BroShep

English

Etymology

bro +‎ Shep

Proper noun

BroShep

1. (fandom slang, video games) The male version of the Commander Shepard player character in the Mass Effect series.
   • 2012, Jillian Scharr, "From 'Epic' to 'Epic Win': Play and performance as open-database storytelling in pre- and postliterate media", paper submitted to Vassar College, page 83:

     The fact that advertising for Mass Effect 3 included “FemShep” as well as “BroShep” was significant for many fans.

   • 2017, Lynda Clark, “Commander Shepard”, in Jaime Banks, Robert Mejia, Aubrie Adams, editors, 100 Greatest Video Game Characters, page 44:

     While BroShep displays obliviousness to issues of "reproductive rights and control over the female body," FemShep expresses solidarity with the female Krogan, Eve, indicating there are some galactic power struggles only FemShep can truly understand.

   • 2020, Amanda Phillips, Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture, page 148:

     There is little deviation between the FemShep and BroShep scripts for the romance with Liara, which positions Commander Shepard as an experienced soldier (and lover) pursuing the naïve, reticent academic.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:BroShep.

Coordinate terms

• FemShep

Anagrams

• broseph