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My headcanon Tali was formed by two main canon facts: One, that Protheans found Quarians attractive. So I incorporated certain vague Prothean-like features, like the headplates. And two, that Quarians used to be physical pollinators for Rannoch’s plant life. So I imagined their skin to have grooves and pockets for catching and carrying pollen. In terms of hair, I never imagined Quarians to have any. Maybe back before the Morning War, they might have had some fine body fuzz to help with the pollination, but I imagine they evolved that trait out because hair harbors germs.

My headcanon Tali was formed by two main canon facts:

One, that Protheans found Quarians attractive. So I incorporated certain vague Prothean-like features, like the headplates.

And two, that Quarians used to be physical pollinators for Rannoch’s plant life. So I imagined their skin to have grooves and pockets for catching and carrying pollen.

In terms of hair, I never imagined Quarians to have any. Maybe back before the Morning War, they might have had some fine body fuzz to help with the pollination, but I imagine they evolved that trait out because hair harbors germs.


Because I’ve been meaning to do this forever.

(attention @ princesscheesecake too, because I know she sent out a roll call for Shepards a little while ago..)

Name: Thallia Shepard

Pre-Service background: Colonist

Psychological Profile: Sole Survivor

Class: Infiltrator

Moral leaning: Pure paragon, but renegade tendencies slightly increase over ME2 and ME3

Paramours: Kaidan, Thane

Dossier: (it’s really, really long - read at your own discretion)

Loss was her life’s motif. It would turn her into a survivor, a phoenix of Earth’s old myths – from the ashes of loss, she would arise time and time again to march on and reclaim her destiny.

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Look at this, and then read this.

Look at this, and then read this.


For Ivan. Sketch of Tali in Quarian wedding attire - headdress, robes and all. I always imagined Quarians wore much more elaborate, jingly jangly stuff before they were forced into enviro-suits, so I guess their wedding customs would be a throwback to those old traditions.

For Ivan.

Sketch of Tali in Quarian wedding attire - headdress, robes and all. I always imagined Quarians wore much more elaborate, jingly jangly stuff before they were forced into enviro-suits, so I guess their wedding customs would be a throwback to those old traditions.


For Alana-butt.

For Alana-butt.


I realized I really needed to practice digital colouring. And flesh tones. So have a biotic husbando. FANSERVICE AHOY.

I realized I really needed to practice digital colouring. And flesh tones.

So have a biotic husbando. FANSERVICE AHOY.



I think thanedatassassinkrios was the one who presented the challenge of depicting your Shepard from each game. So voila! Elle s’appelle Thallia Shepard, paragon, colonist, sole survivor! The third one broke my heart. Because this is Shepard after having lost Thane and Mordin, and pushed to her physical and emotional breaking point, struggling to cope with the losses she’s suffered in her life and the immense losses to come. Just that…haunted look in her eyes that she can’t even hope to hide…kills me. (high res it! because the thumbnail sucks)

I think thanedatassassinkrios was the one who presented the challenge of depicting your Shepard from each game. So voila! Elle s’appelle Thallia Shepard, paragon, colonist, sole survivor!

The third one broke my heart. Because this is Shepard after having lost Thane and Mordin, and pushed to her physical and emotional breaking point, struggling to cope with the losses she’s suffered in her life and the immense losses to come. Just that…haunted look in her eyes that she can’t even hope to hide…kills me.

(high res it! because the thumbnail sucks)


In my ideal world, either both Shepard and Thane are dead or they’re both alive. In the latter, what if they had children using some genetic tinkering? Would we get cute little human/drell hybrids? Because they’d procreate like bunnies, and make Kolyat babysit all the little buggers. SQUEEEE

In my ideal world, either both Shepard and Thane are dead or they’re both alive.

In the latter, what if they had children using some genetic tinkering? Would we get cute little human/drell hybrids?

Because they’d procreate like bunnies, and make Kolyat babysit all the little buggers.

SQUEEEE


Probably the most depressing Shrios piece I will ever write.

Guys, I am sorry in advance. But this was an idea that needed to be put into writing, because I’m a masochist and I enjoy typing through my tears.

So what if Thane had been captured by Cerberus during the Citadel coup, and then made into a phantom? Like..if you didn’t save Jack and you later encounter her in the Cerberus base...

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In the airlock, no one spoke, no one moved to help her remove her armor. Not even EDI had the nerve to enforce standard protocol. Instead they stood there, soundless - save for Garrus’ nervous tinkering of his sniper rifle - as the decontamination shower washed over them. On the bridge, Garrus tactfully cleared the path before her, almost imperceptible shakes of the head deterring anyone from interrupting her silent trek up to captain’s quarters.

She didn’t want to think. Not here. She knew the details of the incident would spread amongst the crew, but dammit, she couldn’t break down in front of them. Especially not now.

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In which Shepard challenges Thane to take back his jacket. She lets him win. She never wins.

In which Shepard challenges Thane to take back his jacket.

She lets him win. She never wins.


I’ve been meaning to fanart princesscheesecake/owlcheesecake’s Amelise Shepard forever, because she’s one of my favourites. She makes me want to huggle her and cower in fear at the same time. Totally adorbz but totally terrifying. Also wanted to pay tribute to one of my favourite artists on Tumblr. <3

I’ve been meaning to fanart princesscheesecake/owlcheesecake’s Amelise Shepard forever, because she’s one of my favourites. She makes me want to huggle her and cower in fear at the same time. Totally adorbz but totally terrifying.

Also wanted to pay tribute to one of my favourite artists on Tumblr. <3


Sooo, remember when I said I would make the real version of the leather N7 jacket? Well here. It&#8217;s done. I took a normal jacket and painted on the red - leather absorbs acrylic paint incredibly well. I taped the CE patch on for reference because it came without the other side of the velcro. :S When I get around to it, I&#8217;ll peel off the velcro and glue the patch on. My femshep would have rocked this so hard, it makes me sad.

Sooo, remember when I said I would make the real version of the leather N7 jacket? Well here. It’s done. I took a normal jacket and painted on the red - leather absorbs acrylic paint incredibly well.

I taped the CE patch on for reference because it came without the other side of the velcro. :S When I get around to it, I’ll peel off the velcro and glue the patch on.

My femshep would have rocked this so hard, it makes me sad.


Yuka&#8217;s Silly Headcanon time: Occasionally, my Shepard lets her hair down and meanders around the Normandy with Joker, playing the ukelele, and taking song requests. And gets EDI to broadcast their little jam sessions throughout the ship. It boosts crew morale. As I was drawing this, I realized that this is probably the last piece of fanart before I play ME3, after which everything I write and draw in relation to Mass Effect will be tainted by whatever happens in the last game. I don&#8217;t want it to end because I&#8217;m afraid there will be no going back to the cozy, oblivious confines of my own silly headcanon&#8230;

Yuka’s Silly Headcanon time: Occasionally, my Shepard lets her hair down and meanders around the Normandy with Joker, playing the ukelele, and taking song requests. And gets EDI to broadcast their little jam sessions throughout the ship. It boosts crew morale.

As I was drawing this, I realized that this is probably the last piece of fanart before I play ME3, after which everything I write and draw in relation to Mass Effect will be tainted by whatever happens in the last game.

I don’t want it to end because I’m afraid there will be no going back to the cozy, oblivious confines of my own silly headcanon…


In my ire over the recent clothing reveal, I gave my femshep a proper leather jacket. And underwear that makes sense, in other words, shit you can actually wear under armor, on the battlefield, and not worry about boobs popping out of cups. Bioware, stop breaking my heart.

In my ire over the recent clothing reveal, I gave my femshep a proper leather jacket. And underwear that makes sense, in other words, shit you can actually wear under armor, on the battlefield, and not worry about boobs popping out of cups.

Bioware, stop breaking my heart.