I Imagine This Is What Was Going Through Her Mind When She Said Her Last Goodbye To Garrus

i imagine this is what was going through her mind when she said her last goodbye to garrus

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Thinking about an overprotective Ace who considers yuu his responsibility. He believes he has a right to stake claim over yuu, he talked to yuu first after all. When you were written off as a trouble maker with no knowledge of their world, no redeeming qualities, and cast aside as a janitor, who bullied enlightened you on the great seven? Right? 😭

It's cute. He doesn't have to be so protective, he's obviously not naturally inclined to take that role. His identity, outside of mischief, is informed by his relationship to his older brother. He could just default to mimicking those patterns with yuu, but he doesn't. With his senpais, Ace coaxes them into taking more responsibility for him than necessary. Like, in his loungewear vignette, Kalim throws him an audacious feast after his birthday which he has no problem accepting. Evidently he's not against being the younger brother or being shamelessly taken care of.

But, in regards to Yuu, his voice-lines, vignettes, and main story dialogue, all subtly express a desire to take on more responsibility for their sake. (He says it outright in his level up line) His suisui vignette has him taking control and trying to protect yuu from an unknown threat at the time. This is a major shift in contrast to his presence in Playful Land, where he is reluctant to lead while older students are still present. He gathers Deuce in book 5 to rescue yuu from Scarabia, and takes a stern tone with yuu after they admit to leaving of their own volition to follow Malleus in his enhalo vignette. Yuu is the catalyst for Ace growing up, we don't see Yuu have such an impact on other characters. 😭

But of course he wants to protect his prefect, they're only magic less and he's only human after all lol

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I like the idea that Garrus starts really falling in love with Shepard in those post-ME2 ending scenes where you can call up your love interest to your cabin. He starts to understand that it is more than just the respect for a superior and a friend, more than just a simple crush. He feels himself falling for her while he holds her in bed or when she's talking his ear off as she sits on his lap on the couch. And he's enjoying her company so much, and he finds himself hoping that he'll get to stay up there for longer each time. And he always loves the nights where he wakes up in her bed and she's curled up in his chest and she hasn't asked him to leave. He likes to bury his head in her neck and let her talk, the vibrations of her voice so calming against his face. He asks her to practice this thing she calls kissing so that he can be better at it for her.

And to Shepard it isn't just a fun lay either. She's not calling him up just to sleep with him each time. She cares about him, she's actually always cared about him, but she's not very vocal about her feelings unless she's asked directly and that makes him slightly still hesitant to call it love. But in her mind she wants nothing more than to spend all her time with him. In her mind, reading over datapads together in bed and discussing their thoughts is romantic. In her mind, asking him to take a shower with her so they don't waste water is her way of saying she likes him. So I like to think that she's much quicker at accepting it.

And in the time he ruminates his feelings about her, she's already decided that he's the one for her.

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.