#I guess I can see some sort of one sided strong loyalty on Athena's end towards Juniper . I just don't see it being reciprocated really

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I saw your tierlist! love the blackbright (Blackquill x Fulbright) appreciation!! your tierlist is actually pretty swag, but I do have like one question and that is how come you don't get junithena (Juniper x Athena?) just curious!

(also I feel like you probably know these ship names so it's weird for me to add the explanations but I'm doing it anyway just in case)

(I had typed out a whole response right. and Tumblr. and Tumblr Ate It. In front of my Eyes. It even Said so. so you are Spared with this being a bit more Brief since I have to retype Everything . as it did not have the Kindness to save it as a Draft 👹)

(Also I do know These Ones at least but I do Appreciate it . I think ship names are a Little Goofy sounding though so I tend not to use them but I will take this into account in Tagging things 👍)

But Glad to hear my takes are Swag 😎 of course I gotta appreciate the Silly Guys (as I like refer to them . like it's my own Ship Name for these guys) I Mourn the Hilarious dynamic and Interesting things they Could've had if Dual Destinies didn't Hate Me In Particular. Curse You Dual Destinies. Guess I have to do it Myself 🙄 (Lighthearted Statement)

Anyways I realize that I put it Juniper x Athena in the wrong tier (Classic me mixing things up and only realizing it in Retrospect moment) I do Understand why people would ship them - on a surface level, y'know they're childhood friends, have Nicknames and all that Jazz. Not for me though. (So it would have been the Yellow Tier) But to Elaborate:

It's a disconnect I have with Juniper as a character -- it soured her dynamic with Athena for me. There's something about Juniper's portrayal, in conjunction with some of her actions that just rubbed me the wrong way. The vibes were off, shall we say. (I wrote a bit as to why but Uh….. It got sent to the Ether. Thanks Tumblr. I might go into it Another Day)

I guess I'll just say Turnabout Academy didn't really convince me that the characters were good friends -- even though that was The Point? I dunno (my Ability to word my points has Gone down the Drain 💀)

Point Being: Certain aspects of Juniper's whole deal impacted how I saw their dynamic Which didn't exactly lend itself to Romance in my eyes (Outside the fact Juniper is Canonically waxing Poetically about how Apollo makes her feel like she's Photosynthesizing Lmao) and I'm just not a Huge Juniper Fan as she exists in canon. Love her Design though 👍

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I like the implication that, in what is basically Gearbox's own Bl3 AU, Tyreen respects Amara more than she respects her own twin brother. Like. For some reason Tyreen suddenly values the loyalty of a single cultist (those things she eats and views as disposable) more than gaining another set of Siren powers and ascending further to Godhood. It's really funny to me

She absorbs her brother and steals Lilith's powers and attempts to absorb the Destroyer in order to become a God, but no she draws the line at Amara because Amara had [checks notes] "loyalty and usefulness on the battlefield". Sorry, didn't realize those were things Tyreen values given she bleeds a shitton of her loyal battle forces dry like she's sucking down smoothies, but yeah OK.

Like. I KNOW. That this is just for the new body customizations. I GET IT. I know they needed to write up SOMETHING. but God damn it this made me laugh so hard like. They did the main story again. They did it fuckin AGAIN and they did it WORSE.

Because yeah in the actual game Amara is on our team and we can just kinda half hand-wave away the twins not going for her powers as a sort of "oh they never saw an opportunity they didn't wanna risk their plans" (totally ignoring Jakobs Manor with Troy because if you play as Amara, uh, Troy's got some self esteem issues picking monologuing over obtaining more siren powers given we know he can absorb the people in his phaselock cuz he does it to Tyreen) but now AMARA IS LITERALLY IN THE CULT, ON THEIR TEAM. If her loyalty is that goddamn notable that she becomes a holy avatar of Tyreen maybe just be like "hey, wanna do something cool for ur God Queen? Lemme have your powers to get to the Great Vault and you'll stand next to me when I open it". Boom loyal cultist has been SUCKERED into giving up her powers FOR FREE. And if Amara would've been like "oh hell no" and left after Tyreen asked for her powers why is Amara okay with Tyreen and Troy stealing OTHER Sirens powers. Not to mention that Tyreen would not even need to ask for the powers, just sneak up behind Amara n take them, it's not like she'd be on guard 24/7 because she joined the CoV OF HER OWN VOLITION.

But nah we just uh let her keep her powers because um. She's loyal and strong. Like all of our other cultists. Yeahhhh. LMAO. Ah God. It's so bad. The others aren't great either (Zane swaps from trying to hide in the CoV to being a bandit leader solely because his relatives were bandit leaders like can I get a yikes from all my siblings with shitty relatives), but Amara's really got to me as I was thinking it through.

The other 3 don't need 'divine intervention' from the twins when they join the cult so they can slip under their radar, but Amara definitely fucking does as a God damn SIREN and that's where it went wrong. Like, again, I know it's just so we can have these new cosmetics and shouldn't be taken that seriously but ahhhhh it's so laughable fhhagshdkdhhfk like yeah you'll be our... Uh... holy... avatar..? Yeah sure that. You'll survive if you stay with us, Siren [wink wink]

They could've just said something like 'the twins are letting Amara keep her powers for now to lull her into a false sense of security until they need/yoink them later' or some shit and idve been like oh sick boom case closed this cosmetic is just from before they take them. But instead they say Tyreen allows Amara to keep her powers because she's loyal and good at fighting. Bitch you'd be good at fighting too if you took Amara's powers and added them to your own set.

In fact now I'm just disappointed we never heard of Tyreen or Troy when they had their powers going down with the masses of cultists to fight. No vlog footage of them livestreaming combat from their perspective like Maya does in a video call from Athenas.

It kinda makes them seem like they can't do anything by themselves (all we see them do is sneakily steal vault monsters after we do all the hard work, kill Maya completely by accident and intimidate a 12 year old, surprise attack us but only to monologue and get shot by an old man they can't even catch, then sneakily yoink Tannis. I guess they also steal Lilith's powers at the start of the game but that's... Well it's Lilith, the queen of shitty decisions who 100% could have teleported with the Vault Map instead of fighting, and the twins still had the element of surprise on their side to get the upper hand) which really undermines the whole thing they're trying to build up with Sirens being stupid powerful and them being the Main Villains of a shooter video game.

At least with Jack we were told up front that he was a coward and wouldn't fight fair or directly if he could help it by angel herself. The start of the game he tries to blow us up on a train with a cocky sign, not fight us head on. Meanwhile the twins are all like "nooo we're unkillable gods" and everyone we meet is like "noooo they're terrifying cult leaders" and they go after Lilith to take her powers by surprising her with Troy being a Siren (?) and then we don't ever see them actually, really FIGHTING again until their final boss fights where we kill them. Making it come across like they probably only ever got lucky in combat instead of using their skill sets.

They don't even have to be on the battlefield when the VHs are fighting, but imagine calling ahead to another planet and instead of seeing yet another bunch of nameless cultists killing people, you saw Tyreen and Troy doing their own thing with their Siren abilities while the CoV took care of stragglers. Literally anything to make them feel intimidating instead of noise machines. Like damn. Imagine if they showed Troy doing his orb sword rock attacks in-game to kill a bunch of civilians with guns before we fought him. Or wait was him actually getting that power cut along with the explanation for the Vault of the Architects 😩

Idk I'd like to imagine instead of their shitty meme videos that play on repeat on eden-6 even though they're both dead god damn it turn the fucking videos OFF there are compilations of kills by Tyreen having both Phaseleech and Phasewalk on the battlefield. Troy with Phaselock executing people with his giant sword while cultists cheer him on while swarming other people. Let them have mlg pro sound effects and editing and shitty dubstep if you must BUT AT LEAST WE'D HAVE REASON TO BE LIKE "oh shit, we're about to fight these guys how will we survive against those attacks" instead of "oh, finally, I get to shut them the hell up". It'd be terrifying, but so cool to see and would really build up the boss fights at the end of the game in general. Especially Tyreen's, seeing all her sweet Abilities and combos, teleporting behind people and insta killing them anime style, maybe gaining new ones by combining Phaseleech and Phasewalk together into some twisted amalgamation of powers. Wow. That'd be great.

[remembers the disappointment of Tyreen the Destroyer and her not even absorbing thrown grenades to kill us with them as she previously showed she was 100% capable of that] sigh. [wipes it from his memories] like it's so sad Tyreen just spontaneously combusts at the end of Bl3, imagine the awesomeness of fighting a Siren with 2 sets of siren powers at once who then, out of desperation in the final phase of her fight, absorbs a space abomination and becomes one herself because she's not giving up her dream that easily. Wow.

I'm rambling now lol. This whole "Amara is definitely still a Siren but don't think about it" situation just makes me laugh and I wanted to talk about it because it's borderlands why else. Just imagining Amara showing up immediately after Tyreen takes Lilith's powers and Tyreen going like "yup not taking those powers she's chill I like her" and then turning around and absorbing her brother instead is just. Comedic gold.

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Mini Trinity + Friends: Hogwarts AU

Please note that this is an au hence, they are not superheroes. Mentions of them being superheroes are only to show personalities. They are all in the same year, unless stated otherwise

Damian is a Muggle-born Slytherin

Muggle-born: Both Bruce and Talia are humans. Enough said

Despite being a muggle, Damian is very proficient in magic and is considered to be the top student alongside one other student and never faltering

Slytherin: As stated many times, he is his father’s son, hence, is very like him in terms of personality too - resourceful, ambitious, determined, clever and a certain disregard for all rules which are all traits of a Slytherin.

He is one of the rare few to be in Slytherin despite being a muggle

The sorting hat had troubles deciding for him considering he has the heart of a Hufflepuff and the wit of a Ravenclaw too but the fact that Damian values resourcefulness and determination (or some say stubbornness) place him in Slytherin

Alumni siblings include Dick Grayson (Hufflepuff), Jason Todd (Gryffindor)

Tim Drake (Ravenclaw) and Cass Cain (Hufflepuff) are still in Hogwarts but have graduated by the time Damian is in the fourth year

Considered the Slytherin Prince, well because despite being a muggle, he acts all entitled and condescending with people outside his circle of trust

He is seen to be with Maya Ducard most of the time considering they are in the same house

His other friends include you, Jon, Maps and Kathy.

He never interacts with Tim and if they do, there is so much animosity that you start to wonder how are they even brothers??

He will just nod at Cass whenever he sees around and she only return that much so not much interaction between the two hence when people find out that they are actually siblings, people will be like what???

He is the one that brings you to the Yule ball and he asked you so publicly that everyone is so envious

He becomes the Quidditch captain later on and retaining his position as seeker

He has potential to become head boy but he refuses after already being captain

His most notable rivalry comes from the Slytherin students who look down on others and Jon. Jon especially. But, that isn’t a full form Rivalry but a friendly competition. Just not that friendly when playing Quidditch

Jon is a half-blood Gryffindor

Half-blood: Lois is a human while Clark is of Krypton descent hence he is like a wizard in this AU.

He is right behind Damian in academics but on par with him when it comes to arithmetic and potions. He does lag behind by a slight margin when it comes to charms

Gryffindor: As seen when facing Time Commander, he is very strong-willed yet can be reckless, as noted by Clark, despite his bravery

The sorting hat has troubles sorting him into Gryffindor or Hufflepuff considering how kind-hearted, loyal and dedicated he is. However, he values bravery above everything else and is always seen to be playing the hero of the day

Alumni relative is Kara Danvers (Hufflepuff) while his adoptive brother - Conner - is in the same house as him and is in the same year as Tim & Cass

His best friend is Kathy who is in the same house as him

You are also his best friend but he can’t be around you as much considering the different houses. And Damian too, just that he won’t admit it

He and Conner can be seen to play Quidditch when he was still in Hogwarts. Conner would invite Tim and tell him to ask Damian but Tim would just give him a deadpan look and told him that Damian will use the ball to purposely throw them at him instead because TT, don’t be foolish Drake, this is practice

When Jon join the Quidditch team, Kathy joked that she will become the announcer, and she did!

Conner is such an overprotective brother and it was proven when some 5th year tried picking on Jon when he was still a first year and Conner came charging out of nowhere

He accidentally walked in on Conner and Cassie once and he could not make eye contact with them for weeks after that

Jon asks Kathy to be his partner for the Yule Ball and it is all thanks to you badgering him

He is also a seeker and face much competition from Damian and much more rivalry when he, too, becomes captain

You are a pureblood Hufflepuff

Pureblood: Considering that Diana is an Amazon, a princess at that, that is a pureblood in my books for this au. And since I really like having the trinity being of different blood heritage, you’re a pureblood

You’re on par with Damian in all your academics, sharing the title of being first with him

Hufflepuff: It is drilled into you to be kind, patient and just before anything else. Loving someone and valuing truth are the first few lessons in life. On top of that, loyalty to your sisters is expected of an Amazon

Being a champion of/blessed by Athena, you are as wise and creative as her and understands the value of the arts and knowledge but being Wonder Girl, you have come to acknowledge that kindness, love and justice are the things that truly save the world, much similar to Diana

Alumni “aunt” is Donna Troy (Ravenclaw) while your cousin, Cassie, is in Gryffindor and being in the same year as Conner

You are everyone’s friend so you are seen more having a different group of friends every week than just having someone permanent to stick to

Hence, you are dubbed as the Hufflepuff Princess and such a balance to the Slytherin Prince himself

But, you can be seen studying with Maps after and between classes in the library. The other four will join you two most of the time but you and Maps really dislike it when they do because Jon and Damian would not stop having petty arguments which sometimes end up with all six of you getting kicked out

Cass, despite being not much a talker, is like your older sister. Sure, Cassie looks out for you but it’s hard to always go to her for company when she’s in a different house

You and Cass can always be found in each other’s room and sometimes people wonder why can’t the headmistress/master just make them roommates??

Jon and Damian entered their names in the Triwizard tournaments but yours is the one that is drawn. Their pride took a hit so much that they had a mutual understanding to never bring that up but Maps, Maya and Kathy will never let them live it down

You eventually become the head girl instead of captain; you play a beater and everyone is so scared of you on the field even the two seekers whom you call your friends. Maps and Maya are your biggest fans. Damian will disagree

Alright, end of headcanon; this will be the only headcanon I’m doing for the Mini Trinity: Hogwarts AU cause 1. I don’t have that much headcanon for them being in Hogwarts and 2. I want to work on my drabbles. So, here’s some drabbles you can look forward to:

Tim and Damian getting into a fight and them being them, they just have the influence to make people side with them so I guess it makes sense that is suddenly become a house competition when a food fight occurs?? 

All Jon wanted was to confess to Kathy about his feelings and with Yule Ball approaching, maybe that’s a good idea but suddenly it becomes a competition between Jon and Damian about who can ask out their dates in a better way 

Damian is not a pureblood and everyone in Slytherin knows it and the popular kids make it a point to remind him that which leads to him breaking down and being comforted by you 

Quidditch practice is essential, said Bart and somehow he convinces all his friends and your friends to a Quidditch match but how did it spiral to a session of Damian trying to kill Tim and how does he make a broomstick into a weapon and why is he running instead of using that broomstick to actually fly?? 

Damian just wants a day out with his beloved at Hogsmeade but is that his friends trailing him?

Instead of going home for Christmas break, the Mini Trinity decided to stay at Hogwarts and what could go wrong? Totally nothing, with the exception of those huge spiders from the Forbidden Forest, totally nothing 

Damian getting teased over how easily jealous he gets when the students from Durmstrang are flirting with you but Jon is now tasting his own medicine when Kathy gets involved too. Apparently, now Jon and Damian are great buddies 

Etcetc, more will come I hope. Anyways, I was thinking, what do you guys think about a Hogwarts AU whereby Jon is from Hogwarts, Damian from Durmstrang and you from Beauxbatons and are the respective champions for the Triwizard Competition and it all goes downhill when you all start to piece together the notes you all get alongside your hints but  it is all too late because Savage is right in front of the trophy