#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

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happy pride month from my bastard kids

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meme feat. @thetanniskissesmoxxiproject 's lovely Alice!!

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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

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hello yes i made a playlist for my terrible child, enjoy

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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.

[tannithvibes]

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'

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cant get a good pic on my phone to save my life, but updated Murphy reference!

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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.

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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

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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

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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)