Mass Effect's Former Lead Writer "Blindsided" By Love For Garrus
Garrus Vakarian is one of the most popular characters in the Mass Effect series, and even the writers who created him were surprised by how many fans loved him. Commander Shepard makes many allies during their mission to save the Milky Way Galaxy throughout the first three Mass Effect games, and the Turian former C-Sec Officer was one of the first to join their crew. Garrus met Shepard in the first Mass Effect, where Shepard bumped into him as he was investigating the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius on the Citadel. Since Shepard was also on the hunt for Saren and Garrus was growing tired of the bureaucratic red tape that hindered his work, he agreed to follow Shepard and their crew aboard the SSV Normandy as they embarked on a mission to stop Saren and his Geth army.
Ever since his debut, Garrus has been an extremely popular character due to his no-nonsense attitude and steadfast loyalty to Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard, with fans frequently cosplaying as Garrus and even requesting professional drawings of him from comic book artists. Due in part to this popularity, Garrus would return as a squad member and romance option in the Mass Effect Trilogy's closing two entries. FemShep’s potential attraction to her gruff Turian crewmate was shared by many Mass Effect players in the real world — something that apparently caught the writing staff behind BioWare’s critically-acclaimed sci-fi RPG trilogy off-guard.
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During a recent AMA session on r/Fantasy, former Mass Effect lead writer Drew Karpyshyn revealed that while he and his team had always planned to have Garrus return in the later installments, they never imagined how many people would want him as a romance option. As
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