Queen of Omega

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Aria T’loak

Love to go through a two month art block and crank out a piece in two days based on a doodle, love that for me 🤡

I drew so much last year, but I don't feel so I inspired right now.. but Resi 4R and Baldur's Gate 3 are coming soon-ish, so who knows?

if not, winter

What happens when your ex, who you definitely don’t still have feelings for, is your only hope?

After an explosive breakup, Nyreen and Aria go their separate ways — sort of. While Nyreen licks her wounds and moves on with her life, Aria lets them fester and lets the station rot around her. Cerberus has a nasty habit of throwing wrenches where they don’t belong, though, and Aria’s boat gets rocked enough to capsize entirely. With her kingdom in shambles, her rotten station seized, and her goddamn couch stolen right out from under her, everything seems hopeless — until Nyreen swoops in with her resistance to take it all back.

But will she take Aria back, too?

Rating: Explicit

Wordcount: 15,809

Chapters: 11/11

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More info, playlist, and preview below the cut.

{READ HERE ON AO3}

FINALLY i can reveal what the fuck i've been working on for MONTHS: my entry for mebb 2023 and also (technically) the fourth book of Helix. i had the privilege of working with @tentacledix, who made the incredible art and the banner for this fic!!

naturally, there's a playlist:

as well as music recs in each chapter.

acknowledgements: big thanks to my fellow mebb authors who graciously kept this thing going when i wanted to quit like fifteen times. y’all know who you are.

preview:

Then he dragged in a scrawny, pale-plated turian who had the gumption to stomp right up Aria’s stairs and demand a job, just like that. No references, no resume, no respect. Garka had a gun to her head before she’d finished taking a step forward. The turian had Garka disarmed and on the floor before the rest of them could blink. Nyreen Kandros. No rank like most of the military rejects tried to cling to, but she still used her full legal. Dipshit. “No handle?” Aria simpered. Nyreen flicked her mandible. “Only on my knives.” “Barefaced brat,” Grizz spat under his breath. She rattled back a slew of insults Aria was sure Grizz couldn’t spell with a dictionary in front of him. He had a point, though. Kandros wasn’t a family name one just threw around, and it was odd that one of theirs had wound up on her doorstep without a speck of blue anywhere on her. Aria stretched her arms across the back of the couch. “You’re either very brave or very stupid, and neither of those is any use to me.” “Good,” Nyreen huffed, crossing her arms. “Because I’m neither one of those, ma’am.” Anto choked on his drink. “Ma’am,” he wheezed. “My apologies,” the interloper sneered. “I’m neither one of those, Your Majesty.” She even sketched a bow, glancing up at Aria beneath her browplates. Insubordinate dipshit. Aria swiped Anto’s drink and took a sip. “So what are you, then, if you’re not brave or stupid?” There was the posture everyone expected of a well-bred bird. Nyreen straightened up, held her head high, clicked her heels twice — oh, she still had that stick jammed right up her pretty little— “Loyal, Your Majesty. I’m loyal and efficient.”

Assorted Cycii + Co screenshots . Go wild with these if you wish

Outfit swap inspired by the tags by @savageopressbignaturals on this post by @fat-tasty-krogan

if i were aria the first thing i would do after reconquering omega from cerberus is hire 15 Illusive Man celebrity stripper impersonators and broadcast them across the galaxy while they perform “No Illusions About This Manhood”

Mass Effect fan ficcie list

Because I have a terrible memory and want a place for all my faves, please recommend your own I need to feed the beast!

Shiara ficcies

No Monsters In Your Head But Me - y’all the illustrations are gorgeous and hot! I love a jealous Liara and a strapped Shep.

Lair Of The Shadow Broker - Liara’s been the Shadow Broker all along and she’s a sadistic mistress obsessed with Shepard. Uh Yus plz! Definitely non-con elements but Shep is not so reluctant.

Mass Effection: The Starboard Observation Deck - so cute! Shep is such a himbo and Liara is adorably confused but smitten.

Melds and Matter Manipulations - Shiara just lends itself to medieval AU. Liara is so adorable and clueless but thirsty and Shep is a himbo trying her best not to look like one in front of Liara. Super cute but sadly remains unfinished.

Eternity’s Embrace - another medieval AU and just as good. Almost finished.

Aethyta’s Advice - jealous possessive Liara is perhaps my favorite kind of Liara. She is a quarter Krogon after all.

Perfect Understanding - translators on the fritz makes for a super sweet moment amidst the war

I Would Blossom If I Were A Rose - possessive strapped Liara is my fave

Biotics Uncontrolled - possessive Liara and jealous Shep. Poor Samantha tho.

Better Angels - post-game sweet Shiara ficcie

Students Ship Them - ugh this ficcie is so cute!!! Bumbling Shep is so adorkable.

Shepard/Liara are my otp but I can still enjoy others pairings especially if that means I get a jealous Liara.

You Should Take It As a Compliment That I’m Talking To Everyone Here But You - everyone is crushing on Shep and it’s cute and hilarity ensues

She is Omega - main pairing Female Shepard/Aria T’Loak, previous relationship Shep/Liara, fbuddys Shep/Samantha Traynor

This ficcie gave me so many feels! Really loved the aria vs liara aspect without Shepard cheating on anyone. But the angst is still so good and the first POV hits hard. Hope it gets finished!

Control Tower - Shep/Miranda

Miranda has it bad for Shep and hates it is my fave Miranda

HOLY SHIT DID MORDIN SOLUS AND ARIA T’LOAK HAD AN AFFAIR???????????

During the party at the end of the Citadel DLC, you can find a series of audio recordings from Mordin. I’m not going into specifics of why there are recordings because I don’t wanna spoil the game (even tho ME3 is literally 10 years old).

In one of these, he tells of a time he met an Asari and he was sent on a mission to get rid of a Krogan that had been harassing her and she would be *extra* grateful if he could do it. Mordin ambushed the Krogan, almost died in a chokehold and had to use incinerate, when his opponent using his last words gasped “Said it was an easy job…” before dying. Then Mordin returned and the Asari was indeed very grateful, they spent the night together.

When Mordin woke up the next morning he was surrounded by Eclipses and Blue Suns and Blood Pack, with the Asari above him pointing a Carnifex (a handgun) at his face and saying something about tying loose ends. But our boy Solus is a former STG soldier so he quickly grabbed a grenade and threw it at the mercenaries, knocking himself out in the process as well. When he woke up from that, he said the Asari was halfway back to Afterlife (Aria’s Club), and he was fortunate to be alive.

Now, how did I figure this was Aria? Well, he finishes the recording by saying “Considered self fortunate. Had broken Omega’s one rule… In more ways than one.” What is Omega’s first and only rule?

DON’T FUCK WITH ARIA.

I wonder if it’s just me who thinks Lais Ribeiro as asari would look a bit similar to Aria, enough to pass for her daughter

I think it’s just hard to see because Lais has a different skin tone, obviously, she has hair, eyebrows and doesn’t have facial markings. And I think facial markings and eyebrows make a lot of difference. Aria has markings around her eyes that make her look more intimidating, which is why Lais looks so drastically different at first glance

but I think there’s similarity between the two at further glance

both possess angular jawlines

Full, rounded lips, the shape is similar

Now look at the face shape.. both have narrow and long faces, a defined and thin nose, and a defined chin

Aria and Lais both have almond shaped eyes

Now make Lais a blueish purple, give her purple lips, grey blue eyes, remove the hair and add a scalp crest, Aria’s cheekbone markings, and some dark eyeshadow and waterline eyeliner. Then you’ve got someone who could look like a daughter of Aria’s.

@spectralhero can you see the resemblance 😅 I think they look so dramatically difference at first glance due to their difference in facial expression. Lais just looks so kind!

Club girl 🪩

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The day I manage to finish this, Aria will already be in a good mood.

Omega herself 💜

Some doodles while I try to break this art block I got going on 🤙

Not 2 be the bearer of bad news but they are going to Fucking Kill You