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Player Name: Rem E-mail: cureremaix@gmail.com Preferred Contact:remaix or Remaix #1545 on Discord Timezone: CET Current Characters in Victory Road: none
Character Name: Timothy Lawrence Series: Borderlands Timeline: Borderlands 3: Right before Handsome Jackpot DLC starts Canon Resource Links:TPS @ Wikipedia for a general plot summary of the game.
Timothy's page on the Borderlands wiki is lacking information, so I'll provide a brief summary myself.
Now, we don't know a whole lot about his backstory, but what we do know is that Timothy originally hails from one of the Eden planets, where he lived with his mother. He went to college, where he got a degree in Creative Writing, as well a whole lot of debt due to student loans. To pay these off, he took on a job as a body double for Jack, who at the time was just a programmer. This involved completely altering his appearance and voice to match Jack, a process that he... may not have completely consented to. And which isn't reversible. Furthermore, Timothy Lawrence is now officially dead and erased, so his original identity simply doesn't exist anymore.
Not long after the procedure was completed, Timothy was called to Elpis, along with the other playable Vault Hunters. Which is where the game begins, of course.
After this, more stuff happens, where we don't really know what he's up to, but eventually Tim is sent to The Handsome Jackpot, a casino out in space. Then Borderlands 2 happens, Jack dies, and the casino goes into lockdown, leaving Tim stranded until Borderlands 3. So about seven years. We don't know a lot of what happens during this time, but mostly it involves a lot of people trying to kill him (they're not fond of Jack) and him making some new friends, before he's forced to go into hiding. And that's where the DLC begins. Literally of this is on the wiki so I'm just putting this here myself!
Personality: So right off the bat, Timothy's very unlike all the other playable characters in Borderlands. Because he's very... normal. He's not a battle-hardened warrior, bounty hunter, or assassin, or a robot programmed for this. He's just a normal guy looking for a job to pay off his student loans. Because of this, his attitude throughout the game is very different than that of the others, as he's constantly in fear of everything. After all, he didn't sign up for people shooting at him, weird freaky aliens, and giant death lasers. And all the heights. Oh god, the heights. The poor guy screams every time he has to use a jump pad. Throughout the game, he keeps expressing his desire to just go home.
Even when not in mortal danger, though, Timothy's pretty nervous. He's easily intimidated and also just kind of an awkward mess. Unlike Jack, who's very confident and self assured, Tim always sounds kind of unsure about himself. The best he can do is faking Jack's confidence, which he's not... super good at. Actually, he's not super great at imitating Jack in general, often putting on a super forced Jack act which he only makes less convincing by adding stuff such as "I'm Jack" at the end of a sentence. Oh Tim. He's also very much not suave, as the awkwardness increasing tenfold when he's around a pretty woman. Put him around Moxxi and he can barely even get out full sentences anymore. So yeah, a ladies man he's not. Or a peoples' man.
Despite being so much of a mess, Timothy actually holds up surprisingly well during his adventures on Elpis. Maybe not so much emotionally, okay, but he makes it through the entire game alive and in one piece. He's spineless and very much aware of it, and just not super into violence, but he's much braver than he gives himself credit for. Sure, he doesn't have much of a choice, but he still manages to find the strength to get through the whole game, rather than just finding a place to hide on Elpis and hope Jack fixes everything himself somehow. Not to mention that surviving Elpis means he's killed a lot of really powerful people and given his lack of combat experience, that's quite impressive. Got to give him credit for adapting as well as he did.
Emotionally... Well. For a good chunk of the game, Timothy's pretty okay going along with Jack. He's not the guy's biggest fan, far from it. But mostly he just thinks Jack's a bit of a douche with an ego. Once it becomes clear what Jack's really like, though, he goes from nervous yet cooperative, to very... bitter. He's in over his head and he knows it from the start, but he gets more resentful about it the more everything goes to hell. This change happens gradually through the game, but becomes a whole lot more obvious after Jack spaces the Hyperion scientists. He expresses his dislike for Jack more and more towards the end, calling him a psychopath under his breath and just making it very clear he's not on board with what's going on anymore, even though he still has to go along with it.
Tim and Jack are really just... so different. Where Jack sees himself as a hero, yet is anything but, Tim doesn't consider himself anything impressive and yet... He's definitely waaaaay more moral than Jack, actually being horrified at the deaths of innocent people. And also just... death in general. You get used to it to an extent in Pandora's part of the galaxy, but he's much less okay with all the violence. Like, hey, maybe killing someone because they're a dick is kind of ridiculous? Maybe if you want to start a relationship with someone don't send someone over there to try and kill them? Hey, maybe let's not kill this injured soldier who's surrendering? That last example is probably the most interesting one, as it actually gets Tim to tell off Jack with a simple, yet very effective line; "I'm not you, Jack".
And he really, really isn't. Hell, you could say that Tim is the type of hero Jack pretends to be, it's just that he doesn't see himself like that. Or, well, he has the potential to be, anyway. Though he doesn't agree with all the morally questionable actions Jack takes and downright despises the guy at the end, Timothy just... doesn't have the courage to really stand up to him, in a truly meaningful way. He's simply too scared and you can't really blame him, considering the type of person Jack is. He hates it, but what are you gonna do, right?
Honestly, Timothy is probably one of the nicest player characters there is. Not into murder, generally not very rude. There's the bitterness, sure, but that's more towards his awful circumstances and Jack than anything else, he's not the type to take that out on anyone. He's friendly and very much a dork, who loves books and cats. Just a normal guy. Who had his life kind of completely ruined by Jack.
ENTER THE DLC!
So past the point of The Pre-Sequel, about a decade passes before we catch up with Tim again. Mostly he's the same scared nervous mess of before. Years of being forced to act like Jack and then being stuck in a casino in space where nearly everyone wants to kill him, though, has changed him a bit.
He's, if anything, more skittish than before, as well as a little less... stable? He's not quite together sometimes, rambling a lot and clearly being out of practice when it comes to dealing people. Not to mention sometimes he sure does talk an awful lot like Jack. Which no one hates more than he does, but it's instinct now. Same goes for some of Jack's more violent impulses. Blame than on being stuck in his role for so long, as well as Jack injecting his DNA into Tim... thanks, Jack!
On the flip side he's embracing being himself more, using his real name with everyone he meets and not trying to look just like Jack anymore. Though this is something he's actively working at, as he does have a note in his hideout to remind himself that he's not Jack. Hey, he's doing his best. At least the fact that he is making the effort is a good sign that he's still fully himself, otherwise, well. He wouldn't even give a shit at all.
The rest of him is mostly the same, just, you know. Overall more stressed. It's fine, he's fine!
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Mimikyu Password: Atomic Fireball
Hey, you know what people don't appreciate enough? Air. No, seriously, do you know how good it is to breathe natural air? Actual oxygen that's not pumped and filtered again and again for years and years? It's the little things, I tell you. Breathing! Breathing's great, fresh air's great, I...
...sssssssound like a crazy person, that got away from me there, sorry! Sorry. Shit, I'm out of practice.
[This post is going great already.]
Okay, but let's say someone's, hypothetically, been stuck in space for seven years and is finally getting an opportunity to be somewhere else. What do you think's a good place to start for some nice not-dangerous activities to ease back into the whole breathable atmosphere deal? You know. Nice normal things that don't involve getting shot at. Or worse.
Nothing that involves heights, I don't want to deal with that and neither does anyone else, trust me.
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Timothy Lawrence | Borderlands | Re-App
Name: Rem
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Character
Name: Timothy Lawrence
Series: Borderlands
Timeline: Borderlands 3: Right before Handsome Jackpot DLC starts
Canon Resource Links: TPS @ Wikipedia for a general plot summary of the game.
Timothy's page on the Borderlands wiki is lacking information, so I'll provide a brief summary myself.
Now, we don't know a whole lot about his backstory, but what we do know is that Timothy originally hails from one of the Eden planets, where he lived with his mother. He went to college, where he got a degree in Creative Writing, as well a whole lot of debt due to student loans. To pay these off, he took on a job as a body double for Jack, who at the time was just a programmer. This involved completely altering his appearance and voice to match Jack, a process that he... may not have completely consented to. And which isn't reversible. Furthermore, Timothy Lawrence is now officially dead and erased, so his original identity simply doesn't exist anymore.
Not long after the procedure was completed, Timothy was called to Elpis, along with the other playable Vault Hunters. Which is where the game begins, of course.
After this, more stuff happens, where we don't really know what he's up to, but eventually Tim is sent to The Handsome Jackpot, a casino out in space. Then Borderlands 2 happens, Jack dies, and the casino goes into lockdown, leaving Tim stranded until Borderlands 3. So about seven years. We don't know a lot of what happens during this time, but mostly it involves a lot of people trying to kill him (they're not fond of Jack) and him making some new friends, before he's forced to go into hiding. And that's where the DLC begins. Literally of this is on the wiki so I'm just putting this here myself!
Handsome Jackpot DLC summary @ the Borderlands Wiki
Personality: So right off the bat, Timothy's very unlike all the other playable characters in Borderlands. Because he's very... normal. He's not a battle-hardened warrior, bounty hunter, or assassin, or a robot programmed for this. He's just a normal guy looking for a job to pay off his student loans. Because of this, his attitude throughout the game is very different than that of the others, as he's constantly in fear of everything. After all, he didn't sign up for people shooting at him, weird freaky aliens, and giant death lasers. And all the heights. Oh god, the heights. The poor guy screams every time he has to use a jump pad. Throughout the game, he keeps expressing his desire to just go home.
Even when not in mortal danger, though, Timothy's pretty nervous. He's easily intimidated and also just kind of an awkward mess. Unlike Jack, who's very confident and self assured, Tim always sounds kind of unsure about himself. The best he can do is faking Jack's confidence, which he's not... super good at. Actually, he's not super great at imitating Jack in general, often putting on a super forced Jack act which he only makes less convincing by adding stuff such as "I'm Jack" at the end of a sentence. Oh Tim. He's also very much not suave, as the awkwardness increasing tenfold when he's around a pretty woman. Put him around Moxxi and he can barely even get out full sentences anymore. So yeah, a ladies man he's not. Or a peoples' man.
Despite being so much of a mess, Timothy actually holds up surprisingly well during his adventures on Elpis. Maybe not so much emotionally, okay, but he makes it through the entire game alive and in one piece. He's spineless and very much aware of it, and just not super into violence, but he's much braver than he gives himself credit for. Sure, he doesn't have much of a choice, but he still manages to find the strength to get through the whole game, rather than just finding a place to hide on Elpis and hope Jack fixes everything himself somehow. Not to mention that surviving Elpis means he's killed a lot of really powerful people and given his lack of combat experience, that's quite impressive. Got to give him credit for adapting as well as he did.
Emotionally... Well. For a good chunk of the game, Timothy's pretty okay going along with Jack. He's not the guy's biggest fan, far from it. But mostly he just thinks Jack's a bit of a douche with an ego. Once it becomes clear what Jack's really like, though, he goes from nervous yet cooperative, to very... bitter. He's in over his head and he knows it from the start, but he gets more resentful about it the more everything goes to hell. This change happens gradually through the game, but becomes a whole lot more obvious after Jack spaces the Hyperion scientists. He expresses his dislike for Jack more and more towards the end, calling him a psychopath under his breath and just making it very clear he's not on board with what's going on anymore, even though he still has to go along with it.
Tim and Jack are really just... so different. Where Jack sees himself as a hero, yet is anything but, Tim doesn't consider himself anything impressive and yet... He's definitely waaaaay more moral than Jack, actually being horrified at the deaths of innocent people. And also just... death in general. You get used to it to an extent in Pandora's part of the galaxy, but he's much less okay with all the violence. Like, hey, maybe killing someone because they're a dick is kind of ridiculous? Maybe if you want to start a relationship with someone don't send someone over there to try and kill them? Hey, maybe let's not kill this injured soldier who's surrendering? That last example is probably the most interesting one, as it actually gets Tim to tell off Jack with a simple, yet very effective line; "I'm not you, Jack".
And he really, really isn't. Hell, you could say that Tim is the type of hero Jack pretends to be, it's just that he doesn't see himself like that. Or, well, he has the potential to be, anyway. Though he doesn't agree with all the morally questionable actions Jack takes and downright despises the guy at the end, Timothy just... doesn't have the courage to really stand up to him, in a truly meaningful way. He's simply too scared and you can't really blame him, considering the type of person Jack is. He hates it, but what are you gonna do, right?
Honestly, Timothy is probably one of the nicest player characters there is. Not into murder, generally not very rude. There's the bitterness, sure, but that's more towards his awful circumstances and Jack than anything else, he's not the type to take that out on anyone. He's friendly and very much a dork, who loves books and cats. Just a normal guy. Who had his life kind of completely ruined by Jack.
ENTER THE DLC!
So past the point of The Pre-Sequel, about a decade passes before we catch up with Tim again. Mostly he's the same scared nervous mess of before. Years of being forced to act like Jack and then being stuck in a casino in space where nearly everyone wants to kill him, though, has changed him a bit.
He's, if anything, more skittish than before, as well as a little less... stable? He's not quite together sometimes, rambling a lot and clearly being out of practice when it comes to dealing people. Not to mention sometimes he sure does talk an awful lot like Jack. Which no one hates more than he does, but it's instinct now. Same goes for some of Jack's more violent impulses. Blame than on being stuck in his role for so long, as well as Jack injecting his DNA into Tim... thanks, Jack!
On the flip side he's embracing being himself more, using his real name with everyone he meets and not trying to look just like Jack anymore. Though this is something he's actively working at, as he does have a note in his hideout to remind himself that he's not Jack. Hey, he's doing his best. At least the fact that he is making the effort is a good sign that he's still fully himself, otherwise, well. He wouldn't even give a shit at all.
The rest of him is mostly the same, just, you know. Overall more stressed. It's fine, he's fine!
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mimikyu
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: dear_player post
Victory Road Sample: fourth wall thread
Hey, you know what people don't appreciate enough? Air. No, seriously, do you know how good it is to breathe natural air? Actual oxygen that's not pumped and filtered again and again for years and years? It's the little things, I tell you. Breathing! Breathing's great, fresh air's great, I...
...sssssssound like a crazy person, that got away from me there, sorry! Sorry. Shit, I'm out of practice.
[This post is going great already.]
Okay, but let's say someone's, hypothetically, been stuck in space for seven years and is finally getting an opportunity to be somewhere else. What do you think's a good place to start for some nice not-dangerous activities to ease back into the whole breathable atmosphere deal? You know. Nice normal things that don't involve getting shot at. Or worse.
Nothing that involves heights, I don't want to deal with that and neither does anyone else, trust me.
...I'm asking for a friend.
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