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Forgive the sloppy work >>;

A fan of the Waiting For Tonight series asked what I thought the characters looked like/if I ever made them in Guild Wars 2. Truth be told, yeah. Even before the written series was even a thing, I made Linet into it (well... Nevermind, you'll see if you keep reading). However, these screenshots/the game's limitations are not perfect, so there's a little bit to say about each one.

Before I start though: there's a reason why I don't normally do this kind of thing ("Make characters out of some game system/etc"). Because I honestly believe you get a much more personal attachment to the characters if I give as little detail as possible. I'll give you some guidelines: species, gender, a main color or a mane color, perhaps eye color, body type, etc. But your mind fills in the gaps. Just like how if you read "someone speak", you hear a certain voice in your head that your brain attaches to the character. Subconsciously doing this, you make the character 'your own' to a degree. And if you ever picture any of these characters, or any character in my stories, differently... Use YOUR version, by all means. You'll enjoy the stories a lot more if you do this. However, some people just cannot do that, and I guess this is for them.

So, yeah. Without further delay:

Linet (Top Left) - Okay, those of you that read my other series (be it Drunken Lullabies or even my Winter Metas for the past three years) will recognize this name. Just to be clear, the Charr is based off of the character: the Tirix. She's more of a lynx + panther in look, but I made the charr waaaay back in the game's first year. There wasn't much in terms of choices back then (a decent amount for a release, let alone per gender and five races. Anet did well for the game) but Linet the Tirix doesn't really look like this. Same white coat, dark spots/spot style as well, but face... Ehh.
Funny thing is, I actually made two Linets: one Necro and one Engie, supposed to be her past and future self (in that order. Yes, the Engie is the future version, not the Necro like you would expect). And they were mirrored images of each other, save for the color of the spots (Engie's was slightly lighter to show the age). Regardless, she is one of my favorites in terms of looks that I've ever made, which is why I wanted to use her in the written series.
...That, and she's a bit shy. So WFT was kind of her "test" to see how people would react about her being 'out there'. Yes, I realize how weird that sounds to people who don't read my metas. The older I get, the less I actually care how crazy I sound.

Ari (Top Right) - Y-yeahhhh, he looks probably a lot more different than anyone would have pictured in their minds. I may have a lot of raptor skins in the game, but not a whole lot of them look... "Normal", y'know? And out of all the ones that do... They didn't quite look like how I personally picture Ari. I just used what I could, but it barely matters. None of these are "Definitive", they're merely suggestions.
...That being said, his eyes should definitely be a brighter orange. >>;


Skyscale (Bottom Left) - This is from the Butterfly spinoff of the series, but I thought I would include him. However, if there's one thing that drives me coco for coo coo puffs is that the Damn Muzzle on the Skyscale is So God Damn Short! Sorry, I'm just not fond of my dragons having pugface. Regardless, I did like the "bearded" look of him, and the colors are pretty close. If there was just one change... That damn muzzle... Oi...


Kyella (you know your farm animals) - Uggggggggggggggggggggggggh- Okay, those who've played the game will likely recognize a few things: like the freaking Makeover UI. I browsed through the charr faces three times over and still couldn't find one Even Remotely Close to what I picture for Kyella. So I just... Kinda chose one around the 25% "Close Enough" mark. Her fur color, mane style, horns, it's all off. Eye color is okay, but I worked with what I had. If you just can't picture anything for Kyella, feel free to use this I guess. I'm not satisfied with it, but it is better than nothing.


Guild Wars 2/Charr/Raptor/Skyscale Mounts/World/Pretty much anything 'visual' © Arena.net
A game that'll be ten years old come late August- God damn, I'm old...
Waiting For Tonight © Jennifer Lopez, a song written for the turn of the upcoming year 2000- *Groans in Agony*
OLD BEAR IS OOOOOLD...!

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Lycah
2 years, 2 months ago
The girls are both quite close to how I imagined them, but I was way off with the boys.

Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Bartan
2 years, 2 months ago
^^; Sorry that it took so long
And yeah, a lot of people's reaction kinda seems to be about the same.
I'm still working on WFT5, hopefully it'll be posted in a couple of weeks at most
>>;; Hopefully it lives up to expectations, but
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