#oh fuck . the guilds are warring

[muzarry]

Scion and Champion

Champion and Scion

[moth-tea-merchant]

was doing some shiz on Faolain in the grove and I was struck with the memory of how I once went and rez'd someone who fell and died from That Vista (u all know the one) they say "ty" and I go to /bow @ them but end up deleting the / out of habit and just said "bow" at them

They did bow and the comment was in character but god I've never felt so bitchy in my life

[where-is-caithe]

OOOOO SPACE CAT

[guildwarszeke]

LWS4 EP 4 SPOILERS

oh my fucking god. oh my god

if taimi dies im giving up this game (slash LIE.)

[m0r1bund]

First of the first and last of the last have grief that rhymes, but instead of bringing them together, it just gives them 3947287 layers of beef that they’re too stoic to act out about. (And then it brings them together. Later. Much later.)

[huomenhaamu]

Dedicated glub button

[thornethenorn]

[mirimage]

Champion unbound djinn is the WORST enemy in the entirety of every game ever and FUCK arenanet for making me kill it just for the goddamn griffin

[orgrimmar-archive]

Okay So I have Opened Gw2 and at the behest of elf I have made a Sylvari AND an Asura. I will be playing the Asura because Look at him. Okay? Also tagging @kralkatorrik so he can see :) The sylvari is Wu Meng (literally fog mist)

And the Asura is Tian Wei (sweet, small)

[friesian]

be sure to say hello to your local busy, busy, busy noble... he certainly won’t bite! 🥀🧛

screenshots by @zhenghuaz !!!

[clearlitebergaming]

im so mad at gw2 rn,

i have to pick up my daughter at augury rock, its a time gated event right, did all the meta, killed the boss and tries to do the jumping puzzle, right. but im going blind so ive fumbled a lot. then finally when shes just *RIGHT THERE* i cant mount up right, cause the mob, tried to stealth, no dice, i have to beat up the mob. oh not that that mob, but THE OTHER MOB down bellow is still aggrod to you. then when its just down to one (1) mob, timers just up. and well see you motherfucker in two hours

next time i’ll just go straight up there and fuck everything man

[i-mybrunettelady]

snapshots from a date, probably

[atonalginger]

I did it. I’m many years late but I finally completed Heart of Thorns. Good Lord do I loathe the maps in the Heart of Maguuma. In theory they are so much fun. In practice I am always lost and frustrated to damn near the point of tears while mordrem, angry frogpeople, wildlife, and/or chak just maul me. 

Not to mention when the NPCs are with you they will fight but not help you if you go downstate so you end up dying because splash damage keeps interrupting you and then Jory, Kas, or Brahm stands over your dead body until you revive at a checkpoint. Usually Brahm. *sigh* I’m always frustrated with the boy...you’re a guardian who never heals and pops your shield bubbles in terrible locations and help none of us. I know you’re going through a lot right now but like Taimi’s over here getting mauled by a chak while Canach and I are working overtime and you’re off in a corner seemingly shielding a pile of rubble!

Fights were tedious and zones were packed with enemies in a “oh no oh no oh no oh no” sort of way. But I did like the story. I thought it was engaging and interesting...when I wasn’t overwhelmed with traversal. And its sad. So sad.

It was fun...don’t think I’ll play through it again unless my husband or a friend end up getting back into the game and wants to go through it. I will help them out. But I will not solo that freaking xpac again.

[berrisweetsiren]

“...Is this what it felt like…when you rose…as a phoenix…?”

With the dust cleared, I had stood in the middle of what was once the two dragons of ice and fire. I was breathless, hands trembling as I put a hand to my wrist- checking what I could to indicate that- truly…I was still alive. Somehow. 

Somehow.

What strength remained in my legs had all but fallen apart, sinking into the ice and snow as my stare cast out along the now empty field. All around me, I heard cheers and uproar, celebration…and yet, I felt…

Nothing. Nothing at all.

“Is…is it over?” My mouth moved before I could even think to ask, still in shock over the events that had just occurred. Everything I worked towards led to all of this…everything I’ve done, and the culmination of my work, and suddenly it was all…over.

“It…It looks so, Commander,” Over the communications line, Taimi spoke up, “But…it’s not completely over, you know. With both Jormag and Primordus gone… We may just have a doomsday crisis on our hands.”

I blinked, the information not registering. Everything felt so…hazy…And oddly warm. Even kneeled in the snow, with my armor shredded and my skin touching the ice…I felt warm. A burning sensation crawled up my arm, and I gave a nervous little laugh.

“Of course…Of course I remember.” I mumbled into the intercom, “It’s never really over, is it Taimi?”

“W…what do you mean? Commander?” I could hear the vague sound of Taimi typing rapidly on her computer, “Is everything alright?”

How honest could I be at this point? If I lied, and said I was fine… Sure, I’d maintain some sense of dignity over my comrades. I’d remain the strong, bold leader that they needed of me… But I just couldn’t keep it together. 

If I gave the truth though…

“I’m…I’m always fine, Taimi.” I eventually mutter, “I’ve…always gotta be fine, you know?”

Another laugh escapes my lips, not even believing my own lie, “Thorns, it’s warm.”

“Warm? Hold on.” 

Taimi’s typing escalated, and she gave a notable little gasp at…whatever it was she found.

“Commander- Elias. I need you to just…calm down. Your readings are very…unstable right now, and by the looks of it all the magic you’ve consumed over our time together could simply erupt out of you at any moment. You have to just…breathe, okay? Did you consume any other magic you didn’t mean to?”

“Taimi, you don’t understand,” I whisper, deflecting the last question with trembling  hands as I held the com close to my face, “You don’t even…know half of it…”

Taimi was silent for a moment, before signing, “Then let us in…please. I don’t know about that meathead of a champion, but all of us at Dragon’s Watch, we-”

“I can’t.” I immediately interjected. Out of all of our friends, it was Taimi I had confided the most in… which, honestly, was…probably shitty of me. I was a good bit older than her, and it wasn’t quite right to confide my burdens onto…onto a teenager.

“Fuck,” I whispered, hunching over myself. In the revelry, I found myself just beating myself up even more. I couldn’t have prevented any of this, could I? I couldn’t have stopped the world from going into an apocalyptic state… and I couldn’t even protect those I cared the most about. 

“Deep breaths, Elias,” Taimi rarely called me by name, “You can get through this…”

“Just like I’ve had to get through everything else, Taimi?!” I exclaimed, frustration beginning to boil over. I felt the magic in my veins begin to burn, and my arms trembled at its strength.

By now, the celebration had dimmed- seemingly due to the scene I was…no doubt making of myself. 

“Look, why don’t we just get in the helicopter and head back to the Eye of North, and discuss things there?” Taimi asked, her voice uncertain as if she was trying to diffuse a ticking time bomb. Hell, in a way I probably was, and I choked through my own laughter.

“Fuck me, Taimi, I’ve had to do all of this in the matter of a year or two! I don’t even recall anymore who I am outside of all of this!” I cried out into the com, not even listening to her as my hand tightened around the device, “I’ve been fighting, and fighting, and causing more and more and more problems for everyone around me! What is the fucking point?! I gave my everything to stop the world from ending, and what has happened in return!? I only lose, more and more of both myself- and everyone I ever knew!”

I hiss through my teeth, pain laced as I felt something drip off my cheek. Reaching an unsteady hand to touch my face, I wince further and see bright red liquid at my fingertips… not blood, not by a long shot… but tears. Liquid fire. It burned my cheeks, causing my head to start to fade into a fuzziness I couldn’t describe. Delirium? I don’t know. The deafening silence was growing so loud in my ears, however, that I could only turn around, standing and trying to get my bearings as I stared the crowd down.

“What?! Is this like some type of show to all of you?! Yes, this is who I really am! This is who your beloved Fatebreaker is! A fucking coward!” I exclaim, fingertips burning as I clenched the handle of my hammer, “Come on now, say it! You all know that I’m like a fucking jinx wherever I go!”

“Commander…” Caithe went to reassure me, and I swatted her hand away.

“No! I don’t want to hear it from you, of all people!” I hiss at her, brushing the bangs out of my face, “I’m so fucking tired of everyone either hating me, or wanting my help! I gave my everything for the safety of this world- I killed the love of my life so she would be free of Mordremoth’s voice, I even fucking DIED trying to protect my own mentor from dying to the hands of a God- and yet all I hear is how I’m a plight and that I’m the reason all of this happens!”

I cackle even more amidst my sobs, sparks lighting in my hands flickering on and off like a broken lighter, “You know…Joko, he was right about me. All I’ve ever done is make things worse, and now look where we are…” My knees trembled, and I fell back into the ice and snow, a sob starting to bubble out of my throat unwillingly. 

“Elias, please, your readings-” Taimi tried to intercept, but my hand gripped…too tight, the device shattering immediately in my palm. I just…felt nothing. And yet everything at the same time. Like every scar was about to burst open, like my mind was about to melt and all I’d be reduced to was just the pain and anguish of it all. I couldn’t even stop it. The buildup of the year and a half of everything being ripped away from me- my sense of self, my loves, my dignity and my sense of moral justice- it all came crashing down at once like a house of cards, curling into myself to try and recontain all that pain. Some part of me knew, though, it was for naught… Though, something caught my eye. A familiar red color, that caused my outburst to pause…for the briefest moments.  I turned, and saw her… Ashe. 

And it almost felt real… Gods, it almost felt real. I just desperately whispered to her. “...Is this what it felt like…when you rose…as a phoenix…?”

“Everybody, clear out, now!” I could faintly hear someone else exclaim, as I felt everything start to burn- burn more and more until there was nothing else.

…And all I could remember, was the scream that tipped off my lips before everything had gone black.

[neverendingford]

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[vigil-recruit]

So uhh....