As a victim, he would have used the bolt cutters ethically.

BOYCOTT MICROSOFT GAMES (incl. games by blizzard, bethesda, mojang, and obsidian)

lok ming 樂明, 25, it/its, tme. aka @eastgaysian. this is my gamer's den for primarily dragon age and rogue trader, which is to say i post all kinds of bullshit and never maintag anything

doodle tag + 'polished' art + writing. i think lyrium causes impotence and thedosian women are subject to the andraste-witch dichotomy.

don't make me tap the sign (read the wretched of middle earth by charles w. mills)

carrd oc directory here (eternal wip); tag links below ⬇️

kaidan: two career soldiers who joined the alliance military because they felt socially isolated and incapable of anything else after going through deeply traumatic events as teenagers. they have professional respect for each other and don't believe either of them have any problems to talk about 👍. cc leaves horizon feeling like he was completely right to yell at her.

ashley: dead 💔 cc became more personally attached to her than she tries to let herself be to other soldiers, she thought of ash as a kind of mentee. a young woman who was the sole survivor of her unit and desperate to prove herself despite being continually held back by something outside of her control. but cc still genuinely believed it was more important to help kaidan secure the aa tower on virmire. and she's always going to feel terrible thinking about how ashley redeemed her family name and was honored for her service but it came at the cost of her death destroying all the potential she had.

tali: cc thinks she's sweet and incredibly smart, but tends to err on the side of overprotective on account of her youth and the ups and downs of being a quarian - kind of mentally classifies her as basically a civilian and it takes her a while to move past this conception of her. i'm choosing to live in a beautiful world where tali has a puppy crush on her also,

garrus: cc thinks of him as young, reckless, and in need of direction, garrus respects her immensely but thinks she's kind of stern and uptight. as the first old squad member cc picked back up though it meant a lot to her to have him on her side. probably one of the most aware of how much she's Going Through It but he does NOT know how to try and have a conversation with her about it other than assuring her she has his complete support

wrex: coworkers who respect each other, even moreso after cc learns about his attempts at krogan societal reforms. that's about it

liara: HER WIFE!!!!!!!! they're kind of ambiguously divorced right now it's complicated but they're going to work it out. icant talk more about them right now.

miranda: initially very cold towards her and viewed working with her as a necessary evil. It is a little hard to move past someone saying they wanted to implant a control chip in her brain. gradually became more sympathetic after learning her reasons for joining cerberus and about her concern for her sister as a humanizing factor, but cc still assumes that she shouldn't say anything to miranda that she doesn't want to get directly reported to the illusive man.

jacob: worked through her initial anti-cerberus wariness of him much more quickly than with miranda as a Fellow Soldier, who was also open about his mistrust of the illusive man. but maybe that's a ploy 🤨 no she's pretty sure he's actually just honest. cc does think he's hot, but she is also incapable of viewing a Fellow Soldier as an actual romantic/sexual prospect. they're good buddies though.

mordin: immediate positive first impression of a guy running a free health clinic took a hard left turn when she found out about the genophage modification and continually made it very clear she thought that was fucking evil. more frustrating because she does believe he is genuinely well-intentioned and prefers healing over harming, and really would like him otherwise. but it's kind of impossible to overlook

grunt: not really sure what to make of him on a lot of levels, but believes he'll follow orders effectively. not a big fan of all his new i LOVE hating things and having personal motivation to kill people phase. kind of hoping wrex will end up being a good influence on him and it'll just work out?

jack: sympathetic towards her as someone who has survived a lot of abuse and has very good reason to hate cerberus, but her primary concern is whether jack is a reliable member of the crew, which is clearly not the case. i haven't gotten to her loyalty mission yet i'm going through the overlord dlc first. may return with updates

samara: immediately fascinated by her and then samara knelt and swore an oath of complete loyalty to her one day after cc found out liara gave her body to cerberus and she was like. This is just a lot for me to take in right now. they see a lot of themselves in each other as people who simply do not believe it is possible for them to have a relaxed or happy life outside of Doing Their Job, which is justified violence to protect people. like u must understand it is exceedingly rare for cc to make the first move... but her attempt at a thing with samara is a lot about trying to convince herself that it's possible to allow herself to find some happiness and comfort in another person too

thane: Not really into his philosophical arguments for why assassinations are morally neutral. views him as someone who has been used and abused to become who he is in a way he fundamentally does not agree with. but she does view him as one of the more reliable members of the team, is curious to learn more about drell culture, and is ultimately very sympathetic towards him as another person who couldn't find a life outside of violence, and is meaningfully invested in helping him tidy up his affairs so he can die peacefully without regrets

kasumi: likes her a lot :) possibly the person she has the most, like, close personal relationship with among the team tbh? largely because i think kasumi is more outgoing and willing to push cc, while everyone else treads a little carefully around her as The Leader. kasumi's the only one who had comments on her romance with liara + samara situationship which i think is hilarious

captain bailey:

implies he is also a bad father

testifies on kolyat's behalf; despite stating he will likely be incarcerated for a 'couple years,' appears to have arranged something that allows him to do active work for c-sec

refers to kolyat as 'my drell'