and fight like you can win

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hi, i'm charico or just char!! it/they, queer in many ways, adult. what you'll see here is a lot of the horizon series, outer wilds, baldur's gate 3, guild wars 2, and various other games i'm currently playing, as well as many of my own thoughts on my characters - from various media and my own head - and content related to them!!

Even if the announcement on Friday is Guild Wars 3, Guild Wars 2 is not going anywhere. Anet has just pretty much revived the original Guild Wars and has future plans for it, so that game is not going anywhere and it's even older than GW2. Guild Wars 2 makes money and last I checked is doing good and steady.

i hope so!! because man i still love the game a lot, i love my ocs from it dearly, but i think after playing for...seven?? years and doing almost everything in the game i think it's only natural to get kinda bored. it does hold the record for my longest hyperfixation though! and i love that it's a game i can take a break from, i know a lot of mmo's will leave you in the dust progression wise if you aren't actively playing (and subscribed </3).

I love guild wars 2 so dearly, and although it's had its ups and downs I love the community as well. But to be honest, I haven't really had the same drive for the game in...well, a long time. I think since the end of EoD. When the credits rolled, it felt like such a good conclusion to the whole story, and I think because of that it's been hard to keep up my interest and investment. I like the new content well enough and I love raiding with my friends, but I feel that I just have so little to talk about on here any more.

And I'm sad about that. It really hurts, actually, because this community has given me so much - my beloved guild, my wonderful best friend, meeting friends in real life, getting a house with one of my closest friends, things to live for through some of the worst periods of my life - but I think about engaging again, making gifs and edits like I used to, and the motivation just isn't there.

To be fair, a lot of this might be circumstantial - I've been through a lot lately, among other things discovering I have more than just PTSD going on in my head, and a big bout of depression on top of it all. Maybe I'll feel better and come right back to it, but I don't know.

I am not sure what the future of this blog will be. It won't be going anywhere, nor will my old blog (@astralarias). I...actually don't think much will change, honestly. I'll still reblog GW2 stuff, as well as other games I'm playing. But I think I need to acknowledge I'm at a point where I don't have the energy or drive to interact with the community on here and post my own stuff as much as I once did, and I want to be honest about that.

(@mistborn-bastard)

My guilt-wracked kittyyy <3

6. Left handed, right handed, ambidextrous?

Okay I have not actually thought about it before but she can be left handed like me, as a treat :3

14. How are their table manners?

They're good! She spent enough time around Important People in her order and the pact to have picked up that diplomacy usually goes well when the giant cat isn't (accidentally) intimidating the other party by tearing into a raw steak with her saber teeth.

18. Morning person or night owl?

Morning person for sure. Back in her original universe, she used to be much less strict with herself about it, but now, after everything...it's hard not to want to be prepared all the time. This reality can't end because she slept through some alarm, even if she knows deep down this isn't the most healthy line of thought. So she's often up before anyone else has even begun to stir.

And for the babygirl herself:

5. Do they like to sing? Are they good at it?

She definitely doesn't at the start of the game/story, but I think after the end of the game...it's definitely possible to sway her into it after a few drinks and a night in the tavern with Karlach. She is not the best at it.

11. What's their favorite food/least favorite food?

She loves anything sweet, and also jerky. She enjoys something she can really get her teeth into. Least favourite is cheese - not just because of her experience at a certain circus where she became cheese, but...that might be a part of it.

23. Do they snore?