#dev's venting

[zoneofsmites]

Still laughing about how they didn't want to "invalidate" anyone's worldstate. But that is exactly what they did.

Morrigan is the most obvious, I really cannot believe that a Morrigan who was a mother would have so willingly taken into her something like Mythal if she was a mother - of at this point - a 10 year old Kieran. Maybe she would, but it would be for different reasons.

Isabela is the most annoying to me. She's talking about how "Kirkwall taught her about family." as if she couldn't have been given up by Hawke to the Arishok. As if she couldn't have ran away from Kirkwall and never looked back. If I had met an Isabela from a world state like that, she would never have said that.

Harding talking about the Inquisition also feels like it misses some... extra flavour here and there based on actual choices. Like my Inquisitor didn't do well with Blackwall, and he didn't survive to see the end of the game. But Lace speaks about him fondly and in such a way that I don't think she should if the Inquisitor never 'redeemed' him.

Zevran is never mentioned by name, but what if a warden outright killed the assassin hunting them. Or he turned on them in Denerim and died later? Then explain to me that entire banter Lucanis has with Harding about why House Arainai messed up so bad they went trough several Talons about it. And now the Crows don't take contracts in Ferelden anymore.

At that point the reason that was given to us for the lack of worldbuild choices to prevent 'invalidating everyone's worldstate' feels null and void. Because you have. You have invalidated many worldstates already by bringing back these character or have people talk around them in such a way that doesn't make sense.

[gazumirei]

the pressure fandom right now

[rosy-crow]

On one hand, I need to calm the fuck down about Sephiroth and stop giving into Twitter to debate lore. I KNOW I’m better than this lmao.

On the other hand, I see people genuinely angry about “how Crisis Core ruined Sephiroth by killing part of his agency through Genesis,” and “how having friends made him less cool,” and “how all the Compilation is humanizing him too much and taking away his mystery,” and “how he went evil for no reason,” and “how he was always an asshole that saw himself as superior to others and only broke down because he found out he wasn’t all that.”

I see unironic worship of “canon” traits he has that apparently mark him as a perverted alpha daddy dom sex god instead of the actual raging, delusional murderer with a loathing for all life he becomes for a reeeeeeeally key and important reason.

I see remarks like “I hate how First Soldier is ruining my favorite character and taking away more of his agency,” when said “favorite character” is Sephiroth’s most surface-level traits as a villain with no further depth and he has to be cool and perfect 100% of the time or else he isn’t Sephiroth anymore and he’s suddenly “badly written.”

That’s not the same character.

Yes, I know.

Why am I mad that one of the most beautifully designed and canonically objectified and powerfully portrayed and sensually voiced and thirstily fawned over characters in video game history is being reduced to singular traits???

I don’t know.

How can I demand the luxury of rage when faced with such odds.

What did I expect.

Yeah, this one’s on me.

[mrs-theirin]

so tired of genuine complaints being thrown under the bus with "they will complain just because they want to complain" that's actually not how any of this works!

[wreckrinho]

Im literally dev dimmadome my biological dad who is kinda identical to me doesn't love me and have never loved me befor..... sillyyyyyyyy..... and im white for da latinos around here----

Like im latino but for da othar latinos im whiteeee.....

And im blonde now too--- (ik devs hair is kinda red but---)

Sowwry im sleepy and drunk and the smell of burning Bacon is killing me from the inside out (autism thingsa)

[reel-fear]

All Bendy fans who have been mean to Poppy Playtime need to apologize rn. Also if u like Bendy ur not allowed to dislike Poppy Playtime Chapter 4-

[bluewolfangel01]

I know Obey Me is a gacha game first and foremost, their main goal is money and to profit from our want of stuff of the characters we adore. And I really hate to say it but...

Ive been really considering not playing Obey Me! (Nightbringer) anymore

Is it me or has the gacha system/"luck" gotten worse?

It feels like nowadays that it takes so much, especially money wise, to get anything good/new

This could just be a me thing. Maybe I've just been having insane months long terrible luck with the gachas and celestial blessing boxes cause the rng/luck gods hate me or something

I can't seem to get very far or much even if I do spend money and it's kinda wearing me down ngl

Either way that's my vent/ramble, thanks for reading

[sailorgundam308]

Why the FUCK would Spawn Astarion be all into going with Karlach to Avernus in her Origin run, but that option simply doesn't exist in HIS Origin run? The timing excuse is invalid: Larian has changed the timing of her burning up in her Origin run so she can have a romanced companion go/not go choice with her. They could've EASILY done the same for Spawn Astarion Origin. (They even have the dialogue and animations for ASCENDED Astarion to forsake Baldur's Gate and go with her. So that's as ready as well.) That smells like another oversight regarding Karlach, her storyline and the options related to her character. It bothers me so much when there are these absurd gaps in the story when it comes to her character, like she was the last priority they had. Meh.

[jaderavenarts]

Sometimes I think about how Dragon Age's entire existence seems to have been an uphill battle against EA since it got turned into a series after Origins (which iirc was basically done by the time EA bought the studio) and I am both so thankful for the work the devs put into it to make each entry in the series work as well as they could under whatever circumstances they had but also bitter at how constrained they were/are and how much they get forced to sacrifice for trends like multiplayer. It feels like a curse to be such a long time Bioware fan and hearing certain criticisms where you're like "no wait, they didn't want it to be like that, here's what happened behind the scenes that made it have to be that way and how it was the best scenario they were able to carve out, but yes I also understand that it being the final result gives unfortunate implications" and I think about what being on the developer side of things must be like

[hybrid-angelic]

Okay why is tumblr becoming the only usable platform- I use Quotev for roleplaying, and they are REMOVING GROUPS TOMORROW. My main method of roleplay- like- dude imma throw a fit- this is the equivalent of a dumpster fire being hospitable when compared to something like Chernobyl- wtf-

[redwylde]

Getting older and getting wiser, I've come to some realisations about how I feel about female characters as a romance-repulsed aromantic.

Early 2000s, growing up I couldn't connect to a lot of female characters because 9/10 they were introduced to be a love interest first and a character second. Their femininity was intrinsically linked to the fact they would be falling in love with the male protagonist and it was so restrictive and alienating. It's for that reason I ended up liking male characters more because they were allowed to exist without the looming threat of romance. Boys could be anything they wanted, partly because of misogyny as well. "Girls only care about ruining your life by wanting you to settle down and all that cinge love stuff", which was a problem for BOTH sides.

Now we have more female characters who are not driven by romance and it's freeing, and I know it's hard for alloros to understand, especially if you REALLY enjoy romance, but the possibilities it opens up having female characters who are no longer defined by romance is really comforting for people like me.

Okay yes, a lot of times there's an overcorrection and the women are super mean for no reason or have zero personality beyond "I punch men" - that's undoubtedly a flaw - but is it so bad to be relieved that there's more of a choice out there now? That I no longer have to be afraid I'll be coerced or trapped into a romantic situation because that's what people expect of me as a woman? That every female character who is no longer solely focused on romance is slowly making it more "normal" to be a woman and be single?

As an aroace kid I opposed a lot of romantic subplots. As a kid it was everywhere and there was no reprieve. You were a girl, you have to revolve around love because that's all girls are good for. Male shounen protagonists were my best friends because they could go a whole season without an awkward lovey dovey moment. Just being aware of that had made me feel like I understand my aromantism growing up and be kinder to myself when engaging with content. Like, I know what it stems from now and can work with it to be happy.

[edwardallenpoe]

Um. Prepare yourself for the s&co episode. The representation (if you can even call it that) of DID is BAD. Once I realized that the person had DID I was pretty pissed to say the least. I emailed them like 4 paragraphs on how shitty that was. I feel like a Karen but it was honestly deserved. But if you’re upset by portrayals of people with DID I’d skip this one.

i opened my inbox this right after listening to it. Thank you for the heads up tho, but it is far too late.

I honestly feel a little sick. Not gonna lie.

"we now understand more about the human condition" I lost braincells, John. I think we actually DEVOLVED. We LOST knowledge of human existence with this one, chat. And then. Also. John defending Tory's. Ya this was a really fucking bad episode. Wow. It was so avoidable. That entire thing was so avoidable.

You are definitely not a Karen for emailing them, I'm low-key tempted to email them myself but I won't. I need to process that dumpster fire for a little longer. Wow.

It's like. I specifically remember Sherlock listing off DID on his disorder list in the first fucking episode. He has DID. Did Joel and co literally look up the index for the DMS-5 then put them in their notes app or something?????? Like were they just like "yeah anything and everything but PTSD for the plot mate" just for Sheelock to have smt to say?????? It's seems so impossible to me that they have such amazing rep for both PTSD and autism and such but DID was butchered that badly. Woooow. I can't even.

I love this show but that was. So bad. I rlly hope Joel says smt soon about this because woooow . That's all I can rlly say. Just wow.

[kintsugi-sun]

a messy drawing i did kind of for myself lol, was in yansim's fandom for so long when i was so young like 9-13

Ayano was one of my first comfort characters and i will stay stealing her always because that trash doesn't deserve to be called her creator

might post my redesigns/rewrites of characters later idk lol, theyre actually like my favorite ocs now

bird website (still)

[corrie-zodori]

I wouldn't wish the pain of not being able to even say goodbye to your best friend on my worst enemy.

[tvmblrsillyman]

would ones dysphoria be valid if one never voices it. Would it still be valid if it one only voices it recently but had no/minimal history of expressing that?

[weedeaterisback]

Eternitydev Vent

So, I tortured myself looking through my old dm with MrDrNose, and holy fuck my grammar was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad and all the questions I asked... No wonder he misunderstood half of the questions I asked. They sound complete nonsense. And than there was those kind of questions that baffle my wandering what was I smoking at 14, and the fact I repeated those weird questions twice! Surprised on how chill he was to me back than. So sad after VoTV he turn up to be a complete selfish asshole who can't take accountability for any mistakes. Make it more sad that we even have to be in this drama, where I had to write a fucking document because he turned into a asshole that runs a shitty server its depressing.

Man, it seem like I kinda know MrDrNose a bit more than anyone, even Absol. My feeling about our relationship back in 2022 is confusing and mixed. Man, why did things have to turn out to be so fucking wrong.

Like, we are humans. We make mistakes, and both me and MrDrNose make alot of huge fucking mistakes, but I tried to change. But him, he doesn't listen at all. He choose to not fix things and just make things worse. Like, there was an actual opportunity where he could've settle it with me and everybody he wronged. Except, no. He chose to not do the right thing, but lie about the whole "Negotiation" because he never even try to reach out to me on discord on twitter which speaks for itself

Like there was this entire drama in his itch comment section where people got pissed off at the things he did that I exposed in the document. The entire time he tried to gaslight them and say that me and everyone who worked on this document were "Mentally ill". Of course these people weren't taking bullshit and pressure him to the point where was gonna talk to me and get things worked out. Except he didn't and just ghosted me showing that he just lied to the people to make them shut up.

I've been in the Eternitydev Fanbase far longer before VoTV was made and when I became a part of it, I was really wanting to support MrDrNose. But after everything that has happen and how Nose treated me and everyone from his old fandom. Just put salts to the wound.