Guild Wars 2

Chaos Archangel actually organized a contest (before he disappeared) to create a video based on this song.

I even participated (though sadly on a much worse computer than I currently have)

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Mesmer-Shatter-Me-Video-Contest/first

Ithilwen was around long before this song was being toted by mesmers in videos. When chrono came along some people thought it was the perfect song.

If you listen to the lyrics though (beyond picking up the odd word like “shatter”, the lyrics are more along the lines of a jewelry box ballerina with some manner of sentience who’s life is otherwise tied to the ticking of her clockwork. Then there’s the undertorrent of breaking out, or breaking free, or breaking apart just for the hell of it – or whatever.

When you look past the varnish, it’s not mesmery at all XD

Oh, and also, my Killshot Mesmer was the clear winner of that competition.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Ithilwen was around long before this song was being toted by mesmers in videos. When chrono came along some people thought it was the perfect song.

If you listen to the lyrics though (beyond picking up the odd word like “shatter”, the lyrics are more along the lines of a jewelry box ballerina with some manner of sentience who’s life is otherwise tied to the ticking of her clockwork. Then there’s the undertorrent of breaking out, or breaking free, or breaking apart just for the hell of it – or whatever.

When you look past the varnish, it’s not mesmery at all XD

The aesthetics of the video, with the pink dresses, the clocks, the butterfly etc… is still very mesmery.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Oh, and also, my Killshot Mesmer was the clear winner of that competition.

I surely liked your twist

Terrible song, use this instead.