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Description My Shepard from Mass Effect 2, learning turian military techniques and strategies with the sniper rifle from Garrus Vakarian.

Jane 'Foucault' Shepard is Renegade with some paragon choices. She's distant and typically a hard ass. There are few people who actually consider her a friend -- and only one person whose 'affections' she's acknowledged (To be fair, he had to trick her into admitting it).

There's a reason she's distant. You'd be too if you were betrayed by your family, your gangs, your friends, your allies, and everyone else under the moon. Sometimes its easier to piss people off than get close and lose them.

Garrus and Shepard have a relationship that is more along the lines of Fran & Balthier / Batou & Motoko. It could be interpreted as sexual, or not. Neither label it, they are what they are: loyal to one another. However, there are tense moments. Since both characters have been thrown together in an end of the world sort of way, Shepard has adopted Garrus' facial tattoos. One big fuck you to Cerberus, the Alliance, and everyone else. One important visible sign of friendship, constantly reminding Garrus he still has someone who cares.

They are kindred spirits.

Foucault is named after the philosopher, Michel Foucault, and her character highly draws from his beliefs.

Mmm. Philosophy and turians.
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Comments: 59

TGrebel2 [2014-05-09 03:44:45 +0000 UTC]

"Uhh Garrus, this is cute and all and I am indeed blushing, but I already know how to shoot between the eyes without any aid."
"Yea but I've seen you dance so.....by the way, do you like tango?"

;-p

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harbin13 [2014-05-01 16:49:29 +0000 UTC]

Is this work tied with a Fanfic?

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SkySpiderGirl [2013-08-14 03:14:41 +0000 UTC]

I found a new desktop background! I love it

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carrot25 [2012-02-02 06:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Romantic!!

I love her facepaint. But, I am afraid that she will piss off the other Turians when they see her .

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JediSuki [2011-06-26 13:03:22 +0000 UTC]

I like both this picture, and your fan fiction. The idea of Jane joining Garrus' clan is a good one. I like playing a renegade myself. Mostly because I think that the glowing red eyes look awesome, especially when she's in a dark area, kinda gives her that don't f*ck with me appearance. It's just to bad you can't get tattoos in the game.

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Raptorix [2011-03-21 21:57:55 +0000 UTC]

She must be a master at pissing off everyone, because I expect she can't walk through the Citadel or Omega without pissing off every turian that notices what she has on her face.

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moosetoss In reply to Raptorix [2011-03-24 10:34:37 +0000 UTC]

I play a full renegade Shepard.

Pissed off turians are the least of her problems.

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LorenzoFerrari2002 In reply to moosetoss [2022-11-28 19:46:18 +0000 UTC]

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Luceija [2011-02-25 08:33:53 +0000 UTC]

She looks so beautiful with the facepaint. I loved your fanfic and that picture is even better

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karibu0000 [2011-01-20 01:06:20 +0000 UTC]

i can almost see them holding their breath an their hearts skip a beat

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Omega-Knight01 [2011-01-17 17:37:18 +0000 UTC]

i can see shepherd doing this, well my shepherd anyway

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TreeWyrm [2011-01-07 10:59:15 +0000 UTC]

Love it! So cute! And it really looks like they're concentrating... I wouldn't be able to concentrate...

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Indesiful [2010-12-22 03:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Turians wear their facial tattoos because it shows their national pride for the colonies they hail from right. I would think if the two of them were together for a long time, FemShepard would want to be a sort of honorary member of Garrus's colony. To try to conncect with his cultural identity.

P.S. Really awesome idea with the facial tattoo.

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moosetoss In reply to Indesiful [2010-12-22 10:46:11 +0000 UTC]

That's one way of interpreting it!

My Shep did it to cement a loyalty with Garrus that suggests 'I may not be turian, but I am your spirit sister' and to make it clear to Cerberus that her loyalties lie with her crew.

She also has a tattoo of Tali's veil patterns over her arm, Wrex's clan insignia, a Drell prayer, the Asarian goddess, and other pieces hidden. But Garrus tattoos are definitely the most obvious.

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DOWModder [2010-12-17 20:41:42 +0000 UTC]

NICE! I think sniping is the last thing they are thinking about right now!

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Tali0Zorah [2010-12-06 02:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Out of interest, what class is your Shepard if she doesn't use Sniper rifles?

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moosetoss In reply to Tali0Zorah [2010-12-06 04:45:20 +0000 UTC]

She does use Sniper Rifles. In this picture, Garrus is teaching her Turian military specific methods of operating the rifle, giving her a deeper knowledge of the craft.

She is an infiltrator

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Tali0Zorah In reply to moosetoss [2010-12-06 13:11:57 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhh I see, thank you!

Good to know because my Shepard is an infiltrator too

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nyuurocks [2010-12-05 05:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Face paint should be added in ME3. Hey, if the dragonage girls had it, why not the ME girls?

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moosetoss In reply to nyuurocks [2010-12-06 05:54:56 +0000 UTC]

I knooooow right?

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nyuurocks In reply to moosetoss [2010-12-07 05:34:53 +0000 UTC]

It would be more fun than just make up and beards.

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gaara171 [2010-12-03 04:55:33 +0000 UTC]

awsome

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DarthVandola [2010-12-01 02:16:53 +0000 UTC]

AW!! There' SO CUTE!!! I love that Shepard adopts Garrus's Tattoos!

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moosetoss In reply to DarthVandola [2010-12-01 03:00:50 +0000 UTC]

Other shepards might do it for different reason, Jane Foucault does it because she's too stubborn and renegade to say 'Garrus, I love you and I actually need you for my own good.'

For her, its easier just to get inked.

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bluesnyder [2010-11-30 19:44:54 +0000 UTC]

I didn't even notice her facial tattoos until I read the description - they just seemed too belong there!

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moosetoss In reply to bluesnyder [2010-12-01 02:59:36 +0000 UTC]

I wish I had the computer version, then I'd mod it on her face :E

I hope the next game allows for tattoos. That would be neat. Loved that feature in DA.

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bluesnyder In reply to moosetoss [2010-12-02 00:09:22 +0000 UTC]

Gah, that would be amazing! I've been watching Steam for a few months now so I can pick up ME2 for PC

I loved the tattoos in DA, too. I wish they would bring back the scars for ME. There's been plenty of time between being revived and the end of the game to warrant some bamfin' battle damage!

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mbrsart [2010-11-30 16:17:53 +0000 UTC]

Awww :3

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moosetoss In reply to mbrsart [2010-12-01 02:58:17 +0000 UTC]

Heh! Sure, it looks cute, but I bet their conversation is going like this:

Garrus: "Alright. Now. You need to steady the butt of the Widow right under your collar bone. Not like that, but like this *gets closer. Adjusts*. Right... here. No.. Here *Closer. Adjusts* That way after the impact shot, you can absorb the shock of the rifle's kickback right into your chest."

*Tension. Garrus realizes he is incredibly close. Tension.*

Jane Foucault: "Uh... Garrus?"

Garrus: "... Shepard?"

Jane Foucault: ".. I don't have an exoskeleton."

Garrus: "... Oh. Right. You are human.. *cough* Yeah, you might break a few ribs doing that."

Jane Foucault: "... yeah."

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12021987 [2010-11-30 15:12:38 +0000 UTC]

Oh nice. I've always fantasized about Garrus doing this with me. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE(!) the facial tattoo idea. This pic speaks to me on a personal level more than most do.

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moosetoss In reply to 12021987 [2010-12-01 02:54:38 +0000 UTC]

Hah! Yeah. In my Shepard universe, Jane Foucault basically cornered Garrus, gave him a heavy lecture about throwing his life away, an equally heavier one about burdening her with the truth that they depend on one another to survive (emotionally and physically), and then in a weird way of reciprocating his admiration, ordered him to paint her face and give her the history of those particular tattoos.

Just before the Omega 4 Relay mission, she has Jack professionally ink them.

The turian councilor wasn't too happy when he saw her again, wearing turian regalia. Neither was the alliance or cerberus, which made her smugger than usual.

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12021987 In reply to moosetoss [2010-12-01 20:21:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow. I love how you have this all thought out. You should write some fanfic if you haven't already. It's apparent that you have some great ideas!

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Hencid [2010-11-30 11:46:24 +0000 UTC]

nice work

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moosetoss In reply to Hencid [2010-12-01 02:50:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I haven't done a photoshop painting in years, so it makes me really happy that you got a kick out of it as much as I did

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Hencid In reply to moosetoss [2010-12-01 06:29:41 +0000 UTC]

a ok was certainly difficult to make this work
i like the picture is romantically

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Dr-Paine [2010-11-30 09:36:30 +0000 UTC]

I... am quite astonished that I've never seen this idea before o.o And I like the sound of your Shepard Almost an inverse of mine, funnily enough, and still extremely good. I may go give that fic a read.

And great art, by the way ^^

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moosetoss In reply to Dr-Paine [2010-11-30 10:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you, I appreciate it

I tried playing Paragon in the beginning. Finished the game too. But when I went back to see what Renegade was all about, I felt more comfortable being a brutal bitch in the middle of a great space drama.

Bless Bioware and their ability to please everyone

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Dr-Paine In reply to moosetoss [2010-11-30 10:04:39 +0000 UTC]

Yep xD

I've tried going a more Renegade route at times, but it just never fits her. (However, I have noticed that the exact rate of it all does change my ideas when it comes to romances... which is kinda funny xD)

Then again, Bioware doesn't exactly let the whole 'doing empty good deeds to get better rewards/less trouble' thing show, so... maybe she is a hell of a lot more Renegade than she seems xD

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moosetoss In reply to Dr-Paine [2010-12-01 03:07:58 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. I went for the Garrus Romance for a bit, but in my favorite and final save I decided to keep my Shepard relationship free - with the fantasy that there is something very deep between the two of them, but for the most part it goes completely unsaid due to interspecies conflicts, her stubborn personality, and the idea they may both die at any given stage.

Jane Foucault is in complete denial, even if Garrus stubbornly sticks to her side.

I was renegade through and through with the exception of incredibly important decisions, like a) Not sending Legion away, b) Opening the Krogan tank, c) Destroying the Reaper tech, etc. She'll shoot Shiala in the head, but she won't go so far as to condemn completely innocent bystanders.

Sorry, I'm fangirling I've never talked about it with anyone, so I get giddy.

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Dr-Paine In reply to moosetoss [2010-12-01 03:45:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that's fine, I understand completely xD I've had to restrain myself plenty of times (I have worked out a nice story to my own Shep xD), feel free to fangirl all you want xD

And that's a very interesting way to play it I can see how it'd be interesting to work with, especially when you think of how this sort of thing may play into ME3. No garuntee either will survive

I'm glad to see someone else plays it like this

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FoxHawke [2010-11-30 08:00:21 +0000 UTC]

Shep wearing Garrus' facial paint is a very interesting and original idea, I'm actually surprised no one (to my knowledge) has done this idea before you.

That said I really do like the way this image came out really shows off their relationship well.

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moosetoss In reply to FoxHawke [2010-11-30 09:12:54 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you so much!

Facial Tattoos are sexy.

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jameson9101322 [2010-11-30 07:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Painting your Shep with Garrus's paint is a stroke of pure genius. i'm completely in love with the idea! Props to you for being the first person I've seen do it!

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moosetoss In reply to jameson9101322 [2010-11-30 07:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! In the story in my head, she has Jack tattoo the paint right before the Omega 4 Relay mission as a solid acknowledgment about the partnership/comradeship between her and Garrus.

That and to piss off the turian council member.

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LTAshler [2010-11-30 07:07:24 +0000 UTC]

Don't know why but I really like this, probably 'cos Shep looks good in turian tatoos

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moosetoss In reply to LTAshler [2010-11-30 07:30:40 +0000 UTC]

Wish facial tattoos were a go in ME...

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CePheala [2010-11-30 06:54:19 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha I love the war paintings on Shep

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moosetoss In reply to CePheala [2010-12-01 03:01:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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End-Thus-I-Am [2010-11-30 06:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Best ShepGarrus picture, ever!

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moosetoss In reply to End-Thus-I-Am [2010-11-30 07:31:07 +0000 UTC]

Aww, that's a high bar! I really appreciate that compliment, I'm blushing.

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