tell me more abt angel and baron flynt!

okay so! in my rewrite, grogmouth is working under baron’s orders when he kidnaps angel, and he brings her to thor. though everything after is still canon complaint. her parents still come looking and her mom still dies.

angel uses her phaseshift and the digistruct capabilities of the control core as “what could have been” wish fulfillment. she recreates places she sees on the satellite cameras and people she speaks to. she does this with the BL1 vault hunters as well (and jack, when she’s feeling vulnerable.) she’s playing dolls, essentially.

baron was the last person she met before being locked away, so she fixates on him pretty heavily. her “baron” represents the trauma of losing her mother and all of the resentment that comes with it.  (what if jack died too, what if her parents never showed up, ect.) he is a very very bitter part of her.

this continues until the age of like. 15. “baron” tries to kill jack which causes him to tighten the leash on her phaseshift and she isnt able to mimic people anymore.

but i liked the idea of angel sticking with baron so i kept it in a more contained BL1 au where she never makes it off of thor and becomes a bandit.

their dynamic is very strained and ends up being more mentor-student than father-daughter. he initially was going to use her as a bargaining chip with atlas and his actions still result in her mother being killed. so they start off terribly.

BL1 happens a few years later. baron actually does his job this time and tries to prevent the vault from being opened because he worries abt the damage itll do to the planet. its becomes a three way war between the bandits, atlas, and the VHs, as pandora tries to defend itself from corporate exploits.

angel still keeps in contact with the BL1 VHs but instead of being a mysterious voice on the radio shes more like a kid shit talking them in a discord vc. its not a very serious au lmfao.

have a very quick sketch of Them™.