#mahariels

12. Without You I'm Nothing – Placebo & David Bowie

i've had many a moment of stopping in the middle of grocery stores to be emotional when this song came up over the course of the year. you'd think it couldn't have happened that much and yet

13. Fourth of July – Sufjan Stevens

a usual case of "torch discovers a popular and by no means new song by a well-known artist several years later, proceeds to catch emotions"

25. Дёготь – Palina

how i feel about his character:

u know becky.... U Know......... he’s my favourite mass effect character by far and i love him so so so much. like, the whole archetype of “doctor/scientist who’s lifework is something incredibly ethically dubious but they’re only able to see the full impact and implications after an Incident makes them see the world as more than a theoretical or set of data they’re removed from so they are willing to sacrifice their entire life to fix their mistake” is my catnip anyway but mordin is just SO good and even just thinking about him makes me wanna cry.... HE JUST WANTED TO STUDY THE SEA SHELLS...... ;_____; WHY ARE ALL MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS DEAD

all the people i ship romantically with this character:

kirrahe 👀 the shadow broker DLC has some... Interesting data on them

my non-romantic OTP for this character:

first of all just... say friendship omg.

i love his and shepard’s friendship but i also adore his relationship with eve

my unpopular opinion about this character:

uuuuh. idk what opinions are popular or unpopular tbh, my ME experience is pretty limited to me and my friends. igss my unpopular opinion is that he’s the best squad mate and best character in the entire game full stop and i would die for him

one thing i wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE

mahariels said: ich könnte heulen lmao

  Mordin Solus? ��

his death is my favourite bioware death tbh bc it’s not just done for dramatic effect but it fits so well in his entire arc & the general narrative, both of him & ME in general & that’s also why his death always hits me the hardest?? I love to suffer

sooooo true. like, legion’s death scene is incredibly well written and hits me for that reason (”does this unit have a soul?” is still heartbreaking every time) but all in all his death is marred by the frustration you feel at it-- it didn’t feel like his story was completed or his death earned. it just felt like death for death’s sake. and i suppose thane would have prepared to go down swinging rather than waste away but his death scene felt so preventable, too.

i am actually very happy with anderson’s and shepard’s deaths personally because i think they’re both fitting for their narrative arcs and characters, at least with regards to my shepard...

ah that's great to know! thank you sm 🖤

noo I love doing these!!! thank you so much for tagging me <3

idk if you've already solved it buut there should be an option to clear your ip with your firewall like. I used to have that problem with my internet as well & I basically just had to tell my firewall that, no, my wifi isn't a virus. but idk how it works with mcafee tbh