#mebb2024

Garrus couldn’t get enough of her. He surged forward, her back making contact with the seat as his hands greedily held onto her waist, squeezing tightly. Her fingers danced up his arms, on his face, to his neck, around his waist. All of it , he wanted to say. Take all of it. It’s yours. It’s always been yours. 

HUGE shoutout to the FANTASTIC @tightassets who did such an amazing job with the art for this year's big bang!!!!

Hey there, Commanders and Pathfinders. We've been in an information blackout as admins have been dealing with Real Life Fuckwittery, and for that we apologize. That being said, the Big Bang is still going to happen! Mark your omni-tools:

It's a bit short notice, but we didn't want to overlap with holiday plans for posting.

If you didn't see the discord post, we do have two themes/prompts you can use as a launch pad, but you definitely don't have to follow them if you don't want to; they're simply there to sparks some ideas.

theme/prompt 1: Incorporate a trade you either wish you had, or you might have studied for when young but never finished. (example: I personally wanted to me a mortician, and started to study for that - but never finished because - well, life happened - ironic really. So I could write a story about a mortician in any setting my little brain could conjure up.)

theme/prompt 2: We all have that story we sorta wish we had written a sequel or a prequel to - so this prompt is for you. Write a sequel to a story you wrote at least one year ago. If it is not in the mass effect universe, you can do a crossover if you want to - all bets off really. (example: I wrote a mebb entry like 7 years ago, and I did start on a sequel but never finished that sequel - perhaps this is the opportunity I need to do that.

Please remember we have a twitter and a facebook, which you can follow and check for info and updates. The official wordpress post is here, as well.

My piece for @mebigbang where I got paired with the lovely @setphaserstofandom. It's a time-loop piece, allowing for so many small snippets that I loved, that I decided to just... draw all of them into one piece. Do give it a read!

Super bare mini-drawings under the cut:

I had the distinct pleasure of working with @unfair-water-plane on the cover of their MEBB story "Fly Away Home" (I got to read it early ;p)

"The Cygnus system has been officially off limits ever since the incident on Aegis VII. Unofficially, the planet cracker (re-branded by Earth Gov to 'mining rigs') Croatoan is anchored to Aegis IX, but when the colony on the surface goes dark and the Unitologist flagship the Icarus docks. John Shepard is not only forced to deal with his past, but also a future he could never have predicted in his wildest nightmares."

Read her fic here.

Secret Conquest - Aria/Liara

Explicit - 9,866 words

Omega has fallen under Cerberus control and displaced autocrat Aria T’Loak summons Shepard to the Citadel, requesting backup in preparation for an invasion. Shepard however, has bigger space calamari to fry, and sends her two top Asari – Liara and Samara – in her place. Aria is less than pleased about the substitutions, and having recently had her heart broken by Shepard, this also stings for Liara – as she and Aria struggle to find ways of working together under the pressure of Cerberus occupation.

Nothing but Flotsam

a privateer/pirate Mass Effect AU (James Vega/Kaidan Alenko)

Read it here: Nothing but Flotsam

(explicit, warnings for depictions of violence, some graphic)

Summary:

A Leviathan is terrorizing the seas, and Commander Shepard has been ordered to kill it.

Six months after surviving a shipwreck, James Vega serves on Shepard's frigate, doing his best to earn his keep. Recently, a new man has joined the crew, but James is less than thrilled with Kaidan Alenko's presence and vows to keep an eye on him. When push comes to shove, will they work together against a greater foe, or will James lose himself in his suspicions?

A big thank you to Azzy @deepspacestarling for the art and music going with! It's been a pleasure working with you!