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• 5 yr. ago
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Dumb Question, but why is the series called "Borderlands"?

I probably just missed it or something but I have played all the games and dont understand what the name "borderlands" has to do with any of it.

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Xmercykill
• 5y ago

It refers to people living on the border of a society, where they are not obliged to follow normal rules and social norms.

And I think the planets of and around Pandora are on the edge of galactic society, I think I heard that somewhere.

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SQGamer
• 5y ago

ithink there are a few planets on the edge of the galaxy that are refered to as the borderlands, pandora is one of those planets

Cminor141
• 5y ago

The borderlands are a collective of outer region planets

Hating_Mirror
• 5y ago
• Edited 5y ago

I wanted to quote Interstate 60 monologue about the borders and frontiers, didn't find a text version to Ctrl+C

Basically Borderlands is a Western, thus all the deserts and revolvers stuff.

When people got to the west it was a border to intersect, and more we civilized that, that border between the first world and the wild west where no rule apply moved more.

Now the border is there on Pandora

Hoody95
• 5y ago

Because you play in the Borderlands of Pandora, I'm pretty sure Marcus says it in intro of the first one

nam3sar3hard
• 5y ago

He says it forsure in the second about how handsome jack aims to bring order to the borderlands

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[deleted]
• 5y ago

The planets are on the border of the galaxy

SoLongAndThanks_
• 5y ago

Cause all character are borderline-crazy-outoftheirfingmind.

Also cause it's awesome.. The anagram of Awesome is Borderlands. It is not, but it actually is.

nutourios
• 2y ago

Because the artstyle has thick black borders. So border lands makes sense

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• 5y ago

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joyandpickles
• 5y ago

You mean walls?