#oc: murphy the ex siren
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i decided on colors for Murphy's pet frontrunner, Subwoofer, and then i was like hey! why not do a simplified version too? only to realize i have no fuckin idea what im trying to do
#my art#oc: murphy the ex siren#technically it gets murphys tag bc its just murphys pet thats it#woof doesn't really get a tag to itself#ive never really drawn robotics before so this is like half based on screenshots of frontrunners in game#and half just me trying to make that look like a rough collie dog#does any of it make sense? probably not#am i enjoying myself? absolutely#im probs gonna have to come up with an even more simplified version eventually#but god am i terrible at that so#who knows when that will be
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A mini comic of the interactions between my OC Alice and my friend's OC Murphy❤ theyre silly
#friends art#oc: murphy the ex siren#ITS THEM!!!! THE GIRLS!!!!#hnnnahdhahahdj i love this and them so much#theyre friends being goofy its what they deserve#murphy has a friend at last#i love your art style so much 😭😭 the expressions are fantastic#and i really like their hair too#oh and the eyes!!#which i guess counts as their expressions still but damn thats my weakness#i love me some expressive faces in art#they can convey SO much emotion and nuance and you capture that really well
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happy pride month from my bastard kids
#my art#my ocs#skyrim ocs#borderlands ocs#i dont usually use their oc tags here but eh what the hell#oc: murphy the ex-siren#oc: macaulay darrow#oc: kirsen pinelock#oc: j'ashe savandi#kirs is also a lesbian but i didn't wanna clutter her w flags#and as a note kirs is nonbinary + uses she/her pronouns
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meme feat. @thetanniskissesmoxxiproject 's lovely Alice!!
#my art#my ocs#borderlands oc#oc: macauley darrow#oc: murphy the ex siren#oc: murphy the siren#friends ocs#i love alice!!! her n murphys friendship is so important to me!!!#also she's giving me excuses to actually practice drawing people which is always good#rarely do i have the motive to REALLY practice#but alice is totally worth practicing to draw she's so cute
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Murphy Darrow was born a Siren, the middle-most child out of seven (the order being; Ramsay, Lochlin, Logan, Murphy, Islay, Blair and Macaulay). While her parents doted on her far more than any of the other children, they weren't the greatest at parenthood. They viewed Murphy more as a trophy to give them importance rather than their kid.
She was always a self-centered wildcard and from the moment she could fight on her own until the age of 22, Murphy fancied herself a warrior for the people. At 15 she lost control of her power, Phaseshatter, and eviscerated her right arm completely. That's also when she got the scar on her face. If anything, it made her even more reckless with who and what she fought for.
Around the age of 22 she met a Leech Siren (im not sure if i want Murphy to be alive when canon characters are or not, so either the Leech will be just a random person, or it would be Tyreen. this is working as if its rando) and fell head over heels for her. Murphy didn't care how bad of a person the Leech was and p much sold all of her morals to answer the Leech's every beck and call. Unfortunately the feelings were not reciprocated fully and after faking a relationship for a few years, the Leech decided Murphy's powers would be more useful if she owned them and ya know, stole Murphy's Siren powers.
So, at roughly the age of 25, Murphy suddenly lost the biggest sense of self she'd had her entire life. Once she lost her Siren powers, people stopped really caring about her and looking to her for help. She was just another person. Coming from someone who spent her life being a Siren, a people person, the hero, this was a devastating turn of events
Murphy grew violent and volatile, with a temper that didn't discriminate on who it lashed out upon. Slowly she changed from the wildcard with good intentions, to a dangerous gunslinger that you could never quite trust. Now whenever Murphy showed up somewhere, people feared her because they had no idea what mood she'd be in that day.
She might show up in your town and seem as charming and charismatic as ever, but if it didn't result in the response Murphy wanted then somebody could wind up dead. It's a nasty combination of an already mean person who has experienced a life-altering loss, as well as an incredibly messy break up.
aaaand the rest is sorta up in the air? Originally Murphy was 100% going to end up as a villain type, but I've grown too attached to her to just...straight up make her evil and then subsequently kill her. For now I imagine, with a lot of time, effort and help, Murphy might learn how to function as a regular person for the first time in her life. But she will Absolutely still be a huge jackass compensating for her lost abilities lmao
#my writing#my ocs#oc: murphy the ex siren#oc: murphy the siren#okay so! a relatively condensed version of what ive written for murphy so far!#i was gonna add more about her personality but...loud wild jackass is about it#like obvs she's got a lot of underlying issues from the leech she loved#and from losing her arm at a young age at her own hands#plus like...the entirety of her family other than mac being shitty#but yeah thats the gist of her ya know?#i would gladly answer questions about her if anyone has any
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hello yes i made a playlist for my terrible child, enjoy
#my ocs#oc: murphy the ex siren#oc: murphy the siren#the first 3 or so are from years ago when i first created murphy#empty hands is actually the song that spurred me to create her in the first place tbh#but ye these are some good murphy vibes#today ive been listening to shampoo bottles nonstop since i woke up#it has been 3 hours and my headphones are digging my glasses into my ears#but for some goddamn reason i cant focus on anythin at all today unless i am listening to that song on repeat#my ears hurt...but i must sing...ive been leavin you in radiooo siiiiilence
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Murphy and Macaulay's relationship is a very complicated thing.
When they were kids Mac looked up to his big sister more than anyone else in the world. She a Siren, a fighter, and so so popular with everyone she met. He idolized her. Murphy was fairly close to him in turn, as Mac's place being the youngest of all the siblings meant he had least amount of existing problems w her and was also the most impressionable. She was protective of him and made sure nobody treated him bad while she was around. Although, she probably liked the ego boost of having such a big fan more than anything else about him.
Unfortunately this care for her younger brother only lasted as long as they lived under the same roof. When Murphy struck out on her own, she rarely if ever remembered to keep her family updated on her whereabouts. Mac still adored her even as she fell in with the wrong sort of people and grew far meaner than she already had been. It wasn't until this reputation led to Mac being looked down on and scorned for proudly declaring their relation, that he realized just what type of person Murphy really was.
With age Mac grew to hate his family, as they were all terrible people to some degree or another, and did everything in his power to hide who he was.
Now that Murphy has lost her powers and is ever-so-slowly learning to better herself, their relationship is rocky at best. Mac wants nothing to do with his sister. Murphy keeps showing back up anyways and certainly isn't helping her case by mocking Mac's attempt at an honorable life, insisting that it's in his blood to be terrible just like the rest of them.
At the moment it looks as though things between them might never mend.
#my writing#oc: murphy the ex siren#oc: macauley darrow#i had some thoughts about just how the siblings get along#which is to say at the moment they just dont#and i dont think they Will until murphy realizes that she's done a lot of wrong in her life#like...murph knows she's not a Good person anymore but there's still a part of her#that believes she's always been in the right and therefore hasn't done anything explicitly Wrong ya know?#part of her still thinks she's the good guy#and also she's so so SO self-centered that its hard for her to realize whats wrong and whats right#also im counting this as my writing excerpt for the night#so expect more fic writing tomorrow
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murphy and mac have a last name now: darrow! their tags have also been updated murphys is 'oc: murphy the ex-siren' and mac's is 'oc: macauley darrow'
#my ocs#oc: murphy the ex siren#oc: macauley darrow#i love my dumb borderlands ocs okay#theys good kids#actually no murphy is the worst she sucks#but mac! he's a v good boy who rescues kittens in his free time#i feel like out of all seven siblings mac is just the only good one#the other five aint gonna be ocs or have anythin more than names i dont think#but i just know that in general theyre either assholes or terrible people#Murphy fits both of those categories#but macauley tries very hard to prove he's a good guy despite his family's problems
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so it's a frontrunner from Maliwan, probably abandoned in the field after sustaining serious damage in a fight
-the "muzzle" area is usually one solid block but can occasionally open to reveal sharp blades, "teeth"
-the left forepaw was smashed and the claw apparatus broke off, so it walks with a limp and sparks from time to time
-similarly the chest wiring was slashed through leaving another area that sparks frequently
-it can digistruct lil hologram ears...i have no idea what purpose that could serve but yeah pubby get ears
the only name idea i have for it so far is "Subwoofer" or "Woof" for short, but idk if that's what i'll settle on in the end
im gonna design murphy a pet bc...i love lil companion critters okay
#oc: murphy the ex siren#i dont think i'll make a tag for it cause its mainly just murphys pet#ive got like zero experience drawing robotic creatures so its somethin i need to practice unfortunately#woof is a cute nickname but eh im not 100% sold on it yet#need some more ideas...but they aint coming to me at the moment#i imagine she finds woof sometime after losing her powers? ye that sounds about right
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cant get a good pic on my phone to save my life, but updated Murphy reference!
#my art#borderlands oc#oc: murphy the ex-siren#i think ive finally settled on this being what she looks like#altho i change lil things like every time i draw her#namely the fact her red shirt keeps switching between a t-shirt n a tank top#but eh thats not a big deal accuracy wise#anyways yea she has a preferred weapon + melee weapon now#they are things that remind her of phaseshatter n do similar looking damage to people#her vest is more like crop top length now#and her eyes are a more ambery color than straight up brown#plus she has a few more piercings that i decided she kept from her younger days#insteada just her ear piercings#i'd love to create an actual love interest for her but idk i just dont have any concepts i like#all of my other fandom ocs are either shipped w npcs or friends ocs#so im kinda at a loss for what to do w murphy...she just the oddball romance wise#i mean ive got completely-original ocs that are love interests but it just feels odd tryna do that#for an oc of mine thats a part of a pre-existing universe
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Borderlands (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tyreen Calypso/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Tyreen Calypso, Original Characters Additional Tags: Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Angst, Blood and Injury, Break Up, Self-Harm, Implied Sexual Content, Mild Language Summary:
It started the way most aspects of their relationship started: with Tyreen’s hand wrapped around her throat. Which, in hindsight, should have been a major red flag.
#my writing#oc: murphy the ex-siren#tyreen calypso#tyreen/oc#might take this out of her tag later if I get too self concious#but uh yea i did some writing for my shitty kid and also ty#bc im too gay for ty to not do that eventually#murphy does not handle losing her powers or her sort-of relationship very well at all#which i tried to just imply that bc murphy really DID think they were together#but tyreen didnt see it as anything but a way to get another Siren on her side + eventually steal her powers#i imagine at first it was a 'oh we can send this other Siren out to do stuff for us' and evolved into 'i'd get more done w those powers tha#anyways i love my oc i swear even tho i put her through a lot#im sure absolutely zero people will want to read this fic but i dont care it was written for me alone#and i shared it as a treat + also wanted to have it in murphys tag
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threw together a quick redesign of Murphy so my thoughts so far; she loses her Siren powers and compensates with a jacket + becoming the biggest asshole on this side of the Borderlands
#my art#borderlands oc#what does she do that makes her such an asshole? idk yet#im not sure if i want her to be completely evil this time around#definitely not a good guy but...idk maybe an antihero?#im thinking her powers would have been called phaseshatter#i think she used to have siblings but im not super close to the friends who made them anymore#so for now she has no family until i can piece that together again too#all i know is she's got a temper and likes to be a problem just for shits n giggles#oc: murphy the siren#oc: murphy the ex-siren
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meet Murphy's younger brother, Macauley!
there's actually seven siblings in total, Murphy is smackdab in the middle and Mac is the youngest of the group
as a kid he thought Murphy was the absolute coolest person to ever exist, he adored her. once he got older and realized how shitty she was Mac stopped letting anyone know they were related
by the time he's nineteen Mac has become incredibly jaded and cynical about life on Pandora. he dresses like a bad boy and doesnt expect anyone ever to be a good person, so he might as well be the good guy despite his looks
rescues kittens in his spare time
#my art#borderlands oc#that's mac's tag until i can think of something i like better#mac is a transguy and uses he/him pronouns!#i love him he's so pessimistic but is a good guy deep down#he doesnt necessarily hate murphy once he grows up...but he knows she's a shithead#i dont intend to make the rest of their siblings major ocs but they do all have names#thinkin mac n murphy are good enough to leave as my main bl ocs#his jacket specifically doesnt have sleeves to match Murphy's vest#and in case it isnt obvs: mac isn't a siren he just wanted to look like his big sis and drew them on#oc: macauley darrow#oc: murphy the ex-siren
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so i was having some Thoughts on creating a love interest for my oc Murphy, decided i wanted a name that had a meaning similar to "wave". ended up going through water/ocean related names...and you'll never guess what name showed up. bc apparently i never actually looked up what Murphy means as a name (its "sea warrior" by the way)
#oc: murphy the ex siren#also my absolutely shitty ex's name also means ocean or some shit#that wasn't fun to discover and kinda took the wind outta my sails#and dylan is a unisex name...didnt know that...kinda like it#ive settled on a last name and perhaps a rough appearance for her#but 👀 murphy might get a love interest soon#i highly HIGHLY doubt they get along at first#in fact i think a prerequisite for any relationship that murphy has managed to make last#is the other party kiiinda hating her
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im rbing this cause i added like 8 more songs
hello yes i made a playlist for my terrible child, enjoy
#oc: murphy the ex siren#and only like half of those are bc i remembered how integral the band jimmy eat world was on lil jordan#i feel like you could listen to all of the songs i like by them and just immediately know#every aspect of my personality from those songs alone#like the lyric 'im not alone cause the tvs on im not crazy cause i take the right pills'? still fits me#the entire song hear you me? ive never listened to it and not broken down into tears#i think the song a praise chorus is STILL the pinnacle of romance#the fact that im ace but find sharp teeth + blood stupidly hot?#all thanks to their songs pain and just tonight#work is my fave by them and i also think its got a huge amount of romance to it#the 'i got no secret purpose i dont seem obvious do i?' lines in authority song are always running thru my head#like my entire being can be found in jimmy eat world songs bc thats all i listened to#as a horrifically abused kid just tryna survive#funny how the music you listen to during your formative years really does stay with you
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some more thoughts on Murphy 👀
threw together a quick redesign of Murphy so my thoughts so far; she loses her Siren powers and compensates with a jacket + becoming the biggest asshole on this side of the Borderlands
#my art#borderlands oc#im thinking teenage murphy was just such a goddamn punk#tbh older Murphy is still pretty punk but with slightly less piercings#also her preferred weapon is a shotgun especially after losing her powers#bc the spray of damage kinda reminds her of phaseshatter#im not 100% sure when she loses her powers but its probs somewhere between 24-28#i also know she loses them to a leech siren that she develops an unhealthy dependency on bc of that#idk anythin about the leech yet she'll either be my next oc or if a friend wants to design her that could work#been ages since i had a pair of ocs owned by me and a friend that we could ship together 😭#dont think im even in contact with any of those friends anymore it was that long ago#oc: murphy the ex-siren
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