Not even going to lie, I cried a couple times while drawing this. Since beating ME3 I have not felt like doing any fanart at all. Which is insane looking back at how pumped I was after beating ME1 and 2. All the wind is just gone from my sails. I've barely touched the game since I beat it. I pulled myself out of this funk to help get more Thane in ME3 with my last piece. [link] But as for my Zody Shepard and her Kaidan, I've been too heartbroken. I didn't expect sunshine and roses. I fully expected her to die in his arms or vise versa. A happily ever after would have a surprise but not an unwelcomed one. What actually happened was so far from what I expected or wanted that it makes my stomach turn.
So here is where I leave Zody Shepard and Kaidan Alenko. Together in each other's arms. Their past problems have been dealt with, their love rekindled. And no force in Heaven, Hell, or Bioware's writing team will tear them apart again.
Goodnight, sleep tight No more tears In the morning I'll be here And when we say goodnight, Dry your eyes Because we said goodnight, And not goodbye We said goodnight And not goodbye ~Evanescence - Goodnight [link]
Bioware - Mass Effect and Kaidan Alenko Zody - Mine
This is beautiful. The way they are lying together, entwined, completely relaxed and full of abandon; it's all over and, exhausted after holding each other as if someone were coming to tear them apart, crying together in relief at surviving and still being in love, neither wanting to move in case - just in case - and so they both succumbed to the need for sleep...not the most comfortable of places but, at the same time, the only place either of them ever wanted to be again.
Really. Beautiful.
Thank you so much for this wonderful comment!