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tinyteenia · 3 years

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Siren’s: Analysis

Hello, here’s my first Lore Post for Borderlands. I’ve been pretty silent in the fandom, only playing the games and whatnot.

Warning: Spoilers for ALL three main games below!

In Borderlands, as we all know, are magical beings that can use their powers depending on which ones they have. The origins of the humanoid siren is sort-of unknown but assumedly they come from Eridians which aren’t humanoid but the power was passed on and that’s still how it is. It’s possible that all Sirens can choose their successor, we see that Maya and Angel have chosen one and we can see that it’s pretty direct too. As soon as one Siren dies, the powers can be passed on. There can only be 7 Sirens at a time, why this is hasn’t been stated or probably never will. Before 3, we were told 6 Sirens could be in existence at a time but as Nyriad reveals in 3...

“You must never find the seventh...”

Now, despite all the speculation that can be done. To try and find the 7th Siren would probably be impossible for its a character that’s yet to be revealed or is so obscure to guess them would seem rash and sort of silly, especially with the amount of characters who barely have any background. Not to mention it’s made to sound like they’re hidden in some sort and have never been seen.

Now before we move on, let’s get deeper into what is a Siren. So... What is a Siren? Well, outside of Borderlands, Sirens are:

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.

According to Plato there were three kinds of Sirens: the celestial, the generative, and the purificatory / cathartic. The first were under the government of Zeus, the second under that of Poseidon, and the third of Hades. When the soul is in heaven the Sirens seek, by harmonic motion, to unite it to the divine life of the celestial host; and when in Hades, to conform the soul to eternal infernal regimen; but when on earth their only job to "produce generation, of which the sea is emblematic". (Source)

However, it’s confusing since this doesn’t seem to fit any of Sirens. They don’t generate themselves with kin, purify anything(as we know) aren’t really celestial beings by this definition. You could say they are celestial due to the magical background, nevertheless it’s possible this connection is yet to be revealed. The Borderlands manual guide and Nyriad says that Sirens have also been called “Witches”, “Oracles” and “Angels” as well that “No official term exists” however by Borderlands 3 that seems that every term has been used for thousands, if not millions of years. Siren being the most common.

In the games and comics, however, Sirens are being of unknown origin, typically female, that have powers based upon certain things such as creating physical attacks, moving things, teleportation, machine manipulation and leeching power/life. At some time in the distant past, Sirens and Eridians lived side by side, possibly due to their similarity in ability. Sirens also have Tattoos/Markings on their body which singles them out especially. Another obscure and rarely seen ability is the ability to imprint memories and events onto objects via strong emotion such as excitement and trauma.

Some extra things about Sirens is that they and the vaults are definitely connected, Lilith even says she feels as if the Guardians wanted her to be in the Vault in the Pre-Sequel. What this connection is has not been revealed as even in 3, despite visiting many vaults, nothing happens any of the Sirens in the game that visit them despite the number of Sirens and Vaults being numerous, Sirens can also charge Vault Keys, making them usable. Another thing is that all Sirens typically find each other at some point, furthermore all Sirens will at one point be drawn onto Pandora at some point in their lives and it seems that point is true as every Siren, minus the 7th(as we know) have visited Pandora. All Sirens also have wings, usually in a very powerful form. Lastly, to use their powers more effectively, Sirens use Eridium. However, using Eridium is like a Drug, normal use is fine however, one can become addicted or even dependent on it to the point of death from withdrawal depending on the intake. Angel is so dependent once her source is removed, she dies. Lilith seems to just be mildly addicted, needing it and showing obvious signs of withdrawal.

Then, let’s talk about each Siren in the Series.

Sirens

(The below list and subsequent descriptions of each Siren will have spoilers regarding Borderlands 2 and 3, including some very important moments, do not go below if you do not wish to be spoiled on Borderlands 2 and 3.)

Here is a list of every mentioned/shown Siren, minus the Comics for apparently they are considered non-canon:

Lilith

Commandant Steele

Maya

Amara

Angel

Nyriad

Troy Calypso

Tyreen Calypso

Patricia Tannis

Ava

Lilith

The Original Siren as some would say, she first appears in Borderlands 1 as the playable Siren class, she holds the Phasewalk ability, aka teleportation. Nothing spectacular about her happens in 1, in 2 she is a leader of the resistance against Handsome Jack and regularly takes action in fighting with you. Lilith says in the Tiny Tina DLC that she used to be a DND nerd, which means she was probably an outcast from society especially due to her tattoos and interests and she was bullied as a child. In Borderlands 3, her powers are taken by Tyreen for the majority of the game and gets them back by the end. At the end, Lilith flies into Sun, saving Elpis and Pandora, her Phoenix symbol embedded into the planet. However, it is never said if Lilith is dead or alive, leaving it up to be a mystery. So whether Phasewalk will return as the next Siren’s powers is unknown.

Lilith’s name shares the her name with the true first Woman in Judeo-Christian lore, however she was turned into a demon and is closely regarded in evil.

Commandant Steele

Steele is considered the main antagonist of Borderlands 1, however, her appearance is extremely short-lived and to say she was dissatisfactory would be an understatement. Steele’s design closely resembles Lilith’s older design, which isn’t surprising. Her power is unknown and could be anything but Phasewalk. She also awakens the Destroyer or at least a part of it.

The only notable things about Steele is she proves(or is the first to prove) that Sirens can be on the wrong side. While this isn’t surprising, it’s juxtaposed to most Sirens that are on the quote-onto-quote Good Side and that the only things all Sirens share is fate to meet each other at some point. She also speaks in a Slavic accent.

Maya

Maya is the playable Siren Class in Borderlands 2. She’s from the planet Athenas and was used against the people of the planet to keep them in fear. However, she learned of the scheme and killed the religious leaders and then came to Pandora to become a Vault Hunter, during boarding the train she catches the view of Krieg who becomes infatuated with her. Maya’s Siren power is Phaselock, being able to create gravitational pulls and force to levitate things and people.

In Borderlands 3, Maya plays a more important role mentoring the young Ava and has chosen her as her heir of Maya’s Siren powers. She says Ava seems special and it’s not said why this is or revealed why, yet at least.

Maya is killed when Ava goes to the first Vault despite Maya telling her not to. Unbeknownst to anyone, Tyreen and Troy have already come to the Vault. Troy ends up leeching Maya and takes her powers, which kills her. Why this killed Maya and not Lilith isn’t entirely clear.

Amara

Amara is the playable Siren Class in Borderlands 3, she is from the Planet of Partali and due to her nature of fighting against evil she has been dubbed the “Tiger of Partali”. Her Siren power is Phasetrance, she is able to summon physical forms of energy to attack. She has no real importance to the Siren story so far other than sharing attributes with other Sirens.

Angel

Angel is an interesting character as she was in Borderlands one and plays a much different perspective of character. In Borderlands one she practically acts as an A.I guide to prevent the opening of the Vault and furthermore, the release of The Destroyer. However, the ultimate goal is getting Eridium from the Vault so that it can fuel Handsome Jack’s plans to feed Angel’s Phaseshift powers which allows her to interact with any technology she can and manipulate it thusly.

In her Childhood, Angel learned she was a Siren at a young age and began to manipulate the tech around her. One day, she was kidnapped and was going to be sold. Handsome Jack, her father and Angel’s mother can to rescue her and by accident, Angel killed her mother after activating a turret out of fear. This lead to Jack keeping Angel in solitude in fear she’ll kill more people. This fear of course is irrational as when Angel got older she was able to control her emotions.

In Borderlands 2, Angel acts the same as her role in Borderlands 1. However, this time she helps the Vault Hunters much more and even turns against her father in the end. Nearing the end of the game she has the characters assist her from being removed from her Eridium supply, killing her. Her death leads to Patricia Tannis getting her powers, when this decision was made or why is never explained.

Nyriad

Nyriad is an Ancient Siren, presumably human. She lived along the Eridians and seemed to know a lot about Sirens in general, meaning that this knowledge was probably more well known and supposedly lost to time. It is also said she is one of the last to learn the Eridian Language directly from the Eridians.

Nyriad used her powers to seal the Fake Vault that holds The Destroyer and fed The Destroyer all of the Eridian souls so that it made be satiated, even for a while. After this, she traveled to Nekrotafeyo and sealed herself and her ability to pass on her powers. However, when Typhon DeLeon and his wife opened the Vault, it caused his wife to transfer Nyriads Phaseleech ability to Tyreen and Troy.

Nyriad also left behind many recordings across the Borderlands using the Eridian Language, revealing that the Sirens used to form a “Sisterhood” where they would all come and join together even if one died, the next Siren is said to have always found her way to the Sisterhood.

Troy and Tyreen Calypso

Troy and Tyreen are a special kind of Siren. Tyreen is obviously the main Siren, however, Troy being a parasitical twin also gained Siren powers being possibly the first and only Male Siren. They are the Children of Typhon DeLeon and his wife and were born of Necrotafeya. Their powers initially are Phaseleech which allows them to leech the power and life from anyone they come in contact with and subsequently use their powers against. They inherited their powers from Nyriad.

During Borderlands 3, Tyreen and Troy are the leaders of the Children of the Vault cult, a vicious and murderous cult that obeys the Twin’s every will and command. Their desire is to open the Grand Vault and release The Destroyer and become literal Gods. During the story, they manage to steal Lilith and Maya’s Siren abilities and by the end, Tyreen absorbs Troy and soon Tyreen fuses with The Destroyer, but is ultimately killed.

Whether or not Phaseleech will be the ability of the next Siren character is unknown, but without many others left. It’s to be assumed.

Patricia Tannis

Tannis is a long-running character in the franchise. She’s an Autistic researcher and now Siren. Her ability is Phaseshift and inherits it from Angel. Nothing about Tannis being a Siren or before her status as a Siren is important. However, she is very intelligent and does take action when necessary. It seems by the end of Borderlands 3 she has become an incredibly important character as she is essentially the new Lilith.

Before Borderlands 3, she was alone at a research site which lead her to become delusional and psychotic.

During Borderlands 3, she unleashes her Siren powers after being contained and is able to save the Vault Hunter.

Ava

Ava is the pupil of Maya who has chosen for Ava to be her heir of the Phaselock ability. Ava became a pupil after Ava’s family died, Ava became a Ship Stowaway and soon lived in extreme poverty.

In Borderlands 3, Ava is a very immature characters, regularly acting out and speaking about how unfair she’s treated due to her age. This is ultimately what would get Maya killed in the events of Borderlands 3. Ava plays a very unimportant role in the game until the events of the second to final Vault where she awakens to her Siren abilities and is able to assist the team.

After this, it seems as if Ava will become a very important character to the Series.

End

Borderlands 3 in particular drew a very important note to Sirens, suggesting their upcoming importance in the near future. Not to mention the way in the Guardian’s Warning in the Pre-Sequel. Something is coming up for the series and it seems Sirens will play a very important role. What that is isn’t even hinted at but I theorize it’ll be something that involves the Vaults, Destroyer and Eridians. This of course is not surprising but to say there’s barely information to guess would be an understatement.

This post I will admit was just lore spattering and not really theorizing. I will update this post with more thoughts and more information as it is pretty generic “spout of what we already know”. But, I hope you enjoy anyways. I will try to make more Borderlands lore posts in the foreseeable future. Especially character analysis as this series has tons of good characters.

#Borderlands #Borderlands Lore #Borderlands 1 #Borderlands 2 #Borderlands 3 #Borderlands The Pre sequel #Borderlands Analysis #Siren Borderlands

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aliensmoothie · 4 years

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borderlands?

Favorite character

DONT DO THIS TO ME ................. DONT. LIKE. EVERY CHARACTER THAT APPEARED IN TFTB ? PRETTY MUCH ? PLUS TINY TINA. AND ELLIE. AND TIMOTHY LAWRENCE. AND CLAPTRAP. A

Second favorite character

calypso twins tbh. couldve been cool bad guys but ♡ they werent written right

Least favorite character

ok this technically many characters but the ps*chos bc. yknow. the name.

The character I’m most like

thats a secret ill never tell xoxo gossip girl ♡ (its rhys bc i kin him)

Favorite pairing

OGOHOGOHOOGOH ...... ZERHYS. AND GAYPERION. AND MAYA x KRIEG . AND JANEY x ATHENA. AND MORDECAI x BRICK. AND WAINWRIGHT x HAMMERLOCK. A

Least favorite pairing

rhyiona. fiona is a lesbian ♡

Favorite moment

AGAIN YOU CANT DO THIS SHIT TO ME. CAN i JUST SAY THE ENTIRETY OF TFTB ? BUT ALSO ALL OF BL2.

Rating out of 10

1000000/10 bc despite its flaws im going to pretend bl3 doesnt exist, because i think about this series All The Time literally.

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swanmask · 4 years

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You Know My Kins. You've Seen My Twisted Mind.

Send me your kins and I’ll rate them on this scale.

Gonna give you a solid 2, because I love many if not all of your kins. However, docking a point because you kin Krieg and, despite what Borderlands canon wants us to believe, I refuse to enter a lavender marriage with you. I’m sorry but the tax benefits aren’t worth it.

#squeaks #ask meme #lesbian maya kinnie handshake gay krieg kinnie #solaireamiibo

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videogameskin · 7 years

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krieg aesthetic

requested by anonymous

#borderlands #borderlands kin #borderlands 2 kin #krieg kin #kin aesthetic #aesthetic #moodboard #blood #ask to tag #eye contact

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babylonbirdmeat · 4 years

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Nisha and Krieg are my big Borderlands kins and I want someone to psychoanalyze that blend

#I think the obvious takeaway is that I Am Traumatized :(#Rutena Speaks

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fictionkinfessionsarchived · 5 years

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Hehe... I kinned Krieg from Borderlands, which is kinda odd and unexpected I imagine, but I just wanna hop in here to say I lov u Maya 🥺

#fictionkinfessions #fictionkin #kriegkin #borderlandskin #Anonymous #mod party cat!

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braincellprison · 4 years

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OKAY KIN LIST

Borderlands-

Troy #broken livestreamer

Jack #bastardman

Jack 2.0 - the holo man also tagged as #bastardman

Timothy (DESERVES THE WORLD) #the boyyyy

Zane #whiskey and binders

Krieg #hot bod

Zer0 #y’kno like nya

Angel #claptrap has a bestie

Athena #gay paladin

August #a month

Mordecai #caw caw

RvB-

Carolina #the cone can’t save you now

Donut #tits out for bananabread

Washington #uh oh spage—

Ace Attorney-

Apollo #gay chicken

Kirby -

Meta Knight

Dark MK

Bandana Dee

Susie

Persona -

Adachi #problematic cabbage man

Ryuji #angry brows

Mitsuru #queen

Coraline -

Coraline #cats and buttons

Apex Legends -

Octane #zoomzoom

Fablehaven -

Warren #will die someday

Invader Zim -

Spec (IA oc) #old archivist

D&D -

Marik

Anastasia

#the kin list #kin

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sparatus · 7 years

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I apologize in advance for the awkwardness of this ask, and if you prefer not to answer, or only answer privately, that's perfectly ok. I've been circling around the idea of establishing fiction kin, or kin in general, for a while now. But I'm not sure I have it quite... right? I suspect I may have been doing it on some level for a long time now without knowing there was an actual term for it. Could you talk about what establishing and living with kin feels like?

ok well!! first off sorry again for taking so long, i was in the middle of lecture for circuits and then i had lab for a couple hours (the computers kept screwing up too.... like smh state-of-the-art tech and it freezes every five minutes...... how much did y’all hike my tuition for this again.......), and i hate answering with mobile, so i had to wait to get back to my laptop.

anyway.

being kin is sort of. i don’t know. a feeling, i guess. sometimes you know instantly (see: vetra was my first-ever instance of “kinned at first sight”), sometimes it takes a little bit (i took a few days to kin benedict from battleborn), and sometimes it can take forever before you’re sure (literal months to kin krieg from borderlands).

for me, kin is an identity thing, and a deeply personal one at that, but it can vary on the level of intensity. if you look at my kin page on my personal [here], you’ll notice it’s divided into ids, primaries, secondaries, etc. the divisions relate to how strongly i id with them- and thus ties directly into why i can get so upset about pairings and fanon portrayal. in some cases, particularly the ids (saren, sparatus, and starscream), that’s literally me. even if the creator of a work has no idea i exist, writing those characters in ways different to how i perceive them feels like a personal attack. (incidentally, this is why des warned people to unfollow if they ship saren/shepard a while back, and why we argued with an anon whose identity i’m fairly certain of by now who tried to defend it.) some it more makes me just uncomfortable, like if i don’t think a ship would work because there is no reason i just know but at the same time i can accept that the interpretation i identify with isn’t necessarily how other people view the character. (this is something i operate on for all my kintypes, but the ids and primaries i deal with it by hardblocking the person rather than just blacklisting the pairing, lol).

being kin has helped me explore things about myself i tend not to look at, mostly my personal hang-ups and traumas. starscream in particular has been useful, as most of his character is actual canon, not headcanon. by examining traits and things in my kintypes, i can thus examine myself. then, in turn, by listing kintypes it helps provide a quick summary of who i am. for example, a large portion of my kintypes are grouchy but well-meaning; some are traumatized, most of these with coping methods ranging from “probably unhealthy” to “please see a doctor like yesterday”; and all are coded mentally ill in one way or another, if not canon mentally ill (such as krieg and blitzwing). two are blatant, unrepentant narcissists (starscream and benedict are both heavily coded npd!!), so that’s also in there.

essentially, the main thing i take out of kin is looking at a character and going, “that’s me.” sometimes it’s a very strong feeling, like with sparatus, and sometimes it’s a very weak one, like kirrahe. it makes me happy when good things happen to that character, or when people praise them or talk about how much they love them, because it feels like praise of me in a roundabout way. and on the flip side, i get upset when bad things happen to them, or when people talk shit about them (the #councilor sparatus tag is a terrible place full of people talking about how much they love killing me and making fun of a stupid quote that wasn’t funny and makes sense in context, that’s awesome :)))) how come y’all will write essays crying about tagged hate for kaidan or garrus or shepard or whoever and then turn around and put 10 posts in MY tag about how much you hate me, fuck you), because, again, it feels personal.

i don’t know if this makes much sense or if it’s any help,,,,, feel free to ask more questions if you’re still unsure

#kin tag #fshfl idk if this is actually helpful im sorry #Anonymous

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musedimension · 7 years

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Muse List - For Mobile Users

So, I seem to run into this problem with a lot of mobile users who are unable to see pages. None of them can view pages, so none of them can view my muse list. As a result, I have decided to just throw my entire list into a gigantic post. This shall continue to be edited as time passes, much like my actual muse list, but this is more designed for mobile users.

Please note that none of the muse pages are linked here for a few reasons: One, if you need this page, it’s because you’re a mobile user. As a result, you can’t view the pages anyway. Two, if I change my account name later down the line, I don’t need to remake all of the links. On the muse list page on my actual blog, every link literally is just “/character”, which means the page URL changes to whatever my blog URL is, followed by “/character”. If you didn’t know about this trick, feel free to use it, it’ll be a life saver if you ever change your blog’s URL down the line.

Characters under the cut. If you have questions about an OC, feel free to IM me.

Pokemon Muse Note:

The way I portray Pokemon, they can use any move in their move pool under their level. Meaning a Level 100 Pokemon can use any moves in their pool, while Level 40 Pokemon can use moves under Level 40 in their pool. That said, they do have “favorite” moves, which is why in the games they have four moves.

!!Muses on Hiatus!!

These muses are characters that I do not currently have the drive to roleplay. Whether it’s from overuse, or I just got bored, for one reason or another I do not want to be these characters at the moment. This is temporary, but I cannot say how temporary.

None

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- Borderlands

Krieg The Psycho

- Castlevania

Trevor C. Belmont

- Evil Dead / Army of Darkness

Ash Williams

- F-Zero

Captain Falcon

- Final Fantasy

Cloud Strife (FFVII) Gladiolus (FFXV) Reno (FFVII) Rufus Shinra (FFVII)

- Fire Emblem

Roy (badassesofsmash)

-Hellsing Ultimate (Abridged)

Alucard (Abridged)

- InFAMOUS

Cole MacGrath (Hero Rank)

Cole MacGrath (Infamous Rank)

Both versions of Cole, good and evil, are currently exclusive to InFAMOUS 1’s storyline. I haven’t read the comics, nor have I play InFAMOUS 2 just yet.

- Kid Icarus

Dark Pit (badassesofsmash)

- Kingdom Hearts

Roxas (Data) Roxas (Organization)

- Legend of Zelda

Fierce Deity / Oni Link (Breath of the Wild)

- Madness Combat

Hank J. Wimbleton

- Mega Man

DLN-000 - Proto Man DWN-010 - Air Man DWN-012 - Quick Man

- Metal Gear

Solid Snake (Post-MGS1, gone into retirement)

- Metroid

Ridley (Normal Ridley / Human Ridley) Sylux

- Mother (Earthbound) Note: Is in the M section because it’s Japanese name is Mother

Duster

- Pokemon

Champion Wally (mintchampionship)

Wally’s Pokemon (Coming Soon)

Daniel Matthews (agruntoftheearth)

Daniel’s Pokemon (Coming Soon)

Isaac (Lucario OC) (ghostfightingfury) Wes

Wes’ Pokemon (Coming Soon)

- Red vs. Blue

Samuel Ortez / Locus

- Scott Pilgrim Comics

Scott Pilgrim

- Sonic

Bio (AU Biolizard) Kin (AU Silver) Miles “Tails” Prower (Teen Tails)

- Splatoon

Kael Tanto (Male Octoling OC)

- Super Mario Bros.

Bowser (Normal Bowser / Human Bowser) (badassesofsmash) Luigi (The Four Players)

- Team Fortress 2

Xander Richards (BLU Scout OC)

- Trigun

Vash the Stampede

- Undertale

Sans

- Unreal Tournament

Xan Kriegor

- Warcraft

Thrall (Warcraft 3)

- OCs

Ulrich (Demon Breeder, Mainly NSFW)

#ooc update #For Mobile Users #muse list

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