#warframe Sirius

[ritasanderson]

Everyone wants to babysit a tiny guy

[aqg-arts]

Mk, so, y'all remember the lil stalker wip I posted a while back? Well, this is him now

Idk what ima do but ima do smth?

[nidoskull]

presented without comment

[frameconfessions]

I think we’ll get to play as baby Sirius/Orion as a fully mature warframe due to the space time shenanigans found in game but also due to eternalism.

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[anhilliator1]

Trying to baby-proof areas for Sirius/Orion must be a nightmare because curious baby + superhuman strength = baby's new preferred toy is a ship panel that they wrenched off the wall

[yatzstar]

Anybody else catch onto the scene when Stalker gets his baby, he's using his scythe (Hate) that's now altered by Jade into an instrument of Love?????

Aaaaa the symbolism I could cry

[warframestuff]

[umbralvalkyr]

Probably been done but I’m genuinely curious so

(For the record since I’ve seen this crop up, I’m sure this isn’t like a good/evil option, I myself think the colours on the names are just like ‘what would Jade have named them/what would Stalker have named them’ - I picked Orion myself.)

[not-your-lifeline]

so THAT'S why he was so surprised when he first found out the Tenno are actually children, huh?

[pinkgoblinshark]

Completed Jade Shadows the other night, my thoughts on the quest below (Warframe/Jade Shadows Spoilers below the cut)

I both liked and disliked this quest, leaning a bit more on the dislike side, unfortunately.

The babyframe is cute, and it was nice to see some more characterization for other characters (including Hunhow, of all people). However, I'm disappointed that very little of that went to Jade, the character the quest is named after!!!

Like, with only what the quest gave me, Jade struck me as a bit of a shallow character. She has very few spoken lines, and what lines she does have revolve around her relationship with Sorren or her baby. We don't know anything about who she was as a person and it all smells deeply of the "dead wife" trope. I've also seen people refer to this scenario as a fridging ("When a loved one is hurt, killed, maimed, assaulted, or otherwise traumatized in order to motivate another character or move their plot forward."), which seems like a more apt description of the scenario.

The bit about "what the quest gave me" is an important note, because prior to writing this post I looked around on Tumblr to see what other people were saying about this quest. It turns out there is more Jade lore (Jade's Promise), but it's hidden on the relays nearby Teshin. If I hadn't looked at Tumblr, it's possible I would not have learned any of this for weeks after completing Jade Shadows.

While I would have liked to know more about Jade apart from her baby/being a mom, I think Jade's Promise does a decent job of giving Jade more agency/a motive. Too bad there's not even an inbox message acknowledging where to find this additional lore in-game...

Also, with the game giving me a content warning before starting the quest, I was a bit disappointed in how tame the birthing scene was. This might be a me-issue, as I have kinda (?) complex views of pregnancy. To sum it all up: To me pregnancy is transformative, but the means by which it happens is not pretty. Your body is putting all of its resources into growing a new being, it's not uncommon to get sick, to have complications. Birth itself is bloody, gruesome, and can leave you changed or dead. With that in mind, imagine my surprise when Jade just wistfully disintegrates into a cloud of green dust. I felt like it would have been more poignant for there to have been a struggle to make her choice to undergo the process of birth more potent. I wanted to feel uncomfortable, but that may just be me.

Lastly, I saw some other folks express discomfort over the fact that the Operator, as opposed to the Drifter, was the one who helped with the birthing process. I also would have preferred if it was the Drifter who helped out. The Operator is just a child soldier what the hell would they know about being a midwife 😭

EDIT: I just made myself angrier because I realized Jade Shadows could have been more engaging if we:

Got to play as Jade/the Operator she mentions in Jade's Promise

Got to play through the events of Jade's Promise instead of having to read about them ���😭😭😭😭

All of this wouldn't have to be exclude the events we witness through the Stalker but pleaaaaase.... ^^^^^

[ritasanderson]

[aqg-arts]

Had to scrap the original idea I had for him :(

Still cooking

[unknownarmageddon]

if i wanted to get REALLY insane i might consider putting cross and killer in warframe but im not sure if i will yet

[rain-harmonia]

really disappointed I finally picked the game back up only after the jade shadows event ended. would have loved to see more after playing the quest

[therainformerlyknownaspurple]

mhhhhhhhhhhh

[fligleflorence]

Thoughts on the newest update

Spoilers!!!

Now that I've had some time to let everything stew and can make coherent thoughts...

First, I do wish the quest was longer and we could at least see more of who Jade and Stalker/Sorren were before becoming frames. It wasn't bad but could've used much more time!

I'll admit, I wasn't sure how to react with the pregnancy reveal. Was I shocked, disgusted, horrified, unsure? And then it hit me.

The Orokin never valued life.

We already knew this through multiple stories of mutilation, forced mutation and experimentation. But it never hit me before as to how low the orokin would sink into the endless abyss of evil until Jade. They took a pregnant woman and her lover and turned them to warframes with no memory of one another. But the worst part? They did so with their unborn child as well. Why? To make an EXAMPLE. I have no doubt our peachy friend Ballas designed her with the express purpose of slowly dying as her child sucked out her life force. They took Jade and Sorrin's minds, memories and even autonomy just to feed into their narcissistic sadism.

All because they broke the rules.

And in the end, i'd like to believe that, with the help of our tenno, Jade was able to give one last middle finger to her 'former masters' and the streak of filth they left behind by saving her kid, letting Sirius/Orion live on. She WANTED to have a child, and by damn she fucking DID!

Fuck you Ballas, you may be able to fridge Jade but she had the last laugh!!!!