balex can hug exactly one (1) person in the universe but she chooses to roughhouse with him instead.
balex can hug exactly one (1) person in the universe but she chooses to roughhouse with him instead.
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i looooove characters who are sacrificial lamb coded. characters who have never lived for themselves. characters born to be a tool, a weapon, a sacrifice, all of the above. a character raised by the heroes to save the world, at any expense, even their own health, even their own life. a character raised by the villains to end the world, at any expense, even their own health, even their own life. characters who are denied personhood so they can be used as tools instead. characters who never even had a chance to be people because they were shaped into something else from the moment they were born. characters who were born to die.
somethin i forgot to post forever ago. au of an au.
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™.
[ Angel lives Au rambling ]
I like to think Angel is very messed up in many ways <3 here’s me talking about that.
Being isolated from everyone since from ages 9 through 18 does that to you, but just the fact she never had the ability to talk to anyone in true conversation (aside from Jack) would probably result in her being extremely uncanny a lot of the time. For example, she stares unblinkingly at people a lot, because that’s how it needed to be in order to use her phaseshift abilities when she was talking to, say, the vault hunters. Now that she’s physically sharing a space with others though, she’s not sure what to do with her facial expressions or body, so she just stands completely still, quietly going 👁👁 until the conversation ends.
Another thing I think about often is how she manages control. She hates being told what to do at this point, getting extremely defensive towards people if she feels they are ‘forcing’ something on her to the point of snapping. She’s also very paranoid that she’s unconsciously being manipulated by everyone around her, so she keeps her distance and doesn’t let anyone close unless she absolutely needs it. A way to keep herself in control is often to cut all her hair off and keep it however SHE wants it, because SHE wanted it to be, and it’s HER body to do whatever SHE WANTS. She is not above pushing everyone away and WILL do it if things start feeling suffocating.
. She’s like a stressed parrot pretty much.
This is just me giving Angel disorders but. Lol Lmao get hit with the Cptsd + Ocd + Paranoia combo idiot. She would’ve loved Lapis Steven Universe
“stick close to the robot. he’ll help you get off this glacier and into the city of sanctuary, where the resistance is based. whether they know it or not, the crimson raiders need us. they need you.”
“until then, please resist the urge to shoot claptrap in the face. this may well be your most difficult challenge in the coming days.”
literally just angel telling you to beat the shit out of a guy for thirty seconds. transcript under the cut.
“i’ve lost track of fink. keep your eyes open, he must be around here somewhere.”
“there he is, get him!”
“bullets won’t stop him, you’ll have to get close and punch him out!”
“his shield repels bullets, you need to get in close and use your fists!”
“a good whack should put him down!”
“shooting won’t do any good! chase him down and punch him out!”
“he’s getting away, you’ll have to circle around!”
“you’ve almost got him!”
“he’s nearly worn out!”
“he’s winded, now’s your chance!”
“he’s out of breath! get him!”
“hit him now, while he’s catching his breath!”
@rando-lesbo210 here u go!
“you’ll need more loot than that to survive out here. gimme a sec.”
“i hope you find these guns useful. the crimson raiders, the anti-jack resistance in sanctuary, need a fighter like you. i can help you reach them. steel yourself, ‘minion’, from here on out, we’re going to be fighting straight up the hill.”
“so don’t freak out. im here to help you. you don’t know me. you can’t know me. but ill be there with you to help your friend. you’ve gotta trust me. im tracking knuckledragger by satellite, and ive updated your display with his current location. you’re alive for a reason. go get em, kid.”
whatever. (kittys your jakobs family)
childhood effigy
another redraw! four months difference <3