#you thought I was just kidnapping Mai Trin? joke's on YOU I adopt EVERY character that canon leaves in the dumpster

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

every now and then I just spontaneously remember that Arkk exists and that he was coded as a member of Scarlet's Army for reasons left entirely unexplained and I just go. huh.

#my posts #GW2 #Guild Wars 2 #arkk fascinates me for many many reasons tbh #aside from him being another entertaining antagonist with funny dialogue he's just. interesting. #there's an inherent tragedy to characters that are doomed by the narrative not just once but eternally #it's not enough that he can never win. he can also never stop trying and failing endlessly forever. he hasn't just lost he is Always Losing #every time he thinks it's the first time but the truth is he's already been dead in all the ways that matter for a long long time. #he's a ghost that will never find peace because his grave is a recording that will replay continuously until the universe itself unravels. #man. his plot arc is short but surprisingly compelling for what it is. i still think about it a lot tbh #anyway hcing that he knew Scarlet/Ceara at some point and that's why he's in her 'army' for coding purposes #you would've thought they'd make him like. inquest. but nope they did that and I still wonder what the thinking was tbh #timeline-wise it'd probably make the most sense if he was already in the Inquest building up a debt by the time she joined there #with his departure into the Mists most likely taking place sometime shortly after her expulsion from Rata Sum #i need to think about him and Dessa more tbh (especially since they're both core characters at the Turnabout... haha...) #you thought I was just kidnapping Mai Trin? joke's on YOU I adopt EVERY character that canon leaves in the dumpster #and they didn't do anything with finding the 'real' Dessa or Arkk in SotO so I doubt they ever will. which means... mine now. #it's free real estate! stuffs them both in a bag and carries them away never to be seen or heard from again