#i just like making them ok

[sherrifdoggo]

Fake Brands, Why?

You may have noticed that every time I make something (board game or not), the brands on the things aren't real. The obvious answer to this would be "oh, sherrif's worried about trademark infringement",

no absolutely not i couldn't care less if coca-cola decided i should die, nor would they probably care if i put them in a free board game that isnt even done yet.

So why the fake brands then?

Because I think they're neat.

To clarify, obviously there's more thought put into it than "I just think they're neat".

If you know me, you know that all my life I've been obsessed with how Rockstar depicts the worlds of their games. They're always so much more realized than even worlds from world class RPGs.

Case and point, the brands in the world. If you exist in real life, you will inevitable be confronted with a brand. If you follow this brand you will notice that you can purchase products from this brand for money.

In real life this doesn't take any effort from god or allah or whoever made this place because a can of pepsi is made by a guy in a factory made by a brand made by a guy, without you noticing. But in a fictitious world, usually things like brands are usually glossed over because it's not worth the time to represent it.

So, in any other game you will see an advertisement on a wall and the advertisement will feature a brand on it. But then, if you dare follow the trail of the advertisement you will come to the sudden realization they do not sell "Brand" soda, but only just Nameless Cola.

This pisses me the fuck off so much dude, it's unbelievable.

So, in the Staten Island Universe. I have strived to make it as close to the capitalist hellscape we live in. That means something is made, then a brand must've made it. It can only be brandless if it's made by hand, or is natural.

But then, there's another issue. Laziness.

Sometimes a developer, a writer or whatever will make a brand for something, but doesn't have the time or patience to make a real brand for it. So the brand for said thing is now just a knock-off brand.

Of course most fictional brands are going to be knock-off brands of real brands, but would you buy a car from Dord Motors?

How about a soda from Cola-Cola?

How would've Cola-Cola taken the world by storm, made billions of dollars and hired those south-american death squads to put down rebellions if they have such a stupid, unmemorable name.

That's where my enjoyment of making fake brands is, it makes the world hundreds of times more believable if you can reasonably stretch your imagination to believe that a brand would've become as successful as is depicted.

Additionally, these fake brands can be tied to real history as much as you want. You can make them have done all the horrible shit they did in real life, and then so. You can invent new horrible things they did in your universe.

Maybe the Fairfield Motor Company didn't just make a rubber colony in Brazil where they forced the locals to live idealistic American lives in the middle of the amazon rainforest. Maybe those locals also practiced a lot of magic, which the CEO of Fairfield didn't like, so he banned the practice of magic in Fairfieldlandia.

Also said ban caused a riot when a child of one of the workers was injured by a venomous snake, necessitating magical intervention in the absence of medical supplies to treat the wound. Which then caused the "Police" to intervene and arrest the magic user for breaking the rules of the colony.

You get what i'm saying now?

No?

I could've just made it alternate history and said that Ford did all of that?

I could've but that wouldn't have been as fun, and I mean. The fake logo looks pretty cool, right?

Anyways here's a couple images of fake brands on things I made for Project Empire already, which I put up on my BlueSky a bit ago.

First, some 12 gauge shotgun shells.

And here's an Alta aPhone

[clearlydusty]

Made some happy mouthwashing fanart, all credit for the images go to @joetastic2739, thank you joetastic for feeding me and everyone else in the MW community <3

Also click for much better quality cuz this looks TRASH now that I’m seeing it again

(close ups and links to joetastics posts below !! )

Anya Steam awards , Anya admiring herself

Daisuke's Daisuke Dance , Daisuke as Yosuke

[tooquirkytolose]

Don't Be Difficult

[hinamie]

spiraling

[ruporas]

need to exist in your warmth (id in alt)

[moghedien]

How Galinda gets ready for bed knowing she's gonna homoerotically argue with Elphaba all night once again

[emrysmoss]

I looove how they had to describe this line in the Merlin books as Arthur giving a “forced, tight smile” because if they described the way he actually delivered this line they would have no reasonable explanation as to why he says it so fondly…..

[butchlifeguard]

we need to destroy the idea that girls should wear makeup. normalize bare faces on prom queens and flower girls and cheerleaders. no products at all instead of '7 product simple makeup routine.' no more 10 step skincare and regular facials and dermablading and gua sha just to be comfortable with yr natural face. i want to see eye bags on the funny librarian and acne on the swim coach and wrinkles on all our adult role models. i want to see a 16 year old girl that has never tried putting on eyeshadow. i want to see a 7 year old girl who doesn't have to go out and buy powder for her dance recital. i want to see trans women and girls everywhere to never have to wear makeup, regardless of how well they 'pass.' no more 'contouring to look masc' either. a post-beauty industry world is possible

reblogs are on but if you bring up the stage makeup point that i have addressed three times yr blocked on sight ☹️

[tawnysoup]

two new critters just dropped

[noornight]

Long distance besties. This definitely happened after the third movie (source: trust me bro)

Based on this

[bacchuschucklefuck]

class swap design masterpost for convenience (from top to bottom: bard!riz, cleric!gorgug, sorcerer!kristen, barbarian!fig, artificer!adaine, and rogue!fabian)

[choccy-milky]

ty to @icedmatchawoatmilk13 for sending this to me! i may have gone a bit overboard but this was so much fun to fill out/think about BAHAHA💖 ill still never get over how perfect the song sarah smiles is for them...the lyrics AND the fact that its an alliteration...im gonna do an animatic about seb and clora to that song one day i swear 😩 ((blank template by oakwolves!))

[spliceyblues]

☆ He's a master of fright

and a demon of light ☆

[buggachat]

tbh I really like the idea of married Adrien and Marinette adopting their kids. Both because it's kind of a flex on Gabriel and Emilie (who thought that the appropriate response to difficulty conceiving was to hunt down ancient magical artifacts and then create a magical son that they could puppeteer and control...... because adoption/surrogates were apparently.... beneath them. or something.) but also because I just think it'd be really cute.

Like, imagine Ladybug and Chat Noir, heroes of Paris, adopting Parisian orphans. imagine Marinette and Adrien struggling to get on the good side of a "difficult" traumatized child who used to spend their days in the foster system fantasizing about Ladybug and Chat Noir saving them without realizing the new parents trying to connect with them rn ARE Ladybug and Chat Noir. Imagine them fostering kids themselves and just being A+ stellar parents between Adrien's patience and Marinette's attentiveness and both of their affection. idk I just think there's a lot there and it could be sosososo sweet

[hinamie]

*catboys ur shounen protag*

[ministarfruit]

stardew valley marriage candidates