But Take Heart. Look Around You. Youre Not In This Fight Alone. Commander ShepardBeen Doing This Piece

“But take heart. Look around you. You’re not in this fight alone.” – Commander Shepard Been doing this piece quite some time now ‘cause wanted to fit all my peeps in one picture. I just love Mass Effect. Selene Shepard & art © me Mass Effect by Bioware, do not copy

au where thane is alive and present in the citadel dlc bc i wanted a cute infiltration date as well 🕺💃

Judging those other fancy-arse people in that fancy-arse party. Selene Shepard and Thane Krios are still having a blast. Selene Shepard & art © me Mass Effect, Thane by Bioware, do not copy

I never found a scar option in ME2 and ME 3 which might just mean I’m dumb but I like it better this way because its actually so fucked up to think about loseing your scar(s) in ME-2

Imagine being Shepard and stareing at your hands or forearms that dont look like yours anymore because that tiny faded scar from when you were six and cut yourself with the child safe scissors isnt there on your index finger.

The larger scar you dont remember the origin of doesnt rake across the back of your hand anymore. And the shiny rounded scar from where you tripped and chipped your shin-bone when you were 15 is gone too- along with all the divits and imperfections in the bones where you banged them learning to run from cops in the city or falling out of trees and jumping crates with your friends in the colonies.

Sure the bad ones are gone too. Scars from battles where you lost friends. Maybe the big scar on your shoulder doesnt ache on reentry anymore, and the scar on your cheek doesnt send phantom pains shooting through your face when you’re stressed. You’re commander Shepard. You’ve seen some pretty fucked up shit, not much rattles you.

But every time you look in the mirror you stare for an extra moment and try to decide if the unmarked skin you see there is even yours.

Will a body built by your enemies ever truly feel like more than a shell of you?

Celebrating Star Wars day with my favourite lovebirds. :)