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BORDERLANDS 3 SCENERY ⇾ Promethea

#&& aesthetic. the wires got the best of him; all that he invested in goes straight to hell #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#[ anbsbdndbdnjshd time blindness got him like 🧠❌🕑 ] #&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#[ BDBDBBABDB— YEAH ] #[ he be like *infodumps so fast his words conglomerate into random noises ] #&& musings. i got so many thoughts stuck in my head; and none of them make much sense

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#&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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Meta: Promethea, its economy, and why Rhys is bizarrely the biggest philanthropist in the galaxy (that we know of)

There is a wry barometer in the field of human geography that tells you when a neighbourhood is getting wealthy: someone opens up an independent coffee shop. You generally won’t find one slap-dab in a poorer neighbourhood. They cater to people with disposable income to burn on overpriced cupcakes and fancy renditions of bean water.

You might already see where I’m going with this and how this principle applies to Promethea. Rhys’s impact on the planet is something that I don’t think the fandom discusses enough, but when you think about it, it is insane, so I gave it a spin.

Promethea before Borderlands 3

It’s hard to believe that any planet could be worse off than Pandora, but back before BL3, Promethea canonically fit the bill.

The events of BL1 take place largely in the context of Atlas attempting to colonise Pandora. Despite the fact Promethea was Atlas’s HQ at the time, propaganda posters nonetheless remind Pandora’s citizens: “At least you’re not on Promethea!” This tells us that whatever wealth the Atlas Corporation had, prior to its collapse at the hands of Hyperion, it was not sharing it with the general population of Promethea.

And things have not improved there by the time Borderlands 2 rolls around. NPCs in Sanctuary will occasionally echo in idle dialogue: “At least you’re not on Promethea!” Pandora—a planet defined by mindless violence, scattered patches of infrastructure and no discernible healthcare/education system—is still a better option than the planet that once headquartered Atlas.

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#&& musings. i got so many thoughts stuck in my head; and none of them make much sense #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#&& musings. i got so many thoughts stuck in my head; and none of them make much sense #[ whEEZE ] #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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me: *says the vaguest most incoherent shit ever*

me: you know what i mean :/

#&& musings. i got so many thoughts stuck in my head; and none of them make much sense #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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#&& musings. i got so many thoughts stuck in my head; and none of them make much sense #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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i dont think ive ever shut up in my entire life

#&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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obsessed with this muppet clip where Gonzo breaks a piece of machinery and then just stares at the camera in an empty room and says ‘GUILT’ in the most harrowing way possible

#[ ABJSHEJWHSJDJ GUILT ] #[ rhys ] #&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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“ur up early” bold of you to assume i’ve slept

#&& character study. i’m having trouble trying to sleep; i’m counting sheep but running out #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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friends was right

#[ LOL ] #&& musings. i got so many thoughts stuck in my head; and none of them make much sense #&& queue. is denise online or was it you who fell for the elaborate queue?

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