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joker | ace of spades
WIP Wednesday (Friday edition)
Tagged by @tatert07s replaying me and drawing more Shepard until I can afford bg3 💀
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После третьей части в каком-нибудь кроссовере, например, с ЗВ
Шепард: *выживает, но находится без сознания на Призраке*
Сабин: Кто-нибудь объяснит как эта чувиха выжила?
Зэб: Это - не чувиха, ты - чувиха. А это... Это женщина. Красивая и очень горячая баба.
Любимая женщина
while you talk to your companions, the Reapers level up
Headcanon: Ryder is actually a huge Shepard fan: she idolizes her a lot and wants to be just like her. What she doesn’t know is that she already took the first step: Shepard ate potato chips in bed as well.
New Account
Short version:
https://twitter.com/MisterAlenko
And just in case links are still dead I have a new account on Twitter. My name there is MisterAlenko if you would like to find my art here and some new art please follow me there! And if you have a twitter or other account please PM me with your account so I can follow you all!
Long version:
Sooooo long time no see! I haven’t posted here in a long while and that's just...sad. I love this account and all of you! But as I am sure all of you can understand life decided it was going to be come to overwhelming to endure. I lost alot, hurt alot, became horribly depressed, had not creativity and was unable to make anything. By the time I had the ability again to make anything I felt I had let you all down. I was afraid to come back. But I finally decided too and try to make some amends with all of you. Thheeennn tumblr decided to nuke itself right as I had made the decision! It breaks my heart that I am going to lose this account. It means so much to me. When I started this account I was in a bad place too. Lost my job, lost my ability to walk, lost my boyfriend, and had to move back to my parents. This account gave me an escape and all of you gave me hope! The fact it is all going to disappear just...hurts so much. So I have decided to try and preserve as much as I can on twitter. As I said above my name there is MisterAlenko. If you all have a twitter and would like to continue to see my work and talk with me please go there! And as I said, if you guys have other accounts and twitters please PM me with your account names and I will follow you there!
Thank you guys for making tumblr the best part of my life. I will miss all of this and all of you so damn much.
-MrAlenko Signing off. 12/14/2018
Sooooo HOLY CRAP GUYS!!!! 200 FOLLOWERS!!! *falls over* I just can’t believe this! I take a little break and you guys just descended! I LOVE IT! XD So as a thank you for all your AMAZING support of my naughty little hobby, I’ve decided to leave the choose up to you guys on what should happen to Kaidan in the next image! (Or doesn’t happen to Kaidan! LOL!)
You have 3 chooses! Choose number 1: I should go...(to the shower to take care of something!) - in other words John will go to the bathroom and take care of himself! ;3 Choose number 2: (Paragon) Make love to him right here on the bed! - Pretty self explanatory! XD Choose number 3: (Renegade) Bend him over the stair railing and nail him! - Again self explanatory! XD THE CHOOSE IS YOURS! Just reblog this image and in the caption type your option! And on May 20th I will tally up the votes and reveal the winning image!
Edit [5/16/2016]: This image will become available with no lettering when I release the winning image!
THANK YOU SO DAMN MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! <3
Credit: Shepard: http://padme4000.deviantart.com/art/Shepard-Renegade-Romance-Models-484215466 Kaidan: http://theraiderinside.deviantart.com/art/Kaidan-Nude-DL-491685082 Commander’s Cabin: http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?p=6314856 All other modification made by me. All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! (Good work guys! <3) NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WAS INTENDED!
Winter Wonderland
"K, wait up! I'll help you pull it!" John laughed at his husbands excitement over what he called the prefect Christmas tree. "You're taking to long!" He called back sticking out his tongue as he started pulling. "Oh yes! How dare the guy that just chopped the tree down take a breather!" He chuckled catching up to him and taking the trunk in his hand and pulled along. "You know we could have brought them along and share this with them." He playfully elbowed Kaidan who shoved back snorting. "Yeah right! One Shepard around an axe is good enough for me!" He laughed as John's face contorted in mock disapproval and hurt. "For your information, I did a fabulous job chopping down that tree." He lightly pulled the base of the tree into Kaidan's butt who jumped a bit and lightly punched his chest in return. "Ohhh yesss!" Kaidan paused. "If by fabulous you mean completely missing the tree 12 or 13 times every other swing!" "Oh you! That's it!" John drops the tree and axe in one movement to tackle his laughing mad hatter of a husband into the nearest snow bank. They wrestled around in the snow for a few moments before settling. Kaidan laid on top of John laughing for a moment before sitting up. "On second thought, maybe we should have had Mom and our son come along." He smiled down at John. "This would have been a great opportunity to show them both how NOT to chop a tree down!" Its a good thing John loves his husband otherwise he would have had a face full of snow.... MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAY’S ALL! I hope you all enjoy this! :3 Decided I wanted to bring in a few of my OC’s finally. (Aka Kaidan and John’s kids.) I’ve wanted to for a long time but honestly I’ve been afraid of the back lash but whatever! I enjoy them so I’m going to share them in the next few renders hopefully! :3 Hope you all have been enjoying your holidays so far!
Credit: Shepard: http://www.deviantart.com/art/John-Shepard-Sweater-XPS-501424115 Shepard's Jacket: http://adngel.deviantart.com/art/Chris-Redfield-RE6-Bar-outfit-356543737 Kaidan and Kaidan's vest: http://gragra96.deviantart.com/art/Kaidan-Shirts-Pack-503850692 and http://gragra96.deviantart.com/art/Kaidan-T-Shirts-and-Shorts-Pack-510592010 BG: http://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=330364 Axe: http://tf3dm.com/3d-model/axe-2-54767.html All other modification made by me. (I made the snooowwwww! I'm so pleased with myself its sad!) All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! (Good work guys! <3) NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WAS INTENDED!
In Another Life, Another Time....
I made a Twitter account about a week ago and my very first follower was none other than the face actor for Samara (and Morinth), Rana McAnear!! I FREAKED OUT! And though it took me a week or so I made this as a "THANK YOU RANA FOR FOLLOWING ME!!!! YOU MADE MY LIFE!!!!" gift for her! XD I couldn't believe her sweetness to follow some random artist who just popped up on Twitter and it really cheered me up from the rough time I've been having. I wanted to thank her but wanted it to be more then a simple thank you because she puts the effort into following all her fans, so I wanted to put an effort into my gratitude for her! <3 Thank you so much, Mrs. McAnear! You really helped me out and I hope you enjoy the image! <3 This image was modeled with this image in mind, of her and Mark Meer (Commander Shepard's Voice Actor): http://fashionablygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mass-effect-cosplay-4.jpg My New Twitter Account Credit: Shepard was extracted by Goha but there links are no longer active. Samara: http://www.deviantart.com/art/ME3-Samara-the-Justicar-for-XPS-377078818 All other modification including the Art Nouveau-ish ring and Citadel models made by me in Blender. All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! (Good work guys! <3) NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WAS INTENDED!
Mshenko - No Seafood or Mushrooms, Please...
Kaidan looked over at his boyfriend on a stool that sat on the other side of the kitchen island with a raised eyebrow. "You're joking right?" John swallowed down the water he was drinking while shaking his head. "No. I don't joke when it comes to Seafood and Mushrooms." Kaidan let out a small laugh of disbelief as he continued to stir the tortellini in the pan. "Why? Seafood is great. Like smoked Salmon, I love smoked Salmon and mushrooms are great in a lot of thi-" Kaidan was cut off by his boyfriends rough grunt. "What?" "I just don't get you people! How can you willing digest a fungus?" Kaidan almost started laughing at his boyfriends horrified yet thoroughly disgusted face. "K, mushrooms ARE fungus! Why would you eat them!? And Seafood...well after having fish it just makes me feel like a murderer. Plus I have put so much time and money into keeping those little bastards alive I'm sure as hell not going to eat them!" Shepard shook his head vigorously like he was trying to shake the thought out of his head. Kaidan turned back to the cooking hoping to suppress the laughter that was threatening to burst out of him at Shepard's passion on the subject and his cute crinkled up nose but he couldn't hide the shaking of his shoulders. "Are you laughing at me?" Shepard asked with a tone of mock hurt. Kaidan lost it and started cracking up. By the end of his laughing fit he had to wipe away tears. He turned back to his boyfriend who was giving him a look that said 'Really?' but was smiling. "Well I'm glad my pain is so funny!" "I'm sorry, Shep but your face was just...hysterical! But I promise no Seafood and Mushrooms for you." Shepard smiled and got off his stool making his way over to his boyfriend who quickly turned back to the pasta to make sure he hadn't burnt it. He wrap his arms around Kaidan's waist and kissed his temple. "Well that's good I won't need the Hazmat suit then." Kaidan crinkled his brow in question. "Hazmat suit? Why would you need one of those?" Shepard kissed his cheek. "I really hate Seafood and Mushrooms, K. And if you intended to bring there evil into our home I would need a Hazmat suit." Kaidan had never had the sudden urge to buy Seafood and Mushrooms so bad in his life. This little piece was inspired by a conversation the boyfriend and I had! He is a wonderful cook so the subject of food came up. He discovered I can't cook, like at all, and that I hate Seafood and Mushrooms with an undying passion! We ended up having a very in-depth conversation about what I would do if he decided he wanted Tune Pie, one of his favorite foods, and my reply was I would have to wear a Hazmat Suit! The things I do for you, babe.... <3 Credit: For being the most loving and understand boyfriend there is and for being my consent inspiration: Eternalmourns Shepard: http://padme4000.deviantart.com/art/Default-Mshep-Hoodies-484709053 Kaidan: http://deexie.deviantart.com/art/Kaidan-Alenko-Summer-Fashion-471836347?q=gallery%3AMassEffectXPS%2F52192183&qo=19 Everything else is from http://archive3d.net/ All other modification by Me All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! <3 (Good work guys!)
“You think I’m ashamed to show respect to someone that has saved billions of lives. I'm proud to follow that example. Laugh it up all you want pretty boy I know who my heroes are.” - Lost Paragon, James Vega
I love this! It started out as a little relaxing render and ended in mostly naked James but come on! We all need more James in our lives! More to come don’t worry! :3
Credit: James: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Mass-Effect-3-James-Vega-romance-meshmod-XNALara-336674786 Pose Inspired by: http://robertfremer.deviantart.com/art/man-525685906 (Aka: the most amazing artist EVER! :3) All modification by Me All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! <3 (Good work guys!)
So this image was made quite some time ago for Eternalmoruns! He was kind enough to let me share his request with you guys! :3 So hug him lots! :3 I really enjoyed making this image! There just so cute together and I see them having more quiet moments together then active. There lives had been so chaos driven with the Reapers and all, a little quiet would be more than welcome! :3 Shepard and Kaidan models ported/extracted by - Padme4000 Bed by - ME3 Home Furniture Models (Downloadable) All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! <3 (Good work guys!)
Weapon of Choose "They say the weapon makes the man." - Lt James Vega
Just admit it guys you want to join the Alliance now! If this was one of their posters, OH HELL YES! I would be first in line! :3
This and the post before are for the ever so lovely and talented BloodBandit over on DA. :3 You should check out their work! Its great! Especially their Mshega! <3
Credit: http://mralenko.tumblr.com/credit
All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! <3 (Good work guys!) I own NOTHING! Posing and Editting by MrAlenko
"Treat your weapons with respect and they'll always treat you right." - Commander John Shepard
I'm proud of this. Super proud of this. There just isn't enough Mshega in the world! ENJOY! <3
Credit: http://mralenko.tumblr.com/credit
All characters are property of Bioware and the Mass Effect Team! <3 (Good work guys!) I own NOTHING! Posing and Editting by MrAlenko
Sad + Fluff = 💙
Sparrow
For @dinchenrockt, who imagined Sam and Kaidan having pancakes on a nice day. I just added a little drama, because this is Sam we're talking about. Read on Ao3
The second batch of pancakes is starting to bubble when Kaidan’s skin tingles in the presence of Shepard’s biotic field. Shepard himself peers at Kaidan suspiciously from behind the archway into the kitchen, like he’s doing recon and Kaidan is an unknown element.
“Hey, you,” Kaidan says with an amused smile. “Good morning.”
“It is morning by my standards. It is ass o’clock by your standards. Why are you awake?”
Kaidan gestures towards the open window, where sunrise hasn’t quite surrendered to daytime and some enterprising birds are getting a jump on things. “It’s a beautiful morning. Thought I’d spoil you with a nice breakfast.”
Technically true, on both counts, even if it doesn’t really answer the question. Shepard narrows his eyes, perhaps suspecting there’s more to it, but Kaidan heads off further questions by plucking a piece of bacon off a plate and holding it up.
“Burnt it just for you.”
Shepard makes an interested sound and fully enters the kitchen, snatching the Distraction Bacon and popping it in his mouth. Bacon shouldn’t crunch like that unless it’s in a salad, but relationships require compromise.
“So, bacon. Pancakes.”
“Bacon in the pancakes. With bacon garnish.”
“Fancy.”
“Also blueberries,” Kaidan says, gesturing to a bowl. “And, uh, I was going to make some eggs but I accidentally just made more pancakes.”
“True to your nature.” He kisses Kaidan on the temple. “I’ll get plates.”
“One step ahead of you. We’re eating outside.”
Another suspicious look.
“It’s nice outside, remember?”
“I will concede it is tolerable outside, because I love you. But breakfast made, table set, and it’s what time? How long have you been up?”
Kaidan shrugs a nonchalant shoulder. “I said I wanted to spoil you.”
Still not an answer, but he hands Shepard the blueberries to give him something else to focus on and flips the remaining pancakes onto a platter, next to the pile of bacon, all nestled onto a blue and yellow tray that had been gathering dust in the back of a curio until Kaidan stumbled upon it last week looking for decorative pitcher his mother had asked about. After flipping the griddle off, he leads them to the front porch and sets the trays down on the small table next to the porch swing.
Shepard observes the spread. “Orange juice. Cloth napkins. The ‘good’ silverware. By the way, I still do not understand the silverware hierarchy.”
“My mother will happily show you next time she visits.”
Shepard snickers as he takes a seat. “Well, whatever. You pulled out all the stops. You are spoiling me.”
Kaidan makes a pleased sound as they fill their plates. They’re the same blue and yellow as the platter, with a sunflower in the center and a painted band around the edges. He’d forgotten about them completely until finding the platter. His father used to break them out when they had big breakfasts in the summer. He traces a chip in the paint. Where had they even come from in the first place? His mother? Were they just inherited with the house when his mother took it over from Kaidan’s grandparents? He’d never asked. Maybe she knows.
“Look at all this burnt bacon, just for me,” Shepard says, with a soft smile.
“Just for you.”
No reason to mention that it got burned because Kaidan was too locked in his own head to notice until he damn near set off the smoke detector.
But the pancakes are good, quite frankly. The blueberries are ripe, picked from the bushes out behind the barn just yesterday. The breeze is cool but not cold, the sun pooling at the edge of the porch steps, warm and waiting.
A far cry from the days that weren’t beautiful.
He releases a long breath and forces his mind back to the present, where Shepard is drowning his pancakes in maple syrup because moderation is not a concept he has ever developed a relationship with.
Echo whinnies from the field down the hill, head raised, ears pricked, looking right at them, as though now that she’s noticed their presence she’s offended she wasn’t invited to breakfast.
“Later,” Shepard hollers back at her. “I’m getting spoiled.”
Kaidan rests an elbow on the table – his mother would be so aghast – and chuckles into his hand.
When had he stopped getting up in the mornings for those breakfasts his father cooked? Breakfast had been his forte. The only way he outshined Kaidan’s mother in the kitchen. But that last summer before BAaT he’d stopped getting out of bed for them.
Should have gotten out of bed.
Shepard’s eye is on him again, as he saws into his pancakes and fails to spear a piece of bacon along with his next bite because it’s so brittle it just breaks under the tines of his fork. Once he’s subdued the bacon he nudges Kaidan’s knee.
“You’re awfully quiet for someone who just put out such a magnificent spread.”
Kaidan waggles an eyebrow. “Resting on my laurels.”
Shepard knee stays at rest against his, and Kaidan leans a little more into it. The weight of it, the presence is…reassuring.
The sparrow that wings in from the roof and alights on Shepard’s stack of pancakes is less reassuring.
Read the rest on Ao3
WHY YOU GOTTA HURT ME, BIOWARE?!? I thought we were friends?!?!
Bioware: “No big Andromeda announcements on N7 day this year ;) ;)”
Fandom:
Bioware: *releases new Andromeda trailer*
Fandom:
Bioware: “This is Commander Shepard, signing off.”
Fandom:
(strangled sobs)
We are travelers constantly moving forward and looking back. Alone and as one.
So…I had a dream after seeing this picture on Tumblr. I don’t usually remember my dreams, but damn, it was fucking emotional. So just imagine with me…share my pain…
***
Garrus storms into the Med Bay where you, innocent, Y/n Shepard are out cold, being rushed to the Main Fleet on the Normandy after saving the universe. Now you were the last Shepard…
“Kaidan! Where’s Y/n?!” Garrus shouts, Kaidan is standing by your side. You were a member of the crew, a Lieutenant like James…very close to everyone.
You had been there since the start. Supporting everyone, doing your best to help Shepard- your older brother- even going with him to Cerberus to stop the collectors when you found out he was alive. Even Jack and Javik liked you.
But things went badly on the final mission…
“Garrus, please-” Kaidan tried to speak, tears in his eyes.
“No!” Garrus cut him off. “Where is Shepard?! He has to be okay! He’s always okay!!!” Garrus shouted viciously.
“What could I do, Garrus?! She ran after Shepard! I got cut off from them! What could I have done?!?” Kaidan shouted back, truly wanting to know…because he didn’t.
Both of them cared about you, more than they would admit…now maybe never being able to get the chance. It killed them inside.
“He-…he’s not dead!” Garrus stammered before walking up and grabbing Kaidan by the shirt. “Y/n isn’t dying either! She won’t-…” Garrus couldn’t even function to get words out at that point, going to a low-toned, but heavy, loud and guttural growl. He was too frustrated to think straight.
“Y/n said so, Garrus! If I could have, I would have saved him. Shepard gave his life for the universe, we can’t-…we can’t be selfish…Y/n just lost the last of her family…” Kaidan said grimly, his voice trailing off in hurt.
“Selfish…? You wanna know what’s selfish…? The fact that you didn’t protect Y/n like we promised to do! No matter who she picked!” Garrus barked and Joker came walking in, hoping to check on you, EDI flying with autopilot.
He came just in time to jump between Garrus and Kaidan before they could lunge at each other, practically foaming at the mouths with rage.
“Guys! You’re gonna wake her up and she’ll be pissed! Now shut.up! Y/n wouldn’t want this-” Joker stopped talking when all three heard a small sob.
The room was silent enough for a pin to drop and echo…
They all looked to you. You lay on one of the metal tables, your hair a mess, pooled around your head, your armor was ruined, ash and blood smeared the right side of your face where you had hit the ground at one point. You held your right hand over your mouth, tears streaming from the corners of your eyes, staring up at the ceiling as you tried to muffle your own sobs of grief.
“Y/n…?” Kaidan asked.
You sniffled and gasped in pain when a hard sob came. “A-all of you…g-get out…” You whispered coarsely, trying to find your voice.
“What?” Garrus asked in shock.
You snapped. “I-I said: G-GET OUT!!!” You screamed, your biotics causing loose objects- tools, pens, medicine bottles, papers- to go flying about the room.
They didn’t hesitate, knowing that if they stayed, they were dead, or worse, your wounds would get worse…
They left you alone in your grief…for now…
***
My pain is horrible isn’t it? I had this dream a few weeks ago, suffering from the immense feels that I get from ME 3. I literally woke up that morning and wanted to apologize to those characters. FICTIONAL CHARACTERS!!! I cried…
It was not a good day after that ;-;
Arriving at Omega, a Turian with nothing [or no one] to lose.
Welcome to Omega.
Population: wanting you ☠️
Grunt sitting in the backseat as his parents are fighting
Garrus: I was betrayed, I don’t care what Sidonis’s reasons were, he screwed us and he deserves to die. Who will bring him to justice if I don’t? No one else knows what he’s done, no one else cares. Why should he get to live when ten good men lie in unmarked graves?
Shepard: This isn’t about justice. This isn’t who you are, don’t let this quest for revenge change you. You’re better than this, it’s not too late.
The second squadmate in the backseat:
One of the most frightening experiences during Mass Effect was when Shepard chose to destroy the relay in the Batarian cluster. I thought the decision to only be a rich story's tragedy, until I tripped out by the sudden appearance of seeing red everywhere when Shepard was talking to her shipmates. I know the red was my own eyes playing tricks on me, but the reality of such a mass murder really fucking sucked.
So, Shepard's stoicism was a bit too much, because a scene of Shepard balling their fucking eyes out was sorely needed. Especially, when they were with their lover. The writers really missed out on such a catharsis; especially, when they take their storytelling seriously.
I guess one can only avoid reality and poor decisions for so long before it appears in the escapism.