Rhysothy Week

Shipweek dedicated to Rhys Strongfork and Timothy Lawrence from the Borderlands.  The next event will be held July 24th-30th

[rhysothyweek]

Welcome to the Rhysothy Week 2023!! A week dedicated to Rhys Strongfork and Timothy Lawrence from the Borderlands series. The shipweek event will be held July 24th-30th. Follow us @rhysothyweek on both Twitter and Tumblr for any further updates and to see all the content!

PROMPTS

listed above!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

1. post your works with the tags #rhysothyweek or #rhysothyweek2023 or directly @ us @rhysothyweek, so we can see and share your work

2. all kinds of works are welcome! fanarts, fanfics, playlists, moodboards, edits, etc. we’d love to see them all

RULES

1. all content you share must be made by yourself, copying or stealing art is forbidden

2. speaking of, we absolutely do not allow any kind of work made with a/i. no a/i art, writing or even voice synthesizers 

3. prompts are here to provide an outline. you are welcome to use your own prompts, the only requirement is for the works to center around Rhysothy and follow our guidelines

4. don’t worry about keeping the dates, late submissions are absolutely welcome, as the mods will also be checking the tags after the week is over

5. collaborations are more than welcome!

6. we kindly request not to feature any sideships with either Rhys or Timothy. of course, sideships including other characters are welcome, for example having Rhys and Timothy go on a double date with Zer0 and Lor etc. but the content must focus primarily on Rhysothy

7. while creating works please use games as your guideline for content. suggestive stuff, canon-typical violence, guns etc. are allowed but we ask you not to post heavy NSFW within our tags

8. while all headcanons are welcome, please don’t erase any canon sexualities of the characters, especially the fact that Timothy is canonically bisexual

9. no offensive content (no racism, no homophobia, no harassing other creators, no se/xual violence)

If you have any additional questions feel free to message us on the accounts either on Twitter or Tumblr. We’re so excited to be back and can’t wait to see all of your creations!!

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Rhysothy week 2023

Day 07: Au

*RUNS AND BASHES THE DOOR OPEN*

HAHHAHHA I HAVE FINISHED THE WEEK!! And it’s late☹️ sooooo this is my Atlas Au! Tbh I haven’t worked it one that much mostly because I need motivation. So hopefully I can work on it this month,, OH! This is what they look like (for now)

I’m an artist and I do traditional art so my art will never really be the same? I’m inconsistent.. sorry about that! Anywho have a nice day/night!! <33

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Rhysothy Week 2023

Day 06: Butterly/Fireflies

Rhys is missing Tim while he’s away one a assignment…. (In my au he works for Atlas. I can’t make up my mind on what position he works for)

Also I know it looks like his hands disappears and there’s nothing hold the sweatshirt, but his hands are in the sweatshirt holding it up. Just want to clarify!!🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

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REBELYELL!

fandom: Borderlands relationship: Rhysothy word count: 17780 rating: M warnings: minor character death, destructions of cars, injury, violence summary: Hired as an assassin for the first time in years, Timothy has no idea where to go or what to do after the job. Until a car stops right before him.

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for Rhysothy Week day 7 prompt - AU

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Timothy didn’t mind his job. He just minded the mess.

Locked in some public restroom he scrubbed his hands clean. At this point he should be used to the mess, however the way blood got underneath his fingertips was too annoying not to take care of. Only because he forgot he was supposed to rob the guy before he killed him. Hence he stood there, the rose scented soap working its magic. At least he would smell good afterwards. Which wasn’t always the case.

Taking a hefty amount of water in his hands, he splashed his face around a little. Timothy took a good look at his face. Then he sighed. Same old, same old, same old everything he hated. Even after all this time.

It’s been a pretty long time since he went back to this city. Spending most of last year working around in the casinos of Las Vegas, Timothy truly never expected to be back. A convoluted story his life was, really. First he does some business with his CEO twin brother, then said brother sends him and his best friend on a mission to take care of his casinos. For the casinos to, of course, be overtaken by some of his brother’s goons who turned against him. And blamed Timothy since, well, he and his brother were almost identical, save for Timothy’s freckles and gaping scar across his face. Which started several long years of Timothy’s life, fixing up the messes. Especially with bloodthirsty fuckos that he was seeing on the daily. The usual.

Now he finally came back. Dealing with all the problems, he came back only to see his brother’s business grow exponentially. Shiny buildings and big areas. It was a thing to behold for sure. Just that his brother didn’t change at all and seemingly got even worse. And back home Timothy had only one thing to do – be the hired gun for that company.

read the rest here!!

[guideofkeys]

Rhysothy Week Day 7 - AU

Double Game

Summary: in order to test the limit of her powers, Maya uses Phase Lock on Timothy, and so - a new Jack appears on Pandora. Now someone is trying to return everything as it was, someone is trying to destroy the revived evil, and someone actually benefits from it. But who?

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[ryzselo]

Rhysothyweek day 7: AU

Drawn for @guideofkeys fantasy AU from her fic "Ashes and Ice”

And once again - kitys! This time Tim’s a snow leopard, not a tiger tho. Big fluffy!!! I miss snow…

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Rhysothy week 2023

Day 05: Vacation/ Staycation

Still a day behind :>

As you can see they are at the beach!

Imagine what you want on what they are talking about!👀

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i saw sparks

fandom: Borderlands relationship: Rhysothy word count: 6180 rating: T summary: Completely impromptu, Rhys says the l word.

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written for Rhysothy Week day 6 prompt - butterflies/fireflies

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There was something so perfect about mundane mornings like these. Early Promethean sun, steaming cups of coffee, no meetings scheduled yet and Timothy. He was the most important factor.

The truth was his life was always at the highest speed possible. After all, what else could have been suitable for the Atlas CEO? Though with so many things on his mind, Rhys truly realized there was nothing better than an easy morning of sorts. Where the facility was mostly quiet and coffee from Lor’s coffee shop was as hot as it possibly could. When his eyes were filled with lazily moving holoscreens and the only thing he had heard was his favorite sound – Timothy’s voice, of course.

Maybe everything else moved at high speed and Rhys liked that. But the more he lived the more he realized he loved the slowness too. Hence he tried to cherish these moments. When there didn’t have to be any words spoken and no pings of messages could have been heard. Sometimes just the look into Timothy’s eyes was enough. A sign he was there always and forever.

This particular morning Rhys typed another email away, hearing Timothy’s words gone by and taking note of each and every one of them. He had offered him the chair so many times, but Timothy always chose to sit on his desk. And Rhys liked that. It was Timothy’s way, after all.

“Agh, it kinda sucks re-learning how to drive after all these years,” Timothy continued his story. “I mean, pfft, do you think anyone cared about anything like this on Elpis?”

“I-I… Nah, you know, I drove through Pandora, so I don’t think so,” Rhys shrugged playfully, taking the coffee cup to his mouth.

“See! It’s a. Wild jungle out there. Concrete one for that matter,” he laughed at his own joke. Oh, how Rhys loved to hear so. “Aaaanyyyways, on Elpis we just didn’t care. I remember one time I basically flipped the car and yeah, I think Athena lost her patience there, even for me.”

“Yikes. That– That-That sounds terrifying.”

“Oh c’mooon, you know how sweet she usually is,” Timothy brushed him off.

Absolutely not terrified of her, Rhys nodded shortly, “Yyyeahh. Ekhm, I mean, you know, my Vault Hunting adventure started with me stealing a car so I guess it’s comparable? Maybe?”

read the rest here!!

[guideofkeys]

Rhysothy Week Day 6 - butterflies/fireflies

Eyes of the snake

Fantasy!AU - Dragon!Rhys/Knight!Timothy

Summary: a story about the strange habits of dragons (and how to deal with them)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Rhysothy week 2023

Day 04: Redemption

He fixed the shirt! (I feel like I’m doing these prompts wrong :P) still a day late! Sorry 🫠 but look color!!!! I didn’t put any dialogue so you can interpret what ever they are sayin!

[ryzselo]

Rhysothyweek day 6:

Butterflies/fireflies

For @guideofkeys fantasy AU from the fic “Ether and Catnip”, where Timothy is a tiger half-beast, and Rhys is a mage.

Translation is in the works.

By the way, happy international tiger day!

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This one shot has been living in my head for far too long. Be free, little bird and fly away.

(link in reblog, as per tradition)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/48937144

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In A Pinch

fandom: Borderlands relationship: Rhysothy word count: 7600 rating: T warnings: mild eye gore and injury summary: With a top tier recommendation, Rhys and Timothy go on a vacation to a tropical island where nothing can go wrong. Right?

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for Rhysothy Week day 5 prompt - vacation abroad/staycation

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Usually the flashing sign of Moxxi’s bar signaled a good time. This time however the only thing Rhys could feel was anxiety.

Stepping from side to side, his mind was racing once more to get himself together. What he was about to do required some kind of well, moxie. But Rhys was determined. He rolled up his sleeves to his elbows and pressed his lips together. Even if the nervousness was swallowing him whole, there was a reason for all this. The most important reason in his whole life, of course – Timothy Lawrence. So he breathed out and let his robotic legs carry him towards the inside of the bar.

The things seemed to stay the same in Sanctuary III since he last was there. Not that he really liked it here to begin with. All he did was to say hi to the newest Vault Hunters and avoid Claptrap as much as he could. The same could have been said in terms of Moxxi’s. It was just as he remembered with the flashy neon signs and slot machines. Patrons brought together, enjoying their time there. What he truly came there for was just at the counter.

Weirdly enough, being Zer0. And Moxxi. As she was working around her bar and they were drinking some whiskey Rhys didn’t know the name of. Seeming to chat away, not caring about anything. Well, it was all about to change cause Rhys wanted them to care. Real hard.

Hence he stepped in and slammed his robotic arm onto the counter. Slightly. He didn’t want to break anything, of course.

“I need your help,” Rhys said frantically to Zer0 (so much so they showed the exclamation point [!] on their helmet) but as he realized the situation he looked over. “Hi, Moxxi. Wait, actually, I need both of your help…s. Plural.”

read the rest here!

[ryzselo]

Rhysothyweek day 5 - vacation abroad/staycation

Pokémon AU!

An illustration for @guideofkeys fic:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[guideofkeys]

Rhysothy Week Day 5 - vacation abroad/staycation

Creature Comfort

Summary: Rhys arranges a picnic for his partner and their pocket monsters

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[guideofkeys]

Rhysothy Week 2023 Day 4: Redemption

In the shadows

Summary: from night to night, Timothy is haunted by the same nightmare - falling into the abyss of hell to atone for the sins of others. But whose sin exactly demands a reckoning? And most importantly, what does the person with whom he is unrequited in love have to do with it?

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Rhysothy week 2023

Day 03: Sponsored by Atlas/Hyperion

The shirt is the one being sponsored😉

(As you can see I’m a day late😓sorry about that!)