#COMMANDER YES

[commanderyes]

The Commander Says Goodbye

I’m not going to lie, I’m extremely anxious as i’m writing this, out of what these news could mean to a lot of people, and my heart feels heavy enough it could drop down my ribcage any minute from now and squish all my other organs. But I’ve been dancing around this topic for a long time now, and I think i’ve finally reached a point where i can’t ignore it anymore, for my own sake.

I hereby announce Commander Yes has come to an end.

As I’ve mentioned plenty of times before, here and to many other people, when I began this comic all the way back in 2018 I was in a really bad, really low place in my life in every sense of the word, and it was a spur-of-the moment decision to cheer myself up, because Path of Fire had just released and my enjoyment of the game had reached fever pitch and I had been playing Guild Wars 2 alone since as far as launch, and none of my other friends had ever really gotten into it. I guess I just, dunno, cried out into the big maelstrom of the community, one voice amidst millions, because i wanted SOMEBODY to look at what i did and revel in the nerdery with me.

And somehow the snowball began to roll and people wanted more and more of what I could do, and I was being actively reached out to, and, well, some time after that I landed my first ever job, I discovered a lot of things about myself, and I found myself in communities that welcomed me with open arms, and many of the people in there have since become among the best friends I could’ve possibly encountered, kindred souls who i’ve shared joys and sorrows for many years and who I can’t imagine living without anymore.

And all the while I kept making the comics, and with every entry posted every week I’d keep having people stopping to comment on them, and whether they were dumb jokes or personal takes on the story, they’d all share how much what I do kept hitting them in the kokoro, and to this day whenever I play anywhere in the game I still get people who recognize me and thank me for doing what I do. It was wonderful, it IS wonderful, and seeing that response motivated me to keep going, because what did still mattered to people, out there.

But I did always say I planned to keep doing these comics until I ran out of energy for them, and I think i’ve finally reached that point.

Because ever since I actually landed that job I’m exhausted and sleep-deprived every other day, so much so that I only have time to work on the comic on saturdays and sundays, and it gets harder and harder to just sit and draw, and at that point it was just more work, and while I still enjoy and play Guild Wars 2 a lot, it no longer consumes my time and attention like I’ve used to and i’ve been having fun with more personal projects, and honestly the direction the story is taking these days does not sit right with me and it’s hard to find inspiration in that, and this might be borderline selfish but every year I find people care less and less about the comics and it really takes a hit to you motivation when hardly anybody responds after you’ve spent a whole weekend trying to squeeze a five-page comic out.

And, well, I have been doing these for six years straight, and I think that’s a good run. I’m tired, and ready to move on, at long last. Let it be someone else’s turn.

But that’s the beautiful thing about this community, isn’t it? Even if I’m hanging up the hat, there are a whole lot of fantastic artists out there, as we speak, still cranking out works of art, deserving of all the attention they can get. And think of all the artists yet to come! For every story that ends, another story is just about to begin!

The world keeps on spinning, one way or another.

I’ll be closing my patreon shortly after this, but the reddit archives and tumblr blog shall remain for people to browse whenever they feel like (or until they both go in flames, i guess, what social media isn’t about to these days)

I still don’t think I ever was that much of a big deal, but all the same, to everyone who’s ever supported me and helped me be the person I am right now, to everyone who’s been there from the beginning, to all the devs of this game that has captured us for nearly a decade now, to all my fellow players and artists out there

Thank you.

See you out there, fellow commanders. Still the stars find their way.

#guild wars 2 #guild wars 2 fan art #guild wars 2 fan submission #snargle gutslurper #commander yes #that's all folks #thank you for everything #keep loving yourselves okay? you're worth it #all of you #see you in the game :)

[eight-tigers]

dub of “The Commander and Permanence” from Commander YES: https://commanderyes.tumblr.com/post/686284519829028864/the-commander-and-permanence

music: argofox 2016 orchestra suite (play of the game)

#gw2 fan submission #gw2 #Guild Wars 2 #voice acting #charr #guild wars 2 norn #norn #commander yes #comic dub #ARE YA READY KIDS OHHHHHH

[androdragynous]

internat habits that are good to learn

#patch me through to palaven command #yes i drew this with a cat and not lion because its more hashtag relatable that way #comics

[dontbelasagnax]

KISSKISSKISSKISS

#codywan #star wars fanart #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #my art #if you saw my codywan kiss posting the other day... yes this is a continuation of that #i need them to kiss goddamnit

[theminecraftbee]

I think the other funniest thing about all the current fish-related shenanigans is. if this season is nearly as long as last season we are going to get well past the point any of this fish stuff was relevant (to anyone but gem, gem fish stuff will be forever). however. this is also the early days. the ESTABLISHING days. people drew scar as an elf until the bitter end of season nine is what I’m saying. xb has been a fish for like three seasons now is what I’m saying. joe STILL has green hair from snips in most of his fanart is what I’m saying. people still give ren his season eight prosthetics from time to time is what I’m saying. doc’s design gets more and more Creature every season, is what I’m saying.

somewhere, there’s a fanartist solidifying their designs for the hermits for the first time and it’s while we’re all making them fish and in a year and a half all the new fans will be staring, baffled, going “okay and explain why pearl is a salmon again???”

is what I’m saying.

and personally I think that’s beautiful,

#hermitcraft #THIS IS TO SAY. YES. THIS SHOULD BE THE SEASON OF FISH. I COMMAND IT. #like personally I think this is a good thing. the hermits may drop these things from their designs. #but the fanartists. they remember #little marks of all the most memorable bits #and if one of those bits is ‘fish’ I will be HOLLARING AND CHEERING

[pacificwaternymph]

Bad Batch enjoyers right now.

#yes i know rex was like the ONLY one to get any speaking lines #but like #i wanted it to be all clones #if anyone knows how to do proper image descriptions i'd really appreciate it #the bad batch #bad batch #tbb #tbb rex #captain rex #ct 7567 #commander wolffe #cc 3636 #arc trooper echo #ct 1409 #commander cody #cc 2224 #star wars #star wars the bad batch

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Cody siping his caf watching Anakin and Ahsoka blow up a building: Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Obi-wan running towards the burning building: MycircusmymonkeysMycircusmymonkeysMycircusmymonkeysMycircusmymonkeys-!

#star wars #disaster lineage #codywan #in a way #commander cody #anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #obiwan kenobi #are they the handlers of the circus? yes. but they’re still apart of the circus #incorrect quotes (?) #sw clone wars #still don’t know how to tag sw post #s

[lightasthesun]

you've heard of the domino twins now let me introduce you to the tripple threat

#they're triplets #yes #and ponds is the their older brother #and fox wolffes and Cody always have the 'you're one minute older argument' #commander cody #commander fox #commander wolffe #the command squad #the clone wars

[papanowo]

you know what? fuck you. shaves obi wan

#my art #star wars #tcw #clone wars #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #anakin skywalker #captain rex #ahsoka tano #codywan #and if ur wondering yes it is anakins fault

[your-very-rude-neighborhood-ace]

the clones would have fucking loved ezra’s gunsaber

#ezra: it’s a lightsaber #clones: right yes as jedi have #ezra: and then BAM! it’s got a gun! #clones: yo this kids a fucking genius #star wars rebels #ezra bridger #the clone wars #sw rebels #tcw #star wars tcw #commander wolffe #arc trooper fives #arc trooper echo #captain rex #commander cody #arc trooper jesse

[milkywayes]

the blood? not hers.

#mass effect #mass effect 3 #commander shepard #femshep #video games #bioware #digital art #artists on tumblr #illustration #am I making my life harder by insisting on drawing her in my fave non-default armor set? yes #will I stop? never #always thinking about her... #milkyart

[commanderyes]

The Commander And A Beginning

#guild wars 2 #guild wars 2 fan art #guild wars 2 fan submission #braham eirsson #kasmeer meade #taimi #marjory delaqua #rytlock brimstone #rox #canach #logan thackeray #gorrik #snargle gutslurper #commander yes

[boxofoxberry]

.: 🧡💚💖💛 :.

" I WON'T GIVE UP 'TIL THE END OF ME ! "

#splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon 3 #agent 3 #agent 4 #agent 8 #neo agent 3 #dj octavio #callie #commander tartar #mr grizz #this took me 14 hours goodnight girl #yes this is undefeatable from sonic frontiers

[jedi-starbird]

Obi-Wan: oh? who's this?

Cody, who's been carting around an orange cat he found sleeping in Obi-Wan’s discarded robe all day, and assumed that his general had been transformed due to standard Force Bullshit™️: ...no one. apparently.

#Cody just picks up this ginger kitty like ah yes my general just another day with the 212th #the orange cats stupidity only reinforces his belief that its obi wan #the cat stays though and obi wan ends up having a very serious conversation with him #crouching down like hey. hey. thats MY commander kitty. i was here first. 😤 #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #star wars

[cj-kenobi]

cody discovers the wonders of hrt

#is this based on a meme i made 3 years ago and never posted? possibly #was this also good expression practice? absolutely yes #star wars #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #codywan #trans obi wan kenobi #trans obi wan #cals trans obi wan agenda #my art <3 #cal draws #my art #fanart #star wars art #star wars prequels #star wars the clone wars #star wars the clone wars art #the clone wars #tcw #the clones #star wars fanart #obi wan kenobi fanart #commander cody fanart #comic

[threebea]

Plo: whoops, how clumsy of me I have dropped some inappropriate (wink) literature in the workplace, but zounds! I am needed in the next room. I hope no one accidentally picks it up and reads it! (Hurries off leaving suspicious pamphlet on the ground)

Fox: is your General trying to sneak you porn? (Takes nonplussed sip of caf)

Wolffe: no he's trying to get us to unionize.

Fox: (spits out caf)

#plo koon #commander wolffe #commander fox #i just feel like the jedi would have s hard time not encouraging this sort of thing #like yes it makes zero sense for the military #but eh #tcw #the jedi being managers like #sidious: youre supposed to be on this side of the table with me UU #jedi: yes of course #jedi: let's give them everything they ask for