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Citadel Council Appreciation Central

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I hope you’re right, Shepard. Our children’s children will pay the price if you’re not.

Councilor Sparatus, ME1, if you save the rachni queen on Noveria

This is my absolute favorite Council quote, from any of them, in any game. There’s just… so much to it, so much that it implies, and I get really emotional over it.

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Hey everyone, it’s about time for Council Week!

This is a week for spreading positivity about the Council -- that can mean edits, fanart, fanfiction, manips, gifs, renders, music, videos, or even just text posts sharing your headcanons or things you like about them! Please @ this blog in your posts, use the tag #councilappreciationweek in the first five tags, or send a link directly to this blog, and we’ll reblog or post it for everyone to see!

All eight possible councilors are allowed, as well as any ambassadors or other diplomats of any species from the games, novels, or comics. As a refresher, or if you don’t know them already:

  • The original councilors from ME1 are Tevos (asari), Valern (salarian), and Sparatus (turian).
  • The new councilors, if you didn’t save the Ascension in ME1, are Irissa (asari), Esheel (salarian), and Quentius (turian).
  • The two possible human councilors are Donnel Udina and David Anderson. Because this is Council Week, please keep discussion of Anderson specific to his time as a councilor!
  • Some known ambassadors and diplomats include: the turian ambassador Orinia (first name unknown, from the novels); the human ambassador Dominic Osoba; the volus ambassador Din Korlack; the elcor ambassador Calyn and diplomat Xeltan; and the hanar diplomats Bolohn, Oloon, and Zymandis (Zymandis is the indoctrinated hanar from Jondum Bau’s ME3 sidequest). It is also implied the unnamed turian woman from Garrus’s scene in the Citadel DLC is a diplomat of some sort.

Rules:

  • Play nice. We all know the Council isn't the most popular bunch in the games. This is meant to be a week of positivity, so keep negative thoughts to yourself, especially derisive comments or jokes on their role and/or actions in the game. Discussion of tragic events and death is allowed, but keep it respectful, and don’t devolve into an essay on why it’s for the best that they die or anything to that effect. Remember the old adage, "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
  • Be mindful. Your opinions on the Council are not universal. Your least favorite might very well be someone else's absolute favorite, and some things that you enjoy may make others uncomfortable. Be kind to everyone involved, and tag your posts appropriately.
  • Keep it clean. NSFW is allowed, but it must be tagged as such, and preferably kept under a read more. Anything particularly explicit will not be reblogged.
  • Reblogs are not guaranteed. The host reserves the right to not post or reblog content that does not adhere to the rules.

Prompts:

*There is, of course, no pressure to follow these prompts if you don't want to. They're just meant to serve as inspiration, thus why many of them overlap in places.

  • Day 1, July 9: Salarians. What's it like for Valern as the councilor, being male when salarian politics are female-dominated? How does Esheel settle into her new position? How do they get along when both are alive?
  • Day 2, July 10: Life in the Embassies. What does their daily routine look like? How many meetings are there a week? How do the embassies and policies differ by species, and how do they all interact?
  • Day 3, July 11: Asari. How long has Tevos been councilor? What's Irissa's attitude towards Shepard? Did either of them know about the beacon on Thessia?
  • Day 4, July 12: Backgrounds. Did any of them have careers before politics, or have they been in it from the word go? What made them decide to go all the way to the galactic level? How did they get the position?
  • Day 5, July 13: Turians. Was Sparatus councilor during Shanxi, or did he get the job later? How does Quentius react to the Ascension tragedy? Are they friends, or rivals?
  • Day 6, July 14: Off-Duty. What do they like to do for fun? How do they relax? Do they hang out together outside of work, or do they avoid each other at all costs?
  • Day 7, July 15: Humans. How did Anderson get along with the other councilors? Why did Goyle retire, and why was Udina picked for the job? Impressions on their first days on the job?

That’s about it. Remember, keep Anderson content specific to his time as councilor, don’t be a jerk, and the tag is #councilappreciationweek. Have fun!

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MASS EFFECT TRILOGY APPRECIATION WEEKS: CALENDAR & HOSTS MASTERPOST

Note: this is the calendar we have now. It’s more than likely there will be changes in the upcoming weeks. Not every host will use a sideblog but some will, that means more updates coming. To summarize: this post is like a WIP :) I’ll always notify you by reblogging and adding the changes in this post. I’ll also make new posts when something major comes up. I want to thank @ellebeedarling for starting those appreciation weeks and all the hosts for working with me on coming up with a calendar.  If you have a question or you want to do your own appreciation week about a character, species or theme that you don’t yet see in this masterpost, don’t hesitate to contact me!

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Woah! Props to @omegastation and all those involved for compiling and working on this calendar for the community. Just getting this list together took some serious organization and I commend everyone for this type of stuff to bring to all us Mass Effect loving peeps together! Wow 😳

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