#dev is so extra

[mooncello]

What a fun Sunday so far. ⚡ thank you for the tags @bookish-bogwitch (LOVE seeing some of your writing process), @shrekgogurt (still haven't recovered from ch 13 of ikabikam in the best way possible), @emeryhall (happy anniversary!) & @you-remind-me-of-the-babe (anguished Baz is such a vibe fr).

For today's update:

Enter Niall & Dev.

Truly one of the most unexpected delights of writing this fic has been the insistence of Niall and Dev to show up and take a prominent role in the story. I adore them. I adore them as individual characters, and I love who they are for Baz.

Here's a little from chapter 2 of lost boys. This chapter will publish next week! I'm traveling this week, so I'll post once I'm back.

Under the cut because of length. It's a 30+ sentence Sunday, y'all.

Baz POV, 16 yo, year 12 (school).

Towards the end of lunch, I hear a familiar booming laugh across the canteen. I figure I have two minutes until impact. I tuck my sketchbook and pencils away and twist the lid back onto my thermos of tea. “Just a head’s up,” I say to Niall, who is still contently working away, “we’re about to be interrupted by the demon of chaos hims—” “Bazza!” There’s the solid thump of a hand against my shoulder and the dramatic collapse of tall, muscular limbs into the seat beside me. “My favourite nerd. How’s it going, cuz?” Dev flashes his white, perfect teeth at me before snatching my remaining bourbon biscuit. His fingernails are painted turquoise today, his dark hair is swept away from his face, and he’s wearing eyeliner. The bastard looks amazing. Despite being cousins, we never really hung out as kids. Always kept to different social circles. Which is to say Dev constantly had a roving pack of friends, and I had nobody (save for the lost boys in my dreams). But when I got outed this past spring, Dev decided to take a more active presence in my life. He even convinced me to join the football team with him. He’s charismatic and popular in his own way, and so unabashedly and loudly himself that even the nastiest bullies don’t bother him. It's been nice, having Dev in my life. Even though it means I now deal with his chaotic, abrasive personality all the goddamn time. “Dev, this is Niall.” I make a small sweeping motion to the boy across from us. Dev raises his chin in greeting. “New kid. Hey.” Niall smiles faintly. He looks rather disoriented. Possibly awestruck. I don’t blame him. Dev tends to have that effect on people. I’m almost envious of it. Another smack hits my upper arm. “Did’ya hear about practice this afternoon? Thirty minutes later than usual.” “Yes, I received the same team-wide notification, Dev, thank you.” Dev is now peering at Niall’s drawing tablet without shame, while continuing to talk to me. “A bunch of us are getting ice cream after the match on Friday. Wanna join?” “That’s a very solid maybe,” I tell him in a tone that communicates I’d rather eat grass laced with slug poison. I like playing on the pitch, but I’m not about to huff dairy with a bunch of footballer lads. “Great.” Dev stands, all six feet of him, and squeezes my top knot. I sigh and bat his hand away. Clearly I need to have another conversation with him about acceptable physical contact. “See you at practice then. Nice meeting you, Niall.” He’s off in a swirl of flair and overpriced body spray. “Sorry about him,” I murmur to Niall. I really hope he’s not scared off.

hellos & tags! xoxo

@thewholelemon, @best--dress, @facewithoutheart, @cutestkilla, @whatevertheweather, @artsyunderstudy, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @fatalfangirl, @youarenevertooold, @raenestee, @orange-peony, @ileadacharmedlife, @nightimedreamersworld, @rimeswithpurple, @iamamythologicalcreature, @shemakesmeforget & @arthurkko (your merwolves ... still thinking about your merwolves)

#niall and dev #my beloveds #dev is wearing tom ford's oud wood body spray #it is EXPENSIVE #total flex on his part #dev is so extra #I love him #30+ sentence sunday #lost boys #snowbaz fanfic #my writing

[virsancte]

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#i like the way the sunlight travels through dev's room over the course of the day it feels so cozy #simblr #valentine extras

[the-pale-3lf]

as much as I love Durge/Astarion and all of the content we get specific to the two of them, I wish Larian had leaned more into Durge/Shadowheart because their stories work so well in parallel: they both have amnesia, work for/with a dark power, and can choose to either accept that darkness or resist it

I feel like Larian could’ve pushed their relationship, even if not romantic, way more simply because of their shared similarities, but afaik, there isn’t even a mention between Durge and Shart about their respective amnesias, despite that being such a unifying and bonding feature between them, not to mention the pull they both feel towards a darkness that’s hidden by that very same memory loss

I was never interested in Shadowheart until I started a Durge run and found out exactly how similar the two of them are, and it makes for such a compelling story, especially if they either enable each other towards darkness or encourage each other towards lightness

#idk I’m salty about Astarion getting so much love from the devs and every other companion getting left out in the cold #don’t get me wrong I fucking love Astarion #my blog is literally an Astarion fan blog with some extra bits on the side #but there are so many compelling character interactions that Larian just never bothered to explore #despite them being really fucking obvious #anyway if you havent romanced shart as durge yet this is your sign to do it (especially in an evil run but a good runs works just as well) #it’s so good and so rewarding #bg3 #astarion #dark urge #shadowheart #durge x astarion #durge x shadowheart

[hallowxiu]

i love obey me, but i'm going to be very honest, i do find it extremely annoying that they lock leveling up cards behind joker cards, that are kinda hard to get. like... bffr

#i love this game but sometimes the devs really test my patience lol #like okay lets do the math #its 500 ravens for a joker #and i need 5 to unlock the cap level #do you expect me to shell out 2500 raven for unlock the cap level for ONE card #just to get an extra ten levels? #like okay yeah that's an obvious money grab lol #but for the cards??? like that's so vital to progressing in the game #obey me #obey me nightbringer #nightbringer #obey me joker #obey me shall we date #shall we date #also i know the VIP job drops SSR jokers sometimes which is great i like that #but its only for the SSR #so

[asleepinawell]

one of the biggest things I've gotten out of this replay of dark souls 1 is that not being able to warp between bonfires in early game and only being able to warp between a few specific ones later is one of the game mechanics that really helped define the mood and atmosphere of the game for me. yes i absolutely complain about this when I'm stuck somewhere, but the feeling of being this tiny person lost and a million miles from home and cut off from the safety of firelink shrine is so vital to the game

being near the start of tomb of giants and wanting to go back for something but knowing I'd have to go through a chunk of the catacombs again made me feel like just a little guy stuck in the dark with monstrous enemies and that is exactly the feeling that makes me love the game

i want to be a nobody stranded and alone in the land of ancient gods who don't want me there. the fact I'm a pawn being set up to relink the fire and perpetuate this dying age, fated to never have my name remembered, is the point to me. I'm walking through someone else's story and have so little control over my path and that's perfect

#with the extra bonfires they added for warping later i think they hit the correct formula for that #later games i felt less helpless in #and they were fine but they were missing something that was so vital to my enjoyment of ds1 #which is not to say later games were bad! #just a different vibe #and one that wasn't as cool to me personally #i could write a longer post about how the influence of bloodborne combat affected subsequent entries in the series #which i genuinely dislike #bloodborne was great but i liked the ds1 combat in the ds series #combat pacing i mean #not really as interested in bosses that bounce off walls at a million miles an hour and shit status effects all over you #i hear the devs say 'the dlc bosses are SO SO hard' and I'm just tired #make them interesting #make them fun #give them good atmosphere #let me feel like I'm learning steadily and feel satisfied rather than relieved after a fight #stop copy pasting bosses and putting them in tiny arenas to make them hard #did we learn nothing from capra demon #which was the worst boss in ds1 #mp #gaming stuff

[devicecontact]

Was looking for the clip of hakita saying the doors closing is apart of the lore! now we know about hell being alive n such it’s just fun to look at old clips :)

#watching the 7hr dev commentary stream maybe I will make a little list of extra lore bits hakita throws in there #I’m sure it’s all on the wiki but idk! #prelude area was a mining place to get minerals and stuff to turn into energy so that’s neat #why all the crushers are there #to crush the rocks n stuff #ultrakill

[reel-fear]

Hey if anyone wants to check out Moving Pictures Redrawn [a fan-made remake of the first chapter of BATIM that Mike n Meatly may have ordered to be taken down? It's unsure at the moment] Guess who downloaded a copy before they did that~

#batim #batdr #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #honestly if they did order the take down um lmao tbh #I guess Id do the same it must be embarrassing for a fan to make a better game than you did literally improved your damn #flagship title bc it fucking sucks #but yeah in the name of preserving this piece of art this person mustve spent forever making hmu if u wanna download it <3<3 #its genuinely so cool I hope it turns out someone was posing as the bendy devs bc like this is so awesome #to have it taken down just feels so shitty #idc if its just a better batim if I could fucking sue Meatly n Mike for selling me a piece of shit of a game #thats not fun to play buggy as hell and has some of the worst storytelling ive ever seen #then took this down bc actually we cant let ppl play chapter 1 for free anymore ugh its just salt in the wound of how shitty they r #this remake is so cool I cant believe I got it to run on my computer #the way they redesigned the general areas is so damn cool too this is genuinely such an improvement and meatly n mike should be fucking #begging on their knees for the fans to forgive them if they did take this down fuck them so so much #mike literally has flaunted his fucking wealth in the past do we really think he needs the extra 20 bucks from some poor soul #buying his elaborate scam of a game that has a broken save system really? Does he need that money? No the fuck he doesnt #ramblez

[hinsaa-paramo-dharma]

I just watched Luv Kush: the warrior twins and MY LOVE FOR THIS MOVIE WENT OFF THE CHARTS WHEN I HEARD RAM JI'S VOICE

#THEY CASTED ARUN GOVIL AS RAM JIII #PLEASE THAT WAS SO GENIUS #LEGEND OF PRINCE RAMA AUR AB YEH BHI??? #It gets extra points just solely for that #The songs were phenomenal too! #I don't believe in the uttar kand or anything but I kind of enjoyed this movie #Though unlike legend of Prince Rama ya Arjun the warrior prince jinhe koi bhi age ka insaan enjoy kar sakta hai #Yeh bus for the kiddos hai #And mere Dil mein itna dukhaa jab Ram ji literally just went to fight and Hanuman ji was the one who suggested to offer peace #Like- You know the same god jinhone Ravan ko tak pehle peace offer Kiya tha- #I HAVE ALWAYS HATED THIS STORY FOR THE MISCHARACTERISATION #Also Hanuman ji forgetting RAM JI'S ORDERS JUST BECAUSE SOME VANAARS SANG HIS PRAISES #ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? #Also am I the only one who was confused jab luv and Kush defeated Laxman ji with their divyaastras? #Like- laxman ji killed Indrajit the demon who defeated Indra himself #So..how were Luv and Kush able to defeat Laxman ji with astras that belonged to Indra dev and other devtas? #But I digress #Also the scene where luv and Kush went to the place which reflected their own thoughts #Frozen ne yeh cheat maari thi kya unse 😭 #Anyways that's all. #Ab next movie mere Target mein hai Dashavatar #And I think I am going to love that one #Why? Well #Kyunki I stumbled upon the “Oo Mohini Oo Kamini” song-

[vvitchering]

Gale hate feels especially rancid to me because it’s always people dragging him for being “annoying” or “weird”. He talks too much, he gets caught up in tangents and spirals, he over or under reacts, etc. All the things I found relatable and comfortingly familiar about him are the things that people hate :’)

#like I know the devs/writers probably did not intend to make him so neurodivergent coded #and a lot of this probably is projecting #but it just stings that little bit extra #but at the same time how novel that they made the autism wizard a handsome love interest as well #idk I’m sick and rambling because I saw Gale hate in the wild and it made me sad #the lonely weird annoying kid in me latched onto this character Immediately #bg3

[ffxivtribehydrae]

Idea...

With The Rising and its Letter Forest, wouldn't it be fun if we all wrote letters to the devs and had someone who is scheduled to visit Fanfest London deliver them all in person?

I happen to be scheduled for a Fanfest London visit

Please reblog so I know just how wide spread the opinion is ♡

#poll #I always love The Rising event #and this year's I felt a little extra emotional about #all the messages devs written to us #not just in the event #in art books and encyclopedias #why not send them some letters too? #physical letters they can make their own Letter Forest with if they wish #and I always thought about arranging a community wide event #so... #yay or nay?

[amiryllisthorn]

The new design for Cpl. Adehide Ly'sarii(Ah-de-he-de Lie-sa-ree)

The next thing we will be working on is probably some backgrounds and UI

#pixel art #character art #game art #game dev #sci fi #android #art #artists on tumblr #lesbian #really lovign how the design is #I wasnt super happy with the og so yeah much happier with this #ill show the extra frames once they are done #Adehide Ly'sarii #mechanist #amiryllisart #farlar

[dev-the-dm]

Resource: Curses, Revised: Part Two

Ever felt the official content on curses is too limited by the two spells and handful of rolling tables, and wished for more? Then this is the series for you. I’m working on a multi-chapter revision of curses in D&D 5th edition, which helps you to create and use curses that fit in your setting and that make sense. This is part two of at least three, which are still a work in progress. Keep your eyes peeled for part three :) I will also link it here once it’s posted.

Part one can be found here: Curses, Revised: Part One.

#happy to get this part done and posted! #it's also my birthday today so i had some extra free time to work on it #dnd #dnd5e #d&d #d&d5e #dungeons and dragons #5th edition dungeons and dragons #d&d homebrew #dev's homebrews #collection: curses revised #resources #collections #curses revised #features

[virsancte]

i compiled a little before and after for the gen 4 characters from their high school designs & current for my own eyes, but might as well post them now that i'm back 2 legacy storytelling ik some of them aren't that familiar, i was going to play with them more in gen 3 but unfortunately my pc could not handle all my mods AND hsy so i ended up quickly abandoning a lot of ideas ;') i have some screenshots though, might post someday top to bottom: ellie (she/her), sola (they/them), dev (devin, he/him), averie (she/her), clementine (she/they)

#valentine extras #dev and averie are siblings if it's not obvious hahah #seeing them all grown up is so insane... i feel like their previous designs in gen 4 were super transitional #like they were already about 19-20 when dev and ellie moved to moonwood but that's basically still baby age #and it was obvious in their decisions too. like the idea that they could become other people entirely and escape their past by moving into #small town all on their own #also funnily enough this is kinda a callback to one of my first posts on this website omg #my first gp here.. #it's been over a year since i came to simblr JESUS

[ascendedastarionapologist]

What class is Dorian and who’s usually in the travel party?

dorian is a trickseter cleric, and their patron is is tymora, goddess of luck. i alays thought the idea of a clerical bhaalspawn super interesting, bc at first i thought it was kind of odd the game would let you pick that class as the progeny of another god, especially one like bhaal. but i think w the fiddly aspect of durge's memory and just how fuzzy the canon timeline is for durge, i think you can finess it to work.

like for dorian, tymora was primarily worshiped in their warren. herengon actually have fae luck canonically, bc theyre from the feywilds. so my hc is that harengon are a favored race of tymora.

for party config, the main group is dorian, astarion, shadowheart, and minthara, with shadowheart and lae'zel swapping. along the way they end up losing wyll and gale, and karlach passes when the netherbrain is defeated.

#asks #bg3 #custom durge #dorian #i really REALLY wanna do a playthrough that is specifically dorian's timeline #but theres this mod thats adding extra races in the game and the dev says they plan on adding harengon eventually #so idk if i wanna like. make them a gnome in game or just wait for that

[megafreeman]

Shapeshifter Games Winds Up Clockwork Revolution

We’re happy to announce that the newly formed Shapeshifter Games—formed of ex-Volition developers—is working with us to help bring Clockwork Revolution to life. [...] Shapeshifter Games Studio Head, Matt Madigan added “The talented and experienced team that joined Shapeshifter has hit the ground running. We’ve had a lot of support from former Volitionites, and are truly grateful to inXile and Microsoft for the opportunity to assist with the development of a great new IP.”

[SOURCE]

#shapeshifter games #volition #saints row #i'm not gonna spam the saints row tag anymore with this btw #if yall wanna keep up to date i'll be posting articles and news regarding shapeshifter games in their dedicated tag #so yall can go ahead and follow it #just felt like this needed some extra light before people assume Volition is back #checked with some former V devs and apparently shapeshifter games is only about 20 people so far #so not even the 1/4th of the studio that got shut down #sr

[bahoreal]

"learn to code" as advice is such bullshit. i have learned and used four and a half different coding languages through my career (html/css, java, python+sql, c++) and when i say used i mean I've built things in every one but the things that i actually used these languages for??? these earn zero money (with the caveat of until you have seniority in, e.g. front end web dev) what people really mean when they say learn coding is "learn to code. go into investment banking or finance startups." coding does not inherently have money in it. my absolute favourite part of coding? my peak enjoyment? was when i was developing for a visual coding language (you put it together like a flowchart, so say youre using a temperature sensor and you want it to log the temperature once every four hours, you can put the blocks together to make it do that. i was writing the code behind the blocks for new sensors) and i was earning £24k a year and that wasn't even part of my main role. it was an extra voluntary thing i was doing (i was working as a research assistant in biosensors - sort of - at a university, and was developing the visual code for students who didnt want to learn c++) like. i want people to learn to code, i want people to know how their electrical equipment works and how coding works, but dont believe the myth that there is inherently money in coding. the valuable things, the things people are passionate about are still vulnerable to the passion tax (if you want to do it you dont have to be paid for it). skills arent where the money is, money is where the money is.

#this is a bit incoherent but you know what i mean #i hated coding because it made my brain bend into shapes i didn't like but i did a Lot of coding and i was quite good at it #c++ for mechatronics (coding for mechanical devices usually things id built myself lol x) was my sweet spot #.jtxt #the half language is sql #you could count html and css as different languages. but css is like a framework for html so i dont jfbdhd. maybe thats another half #ive learned and used five languages where css and sql are both half languages jfbshs #also before anyone is like but you can use python for backend web dev and everyone needs that or blah blah databases #i knoooooow. create an extra 20000 database experts and you'll make that a minimum wage role. love it #anyway i used python for my research all the way through my research. from like machine code to image analysis software thatd take half a #day to run bc of the ridiculous volume of my image folders