#natesewels

[sevlawless]

okay so the n route has been bothering me ever since i played it and i needed to air my frustrations out as a way to cope i suppose

for reference my main detective who i use for n is felicity, but sometimes i also use arabella to test out some options i wouldn't normally pick and just to see how the romance works with a detective that isn't exactly that compatible with n. so when i first played, i used felicity and then later on when i was doing a deep dive into the romance and the plot, i was using arabella just to see if certain things held up yk! and lord how i wish it did LMFAO

just a little disclaimer that this is all just my opinion and i'm willing to listen to other points of view about this! and i do not mean any of what i say as a dig or to be hateful toward n, they are my favorite li in twc and the fact that i love their romance and their character so much is probably most if not all of the reason why their route in book 3 was so weird to me, and why i make the critiques that i do.

under the cut because this is a doozy and also book 3 spoilers

first of all the main thing in the demo chapters is that n gets mad if you try and fight the trappers bc they are so scared of losing you and like i GUESS i get it but this is literally our life now you're just gonna have to get used to it. and this wouldn't have even been an big issue for me if it was properly addressed! when i played using arabella i tried being mad, i tried staying mad, and it kept getting swept under the rug by the plot. like are we seriously not going to talk about this??? at all?????? and it seems very ooc for n NOT to say anything about it when you get a moment alone because why would they not address it, ESPECIALLY if your mc was still upset over it. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE IN A RELATIONSHIP LIKE- these things need to be discussed in order to grow as a couple and there needs to be healthy communication or else this is not going to work. like you're telling me we were living with unit bravo for WEEKS and this shit just never got brought up again?

this also ties into my next gripe- n's backstory. so, if you snooped in the demo they won't tell you anything, which okay. mc shouldn't have done that, sure, but n doesn't even give a reason as to why they're upset by that. obviously you can be like "well i think anyone would be upset if you delved into their past without their knowledge or permission" but YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON WHY IS THERE NO COMMUNICATION OF FEELINGS. i would have appreciated that scene a hell of a lot more if n sat you down and was like "i'm upset that you did this, here's why," but all they do is get sad and then that's it. when i played as arabella i had her snoop AND get upset over the argument during the trapper fight, and n said something along the lines of "i know sometimes we regret doing things" as a reference to snooping AND the argument which??? just does NOT hold up at all and had me irritated as hell.

if you didn't snoop in the demo, n takes you to their room and shows you a picture of their family and talks about them and how his brother joined the navy and didn't come back (their brother was killed by vampires) and that's why they decided to join the navy, as a way to try and figure out what actually happened. this scene started off great, but it's cut short way too quickly because n drops the photo and the frame breaks. and then they basically just shoo you out. there's really not any option to comfort them, and the option that is there is not good enough. and it's not that n had to tell us EVERYTHING in that one scene, but it's more so the fact that it NEVER gets brought up again. your mc can't take a moment to bring it up and n sure as hell doesn't say anything else about it. which is so ?????? im sorry you supposedly love this person (im saying this for both mc and n) and yet neither of you address it again??? it makes no sense at all.

onto the research/combat scene… i've done the combat scene once so i can't really speak on that as much as the research one so. most of the research scene is fine aside from the fact if you're not in a relationship (which i did for one playthrough with felicity) n brings up bobby if you dated them which felt so bizarre but anyways. the option to realize you love n… i would love this IF the option where you tell n you love them actually mattered. LMFAO if you tell n you love them they literally just stare at you and then the sex scene pops up. like are you kidding me??? n would not just leave you hanging like that even if it was just to say that they don't feel that way yet. and the sex scene itself is… fine i suppose but it doesn't feel as intimate as it should be. there's little to no dialogue and it just feels so weird to read. like why would neither of you be saying anything?? not to mention the fact that you're literally OUTSIDE of the warehouse where any of ub could see you at any point it just feels wrong to have sex at that point at least in my opinion. and the talk after feels so short and weird i feel like both the detective and n would have more to say. and that moment is quickly brushed away by the plot.

i guess the next plot line is whether u told tina or verda or nobody about the supernatural. going into book 3 this was probably what i looked forward to the most and ofc it barely delivered. i liked seeing tina and n interact but that quickly turned sour for me, not because tina started rightfully bringing up how much mc has been through, but because n really does not do anything with that pov being voiced to them, which is so fucking ooc it pains me. when they go to talk to mc after their conversation there's no discussion just "i wanted to see you" okay but WHY did you? i would have taken a li pov of what tina relayed to them literally anything! and it's just another thing that gets swept under the rug because of the stupid ass plot.

another thing about the dinner that gets lost in the plot of book 3: tina/verda bringing up your li possibly drinking your blood and mc can react a number of different ways and i wish it had been talked about more than just in that moment 😭

the only scene that i genuinely enjoyed in all of n's route was after that building caves in on mc and you're back at the warehouse traumatized and bruised and defeated. n runs you a bath and if you pick that option helps you out of your clothes and then helps you settle into bed. i wish there had been more discussion of anything in that scene but mc was so out of it i was okay with no talking. and then redacted petname <3 the other thing i was most looking forward to! one thing i did dislike about this scene though was that we didn't really get a glimpse on how n was feeling yk usually mishka offers the li's pov on a scene and not having that made that moment not feel as rounded out.

the pool scene… first of all why did n get this one. like it would have made sense for m, hell even a! and again the scene felt so shallow and then the option to have sex. you're telling me your first time with n can be on a fucking pool table???? that is so not their vibe AT ALL and it feels so weird to even have that there. it was unnecessary as well as the other opportunity to have sex and i feel like mishka just put them in there as like fan service when who (in my opinion) genuinely wants this if they romance n and have them as their main route. i had hoped the first time n and mc have the opportunity to have sex it would be a more intimate setting because that's more fitting for them and my nate mc, felicity. but nope! and then the scene gets cut short because n has to go on patrol??? and again the sex scene itself … neither of them feel personable it's like a "one size fits all" type of approach and that just does not work if this is supposed to be interactive fiction where we create a personality for our mc's that cannot fit this specific mold mishka wants to put everyone in.

being invited to what might as well just be a fucking slave trade (i have many thoughts about this auction plotline as well but for now im discussing n's route) had me so confused because why would mishka even do that and then n's comment about the stationary? i need you to be fucking for real. the scene before you leave for the mission with n just felt so weird like we get it n is protective of mc but at this point it just felt like a hinderance which sucks because one of the things i love most about n is their deep care for mc and they just sounded like a broken record and it annoyed me so bad.

after all that, the scene when you come back and n is in tears confessing their love for mc i wanted to enjoy it i really did and i just could not upon replaying because it feels so unbelievably hollow. we have not discussed anything pertaining our relationship and when there are things that need to be discussed they are so underwhelming it's hard to even care. there are a handful of things n and mc both need to work on in order for this relationship to work and the fact that they're not being addressed makes it difficult for me to enjoy anything about this route. you can't even tell n you love them back for fuck's sake like hello.

a theme that i did not think was going to be as prominent as it was in this book but n contemplating mc turning into a vampire and AGAIN there wasn't ever really a discussion about this between mc and n and i feel like this will come to a head as the books progress but i don't think it fit into book 3 considering so many other things were being thrown at us.

all in all i truly desperately wanted to enjoy book 3 and enjoy being with n but i cannot when there are so many things ignored, sidelined, or just completely forgotten in order to push the plot forward.

[toyhenoctus]

hi im dropping in to say i love your ava so much 😭😭 she looks so good in your art style

Thanks! I’ve been playing around with her body type and looks a bit but I think I’ve finally got where I want it to be so I’m glad you like it

Someone commented under one pic I did of her saying that the way I drew her “she’s built like a wife” and I haven’t been the same since XD

[leondaltons]

Hello, I was tagged by @natesewels​ & @havennly​  to make my Wayhaven detectives using this picrew, thank you so much ♥

Imogen Kingston | Abigail Lim | Amelia Greene | Lilith Langford

Bonus point: Sophie Batra

Please feel free to do it if you want♥

[isabeladraws]

i LOVE your nate so much he’s just so soft & ur so talented!!!

thank you so much!! 🥺💞

[raleighcarrera]

im probs too late but happy birthday!! hope it was a good one!

it’s all good tysm !!! it was !!! ❤️

[hisuian-goodra]

name your top 5 li’s from any cog game? 👀

Ooo let's see then (in no order hrrgggtds cause I love everyone hddddf and also cause a bitch can't choose 😔)

5. Manerkol (The Soul Stone War series)

SECRET VILLAIN ROUTE!!! SECRET VILLAIN ROUTE!!! I mean gosh his route is such a delicious one (and he'd probably be like higher but as it's still the first book he's here) like his route is so delicious (and like the only time I ever romanced someone who's a villain 😳)

4. Dev Sikdar (Heart of the House)

I mean he's like the definition of the Perfect Guy😳. Like find you a guy who ADORES you, always trusts you and Ofcourse is always by your side 😌✊.

3. Rex Keller (The Fog Knows Your Name)

I mean... Everyone knows about Rex so do I need to say more hfdffggttt. Like his route is sooo good, like the ANGST the "Friends to Enemies to Lovers" trope,the no way knowing if it's even gonna be possible cause he's dead Gosh😤💕

2. Felix Hauville (The Wayhaven Chronicles)

When I started TWC (thanks to Ms. Oumayma fhfhfjd like cause of her only I discovered CoGs) I immediately went for Felix cause... Maxwell teas... The Maxwell stan in me jumped out when he appeared 😳✊. Like his Route is so much fluffy and like there's no angst (except for the Prophecy stuff which ig applies to everyone ,but I'm pretty sure Mishka is preparing us for angst anyways fjdjdjd). Ig it says alot of me when my type is usually the best friend funny types 😤✊

1. Blaise Marechal (Crème de la Crème)

I mean from my url itself you can see this dhrdfgg. Like maybe it's cause of nostalgia (if you can even call it fhfhjd cause CDLC is like the first CoG I read after I rushed through twc to catch upto Book 2😤). And like his Route😤✊. I don't usually go for Enemies to Lovers (cause they always end up being jerks 😒) but like ig I made a special exception for him 😌✊. I mean come on it's like the "One Who Got Away" trope fhhfjf like the pining,the daydreaming fjfhfjfnj yea 😌

This was fun to answer thanks for asking 👀💕

[alanashome]

UR TAGS ON THAT A POST IM FUCKING CRYINGNDND

AM I WRONG? who’s trying to date a 40 year old vampire 🙅🏽‍♀️ not me girl

[choicesfandomappreciation]

wanted to thank @zigtheeortega @serafinedupont @empressazura @felix-hauville @natesewell @agentdumortain @saintfour for being amazing, kind angels. they’re rad! 😻

@zigtheeortega @serafinedupont @empressazura @felix-hauville @natesewell @agentdumortain @saintfour

[sevlawless]

natesewell -> sevlawless

[platinumweekend]

🔀

song: every little step i take (bobby brown)

“but when i get your call i’m all choked up / can’t believe you called my home / and as a matter of fact, it blows my mind / you would even talk to me / because a girl like you is a dream come true / a real life fantasy / no matter what your friends try to tell ya / we were made to fall in love”

a tbt song that is lich rally PERFECT for shane x mc AHHHHH this song makes me smile and it is quintessential shane :’) he’s been in love with her for a long time and despite them being best friends he’s like genuinely shocked she has those same feelings too – and even though he’s a ‘regular guy’ and she’s surrounded by endless celebrities it was destiny that she fell for him anyways !!! 

[luzeliza29]

Chapter 1

Exhaustion was beginning to wear on Amalia’s bones. She could feel a jab of pain each time she swayed and shuffled on her horse. The dirt road she was traveling on was only a small part of the journey that she had been on for almost the past two weeks.

The sun was setting to the point where only slivers of light could be seen in between the trees. As the sky gradually shifted from light to dark, time started to feel slower and the air felt colder and stiller as the sun took with its warmth, leaving only an unsettling chill behind.

She hadn’t seen any other travelers for miles and the feeling of being so alone heightened her wariness of the forest surrounding her. The silence surrounding her wasn’t one of serenity, it felt like a cold, empty void that threatened to drag her into its darkness. She could feel the woods calling to her, telling her to stray from the path and yield to the curiosity of what there could be inside the deep, dark depths of the trees. Wonderful, terrible things, she thought.

Something’s out there. I can feel it.  They can sense me. They can smell me. They know I’m here.

She knew the dangers of riding alone at night, but the situation was dire, and she needed to reach Bucharest by tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the thirteenth night. Things could go from bad to worse with so much bad luck attached to one number.

She touched the amulet around her neck and the swirling tattoos along her wrists. It protected from malevolent spirits and the tattoos heightened her perceptiveness and extrasensory perception. “Protect me mother and give me strength father,” she whispered.

The next town was only 15 miles away. Perhaps she could find an inn to stay in for the night.

The moon was high in the sky, illuminating the path she was on in silver light. With each minute passing by it felt like the forest was reaching out to her like shadowy hands. She saw quick flashes of glowing eyes and wispy faces that disappeared as soon as she saw them. Around her, the leaves rustled faintly in a way that almost sounded like…

…whispers.

She knew it could be anything. She had traveled around towns, around villages, and even around countries to know that the world was much more than just rustling leaves and an overactive imagination. The world of magic and monsters was a place unknown to most people, yet for her, it was a world she sought to explore and understand while others more often than not sought to push away and ignore.

She stilled her mind, breathing deeply to slow her racing heart. She concentrated on the trotting of her horse and the wind blowing through her hair.

Almost there. Only half an hour, she thought

Along the path, she saw a willowy figure standing in the middle of the road. It was a woman, her hair unkempt and blowing gently through the wind.

There was only one path forward. Amalia cautiously approached the unknown woman. She could feel waves of dread emanating from her.

The woman raised her head.

Amalia’s stomach dropped. This isn’t right. This isn’t right. THIS ISN’T RIGHT.

The woman’s eyes were hollow voids. There was nothing inside of them. Where the white pupil was supposed to be, stretched an endless sea of black.

Inside of Amalia’s head, the growing sense of disquiet became blaring alarm bells that told her to turn back.

It’s a Trisgol

She fought the urge to run away. It could only be here if something bad has happened or will happen. Fear and worry began to run through her veins.

She, the thing was the only shell that existed as a physical embodiment of dread. It was a forbearer and omen of something terrible to come.

When she was only an arm’s length away from the Trisgol, she found the sense of disturbing disquiet inside of her reach its peak.

With its head upturned and eyes staring blankly in the direction of the path forward, it asked in a dead voice, “Are you sure?”

It slowly turned to face Amalia. For a moment they stood there, the empty eyes of the Trisgol staring into Amalia’s brown eyes. She knew what the Trisgol being here meant. It was an omen. But for what? she asked herself.

The amulet at her chest began to glow warmly, shaking her from her trance. She had to keep going. A Trisgol can’t hurt me. They can’t touch me, she reassured herself.

With a soft kick to her horse, she sped away from the spirit, even more eager to get away from this forest and its lurking spirits.

As she rode away, she quickly glanced back and saw that the Trisgol was still looking straight at her, a grim smile on its face as if to confirm to her what she already knew.

Something terrible is yet to come.  

[leondaltons]

character headcanons meme for nina??

2-4 songs that are probably on their iPod

Ashley by Halsey; Homemade Dynamite; Ladies Night by Red Velvet and Make me Feel by Janelle Monae!

the one place they sometimes end up falling asleep — where they’re not supposed to

On the floor lol. She sometimes sits on the floor to study and falls asleep hahaha

the game they’d destroy everyone else at

She is pretty bad at most games to her annoyance and Leon & Thalia's delight. However she is pretty good at Twister 

the emoticon they’d use most often

🥺🥺🥺🥺 (to Sera's annoyance)

what they act like when they haven’t had enough sleep

Mmmm I think that she gets dense/touchy (?), like she puts her head on your shoulder, hugs you, etc BUT she sometimes gets snarky and answers in a bad way lol

their preferred hot beverage on really cold nights. or mornings. or whenever.

Black coffee, no matter the weather!

how they like to comfort/care for themselves when they’re in a slump

She puts music and lays on bed. But even then she has a hard time getting out of it, so Leon noticing this joins her and they watch a movie together 💕

what they wanted to be when they grew up

She wanted to be an astronaut lol

their favorite kind of weather

The ideal autumn day! She likes cold days but not that she has to wear million coats, some chilly weather but with sun

thoughts on their singing voice (decent? terrible? soprano? alto?)

Nina has a beautiful voice actually. She is probably a mezzo-soprano?

how/what they like to draw or doodle

She loves drawing and painting (she is still so upset about the magical university not having an art program lol). She loves drawing portraits and does them pretty quickly. Nina can actually draw Leon by memory now, she got pretty embarrassed the first time she noticed she could do that

Thank you!!!!

Send me a character!

[megowitch]

def atlas and byleagsavhth 😌💚

me: it’s atlas and BYLETHeveryone else:

[edenbrooks]

logan + decalcomanie for the color palette? your art is so cute! ♡

thank you!!! (ღ´▽`ღ) i always thought that he had a cute smile

[hisuian-goodra]

u made a good point with the m! mc thing! i actually didnt think of that when i posted but yeah m/m chargestep is great too im sure which is why i edited that post fhdjh. i just think a straight chargesteo is hmmm. a little bit yawn. and ive never played herald's route but it looks very cute

Yeah like I don't think straight Chargestep is good too like That's just a yknow normal story? Like you get me right?

[jaxmatsuo]

“with my sword and your powers... we can do anything”

art commission: amelia moore x jax matsuo by @memcodraws gifted from @natesewell

think my exact words when i saw this was ‘HYPERVENTILATING HYPERTENSION HYPERBOLE’ because i was too overwhelmed to even type and had to start clicking the suggestions lmfaoo. im so floored by this to the point where i’m calm thank you again for this bestie ily 🤍