Here at the tales of thedas we welcome new and returning players. We do guild missions on Saturdays & more often than not a few of us will be online at a time just to talk to. We are really into our memes and stories here at the guild, there isnt a moment where we ruthless mock phlunt. Our mission is to find our players someone else to connect with so that the game is a little less lonely & in doing so we’ve managed to form our own family.
Hello everyone , its with heavy heart that i must announce that on October 31st of this month (i know, i know the timing around Halloween things being dead and what not) the Tales of Thedas guild and all related channels will become defunct. Me and the other guild will no longer update and support Thedas related content on things like tumblr, youtube channel or the discord server
I'd like to say thank you to everyone both old and new but the original purpose of the Guild as set up by Ashals Dream was to help bring people together during lockdown to playing GW2 in hope of beating lock-down together, as friends.
I feel that goal had been achieved.
Thedas isnt the same as it was and thats ok, it's goal was achieved and i have come to terms with how is now. there were only six of us to begin with and now it was nearly 100 people, so many friendships formed and so much creativity pouring into the art, writing and screenshot channels has impressed me and i love everything you guys have done for this guild.
I feel i must apologize, due to my work and Uni schedule i slowly and rather painfully let the server drift off into the void and i know my tenure as guild leader has not been great on my part. I am sorry if i let any of you down during this period.
There will be a string of Thedas projects that deserve to be seen that i will drip feed onto the youtube channel and on discord, including videos, art projects and other such for example;
-The few episodes filmed for season 4 of gone mad
-The ODST machinma project (which had been planned since season three)
-goodbye video
-A few comp videos for good measure
I'd like to thank the guild officers Stryke, Felli and Fae for alll their hardwork over the last year as well.
Thank you and i really do hope you are all ok and having a good day.
Your friend, Your memer and your final guild leader
gonna start posting my portrait arts that ive been working on, they’re messy but fun! They’re not meant to be perfect and I think that’s helped me love my art a lot more
While I won't post any screenshots or post related to EoD story the whole month to keep those of you who don't have the xpac yet spoilerfree, I still will post art if I have some xD In this case...back to the roots and sweet sweet Trammander. After marrying at the end of lw4 Eos and Trahearne never had the time to have a nice honeymoon away from duties and people who always want something from you. So they will have their honeymoon in the fabulous surrounding of Cantha. Of course Eos will dig himself through the local cuisine because his stomach is a black hole and he a sweettooth. While his husband studies the old legends and writings this new country offers him.
Pls try to ignore the ugly circle I really couldn't figure out on which layer this little nasty is 🤣🤣🤣
Hey. Are you LGBTQ+ friendly? Are you laid back and doing raids and other non GW2 fun activities? Also are you an NA only guild or do you have EU too? If you're NA only that'd be a shame... I'm searching for a laid abck LGBTQ+ friendly guild for years that also tackles on harder content like raids but without snowcrows mentality (I've been in snowcrows but it really wasn't for me due to the emotional stress). Also I'm very shy and anxious.
We are indeed LGBTQ+ friendly, we do guild mission and raids every so often and we are on the EU servers. We also have a discord where we organise everything and just have a chill time.
Its almost our second birthday (damn i feel old), to celebrate @thethedasarchives will celebrate this with five stories based in the guild wars 2 world. The first story, ‘The Duel’ is up tomorrow with the following stories coming out in the next few days.
The Duel (16/10/21)
Mrs and Mrs Tieran (17/10/21)
How time flies (18/10/21)
Tomomi and Canach (19/10/21)
Foundation (20/10/21)
How the writers and Fans made GW2 progressive. By Alex Marsh
(Art by @halotato)
GW2 is Amazing, not only because of the game but also due to the star trek like mentality the fans has towards not only the LGBTQ+, gender roles, disabilities and just equality in general.
(Don’t worry no complaining in this post, just wholesome thoughts)
Firstly, the writers made the Norn are just awesome (Not exactly a ground-breaking thought but bear with), they just don't care about who they are, as long as you can stab something, your good in their books.
The writers made the Norn in GW2 more civilised (ironic given their rather barbaric methods), the Norn just feel like a good role models (except for the stabbing) for a society, with the philosophy of actions speak louder than words.
Thought the other playable races share the same mentality but with the Norn, this mentality feels earned and special given the cultures basis of achievement. The Norn are just great.
So you know, be civilised, be a norn.
(DISCLAIMER: adopting Norn customs will not give you special norn powers)
The writers also normalized relationships both straight and gay, with characters like Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade. These two were developed and their relationship felt natural.
The writers knew that forcing a relationship would feel cheap, as throwing two gay characters together without development would feel unearned and forced, Such as the rise of skywalker, who proclaimed they would feature a lesbian kiss despite the fact it was in the background and edited out in other countries .
(sorry still a bit salty about that whole movie).
There's a lot of other tid bits about what the writers wrote but that would probably make this post into a 600 page book and I'm not quite ready to write a thesis.
The writers overall did a good job on creating a very equal and liberal society in the game, a refreshing change from most other fantasy societies.
Then there are the fans;
Holy s***, there is a lot of wholesome stuff you guys write and draw (except the NSFW stuff, that's something I'm not gonna touch in this post). The stories that I've written and read, no matter how depressing or happy it is, always feature some sort of progressive element.
Such as @ashals-dream Ashal Tieran and Ever Forward with their marriage or @captainfinebuns Voroni with his blindness (and making him a bad ass because of it), their are many stories about characters being treated with as equals.
(There are many more examples i could mention but that would probably make this post a million words long. I’m not kidding, I've read a lot of cool stuff.)
Fan writers all have the habit of making Tyria just a better place, all treating the social issue we have in this world with a bit more dignity and grace. Making Tyria feel more welcoming in general.
Wether they knew it or not, everyone contributed to a version of Gene Rodenberry’s (the creator of Star Trek) vision of the future. Where everyone is just chill with each other, where difference is celebrated not demeaned.
(I know, star trek, ew but i cant help but draw comparisons between what i see in start trek and what's in some GW2 fanfiction.)
I myself write with mentality, as not only should it be an escape from our world but it should feel like that we made a difference to a world in any way we can, not only in playing the game but writing, drawing and creating for GW2 overall.
To sum it up, You guys (both writers and fans) are awesome for making GW2 a fantastic place, both as a game and in terms of world building.
Dearest @fellis-world… Merry Christmas/Happy Wintersday! ♥ You already knew I was your Secret Santa for the DAI Exchange, since we got to run around and take some vids, but I wanted to post your gif(t)s today! I won’t make it to the Party so, I’m sending this ahead haha.
Eos was an absolute treat to work with, visually - I love his colours! - so as well as the gifs, I did some screen edits ♥ I’m only posting a few, I’m going to link you to a folder with more for you to download and use as you like!
I hope you have a wonderful, safe holiday, and it was a ton of fun to run around with you and Eos! I hope you like the screens & gifs!
Tyrese Akihiko & Velvet
Fox Sylvari & Rabbit Sylvari
I had a lot of fun drawing these two, their height difference is very cute & I love the animal sylvari traits!
A big thanks to @fuuinrei that i was allowed to use the probably sweetest thief in whole Tyria for coloring practices <3 I learned definitly one or two new things and it makes me veeeeeeeery happy
This is mostly a reference post for my guild & their tumblr accounts, this guild is open to join so just dm me! or join our discord - https://discord.gg/eXFF3f9
Official Tumblr - https://talesofthedas.tumblr.com/
Archives of the Guild for lore - @thethedasarchives
Memes of Guild - @thememesofthedas
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