#The Forgetting

[orphancookie69]

Disney Dreamlight Valley...Then and Tomorrow...

I was looking at my drafts and realizing we are at the end, nearly, of the next free roadmap for Disney Dreamlight Valley. Realizing I am on the lookout for a next roadmap a thought came to me, we should think about where we have been and where this game could possibly be going. So, I went through my old post and found all the roadmaps I could find. Throwback!

Every time there is an update, this loading screen changes. But this is the first image most of us saw, so expectations were set up from this one. You already see characters like Scar and Walle and Stitch.

The game is released as early access launch. You have your main starting bunch but Scar is one of the first ones to join you. He is teased in the loading screen. Woody and Buzz Lightyear are next. This has us in 2022 content wise.

2022 becomes 2023. The roadmap turns more into how we know it to look like today. You get Mirabel from Encanto, Simba and Nala from The Lion King, and The Forgotten. While this game is a good mix of new and old Disney-the forgotten is the new innovative character it made for the times. Well done really.

Still in 2023 content wise, but we really start working quality of life updates in the game. The bulk of the main story is out at this point so the developers get to have fun and refine at this point. Venelope from Wreck it Ralph comes, and then Beauty and The Beast. The end of the story teases the expansion.

Here the free content timeline and the paid content timeline start to overlap a bit. Lots of people complained about the fact they had to pay for more content, but this is a business for some. The expansion isn't bad, a little slow. You get Walle before this but eve gets to join him. You get Mother Gothel before, but Rapunzel joins her from here. And of course, its not a party without...Gaston! Jafar is your big bad, who saw that coming? And my favorite so far...Oswald the Lucky Rabbit!

Catching up to the current times, at least for when this is being written. Jack Skellington comes from The Nightmare Before Christmas, they timed him well. Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc. Daisy joins her boyfriend, Donald Duck. Mushu and Mulan take a break from training to hang out too. Tiana is coming up next.

As I am typing this, this is also a way to play the game-as one of us who have been playing it from the start-to play in a sense of "proper" order. I also realize, even by looking at the roadmaps-it doesn't show every door opened in the castle, or even the doors yet to be open. The opportunity for other DLC's you see when going to the first expansion.

But this game, even with being about halfway done with doors and 1/5 of the way done with expansions-is not so simple. There are in game events, star paths, and weekly/daily challenges. As the game has progressed-quality of life has changed (mostly) for the better. Some people love it, some people hate it, and some people have way more money and time to play it than I do.

What do I think is coming next? Well, Summer should see the end of the first expansion. Expansions at this point will progress the overall story along. Doors in the castle spice things up in between updates. I have often said, Disney is a modern day monopoly and owns way too much content. For the purposes of this game-any future DLC's have lots of options to pick from. We already see Remy doing a DDLV Doordash, and Tiana is all about cooking. It could add value to the game but it also easily borders on too much to do-busy work instead of relaxing.

While I appreciate that most of the characters are old school, this game is also a marketing machine for Disney's movies and other business ventures. I could see future stuff being newer content. I could also see a Marvel DLC for this game. The bigger question will be, what do they think the people want to see? Who shows up in the valley that people are willing to put their money where there mouth (or fingers typing comments) to? I know how I would answer that, what about you?

[pizzamunchbite]

I keep getting quests randomly for The Forgetting and all I could think of was The Forgetting reminds me of Orin, just always kind of popping up. So I made a meme

[the-knights-who-say-book]

finished The Forgetting yesterday! it was so The City of Ember if it was YA (positive) — dystopian but more sci-fi thriller like The Loneliest Girl in the Universe than Divergent.

the worldbuilding was soooo solid, the main character was like written for Me, and the romance really sold me on “oh these characters LIKE each other!”

definitely recommend. grabbed the companion novel from Hoopla and I have pretty high hopes for it, though The Forgetting sets a high bar to clear

[veryslowreader]

The Forgetting by David Shenk

Away from Her

[zeravmeta]

hello weary traveller there is no longer the original post rather I invite you to play the critically acclaimed by me game proverbs of hell made by the wonderful @saifdev

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

hey reminder that connecting humanity is extremely low on esims rn and desperately needs esim donations and also that there are a lot of cool things you can get in exchange for a donation

[haunted-xander]

If you skip a meal Senshi will materialize next to you w/ food at the ready

[nothazellevesque]

a man self immolated in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc yesterday. not just any man. an active member of the us air force. he live streamed his death, and said that he refused to be complicit in a genocide any longer. he said that compared to what palestinians were facing every day, setting himself alight was nothing.

let me reiterate. an active duty air force member burned himself alive because he was so disgusted by what the us government was openly supporting. he live-streamed his own suicide, so the whole world could bear witness as a man in his military uniform set himself on fire to protest his government’s complicity in the horrors that we have all been forced to watch happen in real time. he became a new horror. footage of the immolation blurs him out the moment the fire catches, but you can hear him. it is over in seconds, really, but you can hear him screaming. he shouts “free palestine” until his body physically cannot make any sounds other than guttural screams of agony. and then he falls silent. a police officer arrives and points a gun at his still burning body, shouting at him to get down on the ground. and it is over.

his name was Aaron Bushnell. he was twenty five years old. and he isn’t here anymore because the political ruling class has decided that genocide is perfectly fine as long as it preserves imperialism. in the coming days, people will try to discredit him. to say that he was mentally unstable. they will try to bury his actions to save face and defend israel’s propaganda. do not let them. aaron knew what he was doing. he knew what he was doing when he put on his military uniform, set up his twitch stream, and made his final walk up to the embassy. he knew what would happen to him when he flicked that lighter. do not let them forget. aaron’s blood is on the hands of the political ruling class.

[superkursunaskr]

[pimsri]

I make art about grief again

[bloodraven55]

i’ve seen too many people arguing that marcille was already a full grown adult when she went to school at 35 despite literally all of the canon evidence indicating otherwise

[angelsaxis]

I haven't seen this version anywhere so I made one!

[cork-run]

the names of certain mob-involved trans women have been changed

[4thefreaks]

made this gem on Sunday. had to wait all week to post it

[dovesick]

endless night