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So this is my fourth installment of the Shepard Series and second part to Commander Shepard --Destroy. If you had enough galactic readiness, your Shepard survived.

However, I think that Shepard might not come out the same. Just think about it. Shepard might have sacrificed the minority for the good of the majority, but their deaths are on your conscience. Legion's sacrifice was for nothing and so was all of what EDI learned.

So, while I was coloring this, I tried remembering a quote that would fit what Shepard might feel; this deep regret that I'm talking about followed by self-doubt. Then I remember a quote from the first game, right after Shepard mutinies against the Alliance in order to pursue Saren. She says: "I keep on trying to tell myself that we're doing the right thing. I don't believe me yet." I thought that quote fitted the image the most.

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Shepard Series
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[link] Commander Shepard -- Doubt
[link] Commander Shepard -- Resolution
[link] Commander Shepard --Synthesis
[link] Commander Shepard --Destroy
[link] Commander Shepard --Control
Commander Shepard --Peace
Commander Shepard --Regrets
[link] Commander Shepard -- Refusal

BONUS:
[link] Wallpaper

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*In other news, this piece has been used as cover by :iconezri-krios: in her ShepxThane fic "Resolutions." Check out the first chapter here: [link]

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The Shepard Files
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*the first link would be the fanfic, the second the image that goes with it

[ONE] Colonist [link] [link]
[TWO] Colonist/Sole Survivor [link] [link]

[THREE] Spacer
[FOUR] Spacer/Ruthless

[FIVE] Earthborn
[SIX] Earthborn/War Hero

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:iconknight-watcher:
*Knight-Watcher Mar 28, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
All victories - all endings have a hint of Pyrrhic to them because someone always loses something in them - some more than others.

Even when synthesis shows a seemingly balanced resolution - it still gets underscored by the billions or more who are dead including Shepard and all the squad mates for fell by the way side on the journey to end this cyclic war.
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:icongigi-fenixphoenix:
Agreed. Which is why there's no perfect ending, and if there's a chance Shepard survives one... then he/she will never be the same.
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:iconknight-watcher:
*Knight-Watcher Mar 29, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
All the endings sparked a global discussion on them and even that Indoctrination thread had some merit. The point is that it made people talk, think, feel, react, and go back to live it all again for no two stories are the same - perhaps it was never the endings - only the stories matter. Of course the soundtracks are always memorable even the third game's one that got a few additions due to the extended cut of the game.

Still I was moved to see so many races together flying in formation for Earth because well they could do no less for all that Shepard has done for them.
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:icontreewyrm:
Just letting you know I just shared this on the Mass Effect Female Shepard page! :D I've included a link to "Regrets" in the caption as well. :)
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:icongigi-fenixphoenix:
Nice! I'll go check it out. Also thanks for letting me know about that other person posting the image without credit. I also asked her to post at least the link back to my page. Let us see if she does.
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:icontreewyrm:
It *does* really bug me when people do that. They think it's fine because they never ask the artist anyway and the artist should be grateful they share their work or some such crap. People often don't mean harm they're just, well, ignorant. It's good for the artist to say something to them though, nicely first, just so they know then that they can't claim after that it's OK. From that point on it's not because they have already discovered that at least one artist does actually have a problem with it and since the never even asked the others, they might be wise to consider that next time.
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:icongigi-fenixphoenix:
Yeah, me too. I went and ask her to include at least a link to my page, but he/she hasn't responded or done as told. Worst thing is that I can do squat about it. Oh, well, hopefully she'll feel bad and consider adding links the next time x_x
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:icontreewyrm:
Technically you can report the photo, state that it is your work, and get it removed and get them issued a warning. If the link is in the comments though, they may not bother to update the caption I suppose. If there's no comment for it, give them the link. If they delete that, report them and drop me a link to the photo as well and I'll report them too.
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:icongigi-fenixphoenix:
Thanks! I'll just do that (add the link in the comments). The problem when people don't include links is that if the image isn't big quality, the link I add won't be legible in the picture. I always include it small so I don't mess with the picture. It's good if you see it in decent size, but not legible if you don't. :(
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:icondonobowk:
I feel my Helena Shepard would feel bad at this moment, not because she regretted what she did but because she wanted to die. War has been her life for so long and I don't think she'd deal well with peace but she had to destroy the reapers

I love all these btw
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