Mesmers & Relationships
Deception and manipulation… These love stories are faaaake
Son of Elonia.
An interesting observation, even if you are bending Anise to fit your trend.
Cadeyrn’s the only semi-important mesmer I can think of that you missed.
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Oddly enough, my mesmer has (in RP) addressed part of the reason for this. So, here’s how she would explain it.
“Mesmer magic isn’t just illusions, it’s also pushing the boundaries between illusion and reality. That is why I can make a portal, for example, that actually moves you instead of just creating the illusion of movement. It’s a bit more complicated than that, but I think you get the idea.
“The magics we use to heal ourselves work in the same way. We create the illusion of being healthier, and then push that into reality. But in training for our usual combat style, most mesmers become very familiar with their own appearance. We have to know every little detail, even the ones that bother or annoy us. And when we overlay an illusion upon ourselves to heal, it’s very tempting to change those little things over time. To remove that little bump on the bridge of the nose, or brighten your eyes just a bit, or make that spot of hair that never goes right finally lay with the rest of it.
“By the time they are fully trained, any decent mesmer will have adjusted at least a few details of their own appearance. It’s not an illusion, it’s the new reality. Many will be handsome or beautiful, but even those that are not will have removed anything disconcerting about their appearance, unless that was what they wanted to look like. Only by choice is a mesmer ugly, and all mesmers are comfortable within their own skin. This confidence, along with the improved appearance, is very attractive to a lot of people.”
delicate, brick-like subtlety.
I found the NPCs back in GW1 who were mesmers tended to be the more charming ones. (Gwen may not have been the most pleasant, but Kieran wore her down.) Norgu was an actor and was very affable, if not necessarily the most attractive. I’m sure there’s something alluring about the mesmer arts, and that naturally draws others to them, whether it be romantic or otherwise.
I found the NPCs back in GW1 who were mesmers tended to be the more charming ones. (Gwen may not have been the most pleasant, but Kieran wore her down.) Norgu was an actor and was very affable, if not necessarily the most attractive. I’m sure there’s something alluring about the mesmer arts, and that naturally draws others to them, whether it be romantic or otherwise.
In GW1 the professions (well, core professions) were also heavily slanted towards the human deities- for mesmers, that meant Lyssa, the goddess of beauty and, apparently, love. I wouldn’t be surprised if mesmer culture developed in a way that reflected that connection- socialization might make mesmers more amorous as a whole than members of other professions.
Cadeyrn’s the only semi-important mesmer I can think of that you missed.
Minor nitpicking, but Cadeyrn had been a warrior until they screwed up his entire story in Twilight Arbor story.
Of course, that was established in the Dream and Nightmare short story, and back then we weren’t inoculated in the new dogma that all outside-of-“GW2” lore is malleable and thus mostly incorrect.
A fantasy of sci-fi cyborg implants grafted into the desiccated flesh of Guild Wars’ corpse.
well i know in the case of the countess Anise that her looks are an illusion or have definitely been altered because in one of the personal story missions my character starts asking her about mesmers and then says hmmm i wonder how old you really are and then she snaps at him
so i think its the fact that mesmers very rarely if ever actually look like they do in reality
its just an illusion and that illusion of beauty is what draws others in
Oddly enough, my mesmer has (in RP) addressed part of the reason for this. So, here’s how she would explain it.
“Mesmer magic isn’t just illusions, it’s also pushing the boundaries between illusion and reality. That is why I can make a portal, for example, that actually moves you instead of just creating the illusion of movement. It’s a bit more complicated than that, but I think you get the idea.
“The magics we use to heal ourselves work in the same way. We create the illusion of being healthier, and then push that into reality. But in training for our usual combat style, most mesmers become very familiar with their own appearance. We have to know every little detail, even the ones that bother or annoy us. And when we overlay an illusion upon ourselves to heal, it’s very tempting to change those little things over time. To remove that little bump on the bridge of the nose, or brighten your eyes just a bit, or make that spot of hair that never goes right finally lay with the rest of it.
“By the time they are fully trained, any decent mesmer will have adjusted at least a few details of their own appearance. It’s not an illusion, it’s the new reality. Many will be handsome or beautiful, but even those that are not will have removed anything disconcerting about their appearance, unless that was what they wanted to look like. Only by choice is a mesmer ugly, and all mesmers are comfortable within their own skin. This confidence, along with the improved appearance, is very attractive to a lot of people.”
i like this idea
iv never thought of mesmers as manifesting illusions into real things (i imagine only the most powerful mesmers can do this?) its really cool
lol and i main a mesmer
There are some fun things you can do with Mesmer clones in the bedroom. That is why.
Well, mesmers can make themselves look like anybody or anything.
They can influence the mind to make a partner really aroused—the magic could be used as an aphrodisiac.
They can probably also influence the mind to get you feeling really high… and from what I hear, doing the dirty while high is a lot of fun.
They can make clones.
They can create an environmental illusion. Romantic island? Luxurious bed? A little magic, and you’re as good as there.
They can walk around naked, and nobody will know
Honestly, the sexual possibilities with mesmer magic are just about limitless. I’m sure both mesmers and their partners take great pleasure in the fact.
I found the NPCs back in GW1 who were mesmers tended to be the more charming ones. (Gwen may not have been the most pleasant, but Kieran wore her down.) Norgu was an actor and was very affable, if not necessarily the most attractive. I’m sure there’s something alluring about the mesmer arts, and that naturally draws others to them, whether it be romantic or otherwise.
To flip it around, personally I’ve had a theory that each of the branches of magic calls to a certain mindset. Preservation magic (monks, paragons, guardians, and possibly dervishes) is based on faith, while most necromancers have a degree of morbidity and cynical self-reliance.
Elementalists and mesmers both share a certain flamboyant and/or scholarly nature, however, in elementalists this tends to manifest in ways that can rub people the wrong way. Mesmers are smoother and more charming.
Now, there are exceptions to this rule, and it’s a bit of a chicken-egg question (how much is it that the magic is easier to use for people with certain personalities, and how much simply that people with certain personalities are more likely to choose certain magic types?). Either way, though, certain branches of magic do seem to be associated with certain personalities, and of those personalities, mesmers are probably the most conducive to forming relationships.
People don’t hate Scarlet like Game of Thrones fans hate Joffrey.
They hate her the way Star Wars fans hate Jar Jar Binks.
There are some fun things you can do with Mesmer clones in the bedroom. That is why.
One of my guildies wrote a very erotic story on this subject.
Love is a Lie. Mesmers are the best Liars. Therefore Mesmers are the best Lovers!