#About the Commander

[lady-quen]

Always wanted to do a what-if fully corrupted Mael, and what better opportunity to do so than Isgarren's shady little experiments? Introducing codename "Harbinger", also known as Sun Eater, Fenrir, Shadowlord, Bleak Raven.

As a failsafe in case of the Commander ever losing himself to the demon magic he wields, the Wizards ran a simulation of the worst possible future - orchestrating the deaths of all his loved ones, to the point he finally lost himself to madness. All in all, standard fractal business - except, whoops, the real Mael was never supposed to learn of Sun Eater's existence! And Sun Eater was never supposed to learn it wasn't in the real Tyria! Oh no... what's this about scientific hubris...? A little fucking around and finding out, perhaps?

And oh no! Is the former Pact Commander (the real deal) now plotting to assassinate Isgarren as well as trick the Wayfinder, Maolmuire, into slaying him in turn to prevent the possibility of a very dark future? Maybe.

His mental state hasn't been the best in quite some time and this is the straw that broke the camel's back. Except it was several bricks thrown at his head.

[lady-quen]

Mael's leaves are based on the tillandsia air plant, which is a type of epiphyte (occasionally aerophyte) which grows in moderate to hot climates - from what I read, the metallic silver sheen isn't a product of a pigment, but a form of structural mechanism to bend and reflect light. That can be attributed to a waxy outer layer and specialized trichomes, miniscule hair-like appendages that are more efficient at water intake and subsequently keeping the water, which makes Mael further resistant to heat and drought. His skin and bark also possess a similar silvery shine under most light, which is a pretty fun explanation to why ingame, he appears green-ish in darkness, but gray under light!

I'd also imagine he'd turn greener when soaked, like the real plant, and then silvery white when exposed to the sun for too long and dried out.

And then there's the funny thing.. Mael doesn't even do fire magic or really anything fire-themed, he does ice magic as part of necromancy, and is more magically resistant to cold than he is physically resistant to heat.

i need more sylvari headcanons that are based directly on plants/fungi tbh

succulent sylvari being able to go days without drinking anything

sylvari that are based on specific trees which can’t stand the cold having problems with injured bark/limbs in shiverpeak mountains due to winter damage

sick sylvari getting all sorts of leaf diseases / losing their leaves

some poor sylvari having (perhaps chronic) problems with excessive sap dripping

just tree diseases in general

specific mushroom and tree sylvari being friends because of symbiosis (even if just on a sort of metaphorical level)

sylvari that lose all sorts of pollen (I know they don’t reproduce but.. just imagine) upsetting all the allergic people around

imagine a corpse flower sylvari…. poor thing doesn’t have any friends. apart from perhaps noseless sylvari.

??? gimme more pls

[transcarcinization]

i think he would kill it on space tiktok

[milkywayes]

you were born to do this

happy N7 Day!

[find prints here!]

[androdragynous]

as my own direct immediate list of game grievances i hate that stardew valley expects you to side against a wheelchair user who is upset that he was moved without his consent. i hate that the mass effect trilogy gives you visible scarring as a direct result of choosing mean dialogue and heals it if you're nice. i hate that the vampire the masquerade ttrpg has a monstrous player class that can appear as horrible vampiric monsters or as visibly disabled people and both of these appearances are mechanically the same. i hate that dark souls games have a difficulty level implemented in a way that cannot be adjusted for disability. i hate that i can play as a mermaid or a werewolf or a horse in the sims games but can't use a wheelchair. i hate that the ace attorney games have so much flashing and not all of the games can disable it. i hate that disability is constantly something that happens to teach a lesson, i hate that disability is something that happens as a punishment, i hate that disability is either compensated perfectly with no drawbacks or something that is endlessly sought to be cured. i hate that no character customization will ever include the mobility aids i use, that the player avatars that represent me will never look like me. i am so goddamn annoyed and so goddamn tired.

[they-hermes]

the only way id accept jazz frequently going undercover as a decepticon in fanon is if how he does it is just by being nice and funny. like i bet any decepticon would spill massive intel if they met this guy who made funny jokes and offered to clean their guns sometimes. sure they'd like to punch the rookie around but they mellow out pretty quickly and soon enough they're telling the new guy every detail they know about high command over a few drinks and letting him through restricted areas

[peofun1]

playing MTG with people who have been in the game for like 20 years is so insufferable sometimes

every turn they're like "I play Cock Goblin of Guzzleberg" and everyone else at the table nods and goes "ah yes of course, the Cock Goblin, classic" and doesn't explain.

so I'm like okay. what does that do. and they go "well it has a Guzzler effect" and I'm like okay great what the FUCK is a Guzzler Effect™

and then after like 10 minutes of trying to get them to explain, eventually I figure out that there was a card called Guzzler Greebling that was only printed ONCE in 1998, and its text was "when this creature ETBs, everyone at the table has to suck your dick" and this card got so popular in Standard at the time that now all effects that involve dick-sucking are called "Guzzlers" by the players

[amikoroyaiart]

Happy Fox day!

[lizards-wizards-and-magpies]

the fandom making fox an overworked and unpaid government worker has given more empathy to the character than anyone could imagine

[keferon]

Guys. Guys they’re miners. They’re tiny cogless miners. Guys

I blacked out and filled the whole three canvases with sketches of them being itty bitty goobers. Figured Imma show you some haha

[clonemmunism]

Least homoerotic jedi-general and clone-commander duo

[lady-quen]

Shadowbinder

Diabolist magic affords more control over raw occult energy than flesh and bone, utilizing one's own soul as a conduit in a volatile dance of suppression and release. The Commander's conjured wings reflect those of his beloved mount Safiyah.

[bonksoundeffect]

Have you heard of the tragedy of the Champion of Kirkwall?

+ Bonus

The og post that made me go insane

[secretly-a-trekkie]

"I want it to hurt. Bad. I want to lose. I want to get beaten up. I want to hold on until I'm thrown off and everything ends. And you know what? Until that happens, I want to hope again. And I want it to hurt. Because that means it meant something."

[milkywayes]

interspecies awkwardness for breakfast a.k.a. 'I can't believe I made a comic'