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#destiny 2 #the drifter

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kissy

#HOMOSEXUALS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING? #SIGN ME UP!!! #goodd… them #🥺 #aheem heem

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commission for @neonpigeons!!!

#ough this piece is so gorgeous #destiny 2

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i wanted to draw him smiling again just to show off those chompers so :3

also this silly doodle that sort of was the cause for big smiles

#WHAT A HEART-THROB #Crying over him I love him so much he deserves the world

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Sometimes you gotta draw your OCs fursona so. Surprisingly... Tiger's is. a tiger also additional doodle of him holding v

#tiger Tiger ohh my most belovedest

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tell us about tiger..... top 10 tiger facts #please

I present to you, him!

But let's start out with the basics before moving to facts. His name is Tiger, 41 years old, 7ft tall, trans man and currently a mercenary in Night City! This one's getting long so it goes under a read more but here you go!

He is a nomad. Buuuut... he doesn't run with any clan anymore, not by choice though. Roughly 10 years ago he lost his camp in a fire thanks to some corps or god knows who deciding to beef it out right near their camp, not really caring about people getting caught in the crossfire. Many died and those who survived scattered, maybe to join another clan, maybe to a different city, but Tiger doesn't really know. He very much returned repeatedly to see if anyone else would still be there, hoping to find his family which he didn't see with the other bodies. Never found anyone though, not alive at least. Tiger also lost his husband in all of that, taking the ring of his body and still carrying it with him. Being a guy with nothing to his name now, he set out to NC, city closest to where they were camping at the time and just kinda... let himself be taken along, never quite processing any of that, not wanting to face his grief. He did very much consider trying to join in with another group but also it felt.. wrong? He just could never bring himself to. But all of this also very much does lead to him struggling with being a nomad, is he really one still if he isn't moving with a clan? Especially faced with this when he and V encounter the Aldecaldos. Which is a whole other thing I could talk about but damn this first fact is getting long !!!! Also I've never quite settled on which of the Big 7 his group belonged to... At least I think its 7 big names n theres all these little subsections... Gots to sniff my little lore book again some time.

He has a niece! Which he didn't know until recently. A little bit of a happy development after the first fact is that his parents and sister did actually make it out alive, but it wouldn't be until a few years later once Tiger made a name for himself with boxing that they'd find him. In the time they were seperated his sister had a daughter, Ellie. And by god does he love his niece dearly. He spoils her rotten and she loves her uncle so much, thinks he's the coolest.

Tiger is a mechanic/engineer. His interest has always been cars and engines and you've got to keep stuff running around the camp somehow. If your car is making a weird noise, your motorcycle isn't starting or your generators are acting funky, he can fix it. Tiger loves anything mechanical. Anything hardware related he loves messing with. Computers may not be his expertise as much but he loves learning and trying new things.

He is an ex-animals member. Tiger was easily scooped up by the animals, hard to miss a guy like that and he's already got the whole big cat theme going on so he fit right in. Things wouldn't always go smoothly though and eventually he turned into a guinea pig for them to test new and cool concoctions for enhancement which very much very experimental. But he wasn't aware of that, it happened gradually and without him really noticing. His sister very much did pick up on him behaving odd and differently, looking sickly and all that which resulted in her hiring mercenaries to invesitage for her. It wasn't an easy job for them but they did find evidence and it didn't take much to convince Tiger to leave. And leave he did. Safe to say he and the rest of the animals are not on good terms.

He loves cooking!!!! Nothing like a good hearty meal to keep you happy and healthy!

Tiger very much picked his name at a young age. He always loved reading about big cats, fascinated by them. His interest resulted in his parents calling him their little tiger as nickname but it just stuck and he loved it so much. To him its like his parents picking his new name, in a way.

He knows its cheesy, tacky and over the top to have a lot of things on his body be themed after a tiger, leaning into all of that but it makes him happy. The tail, his truck, his clothing, a lot is influenced by that. Though obviously he doesn't only build his identity around that, but its a big part of him that brings him joy.

Because I've seen someone bring it up in the tags on one of my art pieces of him. Tiger can't purr, he considered having something like that done but no, he chuffs, like a tiger does. One could say its a vocal stim. Most of the time he does it in greeting, to agree with something or when he's happy. Little happy noise.

The tail isn't just for looks, a lot of his cyberware very much serves a purpose outside of being just for looks. Tiger works together with his ripper to have the cyberware do exactly what he wants. The tail helps with balance but can also be used to hit someone or grab onto something. He has full control over it but it does also idly move to reflect his emotions or reactions.

His truck is called Leviathan. The truck in question:

It was lost for a little while because it broke down on the way to NC, he didn't have the needed tools to fix it so he had to abandon it, as much as it hurt. Returning to the spot he left it at it was just gone and he was unable to track it down. Very much took from the nomad specific quest in game here but yea the geolocation pinged again and he was able to find it again.

In summary:

#doing my Tiger Research pls excuse the spam #I’m not sorry or anything though #also pls the last pic is killing me

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hrrrrrrrrgggg tiger....

i think about him sticking with v through literally everything

yes it's love, it's been so long since he's truly loved someone, cared for someone on such a deep level

he wants to be there for it all, no matter how hard or hopeless it may be, how often people ask him why he doesn't just run, v is dying, what's the point? just cut your losses

he would never, especially not after having been though shit together already

#oh you are gonna get some karma for this one I’m heaving and crying and sobbing

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yknow i love finding random doodles in my art folders again

just look at them, ridiculous

#insert AHAHAHHAH HOW ARE YOU THAT SMALL meme #Tiger being so big he just makes V look 🤏 is so everything to me

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"Dredging up distant memories"

Getting his truck back wasn't the happy reunion Tiger would have hoped it to be.

Tiger was forced to abandon his truck not too long after leaving his old campsite for good. Parking it as out off the way that he could, he hoped to return and fix it up with the right tools.

Sadly that wouldn't be the case, the truck gone, likely hauled off by people looking to strip it for parts.

Try as he might, he wasn't able to find it anywhere, eventually writing it off as just another thing lost in this nightmare.

And he wasn't wrong, people took the parts they could, leaving the chassis to rot out in some scrap pile.

Though little did he know someone eventually happened to stumble upon it, the truck making the perfect vehicle to get far, far away from Night City. A stranger spending a lot of time fixing up this quite tacky vehicle.

And once it was up and running again? Tiger received a ping. A geolocation telling where exactly his truck was at. He dropped everything in an instance, rushing off without explaining anything, much to V's (belonging to @gr-74 ) dismay.

He didn't expect Tiger to lead them out into the desert, out to the huge trash piles just outside NC. Even less so to see... that truck. It had Tiger written all over it.

Nor could anything prepare him for the scene he was about to witness. A stranger simply trying to get out of the city (who could blame them really by using this truck they fixed up. A truck that very much so belonged to the other mercenary.

V expected Tiger to let it go, let the person leave. He's always been nice, charitable.

But not this time.

He's never seen him this... angry, tense. Not budging in the slightest and telling the stranger to take a hike. Doesn't want to hear it, just get lost. And get lost they did, yelling at Tiger for his cruelty.

Cruelty V had to agree with. Because what the fuck was that.

The answer he gets?

"Ya wouldn't fucking get it.", followed by him getting into the vehicle.

When asked where he thinks he's going it gets deflected with a "None of your business."

Uncharacteristically cold for a man like Tiger.

After a bit of a drive he arrived at an empty spot in the desert, nothing of interest to see here, just sand and rock as far as the eye can see.

At least, that is what its now. Years ago? It was the last spot his clan camped at before it all burned down.

A loss he never processed, simply buried deep deep down where it was left to fester, never daring to uncover it.

Until the truck appeared and it all got dragged to the surface to show its ugly face.

Tiger spends the next days drinking, sober being far from a state he wants to be in right now.

No one has heard from him in this time, simply wanting to be on his own. Much to the concern of his family and Vincent who figured Tiger was staying with the other party.

Once telling Tiger's sister what has happened, she might know where he is, sending V on a wild goose hunt out in the desert.

Luckily it's not hard to miss that bright blue truck out in the brown and dry landscape.

Stepping closer, the image that unfolds in front of him is not a pretty one. Several bottles and cans of beer scattered about and Tiger staring off into the distance.

Walking up, V asks if he can sit with him, if he wants to talk about it but all he gets in response is a grunt.

What does he care? What's there to talk about?

Vincent has been keeping him at arms length, so why does he want to get involved in his life now?

An exasperated snort leaves the smaller merc. Fine, be that way.

Despite that, he doesn't want to leave, doesn't feel right to leave Tiger on his lonesome like this.

Instead he chooses to look around, see if there's anything here, must be a reason as to why the guy drove to this spot.

After a while of finding nothing but sand, a gruff "Nothin' here anymore." is mumbled from behind him.

Using this as an opportunity to get a better picture of all of this, Vincent asks "Oh yeah? How d'you figure?"

There's a long pause. Tiger staring off into nothing until finally a quiet "Watched it all burn."

The nomad never told him much about what happened, why he isn't running with a clan anymore. It was only ever vague answers, nor did V ever push the topic much.

So when Tiger tells him, tells him about how the camp got caught in a crossfire between corporations in the middle of the night, V stands and listens, asking the occasional question to keep him talking, eventually sitting down next to him.

After a while he trails off into stories of the past, what it was like.

And then it's quiet again for a bit.

Until V offers to get them something proper to eat, Tiger not wanting to leave his truck out here.

It is strange, sitting here, eating in silence, no city noises anywhere, the stars visible above them.

Between bites Tiger thanks him for listening, apologizing for being an asshole back there.

It's not long before V is getting tired, looking forward to his bed.

Offering Tiger to come with, crash at his place.

But Tiger wants to stay, just one more night. He's been out here sleeping in his truck, one more time won't hurt. He'll be fine, playfully nudging the other as a reassurance.

"Well.... I guess I'll see you when I see you."

"Not getting rid of me that easy, promise."

#holy What if I crode Josh what then #oh my god I’m on my hands and knees clutching my chest #these two..

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@cinnchaii a brand new toy !

#YEAAHHH ITS WHAT HE DESERVES #Tiger so beeg and strong.. throwing cars.. suplexing robots..

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⚡️ Tezra-14 ⚡️

BONUS DAY-OFF

#destiny 2 #tezra-14 #titan #exo #sowwy I forget about tumblr :3 #1 note = one kissy kiss on his bald metal head <3

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Sorry for forgetting to post I was too busy forgetting this website existed

#wow stranger what a pretty oc you have there.. #WOOF WOOF BARK BARK GRRRR AND WOOF #sorry that’s my dog he barks at sexy people :(

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my bff jack :)

#this ROCKS #🫶 YOUR. ART!!!! #the red lighting and the bg are awesome.. and your style in general is just.. kickass.. (/pos)

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two art fight attacks for my friends :-)

cleo (left) for @spark-glow and tiger (right) for @knuckle-cluster !!!!!

#GOOOODD THE COLORS ARE SO EVERYTHING #AND TIGER!! 🥺💕

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short comic about some saint backstory TM and an old friend :-) this is pretty well before saint meets maverick or any of the other main characters in the story

novus (the story) at its core really is intended to be some generic sci fi action adventure stuff but there's definitely gonna to be some undercurrents of like. identity and finding yourself and all that. especially thru the lens of robots discovering who they are, given that saint is the Main Character and, well. he's still figuring a lot of things out. also i Heart robots as an allegory for being transgender.

ophelia was originally gonna kinda be a side/backstory character but honestly i rlly like her already and thought of a pretty easy way to pull her into the main cast via her friendship with saint so yay. also then i can have her be lesbians with eleven and leta. awesome. as if this cast needs to be any bigger. but i endure.

#GUH YOUR OC ART *implodes* #SAINNT EEEE #THESE TWO? I LOVE THEM.. #ALSO DUDE you powered through 5 pages WOWZERS. #Iconic

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Its nothing fancy but hey, I actually filled out a team card for once! Anyways, check me out over on Art Fight

#FRIENDLY FIRES YOU INTO SPACE

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i never know what to caption art with but hey look drawing

#GRRUUUAAHHH!!! this looks SO GOOOD GGRRR #purple lighting my BELOVED #this looks so awesome