#▐█ ▌ ◇ — ( dragon solidarity. )

[felassan]

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #mass effect #video games #long post #longpost #mj best of #next mass effect #signal boost #N7SeveranceDay #worker solidarity #labor rights #pls note that i did not create any of the images in this post #or the N7Severance twitter account. pls see source links

[respectissexy]

In case you missed it, Dropout.tv, Critical Role and Dungeons and Daddies all donated food trucks to a DnD themed WGA picket event.

#dimension 20 #dropout.tv #critical role #dungeons and daddies #sam reich #matt mercer #wga strike #wga picket line #wga solidarity #actual play #dungeons and dragons

[doctorsiren]

It’s my 19th birthday! As per tradition, I drew myself with Mumbo Jumbo, and added in some other special guys as well ^^

Previous years’s drawings below the cut!

2020-2022’s birthday drawings! I didn’t even realize I drew myself this year wearing the same leggings that I was wearing in the 2021 drawing

#doctorsiren #mumbo jumbo #hermitcraft #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #glamrock freddy #jimmy solidarity #mcyt #my sona #birthday art #art #digital art #my art #fanart #procreate #self indulgent art #I think it’s funny that I drew myself as my dragon girlie for 2020 #but then haven’t done it since for the birthday art #I still actively use that sona #but I also just use myself #my sister asked why Miles was trying to rizz up Glamrock Freddy 😭😭😭 #new crackship just dropped #JOKE JOKE JOKE LMAOOO #I’m now the age Dahlia was during the 2nd Terry Fawles trial 🤪

[mr-kayser]

#kobayashi san chi no maid dragon #Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid #I feel inmense solidarity with Tohru. I also have a thing for Pathetic alcoholic women

[robbie-the-attempted-writer]

I refuse to believe that funky little tiefling was a heterosexual. Absolutely not. That is a cottagecore lesbian who would burn the world to the ground for her gf.

I also refuse to believe Simon is a heterosexual. That is an extremely awkward gay dude who has no clue what to do when he's being flirted with.

So, anyway, wlw mlm solidarity.

#honor among thieves #doric the druid #dungeons and dragons honor among thieves #wlw mlm solidarity #i am making an artificer girl just because i was angry the made doric straight and wanted to give her a girlfriend. #I'm also making a warlock boy for simon #so just you wait #*slaps roof of ao3 account* this bad boy can fit so many fix-it- fanfictions #simon aumar

[daily-property-police]

Day 313

#Okay Im pretty sure Jimmy didn’t fall into the void but it is for the drawing. I forgot the word it’s like pose or something #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #inthelittlewood #martyn inthelittlewood #evolution smp #evo smp #trafficblr #life series #secret life #Wow the dragons do Not look good #daily-pp #life series spoilers

[todayisafridaynight]

they shouldve brought back his cross chain💔maybe a smaller version idk but i get why they didnt since he probably wants to let go of his past life as a thug ig

hrngg........

#like a dragon infinite wealth #iw spoilers #i GUESS #daigo dojima #snap sketches #no cause ive doodled iw-casual daigo with his cross necklace before but i dont like those drawings #forced myself to make somethin i do like that if only to show solidarity with you anon ... #i very much like the cross necklace and i do agree itd be cute if he had a smaller one 😔 #oh also :) new laptop acquired :) i think i said that already but vjealvjerlk #point is i also needed an excuse to adjust to CSP again since all my settings were Reset with the transfer #dumb as hell that APPARENTLY you can only transfer a select number of times but hopefully i wont need to again #all ive consumed today for sustenance is coconut water i need ACTUAL food or im going to throw up

[armed-flight]

diagnosing these two with sibling

#need to find him a boyfriend asap #wlw mlm solidarity except they constantly try to one up each other #flight rising #dragon share

[puddleorganism]

Oh no oh god oh shit I can feel the brainrot taking hold,,,,

Anyway what if corrupted ranchers fusion

Inspired by @applestruda’s rancher fusion design btw forgot to mention that oops

Thinking about Tango corrupting after the ranch burned down (I think I remember gems corrupting under extreme stress??). Proceed to have a sick giant monster fight scene. Jimmy tries to calm Tango down and they end up fusing. Having another presence to calm him down helps ground Tango and Jimmy actually manages to talk him down!

(I wanna draw these scenes so bad but I cannot and will not draw humans/humanoids :< however…. I may be amenable to collabs if anyone was interested)

#LISTEN I know fusing with a corrupted gem is a bad idea but #…. dragon #fuck yeha baby #I think I could push this design more and make a cooler one but it’s 4am so I’m not doing that #gemyct #jimmy solidarity #tango tek #team rancher #no ID #art

[furrysmp]

so I saw a post and I can't find it anymore but. Jimmy and Lizzie were siblings, once.

#trafficblr #traffic smp #secret life #traffic series #life series #secret life spoilers #traffic spoilers #sl spoilers #slsmp spoilers #slsmp #empires smp #seablings #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #lizzie ldshadowlady #ldshadowlady #the canary curse #Just saying but sunbringer dragons are odd animal hybrids and jimmy was always fish bird

[sea-jello]

@nyaskitten tumblr ate your fucking ask uhh ignore how this is months later BUT i finally watched dr s2 AND

I GET IT NOW. I UNDERSTAND.

#i was asking for art recs and you said cinder back in like. december. if you dont remember #v messy please give me a clear ref without the fur thing and with the shoulder pads please please #google refs are 5 by 5 pixels and either youtube thumbnails or minifigs #what’s going on with his design by the way. why does he have blades strapped to him #pretend his hair is smokey okay idk how to draw smoke #when i saw his design before s2 came out i clocked him as a cold tundra ish terrain design cause of the fur and the wolves #so i gave him like winter gloves even tho that’s unpractical for him but whatever #something about his hair being smokey the way your breath fogs in the cold you understand #the crosses and lines on his armor idk i searched up samurai armor cause i have no idea what they’re supposed to be #he’s a middle aged man to me so it’s kinda funny he’s beefing with a teenager (jordana) #i wanted to see a grudging solidarity under the cat guys rule sort of relationship but no the girls are fighting i guess #what happened with the old guy by the way how does that timeline work #cinder would have to be born after s4 and there’s NO CHANCE this guy is younger than kai #did the pacing of this season feel weird to anyone else or have i just not watched ninjago for too long #anyways #ninjago #lego ninjago #dragons rising #ninjago dr s2 #ninjago cinder #cinder ninjago #i hope thats his name i dont rember #ninjago dr spoilers #sort of #jellos scribbles

[felassan]

Some more on this:

[source, two, three, four, five (Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter links), six, seven, eight, nine]

'EA on the BioWare picket tomorrow [today now]' statement transcript:

"We hope that Keywords and the union are able to resolve their differences but ultimately BioWare has no role in that process. It is our view that any activities targeting our offices are misguided as BioWare is not involved in any way in the negotiations and Epcor Tower has never been a place of employment for Keywords employees."

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

[first post/Part 1]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #video games #long post #longpost #mass effect #N7SeveranceDay #next mass effect #worker solidarity #labor rights #pls let me know if there's something else i should be tagging these with ^^ #pls note that i did not create any of the images in this post #or the N7Severance account. pls see source links

[heretherebedork]

New Trope Just Dropped: Arranged Marriage Canceled on Account of Gay is the new WLW MLM Solidarity we deserve

#big dragon #gap the series #big dragon the series #big dragon series #gap yuri #thai drama #thai series #arranged marriage canceled due to gay #thai bl #thaibl #thai bl drama #mlm wlw #wlw mlm solidarity #mlm wlw solidarity #thai gl drama #thaigl #thai gl #thai gl series #thai bl series #bl drama #bl series #gl series #gl drama

[ace-of-d1am0nds]

that one clip of brennan going “lol. big lol” at the wga sag aftra strike dnd session is very quickly become a new vocal stim

#i start dm-ing a campaign this week and my players r abt to be so confused #dimension 20 #brennan lee mulligan #dropout #dungeons and dragons #wga solidarity #wga strike #sag afra strike

[kumbhakarni]

HOW DOES ANYONE EXPECT ME TO STAY STRAIGHT AFTER THIS?

#she's beauty she's grace #love of my liiiiiiiiife #uuuuuuvbvvbbbbb #I'm not straight anymore #beauteous lady #love of my life #in case you couldn't tell #bi panic #bi pan solidarity #bi panik #alicent hightower #queen alicent #hotd alicent #asoiaf #house of the dragon #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #got #olivia cooke #hotdedit #hotd #house hightower

[vivitheanimaxen]

Okay. so. basic breakdown of the dragonfrost au goes as such.

You have Tango, a young adult dragon (young in dragon years, not mortal years) who lives in the deepfrost citadel-- or more specifically, below it. his hoard is below the burning dark, in a room that takes puzzles to get to. (think the control room puzzle).

He likes people, but has that dragon lifespan and semi-alien morals due to being. well. a heckkin dragon. He's lawful good, and while he doesn't seek out 'bad' people to do vengeance, he will test and judge and 'play' with anyone he comes across. He believes that adventurers are primarily greedy and selfish and will do anything for their own gain. proven time and time again by people trying to steal his hoard. No one has succeeded. ever.

The he visits the village at the bottom of the mountain a lot, and sees it as part of his 'domain' and under his protection. Mostly cause the people there are nice to him and just people trying to live and be good people, yah know? They have the Tango stamp of approval. The people there know 'Tango' as a odd wanderer who is the only one to survive going up to the Citadel, for some reason. They know there's something up there, and while some people suspect it's a dragon, but other people think it's other things, and what do they gain by angering whatever it is? Tango knows more than he lets on, surely. He's gotta be like, a spokesperson for the dragon or something.

Anyway. Jimmy is a canary Avian, and the little scraplet i wrote is more of a prologue-ish bit. Jimmy has a slight magic that lets him sense immediate danger, but the troupe he adventures with always underestimated him and never trusted his danger-sense. He was traveling with them because his family ended up in debt to some powerful people. He was the one who took it upon himself to work off as much of the family debt as he could manage, and as such-- adventurer. He sorta acts like 'the party npc' a lil bit. Jimmy isn't really a fighter, and is instead more useful for his connections and survival knowledge.

Jimmy caught Tango's eye because of his golden feathers and his danger sense magic and his high perception and insight. he also, after getting to know Jimmy more, despite his mistrust, and ends up convinced that the rest of the troupe is standard adventurer fair-- not worth much more than food for his dungeon. But he let them get all the way to the hoard as a test for Jimmy, and Jimmy passed. Tango murdered all the rest of the troupe, and took Jimmy as part of his hoard.

Because of this, Jimmy is now 'warlock', and Tango is his patron. It took a long while for Jimmy to sorta-- get over the murder thing. but that's fine! Tango's dragon magic, when forged through a warlock-patron connection, lets him slow Jimmy's aging, as well as give him other magic powers too. It wouldn't do to lose the only good adventurer he's ever met, after all.

After Jimmy finally comes around to being Tango's-- something. Friend? Ward? Treasure? Something. Whatever it is. Jimmy takes on a similar role to Tango. They take care of the town, and the citadel, and if any adventurers come by, Jimmy takes on the guise of being their guide. He whistles to Tango each night, telling songs of how he's being treated. If they don't treat Jimmy right, they get to be dungeon food. If they keep Jimmy safe and listen to his instructions all the way through the dungeon to the hoard, and only take what they truly need of the treasure, for good reasons, they get the chance to leave alive. But they have to get out on their own. Most people never do. But some do.

It brings stories of glory and treasure, attracting more adventurers, more players for the game. More business for the village. Tango changes the games and puzzles, keeping it forever new and challenging, but he never collects any more warlocks. he offers it, to a select few he's deemed as good as Jimmy, but none of them take it. Yet. Most of them have family to get back to, people they need to save. (like Jimmy did, once.) (They're surely all dead by now.) (He's lived for so, so long. Tango is the only one who knows him anymore. (The least he can do is soften Tango's edges for everyone else.) (Jimmy might be a canary in a cage but he can sing to protect the miners, right?)

It's fine. The village is thriving, and the adventurers get a chance, at least.

#tango tek #jimmy solidarity #team rancher #team rancher au #unhealthy relationships #dark ranchers #<- is that even a tag? #dragon tango tek #possessive tango tek #canary curse #but different #vivi rambles about #dragonfrost au #worldbuilding #dont mind me #i cant help myself ok