ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
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Ears by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
01 Oct 2025
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Seph has been turning Brooks' words over in her head...the implications of Grace Shepard and her tendency to use people. But she's been watching Grace, too, and she sees the opposite. When an opportunity presents itself to spend a moment alone with the only man in the galaxy that the real Shepard seems to love, well, Seph doesn't think twice. Perhaps she should have.
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- Part 2 of Seph's Story (Mass Effect)
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Commander/Cadaver/Constellation by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
20 Sep 2025
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Grace Shepard has been promoted to Commander of the SSV Normandy, serving under Captain David Anderson. While on the ship’s Shakedown mission, she and her squad (comprised of Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko and Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams) uncover a plot by a turian Spectre, Saren, to destroy free will and enslave the entirety of organic life to a race of Artificial Intelligence known as the Reapers. In light of this discovery, Shepard must build a crew and race against time to stop Saren from achieving his goal. Standing in her way are armies of geth, an AI collective working for Saren. Can Shepard and her crew stop the machine overlords? Or will she die on the precipice of humanity’s fall?
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A Lone Survivor's Guilt by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged) for SpaceVixen
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
12 Sep 2025
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"Shepard is injured during the firing of the Crucible, the Normandy is missing and so is the man she loves."
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Eyes by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
11 Aug 2025
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Seph is nothing more than Grace Shepard's Clone to Cerberus. Sometimes, she feels like she's nothing else to herself. And Brooks? Well, she owes Brooks everything, but it seems the Ex-Cerberus Spy has some opinions that she doesn't agree with.
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- Part 1 of Seph's Story (Mass Effect)
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A Biotic, A Cop, and a Casino by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged) for Amnestria
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
04 Aug 2025
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"Did I ever tell you about my casino run-in with the vorcha mafia? Five thousand credits and a bottle of whiskey? Actually, never mind."
Kaidan Alenko is on Omega to drink in the aftermath of Shepard’s death, and one year later, he still feels guilt. When a turian named Sidonis approaches him with a request from his boss…well, he just can’t refuse an old friend.
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Seph's Story (Mass Effect) by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
Fandom: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
01 Oct 2025
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Seph is the Grace Shepard clone. This series details her actions during the third game, up to the events of the Citadel DLC, and will culminate (at some point) with a dual POV Citadel DLC fic from both Grace and Seph's perspectives. Pairs with Commander/Cadaver/Constellation.
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Joker gets a call from his sister during one of his angsty moments. Takes place sometime after the SR1 got destroyed.
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- Part 1 of Hilary Lives
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- English
- Words:
- 1,266
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 7
- Kudos:
- 6
- Bookmarks:
- 1
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Bookmarked by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
28 Sep 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Joker and Hilary (Gunny) have a chat.
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Building a Family by Settiai for Destroyer_of_Insects
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
01 Apr 2025
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Hilary was crying again.
EDI was simply trying to cheer her up.
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- English
- Words:
- 1,475
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 10
- Kudos:
- 17
- Bookmarks:
- 3
- Hits:
- 94
Bookmarked by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
28 Sep 2025
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Running on Empty by GrayWolph for liminally_challenged
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types
05 Sep 2025
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The doctor was not in the medbay, and Grace allowed herself a moment to pull her shit together. She’d sensed the warmth in the non-human’s mind when they’d melded, but it didn’t connect to anything. The Asari’s unease clearly meant something else. And, what about the biotic Lieutenant? Was she giving off some kind of signal? No matter how her body responded, Grace didn’t have time for this. Saren was out there. Saren was the mission.
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- English
- Words:
- 5,493
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 7
- Kudos:
- 3
- Bookmarks:
- 1
- Hits:
- 16
Bookmarked by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
15 Sep 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Written for Spectre Sorrows 2025 about Grace. Non-canon obvi but a really great job with characterization. :)
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Shepard replies to Kaidan’s email
Bookmarked by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
03 Aug 2025
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Reccomend highly to anyone that enjoys a bit of tragic Shenko content
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Garrus didn’t mean to snoop, he was just trying to clean. But beneath Shepard’s chaotic clutter, he uncovers a crate full of Black Sabbath holochips and memories that roar with the pulse of metal and the ghost of the Prince of Darkness. Set against timeless riffs, this standalone weaves old memories and new moments, held together by the fierce, feral love binding Shepard, Kaidan, and Garrus.
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- Part 3 of The Normandy Archives
Bookmarked by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
27 Jul 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
This one was soooo good. I'm not much of a metalhead (I like certain songs I've just never gotten into the scene) but this was excellent. 10/10 recommend. :)