Samara the Justicar

Some more fan-art for her:


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I'm not sure if I like the idea of them actually going through with it, but Zaeed trying to pick up Samara did make me laugh, so I'll allow it.

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Amazing cosplay.

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Because no one who likes Samara should not know this or be delayed in finding out: you can finally seal the deal with her in Citadel DLC!

Basically, get shot down in ME2, don't romance anyone else and when you invite her to your apartment, try again and this time- well see for yourself:

Yeah, now that I know this is possible I have much to think about...


In the meantime:



Behold! All the fucks the universe does not give.

Samara has always been one of my favorite characters. Up until we met Samara I was kinda meh about the asari as a whole, I couldn't get over the blue space babes thing, but she's the one responsible for me starting to like the asari more than I did (her and Matriarch Aethyta).  I think that has more to do with Maggie Baird's voice acting than anything. There's just this world weary wisdom about Samara that is very appealing and different than all the other asari that we meet. I see Samara as a strong character, but who is also broken. Her whole story is just sad and depressing. 

I've heard lots of criticism over the years of Samara's goal to kill her own daughter. I don't understand that when said child is a serial killer and Samara is asari law enforcement.  I understand her need to hunt Morinth and I understand how difficult it really is for her. I think this is why she constantly refers to Morinth as a "monster". Dehumanizing her (for lack of a better term) helps Samara do what needs to be done. It's easier to think of Morinth as a dangerous criminal who needs to be stopped rather than my youngest daughter. I think Samara blames herself for Morinth's condition and every death the Morinth causes Samara feels responsible.

Besides Morinth is creepy I don't understand how anyone could let her on the Normandy. 

From what I've gathered on a recent argument on this, it's mainly due to the perception of Ardat Yakshi being persecuted unfairly as their rights and lives are taken away and they're shunted off to a monastery that's seen as little better than a prison. Some view Samara as a vigilante killer without consideration for the possibility that Morinth may be innocent and that she should have taken her into custody instead of executing her on the spot.

Mainly, I think it's the Judge, Jury and Executioner aspect of a Justicar that is disapproved of.

Except Morinth is not innocent, we practically see her in action. She's a psycopath serial killer, nothing more. Whatever she may have been before and whatever unfair social issue exists for ardat-yakshi in asari society, this cannot be changed.

There's also the matter of her chasing Morinth for 400 years. So I think surrender is pretty much off the table at this point.

I definitely agree. We've seen Samara try to prevent unnecessary casualties despite what Asari say about Justicars being obligated to kill at the slightest indication of corruption.

It'd be much easier to defend Rila and Falere who have cooperated with the system. However, the monastery doesn't come off as inhumane, more like a center for troubled youths that tries to provide a healthier environment than juvenile detention.

I don't know, it's possible that disabling Anaya in a non-lethal manner would fit her just as much. We've seen Samara say she's willing to let a criminal live if they told her the name of a ship.

I saw this boat and thought of Mass Effect:

Recently snapped this shot that I really liked a lot. Samara is beautiful.

So today I found out that Maggie Baird, Samara's VA is the mother of Billie Eilish. I don't know how to feel about that.


She looks, moves and speaks like she's absolutely regal.

Playing the MELE finally and it reminded me of how much I loathe Samara. First, and most problematically, is that I think I do not jive with 'the Code' at all. The idea of ceding all personal moral responsibility to a rigid doctrine entirely sure of its own righteousness, devoid of compromise or context is nauseating. There's no one more appalling than someone committing atrocities while entirely convinced they're doing the right thing. Then there's her motivation for doing it. She didn't have one Ardat-Yakshi daughter, she didn't have two, she had three! Like, nothing clicked sooner? So she doesn't even necessarily have some life long infatuation with the Code, it was just a way for her to mitigate her guilt and make murdering her own child seem righteous. And the cherry on top is that despite all that she actually has no problem finding loopholes in her Code when needed ie "Oh well, wouldn't want to kill these innocents guess I'll override my supposedly incontrovertible code with Shepard's dubious morality for the interim" or "Sure I crushed your sister's head like a cantaloupe in a hydraulic press but for you good Ardat Yakshi daughter nr 2 or 3 that I've doomed to a millenia of monastic 'living' I'll kill myself or maybe not depending on Shepard". Ugh.

I'm not saying Morinth is somehow morally superior but at least she's not an enormous hypocrite. Way back when I went with Samara because content but not this time, poor Morinth deserved better in ME3. Would've preferred if she tried killing me and died that way instead of getting turned into a Banshee off-screen.