#outofjacks

i know you said quick, but i have a lot of opnionns on this so it WASN’T, whoops.

i do! i actually have quite a lot of original characters set up for the fallout fandom. i think a lot of the negative stigma with original characters stems from a tendency we see on the mun to imprint their own qualities, to push to pre-existing relations with canon characters, etc. but it’s not as if this is something we ONLY see in blogs that role play oc’s and is actually a very weak reason to refrain from writing with any and all non-canon characters. also, since it’s borderlands, i feel there’s a great opportunity here to commit to world-building THROUGH these original character ourselves- since gearbox has left so much up to imagination.

and by that i mean combat role.

now this is entirely biased from my own playthroughs of timmy (having invested points in hero of this story and free enterprise) but i can definitely see that he is geared towards a type of gameplay. which is, ironically enough, being very aggressive.

the holo-jacks allow him to put pressure on the enemies and he can easily flank any opposition taking advantage of cover. it also means his place in combat will typically be on the front lines- drawing enemy fire and keeping them harassed. this way, his allies can catch a breath while the enemies absolutely can’t. paired up, timothy can work very well with athena, the gladiator protecting the real jack while the others draw enemy fire into her shield. the laser blasts from the doubles whittle down the hostiles so they can be put down once and for all by aspis. additionally, he would work well with nisha- keeping the enemies frantic and distracted so she can easily put a bullet straight through their heads. if timmy and wilhelm deploy their respective reinforcements, it basically means the enemy has no hope to predict where any attack will come from; flanked by holo-copies and bombarded by a attack drone. it wouldn’t be the BEST idea to have him pair up with claptrap or aurelia since his skills wouldn’t benefit them as well as the others- but it wouldn't be disastrous in any sense.  i mean besides claptrap being claptrap.

now even though skill trees have no place in the world of role-playing, i do have some personal headcanons as to which abilities timmy has. under the cut, cuz it’s kinda long.