Rating the gw2 mounts by their backwards walk animations:

starryeyeddowner:

• Raptor: the smallest head tilt for some peripheral vision, long, confident strides and whole body movements to maintain balance. 1 bumpy ride/100
• Springer: feisty little backwards hop. probably kills predators by smacking them with their butts like wombats. Absolute Power/100
• Skimmer: constant tail twitch, occasional fin shudder. hates this more than anything. why would you making it go backwards??? its not made for this. 2000 disappointed head waggles/100
• Jackal: starts slow, clearly nervous. needs constant eye contact and reassurance from their rider. many future ear skritches/100
• Beetle: doesn’t look back at all. doesnt need to. has unquestioning faith in their rider. thank you for believing in me petey, I would die for you. 1 unbreakable beetle bond/100
• Griffon: Looks back not out of mistrust but because it is an expert at backing up. probably has a nice little alcove up on a cliff it backs into to roost on the reg. 1 secure tail curl/100
• Warclaw: cant turn its head. wont turn its head. it’s all armor back there, why bother? 0 fear of death/100