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one of my favourite bits is just when Trahearne goes full autism and starts rambling about his special interest, and then I'm like 'yeah, me too my guy, me too'

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Revenge on @achromant of Baruhn

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GW2CC Attack Nora Smokesong ✨

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when the evil meeting could've been an evil email.

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Some artfight attacks!!!! Bumwunko for Long-Bird Chromadearest for @gnuborn (last year's revenge sdfgh) Cotta Cogspur for @vulturereyy

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guild wars 2 players spend all their free time in the laboratory inventing ways they can shorten sentiments like 'the pre-event for the leviathan spawn is here right now if you want to attend' so they can shout 'LEVIATHAN PRE COME' in map chat

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Honestly there are few things funnier to me than the fact norn are native to Tyria, and then one day foreign gods roll up and introduce their pet little species to the planet like rabbits to Australia and these invasive aliens just happen to look like miniature thin norn for absolutely no reason whatsoever

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How it started vs how it's going

From left to right: Hinngi, Yakkey and Vrorrick. Proud members of the Durmand Priory and certified nerds.

more yapping under the cut o/

Lore drop time!

So Yakkey, as I've mentioned before, is a genious genious, like even amongst asura, he's considered proper genious. Because of that he advanced in his studies faster and ended up in the College of Statics at a younger age than most. That, of course, attracted even more bullshittery than the typical sabotage and stealing so he had a Not Good Time ™. Of course there were exceptions, like Vrorrick, who saw Yakkey like one of his little siblings and became tentative friends with him over their time in college.

The moment Yakkey decided to leave Rata Sum for good was after his work and papers were stolen and used to create a bunch of sub-par prosthetics that caused more damage than good. He stayed just enough to fix all the damaged caused and then peaced out.

And Vrorrick, as a good friend and big brother, followed after him. Because Yakkey may be smart, but he's still a kid and not the most self-aware and self-preserving type either...

Now, one of the asura who had to have their prosthetic fixed quite drastically was Hinggi (her right leg. You can see the connection Yakkey uses between the body and the prosthetic). She was the daughter of a then-elected council member and, after having Yakkey fix her up and seeing him just leave Rata Sum, went and asked around why. And then got kind of pissed when she found out.

She had a huge fight with her mother regarding everything and then decided to go find Yakkey and formally apologize herself.

However, when she did find them in Lion's Arch a good while later, she thought the sight of them was quite pathetic (lmao) and she chastised them for being naïve and not being able to tell when they were being taken advantage of or led on, etc etc. So she, much to Yakkey's, at the time, dismay, stuck along with them.

As time passed and they travelled and lent their aide to those in need, both Hinggi and Vrorrick started referring to their little group as their krewe. Yakkey tried and failed to stop them, refusing to see it or accept that he was a krewe leader, but the other two didn't seem to care one bit.

And later, when Yakkey received an invitation to join the ranks of the Durmand Priory, all three joined together!

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Another artfight character - my gw2 main, Neerak corpsecannon. She's a necro with a funny name and depression.

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You ever think about how asura have the technology to fucking upload consciousnesses into robots whilst a few maps away queensdale is like. firmly your standard medieval fantasy. not a sniff of “modern” technology in sight.

I genuinely love the contrast and how anet has managed to make the asura, whose tech is very much at home in sci-fi (and sci-fi horror honestly) feel so congruent with the rest of Tyria. It stands out but it doesn’t stick out if you get what I mean.

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You ever think about how asura have the technology to fucking upload consciousnesses into robots whilst a few maps away queensdale is like. firmly your standard medieval fantasy. not a sniff of “modern” technology in sight.

I genuinely love the contrast and how anet has managed to make the asura, whose tech is very much at home in sci-fi (and sci-fi horror honestly) feel so congruent with the rest of Tyria. It stands out but it doesn’t stick out if you get what I mean.

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so i'm glad i don't have to shove all these essences onto an alt finally but. but the scrolling. i watched the game lock up each time i confirmed each four digit pile i had handy. the clip i had was longer than the entire song and i had to crop it. it's still going after like half an hour now and it's not even out of the reds and i'm inconsolable. essence doesn't look like a real word anymore

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First week's worth of art for GW2 Art Fight 2025!

Dietrich @scribesofcalamity

Soft sheep @vampiricsheep

Pelkk & Ithikk @the-skrool

Rosa, Vince, Laurane @mabaki and @floral-necromaniac

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“I’ll never talk” ok that’s cool. didn’t really expect you to. I’m not gonna torture you for information—I have an elaborate espionage network for that. everyone knows torture is an unreliable means of extracting information and anything obtained from it is not to be trusted. I’m not an idiot. I’ve read all the torture science. if there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s the foolish notion that torture serves a practical purpose. no, my torture dungeon exists for good, clean fun. it’s all about the love of the game. strap ’em to the rack, boys!

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