#dragon salyer

[telltalebatman]

2, 4, 9, 12, 20 for the gaymer thing?

2. Top 5 games of all time. hm, all things considered? probably oblivion, kh2, puzzle quest challenge of the warlords (the switch rerelease fucking SLAPS), batman the telltale series (shocking!) annnnd arkham knight.

4. Best game soundtrack (full album or single track)? kh2 and persona 3, hands down. i still listen to both because they're just so good. the kingdom hearts ost has a special place in my heart in general, yoko shimomura truly gave it her all.

9. Most hours you’ve put into a single game? i refuse to check bc i know the hours are horrendous, but in all my libraries combined games i've poured most hours into r gonna be skyrim, fallout 4, witcher 3, overwatch, dragon age inquisition and genshin impact. yes, i know. a big chunk of this list is of questionable quality. im aware.

12. Favorite game character? oh, you know himb <3

20. A game that made you cry. unironically insomniac's marvel's spider-man, specifically the ending of doc ock and aunt may's death. i did not think they'll have the balls to pull this off, but they did, and it was a touching scene. and also back to doc ock - after he's defeated for the final time, he cries out for peter. how can i NOT cry. william salyers put his whole pussy into doc ock, and it's a genuinely moving moment.

[madamechrissy]

Ty for the tag @espresso1patronum <3

Tag nine people you'd like to know better

favourite colour(s): Black and pink!

favourite flavour(s) : Sour things are my weakness

favourite genre(s) : romance, adventure, horror

favourite music : Muse, Panic at the Disco, that emo shit lol, I also love Alec Benjamin, Artemis, Billie Eilish and that soft pop vibe

favourite movie(s) : Guilty Pleasure- Twilight movies I'm a sucker for them lol. Also ALL of the Pirates of the Carribean

favorite series : book- Absolutely the Queen of Roses Series

anime- Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragon Ball, Bleach, Demon Salyer, Inuyasha, lots and lots. A more random one is Elfen Lied (mind fk that one) and My Happy Marriage (tear jerker)

last song : Build God theyn We'll Talk- Panic at the Disco

last movie : Oooh I think it was this silly ass comedy with Jennifer Lawrence- idr the name

currently reading : A fk ton of fanfics lol

currently watching : Tulsa King for live action shows, for anime I'm watching Seven Deadly Sins (the Knights sequel) with my kiddo

currently working on : Always working my butt off w/insurance lol, but I'm working on so many stories. Silent Serenades, Fractured Desires, Take Me Home Tonight, and also a new Choso fic!

@makingtimemine @antisocialinlw @chiyokoemilia @jjknanamin @cocomanga @teacupwaifu @saccharinesatoru @philiatothephobia @aldebrana

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◈   TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER!

favourite colour(s): every shade of blue

favourite flavour(s): cinnamon, cherry, teriyaki

favourite genre(s): fantasy, magical realism, mystery

favourite music: honestly I'll listen to pretty much anything, from hard rock to classical music, but I have a special preference for 80s hits and Japanese indie

favourite movie(s): Pride and Prejudice (2005), Howl's Moving Castle, Shrek 2

favourite series: Good Omens, One Piece, Haikyuu!!, Gravity Falls

last song: Your body is a weapon by The Wombats

last movie: Glass Onion

currently reading: The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune

currently watching: One Piece, Buddy Daddies

currently working on: in a creative sense, working on a zosan royal au fic, several fanart pieces and a few fantasy au concepts I'm excited about; in a personal sense, working on my insecurities, hoping to improve my lifestyle by trying sports for the first time (kendo, specifically!) and studying for a competitive exam

@goldenandhappy @ftld42 @bryttdaffodil @doremiinas @ats0mi @mafuwara @miyakiyoomii @heart-cores @omiishii

[mcbastardsmausoleum]

BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM (2022) ARRIVES ON 4K ULTRA HD & BLU-RAY DISC ON MARCH 28th

MIKE MIGNOLA’S EPIC TALE PITS THE DARK KNIGHT AGAINST SUPERNATURAL FORCES IN A NEW DC ANIMATED MOVIE.

Batman’s rational mind and unparalleled fighting skills are put to the ultimate test when an ancient force threatens his world and everyone he holds dear in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray on March 28, 2023 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. The all-new, feature-length DC Animated Movie puts Batman up against Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham as he’s aided and confronted along the way by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and more. 

David Giuntoli (Grimm, A Million Little Things) reprises his Batman: Soul of the Dragon role as the voice of the Dark Knight in this all-new 1920s-based DC Elseworlds tale. Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Uncharted) makes her DC animated debut as Kai Li Cain, Batman’s closest ally.

Elevating the action and drama are DC animation veterans Christopher Gorham (The Lincoln Lawyer, Insatiable) as Oliver Queen, Patrick Fabian (Better Call Saul) as Harvey Dent, John DiMaggio (Futurama, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire) as James Gordon, and David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man) as Grendon.

Rounding out the cast is Gideon Adlon (Legion of Super-Heroes) as Oracle, Karan Brar (Jessie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise) as Sanjay “Jay” Tawde, Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, The Frighteners) as Kirk Langstrom, Darin De Paul (Mortal Kombat Legends & Overwatch franchises) as Thomas Wayne, Brian George (Seinfeld) as Alfred, Jason Marsden (Young Justice, A Goofy Movie) as Dick Grayson & Young Bruce Wayne, Navid Negahban (Homeland, The Cleaning Lady) as Ra’s al Ghul, Emily O’Brien (Days of Our Lives) as Talia al Ghul & Martha Wayne, Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) as Lucius Fox, William Salyers (The Regular Show) as Cobbelpot & Professor Manfurd, and Matthew Waterson (The Croods: Family Tree) as Jason Blood/Etrigan.

Sam Liu (The Death and Return of Superman) fills the dual role of producer and co-director of Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, working closely with co-director Christopher Berkeley (Young Justice) to bring to animated life the script from screenwriter Jase Ricci (Teen Titans Go! and DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse). Producers are Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) and Kimberly S. Moreau (Legion of Super-Heroes). Executive Producer is Michael Uslan. Sam Register is Executive Producer.

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham will be available on March 28 to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray Discs will be available to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. 

Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce’s beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Batman: Shadows of Gotham (New Featurette) – An examination of themes of existential dread in a world drenched in gothic overtones that combine to create one of Batman’s most unique adventures. 

- Audio Commentary – Filmmakers and storytellers, including producer/co-director Sam Liu and screenwriter Jase Ricci, take in all the gothic horror and intrigue of Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham.

4K/Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French

Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish, French

Running Time: 90 minutes

Rated PG-13 for some strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief partial nudity

Trailer - https://youtu.be/5OzP3grTnz8

#BatmanDoom

[cheekymochiiii]

the First Snow

part 2. [cont. from Game Night ->]

✰ Mini Series

✰ NaLu short

“I’m never drinking again,” Lucy vows to herself as she sits on the cool tile of her bathroom floor feeling a little better after vomiting yesterday’s dinner.

“Natsu, Lucy’s telling lies again,” Happy calls to Natsu, who is in the living room doing his morning workout.

Lucy lets out a groan as she holds her stomach urging it not to get upset at her again.

“What’d she say this time?” Natsu shouts back.

Lucy puts a finger to her lips, “Could you two be a little more quiet?” She asks her head pulsing with each word the boys shout.

“She wants us to be more quiet!” Happy shouts and Lucy feels her muscles tense at Happy’s volume.

“If you can’t be quiet, then leave,” Lucy says through gritted teeth.

“Yo, are you done throwing up yet?” Natsu asks leaning against the bathroom doorframe panting with his body covered in a fresh coat of sweat.

“I think for now,” Lucy answers picking herself up off of the floor. She waits for her nausea to pass and moves to walk past Natsu. As she brushes past him, a flash of what happened last night comes back to her.

She remembers laying her head in Natsu’s lap and almost telling him everything. Her cheeks begin to redden in response to the memory. Lucy moves faster to get to her bed and lays down on her back.

“You sure you’re okay?” Natsu asks noticing her change in mood.

“I’ll be fine. It’s just a little hot,” Lucy answers fanning her face even though there is a collection of frost on her window and a fresh blanket of snow coating the town of Magnolia.

“Why don’t we go outside then? Wendy and Carla said yesterday if it snowed we could all go and build a snowman!” Happy exclaims excited at the thought of seeing Carla.

“There’s no way I could do anything in this state,” Lucy says shaking her head.

She feels bad for lying to them, but she has to leave soon if she’s going to catch the train before dawn. Within an hour and once she’s eaten she knows she’ll feel better.

“All you need is a little fresh air,” Natsu agrees with Happy, “Besides I want to challenge Gray to a snowball fight,” Natsu grins from ear to ear as he imagines defeating the ice wizard.

“You guys go ahead. I’m going to stay here,” Lucy waves them off, “I’m going to sleep the rest of the day.”

“Let’s go Natsu!” Happy cheers moving to the window.

“Take the door like normal people,” Lucy tells them moving herself under her covers.

Happy changes direction and speeds out the door.

Natsu walks to the door but watches Lucy a beat longer, “You sure you’ll be okay by yourself?” He asks worried to leave her alone. Her words about being left behind lingering in his mind. He even thought she’d be excited to see the first snow but apparently not even the that could lift her mood.

“I’ll be okay Natsu. I’ll see you soon,” she tells him unable to look at him as the memory from last night replays in her mind again and the fact that she’s lying to her best friends doesn’t sit well with her either.

“Alright, later Lucy,” Natsu waves to her and slips out the door.

• • • • • •

“Victory goes to me! Do you surrender?”

“We surrender,” Gray and Natsu say in unison, both being easily defeated once the scarlet haired wizard joined their snowball fight.

“Wow Erza definitely didn’t hold back,” Wendy comments shellshocked and shaking.

“What else could you expect from an S-Class Wizard?” Carla replies smiling as the two friends build a snowman.

“Hey where’d Happy go? He was supposed to be refereeing,” Natsu says dusting a snowball out of his hair.

“Happy went to get the arms and eyes for our snowman,” Wendy answers shaping the round body of the three tiered snowman.

“Not bad girls,” Gray compliments the pair his shirt mysteriously missing now.

“We need a scarf and hat for him,” Wendy says wondering where she could get the clothing from.

“I have one,” Gray offers pulling one from his pocket, a gray knitted scarf. Erza watches her teammate hand the scarf over recognizing it as the one Juvia gave him what felt like forever ago. Erza smiles at the thought of Gray carrying that with him even if he doesn’t need it.

“Why the heck do you have one? You don’t need it,” Natsu states.

Erza gives him a swift knock on the head when she notices Gray growing nervous at the question, “You’re wearing a scarf too and you don’t need it.”

“Yeah but I always wear this and Igneel gave it to me,” Natsu points out looking down at the white dragon scaled scarf.

“Great, thanks Gray! Now all we need is a hat,” Wendy beams.

“I got them!” Happy exclaims flying up to the group with the supplies.

“Way to go buddy,” Natsu praises.

“Thanks Happy!” Wendy chimes happily taking the sticks from the blue exceed.

“What do we need next again?” Natsu asks.

“Weren’t you listening idiot? She needs a hat,” Gray comments crossing his arms over his exposed chest.

“You’re pretty brave for saying that to me Ice Princess,” Natsu growls ready for another brawl.

“You want to lose again flame brain?” Gray challengers ready for their fifth snowball fight.

Erza intervenes and knocks them both away from each other, both boys face planting into the cold snow.

“Did you forget who was the true victor already or do I need to remind you?” Erza says in a daring voice.

“No ma’am,” Gray and Natsu both say.

“Where do you think we could get a hat?” Carla asks looking to Wendy.

“Should we ask Lucy for one? I bet she’d have one and she’d probably like to contribute to the snowman,” Wendy suggests.

“Why isn’t she out here again?” Gray asks dusting snow out of his hair.

“Lucy had too much to drink last night,” Happy answers covering his mouth to keep from laughing.

“Why don’t we bring her some hot chocolate to make her feel better? I know she probably hates missing out on the first snow,” Erza says remembering a conversation with Lucy about seeing snow again.

Erza had been at the Guild bar with Lucy last week and she remember Lucy saying she hated doing missions in the cold snow, but when she was having fun and building snowmen she adored it. Erza also recalls Lucy mentioning she used to play in the snow with her mother in the first snow they would get.

“I don’t know if she’ll want all of us disturbing her...” Natsu trails off uneasy about the plan. He hadn’t planned on visiting her until it was dinner time.

“She did seem like she could use some cheering up Natsu,” Happy comments nudging the fire dragon slayer.

Natsu shrugs, “Fine lets get going.”

“Aye sir!” Happy cheers as Team Natsu heads out.

• • • • • •

“Hey Lucy we brought you some hot chocolate but then Happy got thirsty on the way,” Natsu announces using the key Mirajane gave them to get in through her door, “you can have mine though. It’s too hot.”

The team walks into Lucy’s apartment to find it silent and empty.

“I thought you said she’d be here,” Erza says bewildered.

“She is. She was?” Natsu replies unsure where she could be.

“You idiot, if she’s bathing she’s going to kick us all out,” Gray says slapping his forehead.

“I already checked. She’s not there,” Natsu shrugs.

“Is that the first place you always look?” Gray asks shaking his head.

“I think the question you should be asking is when did he look,” Carla comments.

“Hey you guys she left this,” Wendy says picking up a letter that was laying on Lucy’s writing desk.

“What’s it say?” Carla asks and everyone else tries to peek over Wendy’s shoulder.

I’ll be back in a week.

-Lucy

“A week?!” Everyone exclaims.

• • • to be continued • • •

✰extra comment// aye guess who finally wrote that second part to the ‘Game Night’ short fic? I’m sorry if this was too short, but I will be writing a third part cause I’m not evil. I’m also not sure how long this little fic will be but definitely not super long as I have other stuff I wanna write and share. Anyway I hope y’all liked it ! \(^-^)>

[nerdismindecor]

Pop culture air fresheners found at Box Lunch.

Momo (Coconut) 

Naruto (Vanilla) 

Zero (Cosmic Air) 

Stitch (Pineapple) 

Dragon Ball Z (New Car)

Todoroki Hero (Vanilla) 

Katara (Ocean) 

Winnie (Vanilla) 

Attack on Titan (Berry) 

Demon Slayer (Cherry Blossom) 

[felassan]

PINNED POST

 PIN: ‘Current upcoming BioWare franchise & related stuff’ calendar

This post is frequently updated and edited as new information emerges and as time goes by. Post last updated: November 11th 2024.

Late November 2024: Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game and the Mass Effect miniatures should be available from your FLGS for UK and EU in late November

December 4th 2024: Dragon Age Day 2024

February 4th 2025: Electronic Arts Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call. These usually take place at 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

Winter 2025: Pre-orders of this new Dragon Age: The Veilguard map of Thedas item are expected to arrive by this point

(Sometimes release dates for books/comics etc vary from the dates given in the original news announcements and/or between retail outlets, so may be incorrect or subject to change over time. Dark Horse dates tend to be accurate, Amazon listing dates sometimes change.)

Notes: BioWare have said that further patches for DA:TV are upcoming. E3 is officially dead.

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2020

October 3rd - Gamers For Groceries charity Twitch stream. This game dev variety show will include interviews and writer insights, and feature talent from BioWare including PW, John Epler, Sheryl Chee & Presley Hynes. Two DA-heavy panels are “Examining Blackwall, Sera and Iron Bull” and “Redesigning Dragon Age Audio Assets”

October 21st - Mass Effect: The Complete Comics collection releases [date from Dark Horse]

October 23rd - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

November 2nd - N7 Week 2020 begins. The BioWare Gear Store N7 Week discount promo begins. The N7 Week 2020 Tee and N7 Car Emblem become available in the store

November 3rd - The N7 Backpack becomes available in the store

November 4th - The Mass Effect Magnet Set becomes available in the store

November 5th - The Paragon Renegade Mashup Hoodie becomes available in the store

November 6th - The UNC N7 Watch becomes available in the store

November 6th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

November 7th - N7 Day 2020. The BioWare Gear store N7 Week discount promo ends. N7 Week 2020 ends

November 7th, 8am PST - Rumored BioWare Blog update with Mass Effect news (remaster?)

November 7th, 11am PST - Special N7 Day panel, ft. Jennifer Hale (Shep), Mark Meer (Shep), Raphael Sbarge (Kaidan), Ali Hillis (Liara), Courtenay Taylor (Jack), Steve Blum (Grunt), Kimberly Brooks (Ash), AWR (Traynor), William Salyers (Mordin), D. C. Douglas (Legion), plus devs PW and Karin Weekes

November 7th, 1pm PST - Episode 1 of the BioWare Base online, featuring developer interviews

November 7th, 2pm PST - Special N7 Day tabletop RPG game “Omniblades in the Dark”, ft. Austin Walker and special cast of players

November 11th - BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development book releases [date from Dark Horse]

November 12th - Last day to enter the store’s N7 Week merch giveaway

November 17th - Dragon Age: The Last Court game deactivates in the Keep

November 20th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

December 4th - Unofficial Dragon Age Day 2020. The BioWare Gear Store are doing a flash sale and a giveaway, along with stocking some new DA products

December 4th - BioWare are/were supposed to be doing a Twitch stream as it’s DA Day. It was originally going to be at 9am EST or earlier, but it was postponed. At the time of writing it doesn’t sound like they’ve decided on a new time/date yet. It sounded like tuning into it would be a good idea

December 4th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

December 10th - Tune into The Game Awards for a special look at the next Dragon Age. Show starts at 4pm PST. Pre-show starts at 3.30pm December 18th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST. This one is their final end-of-year stream before they take a break for the holidays. Stream cancelled due to tech issues

December 31st - Flash Player browser support ‘dies’ and Dragon Age: Journeys may no longer be playable as before (though as you can see from the link if you download the Newgrounds Player you should be able to keep playing it indefinitely)

2021

January 15th - The BioWare Gear Store’s last Holiday sale ends

January 17th - Episode 2 of Mass Effect: C-SEC, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm GMT

January 24th - Episode 3 of Mass Effect: C-SEC, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm GMT

January 31st - Episode 4 of Mass Effect: C-SEC, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm GMT

January end - The Twitch stream series from Summerfall, where Liam Esler plays through DAO while he and David Gaider give interesting dev commentary, returns after their holiday break. Update: No word recently on this front

February 1st - TheGamer.com’s ‘Mass Effect week’ began and will run til Feb 5th. This week is devoted to articles, news, dev and actor interviews, stories and other behind-the-scenes and never-before-seen info and material, as a celebration of the upcoming remaster

February 1st - Matthew Goldman began ‘12 Days of Dragon Age’ on his Twitter, in celebration of being on DA for 12 years. He’s posting interesting things from the vault for this period. Update: These images were posted for Day 12

February 2nd - EA earnings/investor conference call, as their quarterly report should be out. Sometimes snippets emerge from these. Update: Some snippets emerged

February 5th - TheGamer.com’s ‘Mass Effect week’ ends

February - Matthew Goldman’s ‘12 Days of Dragon Age’ ends

February 2nd - GameInformer’s ‘Mass Effect month’ began. They have exclusive content to reveal including exclusive interviews, and a whole month of additional celebratory content due to the upcoming remaster

February 23rd - The Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition book releases

February 28th-ish - GameInformer’s ‘Mass Effect month’ ends

March 4th - Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels TBP collection releases

Mid March-ish - Dark Fortress #1 (see below) preview may be available. These normally come out a couple weeks before release at the earliest. Update: Out now (spoiler warning for link)

March 31st - Issue 1 of Dragon Age: The Dark Fortress releases. This miniseries will have 3 issues and feature Fenris, Autumn the Mabari, Vaea, Ser Aaron, Francesca, Tessa and Marius. This series will continue and conclude the larger overarching story that has been ongoing in recent comics [date from Dark Horse]

April 13th-ish - The MELE official website will update with another post like this one providing information about the game and the changes it contains (a look at the remastering process with a strong focus on the visual changes across the trilogy). This post is said to be the 2nd of two [the timeframe given was “next week”, said on April 6th]

Mid April-ish - Dark Fortress #2 preview available? These normally come out a couple weeks before release at the earliest

April 18th - Episode 2 of Mass Effect: MERCS, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm BST

April 25th - Episode 3 of Mass Effect: MERCS, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm BST

April 28th - Issue 2 of Dragon Age: Dark Fortress releases [date from Dark Horse]

May 2nd - Episode 4 of Mass Effect: MERCS, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm BST

May 5th - Lead DA Producer Scylla Costa is hosting a talk session titled “Challenges of Dragon Age production during the pandemic” (two) as part of Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival. Limited capacity, requires registering to attend, free to do. Streaming online at 6pm UTC-3

May 12th - MELE pre-load on Origin and the EA app will be available from 6pm EEST

May 14th - Mass Effect: Legendary Edition releases (trailer, trailer 2)

May 15th - JHale is holding a live MET cast and crew reunion in honor of MELE, ft. MET and MELE devs, and VAs. It will be streamed on JHale’s YouTube channel: watch link. Noon - 1.30pm PDT

May 11th - Jason Schreier’s new book Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry releases. BioWare are mentioned in it according the Google Books preview (there were insights into DAI’s development in his prior book)

Mid May-ish - Dark Fortress #3 preview available? These normally come out a couple weeks before release at the earliest. Note: No preview emerged for #2, so it may be the same for #3

May 22nd - Gamers for Groceries 2 [schedule]. Some DA writers and editors are taking part again in this game dev variety Twitch/charity stream. GFG 1 contained lots of DA & ME insights/trivia etc. 1pm MST - ~7pm MST

May 24th - DA Narrative Director John Epler’s chat with the Zero to Play podcast, on how stories are told in games and what it’s like to work on DA, comes out

May 26th - Issue 3 of Dragon Age: Dark Fortress releases [date from Dark Horse]

June - According to a Community Manager on Polish EA Answers HQ, a new patch for MELE is due to be released soon, which will include various updates such as localization fixes. The stated time period was “early June”

July 22nd - EA Play Live. Pre-show starts at 10am PT / 1pm ET, main show follows. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 teaser dropped at EA Play Live 2020. Update: BioWare have confirmed that they will not be at EA Play. [elsewhere, E3 2021: Game On is scheduled for June 12 - 15th and Summer Game Fest began June 10th. EA is a partner in SGF]

July 31st: Free Mass Effect Bonus Content download on the MELE website expires, unless it’s expired already by then as download capacity was reached

August 4th: EA’s investor/conference call for Q1 ‘22. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

August 16th - 20th: TheGamer’s Dragon Age Week. This week will involve lots of celebratory coverage on the series, featuring original interviews with folks like devs and voice actors, insights and never-before-seen details and content

August 25th - 29th: Gamescom. Opening Night Live is on August 25th, 8 - 10pm CET and “Geoff Keighley is once again putting on a unique show for new announcements and world premieres.” The pre-show begins at 7.30pm CET. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 trailer dropped at Gamescom 2020

October 20th: Dragon Age: Dark Fortress Hardcover collecting all 3 issues releases [date from Dark Horse] October 23rd: Gamers for Groceries 3, 1pm MDT (schedule). This is a game dev variety Twitch/charity stream. DA devs will be taking part, answering fan questions about companions

November 7th: N7 Day. November 7th - November 13th: Mass Effect N7 Week in the BioWare Gear Store, a sale on ME merch

December 4th: Unofficial Dragon Age Day. Nothing official hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but always a fun unofficial day and celebration! New DA4 content dropped on Unofficial Dragon Age Day 2020

December 4th  - December 10th: Dragon Age Week in the BioWare Gear Store, a sale on DA merch

December 9th: The Game Awards, 4pm - 8pm PST. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 trailer dropped at TGA 2020. At TGA 2021, the Next Mass Effect has been nominated in the special category of ‘Favorite Moment of TGA 2020′, for its reveal trailer. Update: Do note BioWare have now said in a blog “We’re excited for next year when we can talk more about what we’re working on”, seemingly advising there will not be any DA content at TGA

2022

April 21st - April 24th: The BioWare Gear Store will be in attendance at PAX East 2022 with a merch stall (Booth #22059). There is an accompanying celebratory site-wide 20% off sale during the same period

May 2022: ?¿? Some folks hopefully tinfoil (emphasis on the “hopeful tinfoil” :D) that this tweet containing a DA4 news wish-meme refers to the month of May in the year 2022

May 28th: Gamers For Groceries 4. 3pm EDT. Pre-show starts 1 hour before. This is a game dev variety Twitch show for charity (for a great cause!), with interviews, trivia and more. In previous GFGs there have been insights on previous games, trivia etc. this year once again some BioWare devs including writers are special guests. [full schedule]

June 9th: Summer Game Fest 2022, 6pm GMT. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. EA are one of the publishers involved

June 13th: Some EA game digital extras/bonus content (such as wallpapers, soundtracks & art books) will no longer be accessible from Origin or through the EA app. See EA’s page here for more info on these changes and what they advise to do, and also here

August 2nd: Electronic Arts Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

August 23rd - 28th: Gamescom 2022. Opening Night Live is on August 23rd at 8pm CET. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 trailer dropped at Gamescom 2020. Update: It sounds like EA have confirmed that they won’t be at Gamescom this year August 24th: Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter releases. This hardcover collects Dragon Age: Deception, Dragon Age: Blue Wraith, and Dragon Age: Dark Fortress into a single volume

October [?]: Gamers For Groceries 5? This is a game dev variety Twitch show for charity (for a great cause!), with interviews, trivia and more. In previous GFGs there have been insights on previous games, trivia etc and some BioWare devs have taken part. During GFG4 it was said that there would be a GFG5. Date is a guesstimate based on previous GFG dates

October 11th: Starting from today, EA is retiring BioWare Points and they will no longer be available as a form of currency on the Origin Store

October 20th: EA is shutting down the “MP Screenshots Server” of Dragon Age: Origins (online component)

November 1st: Electronic Arts Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these November 7th: N7 Day 2022. Some members of the Mass Effect cast are doing an N7 Day reunion Q&A panel along with signings and line readings at 12pm noon PT. Submit questions here and watch live here. The BioWare Gear Store N7 Week sale begins today and runs til November 13th

November 13th: Last day of the BioWare Gear Store N7 Week sale

November 23rd: EA will be retiring Heroes of Dragon Age. As of this date, HoDA will no longer be available to download and EA will no longer be supporting the game (new in-app purchases have already been suspended and new customer support requests are no longer being attended to). Gems will still be able to use in game until January 24th 2023, when the servers will be disabled and the game will no longer be accessible

December 1st: The first episode of Dragon Age: Absolution is premiering on an episode of Netflix Twitch show ‘Geeked: Toon In’. 5pm PST. At the end of the most recent episode the host said “We will be here on December 1st and it's gonna be Dragon Age Day so make sure you tune in to Toon In, we're gonna have a whole bunch of cool surprises”. The showrunner and some voice cast will be appearing

December 4th: Unofficial Dragon Age Day 2022 December 6th: MELE comes to PlayStation Plus

December 8th: The Game Awards 2022, 4:30pm PT. Nothing officially hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. It’s worth noting that in their most recent blog post BioWare said that they were “closing this year out” with the contents of that blog post, and that when asked if we could expect to see DA:D at TGA Jeff Grubb tweeted “No”

December 9th: Dragon Age: Absolution, a 6 episode Netflix animated series, debuts. All episodes drop on this date. According to Wikipedia, Dragon Age: Absolution is a Netflix original, and according to Netflix Help, "Netflix original TV shows and movies are typically released globally at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time”

2023

January 24th: Due to EA retiring Heroes of Dragon Age, after this date Gems will no longer be able to be used in-game. After this date the HoDA servers are being disabled and the game will no longer be accessible January 25th: First issue of new upcoming Dragon Age comic Dragon Age: The Missing releases

January 31st : Electronic Arts Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

February 22nd: Second issue of Dragon Age: The Missing releases

March 29th: Third issue of Dragon Age: The Missing releases

May 9th: Electronic Arts Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

May 10th: Fourth issue of Dragon Age: The Missing officially releases (the original Dark Horse page publication date changed from April 26th til May 10th, and then the whole comic became available to read early on Apple Books on May 1st, possibly in error)

May 29th: BioWare Mega Collection game bundle sale on Steam ends. Bundle includes every Dragon Age and Mass Effect game and all their DLCs for $20, and the Mass Effect in the bundle is MELE

June 8th: 1pm EST. Pre-sale for the Dragon Age - Selections from the Original Game Soundtrack 4LP Vinyl Box (a Deluxe box set coming from spacelab9) is tentatively scheduled to begin on Spacelab’s website. Equivalent pre-sale the BioWare Gear Store is tentatively scheduled to begin on June 21st (Spacelab advised dates can and do change). Each outlet will offer their own exclusive vinyl color variants

June 8th [?]: Kicking off the summer round of game industry showcases, events and expos (where news sometimes emerges), it’s the Summer Game Fest 2023 live showcase, 3pm EDT. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. EA are one of the publishers involved in SGF 2023. (Note: Jeff Grubb has tweeted that he doesn’t expect to see DA:D at this summer’s game events). Also at SGF, the Xbox Showcase is on June 11th.

June 21st: Pre-sale for the Dragon Age - Selections from the Original Game Soundtrack 4LP Vinyl Box (a Deluxe box set coming from spacelab9) is scheduled to begin on the BioWare Gear Store. The equivalent pre-sale on Spacelab’s website began on June 8th 1pm EST. Each outlet will offer their own exclusive vinyl color variants

August 1st: Electronic Arts Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT.  Sometimes snippets emerge from these.

August 22nd [?]: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, 8pm - 10pm CET. Streaming live on their channels including Twitch and YouTube. Gamescom 2023 itself is from August 23rd til August 27th. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to

September 5-6th: The Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Boxset, a collection of reprints of World of Thedas volumes one and two, releases. Dark Horse lists Sept 6th as a release date. Other outlets such as Amazon list Sept 5th

October 4th: Dragon Age: The Missing paperback (collects all issues, 1 to 4) releases

October 17th: Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook Tastes of Thedas releases. The publication date on the listing originally was 31st December 2023, then this tweet advised the cookbook is coming in Fall 2023. Amazon (dot com) and other outlets such as Barns & Noble now advise October 17th on the listing

November: This month is the estimated beginning ship date for orders of the Dragon Age: Selections From The Game Soundtrack 4LP Box Set vinyl

November 1st: Electronic Arts Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

November 7th: N7 Day 2023

November 12th: N7 ‘Day’ Mass Effect cast reunion on Jennifer Hale’s YouTube channel, with various ME voice actors. 1pm PT

November 28th: The latest estimated ship date for orders of the Dragon Age: Selections From The Game Soundtrack 4LP Box Set vinyl from Spacelab

December 4th: Dragon Age Day 2023

December 7th: The Game Awards 2023. 4.30pm PT. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. Update: going by what was said on DA Day, it does not sound like DA:D/BW will be at TGA.

2024

January 30th 2024: Electronic Arts Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

May 7th 2024: Electronic Arts Q4 and FY 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

The run-up to Summer 2024: According to a BioWare blog post, they will have more to share about Dragon Age: Dreadwolf “as we approach Summer 2024″

May 23rd 2024: Last day that Dragon Age: Inquisition is available for free from the Epic Game Store

Summer 2024: Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is officially slated to have its “full reveal” in “Summer 2024″. According to a BioWare blog post, this is when they will show new trailers, show gameplay, answer questions, and announce the release date.

“All Summer” 2024: “More [DA:TV news/info is] to come”

June 9th 2024: Xbox Showcase livestream event (10am PT) at SGF. Shinobi602 said that there will be a trailer for DA4 coming soon at SGF or the Xbox Showcase. Jeff Grubb said that DA4 will be at the Xbox Showcase. Therefore we can probably assume from these comments that a DA4 trailer will appear at the Xbox Showcase.

“Later this year [2024]”: Jeff Grubb’s latest on the anticipated release window for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is that last he heard, it’s planned to be released later this year. This isn’t a guarantee and it could still slip, but he reported that internally this is when BioWare expect to release the game and that they are feeling pretty confident about this. Given that DA:D is officially slated to have its full reveal in Summer 2024, that would likely  place “later this year” in the second half of 2024, after summer (so Fall/Holiday). further, EA currently plans to release DA:D at some point in FY25, which runs from April 1st 2024 until 31st March 2025 (see “March 2025″ entry below).

June 11th 2024: DA:TV first official gameplay reveal, as announced by BioWare. 8am PT on the official Dragon Age YouTube channel. (but join the chat early as they said they have some surprises ready!)

also June 11th 2024: Summer Game Fest first impressions of DA:TV. This sounds to me like when, for those press & others who attended SGF who played DA:TV to get hands-on-impressions, interviewed devs for coverage etc, an embargo is lifted and they can release their coverage.

June 14th 2024: Discord Developer Q&A on DA:TV, taking place on the official BioWare Discord. 10AM PT. [Discord link]

June 18th 2024 and the following few weeks: Game Informer cover story on DA:TV releases. [info] - Update: The cover story has come out, and the writer advised that they will have more DA:TV features going up at least every other weekday for the next few weeks, if all goes according to plan

June 23rd 2024: Last day of this celebratory 20% off site-wide Dragon Age sale in the BioWare Gear Store (20% off discount codes stack with this)

June 25th 2024: The next Game Informer article on DA:TV will come out

June 27th 2024: Game Informer article drop. 3pm ET

July 1st 2024: Game Informer article dropping. 3pm ET

July 4th 2024: Game Informer article dropping

July 8th 2024: Game Informer article dropping. 3pm ET

July 10th 2024: Game Informer article may drop

July 15th 2024: Game Informer article dropping. 3pm ET

July 17th 2024: Game Informer article may drop

July 19th 2024: Game Informer video dropping

July 22nd 2024: Game Informer’s final piece of DA:TV coverage may come out

July 25th - July 28th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA can be visited at the Dark Horse Comics Booth (2615) during this time

July 25th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA:TV acting talent signing ft. the actors of Neve, Harding, Lucanis and Emmrich. 3pm - 3:50 pm PDT

July 25th 2024: Entertainment wiki platform Fandom’s ‘Fandom Party’. 7pm til 11pm PDT at SDCC (Hard Rock Hotel), “presented by DA:TV”. This is a “preview event” to “unveil” DA:TV, and guests “will explore a variety of fan-first experiences including the opportunity to learn more about DA:TV”. There will be a Dragon Age-themed scavenger hunt interactive experience that leads to a custom photo booth, among other things

July 26th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA:TV acting talent panel ft. the actors of Neve, Harding, Lucanis and Emmrich. 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT

July 28th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA:TV dev team signing. 3pm - 3:50 pm PDT

July 30th 2024: Electronic Arts Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call. These usually take place at 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

August 2024: BioWare announced on July 31st that sometime in August they will release a new roadmap, more looks at DA:TV, and the official release date

August 20th 2024: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. Gamescom 2024 itself is from August 21st til August 25th. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to - update: this article states that DA:TV & BioWare won’t be at Gamescom

August 15th 2024: DA:TV release date trailer and announcement. The trailer premieres here at 5pm UTC+1

August 15th 2024: DA:TV pre-orders open

Week of August 19th 2024: DA:TV high-level combat and PC (as in computer) spotlight

August 24th 2024: The high-level combat content is dropping on this date

Week of August 26th 2024: DA:TV companions week

August 27th 2024: Full screenshots of each companion are dropping

August 29th 2024: Episode 1 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Nadia and Elio

August 30th 2024: DA:TV developer Discord Q&A. 11am PT

August 30th 2024: This DA:TV giveaway ends

Week of September 2nd 2024: Michael Gamble mentioned that there will be a deep dive into progression at some point this week. BioWare said that this would be a spotlight on progression systems, and that those include skill trees, items, and companions

September 2nd 2024: After this date the review embargo on reviews of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game is lifted

September 3rd 2024: DA:TV IGN First month-long exclusive coverage begins

September 3rd 2024: 22 minutes of new DA:TV exclusive guided commentary gameplay with BioWare is releasing from IGN, featuring Corinne Busche and John Epler. 5pm BST

September 4th 2024: Michael Gamble mentioned that he heard there is a deep dive on DA:TV progression systems coming on this date in the morning. It’s said to be about 10 minutes in total and include a blog

September 5th 2024: Episode 2 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Harding

September 12th 2024: Episode 3 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Davrin

September 19th 2024: Episode 4 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Bellara

September 19th 2024: Thoughts on DA:TV from a hands-on DA:TV preview event are coming out from shinobi602 and many others. Note that on this date, the embargo for attendees of the recent preview event is lifted (at 8am PT) meaning that a lot of new info and some spoilers will come out around this time

September 26th 2024: Episode 5 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Taash

September 26th - 29th 2024: Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS). Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a partner title in the lineup

End of September/early October 2024: End of the DAT:V IGN First month-long exclusive coverage

October 3rd 2024: Episode 6 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Lucanis

September 2024 and beyond: BioWare said that much more is to come for Dragon Age: The Veilguard in September and beyond

Early October 2024: modiphius.us orders of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game only will start shipping

October 10th 2024: Episode 7 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Emmrich

October 14th 2024: Pre-load for DA:TV is available on Xbox Series X|S. 9am PDT

October 17th 2024: Episode 8 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Neve

October 18th 2024: From today fans can pre-order the Official Soundtrack album of Dragon Age: The Veilguard on iTunes and Amazon Music

End of the week beginning October 14th 2024: modiphius.us orders of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game which also included the Mass Effect miniatures should have started shipping by this time

Later in October 2024: Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game and the Mass Effect miniatures should be available from your FLGS in US and Canada later in October

October 22nd 2024: Currently listed release date for Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book according to publisher Insight Editions’ product page for it

October 23rd - 27th 2024: Paris Games Week. DA:TV will be there and attendees will be able to play the game at the booth

October 27th 2024: MCM Comic Con London DA:TV panel titled “Beyond The Veilguard: BioWare on the return to Dragon Age” ft. dev Scylla Costa. 12:10pm - 12:55pm. The panel will give a behind the scenes look at the return to Thedas and a glimpse of what to expect in DA:TV

Week beginning October 28th 2024: modiphius.net orders of the Mass Effect miniatures only are expected to ship the last week of October

October 28th 2024: The review embargo on Dragon Age: The Veilguard will lift and reviews will come out. Lifts at 8am PT

October 29th 2024: Pre-load for DA:TV is available on Playstation 5. 9am PDT

October 29th 2024: Electronic Arts Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call. These usually take place at 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

October 31st 2024: Officially-announced worldwide release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard! The worldwide release time is 4pm GMT. There is no pre-load for PC; the game can only be downloaded on PC from this time

November 1st 2024: Formal release of the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Official Soundtrack album, via Lakeshore Records

November 1st 2024: New DA:TV merch items collection from Dual Wield Studio launches. 11 AM PT

First week of November 2024: modiphius.net orders of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game are expected to start shipping in the first week of November

November 5th 2024: At 5pm PST pre-orders close for this new Dragon Age: The Veilguard map of Thedas item. The item is expected to arrive by Winter 2025

November 6th 2024: The Dragon Age: The Veilguard art book The Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases. I have put this here as Dark Horse lists this as the release date for both the standard and Deluxe editions. This article says it releases on November 5th bookstores and November 6th in comic shops

November 7th 2024: N7 Day 2024

[nimedhel09]

Fairy Tail fanfic ideas that won't leave me alone

Hey, so, you might have seen my headcanon posts. I started it especially because I have this idea of a "what if" that won't leave me alone. I might write it at one point, I might not. I might write it directly in English, or in French (French is more probable, though, but it might change, since I think it could be a good exercice).

I will add it in the headcanons posts later on, but since I watched the last episodes of Fairy Tail, I've had a lot of questions about Acnologia's backstory. And then stuff came to me and would not leave me alone.

I have several what if scenarios, all including Acno's romantic partner, because I love me some tragic romance stuff (I love angst and I also love "hurt and comfort" tropes, so...), with said partner being the focus, because I love me some OCs too.

Here are my ideas (in all of them, the partner had sustained heavy damage from a poison dragon):

What if they survived, but Acno discovered it a hundred years after his dragonification?

What if they survived but went crazy for a few hundred years because of dragonification and trauma and could not find Acno, but they found the time-travelling dragon salyers?

What if they survived enough to give birth to a child and raise them a few years, but ultimately succumbed to their injuries?

What if both the mother and child survived?

Depending on the option, the plot could change drastically when it comes to Acno.

I also have an idea revolving around another OC (nothing to do with dragons or dragon slayers) that makes me think about the other countries of Isghar and working on world-building (my love ❤️) and calling out Mashima nonesense - it would be a completely different AU, that follows the original plot closer, but from the POV of a character that has no importance in said original plot, because they're not a MC in the adventures of Fairy Tail, which is also something I want to explore because I find the idea fun -, but that also integrates ideas coming from the Pradeshverse created by an AO3 writer called Desna1.

There are interesting ideas in their AU, but also a LOT (and I say A LOT) of things that either do not appeal to me, or that are still too steeped in patriarchal thought-processes (I very much dislike the objectification of M/M romance in there, the still very present objectification of women in a more subtle way, the idea that males need to be sexually satisfied with a woman to consider being in love with her, and their world-building when it comes to the mating instincts of the dragon slayers, just to name a few) to really work for me. Although the idea of Bixlow being Boscan is a thing that I already had thought about, and creating him a family is very sweet.

If you're curious, my character is actually Desian, but emigrated to Fiore with their mom, but, sadly, their mom died, and they were left in a country they were still not acclimated to and with the culture clash and customs that seem barbarian to them, and, in desperation, they joined Fairy Tail. But they were NOT happy about how the guild functions (because I have ideas pertaining to how Desian society and mages things work and it's very different from Fiore hoho). And that unhappiness led to angst, because you know I love my angst. I don't have a whole plot for this, meaning, I have a plot to like a year or so after the war with Alvarez, but it's not the end of the plot involving my character (who has a name that might change, because I need to do some research, as the nerd that I am, before really commiting).

So yeah, there it is.

I'm honestly very curious of what the Tumblr sphere thinks about such concepts, since it's the first time I've ever talked about a fanfic before actually writing it and I've just started involving myself more actively in fandom stuff.

I'm opened to criticism, by the way. You might have guessed that I'm already quite outspoken about my opinions and ideas (as much as an introvert and a Libra that hates confrontation can be, lol), so I ask the same of potential readers (although I expect negative criticism to be articulate and not just gratuitous negativity).

Thanks!

[batmannotes]

DC SHOWCASE

BATMAN: DEATH IN THE FAMILY

WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND DC PRESENT COMPILATION OF 2019-2020 ANIMATED SHORTS

COMING OCTOBER 13, 2020 TO BLU-RAY™ & DIGITAL

NEW COLLECTION INCLUDES ACCLAIMED TITLES SGT. ROCK, ADAM STRANGE, DEATH AND THE PHANTOM STRANGER

BURBANK, CA (July 30, 2020) – Five fascinating tales from the iconic DC canon, including the first interactive film presentation in Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) history, come to animated life in DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the anthology of 2019-2020 animated shorts arrives from WBHE on Blu-ray and Digital starting October 13, 2020. 

Anchoring the compilation of shorts is Batman: Death in the Family, WBHE’s first-ever venture into interactive storytelling that allows fans to choose where the story goes through an innovative navigation guided by the viewer’s remote control. Central to the extended-length short is an adaptation of “Batman: A Death in the Family,” the 1988 landmark DC event where fans voted by telephone to determine the story’s ending.

Inspired by characters and stories from DC’s robust portfolio, the 2019-2020 series of shorts – which have been individually included on DC Universe Movies releases since Summer 2019 – include; Sgt. Rock, Adam Strange, Death and The Phantom Stranger.

DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family will be available on Blu-ray (USA $24.98 SRP) and Digital (19.99 SRP). The Blu-ray features a Blu-ray disc with all of the shorts in hi-definition, including the fully-interactive, extended-length Batman: Death in the Family, plus a digital version of the four other 2019-2020 DC Showcase shorts. The Digital distribution features the Batman: Death in the Family extended-length short in a non-interactive format (pre-assembled version of the story, entitled Under the Red Hood: Reloaded), along with the other four 2019-2020 DC Showcase shorts, and three other non-interactive versions of the Batman: Death in the Family (entitled Jason Todd’s Rebellion, Robin’s Revenge and Red Hood’s Reckoning) as bonus features (Note: not all Digital retailers offer bonus features with purchase). The Blu-ray also offers approximately five minutes of additional content within the Batman: Death in the Family story that is not included in the Digital version.

Produced, directed and written by Brandon Vietti, Batman: Death in the Family offers an inventive take on the long-demanded story. In the new animated presentation, the infamous murder of Batman protégé Jason Todd will be undone, and the destinies of Batman, Robin and The Joker will play out in shocking new ways as viewers make multiple choices to control the story. And while Batman: Under the Red Hood provides a baseline, the story also branches in new directions and features several characters previously unseen in the original film. Bruce Greenwood (The Resident, Star Trek, iRobot), Vincent Martella (Phineas and Ferb) and John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time) reprise their Batman: Under The Red Hood roles of Batman, young Jason Todd and The Joker, respectively. Other featured voices are Zehra Fazal (Young Justice) as Talia al Ghul and Gary Cole (Veep) as Two-Face and James Gordon.

“Batman: Death in the Family is essentially a comic book come to life,” says Vietti, whose DC Universe Movies directing credits include Batman: Under the Red Hood and Superman: Doomsday, and he is co-creator and co-executive producer of the popular Young Justice animated television series. “We’ve paid homage to the 1988 interactive experience of DC’s ‘A Death in the Family’ comics release by giving fans a unique opportunity to craft their own story through a branching tool that can lead in multiple directions. The viewer gets to choose these characters’ paths, and each choice paves an alternate future for all of the characters and, ultimately, the story.”

The interactive Blu-ray presentation offers many different ways for viewers to tell the Batman: Death in the Family story, with numerous twists and turns in the middle, and several possible endings. The choices along the way put greater weight on the viewers’ decisions and result in even stronger stories. Viewers can also choose to allow the story to tell itself, as there is an option to let the Blu-ray decide its own path.

Packed with Easter Eggs, the centerpiece short’s story – with its foundation grounded in the original “Batman: A Death in the Family” comic run, and the acclaimed Batman: Under the Red Hood animated film – balances a number of integral themes within its entertainment, including fatherhood, mental health, death, rebirth, revenge and redemption. Along the route, viewers encounter new, surprising looks at some classic DC characters.

“From the very first navigation card, we wanted to give the audience an impression of what they’re getting into, but then also give them something unexpected – maybe even something they’ll regret, so they have to think twice about every future choice they make,” Vietti explains. “Branched storytelling has to be stronger than just the gimmick of the choices – it has to be rewarding and offer new and worthwhile insights into the characters. It needs to involve you, and keep you searching for the next twist. So we sought to subvert expectations and do something very different.”

Beyond Batman: Death in the Family, the additional four shorts on Blu-ray & Digital are:

Originally attached to Batman: Hush, Sgt. Rock is executive produced and directed by Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series) from a script by award-winning comics writers Louise Simonson & Walter Simonson and Tim Sheridan (Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Reign of the Supermen). The original tale finds battle-weary Sgt. Rock thinking he has seen everything that World War II can dish out. But he is in for the surprise of his life when he is assigned to lead a company consisting of legendary monsters into battle against an unstoppable platoon of Nazi zombies. Karl Urban (Star Trek & Lord of the Rings film franchises) provides the voice of Sgt. Rock. Also voicing characters in Sgt. Rock are Keith Ferguson, William Salyers and Audrey Wasilewski.

Inspired by Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman,” Death is produced & directed by Sam Liu (Superman: Red Son, The Death of Superman) and written by J.M. DeMatteis (Batman: Bad Blood). In the story, Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy … and eventual death. Leonard Nam (Westworld) provides the voice of Vincent, and Jamie Chung (The Gifted, Big Hero 6) is the voice of Death. The cast includes Darin De Paul, Keith Szarabajka and Kari Wahlgren. Death was originally included with Wonder Woman: Bloodlines.

Attached as a bonus feature on the release of Superman: Red Son, The Phantom Stranger has Bruce Timm (Batman: The Killing Joke) at the helm as executive producer & director, and the short is written by Ernie Altbacker (Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Batman: Hush). Set in the 1970s, the short find the enigmatic DC mystery man simultaneously playing both omniscient narrator and active character in a story of supernatural comeuppance for evil doers. Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick) gives voice to The Phantom Stranger, and Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville, Impastor) provides the voice of Seth. The Phantom Stranger also features the voices of Natalie Lander, Grey Griffin and Roger Craig Smith.

Adam Strange is produced and directed by Butch Lukic (Superman: Man of Tomorrow), who also conceived the original story – which is written by J.M. DeMatteis (Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, Constantine: City of Demons). The short was initially attached to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. On a rugged asteroid mining colony, few of the toiling workers are aware that their town drunk was ever anything but an interplanetary derelict. But when the miners open a fissure into the home of a horde of deadly alien insects, his true identity is exposed. He is space adventurer Adam Strange, whose heroic backstory is played out in flashbacks as he struggles to save the very people who have scorned him for so long. Charlie Weber (How To Get Away with Murder) provides the voice of Adam Strange, alongside with Roger R. Cross, Kimberly Brooks, Ray Chase and Fred Tatasciore.

All five new DC Showcase shorts credits include Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) as co-producer and Amy McKenna (Wonder Woman: Bloodlines) as producer. Sam Register is executive producer.

Initially launched in 2010, DC Showcase was originally comprised of four animated shorts produced by Bruce Timm and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos: The Spectre (released on 2/23/2010), Jonah Hex (7/27/2010), Green Arrow (9/28/2010) and Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam (11/9/2010). An additional short, Catwoman (10/18/2011), was attached the following year to the release of Batman: Year One, and was directed by Lauren Montgomery (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) and executive produced by Bruce Timm. Screenwriters on the initial quintet were Steve Niles (The Spectre), Joe Lansdale (Jonah Hex), Greg Weisman (Green Arrow), Michael Jelenic (Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam) and Paul Dini (Catwoman).

“Interactive storytelling offers an entirely new dimension of entertainment for DC animated movie fans, and an exciting look into potential titles for the future,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Senior Vice President, Originals, Animation and Family Marketing. “Brandon Vietti has crafted a uniquely involving, multi-tiered approach to captivating the audience with both popular story devices and some very unexpected plot twists.”

DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family Special Features – Blu-ray

Audio Commentaries – Commentary tracks on Sgt. Rock, Adam Strange, Death and The Phantom Stranger, plus one of the linear “Death in the Family” shorts (Under the Red Hood: Reloaded), by DC Daily hosts Amy Dallen and Hector Navarro.

DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family Special Features – Digital

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[pastelwitchwritesstuff]

Slayers headcanons and theories

Ok so you know what would have been great to see? Dragon salyers doing dragon stuff.

Building nests , incorporating things that reminded them of their parents. And just things that makes them happy.

Natsu has this really huge and soft blanket that he bought after his first job. Its bright red with a few gold patches. It reminded him of Igneel.

He has a candle collection,some are sandalwood scented,but mostly he prefers unscented due to his sensitive nose.

He has a few articles of clothing from his friends that he keeps in his nest. The scent help ground him when his anxiety flares up.

Wendy has a feather collection,big ,small bright dull you name it she has it.

She loves wind chimes, especially the ones made of bamboo, the sounds aren't as loud as the chimes made with steel.

She likes pillows more than blankets for her nest.

Gajeel has a mini scrapyard in his bedroom.

It has various metals some have bite marks in it. Others are shaped into various pieces of art.

He has one blanket its heavy but he sleeps the best with it.

Dragons are protective of their kin. Both Natsu and Gajeel are very protective of Wendy.

They are naturally draw to heat,due to dragons basically being huge lizards.

Ok hear me out on this!

Wendy growling, its this cute little growl that she does whenever she is irritated, but the others just melt because its so cute.

They love shiny things.

Something is shiny they need it.

Jewelry, pretty rocks coins you name it if its sparkly they will use puppy eyes on you to get it

We were robed of cuteness dammit

[fv-knightwalker]

FT Spoilers 543

Wow with the FT Spoilers 543!!

-Erza is pulling down Dragon Acnologia to the ground by using all of her magic weapons making physical attacks against him with a little help of Juvia!

-Lucy changes to Aquarius Stardress and start to cast Fairy Sphere while everyone hold hands. 

-It seems like Natsu have a type of power up, it’s like he is using Igneel’s flames again or something similar because that power is in his injured arm. Acnologia seems worried about this.

-All the dragon salyers are injured and (not so sure) but it seems like they are powering up natsu somehow and they are saying things that they believe in him and like that. 

Well, that’s the only thing I know for now! When the whole chapter get released in spanish and korean I will translate it as best possible as I can to english okay? I understand that just like me, everyone is hyped and well I like to help the fandom. 

[ac-liveblogs]

Is there even a point to be a Dragon Slayer anymore? Wendy can now just enchant everyone so there magic is dragon salyer magic.

i like that we’ve reached the age of dragon slaying efficiency just in time for there to be so few dragons to hunt it’s not even worth it

[mmorpg-us]

[1ndiferente12-blog]

U.U no We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/145729724

[petri808]

Well done! 💜 Part 2 onegaishimasu 😊

Game Night

Part. 1 ?

✰ Short Tease

✰ Natsu & Lucy Fic

Lucy sat in her bathtub allowing her muscles to relax in the steaming water, the strong scent of vanilla and sugar wafting in the humid air. She sits with her head back and blonde hair swirling like ink in the water around her. The heat of the room causing her to almost forget the stress that she has been under lately.

Her parent’s anniversary is just around the corner and she hasn’t found the courage to tell her friends she isn’t going to be in Magnolia for at least a week. She promised herself she would spend this time with her parents this year. She hadn’t seen them in a long while and her heart always aches for them when this time comes around. Anna had offered to go with her to their graves, but Lucy declined. She didn’t want to bother Anna and take her from her own friends back at Blue Pegasus. Seeing her parents was something she wanted to do alone.

After all, these were her parents. Lucy knows her friends would go for support but the hole in her heart can only be filled by being as close as she can to her parents.

Lucy sighs heavily and sinks deeper into the soothing hot water to where the steaming water is over her ears and she can hear herself breathing. Each thump of her heart echoes in her ears and the outside world is silent.

Suddenly, her bathroom door swings open to reveal Natsu.

“Kyaaaa! Get outta here!” Lucy screams her cheeks fuming red as she covers her bare body under the water. Natsu remains unphased and doesn’t even bother looking away from Lucy’s naked body.

“I called you from your living room and you didn’t answer,” Natsu defends himself.

“That doesn’t mean you come barging in!” Lucy shouts throwing a bar of soap at him, “Get out and I’ll be there in a minute!”

“Alright, geez calm down,” Natsu surrenders and steps out of the bathroom shouting to Happy that he found Lucy.

Lucy grabs a towel and wraps it around herself before opening the door again. Natsu has already made himself comfortable on her bed and Happy is munching on a fish at her low table.

“What did you two need?” Lucy asks walking over to her underwear drawer and starts pawing through the contents, all of them seeming to be too revealing to wear around Natsu all of a sudden.

“We were bored,” Natsu shrugs watching Lucy’s movements as she settles on her set of satin pink pajamas and laced white panties. Natsu adjusts the way he’s sitting as she moves into the bathroom to change. She doesn’t even bother closing the door.

They’ve seen me enough, Lucy thinks.

“What makes you think I’d entertain you two,” Lucy comments as she walks back out combing her long blonde hair. Natsu stares at her pajamas that are much shorter and tighter than Natsu remembers.

He tilts his head to the side, “Is something bothering you Luce?” He asks her wondering why she’s more crabbier than usual.

Lucy stops combing her hair and looks at Natsu, “I’m fine. I’m just tired is all,” she answers the thought of her leaving soon lingering in the back of her mind.

She doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal but she doesn’t want to bring up parents to Natsu and Happy. Natsu would be thinking of Igneel and she doesn’t want him to be sad. Seeing Natsu cry for Igneel like he did broke her heart because she felt powerless. Her best friend was hurting and she couldn’t fix it.

“You sure Lucy?” Happy asks concerned no longer chewing on his fish.

“Lets play a card game,” Lucy suggests changing the subject and grabs a deck of cards and the bottles of saki Cana had gotten Lucy after Cana got back from a mission.

Lucy motions Natsu to join her and Happy at the table as she settles on the floor. Natsu decides to ask questions later and opts to sit across from Lucy.

Lucy starts shuffling the way Cana taught her and Natsu watches in a trance.

“Whoa where’d you learn to shuffle like that?!” Natsu exclaims in amazement as Lucy does a bridge shuffle.

“I play cards with Cana a lot,” Lucy answers blushing as she passes the cards out.

“What kind of cards are these?” Natsu asks looking at the cards that have numbers and different colors. Some have arrows and what looks like a do not enter sign.

“She called it Uno,” Lucy begins and downs her first bottle of saki before launching into the explanation of the game.

“So this game was made to ruin friendships,” Natsu summarizes when Lucy finishes.

Lucy laughs almost too loud thanks to the alcohol Cana gave her, “It’ll be fun!”

“How about whoever loses has to tell a secret,” Natsu suggests giving her a smirk.

Lucy isn’t sure if it’s the alcohol pumping through her system or if it’s her natural curiosity but she agrees. She doesn’t suspect she’ll lose anyway.

• • • 3 hours later • • •

“Natsuuuu who’s, your favooorite person in the whole guild?” Lucy asks leaning on Natsu’s side for support as she looks up at him browns eyes shining.

The card game being long forgotten but the pair had gone to simply asking each other questions.

“Happy, duh,” Natsu answers looking to his best buddy who is currently asleep on Lucy’s bed.

Happy had fallen asleep an hour ago and hasn’t stirred since even though the two Fairy Tail wizards had been more vocal than ever.

“Why isn’t me?” Lucy asks pouting at Natsu her tone a clear indicator of how many drinks she’s had.

“Happy is my best friend and always will be,” Natsu shrugs looking at his bottle of saki that he hasn’t even touched since Lucy poured it for him.

“If yowon’t finish this, then I will since I’m not your favorson,” Lucy slurs as she snatches Natsu’s drink the side of her breasts brushing against his exposed chest. Natsu feels his cheeks flare up and as discreetly as he can he adjusts himself. Lucy doesn’t notice and happily drinks from Natsu’s bottle as she returns to leaning against his side.

“Why were you so bummed out earlier?” Natsu suddenly asks Lucy, who is now making both of them sway from side to side.

“I wasn’t,” she sings as she downs the last of the saki another hiccup escaping her throat. She sets the bottle down and tosses her head onto Natsu’s lap.

“You’re always so warm,” Lucy smiles snuggling close to him, “Natsu, don’t leave me alone again,” Lucy mumbles her hand reaching up to feel the soft tufts of his pink hair, “Why did you leave?” She asks tugging at his hair. She finds herself wondering how his hair can be so soft when it looks so spikey.

“I was on a training mission, I told you that,” Natsu answers unable to look at her as she runs her fingers through his hair. He can feel goosebumps form on his arms, which is something that has never happened before.

“I thought there weren’t ‘posed to be any secrets between us,” Lucy pouts stopping her hands, “It’s okay if you were hurting because of what happened to Igneel and needed space from the guild…and from me…” Lucy trails off her eyes growing watery.

“It wasn’t like that,” Natsu whispers still unable to look at Lucy.

“It’s okay Natsu. It’s just when you left, I…” Lucy trails off unsure if she wants to say what’s really on her mind now.

“What?” Natsu presses looking at her now.

Lucy untangles herself from Natsu, “We should go to sleep,” she says managing to crawl to her bed and flops on the mattress passing out.

Natsu remains still on the floor and frowns. Whatever she was going to say will never come out again. He knows her better than anyone and getting her to admit any sort of feeling is like pulling teeth. She never wants to let him in sometimes.

Natsu finally brings himself to look at Lucy and she’s now curled up with Happy. He can’t help the half smile that tugs at his lips at seeing the two of them. The two people he couldn’t live without.

Natsu notices outside the window a snowflake drifts on the window pane and soon more follow. He smiles at the change of weather. Lucy will no doubt be happy to see the first snowfall of the winter when she wakes up. The weather may even snow them in, Natsu thinks the thought of spending an entire morning with Lucy comforting.

He wasn’t planning on leaving Lucy in this state anyway. Natsu helps Lucy get under her blankets and against his better judgement he wiggles in next to her, Happy lays curled on top of the blankets.

Natsu stares out the window watching each snowflake stick to the window pane to pass the time when Lucy suddenly shifts to where she is practically laying on top of Natsu, her soft breasts pressing against Natsu’s chest and her smooth legs tangled around his own.

“Luce,” Natsu mutters trying to untangle her from him but she doesn’t let up even a single bit.

“Don’t ruin it,” she mumbles and nestles her face into the crook of Natsu’s neck, “You’re so warm Natsu.”

Natsu lays in the bed for the first time in his life frozen stiff and he wonders if this is how Gray’s enemies feel. Natsu was used to Lucy being handsy when she’s drunk but this was something different. He can feel her hips pressed to his and her arm crosses over his chest. Natsu can feel how close her lips are to him, so close he can feel her breath on his neck. The feeling of her breath on his neck is stirring something inside of him he forced himself to suppress a long time ago.

As careful as he can, he puts an arm around her to draw her closer and naturally she takes the bait. She snuggles into Natsu even closer and he feels her relax meanwhile his heart is racing.

It has to be because she’s cold, Natsu tells himself.

That’s when Lucy’s lips lightly touch Natsu’s neck and it drives him nuts. His arm that was holding Lucy tightens and he has to steady his heart. He didn’t know what to do but he knew he was definitely not going to get any sleep tonight.

• • • to be continued? • • •

✰extra comment// this was my first time posting anything like this and I was terrified to do it, but I hope y’all kind of liked it lol. If y’all did actually like this, I wouldn’t mind writing a second part just let me know.

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