Guild Wars 2

Rather odd one this, cobbled together from visuals and irrelevant lore points which have received far more attention then one would expect them too.

On Tiami’s outfit, there is something I’ve been looking at since Rising flames came out – which is much clearer on larger characters. The shoulder piece actually looks like it is full of compressed glowing liquid. Similarly, on the small backpack attached to the outfit, there are glowing bars of the same hue and what appear to be knobs – which are more appropriate to controlling the valves of liquids then operating computer circuitry.

Tiami keeps Spencer in blighting pod fluid – due to its apparent regenerative properties. It is a nice piece of lore to touch on but it has received an unprecedented amount of attention in the GW2 story – twice. Those who have been sticking with the living story since inception will know that Tiami is suffering from a crippling genetic disorder which is decaying her body. At the same time she is playing around with a fluid with extreme regenerative properties and her version of the outfit almost seems to be rigged with a system to circulate liquid around her body.

Which leaves me wondering when she says she’ll never sleep again, as to whether she actually means she plans to never sleep again -.-

The last, completely proofless, part of this is how closely it ties to the asuran showoff. All of the races have a running issue which is tied to destiny’s edge members. With the Sylvari it was Caithe, Faolain and the pursuit of freedom – which has now been resolved. With humans it is Logan and Caudecus and stock standard human politics. With the Asura however the debate is Zojja, Kudu and the debate over the use of dragon magic. Kudu experimented extensively on himself with dragon magic and is all for the stuff. Zojja has most likely been corrupted by dragon magic in some way against her will – and she greatly disapproves of anyone playing with dragon magic. To have Tiami using dragon by-products on herself to preserve her decaying body seems an exact mid-point between Zojja and Kudu – which seems to perfect a plot point to be coincident – to me anyway.

That’s what I’ve been mulling over recently. Possibly too much exposure while farming unstable magic.

i like this theory.

Her outfit looks like a couple other medium armor sets thrown together, and with a couple shinies to make us buy it (I might).

I don’t think this has anything to do with where the story is going, I just think it is how the armor looks.

That said: I really, really like your theory and hope it turns out to be the case.

oh god taimi gon corrupt herself with dragon juice and turn into trahearne 2.0

Her new suit in fact made me remember Kudu for some reason.

Her suit made me think of Scarlet more than Kudu. The shoulders specifically look like a mirrored Magitech armor gear.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Taimi.jpg
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Magitech_armor_asura_female_front.jpg

Or on human female meta:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Magitech_armor_human_female_front.jpg
http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gw2-taimis-outfit-human-female.jpg

Given her fascination with Scarlet, the influence wouldn’t be surprising.

Come to think of it…

Was Taimi limping in her last appearance?

I’m not even sure she walked in her last appearance.

In finnish taimi means sapling, so maybe Taimi will stop moving and root in place and become new pale tree

hmmm.
last episode eir sacrificed herself right… well maybe its gonna be taimi this time, since her use of the liquid stuff is directly tied to the story. it would be refreshing to have to deal with one less smartypants :3