you know i don't consider the citadel dlc to be canon to my shepard's story but all this armax arena playing i'm doing is making me think of a no-reapers athlete au. our guys are actually just a really skilled simulated combat team. they're one of the first large multispecies teams actually. the fans go crazy. they have biases and ship the players and make little gifsets of their matches. they're on magazine covers and news interviews constantly. they have a lot of controversy around them, for their personal politics and affiliations and how they all seem to get along besides their ties. enemy factions like cerberus or collectors or whatever are just the names of competing teams. the shepard/garrus stans are vindicated when they celebrate a big win by smooching as their match ends, going public for the first time. even MORE controversy from that. but it's ok because they make the arena so much god damn money it hardly even matters. it's sooo fun to think about

had to do the fastest doodle ever before i went to bed. the underdog normandy team secures their first big win in their career!!! saren resigns from the reapers in a fit of rage!!

Love this!