the record, that’s the reason we can’t have nice things.”

Translated to Maori xD

"I runga i te ingoa o nga Atua katoa kei reira te Kawana! Whakaorangia! "

Kei te kata tonu ia, he ahuareka ake i tana haerenga ki reira. Ko te mana o te LT e mau ana ki a ia i nga wa katoa, me te kite ano ia ia he mea hou, he mea tino pai hoki mo ia. "He aha? He harikoa ahau, Alenko! "I tera wa, ka tae te Mako ki tetahi awaawa i waenganui o nga maunga, ka mutu ka pakaru noa nga mana katoa i roto i te waka. "He aha te pupuhi!" Ka titiro a Shepard ki Kaidan, ka kite ia ia ki te titiro ki a ia me te rae pari, e rua ringa e okioki ana i te papa. "Ehara i taku he!"

Ko nga kanohi o Kaidan e huri ana, ka huri te pereki iti ki runga ki tona mata, "E mohio ana, ko te Kawana. Engari mo te rekoata, koinei te take kaore e taea e matou nga mea pai. "

Aaand again in English:

"In the name of all the gods there is the Governor! Save!"

She still laughs, it's fun to go there. The strength of the LT is always the same as seeing it new and very good for each one. "What, I'm happy, Alenko!" At that time, Mako arrived in a valley in the middle of the mountains, and eventually stopped all the power in the car. "What a blow!" Shepard looks to Kaidan and sees him look at the ball, with two hands resting on the floor. "It's not wrong!"

The eyes of Kaidan are changing, and the small brick turns on his face, "It's known, the Governor, but because of the record, this is why we can not do the good things."

Damn, that was funny xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The governor xDD hell yeah, Shepard has been promoted hahahaha LOVE IT

And as this shit is super fun to do xD I’ll tag @joz-stankovich, @machatnoir, @vorchagirl, @scientistsalarian, @seigephoenix, @kestrelsansjesses, @juleshawke, @barbex, @shaken-veil, @innercherryblossomsoul, @conqueringthespace, @starsandskies, @blueteaparty, @schizoid-freak, @cullenstairshenanigans and @a-shakespearean-in-paris, without obligation ;) and well, whoever wants to do it xD really hahaha