#And why yes this new content pass did reinvigorate the fire inside me thanks for asking

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God I just like...

DANG IT MAN I wrote a version of Bl3 in 2016 where the living bl2 and tps and tales VHs (sans claptrap) all got together on Pandora at Lilith's call and vibed together. Like yeah it was self serving and I was 16 and it wasn't great but DAMMIT I TRIED and 2016 me will forever be robbed of it like

Rhys was there all over Zer0 and Rhys n Axton were going back and fourth with sass as Axton just flubbing Rhys's name and the two egos clashed and Fiona immediately became one of Axton's faves because of how she poked at Rhys

Gaige Krieg Axton and Sal were a pure chaos unit within the bl2 group and Maya was basically the only responsible one there keeping them from running off and doing stunts at all times (once they accidentally lit the only bandit technical they had on fire and it exploded) (Axton and Sal were both the cool uncles. Like they definitely gave off the cool gay uncles vibe. Gaige had good role models and a kickass older brother in Krieg)

(and Rhys was undeniably scared of Krieg but he tried to deny it anyway. Maya tried her best but he was not having it)

Timothy and Aurelia had banter because of how fuckin different they are and we were ROBBED OKAY we were ROBBED OF THIS and Athena was there making sure Fiona didn't get herself hurt since this was still essentially her training (first real mission?) and now Rhys was also over here janking stuff up but he was under Zer0's protection. Also Athena in particular got along well with Zer0 because of their assassin backgrounds also they both had (essentially) a child they were babysitting so they also had a bond with Maya and her kids of chaos

Gortys and Loader Bot were on Sanctuary with the BL1 VHs and Tina Pickle and Ellie, and Tannis had a ball with Gortys's construction n Atlas involvement in the Vault of the Traveller and LB's sentience. I imagine while that was happening Tina was teaching Gortys and lb how to play BnB. Because I really wanna see Gortys playing BnB

THE WATCHER WAS THERE BEING CRYPTIC BUT SHE WAS THERE SHE DIDN'T JUST DISAPPEAR AT RANDOM AND WAS NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN. PEOPLE DID IN FACT ACKNOWLEDGE THE WEIRD BUG ROBO ALIEN PASSING AROUND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH BRAINS AND IT WASN'T STUCK IN AN ECHO LOG UNDER A PLATFORM

Dammit I just... Why is the Watcher never mentioned in Bl3 outside of the Guardian Takedown as a throwaway line by Scourge that is probably entirely missed by most people who just wanna grind for that sweet sweet loot and or can't hear what he's saying BECAUSE IT ISN'T SUBTITLED. She's only mentioned once in Commander lily and it's in a fuckin echo log. Like.

Tf?? That's a big deal. That's a huge deal!!! Did you tell Tannis? If so, why don't we hear about Tannis's research?? If you didn't tell Tannis THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU and also WHY ARE YOU NOT TELLING THE NEW VHS HEY BTW STICK AROUND PLS WE NEED YOU FOR MORE THAN THE CALYPSOS EY LMAO

Anyway they all camped together as they took bandit technicals across Pandora doing missions and helping people and making the planet a better place (ish) while trying to figure out what cryptic shit the Watcher was trying to tell them