C+H: Traumas of Mass Effect

A companion piece to 's post-Mass Effect trauma, which you can find here championsandheroes.smackjeeves… with the rest of the Champions and Heroes comic and on tumblr championsandheroes.tumblr.com/

Sometimes I react very strongly to things in games, novels, etc. Certain feelings get deeply connected to certain things. To the point where I was genuinely had knots in my stomach when the Mako reappeared in ME2. And was unbelievably relieved when it was made away with in a cutscene and I didn't have to drive it. But then, I can't drive it at all and spent ages trying to make it up mountains and falling bouncing down. It's natural that it would be connected with a lot of bad feelings and frustration.
I did NOT expect the same feelings to ambush me at the sight of the fishtank in ME3. The constantly dying fishes apparently had a bigger impact on me than I thought XD

In a similar vein, I replayed the Luna mission in ME1 and spent the entire time horribly conflicted. The final message got me teary eyed and going all "right in the feels TTATT"

On a side note: the world needs more Zaeed fanart and fanfic. And you can never have enough Jack. But seriously. More Zaeed.

All hail Bioware (who also needs to give us more Zaeed)