#vaughn x rhys

[newwwwusername]

Fic title : The Downside to Cutting Your Arm Off

@newwwwprompts Chronic Pain Awareness Month 2023 prompt : Character with chronic pain has a flare-up

Rating : Teen & Up Audiences

Fandom : Tales from the Borderlands

Pairing : Rhys/Vaughn

Additional tags : Amputation, Pain, Chronic Pain, Painkillers, Canon Amputee Character, Cybernetics, Rhys Has Chronic Pain (Borderlands), Good Friend Vaughn (Borderlands), Lidocaine, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Swearing

Word count : 321

[timothylawrence]

Tales from the Borderlands (2014)

[sticktwiggg]

GAYPERION?!

grrr I love them sm

[helpfandom]

I NEED yandere content of my lil dumbass Rhysie boy.

I got this idea of the reader kind of being dragged along by Rhys kind of like a babysitter because some random hyperion guy (or maybe Vasquez) just doesn't believe you could survive on Pandora, and surprise surprise Rhys and his accountant buddy Vaughn are also heading to Pandora! (Definitely not to get a vault key that isn't even real-)

(bonus points if the reader is a teen or just turned 18 or smth lol) <3

@yanderefangirl and @plague-cure

Roughly based off of Rhys and Vaughn's personality in TFTB.

I quite like that Idea, especially since it can be used for many differing personalities.

So Ass-Quez doesn't like you, and sends you down to Pandora, but good thing you heard Rhys, Vaughn, and Yvette talking about their plan to get the vault key.

It's quite easy to sneak into their car that they stole from Vasquez, seeing as Vaughn and Rhys were arguing about who should carry the money. [Rhys was the only person out of the two who could drive moderately well, and well, it was at least ten minutes between the two arguing that you were sitting there in the backseat, laying on the floor.]

But only after they take off on Pandora, do you reveal yourself. Rhys and Vaughn screaming and looking at you, leading Rhys to run over the very animal he originally ran over.

Okay, a little bit of skipping because I don't want to recite the entirety of the game with minute differences, so I'll say the major plots that change.

Ep 1:

The bandits don't mess with you, [they have learned their lesson from a differing explosive teen], and instead refuse to try to hit you [except for the occasional bandit].

Shade is very nice and quite likes you, so he's actually going to help you first and then the others,

Sasha and August are way less willing to help out Rhys in the beginning of their meeting, seeing as they brought a child [or rather, a teen but I digress] TO PANDORA, the scary bad no good place.

Fiona has a way worse opinion of Rhys.

Skipping all the way to Ep: 4.

Now, all this time, Jack has been bugging Rhys, and I mean, we all Jack is mentally insane, and so having that type of personality nag you about a child, well, it leads to Rhys being more protective by nature, not trusting Jack.

However, the deal Jack give him: Upload me, and protect that child you adore so much, or don't.

But as you help Sasha and Fiona get that key-card, there's a new announcement on the Holo-screens.

Jack announcing that Rhys wants you in the office.

Now.

[incorrect-borderlands-quotes]

Vaughn: Who cuts people's hair in the middle of the night? Rhys: I do. They call me the midnight barber. Vaughn: Yeah, well, that's an infringement of people's liberties. Rhys: Is it? Vaughn: Yeah, so don't ever be doing that to me. Rhys: I DO do it to you. Vaughn: ... What? Rhys: Who do you think cuts your hair, Einstein? Vaughn: My hair just doesn’t grow very fast. Rhys: What, you think it stays that length naturally? I'm in there in the night, styling away! Vaughn: How dare you do that to me in the night, when I'm oblivious? Rhys: I do my best work when you're oblivious.

[altrodent]

I have been watching, reading, and playing so many things recently so here is some content you can expect to see from me soon-ish (hopefully)!

ZOMBIE-LAND

• Columbus (duh)

• Tallahassee (if you guys behave, istg 😭)

BORDERLANDS (Tales From The Borderlands)

• Rhys (Obvi, honestly obsessed atm)

• Vaughn (🩷)

• Hologram Handsome Jack (maybe some angst 👀)

• August (I know, I know, don’t judge!)

BASEKETBALL

•Coop, Remer, and maybe both of them at the same time again 🤭

REQUESTS!

I have received a BUNCH of requests lately, and I’m super happy, I’ll make sure those are my priority as I am thrilled to have your support! But just know I have seen them and I am/will be working on them!🩷

Thank you for all the love and support, seeing you guys enjoy my work means the world to me 🖤

[banditliiife]

I swear to the heavens above that TikTok is making ship Vaughn and Rhys more.

[strongfuck]

✏️ (@banditliiife )

► from this meme. // @banditliiife

*Vaughn and Rhys are texting* Vaughn: Please bring home PURIFIED water with NO minerals added for taste. NONE. Rhys: I got spring water. Vaughn: NO! Rhys: With EXTRA minerals! Rhys: It’s like licking a stalagmite! Vaughn: DON’T COME HOME! Rhys: Mmmmmm, cave water.

Vaughn: I can't take this anymore, someone needs to take me out! Rhys: In a dating type of way, or an assassination type of way? Vaughn: I don't know, surprise me!

Rhys: I'm sorry. Please talk to me. Vaughn: Rhys: Hello? World's most amazing person? Sweet pea? Precious cinnamon roll that's too good for this world, too pure? Vaughn: 'Sorry' doesn't bring back my fucking M&Ms.

Vaughn: I’m proud to identify as morosexual. I’m attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively. Someone asked me what the Spanish word for "tortilla" was once, and now I dream of kissing them under the moonlight. Rhys: What kind of animal is the Pink Panther? Vaughn, already taking off their clothes: God, Rhys, you’re so fucking stupid.

Rhys: We can't lose. Because we have this. *points to his chest* Vaughn: We have heart? Rhys: Heart? No, me. I'm pointing at myself. I'm going to win this for us.

[the-cpu-system]

what are your borderlands ships?

OOOO YAY I GET TO TALK ABOUT MY SHIPS

Keep in mind I haven't like.. played through the whole franchise yet so I will get more later 😈

My canon ones are:

Tim x Moxxi, Janey x Athena, Roland x Lilith, and sortaaa Jack x Nisha? I see them more as fuckbuddies than real lovers

Fanon ships (+ explanations 😙)

Jack x Rhys - duh. This is a given. If you know me you know I'm a rhackie 4 life. I will say, the fandom fucks them up bad all the time. BUT if done right, I like rhack in all its forms. Rhys x Holo, Jack x Rhys, Holo x bl3 Rhys, Jack x bl3 Rhys... It's very joyous.

Tim x Nisha - oh my GAWDDDD THEY SO 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂!!! Me and my friend both play as them in tps and Tim just so obviously is crushing HARDDD. "Looking good Nisha !!!" "You need help, Nisha? Oh. No? You got it? Oh. Okay.." SHE IS DOWN BAD FOR HER. Tim canonically likes dangerous women soo. Plus I feel like Tim would treat her like a goddess

Moxxi x Nisha - sexxed up abusive lesbians, next question

Moxxi x Tim x Nisha - what's better than Tim with a dangerously sexy woman? Tim with TWOOOO DANGEROUSLY SEXY WOMEN!!

Zer0 x FL4K - robot yxxi !!! They're adorable

Vaughn x Fiona - this isn't one I see often, and honestly? Ouch!! I loved their interactions in game, they were cute :3.

Fiona x Athena - I liked it. It was cute. I wouldn't say I'm like.. a ride or die with it, but I do like it

Rhys x Vaughn - BUT. But. They're qpp. They're just queerplatonic. Yvette isn't included because she doesn't get their bromance 💔 it's a guy thing 💔. Really just best bros that provide each other affection sometimes 🤷.

Jack x ME. HES MY WIFE.

Jackothy isn't something I refuse the existence of, but it's not something I ship. I think Jack had something with Tim, but that was abusive and toxic. C'mon guys. I'm not gonna ship Tim with the guy that forced her to make sex tapes.

Rhys x Sasha isn't real to me it doesn't exist it's not real . Rhys x Fiona isn't real either it doesn't exist .

I'm not like.. opposed to rhysothy either but.. mehh? I dunno I sorta see it.

I will never ship rhackothy until someone does it right and doesn't just use it for mindless porn

Though y'know honestly no one can be straight in Borderlands, about 99% of these fuckers are bisexual and EVERYONEEEEE sleeps around. Monogamy is for the weak in the Borderlands universe.

[shinakazami1]

Give me a 12, 13 and 22 for rhys, soldier 🫵

FELLOW RHYS ENJOYER (krotiation I LOVE YOUR ART TOO SM GAAAAH THIS FANDOM HAS SUCH GREAT ARTISTS)

12. What's the funniest or craziest AU idea you've ever come up with?

I have in total, three AUs I have to finally write anything for fhasfsa (I do plan on posting Tales AU first chapter this week tho!!). 1) RHYS AI AU is something you saw me post snippets of - in general, it's an alternative version of Borderlands 2, where Jack kills Lilith and Roland very quickly and survives. Due to mourning for Nisha, Wilhelm and Angel, he one day writes code for a companion based on an imaginary friend he had but also, gives him some trait of each one of those he misses. While Rhys was going to slowly become the silly personality we know and love, this was my typical 'give the character therapy when they don't want it, and end up with them hurting someone else and trying to change'. 2) JUST WING IT AU is my Tales AU that starts with changes in ep 5, with how Rhys handles the news about Jack wanting to get that exoskeleton in him and focusing on exploring Jack's loneliness and adding him as the third character, making sort of second season for the game. The additional driving point would be that Loader Bot would be able to grab Gortys and run off with her, so the search for Vault would become longer Yet the AU I really hope to start exploring in the future, is this one: 3) Loss of what once happened but never before AU. It's a Borderlands 3 Rhack au that would focus on Rhys finding out he is a siren with huge time-travelling powers and the costs that come with it. He would turn back in time, when Jack was still known as John during the nights, and watch some of the consequences happen in the present during the day. He doesn't know though just how strong the butterfly effect will be...

13. What's a character or ship you haven't written/drawn yet but would like to someday?

Characters: Timothy, Angel, Nisha, Zer0, Katagawa, Axton, Moxxi, Lilith, Roland

Ships: Rhysothy, Rhack, JackxNisha, MoxxixTimothy, Rhysagawa, Axton x Turret (cus she is my wife I luv her)

(The list prob isn't finished cus I still have to finish playing the second game and play the third one oifhaiof)

22. Give us headcanons for Rhys

He actually likes fashion and likes casual official style in general.

He has a sweet tooth but pretends to like spicy food in college.

He actually had a heterochromia before the echo eye and decided to keep it.

He admired Jack a bit but he laughed at psycho fans, as he has some critical thinking.

Even a few years after getting Atlas running again, he still tries to make some guns himself, even if he doesn't have as much time.

He was the one dumped by his ex girlfriend even if he didn't like their dynamic because he was actually scared nobody else would be into him.

He spends a lot of time in the morning preparing his hair. It's quite wavy which gets visible in wetter climates but fortunately for him, he lives mostly in dry ones.

He met Katagawa and at first, couldn't believe he had a fan even if he had some boosted ego but felt something off about him. He turned off an invitation to Zanara because he still thinks about his talk with Vaughn about being good at faking cool. That's why he is even more awkward in future games, since while chasing the younger years, he wants to show he matured, hoping that maybe that will bring Sasha back. That's also why he got the moustache - to show he is becoming more serious. Which fails miserably.

He seemed the most confident in his new Atlas CEO stage because he had to look like it. There was nobody else to help him at the time, so he tried his best to do what he had done - acted the plan out.

He still imagines his plans the same way he did in Tales - with fantasies.

[findroleplay]

hi all! im kat, looking for those 16+ who want to write for Borderlands!

i ask that you write at least a paragraph, as i write 2-5 paragraphs :3 i typically write in third person using past tense, but im flexible in this area.

im looking for partners who will write for the following ships (your character is bolded!)

katagawa jr. x rhys strongfork katagawa jr. x troy calypso handsome jack x timothy lawrence handsome jack x rhys strongfork timothy lawrence x rhys strongfork rhys strongfork x vaughn rhys strongfork x zer0 handsome jack x nisha kadam timothy lawrence x moxxi zer0 x fl4k fl4k x zane flynt

otherwise, we can discuss oc x canon doubles! ask me for my full character list and i can provide :o)

like this post or dm if interested !!

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[roleplayfinder]

hi! im kat. im 17, looking for borderlands rp partners! 🐊🌸✨

im looking for someone willing to write against Katagawa Jr., Troy Calypso, Handsome Jack, Vaughn, Zer0, Fl4k, or Timothy Lawrence! i would enjoy canon x canon, but canon x oc also works for me! i dont double because i dont have any borderlands ocs at the moment. i will rp a canon for you with no asks in return, as long as the dynamic sounds fun!!

im a sucker for angst and toxic relationships, especially when it comes to borderlands. stab me and twist the knife pls!

some ships i am partial towards (red is who id prefer to write, not necessarily who i will write): katalypso (troy x katagawa jr), katarhys (katagawa jr x rhys strongfork), gayperion (rhys strongfork x vaughn), rhack (rhys strongfork x handsome jack), jackothy (handsome jack x timothy lawrence), zerhys (zer0 x rhys strongfork), timoxxi (timothy lawrence x moxxi)

otherwise send me any ships ur interested in with the characters i wanna write! im happily a multishipper and not that picky. i have some sexuality headcanons for characters i dont budge on, though. be warned, i suppose?

feel free to like the ad, or dm me and ill reach out eventually!

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[companypride]

Was thinking about a Marvel verse where Rhys is a mutant (I mostly read X-Men comics, lol). Jack is a famous CEO who's secretly a mutant telepath, basically '80s Emma Frost. Rhys is a programmer at Jack's company who is also secretly a mutant.

When his X-gene activated at puberty, Rhys's thoughts suddenly began to move hyperfast. It was debilitating at first, leaving Rhys unable to process anything but the overwhelming amount of thoughts going on in his brain, basically going catatonic for a few weeks until he started to adjust. His parents wrote off his absence at school as a mundane sickness and basically refused to acknowledge the possibility that their son could have developed powers. Rhys got the message right away: no one was to know he was a mutant.

As he grew up, his secret power was more of a disadvantage than an advantage. He was quick-thinking, yes, and it helped him exceed in school (which got him teased for being a nerd, something that did a huge hit to Rhys's self-esteem), but combined with his undiagnosed anxiety he mostly found his power frustrating and overwhelming. It othered him from everyone else, made him act even weirder and get bullied for it even more. His power felt entirely out of his control. The only other person who knew was Vaughn.

Rhys wanted nothing more than to prove himself, though, and he we determined to succeed despite his secret mutant curse and out of college landed a job at Hyperion. The CEO was, of course, eccentric billionaire Handsome Jack, who Rhys looked up to like no other. It turned out Hyperion had a secret program where employees tested out experimental technology. Rhys signed up for it, getting his robot arm and ECHO-eye.

In the course of this project Rhys crosses paths with Jack (who is obviously running this program to do secret supervillain shit). Jack tries to read Rhys's mind and gets overloaded so quickly he has to pull out. With a few more experimental pushes into Rhys's brain he realizes Rhys is a mutant like himself, and that Jack could use him if he could figure out how to harness his power. Sure, it wasn't as flashy as blasting lasers from your eyes, but the ability to out-think anyone could be incredibly powerful if Rhys could be taught how to use it.

Jack takes Rhys alone into his office and reveals that he, too, is a mutant, and that he can help Rhys. If he lets Jack read his mind and guide him, Jack could teach Rhys how to make his mutant power an asset like no one else had. Jack didn't keep it a secret that he was a mutant because he was ashamed. It was because it made it so easy to succeed over normal humans that it simply wasn't fair, and Jack liked it and that way. Being a mutant made them better than other people, not worse. And all Rhys had to do to find out how was do exactly as Jack told him.

Eventually Rhys finds out about the supervillain shit and this all falls apart, but, you know. Of course Rhys takes the deal.

[kitsumidori]

Rhys

favorite thing about them

Ehhh....I like his mustache.

least favorite thing about them

He's kind of overrated, I mean I do like him, but with how often I see him, it's a little too much for me.

favorite line

A lot of the lines that go against Jack, like when Holo-Jack discussed being #1, Rhys says that sounds like being a villain, and Rhys telling Holo-Jack that he died a loser.

brOTP

Him with Vaughn an Yvette

OTP

Rhys x Sasha

nOTP

Rhack, Rhysothy and Rhysona

random headcanon

None at the moment

unpopular opinion

While I don't mind trans Rhys headcanons (when done right) I do hate siren Rhys headcanons.

song i associate with them

None

favorite picture of them

[incorrect-borderlands-quotes]

Rhys: If I was the last person on Pandora would you date me? Vaughn: If you were the last person on Pandora I wouldn't exist.

[chaoticgrimm]

Here they all are

Miles x Timothy

Benji x Jack

Arajah x Rhys

Casper x Vaughn

June x August

Gamba x Mordecai

Donovan x Zane

My whole process for making borderlands ocs is “who can I ship them with”

And that’s how I ended up with 7 borderlands ocs