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At some point on the journey back to Erid, Rocky gets around to asking Grace exactly why he was so mesmerised by seeing the astrophage in the Petrova line.
Grace describes it as best he can, but all he can really manage to get across to Rocky is that he was surrounded by small floating lights.
Later on, Grace is talking about the stars and how important they've been to human cultures for millennia. “What do the stars look like, question?” Rocky wants to know.
Oh, y'know, they're a bunch of small floating lights.
There's a disco ball on the Hail Mary. Grace says it's there because it “makes me happy”. “How does it make Grace happy, question?” Rocky wants to know.
Oh, it creates the illusion that he's surrounded by small floating lights.
Rocky begins to do some research.
Glitter: a substance invented by humans to make things look like they're covered in small lights.
Human jewellery: mostly involves gemstones or polished metals, designed to reflect small lights.
Christmas lights. Candles. Lanterns. Fireworks. Glowsticks. Glow in the dark paint. Rocky is beginning to notice a pattern here, statement.
It takes Grace a fucking while after getting to Erid to notice that a lot of the gifts he's receiving from grateful Eridians are either a) sparkly, b) incredibly shiny, or c) fitted with lights.
While the last one is obviously a concession for his human light sense, he's confused about the former two. Are Eridian materials usually this shiny? Is there some quality about sparkly or highly polished surfaces that makes them sound better? Or is there something about Eridian geology/metallurgy that makes their materials like this?
He asks Rocky about it.
“Simple. I tell people humans like lots of small lights. Humans are easy to make happy.”
Grace kind of wants to protest that humans are much more complicated than that.
But honestly… it fucking works. Like yeah the polished gemstones, shiny metals and glittery rocks are beautiful. Yes those Christmas lights you put up around the house did markedly improve my mental health, Rocky. Thank you, I hate it.
Grace spends a lot of time trying not to think about whether his species' urge to explore the cosmos (that saved their planet and nearly killed him several times) is tied to the same instinct that made his students like glitter gel pens.
Sometimes we see people who haven't played Borderlands dismiss it outright as like just another mid 2000's shooter based on the style of humor and looks and it honestly makes us kind of sad because the game isn't perfect by any means but Borderlands since its inception has been incredibly diverse and affirming in many ways
Clockwise from the top left are the PCs of Borderlands 1, The Pre Sequel, Borderlands 2, And Borderlands 3.
Among them are Mordecai, a hispanic man (1) who is a major character throughout the games even after becoming an NPC, Rowland a black man (1) who is portrayed as one of the most honorable and just characters in the series, Athena who is a lesbian and ends up becoming an npc and in a relationship with another reoccurring npc (PS), Aurelia who is a black woman and the sister of a major npc (PS), Axton a bisexual man (2), Salvador a hispanic man (2) Maya and Zer0 both aromantic characters and both reoccurring npcs after their game (2), Gaige an amputee (2), Fl4k is nonbinary (3), Moze is asian, likely specifically central asian (3), and Amara is south asian and huge parts of her kit as a siren, including animations specifically using mudras, is based around south asian mythology and culture
There's also a ton of really awesome like Brick the really buff guy from 1 being exactly as huge and into violence as you expect, but also really loving sparkling and pink stuff and being extremely caring about his friends.
Fl4k despite being a robot is the only sentient robot we see that isn't gendered and their story about gaining sentience and discovering identity and what that means for them while being firmly nonbinary is an amazing parallel to discovering and exploring being nonbinary in a world that's not set up for it, but in a context that's not at all triggering and in fact actively affirming for someone whose nonbinary to play
How about some side characters:
Here are three of the main non vault hunter reoccurring npcs. Top is Ellie, she is a fat woman who is shown to be happy and confident and seen as attractive, and the very few times anyone ever speaks poorly about her weight its is both framed as wrong by the narrative and swiftly followed up by retribution, usually in the form of violence. Multiple characters express attraction to Ellie and flirt with her, and she will flirt back and this is played completely straight. If there is a joke about her flirting it is about the fact she is flirting while the PC is doing some type of chaotic violence, never about her weight. One PC, Fl4k has multiple voice lines noting they find her weight specifically attractive.
Bottom left is Sir Hammerlock, an openly gay black man who is the second NPC you meet in 2, is a reoccurring quest giver throughout the base game and DLCs and who appears in 3 and whose wedding is the focus of an entire DLC there. He plays a continuous role throughout the games and he makes references to his past boyfriends and his relationships throughout that time, there is never a question about him being gay and there is never a joke about it.
Bottom right is Tiny Tina, she is a reoccurring npc with some type of trauma induced neurodivergence, I can't be specific because there isn't a label but the game is very clear that she's traumatized and that lead to her having a lot of issues. At various points in the game its shown or mentioned that she deals with things including restricted eating, speaking to voices, mood swings, paranoia, memory issues, and obsessive thinking. Multiple NPCs are shown to care for her and support het and she is also one of the smartest people on Pandora and she is continually treated as such.
Speaking of Tina there is a DLC + side game about processing trauma and grief through playing tabletop games entirely focused around her, that deals with her and her grief over many of the events from the first 2 games. They are amazing and hilarious and heartwrenching at the same time.
There's so much more, the chatter in the main city for 2 is programmed so NPCs are just as likely to be in queer relationships as straight ones, there's also multiple relationships and characters, as well as an entire side series I didn't mention here because this is already so long but these games have so much diversity and representation and heart in them and it kills us to see people just handwave them based on the genre and artstyle.
is this anything
☆ rotten girl miku web decor !
self indulgent | all made by me recolours allowed, f2u w/ credit, reblog appreciated
01.19.25
fujoshi to tmasc gay pipeline
ik nobody's talking about these songs anymore but I've been thinkin about this ship ever since ERB came out so... I call this "Confessions of a Rotten Ego Renegade Boy" because it's dumb and it fits them
genuinely obsessed w this concept now might draw these gay sillies more
was trying to spawn a spirit in the mirror but Ryan Gosling and Markiplier appeared behind me???
ugh life sucks right now so I gotta read about 2 guys touching each other inappropriately
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lukewarm take: i think we need to see more boobs. boobs on tv. boobs in public. a wide range too! large boobs, small boobs, droopy boobs, uneven boobs, all boobs are fantastic! boobs on men, on women, on nonbinary people, on everyone! i think seeing a variety of boobs would make less people have weird ideas about them
I write for a fandom where a character's face is hidden. However, they sometimes display emoticons (and other things) on their helmet in place of actually having an expression.
when describing them, should I:
include the emoticon: their helmet read "<3"
describe the emoticon: they projected a heart
use a mix of showing and describing them
ignore the emoticons entirely
secret other option?? comment!!
It's almost midnight & I made myself cry by coming up with an angsty idea for a fic. Not even like a special idea or anything, just the inevitable conclusion of "till death do us part".
Wait that's actually a good title, I'm using that
whos your OTP
Hello, AO3 enjoyers~✍️💕
Doodle requests: Frosty and hootsie bonding time?
Maybe torbek doing something? I dont see him in your style enough! :3
torbek wanted to be included ❤️🥹
