#today im moze

[jupiterlightning]

idk if I ever showed off my Moze cosplay but hey, maybe nows the time

photo by the super dooper Sonson photography

[unriding]

mr & mrs moze are havin a pajama party :3 hehehe some chibi ref practice tonight n i thought of u two !!! ♡

ying ………

[electric-plants]

moze has finally been built enough that i feel comfortable testing him and!!! he’s so fun!!! :0

[sleepy-little-ciel]

Jiaoqiu as Reader's caregiver (mentions of Feixiao and Moze as cgs too.)

Tw/Cw : slight angst/mostly comfort

Jiaoqiu as Reader's cg, Mentions of Feixiao and Moze as Reader's cgs, Pet names (Dada (Feixiao), Papa (Moze), Ma (Jiaoqiu), Dove, birdie, baby, sweet one), Reader cries but gets comforted

First post aaaaa

Anyways, a little drabble for them because the sillies they're so cute. :( enjoy 🩷

Constructive critisism is appreciated 🩷

"Where Dada ?" Little [Name] said with a confused expression.

"She's working, Dove." Jiaoqiu said while finishing cooking today's lunch.

Suddenly, little [Name] was getting fussy for a reason unknown to Jiaoqiu. So he asked :

"Whats happening, birdie ?" The foxian said while slowly putting a hand on [Name]'s head, patting them.

"Dada not here, Papa out... Why Always me 'n you, Ma ?" The little one asked with a sad look on their face.

Little drops of salty water started to form in their eyes, and Jiaoqiu decided to take [Name] in his arms, before explaining.

"My baby, Papa went to buy some food, im sure he will be back soon. As for Dada, she's working. But youre a smart one, you know that already, right ?"

Jiaoqiu's heart suddenly breaks as he hears little sniffles and feels droplets of water on his shirt.

"Why are you crying, sweet one ? We're all here for you. Althought Ma is gonna make sure they learn their lesson. We cant keep our little one sad, hm ?"

Jiaoqiu suddenly feels [Name]'s arms around his neck, hugging him back.

"Youre safe with us, little one. We love you."

Remember to drink water everyone !

[fictionfixations]

Moze: Have you ever tried to assassinate your superior on the Astral Express before? Trailblazer: Who is my superior? Moze: I don't know. Trailblazer: We are a flat organization We have a conductor, but no leader Moze: Oh. It seems that you have a very simple relationship between you. That is unlike my work. Here, we have grudges, debts of gratitude, superiors and juniors, and lunch friends. Trailblazer: That's too complicated The less I know, the better Moze: Regarding vengeance, General Feixiao allows me to challenge her at any time I please. I have attempted sneak attacks, traps, and public duels, but they have all failed. If you have no experience, I can report that back. Trailblazer: Report it back? Moze: Report back to General Feixiao that you have no experience with assassinating your superiors. I failed to assassinate the general again today. The general suggested that I speak to others and try to come up with new ideas. Trailblazer: That's a bold suggestion! I have to respect her Moze: I think that studying is always a good idea. However, assassination techniques are all about expertise, not quantity. Even if I received your advice, I would need to perfect it myself. Thank you for your response. I shall ask someone else.

..i dont really know why he tries to 'assassinate' her. maybe its a lore thing i dont know about. maybe its like to test strength or to make sure they're not rusty ig

like. but. im reading this trying to think of what kind of thing he deals with on the yaoqing when all i can really think about who he works with is feixiao and jiaoqiu

also just 'lunch friends' having to be said as its own thing om

[slowd1ving]

Hi! Swanon here 🦢

I loved reading your yapping to my question. I feel like i understand your Moze much better now ! I love that he feels so much yet doesn't know what or why. Im so excited to get him in 3 days.

I also casually think about your dan heng fic that was the prologue to the blade one. And i had another question ! Hopefully, you dont mind. I was wondering if things would have gone Dan Hengs way if only he had confessed in that closet. I remember the protag was like annoyed at the thought of Dan Heng asking someone else to teach him the game, but then was ok with the friends with benefits arrangement.

Like would the protag have accepted, or had to have some time to think about it. Would the protag be more or less willing to move in with him. Also, would the Astral express ever tell the protag about Dan Heng's feelings, or do they respect his privacy that much. Would Kafka get in the way, or would she let things happen, however that goes.

I dont know if it's noticeable, but i love thinking about all the possibilities and timelines. Im also sorry for yapping. Take your time. I 6 read Ratios' fic yet, but im sure it will be a great read again. I just need to get in a Ratio mood, haha.

SWANANON HIII

I'm glad I was somewhat coherent in that longass Moze analysis since I have so many damn thoughts about this man. (I caved and used my pity for feixiao and got both of them; her playstyle is genuinely so fun?? sorry ratio lmao)

Speaking of that Dan Heng fic I was actually reading it today to just deconstruct how I write... crazy.. Honestly it would've absolutely gone his way had he confessed; when I tend to write an MC I usually lean to a somewhat blunt personality (that occasionally comes of as quite crude), so MC is someone who values communication. Alas, Dan Heng is nothing of the sort... alas. Sorrows and prayers. You're right, I did try to hint at MC's jealousy when thinking of Dan Heng pulling someone else into that closet, because both of them were sort of tiptoeing into 'feelings' territory. Dan Heng knew but was in verbose denial; MC just felt irritated about it and likely just blamed it on the drinks lmao.

Anyways with both the Dan Heng and Blade series, their lack of voicing how they feel about something makes them both veryyy entertaining to write for. Like quiet, simmering jealousy? Elite. MC's also written to be quite an intense and adaptable character to complement theirs, which is also why he doesn't mind being fwbs with both. (WENCH!!! VILLAGE WENCH!)

But again, the MCs I write tend to value dialogue more, while also brushing off any advances of characters. Therefore any feelings he had for either would've been pushed down subconsciously since both Dan Heng and Blade are SHIT at having heart to hearts.

Genuinely, in terms of a relationship, whoever confessed first would've had a better chance. Like MC has chemistry with both of them so it would've been quite easy to form a relationship with either, or at least I hope it reads that way. Yes, MC would've moved in with Dan Heng 100% (even in that one blade one he was READY to jump ship lmao).

To answer the Astral Express part, I feel like they wouldn't outright tell reader. Like they'd absolutely make fun of Dan Heng for it (and for his lack of game tbh.. because how is shitcommunication #2 confessing first... bro... one job.. you've got a chest in your mouth instead of WORDS). And Kafka... she's just there for the entertainment tbh; that one section where I included her just terrorising Dan Heng by being all touchy with MC... lmao she's fully using the best friend privileges just to kick this emotionally constipated doofus into action

But honestly, she's rooting for Blade 100%. It's just a consequence of being closer with him naturally (she'll support MC either way tbh); like the poor guy's smiling for once he no longer looks like a wet cat... please date this man... he has not smiled once since starting his engineering degree (joke) (not really) (this will be me next year)

Which is why she's helping him more proactively by essentially dragging the two of you together; like she's still kicking Dan Heng into realising his feelings by dragging you away from him, but that's away from him, unlike with Blade.

speaking of both of them there's actually a little both of them fic idea festering in my mind.... gosh... anyways...

for the alternate timelines, same. Not just because there's a grillion different ways for a scene to play out, but it's so intriguing to think what MC might've done differently. Bro MC getting caught with Blade by Dan Heng would be MAD icel. (...anyways)

ratio mentioned ratio mentioned

For the fic you're referring to there will be some slight aventurine / reader so... but honestly it's more focused on worldbuilding initially rather than romance

anyways slowd1ving yap has concluded I'm currently working on an inbox request and on chapter 4 of lament of ouroboros hell yeah

[scarletwritesshit]

🚂 Stelle x Moze 🚂 Another "Stellar" Visitor

"I heard that you have a new guest to introduce to the Astral Express today~" March said.

Stelle nodded her head, unable to hold back her smile.

"I don’t know about this," Dan Heng said, "the visitors you have invited haven’t exactly been...stellar."

"Whatever do you mean? I’ve gotten some great guests to come aboard the Astral Express!" Stelle said, smugly.

"Luocha," Dan Heng said quickly. "In a matter of system days after we invited him, he got thrown straight into jail."

Welt Yang winced at the word "Luocha" being uttered from Dan Heng’s mouth. It would seem as if he didn’t exactly have a stellar opinion about the long-haired blond himself.

"So what, that was just one weirdo out of many," Stelle said, shrugging, "plenty others that you all have invited are weirdos themselves.”

"Like that flamboyant homosexual Argenti," Dan Heng said, rolling his eyes. "I could’ve sworn March was about to drop to her knees for him"

"Excuse me, mister!" March said, stomping her foot.

"Relax guys. He shouldn’t cause any problems since he tends to keep to himself and hardly says a word.”

"Have you forgotten what happened in Penacony?" Dan Heng asked. "Misha and Gallagher are partially responsible for that nonsense and they haven’t spoken a single word to us in a long time."

"They’re dead, Dan Heng." Himeko interjected.

"He’s not dead, not a walking drag queen, and not in jail. I think we’ll be just fine,” Stelle said.

"I feel awfully uneasy about this," Dan Heng said.

"Don’t be. Right, Moze?"

A man in a purple cloak seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He stood deathly still by Stelle, his living body distinguished from a cold statue only by the softness of the fabric. His body moved not an inch as his eyes scanned the inside of the Astral Express and its passengers.

"Stelle,” Dan Heng said.

“Yeeees?” Stelle replied, with an “innocent” grin on her face.

“With all due respect, why the hell did you bring an assassin on board?"

Welt spat out the tea that he was drinking, further staining the rugs of the train car that are silently yearning for a deep cleaning.

"An assassin? He’s already killing me with those kinda pretty but otherwise scary eyes! Don’t tell me im going to be butchered in my sleep!" March said, panicking.

"Better you get used to him sooner than later. He’s gonna become a rather frequent visitor to the Express," Stelle said, with a proud smile.

"...Frequent visitor? Is there someone lurking that you want gone that badly?" March said.

Stelle shook her head. "Nope. He’s just… a really good friend of mine. Isn’t that right?~"

Moze nodded his head in support of Stelle’s claim.

"Good friend?" March asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Absolutely," Stelle said.

"You sure about that? He’s standing awfully close to you. And he hasn’t slit your throat open yet."

"If he were to strike, I’d let him cut my throat anyways."

"Not here," Moze said, "this car is far too unclean as it is."

"So he does know how to speak!" March said in awe.

"March, are you going to completely disregard how nonchalantly he spoke about slitting Stelle’s throat?" Dan Heng said.

"Well, no, but let’s be real here, we've honestly heard far crazier things."

"See? He’s one of the more normal guys I could’ve went for. Relatively." Stelle said.

Moze appeared to take a slight bit of offense at Stelle’s words, but once again, he refused to budge.

"...Went for?” March asked, “Don’t tell me you two are- "

"Stelle," Dan Heng said, frankly, "just make it easier on us to admit you’re sleeping with Moze."

Welt Yang once again spat out his tea.

"Woah there, I’m not sleeping with him! Yet."

"We became acquainted some time ago, yet things have not progressed to such a point," Moze said. "And I would appreciate it if you did not jump to such conclusions so swiftly."

"What is Stelle doing sleeping with a Shadow Guard, let alone bringing one aboard the Express?" Welt said, standing up.

"...How do you know about the Yaoqing Shadow Guards?" Dan Heng asked, concerned.

"What little knowledge I do have of them, I came across while I was tracking the whereabouts of Void Arc-I mean Luocha. And I know enough about them to say that he should not be aboard the Express."

"Playing devil’s advocate here, but isn’t Xianzhou allied with the Express? He should be fine," Himeko said.

"I have no reason to strike against the crew," Moze said.

"You have no reason to right now, but if we tick you off…" March said, walking up into his face and feigning bravery to stare directly into his eyes.

"Then Jing Yuan will raise hell against Yaoqing and probably cause a civil war, which I am sure none of the involved parties want," Dan Heng said. "But that still doesn’t mean we should let our guard down around him, though someone here has clearly disregarded the simple concept of common sense.”

"Right?" Stelle said. "Can’t believe March just walked up to his face like that."

"H-Hey! At least I’m not screwing the guy!" she protested.

"Putting all of that aside for now," Himeko interjected, "Moze is welcome aboard the express...as long as those two keep the noise down and the knives off of our throats. But, I do believe we have had far less reputable guests aboard.”

"Tell me about it," Dan Heng said.

"I have no idea what you’re talking about, Himeko," Stelle said.

"Sure you don’t. Why not give our new guest a tour of the Express for the time being?" Himeko suggested,

"And keep him away from my books! March shouted.

Stelle nodded her head and grabbed Moze’s arm, dragging him out of the parlor car. When the door behind them shut, Moze sighed a bit louder than expected of him, and Stelle curiously looked at him.

"Your crew is most strange," he said.

"You’ll fit right in Moze," Stelle said.

"They currently appear to be very wary of my presence."

"Well, we’ve been through some...things, so it would be stranger if they weren’t. Give it some time. I bet you and Dan Heng will become good friends, exchanging a maximum of two words a system month."

"I am not here for friendship. I am here solely for your companionship."

"Gonna have to get used to it," Stelle said, playfully nudging his side.

Moze crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. Stelle wasted no more time leading him to the outside of her room, opening the door and inviting him to come sit.

"Take your hood off and relax," Stelle said, "bed’s all yours."

"And disarm myself in such questionable territory?"

"I didn’t say you have to do that. Just shed some layers if it makes you more comfortable. Nothing can get to you in the express."

"It does feel strangely secure," Moze said, sitting down on her bed and fidgeting with one of his blades.

Stelle fell backwards and laid on the bed beside him.

"...Now what?" he asked.

"We don’t have to do anything," she said. "We can just hang out away from those weirdos for a little while.

A small smile appeared on Moze’s face.

"...That sounds agreeable."

[angara-mfrp]

hihi its hansie! im here to reserve moze from honkai star rail! today is 9/23 and i can be contacted here or same username on twitter!

Hello again, Hansie!

Hmm, I could have sworn I saw someone...but maybe I was just imagining it? Either way, Moze has been reserved for you until 9/30!

- Mod Koala

[wormytoast]

leaks

so i guess sunday ISNT 2.6 which makes a lot more sense given x.3 and x.6 are usually big SU updates. not really sure why someone posted the first weekly run of DU in the leaks subreddit only today since weve had that info since the release of 2.5 beta...

all that to say screwllum looks quite likely for 2.6 first half which is honestly crazy considering itd be the first path to have a limited male first half since 1.3

EDIT apparently Screwllum isn't 2.6 lmfao. guess we'll find out in like 10 days I think? the weekly run is possibly a rappa tease since thats the only other character that would benefit but clearly they dont particularly care about the curio since (info in next paragraph) END EDIT

also im shocked they havent changed the weekly run for the first week of 2.5 at all considering neither feixiao nor moze benefit from the weighted curio since the curios effect is literally baked into both of their kits. and the data on homdgcat shows that well be getting new equations and curios (not sure about weighted curios though) in 2.5 so like...

and also why not use the wind curio for the first week of 2.5? theyve clearly changed it to fit feixiao more in 2.5 so theres no reason to not use it for the first week of her patch

the current effect of the wind curio causes the wind shear from break to not be dispelled and stack to 10, and also reduces the inflicted enemies damage by 3% (up to 30% at 10 stacks)

the new version of the wind curio still causes wind shear from break to not be able to be dispelled and stack to 10 but ALSO implants wind weakness after a wind unit uses their ult to attack and reduces their wind res by 20% for 3 turns

[goodnews4all]

Pronouncing Gods name

I always thought that there was consensus about the pronounciation of Gods name. Jahweh. Actually, there isn't. Many scholars have different opinions about the right way2pronounce the Name, yet they all agree they can't prove they're right. Some say it's Jahweh, or Jihweh, or Jehevah, or Jahovah, etc.

There is consensus about the use of "Jah" as an abbreviation of Gods name, first used by king David. To me, it means "strong miraculous helper", using the explanation that will follow below.

I looked into the right pronounciation without any understanding of the Hebrew language. I cannot claim I figured this out entirely on my own. I did ask Him in prayer. He knows, after all.

It's not Jahweh. I'm sure of it. It's Jehowah or Jehovah. Like those people that go from door to door have been using. By the way they claim they're not sure either. Let me tell you why they're right, so you can see for yourself.

It turns out, in the time of Mozes the vowels of the words were hidden in the old consonants themselves. The method is quite simple but ingenious. It involves the use of emotions involved with sounds, e pressed by the meaning of the combination of symbols drawn.

Emotions? Well, an exclamation like "yeah" is not in a dictionary. The meaning is clear to anyone who doesn't speak English. Another one is "wow", or "whoa" as Asians tend to express. "brrr" my wife says as Im typing this, it's quite cold today. "Aaahh!" tends to express strength, the "o" expresses many things depending on intonation, etc.

The original drawings of the consonants act as easy reminders for the meaning of the word. This makes it easier to learn reading.

In the case of Gods name, the first letter was drawn as an arm with an open hand ecpressing help, the second letter as a person raising hands in praise, the third symbol is a peg/pillar/support and the fourth is the same as the second, expresses praise

Add the "e", "o" and "a" as pronounced in the word "Le olam" (=forever in Hebrew), and the vowels support the meaning of the vowels in His name. In short:

Jod: helping hand

He: miraculous

Vav: support/defend/keep in place/safe

He: miraculous

He will help and support in miraculous ways.

It's pronounced: Je Ho Va H(o).

The last "o" is silent. You'd have2add a vav to write it if you want to pronounce it.

Je as in "Jee!"

Ho as in "WHOW!"

Va (or Wa) as in "Wah!"

H(o) as in "OOoo ... OOoo ..."

Sounds ridiculous(ly simple) doesn't it? Im afraid it's quite true.

The consonants were actual symbols with a meaning or interpretation. The interpretation may vary greatly. However, adding the right vowels emphasizes the meaning of the consonants and adds emotions and a deeper meaning to the word. Thus the consonants signal the right vowels. Also works with other names and words like Dan-i-el, Mosh-e, Ja-el, Si-se-ra too, Is-ra-El... etc.

Thats why in the sermon of the mount, Jesus taught us first that we have to ask him to glorify His name. It's for our own benefit.

Also, the meaning of the name Moshe (Mozes) and Israel are explained in the bible. Just draw these names with the old symbols used in 1500 BC and see for yourself.

Also, draw the word JHVH with the letters Mozes used and try the other pronounciations that are out there. Feel how wrong they are.

Jah maybe, but (sorry, please no hard feelings) "weh" for support? Jihweh is even worse in that respect. Jehevah invokes with me the feeling of having a beer in a bar, etc. Jahovah maybe, but He helps not with strength but through His spirit. He doesnt have2prove His strength, after all.

Let me know what you think. :)

[unriding]

today i am accompanying a relative on her shopping trip at my fav mall ever !! (•̀ᴗ•́ )و ( i also want to look for a few outfits for myself ) AND as always, i will most definitely be keeping a lookout for your faves 👁️ AND MAYBE PURCHASE A FEW MORE STOCKING STUFFERS FOR THE LITTLE ONES !!!

[deathwish-specialist]

[o right im gonna try to get more shots of moze today, gonna do that]

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

i walk in 20 hours late sipping a starbucks hot cocoa

i don’t like coffee

promethea!!! 

awwwwww yis

tl;dr: uhh wow i talked a lot today, sorry. Mostly about whatever the fuck that thing Rhys is handing us is, how it ties into the dig site we see like maybe it’s a piece to activate it, maybe the dig site isn’t a Vault but instead a teleporter or something and needs multiple pieces to activate. so i guess kinda like a Vault but not that kind of Vault. Also if said dig site is actually on Promethea because that’s, like, DEFINITELY Elpis behind it. and like, okay, maybe we used the giant space gun to destroy the asteroid fields and make room for elpis and teleport elpis there, or maybe we teleported the dig site to pandora because it needs to be opened since Moon = Key and maybe Promethea’s moon was destroyed by the giant space gun (TM) and turned into asteroid belt, or maybe the dig site was always ON pandora and it’s not actually a Vault (because the Map would have pointed it out), but still. lots of possibilities here. oh and i go over the Battleborn easter egg and talk about Tannis is Not What She Seems (and pray she won’t end up being evil bc I love her) and I wanna believe the Eridians sent that message, not the cult ‘cause fuck those guys they probably can’t see the future they probably just adopted the name. also I ramble about how gorgeous this planet is for like... 30 minutes. but damn it really is pretty.

man this was a fun thing to wake up to and then have to wait like 8 hours to actually fully take a look at lmao

“Home to the Atlas corporation headquarters, Promethea is a metropolitan world covered in futuristic towers of chrome and glass. A recent siege by Maliwan has turned the urban environment into a warzone; their mechanized infantry patrol the streets, rodent/insect hybrids known as Ratches infest the sewers and back-alleys, and the Children of the Vault are seizing the opportunity to recruit displaced and disgruntled citizens. Atlas CEO Rhys Strongfork is getting desperate.“

“... Children of the Vault are seizing the opportunity to recruit displaced and disgruntled citizens”.

yeah that’s the most important part of this description for me. I really really like the idea of that, and it could tie into the whole Mayhem is Coming tagline for the game as, like many people have speculated, the Mayhem we hear about is the spreading of the cult/the psychos across the universe. A very interesting tie-in to the marketing campaign, as it’s clear we’re now the target of this cult propaganda, like the citizens of Promethea are (were? this is all past-tense since marcus is telling this story, isn’t it?)... like the citizens of Promethea were.

And we know that Atlas is trying to protect the citizens in the tunnels, so it’d be really interesting to see the two get into a direct conflict over a group of citizens. Like Lorelei tells us it's a hostage situation or whatever and we run in and it’s more of a brainwashing situation. Worse if the citizens decided to switch over without any brainwashing. oof.

im also curious about the number of hexagons we see on Promethea. The shapes look identical to the ones on Pandora’s page, so I’m curious if this is an accurate representation of how many areas will be on each planet.

just sayin’.

We do know that Pandora has more than those 3 listed areas (from Supmatto’s new video! can’t believe i missed the stream. ah well.)

“Covenant Pass”. I wanna believe this is near the area where we go find Sanctuary-III, at the very least that one tunnel-y area?

you know the one

this one, it’s right next to Sanc-III afterall.

Also thinking it may not be the name of a huge area, but instead the name of one of the smaller areas within that area? like the ones where when you discover it you get experience points? yeah.

the name makes me think this is someway related to the CoV cause of the word ‘covenant’, an agreement. We also know this area is directly near this one bandit camp which I’ve theorized before is a sun smasher camp

(you can see the back of sanctuary-III near both areas) 

so it’s possible there was an agreement made and both could pass freely through that one tunnel, or the twins were able to build that wall close to this camp. idk, just spitballing ideas.

So then it is possible there’s only 3ish areas on Pandora, but I really hope not unless they are BIG areas. There are most likely more than 3.

oh but we’re here to discuss Promethea

sorry i forgot.

For Promethea we got the Titan Skyway, the Atlas Campus, and the Meridian Seaport.

Titan Skyway reads to me like that giant road we keep seeing in the trailers 

like this one, which is giving me huge Bloodshot Stronghold (Damtop) vibes. Which is one of my favorite levels to play as melee Zer0 with execute and many must fall so... please let this be what i think it is. i may end up running that map just for funsies at the end of the game. mm if it didn’t take running the actual bloodshot stronghold every time i wanted to play the damtop level, i’d be running it all the time. sigh.

Atlas Campus immediately made me think of the Meridian Metroplex, but that’s definitely not it. In the instagram trailer we see Rhys on the ‘Atlas HQ rooftop’ with Zer0, so I’m gonna imagine Rhys is somewhere in the Atlas Campus.

Now if this is like an actual college campus, which i don’t think gearbox would do due to the implications, that’d be wild. I heard they had a mall designed for somewhere in the meridian metroplex, but we’re probably not actually allowed inside. which makes me sad, but also it probably holds no significance on the story. but then again... neither did caustic caverns. hmmmmmmmmm

oh also rhys is holding

whatever the fuck this is

uhhhhhhh... huhhhhh...

tbh i legitimately thought this was their attempt at macgyvering a vault key at first lmao

i know it’s a mission object because it has those glitteries, but... it reminds me a bit of Gortys’s core but i really don’t think that’s it. maybe another Atlas project to try and open a Vault? It just doesn’t look Eridian to me.

then again

this appears to be at the eridian dig site so... maybe it actually is Eridian. Definitely new to me.

some way to get inside the Vault area maybe? I can’t imagine that’s the actual Vault Key, because the one we see in the We Are Mayhem trailer doesn’t match.

you know i’ve been thinking more about vault colors

this one appears pink which... alright. maybe something to do with seraphs/seraph crystals.

The bl1 Vault was blue, the bl2 Vault was purple, the Vault of the Sentinel was... purple? blue? pink? all of the above? ... bisexual? tbqh there was a LOT going on there lol. wasn’t the Vault of the traveler yellow? either way

the big question here is: does each Vault have its own color scheme?

I wonder what that means since the Vault Mey has turned red now... it’s probably leading us to the big boy. the Vault to end all Vaults. 

now wouldn’t that be fun

right back to Promethea sorry

final listed area we get is called the Meridian Seaport. Which, if you know me, has got me all like 👀👀👀👀👀👀

water area? why yes PLEASE

i was actually talking to someone on reddit about said ‘seaport’ and it got me wondering if maybe this area is where we’ll find that one car from the Mask of Mayhem trailer. 

i can’t imagine what else those wing-like things on the side would be for. but i am definitely not a car person, like the closest i get is being a fan of Transformers, so maybe someone can enlighten me.

I am wondering if this area is the one we see in the instagram trailer with Moze

here

also i know we see water near where we find Zer0 in the demo, but that’s not really a dock area, more just a viewpoint. this has me thinking it’s an actual dock because the buildings are all off in the distance. It reminds me a lot of NYC actually lol

and interestingly enough i write about an assassination mission at a port on Promethea in one of my fanfics, but tbh i wasn’t actually expecting anything like it to be in-game. That was kind of an assumption I made since the area with Zer0 had water and I can’t believe I’m going to have to go back and edit it to be canon-compliant, cause I legitimately didn’t...

anyway.

Should i go over the instagram stuff now? I feel like i should go over the instagram stuff now.

see here is my problem with this

no moon

you’ll understand why once i compile my evidence

no moon

no moon!!

no moon

i even watched both time lapses during the amd stream and there was no hint of the moon (i understand promethea is in a state of perpetual twilight, but i thought maybe it would show up somewhere. it doesn’t. in fact it only shows the sun and this asteroid belt).

where is my moon, randy?

well let me tell you what i’m thinking here so you’re not even more confused

let’s go through that instagram video showcasing Promethea again

you should recognize this!

this is from that one video i reblogged like 4 times because i kept debating whether or not it was on promethea or pandora. now we can assume it’s on promethea but let me ask u something

if promethea doesn’t have a moon...

what the everloving fuck is that?

in fact, let me ask something

what does elpis look like in bl3?

look familiar?

hell yeah it does

now...

is this actually promethea?

I can’t imagine gearbox would be using footage that ISN’T from the planet they’re showcasing in a video about said planet. because that’s naughty. Plus, Rhys is shown giving us something that looks very similar to the tech in that area, and I can’t imagine we’d go through all that trouble just to get that tech then immediately go back to Pandora with whatever it is. whatever happened to the Promethean Vault Key we see in the We Are Mayhem trailer?

so there’s 2 options here if we’re under the assumption that dig site is/was on Promethea.

This dig site was moved from Promethea to Pandora

OR

Elpis was moved from Pandora to Promethea

Now i went over ALL of this in an old post. (seriously, give this a read if you haven't already, i go into this in a lot more detail than i will here). but we kinda got some new information.

My first instinct is that this dig site is on (or moved to) Pandora. just, 100% Pandora. the moon, the spiky rocks in the background, what look like Rakk near the back, there’s no asteroid belt in the sky. etc. etc.

do the blue sparkles have anything to do with it? maybe!

Also again, im not 100% certain this is actually a Vault. It just... doesn’t feel right to me. If this was actually on Pandora the entire time, then we’d have known about it through the Vault Map. We would have gone to open the 3rd Vault on Pandora before bl3 even began. If this really has been on Pandora the whole time, I do believe this isn’t actually a Vault. I go over this in that previous post I’ve made and I’m still standing by it. I think this is just an Eridian ruin and the Vault shape is just a statue or whatever. I could be 100% wrong, but that’s my first instinct if we’re being lead to believe this is on Pandora. 

Now I’m curious why this dig site was never mentioned in bl2 if it WAS on Pandora this whole time. And, again, if it actually does end up being a Vault, there’d be a huge plot hole with the whole Vault Map thing if it was on Pandora all along.

So was it moved here? Yeah... probably. For what reason? I... have no idea. How? similar answer. Lily couldnt’ve done it, she doesn’t have her powers anymore. Maybe activating it with whatever Rhys gives us makes it teleport to Pandora. For... reasons.

If it is a Vault, maybe it requires Elpis to open it. for some reason. We know Moon equals Key, so it could play into that. It definitely looks like it’s positioned directly in line with elpis.

but why would a Vault built on Promethea need a moon from a totally different planet to open it?

Because Promethea’s moon was destroyed.

That asteroid belt? I don’t think that’s there just for funsies (okay maybe the artists had funsies but the actual writing? yeah). And that big gun looking thing we see in both concept art and in the trailer? i think that thing fucked up Promethea’s moon to the point it shattered. So they couldn’t open that Vault.

alright, we all cool on this version of the theory?

let’s flip it on its head.

let’s consider:

Elpis was moved from Pandora to Promethea

NOT possible i hear you say

but hear me out.

what’s our reasons for saying this is Pandora?

“the moon, the spiky rocks in the background, what look like Rakk near the back, there’s no asteroid belt in the sky. etc. etc.”

Elpis? teleported! bah!

Spiky rocks? Well! We hear typhon mention a quarry, don’t we? one with brittle rock. This very well could be the quazmarian quarry he talked about where he found that very first Vault (and Vault Key). After all, if he fell into a hole and found it, it makes sense that there would be a shitload of dig teams trying to clear it out for easy access.

Rakk? We see those on Athenas, too, during the Happy Together trailer. Plus, they’re super chubby on the bottoms compared to what we see of the Rakk in the Claptrap Presents Pandora video. Maybe they’re not even Rakk.

Finally. Ah. The asteroid belt.

Well, if you believe that that giant gun could’ve obliterated Promethea’s moon, then is it so hard to turn around and believe that it’s actually obliterated the asteroids surrounding Promethea?

in fact, if we really ARE moving Elpis to Promethea, wouldn’t it make sense that we can’t have asteroids hitting Elpis for fear of worsening the Crackening and breaking our own moon?

In FACT, do we even SEE any asteroids above Promethea in that trailer shot of the bigass gun?

I THINK NOT.

There’s more to this theory, though.

from claptrap presents pandora

from the we are mayhem trailer

yeah, they COULD be celebrating the destruction of Elpis (because i would not be surprised if those are both near the same area)

lets think of something new, though. Elpis being blown up was totally 2015, with Zarpedon. That’s SO last season, Calypsos.

Plus, why would the calypsos even want the moon destroyed? is that not the home of a Vault that would allow them to see the future? how fucking powerful would that be, being able to see the future??? Jack knew what he had to do to win the Pandora games (even if he uhhh didn’t get to see that last bit because of Lilith), so why wouldn’t the Calypsos want to see their own futures?

There is the argument that they’ve already gone to Elpis and didn’t like what the Vault showed them, but I kinda assumed that they’d have gotten the funky eye things like Zarpedon did if they really did see what the Vault showed them. Given that Jack’s was interrupted by Lilith, we don’t really know if that’s truly the case.

I’m 100% down to blow up the moon cause Good Riddance, but also it needs to make sense WHY the calypsos want it blown up other than like shits and giggles? which... fine, but the story..? Elpis has to be important somehow. They have to want it blown up for some reason. A show of power? awesome, maybe they got that giant space gun. Moon = Key, so maybe they think if we can’t get this Vault, nobody can? sure why not. Destroying Pandora? Sure, but why blow up elpis when u could just also blow up pandora? 

either way, if the game gives us an actual reason as to why the twins are blowing up the moon, we’re all fine and dandy. if they’re going it just because then yeah, im gonna get kinda testy. 

anyway my point IS

The effect around elpis here looks strikingly familiar to the effect that appears around Lilith (and the cultists) when they’re teleported.

so it would be much cooler if, instead of blowing up Elpis, they were actually celebrating its movement. 

And it would be very interesting then, if this tied into that Easter Egg we got.

You know the one:

Because yeah im still iffy on the implication that this is from the Calypso twins. Why wouldn’t they want the Vaults opened? isn’t that the grand plan?

maybe this could be from the Eridians or the Guardians on Elpis. If Elpis was teleported from Pandora to Elpis, maybe the translation from Eridian -> English is slightly off, or simplified for the message. (on vs orbiting for example)

Visit Promethea -> Where we are right now, or where we’re going to go. We need you there.

Children of the Vault -> Yes, it could be the CoV cult that’s being referenced, but the way this is broadcasted, through morse code, spoken like an actual cryptic message and not, you know, with that Calypso flair... me thinks the cult simply adopted the name “Children of the Vault”. I think this may either be referencing Sirens, or the Vault Hunters/Crimson Raiders. Maybe the twins picked up this broadcast and that’s why they immediately head to Promethea after they steal Lilith’s powers.

We are not on Pandora anymore -> shit dudes we got yeeted to Promethea, help us. Or... we’ve moved elsewhere. We’re not nearby, we escaped, we fled, come find us on Promethea. 

Tannis is not what she seems -> this one... I don’t believe the Calypsos actually know anything about Tannis. If they do, then she was possibly the one to rescue/experiment on them, turning them into artificial Sirens or whatever, but then... isn’t Tannis exactly what she seems? She’s crazy, she totally would experiment on the twins. That is EXACTLY what she seems like. 

The people who would know about Tannis not being what she seems... the people who can see the future? The Guardians of the Sentinel’s Vault (maybe just the Guardians/Eridians in general). The Watcher can speak (speak? she uses telepathy, doesn’t she? that’s why Brick asks Lilith what she says) eloquently, I imagine there has to be more than one Watcher-like Guardian. Or this is the Watcher herself sending the message. 

Either way, if, later on in the game, Tannis starts showing signs of not being what she seems, then... wouldn’t it make sense that the only characters who knew this were the ones who could see the future? And given the new info, it makes sense that the Guardians/Eridians/yougetthegist would know her by name, because she could be the one who turned herself into an artificial Siren.  Or figured out how to create artificial Sirens. Whichever (both?). Which is kinda big news in the Eridian world, I’m sure. Plus, the wording using ‘What’ instead of ‘Who’ is kinda a big pointer. I’m almost leaning towards the idea that Tannis tried to give herself Angel’s phaseshifting abilities. I can’t see Tannis with actual offensive abilities... It wouldn’t really fit her character. But I can 100% see her with mad computer hacking skills, to the point she could ruin anything with a flick of her wrist. Yeah, I can see that. 

And I really hope Tannis doesn’t end up being a villain. She could do so much good with her intelligence and newfound powers and tbh it’s really nice seeing a character with autism not treated like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory (the butt of every joke). She feels real to me (as someone with autism)- she’s got her obsession (Eridians/Sirens/the Vaults), her crazy intelligence, the social phobia/unawareness. I really like her as a character (going from betraying us in bl1 to realizing her mistake and immediately trying to help and assisting the Crimson Raiders) and I’d really hate for her to become the villain just for... idk a shock twist? The shock twist should be that she’s a Siren or whatever, not that she’s going to betray us. I like Tannis :( And all the message says is Tannis is Not What She Seems, not that we shouldn’t trust her or that she’s going to betray us.

Do Not Open the Vaults -> well this is the whole thing, isn’t it? this is why I think this message has some sort of Eridian origin, instead of the Calypsos cult. The Calypsos WANT the Vaults open. They want that ‘universe-destroying’ power. They want to absorb the powers of the Vault monsters. Shit, even we Vault Hunters want to open the Vaults for some of that sweet, sweet loot. But who doesn’t want the Vaults opened? The Eridians.

oh yeah we were talking about Promethea. how the fuck did i get here?

oh the moon

yeah it could have just been a shot in the Instagram trailer they used to show off the ‘Eridian alien technology’. that’s not fun to talk about tho lmfao. plus the thingie Rhys holds matches up so well with the cool technology we get

anyway

the instagram trailer. we’re not even like halfway done with this post btw. still gotta do those beautiful screenshots

oh

trailer

sorry it’s like 1am im starting to lose focus im shifting into sleepy mode

i just love the aesthetic of this city.

also. that one building with the 0 on it? you can’t convince me Rhys didn’t give Zer0 their own skyscraper.

oh, you want an entire building to store all your loot and trophy kills? OF COURSE ZER0 ANYTHING FOR YOU

yes....... Eridian log.

im really excited to see it glowing. especially since it’s glowing red, like the Vault Map/key/you know. I hope that has some significance. 

i did boost the brightness and noticed it was part of a wall, not just one slab found elsewhere. makes me think this is part of a Temple. maybe part of the dig site below? we know that one is connected to some sort of building. and if it glows red, that’d be a really neat tie in to why Atlas always has that glowing red aesthetic going on in their bases.

still not done talking about this shot. yeah the stuff on the right looks similar to the thing Rhys hands us. NOT why i brought it back up tho. The guardian statues in the back seem very ‘low poly’. VERY different to the guardian statues we have on Pandora. they’re also holding staffs which is new. 

compare

these ones also seem much buffer than the guardians we see. with shorter necks, as well.

Maybe these are statues of ACTUAL Eridians? not just Guardians or any other construct (further proof for my theory Pandora was a Guardian production planet lol) but like what Eridians actually look like.

shorter necks, thicker limbs (because why would the constructs NEED muscles?), actual bodies that aren’t thin as twigs. I think we found it boys

this is the ideal Eridian body

no cause, seriously, if they ARE guardians, why are they so BUFF?? i don’t GET IT

also weird  this atlas gun isn’t wrist mounted. Atlas sniper confirmarinoed? or just an Old Atlas gun. sure. that too.

Moze on a turret near what i assume is the Meridian Seaport. She has what i think is an Atlas pistol equipped. There’s a dead guy leaning up against some cinder blocks, all cozy-like. 

better shot of the area. We talked about this earlier, so moving on!

Okay... so is THIS the New Atlas sniper? it looks like nigel thornberry’s nose

smashing.

we saw this before, too. im actually really excited to look out over the Promethea skyline from the top of a skyscraper. also, idk, rhys’s hand looks like a yaoi hand to me. like his fingers are above the F in strongfork, right? look how far away his thumb is. YEESH.

it’s actually ONLY rhys lol

An Atlas soldier at work! I like that their gear has the crimson lance logo on it. And the new Atlas symbol. I feel like if we have to fight these guys, the crit spot is gonna be that backpack.

maliwan robo!!!

a big boy. one of the flying ones too iirc from the We Are Mayhem trailer. 

Atlassss in the back. it’s weird that the second A in Atlas is the logo, not the first one. the first one is a triangle. that’s weird is it supposed to be signalling something else? a triangle with a circle around it. i don’t even know what that might be a logo for. hm.

oh also police bots i guess, but we see these dudes a lot.

im more interested in this thingie in the back. wonder what happened to it/what it is

ratches. blegh.

i hate these things jfc. they’re so gross.

i like that maliwan is just claiming things by throwing their flag up on it. that’s not how this works! that’s not how any of this works!

anyway.

how are those screenshots lookin

pretty good.

im pretty sure i’ve mentioned this before, but i love that they named this part of the city Meridian and then kept the Eridian logo in the spelling. it’s so fuckin dorky to me.

also i know we’re supposed to hate these robos, but at least they’re getting some characterization as enemies. the loaderbots in bl2 do this but not to a degree that they get their own interactions (LB being the exception of course). I like this.

also i love that parts of the city are color coded. like red and blue parts are different areas. It’s such a neat way to help people not get lost (cough, me) and it fits great into the design of the city with the neon lights and bright colors. I noticed this in the gameplay demo as well, tho i don’t remember if it was followed. Also I’m pretty sure that symbol up there

is what the blue area is called. could be wrong. but i think i saw this during the demo as well.

i think this is going to be my favorite area to visit on Promethea, hands down. I love this little living area. It feels so unlike anywhere we’ve visited in previous games, like it feels like somewhere Gaige could be from. Actually, iirc Roland was from Promethea, wasn’t he? Be wild if we visited his house here. Anyway, I’m also excited about the trees. Fucking! Trees!

and cars!!! holy shit yeah on Pandora we only ever saw like light runners or bandit technicals and the occasional bus. all the cars were broken down and stripped for parts! It’s really cool to see actual full cars here.

wow i am excited over the most mundane shit lol

wait till you guys hear about the PARKING LOT

OHHHH YEAH

CROSSWALKS TOO

lol im actually- i just love this area. i love it so much. this is lovely. i love the giant glowing reactor in the background too, i 100% hope we get to interact with that (posssssibly blow it up. maybe just a little.) I can see this area being the area we have to run through to reach the entrance of that thing. I mean, it’s just RIGHT THERE.

Also would not be surprised if this KV fellow is waiting for us there. “Who wants to BANG a billionaire indeed”. He’s totally gonna be a boss fight. BANG i imagine means more shooty shooty than innuendo... innuendo...

it sounded better in my head.

the symbol for the red area possibly on that tower in the back?

I’m like, 60% sure this isn’t the area we explore with Lorelei, so maybe this is the Titan Skyway? also maybe the bridge Moze and Fl4k drop off of in the Happy Together trailer.

hate. i would quote AM here but im tired so just imagine the entire ‘Hate’ quote here because i HATE these things.

there’s also a big skelly in the back, i wonder just how big these fuckin things can grow. hopefully uhhh like a cow died here or smth. cuz fuck man.

this area is also super green and watery so i wonder if this is a sewer or smth. that’d be wild lol

Another shot of the city. It’s so fucking beautiful. I really love how they went all out for this. Opportunity was great, but it wasn’t nice to look at. Promethea is fucking STUNNING. I love this place way too much. Never even been here before.

also i love the fog coming up from the bottom. Maybe this shot is taken from the water? god if we get to go on the water and then it starts fogging up i might actually start crying lol.

this building is my favorite by far i think. I love the way the middle turns in. I have no idea how that’d work like... from an inside standpoint, cause the ground would just be slanted under you but im sure they made it work somehow.

anyway. im gonna go cry myself to sleep over how beautiful this game is. sorry i talked like... WAY too much during this one lol.

also i just thought of this while writing the tl;dr but maybe that item rhys gives us is after all the Promethea stuff is over, even the Vault(s), maybe we need it to activate something in that vault statue area on Pandora and that’s our way to like some important Vault or the Eridian homeworld or smth and we gotta collect all the pieces to activate it. like it’s a teleporter. Maybe Rhys had a piece because that’s what was in the Vault of the Traveller. I mean it would make sense because if you didn’t want someone to have something, you fuckin hide it in a box that’s teleporting across the galaxy at random intervals. That might be our way to the Eridian Homeworld. Now wouldn’t that be neato...

[tannithvibes]

zoned tf out while playing bl3 today bc disassociation sucks but was snapped out of it by Moze doing like this "1 2 3 4" rhyme in an adorable voice and now im so sad I missed whatever was said

[santonali]

a masterpost of all the beautiful things i've sent @ninetyminutesofsuffering during/around the world cup bc i'm dying of laughter and its midnight

z okazji wakacji zycze sobie jednego wielkiego silnego kamila glika. teraz. (since it's the holidays i'd like one, big, strong kamil glik. now.)

moze jednak ekstraklasa jest lepsza od mistrzostw swiata (maybe ekstraklasa is better than the world cup)

czy moge to zwalic na glika????? no niezbyt ale i tak to zrobie (can i blame glik????? not really but i'll do it anyway)

JAKBY LITWA BYŁA W MISTRZOSTWACH ŚWIATA.... (IF ONLY LITHUANIA WAS IN THE WORLD CUP....)

biedny sobie kurwa umarl (poor fucker just died)

jestesmy wszedzie tam! gdzie legia warszawa Nie gra (we are always there! where legia does Not play)

a kim kurwa kurzawa jest jak nie juniorem. bo seniorem to nie (who the fuck is kurzawa if not a junior player. he aint senior)

oliwia: ZAKRĘĆMY KOŁEM W JAKI SPOSÓB DZIŚ OSZUKAMY POLSKĄ REPREZENTACJĘ (LETS SPIN THE WHEEL TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA ROB POLAND NT TODAY)

pamietamy apoel mistrz ligi mistrzow (we remember apoel, the champions league champion)

and a little trip into the chaos that was 2017 bc i can

pazdan im buty przywiózł z tyraspolu (pazdan got them shoes from tiraspol)

hehe boczna siatko już mnie nie wrobisz (this is from poland-denmark and its too much im not exposing myself to the non-poles like thatd shjxgajs)

MICHAŁ NIECH KURWA WYPIEDALA DO TYRASPOLU NA SWÓJ POGRZEB (i cant auzjgajsyzjaysj why was i so angry in 2017 l o r d)

no bo jak mołdawskiego szeryfa nie pokonają to chyba rzeczywiście przestanę kibicować legii w pucharach (if they [legia] dont beat the moldovan sheriff i'm really gonna stop rooting for them in cups)

and last but not least, this gem i wont bother to translate during the match against nigeria where both me and oliwia gave up

[ipujeet-blog]

XDD

The fact is that was really annoying last time. I just realized that this is not friend for me. He was and still is full of negativity which I’m trying to get out f my life. He kept to saying about how hard studies are, how hard is this subject or this. He is really obnoxious and on the other hand will tell you have a nic day or night every 10 minutes or apologize for trivia. Very moody. You don’t know what mood today he is in. So that’s why in the second week of 2nd semster I started to avoid him. I don’t sit with him in classes any more. I found new friend with who I prefers to spent time with on the breaks. Nie dałam im w ogóle do zrozumienia, ze ich nie lubie. Nie chciałem wytykać im (mu) ich wad i mowic żeby się zmienili. Odsunąłem się sam. Przestałem z nim gadac. W końcu w ogóle przestaliśmy gadac a za tym tez ograniczył mi się kontakt z k. Na 1 zajęciach angielskiego nirmalnie rozmawiałyśmy, tzn przed czy tam po. Po drugich gadałem już tylko z o gdy k stała obok i nie zamieniłem z nią ani słowa. Dziś na angielskim słyszałem, jak k mówiła do m ze napisałam ze pytaniem do jej chłopaka, które on zlał. Po prostu nie odpisał nic. A to było pytanie wymagające odpowiedzi tak lub nie. I to było raczej szydercze, mówiła to na głos ze usłyszałem z drugiego końca sali. A wczoraj zobaczyłem ze n usunął się z konwy. Mimo ze ja nie chce się z nimi zadawać to bie dałem im tego do zrozumienia, tzn nie byłem dla nich niemiły czy coś, oni dla mnie akurat tak. Nie przestali po prostu gadac ale ostentacyjnie ten sir wyjebal z czatu a ta gadała o braku odpowiedzi ma angielskim. Nie boli mnie ich zachowanie wobec mnie ale to ze to strasznie dziecinne. Mslalem ze tak się już nie robi. Ktoś przestaje z tobą gadac to przestaje i tyle. *Poza tym ja raz pisałam do K chyba na wykładzie z metro czy jest tam bo w razie listy bul ja wpisała za to ze ona zrobiła tak tydzień temu. I sama to zlała. Moze mieli jakiś problem z tym, ze już nie siedze na każdej wolnej chwili z nimi tylko z g? *Ale nie, tu trzeba jeszcze tobic jakieś cyrki, ciagle reagować na to co pisze na konwie grupy gdy ktoś o coś zapyta itp. Żenada. Naprawdę nie będę tozstsrzqc tego o chuj im chodzi i na chuj spina bo w pizdzie to mam XD ale jest to po prostu żenada a co do tego początku to dodam jeszcze ze m wydaje się strasznie toksyczny w chuj. Albo raz jest taki potulny i za miły (tak nie nienaturalnie) albo bardzo niemiły, wyśmiewa kgoos, jest flupiomadry i w ogóle chuj tam z bim ale XD