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A fail!Drifter/Eleanor romance, or the perils of dating the Operator's other self...

Eleanor: So, when do I get to meet your family, the Operator?

Drifter: Depends on whether you promise not to call them a child.

Eleanor: A. Mistreated. Child. Is. Still. A. Child.

Eleanor: I thought we went over this.

Drifter: Yes dear, but I cannot be held responsible for what happens if you say that to the Operator's face.

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A Fail!Drifter/Lettie romance, or the perils of dating the team medic...

Drifter swaggers out the Backroom. "Witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Weapons Platform Saryn!"

Lettie: Sarin is a warcrime.

Drifter: Yes...

Lettie: It's against the Geneva Conventions.

Drifter: You mean the Geneva Checklist, right?

Drifter: Right?

Lettie: We are a peacekeeping organization!

Drifter *experiencing a fundamental paradigm shift*: Oh.

Drifter: Oh shit.

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The real aftermath of 1999 and Drifter taking the Hex to the Origin System's future...

The Hex: What's this pink pimple growing on my neck?

Drifter: Space herpes.

Drifter: Are you seeing other Tenno?

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The Drifter brings a certain vibe to the Hollvania time loop:

Albrecht: Tenno, if you're hearing this, we're all trapped in a time loop ending in our deaths.

Drifter: No, after Duviri, I'm not trapped in here with you. You're all...

*tranferences with warframe*

*grabs Torid Incarnon*

*grabs Laetum Incarnon*

*grabs Glaive Prime*

Drifter: You're all stuck in here with me.

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Oh, how the edgy have fallen.

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The Lotus Eaters was a very serious quest about why Drifter had to go to 1999 instead of the Operator, but here's how it really went down...

Drifter: You jealous, kiddo?

Operator: A little bit. You better bring me some good fashion frame to make up for it.

Drifter:

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finally have access to my computer so i spent an absurd amount of time today scrubbing thru the hex short at the highest possible resolution and ripping frames... figured i might as well post my favorites in case anyone else wants em !!

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The Drifter brings a certain vibe to the Hex interactions...

Quincy: Amir, you're a goofball who's gonna get killed.

Amir: Quincy, you'd optimize all the fun out of life

Drifter: Say, did you know that that the meta for Eidolon hunts is Volt casting his electric shields to empower the snipers shooting the Teralyst?

*the slowly dawning horror on both Quincy and Amir's faces as they realize they have to cooperate to reach a new high score*

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Love this version of 1999.

Two thoughts about Warframe 1999 as it looms ever closer:

When Lotus Eaters came out, my reaction was "Oh, okay, that's actually a good excuse for making 1999 Drifter-only, if we must." That was back when we knew little more than the basic identities of the protoframes. As more and more content has been revealed, it's become more clear to me that - putting the dating sim stuff completely aside - the Operator's presence would actually just be too weird and off-beat for the bleak, tortured-young-adults, hope-in-the-face-of-endless-numbing-violence tone they're clearly going for. Like, it would just throw everything off when there's more nuanced pathos and connection to be had by making the Drifter the star.

That said... I am SO looking forward to the Hex meeting the Drifter and dealing with just how weird and overpowered they are. The Drifter will still fit in tonally because Duviri made them a fellow tortured young adult struggling to fight apathy and despair, so they can meaningfully connect with the Hex on those mature wavelengths. But also - "Hi, I'm from the unfathomably distant future! I've got access to over 50 weird-as-hell mechsuits with powers you've never imagined, and I've mastercrafted hundreds of weapons into an arsenal that regularly decimates entire armies. I've also got lots of pet robots and beasts to help out. Also a giant skeletal mech. And a hoverboard. And a horse. And I've got my own handblast powers if need be. Oh, you're trying to survive against a techno-plague and a genocidal regime? Sure, how many hundreds do you need dead today?" This has potential to be the most bizarre OP Mary/Gary Stu reverse-isekai ever and I'm 1,000% here for it. The best part is, it's exactly what the Hex kinda need to start digging their way out of their horrible situation and coming to terms with their altered humanity.

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A Fail!Drifter/Eleanor romance, or the perils of dating a mind reader.

Just about to kiss, Eleanor's infested tongue gets a little too excited. She apologizes: "Sorry"

And all Drifter can think about is:

Eleanor: "Okay, no, wait, who is that man with the deep sexy voice?!"

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Me: I'm romancing Eleanor.

Also me: watching this gifset about 10 times in a row.

Why are all the Hex so damn hot? How's a Drifter to choose?!

Aoi Gemini Skin + Emote WARFRAME 1999

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LOL, I absolutely did. Oops.

I think that when Stalker goes out on assassinations, he leaves his kid with Kahl (because Kahl is possibly the most dutiful person he knows of in the entire system). And the entire time Kahl has them, he's just huddling around the child with a bunch of other grineer defectors going "look, brothers, a new little brother. When they are older we will teach them many things." Another grineer defector pipes up "like gatakata." "Yes, the grakata. And the blunt." "And the hellfire jetpack with homing missiles." "Slow down brother, that is very advanced." "No, look. It is smiling. It desires to take to the skies." "Ah, a smile... What's happening!? Brothers?!" *An eldritch ray of energy erupts from among the huddled grineer; this is shown as a wide pan out to Chipper, sitting on the other side of camp who is startled by the distant blast* "It yearns for beam weapons, brothers. We are not prepared."

Stalker returns, Kahl is reading a weapons system manual to the child in a fort made of blunts. There are at least six pieces of heavy armor plating swaddling the child. He lets out a long held breath. Everything is fine.

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#warframe #jade shadows #kahl-175 is best babysitter for Sirius/Orion

I think that when Stalker goes out on assassinations, he leaves his kid with Kahl (because Kahl is possibly the most dutiful person he knows of in the entire system). And the entire time Kahl has them, he's just huddling around the child with a bunch of other grineer defectors going "look, brothers, a new little brother. When they are older we will teach them many things." Another grineer defector pipes up "like gatakata." "Yes, the grakata. And the blunt." "And the hellfire jetpack with homing missiles." "Slow down brother, that is very advanced." "No, look. It is smiling. It desires to take to the skies." "Ah, a smile... What's happening!? Brothers?!" *An eldritch ray of energy erupts from among the huddled grineer; this is shown as a wide pan out to Chipper, sitting on the other side of camp who is startled by the distant blast* "It yearns for beam weapons, brothers. We are not prepared."

Stalker returns, Kahl is reading a weapons system manual to the child in a fort made of blunts. There are at least six pieces of heavy armor plating swaddling the child. He lets out a long held breath. Everything is fine.

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Just saying...

Arthur and the Drifter bonding over their (near) death by impalement experiences.

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Lots of images below the cut.

Once again DE I was already sold on romancing Eleanor

UGH the way this character runs my ass over

And her:

This is really making it harder for me to want to romance Aoi, cause they're cute >.<

Okay I really like this comic and what its setting up for 1999, that really does feel like it can be expanded on so long as there's interest

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Sometimes I'm reminded of how little we actually *know* about Warframe's lore.

This is a Tenet showing the founding of Corposium by Parvos Granum. The capital city of the Corpus. The birthplace of the cult and its founder.

We don't even know what planet it's on.

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Wondering if the Warframe 1999 seasons are tied to the Hex Syndicate ranks.

Rank 0-1, Winter, Jan 1, 1999 - The Hex start over, looking for Dr. Entrati from Day One. Instead, they find Drifter.

Rank 2, Spring - The Hex start warming up to Drifter, pun intended.

Rank 3, Summer - Hot on the trail of Dr. Entrati together.

Rank 4, Fall - The leads grow cold, and no one's happy.

Rank 5, Winter again - We're heading to 2000, Y2K, and a certain New Year's kiss.