An essay and writer's guide detailing the problem of "animalization" in turian-focused Mass Effect fanfiction: what it is, why it's bad, and how to avoid it in your own work. Rated T due to relatively frank discussion of the smuttier side of the fandom. Comments, critique, discussion and debate welcomed.

With Kadara's vault purified, Ryder and the girls decide to take the night off and enjoy a girls night out in Tartarus. Ryder thought she can finally let her guard down but she was wrong. Her crew was as relentless as any Kett. Their target was her and their ammo was Reyes. Timeline: Day After the Roekaar Mission, Ryder Purifying Kadara's Vault

A series of one-shot Mass Effect poems featuring Rosamund Shepard, a paragade vanguard Femshep. So far it includes such poems as, "Into the Serpent Nebula" and "The Sands of Edolus". Some of those yet to come are "The Last Stand of Fai Dan" and "Over Alien Shores". {"The Song of the Shepard" in it's entirety can be found at charlotteannrose.wordpress (plus . com)}

"When your back's against the wall...don't run from it, use it." That's something Scott would always remember his dad saying. The man wasn't the one to speak but when he does it was always worth remembering. Forward. That's Scott can look to, Andromeda is going to be the ultimate challenge...is he up for?

Miranda Lawson spent two years researching and bringing one person, the famous Commander Shepard, back to life. So she shouldn't have been surprised when Shepard woke up and absolutely loathed her./ Garrus knew his best friend was dead. When Shepard proves him wrong, she's not exactly what he was expecting. ME2 through the eyes of Miranda and Garrus. F!Shep/Miranda slow burn.

Ryder, Cora, and Peebee have a bit of fun aboard the Tempest...

It's been eighteen years since the party on Meridian. Sara's been stuck in stasis for seventeen of them. And, as usual, no real problems have been solved without the hero, but complications abound. Slow burn. Sara/Peebee, Scott/Cora, Gil/Reyes, maybe more. Spoilers everywhere. Darkening the tone, playing with the story, and enjoying the hell out of these characters.

Ambedo: n. the kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details – raindrops skittering down a window, tall trees leaning in the wind, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee – briefly soaking in the experience of being alive, an act that is done purely for its own sake. Scott marvels at the new world.

The story of Jack Haverson and his unit, Gatecrasher, on what seems to be a fast and quick raid on an Insurrectionist base. (Story based on fanon timeline of Mass Effect Universe forums.)

At the end of the war, after many years have passed.. Does Ellanis Shepard still know how to be a human being? FemShepxLiara. Takes place several years after the end of ME3, and Shepard has not gotten any weaker :) Rated M for violence and possible graphic descriptions. You have been warned.

Assigned to rescue another N7 squad from a geth-infested area on Cyone, the rejects infiltrate an abandoned reactor and encounter an even greater threat. Scott tries to outscore the team, Rebecca does something very embarrassing, Tessia has a breakdown, and Tullius proves that turians can roll.

The day's been won, but Liam's never been one for sitting still

As he slowly recovers in the hospital, Commander Shepard that the Alliance has once again not been entirely honest with him. Post-Destroy Ending, Shepard Lives. Ongoing.

"Bo nie ma Vakariana bez Shepard. A on się o tym boleśnie przekonał." Żniwiarze, największe niebezpieczeństwo jakie spotkało galaktykę, zostali zniszczeni. Jednak są osoby, dla których koniec wojny okazał się początkiem większego cierpienia. Garrus Vakarian nie może pogodzić się z śmiercią komandor Shepard, kobiety która skradła jego serce. Tylko czy aby na pewno odeszła?

Jej imię oznacza "godną podziwu" i nawet ono jest przypomnieniem, do czego została stworzona.

I'm trying out writing stuff for the first time... Cuz it's fun! I'm starting this from the events that happen on Mindoir and going onward (using a mainly Paragon Shepard that is colonist/sole survivor). Will update description as I go. I'm still getting used to this. Feedback is welcomed. :) Rated M for later chapters/just to be safe.

Vetra Nyx had experienced much on the journey to settle Heleus. She had witnessed an uprising split the Nexus, had watched as hope dwindled with their food, experienced the hopes of thousands rekindled and found love with someone worth crossing galaxies for. Join the drifter as she recollects on the events and the person that gave her a reason to dream of something wonderful.

Domestic Fluff fill: "I don't go shopping I get and retrieve. I have a narrow focus, unlike some people." Vetra and Ryder squabble and cuddle over shopping habits. End game spoilers

"Shepard is lying to you. Find him quickly." An anonymous message snares the Normandy's crew in a web of secrets and plots–with their missing commander at the center. Sequel to "Blindside." (M!Shep/Joker, pre-established.)

Shepard has always been a bit of a jerk, but is she willing to deal with the corruption that the Alliance, Cerberus, and the Council have to offer? On top of that, she lost two years, her crew has frigate-sized head issues, but as Kasumi puts it, "life finds a way." Updates Mondays

Reyes Vidal and Sirius Ryder are drawn to each other from the moment they meet; all it takes is a single flirty date for their defenses to come crumbling down and for them wind up in bed together. It feels right. But Reyes is keeping secrets, dangerous secrets, and some secrets have a way of hurting the people we love in the ways we least expect.

Sara Ryder never thought colonizing a new galaxy could be so difficult. Will she be able to create a new home for the Milky Way races while keeping her head out of the gutter and her heart safe?

Humanity, an engineered race created by the Old Ones, attempts to find it's way in the Galaxy at the cost of Turian pride, Batarian tradition, and Krogan quads. Follow Ken Shepard and his accomplices as he finds the true purpose of humanity. Contains themes from multiple science fiction titles incorporated lightly into the Mass Effect Universe. Rated M just to be safe. No harems.

It's easier to miss them at a cemetery, where they've never been anything but dead, than to miss them at all the places where they were alive. A story exploring the long term results of war against the Reapers.

So, they are still figuring it out – and so is the rest of the crew (Liam Kosta/Sara Ryder). Chapter 5 - Bonus Chapter