#Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device

[marieziffer]

Drewtober Day 26 - DED

@drewtober

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[papenniesandbentoboxes]

[call-1-555-mystico]

playing deadly device for the first time and as I do if its an option, I go to the bathroom a million times, to hear the stuff Nancy says.

I just had her say, "Can I get a little privacy here?" seemingly at the player... she's self aware. she's meta. she knows she's being watched by An Audience.

[thenancydrewtimes]

Need full essays for who would be which emotion😂😂😂

[netscapenavigator-official]

I'm watching a playthrough of Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device, and for some reason, Mason's behavior reminded me of that post that goes like, "I'm autistic, but my special interests are pulling bitches and making money." Idk. He just has that evil autism energy.

[perpetuallylocked]

case photos: The Deadly Device

[nancydrewpcpolls]

Nancy Drew Bracket Round 2.5

The Deadly Device

Shadow at the Water's Edge

[lickieloo]

RIP Niko :(. Happy Death Day!

[drewlyyours]

ryan kilpatrick stimboard

This line represents my happiness and well-being over time. You may notice the steep decline.

x x x | x 🛠️ x | x x x

[henrikvanderhussy]

A compilation of all of Ned’s text messages in The Deadly Device

I am using voice texting to message send message you. Stop! Stop! Why aren't? Send! Wait!

Sorry about that! Voice recognition might not be for me.

I found a quarter, but then it fell into a puddle.

I went to your house, but then I remembered that you were in Colorado.

Laughing out loud.

Can't wait for you to come home!

Watching a movie on the couch with a big bowl of KoKo Caramel Corn, wising you were here!

Did you solve your case yet? I know you can do it!

Please come home, Deirdre keeps calling me.

How's my favorite detective?

I just left a top secret present at your place :) It'll be waiting in River Heights for your return.

Ned.

Hi Nancy, I miss you. Whoa. I've got the craziest feeling of deja vu. Rolling on the floor laughing out loud, helicopter.

My favorite part about all of these messages is that none of them read like replies to anything. There’s no “Wow that sounds really scary! Stay safe!” or anything like that.

Therefore, I have to assume that Ned sent Nancy all these texts, and she never sent even one single text back. GIRL.

[detectivedrewshouldgetaclue]

oh, to be a tiny gummy bear in the hand of ryan kilpatrick…

[papenniesandbentoboxes]

DED meme dump, babes

[elliotchen-apologist]

chilling in nancy drew games:

technology of tomorrow today laboratory

[just-a-madrigal]

We are not besties. We are ‘worsties’.

The Deadly Device

Nancy Drew Embroideries

This is hands down my favorite Nancy Drew game. I’ve always loved science, and been interested in research and learning how things work, and this game made the job of a scientist look so romantic and wonderful that I absolutely credit it with influencing my career. I used to work in a lab and on days when I was particularly uninspired I’d put on this game’s soundtrack to channel that motivation. I became fascinated with Nikola Tesla because of this game, he was truly one of the most intelligent and kind people history has known. So I’ve had the design for this piece in mind for a long time, and I was really excited to get into it. I made it hard for myself by making the piece so small, which made it hard to get all of the details right, but I was on vacation and wanted to pack light so I figured smaller would be more convenient. But someday I’d like to redo this piece on a larger scale!

This was the first (and remains the only) piece of media that I have been directly inspired to write fanfiction about. I wrote more about it that ended up being super long so it’s below the cut if anyone is interested! Overall, this was a great week :)

The story I’d write for these characters came so clearly to me; I’ve never been able to visualize something this way before. But I want to see a story about how Nico and Victor had once been lovers but Nico was too focused on his work and Victor was too capitalist-minded for them to maintain a relationship. But they did remain professional and kept respect for each other, Victor even continuing to invest in Nico’s work. But then Nico fell in love with Gray and they had a dynamic that worked because Gray was so devoted to Nico and the two of them were a team, using Gray’s considerable Physics background, but he had no interest in acclaim or the career of a scientist so Nico kept him close in the security position where they could spend evenings working together. But Victor saw this relationship blossom and became jealous and petty, and he allowed that to fester and his anger at seeing Nico be happy and loved by someone else eventually drove him to plot the murder. But he couldn’t allow himself to be so emotionally vulnerable, even going so far as to convince himself that his crime of passion was one motivated by his capitalist values and greed instead. Gray could see this happening and stayed close to protect Nico, doing what he could to protect their work and their relationship from Victor’s jealousy but knowing that Victor still had this financial power over them, essentially holding the pair hostage. When Victor finally did strike, Gray couldn’t save Nico, but he could save the evidence where he knew Victor couldn’t destroy it. He sent the security tape file to Nico’s secret computer before Victor could come in and edit it, which he knew would happen because of course Victor would cover his tracks. He had to do right by Nico and bring Victor to justice. That’s why he didn’t trust Nancy- he suspected (correctly) that she had been brought in by Victor to find that last piece of evidence and destroy it so that Victor could maintain his innocence. He couldn’t trust that Nancy would do the right thing. Gray was coming into the secret lab at the end of the game because he knew Nancy was trying to obtain it- but he thought she was going to destroy it for Victor. But as we know, Nancy gets Victor brought to justice, and so Gray can have a sense of closure, although still mourning his lost love.

So my reading of the game was very romantic, and made me enjoy it all the more!! Did anyone else read it similarly?? I believe I saw a post going around talking about the lack of details for the ending of the game, so this would be my explanation haha. Maybe someday I’ll actually flesh this out into a real story, it’s been sitting with me for literal years!! I’d love to hear if anyone else had a similar reading.