Revenant Superiority

Laurel | she/her | Guild Wars brainrot blog. profile pic by @the-elven-star

[guildtree]

Introduction

Hey there, you can call me Laurel, or just Tree. Welcome to the place where I dump all things that have to do with either Guild Wars game, from art to writing to random thoughts.

I play GW2 on NA and you can usually find me on my revenant Laurel Ashblade, my mesmer Nora Ashpelt, or my engineer Eela the Powderkeg.

Sideblog for memes and other fandoms: @treeofnonsense

You can also find me on Ao3 as TreeofWords, where I post a lot of GW2 fanfic. Tags below:

Tags: I tag as thoroughly as I can but I am also human. If I miss something or you would like another tag for filtering reasons, please let me know.

For art, I tag by character, playable race, and medium (#art, #writing, etc.) Stuff that I make is tagged #my art and #my writing. I keep spoiler tags up for two weeks after patch release and they're #gw2 spoilers and the name of the new patch.

This is a blog for fun and fandom, so you won't find politics or drama here. I don't have the energy for that.

[bhuerracus]

Stop alienating people from engaging with fandom by critiquing their accuracy to the source material, I've had about enough of it. The majority of people doing this are adults, not children, so just sharing my honest thoughts on it since the GW2 fandom is especially bad about it.

People engage with things they like by creating things or posting opinions about it. Sometimes, they like things while also misinterpreting the source material, resulting in inaccuracies in their OCS, fanfics, theories, opinion posts, etc.

The correct answer, in every scenario, is to leave it be and let them be wrong. No corrections, no passive aggressive posts about it, etc. If you simply must, you can offer a private correction and suggestions on how to fit their character better towards the more accurate lore. But there is nothing wrong with interpreting a story or its world inaccurately. Sometimes, people explicitly deviate from source material because they like it more that way as well, it's not always unintentional.

"I'd rather people like something accurately instead of having to read their poorly educated opinions about it online, what's the point of liking something if all you're doing is taking anything you don't like about it and turning it into something you do like?", you might say.

Then enjoy your dying fandom, if you like it that way. People who actually enjoy engaging with the source material, drawing fanart etc., instead of musing about it like some smart-than-thou philosophers will just go elsewhere where they are welcome.

Engaging with the source material involves opening yourself up to the possibility of being wrong about it, and being a nitpick to these people about it sends a clear message: being wrong is not welcome in the fandom.

In GW2's case, it's a video game with a poorly-kept wiki. The only way to know many things about its world and story is to replay the story and listen to all dialogue and take notes. Being wrong about it is practically a fact of life. The game's own writers are held to lower standards than fanartists and writers and I think that's extremely unfair.

All of this elitism is mostly kept passive aggressive on here, tags in reblogs and that sort of thing, so people might read this and think "not me". Nah, still you. It still sucks and alienates people. Stop doing it.

[mabaki]

[UAoT] Fashion Contest Prize for Caporai (on Discord)!

[skydrifter]

what is the anet announcement REALLY going to be 100% serious options only

that one alleged trading card game

gw2...on MOBILE

a visual novel (18+ very sexy)

gw2 hero shooter

gw1 and gw2 shutting down FOREVER sayonara you tyrian shits

Remaining time: 4 days 20 hours

[guildtree]

Okay Guild Wars fans, what is the teaser thing?

shitty mobile game

board/card game

Summer games fest promo

completely random piece of merch

new expac

new GW1 expac!

formal release of guild wars 1 mobile

new PC game in the guild wars universe (RPG, arena, etc.)

GUILD WARS 3!!!!!!!! (panik)

Remaining time: 4 days 21 hours

[mabaki]

A Seer's best friend

Sponsored by ArenaNet

Isgarreeeeen you can't be doing cute stuff like this my heart can't take it lmao

[treeofnonsense]

My friend's cat was very upset about going to the vet, so I attempted to capture the dramatic injustice of her capture.

Reference:

[guildtree]

Rare boost for the sideblog, in which I post all kinds of goofy nonsense like this. @treeofnonsense

I do occasionally do non-guild-wars things.

[yesornopolls]

The last character you wrote about is put in the last video game you played for a week. Can they survive?

The last character you wrote about is put in the last video game you played for a week. Can they survive?

Yes

No

See results

Voting ended onMay 29

[bluebudgie]

armour choice tentative but look at those big sparkly eyes

[mistfallengw2]

6 months old cubs cubs cubs!

A sequel to the first batch of cubs (always following my hcs about charr cubs).

A cub's baby fur is often different in color (lighter, darker and/or duller) and more homogeneous than what it's going to be in their adulthood. However, within their 6th month of life their new coat has usually grown in place of the baby fuzz, and their actual colors and markings start coming in. Some pelts remain more or less the same since birth, while others change a lot.

Sponsored by ArenaNet.

Trivia time!

Both Remus and Ellara grew spikes on their face at the start of puberty, and until then one could kinda see and definitely feel the tiny, bony protrusions just under their skin. Both of them were born almost fully white-gray, with only the darker markings on their face and spine being a well-defined gray. Their fur immediately started to grow darker under the baby fuzz and kept going after their first shed, reaching their final colors around puberty. The progression was really visible in their mane, which their dam tied it back in 3-4 tiny ponytails. Once the 4-years-younger Ellara joined the same fahrar as Remus, they braided each other's mane whenever possible.

"Lupin" was a farily scrawny cub, all ears and scruffy fur, so much he was eventually nicknamed a rat or skritt. Ironically he grew into the nickname in an unforeseeable way. His fur stayed pretty much the same since birth, only sleeking out with age.

Farka was a quiet and timid cub, one seldom seen away from parents as she preferred to observe them work rather than play with other cubs her age. She rarely smiled, usually when her dam and sire allowed her to "help" with artillery assembling. She was a very fuzzy baby and the supersoft fur matched her paler color. She was still not done losing it by her sixth month of life.

Adamas took a lot of his face from his dam's side, with only the colors reconnecting him to his sire's. The spiky fluff around his eyes is all his mama's though. As a newborn his markings were less defined and a lighter gray, but they got lighter and more defined pretty fast.

Most of Deryn's memories around this age were of her dam, who fell ill due to complications during her birth and died within the year. As sad as those times were, she mostly remembers the warmest memories. Her markings were less defined and her pelt lighter, but within a couple of years they settled on their final color.

Favian was a very shy cub who rarely left his dam's side, always asking her to tell more stories about the Black Citadel and their old enemies. His fur started out as fully sandy and muted, only darkening and becoming shinier as the years went by and he grew more outward.

Up until the event that disfigured his arm and sobered him up to the reality of the Flame Legion settlement where he was born, little Daunte was actually a pretty sociable and cheery cub, finding joy even in that suffucating environment and sneaking out of the fahrar to go show his loving dam and uncaring sire his developing magic. His fur stayed pretty much the same since birth, and its bright colors were something the shaman noted as a sign of great potential.

Born and raised on a pirate ship, "Bob" was a certified little shit from a young age. He was an unmannered menace with a huge attitude from the moment he learned his way around the ship's rigging, but the crew were so fond of him that they kept him around even after he became an orphan. He was born solid brown with just a stripe of lighter fur across the back of his neck and muzzle, then he roaned out and developed some darker markings.

[feathered-dino]

[pigeon-butch]

such a small thing but its so nice to be running around the map in guild wars and to have little ambient npc conversations where it's like. two women flirting or a guy talking about his husband or whatever. makes me smile

[commanduhmaru]

Observing the path of fire ahead…

[tyriapride]

Tyria Pride 2026 is celebrating our 10 year anniversary on June 27 and 28! 🎉

Hello everyone! This is the most exciting Tyria Pride announcement yet! Tyria Pride has turned 10, and we're preparing for the biggest pride season ever!

Join us for tons of amazing pre-events, organized by both the Tyria Pride team internally, and the many independent organizers, from now until the main event on Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28 on both EU & NA!

You can also join us on Discord, or watch the events on twitch, covered by a ton of streamers!

Check out the linktree at tyriapride.com!

More info below the cut

🌈What is Tyria Pride?

Tyria Pride is a two-day in-game pride march from one corner of (core) Tyria to the other to show support both LGBTQ players and devs, and a fundraiser for Rainbow Railroad, a non-profit organisation which helps queer people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence around the world.

It's tons of fun every year, a ton of streamers join in so there are many ways to follow along even if you're not in game, music guilds hold concerts, and we have some pretty legendary giveaways! It's always blast!

For more info, check out the post on the official forums at tyriapride.com/2026

🫶 Fundraiser

Rainbow Railroad is a non-profit that helps LGBTQ+ people get to safety from countries where their lives are at risk. They've done tons of work all over the world, working tirelessly in places like Afghanistan and Ukraine! Rainbow Railroad works year-round to save lives, and we're honored to support them in this cause!

To check out the fundraiser, go to tyriapride.com/donate

✊ How to get involved?

If you'd like to get involved beyond just participating, there's tons of ways to do it! On the discord, you'll find an entire "How to Help" section!

We're always looking for artists who are interested in donating a commission as a prize for our fundraiser raffle!

Another way you can help out is by donating in-game prizes! We incentivize donations to the fundraiser by raffling off legendaries, black lion skins, and more! If you can spare donations, both in-game or out, let me know! My in-game name is Lelling.6795

You can join us on the Tyria Pride discord for more resources and information: tyriapride.com/discord

[rosewoodroad]

what if vloxx and the commander did meet up to try and talk their ideologies out then its just accidentally the most romantically charged exchange ever

[froggychairmimic]

[VS] Art Party April '26 (NA)

Cyra Iceclaw - @prismadox

8-bit palette practice using SLS08 by Luis Miguel Maldonado

[guildtree]

Excerpt from a Priory research paper:

...Thus, based on the structure of their buildings, namely forges (Fig. 3), and the description of their most sacred trials [5], it is reasonable to assume that the most highly-valued position in ancient seer culture was that of the humble plumber...

[5] Commander, P. (1338, 83 Scion). Informal interview.