I Really Do Like Headcanoning That A Shakarian Romance Would Have A Great Impact On Turian-human Relations

I really do like headcanoning that a shakarian romance would have a great impact on turian-human relations throughout the galaxy (especially if we pretend that SPOILER Shepard somehow doesn't die).

Because Shepard definitely is a public figure, especially by the time ME3 rolls around and Garrus is calling Shepard his girlfriend left and right. But the first contact war only happened 26 years before ME1 so tensions are obviously still fresh between their two species. But also, as media has always shown us, a romance is always more sexy and compelling than a peace treaty.

So maybe Shepard and Garrus accidentally actually make relations between their two species really really good. Like repairing decades old wounds good. The two militaries start doing more joint trainings together because of the proof of how good Shepard's team is. More ships like the Normandy are built. Turian-human romantic relationships gradually become less and less of a taboo with them being the poster children for it.

And maybe they never say anything officially but various sources have overheard Garrus Vakarian refer to himself as Shepard's boyfriend and in both political and casual settings Commander Shepard is rarely seen without her right hand turian attached to her hip.

And as much as they both claim to want to retire post-war, the workaholics in them keep them active in their military and politics. So the cameras are still on them constantly, but since they're respected war heroes, the major news networks feel like speaking on their personal lives and asking questions would be inappropriate. And yet, the talking points Garrus and Shepard choose are often about how they are campaigning for more inter-species adoption and how cross-species colonies are vital to the galaxy's rebuilding efforts right now. And Garrus is often seen taking calls from Earth and Shepard from Palaven. So their legacy and mystery continues, and both turians and humans seen their friendship or romance as a pillar in their diplomacy efforts.

wait I'm so stupid to only catch this now but in the citadel DLC where Garrus is like "I know I don't say this enough but I love ... your hair." is this meant to be a writer joke because up until this point he's never said i love you and the DLC was released post original release and so garrusmancers probably talked about the fact online a lot right?

But also I kinda love looking at it from two angles:

that he's teasing her. I always read this scene as him being a little tipsy and he genuinely is so fascinated with her hair because no other species has these strands. and he's especially teasing since he adds that little hehe giggle at the end of the statement. and he adds the "And I'm pretty damn partial to the rest of you too." with a little cough of like backtracking and making sure she understands that he isn't here just for her hair he really isn't a xenophile for anyone other than her. he likes everything about her but her hair is real nice.

But also what if he actually is kinda nervous to say it to Shepard. Especially with that little clearing of his throat and reassurance. And Shepard so assuredly and confidently says it back when they were on the presidium. And even then he starts that conversation off by assuming that Shepard needed some time to think about the status of their relationship, and she replies with a very solid i love you. And so maybe Garrus has been trying to build up the courage to say it to her. And that he's trying out the way it feels in his mouth. And he backs out quickly because he gets scared. So, like he does with everything, he buries it in a joke. An off hand comment that Shepard won't pay any mind to. And he'll just have to try again eventually.

i imagine this is what was going through her mind when she said her last goodbye to garrus

i’ve made another one

I haven't finished labeling my tissues but I want to drop whatever thoughts and brainrot I have for AceYuu and Adeuyuu right now. There will be spoilers!!

Ace kind of showed a homie move when Riddle talked crap to Yuu in Heartslabyul chapter because they were magicless and then Ace punched him and proceeded to spew shounen protag dialogue. I was like "okay, maybe Ace isn't that terrible." Because we all hated Ace on the prologue. Then him and Deuce slowly got to warm up to Yuu during Savannaclaw and Octavinelle where they volunteered to be on Ramshackle's team and offered Yuu a place to stay. Ace teasing Yuu that they would want to sleep together in a rather suggestive tone kinda made me 😳 that's coming from the guy who asked to sleep with you on the first day of school because he ate tarts.

It all became obvious that Adeuce cared a lot about Yuu when they came to help Yuu who was stuck in Scarabia. If they didn't think Yuu was their friend they wouldn't go through the lengths of using public transportation and they could have made up an excuse to not go because it was the holidays. We can see how far Sage's Island and Queendom of Rose in one of the maps shown in Ignihyde chapter.

And it IS far.

After all of the events of Scarabia, Yuu trusted them enough to tell them about Mickey 🥺 They're willing to stick with Yuu through thick and thin although they aren't as honest about it especially Ace.

Now with Ace's dynamic with Yuu is just 😩👌 they really have that best friends vibe and it does remind me of how me and my best talk. Basically what I'm saying is their friendship feels organic? Natural?

The game is pushing MalleYuu and I did ship them as well in the beginning, however Ace's relationship and dynamic with Yuu won me over. AceYuu spent more time together than MalleYuu and it's quite one-sided on Malleus' part.

If Ace got the island question on his union birthday interview, I think he would choose Yuu. Also the grin from Yuu Ace got on his omakeshi birthday interview. Have you noticed that only Ace and Lilia are the only ones looking at the camera in the omakeshi birthday cards without other cameos?

Ace is honest about his feelings towards others but not his own. His feelings can be seen more in his actions than words. On Halloween part 2 he was worried as heck for his missing friends especially Yuu. He was so ready to throw hands at "possessed" Malleus just to save Yuu. Get me a homie who's ready to smack the prince of the valley of thorns and one of the strongest magic users of the world for taking his friends away.

In his Halloween card Ace got mad that Yuu, Grim and Deuce were just fine with what happened. Then he got hot seated by Lilia and Malleus. Being the prince of the valley of thorns didn't stop Ace from being blunt. Mind you that Ace was the only one that got mad from the whole ordeal.

Wasn't it also Ace who initiated to talk about Halloween in front of Ramshackle so that the ghosts would hear it?

Halloween part 2 lives on my mind rent free. It fed me so much AceYuu.

And then his ghost marriage speech. Read his ghost marriage speech. What he said is the shiet he's doing with Yuu right now or maybe I'm delusional.

I think I can say Yuu is in limbo between a self-insert and having enough personality to be their own character. We can see that they are a bit of a gremlin too and love to tease. The teasing becomes apparent in Ace's voice lines. AceYuu dynamic shines a lot on Ace's voice lines. His ghost marriage card is worth to check out for it.

I would love to ramble more but duty calls. Peace out~

the idea of garrus looking up and researching human behaviors is just so funny to me because you know that he's reading that wikipedia page back to front. He's taking notes, he's reading multiple articles, he's clicking on those sources. He takes it so seriously and yet when he finally meets Shepard again in ME3 he's like "i've been reading up human culture but also if you don't want me that way anymore it's totally fine." sir we know that you would not be fine if shepard called it off there