#terrible reception

[richo1915]

[housecow]

i love using my belly as a rest when i’m on my phone :3 for years i haven’t been able to do that and see over my boobs, but now!!!! very exciting developments, y’all

[tumblweeds-omegaverse]

Pros of individuals having scents: you walk into a building and it feels like home instantly. It's not just the place - it's the people. Even if everyone is out, there's that tangible sign that they've been there.

Your support network can go with you anywhere, just let everyone wear your jacket for a minute before you go.

Bringing the smell of home with you by packing a pillow or something soft.

Come back from school or work or a long trip and go face down in your own bed for instant comfort.

The experience of growing to like a scent more because you associate it with a trusted friend, or your favorite coworker, or your family (whatever shape that takes).

The variety of scented everything would be even wider, and custom scent blends would be even more fun to play around with.

If it's due to people having stronger olfactory senses in general: congrats, now you can smell your pets and each one is different and you know it when they've made sure you smell like them before you go out for the day.

The lingering smell of hugs on your shoulders after a fun visit.

Cons of individuals having scent: someone walks past you, and you have to fight not to cover your nose. It isn't gross but it's wrong or too much.

Concerts and stadiums and parties would be 10 times as overwhelming.

You can never escape the awareness of that person in your apartment complex that you dislike.

Smelly gamer cave scent knocking people out at a 10 foot radius.

Discovering that the scent of something you used to feel neutral about, now reminds you of past negative relationships.

Wanting to stick your nose in something because it reminds you of people you like, but oops, you're allergic to the actual item.

Wax melts smell even better but are still forbidden snacks.

[missygoesmeow]

me

[frenchy-and-the-sea]

Well, we managed to avoid Vallaki burning down and the festival is finally fucking over so there's that!! But my DM did say that the fallout of this is that we're now definitely gonna have to be more reactive to things as opposed to being ahead of the game which 😬 awful. hate that. really wish I had done a thing when I thought about it but OH WELL. CHARACTER MOMENT I GUESS.

[forcedhesitation]

man people REALLY can't tell when larian is full on joking in their patch notes, huh? the gale thing was a legitimate bug and people are crying that they changed him as they did lae'zel. reading comprehension these days is abysmal.

I can't be surprised, though, because back when astarion's kiss animation was bugged, I saw discussions that it was "suspicious" that his kiss animation wasn't bugged for the default guy body, but was bugged for the default gal body. you know, as if larian somehow fucked up their own game's code on purpose, specifically to slight women who want to romance a canonically bisexual man that has flirtatious dialogue with the lady companions regardless of your tav's interest in him. totally checks out.

the complaints about changing lae'zel are entirely valid and I agree that her personality should not be toned down to appeal to the delicate sensibilities of the heterosexual man. I'm fairly certain that lae'zel's change was actually the only one that intentionally altered a companion's dialogue to be less abrasive. the alleged change to shart was also a bug fix, not an attempt to alter her character, if I remember correctly.

but by all means, let's accuse the devs of "ruining the game" every time they improve it. even better, let's all campaign for the addition of another romance! solely so that we can have sex with a popular NPC! rather than, oh I don't know, putting more pressure on them to add more material to the stories of wyll & karlach!

I swear, some people really do NOT know what it feels like to play a game where the devs truly and honestly are not listening to the playerbase...or where it takes literal YEARS for them to respond to even a fraction of the players' reasonable concerns & feedback.

[rabbitindisguise]

I got burned out trying to keep up with social justice, and then got burned out trying to keep up with former-social-justice-folks-that-got-burned-out. well now what. can't I just do shitfuck nothing? is that allowed???? leave me alone in a cave to weave I'm so tired of all the bullshit. oh wait!! people are doing grassroots work in the fucking cave too!!!!!!!! jesus christ I'm staying home and no one is hearing from me again -_- except the gays in my phone and my game friends

[applesjuice]

What was the worst memory Akari remembered ?

It's less one memory so much as recalling how they treated others before getting sent back in time. They have vague recollections of treating the other students of BB Academy terribly in order to get stronger and are under the impression they were a terrible person. They actually don't remember the Terapagos blast (but Carmine and the protagonist sure do).

So Akari rationalizes all the crazy stuff in Hisui as them deserving it. They've kind of trauma bonded with everyone there because it's like "Akari go do x dangerous thing" and they do it and then are praised for succeeding, even though they had lava flung at them or were attacked by giant feral monsters. It's messy af and more than just one particular memory that is a bad time, so much as an accumulation of tiny instances they've recalled shaping their perception on who they are any why all this is now happening. Pretty much a child trying to rationalize bad and scary things happening while putting on a brave face.

[boyslit-moving]

official break for thinking about boys kissing is over. 😔 now i must go discuss apprenticeships

[mellow-hole]

i was already slightly concerned for the mental well-being of my housemate and now i’m. growing more concerned

[kellystar321]

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[arx-aru]

major problem with sote is that the npcs don't end every other line with a creepy laugh

it was. demonstrably vital to redditbros' ability to fathom the idea of somebody lying to them.

[roguephenon]

Just finished the chapter! OMG

IT'S AMAZING!

Tommy, Cree, Sector W, Father

INFINITY AND BEYOND!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Thank you! 😊

I love doing character work and dialogue, so I’m proud of how this turned out. Especially Father’s devolvement.

We are all allowed that one background/only-appearing-one-time character to give heartbreaking lore to. Mine is Numbuh Infinity 🥲

[frankiedane]

"cherry valance did nothing wrong! you all can't handle her!" where are these people who hate cherry. it seems like everyone likes her or defends her to the death. i wanna meet these people who allegedly dislike her, preferably so we can talk and be friends.

[montagne-russe]

vignettes into my current state

[safety-sam]

Starcatcher Portland was a success! ✨️