I've not got time to finish the New War tonight (rip me having to get up for Parkrun) but here's some slapdash incomplete thoughts:
Khal 175, I would die for you, you were so fucking cool and a really crucial insight into the humanity of the Grineer, I really hope you survived your derailed suicide mission brother 🫡
Veso. Veso. I know you're just a squishy little engineer but you have the survivability of a may fly, I'm proud of you for sticking it to Alad when it mattered but I'm begging you to invest that profit of yours in better gear
Me: man fuck this, I'm not having fun with the railjack mission, let's get onto the story. Warframe: have a railjack section! Me: YOU BASTARD!
Fuck yeah, getting to play as Teshin was cool af! I loved the dynamic with Ordis, man really hated having to ask our favourite cephalon for help lmao, and his obvious protectiveness of the player, being willing to make the hard choice if Lotus is beyond help but promising the Operator that when they do rescue her, it'll be together 🥹
AND THEN THEY RIP MY FUCKING HEART OUT HOW DARE THEY
The callback to how Erra nearly killed Varzia, except this time there's no Lotus telling him to let go and so he just fucking SNAPS MY DAD'S NECK FUCK
(It's okay, he's chilling in Duviri and being a cave hermit, it's FINE)
And the hand was straight up LOTUS' SEVERED HAND?! THE STAB WAS AN ECHO OF WHAT BALLAS DID TO THE OPERATOR?! FUCK THE PIECES ARE PIECING TOGETHER
Real fucking rich of you to keep calling me a devil when your insides are dangling from that slit in your chest cavity Ballas, you fucking bitch, how about I send you to hell!!!! Better if mum gets to do it because of all the miserable hell you've put her through!!!!
Drifter time! And alas, poor 'fuck it we ball' Thread has been forced to learn the ways of stealth. Don't worry baby, we'll let you pilot Umbra when we get to it
Aw Ordis has a lil body now! And he doesn't seem to know the difference between the Drifter and the Operator, or what to make of their idioms lol
Ah, so it's the old 'if you can't beat them, commit to galaxy-wide brainwashing and gaslighting to convince people that your enemies were the ones who committed the very crimes you're going to commit and that you're actually liberating them'. Do you think Ballas was loved as a child? Because I think his mother should have aborted that thing
We're living out of a crashed Orbiter? Where's all my stuff gone? WHERE'S MY ROOMBA?!
The Solaris went from a based work song to this shit, can't have shit in Fortuna
Huh, someone who knows something about eidolons? My first thought is the Ostrons but they're on earth, so who else- oh, hey Stalker! Nice to see you, thanks for not killing me! (Yes I was this dumb)
Aw sulky peepaw in his sulky pit, sulking because his estranged daughter is 'dead', his son's a tool and his least favourite grandchild is here to try and make some kind of peace
Well he gave me a sick bow and a rundown of my targets and how to kill them, then called me a cringe loser. Nice talking with ya gramps
Yet here he is, sending his helper to give me a revive and reminding me of the enemy's weaknesses. I know you love me really grandpa (well, you love mum at least)
Fuck me, Thread is fragile as shit, fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
Oh no, mum's hungry
Oh and hey, the whole Zariman situation was actually fucking Terrifying. 'Singing and laughter and play' where the fuck was that, Queenie, because all I hear is crying and feral screaming outside the door, and THAT CREEPY FUCK IS HERE
MUM WTF
SHE IS CHASING MEEEE
Oh and now Needle's back, and she's so happy to see her mum :D
Aaaaaaand mum's left again D:
Seriously this is how children get abandonment issues
And now she gets to meet Thread- wait a second, why don't you guys have the same nose? Ah fuck that's gonna piss me off
Anyway Thread gets to be the one to finish the job - I wanna do a run with Needle as well because she wants payback against Ballas for Lotus, for Teshin, and for everyone else, but for now I want more Thread time
'Eh, it can't be harder than riding a horse, right?' Proceeds to nearly fall over.
Konzo!!!! Right, time to be sneaky stealthy and free the Ostrons without being detec- and there goes Umbra, aggroing all the enemies
(This is how I realised that Umbra doesn't just stay put like other warframes and he will run around with you)
'They believe this tower is inhabited by a spirit called the Unum' yeah watch it be a real thing
It was indeed a real thing
Lotus is on the goddamn warpath to kill Ball Ass, good for her
And another GODDAMN RAILJACK SECTION
WHAT FORWARD ARTILLERY? *one google search later* well where was the on-screen prompt for that?!
'I should've stayed in Duviri' bet you never thought you'd be saying that, eh Thread
Oh and Ball Ass wants to feed the sun to his sentient ship that eats things. Rocky and Grace didn't save the stars for you to do that, you prick!
And that's where I'm up to, I know it's right at the end but alas. I need to be up at 8 😭
