The Idea Of Garrus Looking Up And Researching Human Behaviors Is Just So Funny To Me Because You Know

the idea of garrus looking up and researching human behaviors is just so funny to me because you know that he's reading that wikipedia page back to front. He's taking notes, he's reading multiple articles, he's clicking on those sources. He takes it so seriously and yet when he finally meets Shepard again in ME3 he's like "i've been reading up human culture but also if you don't want me that way anymore it's totally fine." sir we know that you would not be fine if shepard called it off there

wait I'm so stupid to only catch this now but in the citadel DLC where Garrus is like "I know I don't say this enough but I love ... your hair." is this meant to be a writer joke because up until this point he's never said i love you and the DLC was released post original release and so garrusmancers probably talked about the fact online a lot right?

But also I kinda love looking at it from two angles:

that he's teasing her. I always read this scene as him being a little tipsy and he genuinely is so fascinated with her hair because no other species has these strands. and he's especially teasing since he adds that little hehe giggle at the end of the statement. and he adds the "And I'm pretty damn partial to the rest of you too." with a little cough of like backtracking and making sure she understands that he isn't here just for her hair he really isn't a xenophile for anyone other than her. he likes everything about her but her hair is real nice.

But also what if he actually is kinda nervous to say it to Shepard. Especially with that little clearing of his throat and reassurance. And Shepard so assuredly and confidently says it back when they were on the presidium. And even then he starts that conversation off by assuming that Shepard needed some time to think about the status of their relationship, and she replies with a very solid i love you. And so maybe Garrus has been trying to build up the courage to say it to her. And that he's trying out the way it feels in his mouth. And he backs out quickly because he gets scared. So, like he does with everything, he buries it in a joke. An off hand comment that Shepard won't pay any mind to. And he'll just have to try again eventually.

arts and crafts are killing me. badly

I've been thinking about that last conversation with Garrus before the final push in ME3 a lot lately.

I hadn't noticed it at first because the whole conversation makes me so sad to think about, but recently I realized that if not for the apocalyptic dread, Garrus being the one to suggest retirement would actually be comical. since day one he's been a workaholic, going from the calibrating the Mako to calibrating the guns in the battery the second he's recruited. even in the Citadel DLC, drunk off his ass, he somehow finds a way to work. he couldn't retire; he'd absolutely die of boredom. and honestly? I don't know if Shepard would be able to retire all that easily either. pair that with his follow up comment of turian-human babies, and I realize that this whole conversation isn’t so much of a promise for the future as it is him throwing out his final hail mary. he's listing things that sound more improbable than defeating the reapers to get her back on track and believe in winning this war. maybe it could be "I want a life with you even though I don't think we're going to get one," but that isn't what he's trying to do.

because you see the destruction. to get TO Garrus, you had to walk past a radio reporting 100% casualties in one sector. you know it's bleak, Shepard knows, Garrus knows. it's clear neither of them think they're getting out of there. hell, the whole reason he tries to cheer her up is because he's the one who brought up last chances. so he does what he's been doing all game and throws his final attempt at cheer at her with all he's got. it's his final push.

funny things ace has done/said that makes me think he might genuinely have feelings for the player character

flirts but then says it's a joke. literally goes "haha jk. unless? 👀"

suggested sharing a bed Twice

"i don't have time for dating when i have to worry about you" SIR????

"i didn't think i'd be into your type, but maybe i was wrong. just kidding! or am i?" I AM GOING TO KILL YOU

immediate first reaction to seeing yuu in danger is to protect them

legitimately worries about yuu when they're not around

gets defensive when yuu is insulted

hated the idea of having to abandon yuu to save himself during the playful land event, wanting to stick with them even when everyone was in active danger

is, to my knowledge, one of the Very few people who actually has yuu's phone number (im pretty sure he's the only one that actually asked for yuu's number?? malleus cmon step it up /j)

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS?!" him literally every time yuu was in danger but is saved by someone else and wasn't the one to save them

his first response to getting an SOS from yuu was to drop everything and run to them instead of letting anyone else know (bro probably didn't even explain what was going on to his family 😭)

My favourite part of writing Ace and Deuce being smitten for the reader/Yuu is that I consider them both being equally down bad but in completely different ways...

Deuce x Reader/Yuu would be like:

Whereas Ace x Reader/Yuu is more like: