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Okay, so! I’ve archived this blog in favour of starting fresh at @skagpearlring - I’m still setting up and tweaking some things here and there, but feel free to follow if you’re interested.

I’m going to try low-key committing to writing with some consistency. If you’re interested in threading, feel free to drop me a line on the new blog. I still can’t guarantee timeliness, but I’m trying to establish a routine to get back in the swing of writing again.

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I! Miss! Helena! Pierce!

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Have some tiny poor-quality manips of Pierce minus her scars. I was curious to see what she’d look like if she hadn’t suffered the fallout of the skag pearl ring. Originals courtesy of these lovely references.

Things I find very important: Pierce’s freckles!? ;_;

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Some headcanons, ‘cause it’s been a while:

Helena’s foray to Pandora was sponsored by Anshin.

she was left-handed before her left hand was forcibly removed from her body (she’s still bitter about this).

while her battles are fought with paperwork, negotiations and sheer force of will more often than not these days, those who knew her from her front-line days can confirm that she was a very precise shot.

she still does venture down to the shooting range on occasion to, in her words, “prevent skills fade.” Rehabilitation after losing her arm and eye took a lot of work and she’ll be damned if she’s going to just sit around and let it all go to rot because her job requires her to operate from an office more often than not.

she has personally executed two men for crimes committed against New Haven.

while she is far from a tech prodigy (a la Gaige), Pierce has a comfortable working knowledge of robotics and is quite savvy at reworking existing systems to function in her favour.

she successfully jailbroke a small army of Claptraps to protect New Haven from bandit and off-world military incursions she is creative as frick when it comes to cobbling together something surprisingly functional out of dust and corroded metal.

the malfunctioning Claptrap by Zed’s in New Haven is a result of her pushing the bot’s capabilities just a little too far. She won’t discuss the circumstances under which it suffered its apparent breakdown, but she feels it deserves more than being deactivated or scrubbed for something out of its control and has therefore allowed it to ‘retire’ until she can figure out how to fix the little bugger properly.

if she’d survived the attack on the train, she would’ve gladly hired Claptrap to fulfill his original directive as a steward bot for her in Sanctuary.

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Borderlands Prosthetics by SnuffyMcSnuff

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thcvault:

BORDERLANDS sentence starters ( part 1 )

“That sentence had too many syllables. Apologise!” “see ya… bitch.” “i’m not going to say you owe me, but i’m implying it.” “Fear me, bitches!” “Burn all the babies!” “stronger, smarter, more sexually attractive.” “well played… bitch.” “Heyoo!” “Catch-a-ride~!” “Full disclosure: I will absolutely stab you in the back somewhere down the road.” “Nipple Salads!” “Better dead than a damsel.” “Shoot me in the face!” “Kill them! Politely, if possible.” “Tell my wife… she’s… a bitch.” “Don’t take my stuff.” “Good plan, Great Plan” “I PUNCH the initiative!” “Avoid the bullets! AVOID them!” “You get a bullet, and you get a bullet. Everybody gets a bullet!” “Did you see that?  Her head went Pbbbbt.” “If you could do me a favour and off yourself that would be great.” “These pretzels suck.” “You didn’t think you’re getting out of here ALIVE, did you?” “Did you know that 97% of pandoras citizens are not exploding right now?!” “I am gonna smack the bitch outta you!” “Shh. Don’t worry baby. I’ll take good care of you.” “Feeling overburdened by money?” “Wow. Bravo. Champagne. Cheers. High-five. Slow clap.” “This Eridium stuff is the tits!” “Time to compensate!” “Oh god, is he screaming again?” “I regret everything!” “That was too easy.”

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me: [softly] for fuck's sake

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                   the important people in our lives leave imprints.                          they may stay or go in the physical realm,                          but they are ALWAYS there in your heart,                             because they helped form your heart.                                     𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢'𝔰 𝔫𝔬 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱.

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[Every time I’m in Pierce’s office I notice something new.

Like the shelf housing her coffee mug...

...and a human skull.]

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❛ i was so scared… i– i thought you left me… ❜ - kingoftheslabs

“I know, Brick.” Her arms tightened around the berserker’s neck; her grip as fierce as her trembling arms could muster. Tears carved twin trails down her cheeks, but for all her pride she dared not break the hug to wipe away the offending wetness. She could feel the lump rising in her throat; but for all her effort, she couldn’t keep the tremor from her voice.

“I know. I’m sorry.”

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"You don't smell good..." The Truxican latched onto her arm and dragged her out of the large skag carcass, trying his best not to smile at the sight of her covered in blood. ((hello hello good to see you around again! <3))

“Says the man whose persistent scent is one of bird excrement and stale liquor,” she grumbled, shooting the man a wry look as he gripped her arm and helped slowly extricate her from the dead beast’s body. With effort, Pierce climbed to her feet, making a cursory effort to clean herself off.

“Lovely to see you again, vault hunter,” she continued, lip curling in disgust at the futility of the task at hand. With a sigh, she gave up, turning instead to rummage through the viscera for her gun. “Even if you did take your sweet time getting here.”

telltale’s the walking dead game season one | sentence starters

– taken and adapted from telltale’s the walking dead game season one. contains bad language, slurs, and themes of violence and death. feel free to change pronouns etc.

❛ are you dead?… HEY! ARE YOU DEAD? ❜ ❛ you need to be quiet. ❜ ❛ i got chased by a couple of dead people. ❜ ❛ so, uh… what do you do when corpses aren’t walking around? ❜ ❛ i… i have to pee. ❜ ❛ they will find us, they will get in here, and none of this will fucking matter. ❜ ❛ s/he’s kinda cute, in that parent’s basement sort of way. ❜ ❛ you didn’t have a choice. you think you do, when you look back on it. but in a moment? when things are really out of control? you don’t have any choice. ❜ ❛ open sesame. ❜ ❛ dude, where’d your weapon go? ❜ ❛ you’re not coming with us, you son of a bitch. ❜ ❛ i’m not letting someone else get eaten today, especially a good friend. ❜ ❛ this isn’t your own personal dictatorship. ❜ ❛ hey, i didn’t ask to lead this group! ❜ ❛ i’ve got charm coming outta my ass. ❜ ❛ okay, ____  don’t pop a gasket. ❜ ❛ i ain’t going back. you tell ‘em ____ ain’t going back! ❜ ❛ oh calm down, princess. i’ll do it myself. ❜ ❛ oh, you are NOT saying what i think you’re saying. ❜ ❛ we’ll mourn him/her later, but right now we have to keep him/her from coming back. ❜ ❛ are you stupid?! he’s gonna turn! you’re putting all of us at risk. ❜ ❛ s/he was still alive, ____. s/he was still alive… ❜ ❛ put the gun down, bitch! ❜ ❛ we do whatever is best for the kids. doesn’t that make sense? ❜ ❛ we’re strongest together. ❜ ❛ it’s hell on earth and it’s coming this way. ❜ ❛ you need to un-hear all of that. ❜ ❛ don’t call me small. ❜ ❛ you’re in no position to make demands. ❜ ❛ you think you’re some tough bitch, don’t you? like nothing can hurt you, but you’re just a scared little girl. ❜ ❛ what? you think there might be something dangerous inside an abandoned locomotive? hadn’t crossed my mind. ❜ ❛ you touch any of my stuff? ❜ ❛ you wanna scare people? scare me, motherfucker. ❜ ❛ i guess i probably know everything then. being a little girl and all… ❜ ❛ i hope you know what you’re doing with him/her. for his/her sake. ❜ ❛ ask not for whom the bell tolls…. it tolls for thee. ❜ ❛ what are you yammering on about? ❜ ❛ so, you’re just gonna leave me on the bench here? ❜ ❛ i find whoever’s doing that, i’ll ring their motherfuckin’ bell for them. ❜ ❛ well screw you. i ain’t giving up that easy. ❜ ❛ get that finger out of my face before i jam it straight up your ass. ❜ ❛ oh, hey. you made it back. good job… good job… ❜ ❛ what the hell happened here? i thought this place was supposed to be secure. ❜ ❛ if this asshole thinks s/he’s getting on my boat after what s/he did, s/he’s out of his/her motherfucking mind! ❜ ❛ there’s no time! you have to go, now! ❜ ❛ i’m gonna pretend you didn’t say any of this and give you the chance to walk away. ❜ ❛ if i were you, i’d choose my next words very carefully. ❜ ❛ okay… this has to be done…. sorry, pal… i gotta do it… ❜ ❛ i think i just peed myself. ❜ ❛ they’re just people. people who have been dealing with shitty situations even longer than we have. ❜ ❛ i’m just saying we should ALL chill. not just you. ❜ ❛ i know i fucked up, but stop pushing me around and stop wishing i was dead! ❜ ❛ dude, you ruined that guy’s face. ❜ ❛ if you were me, you’d be a foot taller. ❜ ❛ you don’t just end it ‘cause it’s hard. you stick it out and you help the folks you care about. ❜ ❛ wa-AHHH! ❜ ❛ at least it doesn’t look like a death trap. ❜ ❛ you don’t smell good. ❜ ❛ you’re covered in all that gross stuff. ❜ ❛ please don’t be dead, please no. ❜ ❛ i was so scared… i– i thought you left me… ❜ ❛ please, no… no, that’s not true… ❜ ❛ there’s no time to be upset. ❜ ❛ you can take care of yourself, see? ❜ ❛ keep that hair short. ❜ ❛ i’ll miss you. ❜

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He never needed to say a word, he just knew. He simply would sweep her off her feet, and she would melt. Their silence bared more then one could comprehend, their silence held so much more than words. He held her close, and refused to let go.

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send me a topic to write a meta about my muse on

I might write anything from a paragraph to a whopping essay, but send me something you’ve noticed about my characterisation or just something you want to know about my muse and I will write what I can!

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“If you’re quite finished gaping...”

There’s steel in the stare she levels at the intruder, matching the displeasure that lends her chin a defiant tilt and tugs the corner of her lips into an expression of wry impatience. She quirks a brow.

“Well? I presume you did come here to do something other than ogle the crippled woman?”

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phasewalkin replied to your photo:                                 “We’ve hijacked...

petition for you to stop messing my feels

But have you considered:

Brick staying behind and being captured by Hyperion to give Helena time to escape.

Helena adamant that she won’t leave him behind, only yielding when he reminds her that there are still people depending on her.

Her last words to Brick coming as a direct order to survive and to meet her in Sanctuary (an order he manages, against all odds, to obey - only to find that she never made it there herself)

Helena contacting Roland once she’s safely away from New Haven to discuss rendezvousing in Sanctuary. The long pause when he asks if she saw Brick and she has to decide how to break the news that he fell protecting New Haven.

The long pause after she asks about Lilith and Roland confesses that he doesn’t know what happened or if she made it out.

Helena grieving her fallen comrades in the same rigid, stiff-upper-lip way she’s had to grieve everyone she’s lost, because she simply can’t afford to break while her people are still in danger.

when Jack shoots Helena there is a [death scream] in the transcript - in game the player characters utter a [death scream] when they go into Fight for Your Life mode but don’t actually die right away... which means that Helena could’ve been alive and bleeding out while Jack and Wilhelm massacred her people.

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                                 “We’ve hijacked the train that runs through the Dust. 

 “If all goes well, we should get to Sanctuary in a day's time. Hyperion hasn't diverted any troops from New Haven to pursue us, and a sandstorm has devoured their nearest frontier town. 

                     “We just need - oh, damn it - everyone! Get away from the windows!"