#dax warframe

[adylote]

WHY WAS HE SO SUDDENLY CLOSE TO HER? OMG 😩

the second picture feels like she was ashamed??? Aaaah, sudden bug-fanservice is just too much for me ah

I don't care if Varzia sounded as she's into Maroon haha.

[ritens]

Mona Teshin Big Naturals

[masters-of-void]

replaying the duviri paradox tho reminded me of some important things, namely that drifter finds the first parts of the doll within the paradox on the zariman. they then proceed to only acquire the pieces from rage, envy, and joy before getting the doll's head from thrax... so i take it that means drifter did find the ones from sorrow and fear sometime before in previous loops, probably being helped by teshin, that they don't remember anymore. and that's really tragic to think about... that at some point they were on the path to getting out, maybe even very early into the spiral, but they either gave up or made a fatal mistake, and teshin had to watch them lose sight of the mission

[grate-prime]

Teshin Big Naturals

[cardinalgoldenbrow]

Not pictured: old man Teshin Dax pacing in the background, head in hand muttering, "Just how many versions of this same bratty teenager am I going to have to mentor?!"

[fandom-geek]

so velimir knew that scaldra were a bunch of religious fanatics but (in his own words) encouraged rusalka to join it because he thought that viktor might end up being her partner the same way he was minerva's?

...velimir buddy, i am seriously questioning your judgement right now. rusalka's too, but i've been doing that from the start given the whole fascist zealot leader thing. i really cannot blame minerva for feeling utterly betrayed at all of this shite.

(also minerva has a line later on about neci joining scaldra to be a hero and lol. lmao even. viktor's rhetoric did not come out of nowhere and i am side eyeing this family so hard right now. definitely "morally dubious spies" at best, huh.)

that's before we even get into how the whole "golden feet" and peasants sounds suspiciously orokin-like, when the drifter can canonically say that they were basically a peasant to quincy. all the more so when the ORO that amir worked for somehow sent scaldra after him, and that an morally dubious (political?) organisation that has a separate military wing which is very devoted to sol and lua doesn't sound at all like the dax. definitely not like the dax who are the only people to talk about dualism millennia after the orokin ended its worship.

and it's not like the comic has entrati telling scaldra that "hollvania shall chart the course of human history for ten thousand years" or scaldra speaking in orokin script. haha. that definitely doesn't have me worried at all. nope, no siree.

(to be clear, i don't think the oro/scaldra are the actual early orokin since we're like 17 radiation wars too early for that and the drifter says the orokin erased all pre-orokin history, but being the proto-orokin that mirror the proto-frames which entrati is coincidentally using to try and destroy the two things he hates the most? ...not impossible, all i'm saying. think like how modern fascists are really into ancient rome and ancient greece, that sort of thing.)

[ser-i-vant]

assorted bits and bobs and amusing fellas from a fanfic i quite like, staying the spirals, authored by @cardinalgoldenbrow (very fun. big recommend !!! stuck in my grey matter like a downy feather from a pillow)

[graylinesspam]

Operator/Drifter headcannon bc I saw someone else do it and now I have to.

Lets start with the name thing.

Operator doesn't even remember their name. Everything before the Zaramin is a fuckin blur. Memeories even of their family are basically non-existant and the ones they do have they dont want to dwell on. They see no real reason to have a name outside of a way to be refered to and are pretty content with whatever nicknames they're given.

Tenno feels more like a professional title. Like they're one of the tenno. Lotus' little helper come to do a job. While Operator is more personal to them seeing as how Ordis gave it to them and they consider Ordis to be a friend.

Operator also doesn't really have a great concept of self in any way. They've been deeply dehumanized for so long that they dont really view themselves as a person. Or perhaps they dont really view anyone as a person. Ordis is as much a person to them as Kahl is. Or Little Duck. Or anyone on the Zaramin. In a way they view almost everyone as equals. Though they dont view almost anyone in high opinion either. The major catagories in their mind is Ally (which implies affection and also responsibility) or Enemy. Or the secret third catagory which is Leader. Lotus and Teshin dominate this catagory though ordis and Umbra are starting to bleed into it as well. As allies whose judgemnt they trust enough to take an order from them.

Another side effect of their dehumanized disposition is that they have little to no concept of identity. Gender is meaningless to them as they're too young to display sex characteristics. They're pretty androgynous. Thier "style" is based on utility and ease. They have no concept of attration. They also have very few opinions on matters that dont concern their work. Its only with the encouragement of the different faction in the system offering them clothes and decore as well as Ordis making space for them to decorate and the various wildlife tag traders offering them floofs that has led to any want to customize their space.

It started with the floofs. Each one was a trophy. And Operator enjoys collecting trophys. So they aquire far too many. A truly absurd amount. And because of their tidy and formal disposition are forced to find a way to neatly arrange them. One case in the orbiter becomes dedicated to floofs from daimos. Another to floofs from earth. The couch starts collecting the really rare floofs. The vaska Kavats, being infected become a priority to hunt and capture and the case containing thier floofs quickly overflows onto the floor in front of it until Operator simply stops trading the tags in. There are various canine floofs nestled around the meditation window and pobber floofs aranged on the table. Velocipod floofs hung on the wall and arranged by color.

The orokin fish go in the fishtank display.

And eventually they decide that yeah, this room could use a paintjob. And that leads to the ship and the equipment and even their frames getting special skins and paintjobs. If you asked the opperator what their favorite color is they probably wouldnt know how to respond. But there is deffinitly a theme going on with their frames. They might have had one a long time ago if the way their features have been customized are anything to go by. Vivid unnatural hair and eyes. But that was so long ago, before the war. They hardly remember.

Operator also doesnt speak much. They can just fine. They dont have difficulty with it. They just dont unless it seems necessary.

As a side effect of centuries of over useing transference pods, as well as lingering damage from void touch and orokin abuse, Operator suffers from muscle and joint problems, Migranes, and fatigue. This doesn't lead them to use transference less but actually to rely on it more. Warframes are of the easiest ways for them to navigate the system. Both physically and because many wont treat them the same if they look like a child. Stasis means their bodies need less maintenance than it would if they were walking around all the time. But it also means they get less maintenance. Which is a form of neglect.

Operator does have a lot of investment in the communities they have allied with. Cetus and Fortuna are very important to them. They feels both responsable for and beholden to those allies and will funnel an inordinate amount of resources into those communities with the goal of illimnating suffering. Kahl's camp, the Necralisk, and the chrysalis less so. If only because they have a lot less need of Operator's help. They're pretty self sustaining.

Though opperator may glean a lot of joy out of their accomplishments, and the defeat of their enemies they arent cruel. Cold sure. But not cruel. Kahl and his very existance proves to operator that there is no truly evil faction. Only enemies. Once any group decides to no longer be an enemy Operator affords them she same neutral respect they offer any sentient. With the exception of the infested which are obviously not really sentient. And are illiminated with efficiency. Operator does not mour their enemies but neither do they bathe in blood.

Operator has a special connection with Umbra. There are many other frames that they enjoy piloting but most other frames have a far lower level of sentience left. They register more as a machine whose identity must be respected in the same way that you respect a lake on earth by not polluting it. Or respect a flower waving in the wind by stepping around it. Its an acknowledgement, an acceptance, care in a lack of cruelty. But not effection. Some though have more personality, maybe a couple memories. Enough personality left to influence Operator's mind and behavior when they pilot them. Not like Umbra. Hes still a man in many ways. Or at least every ounce of anger that one made up a man, cut out and turned to metal. They understand each other on a far deeper level. Umbra and Operator exist separately but move together. Either able to take control. The other only needing to be asked to relinquish it.

Both are quiet. Both broiling with anger and betrayal that may never fully fade. But both looking foreward to a more peaceful existance. Enjoying making their own decisions and choosing which causes to occupy themselves with. The loyalty that they feel to Umbra surpases any other relationship. And they mark themselves with it. Jewelry, bandana, maching colors and outfits. Even the papermache mask that they frequently wear.

Though very adult in their demeanor there is something undeniably childlike about them. From their massive floof collection to the mask or the ventkid comics or the way they curl up in the corners of the ship, under a blanket, tucked into their fluffy companion. When no ones watching, Operator is very childish.

Now Drifter. Drifter is different. They also dont have a name. Not because they cant remember but because they've chosen to leave it behind with their parents. A memory too painful to let anyone else speak it again. Drifter remembers who they were before but they consider that person to be dead. Drifter is generaly more outgoing and much better socialized than Operator. With thoughts and feelings and opinions that they arent afraid to share.

They do have a vegue idea of gender. If only because their body has developed to look more one way than the other. Though they generally dont concern themselves with the concept unless their buying clothing. They present Masculinly with the exception of pretty flower tattoos and soft pretty accesories. Lots of plants and gold and stone in their style.

They're dressed more casually than Operator as well. Less battle armor and more actual fabric. Real leather boots. Fun jewelry. Belts and chains. Funky hair styles. Drifter knows what their top five favorite colors are and what colors they associate with every frame. Drifter collects all the music. Loads up the somacords.

Drifter also took over most of the big decoration jobs. Operator collects things. Posters, floofs, art, toys, noggles. But drifter puts them up around the dormozone. Drifter picked out the furniture and saved up for the bird from duviri. Operator makes sure they the noggles are all equally spaced, and that their master sigils are displayed. But Drifter hangs the posters and sets up the holograms and programs the warframe ladout displays.

Drifter chooses the view out the window and grinds for ayatan sculptures. And bought ordis a body.

Drifter is far more concerned with the void factions than Operator. Concerned with taking care of those still on the Zaramin. Or the sanctum anatomica. Or the Hex. Drifter is also far more concerned with Entrati. Not that operator doesnt care but theyre still wrapped up with lotus and the end of the last war, and rebuilding from it. In many ways Operator is a vet after the war is over and the Drifter is already getting deployed again.

Drifter is also more personable. They have friends. They have rivals. They have a partner. Unlike Operator who views the Drifter as a different person entirely, Drifter sees operator as themself. Their memories are so scrambled like puzzle peices shaken in a paper bag, but theyve seen enough from Operator's mind to just shrug and accept that as their past as well. They share a lot. Not just memories and an apartment. Also frames and friends and a purpose.

Drifter sees them as real as their own past, just occuring congruently.

Drifter likes Umbra, a lot actually, but recognizes the connection he has with Operator and accepts it. No jealousy. After all Operator is them. And they just need him more. Drifter also likes taking the rest of the frames put for a jaunt. Isn't too picky about which ones. Though both of their opinions seem to mostly align on that front.

They have a generaly similar proficiency with weapons though Operator's tends to be nearly identicle to their chosen frames signiture weapons while drifter is all about flashy, high damage, and cool effects. While Operator sticks with efficiency and status effects.

Drifter loves prime weapons and incsrnons.

Drifter is also quite partial to Sun and Moon, though maybe not as much as Operator weirdly. Operator upon discovering Teshin gifted them Dax swords almost fainted with envy. Drifter helped them craft a set as soon as they could. Qnd though Operator can't weild them beacuse of their size. Umbra almost never puts them down.

Drifter encourages Umbra, Operator, and Teshin's general retirement behaviors. Bringing back seeds for their garden. Books for them to read. And tea to drink. Operator often reads to the other two. Drifter encourages Operator to take more and more time away from missions and teshin helps guilt them into staying out of stasis longer. Eating and drinking. And doing simple excersizes.

Operator's favorite allies are Konzu and Hai-luk, while Drifter's are ticker and Bird 3. Hex not withstanding.

Neither really like doing missions on the Zaramin but Drifter does them to study the void and try to learn more about it. Drifter also feels extreme guilt about having Jade as a frame, though justifies it as part of their void/infested research and tries not to think about how pissed stalker would be if he knew.

This is already thought vommit so im gonna have to call it. But i had way more thoughts on this than i thought. Damn.

[fenartthings]

was thinking about some duviri stuff ...!! i like to think my drifter wouldve wanted to be a dax before the Everything ^_^ i also drew a ref sheet utc because im a bit shy ...!!!

[leolithe]

hii can i hear ur thoughts on the lotus system's opinions on teshin i wanted to consult a professional lotus opinion haver

[I rise from my seat in the courtroom and adjust my tie. I open up a briefcase. The witnesses behind me catch a glimpse of my dutifully prepared collage of polaroids and posters, each depicting varying images of the Lotus and her alters.]

Your honor.

It is in my understanding that Teshin Dax was introduced as a narrative foil to the Lotus. As she remained secretive about her intentions and overbearing in her protectiveness, he offered a path of clarity and independence to the Tenno as illustrated in the quests, "Natah" and "The War Within".

However, the clarity he offered was, in my belief, underscored by his personal feelings of spite, regret and an unwillingness to accept the intent of Lotus' actions: the desire to protect the Tenno.

After the quest, The Duviri Paradox, Teshin says the following lines during the Envy and Sorrow Spirals of a new "Duviri Experience" run:

"Trained by a Sentient over a Dax. Is it any wonder things fell out as they did? I could have done so much more." "There is too much I should have set right. The chance... will never come again."

Teshin not only views himself as a greater mentor to the Tenno than the Lotus... he also behaves like the Lotus is responsible for the events leading to The New War and the Tenno's defeat at the hands of Ballas. As a unique note, Teshin also holds contempt for machinery such as the Corpus Jackals and those who do not fight for honour/those who do not fight for themselves.

I seek to bring forth the notion that Teshin Dax does not think highly of the Lotus. She is a Sentient Mimic taking the form of Margulis, a woman whose ideals conflict with his.

"Unlike your Lotus, I will not keep [this console's] secrets from you." "Margulis lied to you, a lie of omission. She did not cure the Zariman children - she erased them." "The Lotus seduced the Tenno. Led them on a complacent path like oxen."

Thus, in the scenario of a continued existence of Teshin Dax and the Lotus within the same geographical area, I have reason to believe the Lotus system has less than favourable opinions on the Dax soldier.

Natah's view on Teshin, I surmise, errs on the side of contemptuous neutrality. The Tenno warriors must have been trained by capable Orokin to function as ruthlessly as they did during the Old War. To discover that the Tenno were children would only further her contempt towards the Orokin-serving Dax.

Additionally, her father ridiculed Erra during the New War by calling him "a Dax in every way but name". Natah's family does not view Teshin and his clade highly, although I do acknowledge that there is room for a shift in opinions after The New War. Knowing that Natah was forced to serve her respective rulers just like the Dax, the Tenno, and even Erra, it may give her enough insight to demonstrate sympathy and compassion towards them.

We are familiar with Margulis' wishes for the Tenno. She stood tall during her execution because she opposed the Orokin for turning her adoptive children into soldiers. To claim that there had to have been tension between Margulis and Teshin is reasonable given that one was willing to die in her opposition to the very notion of child soldiers, and the other was keen on honing these same traumatized children into honoured warriors.

Under the assumption that Margulis and Teshin were alive during the same period of time, they would both be privy to each others' actions as Archimedean and Dax respectively. Unfortunately, Margulis never speaks of Teshin, limiting our extrapolation of her possible opinions and emotions. In fact, it leads me to believe that Teshin's resentment of her is either one-sided or silently reciprocated by her assumptions of the Dax alone.

The opposing views that Archimedean Margulis, the Lotus, and Teshin Dax have about their ways of raising the Tenno is a fascinating point of debate. To protect the Tenno from conflict, Margulis and Lotus choose an avoidant method — Margulis by imposing amnesia on the Tenno, numbing their mind to the trauma that made their Void powers volatile, and the Lotus by sending the Tenno to cryosleep after the Old War, keeping them hidden from the chaos of Grineer and Corpus power struggles. Teshin chooses a more active method — teaching the Tenno to fend for themselves and stand strong amidst the face of danger by honing their skills and building their fortitude in battle.

As for the Lotus, her interactions with Teshin are tinged with distress and distractability in the quest, "Natah". As Teshin pried at her past, she struggled to maintain her composure while she was trying to mentally fend off Hunhow, a presence that literally and psychologically threatened her, while also guiding the Tenno to quell the danger that the Sentient posed to them.

The Lotus learns the hard way that the avoidant method (of protecting her children by sealing them in cryosleep) alone is not sustainable. The point of conflict between the Lotus and the Tenno revolves around the Tenno's trust for her from their awakening to the end of the New War, and Teshin's method is an excellent foil to the Lotus' character, giving both her and the Tenno different perspectives on their current way of life.

Eventually, the Lotus demonstrates neutrality towards, or rather, a reluctant willingness to listen to Teshin at the end of The War Within.

"Teshin thinks he knows better. Maybe he does."

At this point, I believe that the Lotus is likely to approach Teshin with trepidation. Her memory of him is marred with unpleasant events. Despite this, she recognizes that Teshin has helped the Tenno, and she is capable of finding the patience to hear what he has to say in regards to the children they both desire to protect.

To conclude the topic at hand: The Lotus system may have negative views on the Orokin Dax named Teshin, but they are willing to put aside their grudge for the good of the Tenno. While Teshin may desire similar fates for the Tenno as she does... I believe that the Lotus has proven her neutrality towards the other party, while Teshin has yet to do the same. In the event of a meeting between these two, or rather, four, minds, I foresee a strained and/or sullen discussion about the Tenno and the numerous events leading to present day.

And with that, I thank you for listening. I rest my case.

[angelbroad]

"A child no longer."

After The War Within, Anastase could not only remember what her name was, but what had happened back in the Zariman.

[fairyberries]

Autumn's Scaldra fit now that I took time to design it

[pyra-raptor]

What does a dax do if it rains? Do the helmets have drainage holes? Does Teshin eat Nachos and dips out of his helmet?

[aqg-arts]

Here are some Teshin/Dax memes on google (I'm basic, what can I say?). Idk who the ops were, so if you do, please let me know so that I can give them credit for their amazing work :)

That said, enjoy :D

[ritasanderson]

[noirrelite]

*inhales* okay this is the last non-queued post before I take a break I pinky promise but this was pretty fun to work on I already had the idea of putting military gear on my mesa OC before warframe 1999 but the trailer and people 1999-fying their frames finally made me get off my butt and do it :D I wasn't even planning to draw a human face since I'm not too big into humanframes in general, but I remembered making a quick portrait (which I never posted) for a challenge where you drew your drifter in your favorite warframe's clothes/armor, slapped it on, and it turned out nicer than I thought xD