#the quarry facts

[nooneaskedbutillanswer]

In The Quarry, the achievement titles are references to horror tropes and pop culture

If Kaitlyn is your only survivor, the achievement is called Final Girl

When you complete 5 “don’t breathe” segments the achievement You’re Breathtaking! Is a reference to when Keanue Reeves said the same thing to a fan at a 2019 Cyberpunk 2077 panel

Hackett’s Quarry Massacre is named after the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

There are plenty more in the game, but these are just a few of the references

[torchmlp]

For those who say that Ryan is clearly uninterested in Dylan:

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[ghostradiodylan]

I really love that I've now been called misogynist AND racist for shipping Rylan, in subtweets (subtumbls?) from people I've never even interacted with. I genuinely do find it hilarious because, to paraphrase the immortal words of Fall Out Boy, I typically don't care what you think as long as it's about me. :3

But this is getting kinda weird and personal and if you think I won't hear what you say about me just because you've blocked me specifically then you must be new.

I'm sorry, who was unnecessarily nasty? Because I haven't seen anyone be nasty in this very oblique conversation until now.

For what it's worth, in case anyone with two braincells to rub together was confused (not that they would be), I don't 'have a fetish for gay men' (which is something I feel like only a homophobe would say, but I tend to try not to call names until someone does it to me). I just feel the chemistry between those two characters that's very clearly intended in the script and performances. The arc of their relationship is deeply wholesome and sweet, and that kiss at the campfire is one of the cutest things I've ever seen in a video game. Also Dylan and Ryan sparked something in me that I honestly thought was dead, reminded me that I was full of stories when I was in a very, very dark place in my life and I will love them for that forever. And I've already promised another 100k of fic about them so anyone who has a problem with that can die mad I guess stay tuned for that.

This is a silly thing to fight about and I should be above getting heated over internet shipping wars and responding to insults from unserious people. But when they turn into personal attacks for no good reason? I guess I'm not. I don't want anyone to change what they ship or what they write, I only want them to stop being so smug and superior while willfully misinterpreting the canon and accusing others of the same and so much worse.

[katkat030]

I love Pearl's twitch chat so much.

It's not just being wholesome, having on the whole really good vibes, or being perfectly normal human beings like everyone should and not making nasty comments while she had facecam on (I for one celebrated!!), it's also the moment on stream where Pearl questioned if a figure in the game could mimic voices and chat collectively went "You should check for orbs" and "It might be an onryo". And it's also not saying anything when her roommate Karn snuck up on her wearing a skeleton mask.

[jimkinnz]

homunculus facts¡

previous analysis of paleohomunculi found in the morrison formation rocks of utah theorized that they died by drowning in a muddy slime they mistook for the potion•

new scans of the mudstone matrix indicates that the environment was rich in microscopic gnomes' which homunculi of the day preyed on relentlessly•

the mud may in fact have acted as a predator trap' which is more consistent with modern homunculus behavior•

also' one specimen was found with a coat of flannel·like filaments' indicating that the modern tumblr strategy of craft material homunculi is older than we previously supposed•

i would not chase a gnome into mud• i would eat it long before it got that far• (��✷෴✷��)

[oh-cawsh]

raggedy dylan... 😵

personal update below: ***

hi folks, it's been a while! i've been real busy with a LOT of life stuff: going back to school, getting into an art school at that (farewell joint degree in psych and sociology, i'll never forget you...), moving out and away for the first time, a very new and stressful (but good!) social life, and i figured that was a little too relaxing for me so i picked up a few latent psychiatric afflictions and a red bull before getting to the checkout.

in terms of me keeping up to date with this blog in future it'll be slow going. i'm still getting the hang of managing life with all of that in mind, but i'm doing pretty well all things considered. and from that, i reckon i've got it in me to engage online and put out a lil drawing every now and then :)

on that note i've noticed and seen all the stuff yall have been commenting on my posts as i've been gone and i want to say thank you so so much 😭😭😭😭 like seriously, i'm so glad and thankful that i'm able to make something that people can find cool and fun and inspiring! it makes me grateful that my art blog experience gets to have such a kind and supportive space / community, and thinking on those kind words was a big part of why i wanted to come back here and start posting again. i'll be seeing you guys soon! <3

[wiidoodles]

he baby fr

[angeltannis]

Had a moment of weakness

[chiropteracupola]

it's not summer until you're risking life and limb in the quarry :)

[partyinpoison]

I'm going insane...

[bigboobshaunt]

For Until Dawn, the main enemy of the game turned out to be a butchering of a cultural figure from many native peoples that, from what I understand, you're not even really supposed to say its name, and they made it such a central part of the game it can't really be avoided.

And then in The Quarry, while much less present, they straight up use an ethnic slur to describe Eliza, so like... what are the folks writing for Supermassive Games even doing in the research phase? I really hope they do better next time they make one of these.

[jackienautism]

“How did this all get so fucked up?”

[kelconfetti]

sloppy doodles (storyboard for when im not too lazy to draw) of them in this situation because this would definitely happen (after ryan cut off dylans arm)

[ghostradiodylan]

Me: I have to resist just assigning Miles’s traits to Dylan. It’s lazy writing, they’re not actually the same person.

Miles IRL:

[kidrunaway]

[neonstatic]

i just think it's stupid that if you have emma and abi break into the cabin to get their bags (which most players chose to do bc it's your fkg bags, ofc you'd wanna retrieve them) it automatically results in dylan getting bit and in most cases losing one hand. but if you don't have em break into the cabin earlier, the group (kaitlyn, abi and infected nick) struggles but eventually gets inside safely and ryan will go out there all alone to fight off a wolf and will come out scot-free and dylan will not be bitten and will have 2 hands and no one is harmed. why is that? why is that this small choice makes one outcome with big consequences and another outcome with basically zero stakes

first off, regardless of breaking in or not, the only importance should be whether or not abi picked up the toy bunny or not and that only comes to fruition in the last chapter so wtv. at the radio hut, the scene where ryan goes after the wolf should happen regardless! it should be in the skeleton of the script! bc it's a cool fight and it reinforces ryan's role as the leader.

(which the game clearly wants us to get onboard with but rly failed to establish by putting him in the 'teacher's pet' and 'loner wolf' boxes as well. you're dead wrong if you think i'm listening to the antisocial kiss-ass abt shit. also in either scenarios, ryan says he'll cover for dylan fixing the wires and well. in one, he does. in the other....ain't that a lie! fkg loser!)

if you fail most qte's during ryan's fight w the wolf, that's when the consequence should happen: ryan fails to fight off wolf, wolf goes to radio hut, dylan gets bit. cue chop it off (chainsaw or gun) or not. like, it's not hard. and so what if the cabin door is locked and the group struggles to get in, narratively it brought nothing? however, nick *is* infected - use that! he could just shove right thru that door so easily, and now that'd bring more attention to his weird transformation instead of being a nothing scene that brings nothing to anything

all that to say: cut me a cheque, supermassive