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Hmm I couldn't exactly remember my question... But do you think that or Troy/Tyreen would've known some of the COV personally (eg the named COV bosses in BL3) or no? If so do you have any hcs on that?

Hell yeah I love this question!

With answers based on my own HC’s and how I write the internal workings of the COV, absolutely. Yes. Totally. Gonna get a bit into the AU I’ve been working on here!

My COV is a giant, highly predatory pyramid scheme where the only progression is based on contribution. That could be through feats in combat, with monetary/weapon/stocks donations, or by increasing the overall reach of the cult through business acumen. Organising sponsorships. Running divisions, etc.

The two main paths within it are Fanatics, and Acolytes. Fanatics are your run of the mill follower. Psychos, bandits, people who have absolutely no value to the twins and will never reach any level of genuine power within the cult, but who are their main source of follower count. Their screaming war meat. The two billion $1 contributions that get sent every Lets Flay. 

Fanatics can move up within the tiers of the cult, the twins know that the urge to get closer to them is a way to motivate without spending a dime, even if they know no Fanatic will ever have value to either God. Sure, a follower may eventually become a Priest if they show enough unbridled devotion, a High Priest if the twins want to make an example of them, use them to rile up the rest of the debased scum to new levels of fanaticism, but they will never matter. Even a High Priest’s role within the COV is barely above slave to the Twin Gods, just something to fetch their current craving. Maintain the inner Cloisters of the Cathedrals, grovel. Cower. They will never be in a position of real power because the twins know they aren’t intelligent enough to handle it, to be trusted. They’d cut off a limb in sacrifice of their Gods, they’d tear each other apart to be graced with a smile. They are playthings in ceremonial robes.

Fanatics who reach High Priest rank may see the twins near daily, but they will never matter. They will never have names. They are marks. Drones who think they are far above their station than they really are, and reality can strike painfully quick if a High Priest were to step out of line to say.. a Saint.

Acolytes are the Eridian Tier Members. The sponsors, the business people. The media crew, the marketing division. Mouthpiece, Katagawa, if he’d been more willing. They are the people drawn to the COV for development of their own, not to worship two “Gods”. They may be intensely loyal to the twins, but they aren’t blinded by the religious undertones. They might use the COV for shelter, to escape persecution or a life they want to leave behind, but they turn to the twins for mutual benefit, not for worship. 

These are the people the twins can know by name. Troy’s media team are people he sees as people. Tyreen’s Acquisitions department have heads she can sit and discuss sponsorships and offers with while dropping her persona. These are the followers that the twins have value for and could know personally. 

Department heads that have shown loyalty, usefulness, and value can be elevated to Sainthood, like Mouthpiece and his broadcasting section. A Saint would be a head of a major division ranging across the entirety of the COV, from marketing, to engineering, to finance, and are viewed as close to the God Twins as anyone can be within the cult. Mouthpiece’s artistic depictions, his altar, his name being known within the COV, we talkin’ that level of notoriety. Sainthood comes with extreme perks generally, it’s a protected, well treated role directly in contact with the twins and usually with their attention when requested.

Each twin patrons different divisions like Tyreen would Marketing, or Troy would Engineering. The Saints working under each generally bear their patron twin’s tattooed sigil as a visible warning that this person is not just another follower and has been hand picked by a God to act as their direct underling. Do not touch. Do not even look at unless you want to risk your eyes being burned out.

Punishment for harming a Saint is public, used as a warning to others, and horrific.

Punishment for a Saint failing their God is… worse…

Asks are open!

[loppybuns]

Maybe Pain in 6C? ;w;

hands u a pain

[calypsotyreen]

Ayy just wanted to tell ya that your art is wicked af and super adorable!😊💖👌💖

!!! thank you 🥺🥺🥺 i’ve been feeling conflicted abt my art 😔💕

[raidbossmadi]

♫ :3c

Send me a “♫” and I will put my music on shuffle and give you a 5 song playlist 

Narcissistic Cannibal - Korn

Peacemaker- Green Day

Nuclear- Mike Oldfield 

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Volatile Times - IAMX

@c4rniv0ra

[loppybuns]

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ppl should stop making AUs where jack is a Good Person™ to try and redeem him or make him a sensible protagonist. like u can explore AUs where what happened to him never happened, but i'm tired of jack just being a "good guy" (using quotes bc he's almost always still a raging asshole) out of nowhere in fan content

[loppybuns]

Could you do an ace Pain icon for me please? ;w;

:O does this work? sorry its so fuzzy dskfng pain is so hard to find high quality shots of!!

[raidbossmadi]

For the OC asks thing, does Sloane have any hobbies? If so what is she good at and what is she not so good at? Sorry if my ask isn't that good OTL

Sloane is an Artist ! She tends to like to keep away from people due to people treating her different due to her being a Siren so she spends most of her time painting the forests of her homeworld. Once she gets picked up by the Calypsos she starts helping Troy out by making propaganda posters and Tyreen asks her to spruce up the compound with some murals. Other hobbies of hers are playing tabletop games, video games, shes a bit of a sore loser though lol @c4rniv0ra

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omg i love you sm for reblogging your headcanon posts lmao. i love the way you write troy and tyreen. you're like my favorite account rn

.... Thank you this genuinely made my morning. I was saying to @c4rniv0ra yesterday that I'm in a constant state of imposter syndrome when it comes to writing and sharing anything so.. thanks :') I only started writing out ideas for the first time when I started the blog and am perfectly aware how much of them are shit tier so it's lovely to know some people are still managing to enjoy em!

(I try to reblog this stuff every couple of hundred followers as it's so important to my worldbuilding and shorts and just vanishes out of reality a week after it's posted cause thaaaaat's Tumblr! Hope it doesn't come across as spammy)

Also, I follow some freaking fantastic Borderlands blogs, so if anyone is ever hungry for more, check out my follows!

Asks are open!