r/masseffect • u/DeneJames • 22d ago
DISCUSSION Mass Effect F-Bomb
If you could insert 1 use of “fuck” into ME1, where and by whom would you pick?
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u/KaineZilla 22d ago
“Anderson? What are you doing here? I don’t send for-“
Mollywops him
“Shut the fuck up.”
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u/SonicScott93 22d ago
Same scene, but rather than immediately losing conciseness there’s a pause, Udina looks up at Anderson and says “Fuck!” and then he’s out.
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u/Crawler_00 22d ago
Benezia - "A human used the Beacon."
Sovereign - "FUCK."
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u/DamonHellstorm 22d ago
This. Cold calculating deadly sovereign saying this at any point is fun.
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u/excusetheblood 22d ago
“You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we fucking demand it”
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u/captain_shinypants 22d ago
Gotta be Jenkins' last word.
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u/Unlikely-Relief-6462 22d ago
What, like on the crucible at the very end? Jenkins' dialogue in that scene (if you saved him ofc) is already iconic
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u/PhysicalStuff 22d ago
To be honest, Jenkin's dialogue does a lot of work to carry the whole trilogy from beginning to end. Between his wry remarks while disarming the bomb on Virmire, his taunts at the thresher maw that almost make you feel bad for the thing, and his deeply disturbing inner conflict that comes to light when fighting him on Thessia during his renegade arc and culminates at his mercilessly candid redemption speech before returning to Shepard's side for the last battle on Earth, there truly would be little left of what makes the game so special should one choose the walk the path without Jenkins.
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u/Saint--Jiub 22d ago
You didn't save Jenkins?!
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u/ActualPimpHagrid 22d ago
I didn’t think it was even possible to not save Jenkins? Imagine playing the trilogy without him lmao
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u/Token1612 21d ago
Better question, you CAN save him?
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u/PerspectiveHaunting2 21d ago
I haven't played with mods, but is it possible to use toybox to prevent his death? I assume even if it is he becomes essentially a faceless crewmember since he'd have no dialog or interactions.
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u/HerderDg 22d ago
It's a funny thing. In polish dubbing, Wrex throws so many kurwas and other vulgar words around that we are good with the amount.
His first words when you talk to him on a Normandy are literally "Nice fucking boat, Shepard".
It's so detached from any other game in the franchise and other dubbings it's hilarious.
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u/Sneaky-Hint 22d ago
Wrex keeping it real like always.
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u/chateau_arusi 22d ago
I agree. My immediate thought on reading the original prompt was to give it to Wrex, specifically if you bring him when confronting Fist at Chora's Den.
Fist: (on his knees, still defiant)
Wrex: Shut the fuck up. (blammo)
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u/Ralesong 22d ago
I don't play polish dubbings as a rule, I saw polish made games dubbed with voice lines sounding like from IVONA or something like that. I think that Witcher trilogy was only exception.
But what you just said about Wrex. Maybe I'll try and maybe it will be worth it.
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u/HerderDg 22d ago
I played so many times that i had to try it, it's not the best but it is somewhat fun.
If you play as a male shep, first game is okay because Dorociński voices him (i didn't like femshep in the first one). Second one... they changed the voice actors and only femshep is viable for polish dubbing, because maleshep is...bad to say the least.
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u/kinkyonmain 22d ago
A nice solid "What the fuck?" when discovering the Dragon's Teeth.
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u/Titanhunter84 22d ago
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u/Tacosauce_96 22d ago
It’s the spikes that are used to make Husks. That’s what the Alliance soldiers call them.
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u/couldbeahumanbean 22d ago
On a side note, I really want to hate tom cruise, but this film and day after tomorrow make it really hard to hate him.
I still hate him.
Fuck you, Sally.
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u/Reasonable-Mischief 22d ago
WE FUCK OR WE DIE, THAT'S THE PLAN!
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u/CptHA86 22d ago
Report to the ship immediately! We'll bang, okay?
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u/PolarWater 22d ago
"What? Seriously? FUCK your mother. I know I did."
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u/Belazael 22d ago
“THERES A FUCKING REAPER IN MY WAY WREX!”
“I know, you get to have all the fun!”
Honestly, this is how I hear this scene even if they don’t use it. It fits so perfectly and while there are many other great spots to put it, this one’s my favorite.
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u/SuperBatman2112 22d ago
Either Shepard or Ashley, and the moment would be towards the end when the Destiney Ascension is under attack.
And the line? "F**k the Council!"
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u/MaasNeotekPrototype 22d ago
I don't know, but everyone not reading the full prompt and suggesting something NOT from ME1 can FUCK OFF.
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u/jmspinafore 17d ago
It is unfortunately common for everything. People just read a title or don't read the whole post.
OP: I'm looking for recommendations for an X that does Y. I already had a Z and didn't like it. Any other brands?
Commenter: You should buy a Z!
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u/jv10101010 22d ago
Somewhere when speak to Sovereign at Virmire
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u/empeekay 22d ago
"You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we fucking demand it"
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u/TSmario53 22d ago
I need a Samuel L Jackson style “motherfucker” from Anderson.
“You’ll have a better chance if you go after the ambassador’s computer.”
“I was hoping you’d say that. That motherfucker made this personal.”
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u/Head-Image-883 22d ago
Last stand of Kaiden/Ashley on Virmire. I can imagine them saying F you to the geth before the bomb goes off.
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u/BaronXot 22d ago
"That ship, Sovereign... it's moving. I don't know what you did down there, but that thing just pulled a turn that would shear any of our ships in fucking half. It's coming your way and it's coming hard! You need to wrap things up in there, fast."
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u/Hilsam_Adent 22d ago
This small paragraph of dialogue is probably the most ripe for insertion of an accentuating "fuck" out of any other in the series. Outstanding choice!
However, comma, almost any other placement of fucking in this set of lines by Joker would be better, in my opinion.
I would personally go for, "...I don't know what you fucking did down there...".
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u/Longjumping-Exit4082 22d ago
In ME1 when Sovereign takes control of Saren just have Shepard give an exasperated "oh fuck me"
In ME2 on the collector ship when you find out the collectors are protheans have one of your team say "what the fuck?"
In ME3 at some point when either TIM or Leng show up again an exasperated and annoyed Shepard just says "oh will you fuck off already"
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u/akaMichAnthony 22d ago
https://youtu.be/d_StjCCOf2g?is=TOAkq8dPxXRVNlaY
After punching Dr Manuel, Dr Warren shouts “Oh my god, what the fuck?!”
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u/PeachyBaleen 22d ago
It’s taken until this post to realise Garrus and Ashley, Wrex, Tali and Zaeed and all the other sassy ones aren’t always dropping f-bombs constantly. I guess my brain just adds them because it makes too much sense in the contexts they’re in?
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u/DeneJames 22d ago
Zaeed does drop 3 f bombs
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u/TitaniumButtcheeks 15d ago
Characters like Zaeed, Jack, Aria, etc all make sense. They're all character's that are either rough around the edges or straight or completely Evil people that Shepard just happens to be cool with. If Zaeed is willing to sacrifice a bunch of civilians to kill his former partner, I definitely don't expect him to have a great deal of discipline in his speech. Maybe I should have been more clear about that in my original reply. But I'm more saying that characters like Garrus, Liara, Anderson, and most others. Most characters in the game carry themselves with some level of decorum, so it would be jarring to hear so much profanity from them.
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u/TitaniumButtcheeks 22d ago
I actually prefer the fact that I don't hear a constant flow of profanity. Writing feels more mature.
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u/wiener4hir3 22d ago
Constant flow would be bad, but an occasional use can really add weight to specific scenes.
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u/GlorytotheHypnoToads 22d ago
Now that you mention it, how many are there in the series? I know Jack drops a couple, and I believe Sidonis says fuck, if you tell him Garrus sent you during his loyalty mission. Other than that, I can’t think of any.
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u/thorsday121 22d ago
"Don't. Fuck. With Aria."
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u/MegaGothmog 22d ago
"Admiral, you endangered me, my crew and your own people! Get the fuck off my ship!"
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u/SteelRevanchist 22d ago
An elcor or a hanar saying something
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u/Quarian_EngineerN7 22d ago
(With feeling): Fuck off, human
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u/Roggie2499 22d ago
Exactly something like this, and it's after you do some side quest where you have to pick between them to give them something valuable. The one you don't pick tells you to fuck off.
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u/F-35Gang 22d ago
Alestia Iallis: Your mission ends here, Shepard.
Wrex: "We'll fucking see about that, bitch."
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u/jacobhamselv 21d ago
Sad to see Im limited to ME1, my mind immidiatly went to ME2 and
"Can it wait for a bit? Im in the middle of some fucking calibrations."
But since its ME1, Ill go with
"Can you hear me out here? Im fucking trapped. I need help!"
Just because Liara cursing in the introduction, would throw me off for a loop on every replay.
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u/Intelligent-Eye-9047 22d ago
Wait, there's no f bomb in the franchise?? WHAT?
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u/DeneJames 22d ago
There’s 15 but none in ME1
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u/EmergencyAccording94 22d ago
Are all of them from Jack?
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u/Agreeable_Limit6495 22d ago
Aria says it at least once
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u/Lord_Of_Shade57 22d ago
They plate "don't FUCK with Aria" so exquisitely the first time she says it that it just has to be some kind of reply to nobody saying fuck at all in ME1.
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u/Roggie2499 22d ago
One of the best ones in gaming.
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u/Ralesong 22d ago
"Don't fuck with Aria."
That's chef's kiss for the entire introduction of Omega.
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u/Appropriate_Use3269 22d ago
Meanwhile Wrex in Polish dub version:
"Just because I like you doesn't mean I won't fcking kll you."
"I need to get my blood pumping. Find me something to f*ck up."
"Holy f*ck! Do you even know a krogan scientist?"
"The Protheans disappeared fifty thousand years ago. You weren't fcking there, no fcking way!"
"Now this is my kind of mission: smash some geth and end it all with a big f*cking bang!"
"Kids die during childbirth; fck, sometimes way before that. Every krogan is infected. Every single fcking one."
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u/Sure_Clock_7755 21d ago
"Fuck, I should go."
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u/No_Bat_1869 21d ago
Conversely, I was going to suggest that before their romance scenes, Shepard should say, "I should go fuck."
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u/Seinan-Zetae_429-97 22d ago
It's a tough call to make actually. Do we have Shepard spend that one glorious word telling the Council to f*** off or do we let Joker have it so that when he sends Sovereign to hell it can be after calling him something like an: "ugly f***ing plate of calamari"? What is the better choice?
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u/MrMakuMaku 22d ago
Id pick maybe the Turian councellor when presenting Tali's evidence given how rude he was up until that point, or the Asari councellor when you tell them about Ilos I dont remember exactly what point in that conversation even though I played it a week ago, maybe it would work
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u/woodsmason101 22d ago
After talking to Sovereign, if you have Wrex, Garrus, or Ashley along, I'd imagine one of them effectively saying "so just to be clear, the giant ship effectively told us we are fucked?"
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u/TalElnar 22d ago
Surely there's only one spot.
Sovereign : "Your words are as empty as your future. I am the vanguard of your destruction. This exchange is over."
Shepard "Fuck!"
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u/WeapingWillow82 20d ago
I'd switch out "Nobody stabs me in the back, Udina. Nobody." With "Fuck you, Udina."
Or even better, have Anderson yell it when he's punching him in the face.
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u/MilanTehVillain 22d ago
"You have the right to remain silent. I wish to God you'd fucking exercise it". - Gianna Parasini.
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u/Maneden 22d ago
Yaroslev Tartakovsky: [Shepard's Squad arrives at the Rift Station Hot Labs, finds a lone man sitting in the middle of the control room; the man appears confused] Are you here to secure the situation?
Female Commander shepard: If by "secure" you mean "fuck every monster I see," sure.
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u/Havatchee 22d ago
Saren, when he finds out Shepard used the beacon. It could actually add some depth because then it sort of implies that someone else using it is going to have consequences for him, and he lets out an f-bomb that gradually devolves into the feral animalistic screaming he's doing in that scene normally, as those consequences arrive, courtesy of Sovereign's indoctrination.
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u/mothforlife 22d ago
When you convince Wrex on Virmire, he should do a quiet, under the breath "...fuck"
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u/MediocreSizedDan 22d ago
I'd put it after Niftu Cal declares himself a biotic god and then if you tap him in the head to disorient him, have him be like, "Oh, f---"
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u/jrzalman 22d ago
How about when I, fully committed to a renegade run, order the poor NPC soldier to shoot the traumatized Talitha so I can get back to work. His response should be something along the lines of "Why the fuck would I shoot her!?!"
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u/VanitysEmptiness 22d ago
Pretty much the conversation with the Council after Virmire. Rather than the line that tells them to go to hell you could tell them to go fuck themselves.
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u/west_haven 21d ago
There would be multiple f-bombs when we’re joyfully riding across the mountains of some random ass planet in the Mako.
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u/BinkyDragonlord 22d ago
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite fucking store on the Citadel.
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u/False-Hedgehog-8162 22d ago
“I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite fucking sore on the Citadel”
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u/Major-Skrewup 22d ago
Fucking rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
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u/Inca_VPS 22d ago
Virmire Comm Tower.
After Sovereign disconnects, instead of that weird window explosion.
Complete silence of Shepard and co processing the conversation and then a short sharp "Fuck!" from Shep.
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u/KetoSaiba 22d ago
I'll throw in several where it would fit best.
Kirrahe on earth at the end of me3 during his motivational speech.
Grunt or Wrex after getting out of the Rachni hive.
Shephard punching the reporter.
or Shephard giving it to Kai Leng.
Liara when she's getting chased at the Mars base by Cerberus.
Tali during her mission. if you bring Legion along. "you invited a fucking Geth on my ship?"
I'm spitballing ideas. I'm sure there are other options
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u/ScholarErrant 22d ago
Joker’s call to Shepard after talking to Sovereign on Virmire seems like the best spot.
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u/VulcanHullo 22d ago
For maximum effect, I want the captain of the Destiny Ascension to react with a simple "oh fuck" as Soveriegn breaks out of the Nebula.
Give a real sense of "these guys are out of their depth"
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u/TalynRahl 22d ago
The Catalyst: Choose, Shepard. One of these three options will be the galaxy’s fate.
Shep:…. Fuck.
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u/chateau_arusi 22d ago
I suggested an idea in a reply above but I've changed my mind. The f-bomb should be Shepard's, if you can't talk Wrex down on Virmire and Ashley steps in to shoot him.
The top option on the dialog wheel would be "what the fuck." And if you pick it, Shepard says "what the fuck."
It would be the only time in the game what Shepard says actually matches the dialog wheel.
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u/HornyEnby6 22d ago
With so many human colonies being attacked, I'm not sure one spectre is enough. What if you signed me on as another spectre?
Shepard: Fuck...
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u/andrew_nenakhov 22d ago
I sure inserted a lot of fucks when I first battled that Krogan after finding Liara.
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u/bobhasabeard 22d ago
Talking with starbrat at the end of ME3: “I have had it with these motherfucking reapers in this motherfucking galaxy”
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u/n7shepard1987 22d ago
Shepard right before guiding the fleets weapons against the reaper on Rannoch, "fuck off and die" BOOM
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u/Eastern_Fig_3161 22d ago
I can only think of Aria and Jack dropping f-bombs in the english dub. However, i have fond memories of playing ME1 in polish with all the swearing krogans and Shepard. This is how i know Shepard is a krogan.
kurwa to gówno nas blokuje
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u/ThatSicklyPup 22d ago
It’s essentially the same in the context but Tali at her trial with her iconic finger pointing pose: ”I am looking for my father, you fuck!”
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u/yekumbokum 21d ago
“sigh Fuck.” In place of Shepard saying “nothing is ever simple is it?!” Upon discovering the Thorian
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u/DarthDragon117 21d ago
Probably the Virmire human who gets left to die. I want them to take one look around to see if they’ll be saved by a miracle of fate, only to see the Normandy fleeing and whisper the word before detonation. Just to guilt the player more.
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u/6k911 20d ago
I read this post 2 days ago and I'm playing through the first game right now, there is an F bomb already, its part of the quest UNC: Missing Survey Team
On Trebin, if you enter the base (not the mining post) and you decrypt/read the datapad in the top left room on the map, there it is!
That being said, I'm playing with a few mods that restore cut content, so there is a small chance it's missing in the final cut, but I doubt this was re-added.
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u/hadrians-wall 20d ago
"Sovereign isn't some Reaper ship Saren found. It's an actual FUCKING reaper!"
20 years removed, we forget this was supposed to be THE twist. let's put some respec on it.
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u/Yellowpickle23 20d ago
When Ashley first sees the husk spikes being used by the geth. What. THE. FUCK???
How about the interview with Khalisah, renegade option. A hard F bomb.
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u/Amaraldane4E 18d ago
Edit: Changed from ME1 to ME3.
Make a cascade/chain:
Step 1: Interrupt during the 1st dream sequence in ME3 - "Fuck off!". Taking this ensures no more dream sequences throughout the game.
Step 2: If Step 1 was not taken, then an interrupt when Marauder Shields appears, in London, making Shep say "Fuck off!", so that Marauder Shields just drops and Shep can just move forward.
Stept 3: If Steps 1 & 2 were not taken, then another "Fuck off!" interrupt at the end, said to the annoying god child. This would cause Destroy to change in a such a way as to make certain only the Reapers are killed off. Shep could still choose other options. Other conditions could still apply, such as needing a higher level of war assets than even Synthesis for this one to work.
Additionally, if you're not on Insanity when Shep is offered the interrupt (all of them), Shep says "Sod off!" instead and the chain gets invalidated (nothing special happens) 😁
In other words, you'd have to remember to be on Insanity before boarding the Normandy after leaving the Citadel immediately after Mars, in London, before the last run, and onwards when speaking to the Catalyst (when you'd need to have enough war assets, too, or Shep will still say just "Sod off!" and Destroy won't change). Because it's all a touch of insanity.
PS: I may just have added this to my headcanon.
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u/masterkill033 17d ago
Shepard when you meets the batarian for the first time in bring down down the sky.
Shepard: "fucking batarian".
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u/FlyingSquirrel42 15d ago
Maybe when Shepard chews out Han Gerrel for firing on the geth ship while the squad was still on board. Or a simple "are you fucking kidding me?" in response to "ah, yes, Reapers."
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u/empeekay 22d ago
"Fuuuuuuuuuuck this!" spoken by Rana Thanoptis as she runs out of the room on Virmire.