#last bug art post of 2023 :0

[akazoo06]

Hi all! Sorry for the lack of posts I got sucked back into FNAF so hard, definitely expect more AT from me though I adore it. My mom got me a bunch of AT plushies for christmas !!! ((Merry late Christmas btw ^^))

Anyways first up here is my concepts for winter Betty! I'm extremely indecisive abt designing tho.. which design do you guys like best?

Below is a wip I still haven't finsihed.. idk if I will 😭😭

[haldenlith]

2023 Tumblr Top 10 (with commentary)

(This was apparently the year of Astarion... If only most of my art could get this many pings. 😢)

1. 164 notes - Sep 19 2023 I've probably talked about this before, but I'll say it again: The banter between Astarion and Gale about "oh never felt the...

I still periodically get activity on this post. People have had opinions on it, it seems, which have been interesting to read. I've seen people say that Ilmater and Elistraee both would've helped him, and saying my take was kinda BS, to which I counter, again -- vampire. Faerun gods don't seem to be particularly fond of undead (also Astarion wasn't exactly a good person before getting turned, soooo...). (Also-also, Eli girl was dead for a chunk of Astarion's time under Cazador, so not much she could do anyway while trying to reform herself. Eli - 0 Lloth - 1)

Still, it's been fun to see people's thoughts, even if they differ from mine. Another testament to the interesting writing in BG3, that even a brief bit of banter can spin up a bit of thoughts and discussion.

2. 52 notes - Oct 6 2023 Rambling a moment in response to something someone thought of on another post (and I don't want to piggyback on their post), but...

An art post in my top 10? Shock! And it not be normal sexy Astarion, but weird headcanon AU Astarion? There's a trend here, considering the last time I had art do any form of numbers, it was my cyberpunk-ish Astarion. I keep trying to draw and write more Witcher-AU stuff, but it requires more spoons than my brain has available. Until then, you get beastie batty Astarion, who, rest assured, is still a gremlin. Worse, arguably, since he has the ability to go invisible...

4. 26 notes - Sep 10 2023 Family Ties

I still maintain the headcanon that the Ancunin Family are probably shitty people. I know people want to imagine they're this poor nice noble family of high elves who are just so sad about their son but... let's be honest. You don't get an ass like Astarion from a sweet and nice upbringing, especially not from a noble family.

5. 22 notes - Nov 9 2023 KAYN CAN GET STUCK IN SHIT?! ... That is fucking hilarious and exactly what that gremlin deserves.

... I don't get why this got as many notes as it has, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Kayn deserves what he got and found it hilarious. (I love seeing dumb gremlins get bullied by comedic circumstance.)

6. 22 notes - Jul 13 2023

Knowing what we know now about Astarion, I'm less into bullying him in a sexual sense. Still was an interesting little thought, though. Could be interesting to explore if he wanted, in his journey to reclaim his sexuality and such.

7. 22 notes - Jul 13 2023 My brain has, like everyone else, been going "brrr" on the mention of a "heartwrenching ending" that was mentioned for "one of...

Twenty-two is the magic number, apparently. Anyway... hmm... I'll refrain from further commentary, since, well, spoilers.

8. 19 notes - Aug 25 2023 Not only did I get the game working, but I managed to get my saves to work, and I went down and kicked Cazador's fucking ass....

A very spoiler post for BG3. I will say that, in the future, I may wait a tic on really playing future games on release, even if I've purchased them. Even with Early Access and all the work they did to catch bugs, BG3 was still a bit of a mess for me. I can ignore most little bugs, but Save-breaking bugs... Those get to me. I'm glad it all got worked out.

9. 17 notes - Sep 4 2023 Why must we constantly headcanon living-Astarion not having white hair? He's an elf! Elves can have lovely, luxurious white...

*shrug* I still don't get this headcanon people have. I get the idea of stress-induced-hair color change, but... eh. The logic doesn't logic for me.

10. 13 notes - Oct 12 2023 Just random musing. Genuinely not calling anyone out or anything, but I find it... interesting? Yeah, we'll go with interesting....

I still see it when I poke around Astarion/whoever fandom, and still feel it's incredibly suspicious and telling that people can't seem to separate BDSM/kink from "being evil". At least that's how it looks to me. I know, I know, it's fantasy and people find being evil and kinky hot, but still... the prevalence of kinky Ascendstarion vs not-kinky Spawnstarion makes me scratch my chin in thought. Then again, I could ramble forever about how this is probably an interesting reflection of society's views on BDSM and whatever.

Part of me wants to write that thought-exercise-analysis essay, but from the bits of Ascendstarion vs Spawnstarion discourse I've seen, I think I'd rather not even graze nor get near that hornet's nest... Oof.

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[manonamora-if]

November Check-In

Missed it last weekend... and waited too long. So we're doing a month start instead!

Current Progress: - English final word count: 31.115 (story) 1.055 (codex/intro) - French: 0% - Recode: 0%

I have finished the second round of edits! There should not be any changes in the wordcount from now on. Which has increased at least by 3k words compared to the old Word file.

Time to translate!

The demo of The Trials and Tribulations of Edward Harcourt has been released last week! Thank you to everyone who played it and left MelS and I some lovely messages!

If you haven't yet, you can play it here and vote for it at the EctoComp here!

I was also incredibly lucky and got an art from @impossible-rat-babies of Edward! Thank you again 💚

{Also, MelS has started Chapter 3!}

I also participated in the French version of the EctoComp with La Petite Mort. It was created in 4h only 😱and really was a last minute mistake, lol. You can play the game here (on in French right now) and vote for it here!

Note: the English translation (and added rooms/exploration) is planned for after the comp. I am only allowed to fix some bugs, not add new content.

I know it's not wise, but... The next template is already scribbled on a page. It's the space kind. May or may not happen this month. We will see...

Two more weeks before the game will be available on itch and before my post-comp mortem will be published. I have feelings to share about the process and feedback I got in return. And the plan for the future. TTTT is not completely over. 2023 will be its year 😉

Voting for the IF Comp ends soon, don't forget to vote for 5 entries for it to count!

With delays accrued from the MtP re-writes (and doing jams on a whim), I am behind schedule on everything else (EC and CRWL, I promise I didn't forget them!). BUT that's fine. I am not going to feel sorry for myself. I really did not think how much time stuff would take (especially MtP) and put too much on my plate. Oh well, you live and learn! (and I keep not learning...)

So stuff will get updates when it does (and when I am happy with the quality of the release).

I will be participating in NaNoWriMo this year again to help me get motivated and get to writing!