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Being what sometimes feels like the only person who doesn't ship with Trahearne at all is such a wild experience for so many reasons. Not a shade on anyone thing at all; I just never once personally read his interactions towards the commander as romantic.

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Before I go to bed I'll posit this to everyone.

Everyone's commander has gotta be a little overpowered right, a little special spoiled ridiculously strong, golden child protagonist powers, they're Blorbo Prime.

So what's your Commander got going on that makes them self indulgently strong and overpowered? What kinda Protagonist nonsense have they got going on beyond just general default commander things? What sorta fun things can they do?

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are there any gw2 players also over on pillowfort? I found a couple of communities but they look EMPTY. I’d love to follow any of you over there? or maybe kick off a community there? idk

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i love skritt so much. i love how they look. i love the places they live at. i love how stupid they are and i love how smart they can become together. i love the things they build and the things they steal and i love how they speak and i love their names. I LOVE YOU SKRITT!!!!!

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they are sharing joko's good bottle of blood as they watch us try and fail to simultaneously fight both steve and the grand high viscount for the millionth time

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nothing like finding a very enthusiastic low-mastery level player who starts excitedly telling you all about their first griffon skin they just got, only for them to pull out the anniversary rock and reveal they’ve had an account for 10 years. the whiplash.

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hot take but I genuinely love what everyone does in this fandom

play only one race? love that for you! play all of them? love that for you!

have a commander/canon ship? a general oc/canon ship? fuck yeah I love that! have just oc / oc ships? fuck yeah I love that too!!

follow canon to the letter? fuck yeah! say fuck u to canon and do ur own thing? fuck yeah to that too!!

have a ship/trope/fave character that’s popular? hell yeah, the more the merrier! have a ship/trope/fave character that isn’t popular? hell yeah, go for it!

have “boring” ocs? don’t listen to people who tell you your characters are boring, no one is allowed to tell you that, keep doing what ur doing and having fun. what’s “boring” to some people isn’t to others, so who cares? as long as you’re having fun then it doesn’t matter!

have a commander that is highly affected by what they’ve been through? have a commander that just takes things in stride? don’t have a commander? have multiple commanders? have a commander but focus on other ocs more often? all extremely valid and i love u

listen. I’m tired of seeing/having fights over what people do or don’t do in this fandom, no one is superior to anyone else for having different preferences. i love all y’all and what y’all do 💜

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kam the melandru devotee hanging out with his raptor 🌿

ref used: X

i should have prints available in 2 weeks!

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finally got my bestie to try gw2 and he rolled a very adorable mushroom man, while i created a camp councilor charr to watch over him :3

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"god i hate this map"

"god didn't make this map. anet did."

is probably one of the funnier things i've read in map chat in a while

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Grace the Heavens

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The Commander

So I haven’t been able to do GW2 things for awhile (RIP to my desktop), but! I’m slowly getting back into the ability to do game things - and, to revive this blog, I thought it would be fun to do an ask meme (though I’m filling it out more as an introduction/bio!) Credit goes to @moonlit-grove! This “ask thing” is for Vivian Kimura-Mori, my Commander (see my character page for her bio, if you’re interested!)

1. A verse or so of lyrics that just gives me vibes for them and why:

'Cause I've been a devil, I've been a saint Somebody help me, I can't change I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire) I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire) Oh, I let my lover go, didn't wanna be a liar Ashes in the cold, now I'm running toward the fire

I love this lyric from Bishop Briggs’ The Fire for Vivian, because she’s very much defined by her sense of personal duty/obligation towards Tyria and the peoples who call it home; in part due to her early education as a noblewoman by her grandfather, who taught her that noble birth is a responsibility to everyone who relies on you, and in part to her own inherent martyr/savior complex. Although she’s a loving wife and mother, she cuts considerations to her husband and child out of her decision-making when it comes to her roles as both the Pact Commander, and the leader of Dragon Watch. I’m not saying she’d set herself on fire to keep Tyria warm; but if she’s immolating the most recent threat to do so and she’s standing a little too close, well. Shit happens.

2. A piece of music without lyrics that could be their background music:

So I don’t usually lean into instrumental music for my characters, and I found this a little tricky. I think Hidden Citizens’ cover of Moonlight Sonata would be a good action/overview/trailer song for Vivian as a character? But I would maybe suggest something more like Vitamin String Quartet’s cover of Bad Habits might be a good song for her as a person at-rest or in downtime.

3. Where they would most likely want to settle down:

As a member of a noble family, Vivian has access to both the family holdings in Divinity’s Reach, as well as the country estate just outside Claypool (where she spent most of her childhood.) She considers Claypool to be her “hometown,” but her own daughter currently resides in Beetletun under the guardianship of her godfather, Lord Faren. Vivian herself maintains rooms in various capital cities across Tyria, where she occasionally crosses paths with her husband. Mostly, she travels alone, or with her companion, Jaya.

4. What their dream home would be.

Kind of related to the question above, I don’t think Vivian really has a concept of settling down, or a “dream home”; the Pact is her life’s work, and although it has less urgency with the conclusion (?) of the cycle of elder dragons, she’s spent far too much of her life living in the present to do too much personal daydreaming about the future.

5. General opinion of Nobility

As a member of nobility herself, Vivian has some strong opinions. She believes that the function of a ruling class is to serve the common people who look to their rulers for leadership. She is a supporter of Queen Jennah, but something of an uncomfortable dinner guest; Vivian can be rather scathing about what her peers get up to with the education and free time their wealth affords them, and about how they manage their resources to assist the common man in times of need and crisis, as well as in times of peace.

6. Their relationship to Aurene:

Although she’s not the best mother, Vivian is quite maternal; she considers Taimi and Aurene to be her daughters, just as much as she does her own biological child. She worries about what will become of Aurene in the future, and works hard to ensure that the young dragon develops a healthy love and respect for all life in Tyria - as well as ensuring that individuals around the dragon develop an equal respect for her.

7. Thoughts on the Soundless:

Due to not being Sylvari herself, Vivian largely considers the Soundless to be a situation it is not her place to speak on with regards to their treatment and existence. However, she’s empathetic to their desire for freedom, having loved and married a Sylvari whose path takes him as far from such constraints as possible without breaking them entirely.

8. Do they believe in destiny or fate:

No. Vivian very much believes in a person’s ability to shape and forge their own future. Her choices and willingness to do the work have brought her to the place of being Pact Commander, Champion of Aurene, and leader of Dragon Watch; her fortune at birth afforded her education and opportunities that others lack. She considers that luck, more than some kind of irrevocable destiny or fate.

9a. How does Vivian greet Bohai (her husband) after a long time apart?:

Vivian is not what anyone would consider a particularly romantic individual; even around her husband of several years. Although she’s always privately quite relieved when their paths cross, or when he turns up from one of his bouts of wandering, she rarely expresses this externally. Usually there’s sharp questioning about where he’s been, what he’s been up to, and whether he’s managed to come back to her in one piece. Occasionally they fight. (They usually, but not always, manage to make up.) Despite the very deep love and affection the two have for one another, they’re not particularly demonstrative people and their lives and work take them in frequently opposite directions; so their reunions are fairly....unique.

9b. How do they greet their closest friends?:

It does very much depend on the friends; Jaya is usually greeted with a drink and a long talk about what they’ve been up to while apart. It’s a quiet warmth, and perhaps more intimate for it? Faren gets a bear-hug, a shoulder shake, and a very stern series of questions about what he’s been up to (in a very different tone,) and out-loud wondering why she chose him for her child’s guardian. Kasmeer, it’s a total sleep-over, complete with girlish giggling that Vivian would die before letting anyone else see! With other close friends, she’s friendly but a bit distant, as per usual.

10. Do they have any weird nicknames?:

Absolutely not. If she does, they’re not spoken where she can hear them. If her husband has any endearments they’re not spoken where anyone else can hear them. She does go by Commander, or Lady Kimura-Mori, in mixed company. She’s comfortably just Viv with her friends and companions. She is otherwise not a woman who invites weird or funny or joking nicknames.

11. A song that punches me with inexplicable vibes for them:

Okay, so it’s not inexplicable, necessarily. But Sam Tinnesz’s Far From Home always punches me with the softest Vivian feelings; particularly towards her husband, daughter, and best friends. It’s that like tiny kernel of yearning for perhaps the life she might have had if it weren’t for [gestures to everything], that flicker of doubt that she’d never express of maybe not being enough to handle the problems that come her way.

12. Thoughts on Largos:

Honestly, Vivian respects the shit out of it. She’s pretty honor-bound herself, and she can get behind the kind of grind Largos put into their work. If she gets to meet them without being a target, I think they probably vibe. If she gets in one’s crosshairs, I think it’s big ‘I hate to kill such a masterpiece’ energy.

13. Thoughts on the dragon cycle?:

I’m not sure Vivian spends a lot of time thinking about it? She’s not remotely academic as some of her companions (though she is quite well-read and educated!) I think there’s some relief about the cycle ending, some anxiety about what comes next, and maybe a sliver of fear that maybe she’s actually irreparably broken the world and the wheels are about to come off the cart and pitch them all into something horribly unknown. (It’s fine. It’s the PTSD, probably.)

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A Commissioner’s Guide to Screenshots for Artists; Guild Wars 2 (GW2) edition!

Not for anything in particular! Just something I been meaning to make for a few years and finally have!  

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GW2 COMMANDER ASKS:

1. Which dragon scared your commander the most?

2. Who is your commander closest to now?

3. Who was your commander closest to prior?

4. How does your commander remember the fallen?

5. Which death caused your commander the most grief?

6. If your commander could revive one person, who would it be and why?

7. How does your commander feel toward their position of power?

8. Does your commander fear death?

9. Does your commander believe they’re on the right path?

10. When alone, how does your commander handle grief?

11. What is the proudest moment your commander has experienced?

12. How does your commander feel about Braham?

13. How does your commander feel about Caithe?

14. How does your commander feel about the dragons?

15. How has your commander changed overtime?

16. If given the chance, would your commander give up their fame and power? If so, why?

17. How many people truly know your commander?

18. How does your commander handle stress?

19. How does your commander unwind?

20. Can anyone calm your commander down, no matter what? If yes, who and why?

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I was looking for an ask thing but I couldn't find one for what I wanted... so I'll just make it myself. For singular characters or ships

(Meant for guild wars but can be adapted to other things I suppose)

1. A verse or so of lyrics that just gives me vibes for them and why

2. A piece of music without lyrics that could be their background music

3. Where they would most likely want to settle down.

4. What their dream home would be.

5. General opinion of Nobility

6. (For commanders) their relationship to aurene

7. Thoughts on the soundless

8. Do they believe in destiny or fate

9a (for ships) how does A greet B after a long time apart?

9b (for singular characters) how do they greet their closest friends

10. Do they have any weird nicknames

11. A song that punches me with unexplainable vibes for them

12. Thoughts on largos

13. Thoughts on the dragon cycle

14. Thoughts on (insert what you want here)

15. (For single characters) what does their dream partner look like

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Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol

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ah, lads. I was so busy being emotional about the warm welcome the GW2 tumblr community has given me, I forgot about the pornbots. Pour one out for HornyAnn, now blocked.