#and by TAing i mean im literally jus t sititng her re bro

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

so why did the destroyer eat civilizations?

tl;dr: protein powder

um. spoilers and stuff for directors cut lmao

so im like here and i was thinking (rare)

here’s something from the new dlc

so basically um

+ succ = stronger boy

other pokemon version (red):

also

human

+ the theory from long ago that made guardians want the vaults open to possess the vault monsters for [Vergil voice] POWER

=

destroyer also had a guardian-type thing going on and was compelled to absorb more souls in order to get stronk (like the rampager) and thats why the guardians are big mad at lilybean for keeping pandora from fully opening

bonus points if theyre powering up the vault monsters so they can rip a hole to (the door off the hinges of) where the eridians are currently hiding and beat the shit out of them for being shitty parents

historical footage of the guardians coming to beat the shit out of the eridians after possessing and powering up all the vault monsters

(so let us work together bc im still not unconvinced that humanity was another version of guardians created by the eridians)

bonus bonus points if the eridians locked the destroyer/rampager away because they were originally like/supposed to be the guardians but they had too much free will and strength so they had to make the guardians we know now as biomechanical so they’d follow commands

but plot twist now the guardians are getting smarter

oh hey look its the other theory. hey other theory welcome back i know you werent dead but its good to see you again

t-poses ominously

ocourse she also says when the key vanished so too did the future so maybe they are just trying to close the vault of the destroyer (aka the destroyer slipping out would “end the future”) and that’s how they gotta do it

however... BORING if true

lily fast traveling with the big key meant pandora stopped opening meaning she stopped the destroyer from fully getting out which they SHOULD be happy about IF they are trying to keep the vault of the destroyer from opening (horrid job if so everybody, bravo)

and pandora opening in the first place was 100% done by the twins, so if they didn’t want that happening, they wouldn't have let it happen given they apparently controlled everything

and if someone threw a wrench in their plans like lilith apparently did by removing the thing OPENING PANDORA, she’d be mentioning troy absorbing maya which let him phaselock elpis to open Pandora OF ALL THE THINGS- you get the idea... like sure lilith removing elpis is kinda shit if they’re looking to close it, but instead of putting the blame on her for doing what she could, they should be pointing fingers at the people who actually opened the vault and in fact they should have put more effort into STOPPING THEM instead of manipulating BOTH SIDES 

also you’d think the unforeseen circumstance of siren powers being split between two people would probably be the thing ruining their plans and being worth mentioning right?? NOPE IT WAS LILITH PREVENTING PANDORA FROM BEING OPENED ALL ALONG

and personally i think they were manipulating both the raiders and the cov get to the vault because they:

a) didnt want the vault to not be opened by the raiders (possibly bc guardians are not capable of opening vaults themselves due to programming- they are biomechanical so it is reasonable to assume they literally might not be capable of doing so)

b) didn’t want the twins fully absorbing the destroyer bc its for THEIR PLANS not YOURS

also this would explain why there is an “Advanced Guardian Mind Core” in the vault of the destroyer... why else would it be there, there were no guardians anywhere near this place

big boy got too swole and was like “gonna eat to get stronger”

and their future is breaking free of the eridians to do their own thing

i do however find this quote fucking hysterical if what i think theyre doing is true:

bitch you are literally possessing people and vault monsters for Power and probably Free Will

anyway

im tired

a kissaroo from me to you

now the real question is:

is the idea of the eridians watching this happening and going “ohfuckohfuckohfuckohfuckohfuck” funnier, or is the idea of the eridians watching all this and going:

funnier

i can’t tell someone help me

#im literally taing a class right now #and by TAing i mean im literally jus t sititng her re bro #but yeah umn #i did the rampager fight for the dailies and i went `wait arent those wisps confirmed to be guardi- ohhhhhhhh i get it` #spoilers #borderlands 3 spoilers #directors cut spoilers #borderlands