#buzinya

[lythbounddrama]

What's the shittiest or most target update lyth's gotten?

That's really subjective and I'd love to hear other's opinions. For me, I think it's the Buzinya update. There's not a single good quality about them.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

Crossposting this here, since I suspect this is related to Lythbound.

~Mod Zebra

Man I was avoiding one of the few main cs I enjoy because of a parasite based event rn, and the group I was putting attention in to instead now is ALSO doing parasites now, just put me out of my fucking misery.

I guess you’ll have to find something else for the time being anon

[griffonvent]

Oh look it's Bloomdoom(FaeriePanda) in the comments calling the blog toxic. Remind me why she got kicked out of Bagbeans again? Wasn't it because she was being toxic?

[primeroseart]

I JUST REALIZED I NEVER WATERMARKED THIS

Anyways did this messy thing for lythbound’s Buzinya Invasion Event. 

[lythbounddrama]

what is the point of me having muted the buzi and infected words if i can still see the new designs that came out that are clearly the thing i specifically dont want to see on the site???!! im- they trigger me i DO NOT want to see them, + the dashboard always shows those 3 new sales right there on my face whenever i enter the site!! I hate this

At the very least the mods should make sure that adopts are actually tagged. It's a bit irresponsible to include tags and tag blocking, but not bother tagging adopts.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

Because I am curious

[lythbounddrama]

For shittiest update, definitely tied between the buzinya event and the taming update. Both were incredibly stupid and shouldn't have happened.

For most targeted, I can't think of many. Though, I recall there was a user working on a giant gift art that was going to have like 20 characters in it when the freeplay limit was removed and the requirement to label characters was added.

Yeah, the taming one was definitely a grindfest. I doubt many people want to have to grind art just for something they can get from the shops or another user with much less effort. And I've already stated my opinion on buzinyas.

The label requirement thing was probably just a coincidence rather than targeted. There's a lot of people in Lyth and there's bound to be some updates that end up happening while someone's in the middle of a project.

~Mod Post

[lythbounddrama]

yeah I gotta agree with the buzinya invasion event for most self indulgent update for the mods.

personally I don't mind them, but with how many people are uncomfortable with that kind of body horror/stealing I don't get why they had to make it an event in the first place. They could've just kept it low-key, like ''hey if you like buzi's, here is a little shop where you can do prompts and earn those guys, and even exchange them for new little guys''. Like they could've just kept Nill in Gauguro with their own little shop, but without all the bell and whistles of a full-blown event that eventually resulted in nothing but a ton of outrage from the community.

actually now that I think about it, the whole gauguro update felt super self indulgent, especially for minka who basically got to drop their own entire arpg onto lyth and run.

That event shouldn't have happened at all. There's nothing wrong with having a parasite species...but you have to be mindful of others and it's not the brightest idea to make an event centered on them. Especially if the species site itself doesn't center on parasites at all.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

And with this, the total is 27 species, not counting companions or Buzinya. ~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

post(/)704255390995677184 I support you and your buzi killing OC anon, I should add that to some of mine in solidarity bc fr I feel the same. It got worse, my distaste for them, with the "new lore" of "poor wittle baby". Honestly, Staff *should have* asked if adding a parasitic shit was OK before doing it. ALSO not PG-13 at all. LIKE Body horror like that? Are you for real?

I agree with you, anon.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

With the whole "uwu buzi are actually poor widdle baby who must infect people and are totally not bad, pls feel bad for them" thing I'm now worried people might hate me for the fact one of my lyths kills all buzi on sight, including trying to kill the infected and seeing them as a threat. Which I did this lore for my oc before the "oh wont you feel bad for the poor baby" lore. I added the "buzi killing" to my oc to deal with my discomfort of them. I feel like I'll be some bad guy now over it...

It's your OC. They can't control what you do with them. The fact that there's a worry you'd be looked down on just for something you added to cope with buzis is concerning.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

I’d bet a pretty penny that staff would consider these complaints as people being “too hard to please”, when in reality they’re just incredibly biased towards stuff that interests them personally to give a shit about the people who are viscerally disturbed by it, and so continue to shoehorn them in and add little addendums to soften the blow somehow. Maybe they would just prefer the people who dislike the content to quit since they seem pretty adamant about not only keeping Buzis around, but doing even more with them in the future.

Oh and honestly? They were more cohesive as a hive mind parasite instead of a “poor baby species that have to do this to survive!!! Have you no heart uwu??? There’s just been a miscommunication don’t you see? They’re people too! Oh no I feel soooo bad for cutting off it’s antenna and forcing them to stop fucking brain jacking people. They’re so scared now! Oh noooo!!!”

Sorry, that was silly of me. But yeah, even as someone who didn’t really mind or care for the inclusion of Buzis, this new lens they’re trying to make us look through seems excessively sympathetic to something so fundamentally hostile.

Well said! There are some things that you just cannot cast in a sympathetic light without looking callous or out of touch. And Buzinya are one of those thing.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

Imagine having your soul trapped in the hollow husk of your eaten up body while a blob lives your life and you can only watch. Oh my bad, unless it is oh so kind as to let you take over for a moment. You can tell that bit was slapped in to shut up the people who are uncomfortable. Sorry staff, I still fucking hate them. They still LIQUIFY PEOPLE AND EAT THEIR BRAINS. That aint symbiotic. And why r we suddenly making the Buzi a victim???? Staff ain't gonna make me feel bad for the nasty fuckers.

Yeah. If it's eating your brain, you aren't going to be alive. You kind of need a brain to survive. And saying 'oh, but Lythians are magic' isn't going to cut it.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

Oh I’m fucking sorry but the new addition of “Though parasitic, their takeover is more of the symbiotic sort” is horseshit. Do you know what parasitic means???? Also, no, having something hijack your brain is objectively not beneficial for a host, who are you kidding.

“Contrary to popular belief, the host still persists, living in tandem with the Buzinya” Honey I dunno what to tell you, but this is somehow worse and more terrifying than them just dying. They still apparently kill if the fucker ever wants to hightail outta someone’s body apparently, so, what the fuck?

Also? The concept of the freed buzi being just a terrified creature cut off from its ability to communicate with anybody and is just clinging to the nearest person who’s nice to it really sours the entire concept of it being a pet. I actually thought it could’ve been cute (since they look silly), but this makes it incredibly uncomfortable for me.

I don’t know who they’re trying to appeal to by making these guys “nicer” it’s really confusing.

Well said! Personally, I think the edits are just slapped in in such a poor way it looks more like a first draft than it should for a released species. And you're right, there is no possible way for them to have any symbiotic relationship with the host when they literally take over their brain.

They couldn't even be considered symbiotic or a parasitoid, considering their lore.

~Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

Not the "Notes on Buzinya Behavior" making an ABSOLUTE BACKTRACK on the parasites taking over, erradicating their hosts and them not being an evil hivemind. too late dude, should have started by saying they can be nice or they can take over by force.

That is something that should have been decided on day 1!

-Mod Zebra

[lythbounddrama]

I wish there was a "Can you please focus on lore for other/older species and not have all your attention focseed onto the parasites" option on the poll. Cause, personally, I like horror so I'm not too bothered by the Buzi's that much, but. Can we please at least get more lore for the other, older species first and not get more parasite lore shoved down our collective throats?

I second a 'More lore for older species' option. Would it kill them to expand the lore beyond adding new species?

~ Mod Zebra