#gw2 what lies beneath spoilers

[commanders-sole-braincell]

I know they had Finn carry us but I’m possessed by the idea of, even in stages, the trio of Yao, Gorrik and Rama having to carry, or half drag for the larger folk, the Commander to safety. It’s dangerous, maybe Gorrik runs ahead, pistol at the ready - he’s done this before in a cell and he’ll do it a thousand times over, as long as they never have that wobble in their voice again

Rama and Yao shouldering the great hero over their shoulders, trying to ignore the soft mumbles and apologies - the whimpers, actual whimpers, of being unable to stop, unable to save, of all the wrongs they did (it’s all false, they did their best), and trying to tune out the tears falling intermittent as they focus on pulling them out of the Haze

What did we say? What secrets did we reveal? Did we cling to one more than the others? Was it like night terrors - were we seemingly wide awake, eyes open, howling in the camp, crying our heart out while no one could do anything? How long were we out? Did Gorrik huddle next to us again, did Rama chase off guards with a stare honed from years of working in a field where you must chase off the well meaning from the grieving? Did Yao have Finn try to warm us you and pull a blanket round our shoulders? Did they read to us to try and reach through the darkness?

[skritt-shinies]

This update wants me to kms

[crusader-brian-slato]

Deep Trouble Audio Masterpost

Since there were so many floating around I thought it might be good to have one post linking to all of them!

I'll continue to update this post with any new ones (I might even make some of the missing ones myself)

Human

Female (English)

Male (English)

Sylvari

Female (English)

Male (English)

Male (German)

Asura

Female (English)

Male (English)

Male (German)

Charr

Female (English)

Male (English)

Norn

Female (English)

Male (English)

[hawkepockets]

good episode

[starseers-garden]

Doodles of post-first entry into the mines… Despite all the crap that went on, Feilim still recognized how hard and earnestly Gorrik was working to be a good leader.

[milkratz]

don't get me wrong I fucking love gw2 and the newest episode made me cry cuz how happy I was but

it feels like every time there's a plotline that deserves to get a little intense, like psychologically, it's immediately kinda thrown away.

Heart of Thorns did a good job kinda keeping that up, especially if u play as a sylvari.

But like the Icebrood Saga? Easily could've made that one of the most intense and messed up things the Commander had to go through and it fell off.

(I have other criticisms of Icebrood Saga, but ill digress. For now.)

And End of Dragons was fuckin brilliant too: But maybe it's a personal thing, but I would've loved to see more angst from the Commander. It was like the fastest a person's ever been to therapy and then promptly kicked out. The whole power of friendship made me cackle. I want to see tears!!! Pain!!!! AGONY!!!!

[moth-tea-merchant]

I couldn't recall if I had ever seen an audio clip of how M Sylvari snaps at Rama in the 'Luxon Terminus Fort' aka last Camp event so I made one real fast

[herald-of-aurene]

spoilers for what lies beneath

What if the effects of the haze never fully went away for the commander?

What if every time they pass shopkeepers who sell fruit they swear they see Tybalt out of the corner of their eye. What if every time they hear a woman laughing they hear Sieran, or someone touches their shoulder they can hear him talking to them for a moment, or what if every time someone looks at them a bit too long, with a bit too much emotion they can feel Trahearne staring at them, begging them to kill him.

What if every time they pass by a statue for a moment they can hear Eir humming as she chips away.

What if in the dark of the night, when its a bit too peaceful, a bit too quiet, The Commander can still hear Almorra's taunting remarks and snickering laughter?

It never lasts more than a split second, so The Commander never tells anyone, and when their friends ask they if they're okay, they just brush it off as they didn't get enough sleep that day.

But...

What if the demon has its claws deeper in The Commander than anyone knows?

[icebrooding]

I love the new chapter too much, don't I.

[twilightdomain]

how about that new audio log

ID: a rough doodle of guild wars 2 characters; park chul-moo (a human man) is shown crouching slightly and grabbing gorrik by the shoulders with a frantic expression. gorrik (an asura) is lifted slightly off the ground, legs swinging, and is clutching a small spiral-bound notebook, his purple eyes wide. end ID

[commanders-sole-braincell]

SPOILERS FOR WHAT LIES BENEATH (and gw2 in general)

I know it won’t happen but I’m possessed by the thought of a cutscene where we get Yao or someone post battle scoffing and going “yeah, like the Commander would attack us” (because so far we haven't, we’ve attacked other things in the hallucinations, but not them), and then everything to go slow mo and you see Rama or Finn yanking them back as our main weapon slides within inches of them, cutting a lock of hair or there’s a small line of a cut. Like just 100% No noise, not a sound; a blow to remove a threat as quickly as possible. 

I imagine we’d of sparred with Dragon’s Watch at times, and with Destiny’s Edge/people from earlier in the story, but they’re not here now. This isn’t playing sparring with Braham were halfway through the holding back punches turn into trying to wrestle and telling the worst jokes. This isn’t Kas throwing a shield at us mid wrestle cuz it got too rough for her liking, just to be safe. This isn’t Rytlock with a shoulder to ours when we’re getting a scolding for using 75% of that strength in a spar, only because he returned it, and he’s charr - that’s how they do, he says, a grin that’s all teeth and understanding. 

This is the one who ended the Cycle of Dragons that has been ongoing since before the universe, who slayed a God, a Lich so unkillable the previous attempts resulted in entrapping them. Who died and made Death itself offer a deal out of respect. Who’s the one the world throws at it’s problems for the past decade. The living definition of the someone yelling “again” when you go down. 

The unkillable god-slayer, lich-ending, ender of the dragon cycle and parent to an Elder Dragon has decided you are a threat. You are damn near alone with them. And you are a threat. Death makes no sound as it approaches in the eyes of your friend and all you have is someone on a comms unit screaming in reply to whatever it is your friend is saying

[skritt-shinies]

Congrats on gw2 for canonizing sex

[crusader-brian-slato]

Human Male Commander - most of the lines from the Deep Trouble instance of the 'What Lies Beneath' story patch.

[hawkepockets]

design notes for Prem’s Very Good Excellent Super Fun 10 Weeks in Gyala Delve

[adaarsvitaar]

personal takeaway from the update today (I don't know anything about neurotoxins)

[coollizzylou]

so I figured i have rudimentary knowledge of recording and editing. Might as well add fem Sylvari to the collection of commander mental breakdowns. (ft Rama and also a random charr)