#destiny or whatever

[risingsunresistance]

been getting back into mother 3 after All That and every time i see the sunflower field im like. whoa. that's so neat. i am Not overthinking it !

#i am just making this post to ramble about the sunflower thing again kjfhdg #it's almost been a whole year. i was in the middle of replaying mother 3 last june #i was at the sunflower field scene and decided to stop playing for the night #and that is the same night ''so long nerds'' was uploaded #not to be dramatic or cliche or whatever but. feels very ''on purpose'' ya know #destiny or whatever #the game was a huuuuuuge turning point for me in coping with life and death which i was. Very Bad at before! #and im sure you can tell i still am *(@&*(&*%(&^* #i havent been able to touch the game since but im getting better at it. been watching some videos n stuff about it #i still havent picked it back up tho. idk if i can sit through that cutscene again #i already kinda associated techno with sunflowers bc of the whole rising sun stuff. the staff being a sunflower #but the fact that i was in the middle of that part of mother 3 made that association so much worse #now they're just like. the death object for me. remembrance flowers. idk actual flower meanings but that's what they are to me now #idk if anyone remembers this post but like a week or two after his death my aunt tried growing a sunflower #it was unrelated to me and that whole thing. just another coincidence #she passed this week. so the sunflowers are really back on my mind rn #that's why i turned off the inbox was bc i really didnt know what to do after that #her whole side of the family died this past year #i hate to vent or whatever but i feel like if i dont mention it i'll explode so i've buried this under many other tags #congrats if you read this far i just wanted to have that out there i guess bc i've talked about her a lot #the cats are fine if you remember them. orangey has a home and my uncle is watching thomas #grief #grief cw #i dont remember what ppl tag that as #chat #i'll probably delete this later but im also gonna reblog all the cats n stuff again bc i just want ppl to see them

[butchchloe]

fun fact the first "crush"(it was comphet)i had on a boy I remember was on a boy named Yuri.

#destiny or whatever

[towards-toramunda]

Caduceus Clay is fully aware that he is a character in a game of dnd and that dnd is based on generally predetermined storylines made up by the DM aka “destiny” or “fate”, but I think if Ashton Greymoore realized they were a character in a dnd game they’d try to punch both Matt Mercer and Taliesin Jaffe in the face

#critical role #ashton greymoore #caduceus clay #cr2 #cr3 #Caduceus would hug them and accept whatever they made him do #when I say I love that Ashton hates fate and destiny its because I love when actors commit to character as much as Tal is for Ash #taliesin jaffe #edit to add: I also think Ashton would have a panic attack and start crying after attempting to punch Matt and Taliesin

[destiny-islanders]

*makes lightsaber noises*

#kh #kingdom hearts #sora #star wars #i'm at the 'fuck it i'm just gonna draw whatever i want' phase of my life #destiny doodles #it is so much more vibrant in my art program wah

[ind1c0lite]

SO HEED THE STARS, THEIR LIGHT WILL LEAVE US IN THE DARK

#ace attorney #aa5 #ace attorney dual destinies #athena cykes #simon blackquill #aa the phantom #metis cykes #eye strain #ask to tag #indys art #had to crunch this one to get it under the file limit :( #whATEVER it still looks fine im not mad <- lying #N e ways Ive been wanting to do something like this for a WHILE now #like #ever since I finished watching dd length of time #not sure why Im just now getting around to it but! better late than never #anyways enjoy! <3 #lots of athena lately huh

[windsweptinred]

You know when a child runs up and proudly presents you with their drawing. And you look at that mass of scribbles and colour, and don't understand one iota of it. But go, 'Wow! That's fantastic!' That right there.. That's Destiny and Dreams early sibling dynamic.

Dream: Brother, look! This is my newest creation!

Destiny: (Looks at said presented Dream/Nightmare) What da fuck is even that?! Why is fantasy, how is fantasy? !... "Comendable work little brother. You grow more adept in your craft every time I see you."

Dream: (Proud strut of big brothers approval activated!)

#dream of the endless #destiny of the endless #the endless family #the sandman #When he got older Destiny just dropped the pretence #Destiny: Look whatever 'this' is.. I just don't get it #Dream: OK... But you're still putting it on the fridge right? #Destiny: Ofcourse I'm still putting it on the fridge!

[hyakunana]

"Were you even listening? How many reports, Ikora? How many times did I tell you what I saw?"

#destiny #destiny 2 #destiny the game #destiny art #bungie #ikora rey #exo stranger #elsie bray #season of the witch #fanart #i say 'season of the' and you guys complete 'lesbian drama' alright #i already filled my obligatory hive!eris drawing ok check dark future chap 5 #in case this isn't obvious this is an elisabeth bray appreciation blog in disguise #and whatever mad decision she makes after this season is valid including idk sHOOTING HER OWN SHIP AT THE HELM TO STOP THIS MADNESS #ok but srsly tho rites of passage page 2 gave me some extra life and anxiety for the plot future xckvnkvn #my favorite part of season of the witch is shutting up everyone who had the audacity to look at me and say 'we already stopped the df' #lbr we will prevent it sure but the key word is //WILL// and im so happy this season proved my point #bungie loves planting plot points through lore text and they didnt write a whole collection of dark future timeloops for nothing

[ganondoodle]

its still rough but as far as im gonna get for now, cant decide on the tentacle colors still nkfdnvkdfn

possible name for lad is Pan or Paktolos (just bc .. reference to midas legend even if this midas got nothing to do with it; oh yeah, a bonus midas sketch .. he needs a proper redesign too)

tentacle lad may look mean here (i genuinely dont know why i drew him like that) but hes a big sappy softie, even carries a picture of midas in a locket around- next to the demon teeth hes collected he doesnt leave the island much anymore and mostly manages everything on it, his people call him by royal titles sometimes bc hes been a very competent leadership figure but he doesnt put value in any titles-

he rescued midas from the demon hunters that kidnapped him years ago to bring one of the biggest and most influencial empires to collapse after his older sister, who was the empress, was unexpectedly dying- midas being the next in line the empire doesnt really exist anymore at this point, midas now leading missions around the island instead, or going around keeping up to date with politics and tensions since his husband (tentacle lad) and his people are of a kind that is largely being kept a secret and would be a target for demon hunters as well, despite them not being demons (they look monstrous but are more based on animals, are native to earth, cannot change form, age only somewhat slower than humans and have no control over any elemental magic more than a very skilled human can have- which is basically not even noticable and usually gets passed off as 'talent' in the way a skilled sailor can feel the approaching weather in the wind)

#ganondoodles #art #character design #oc #original character #anthro #?? #idk #calling them a furry always feels kinda weird bc they got no fur!! #but labeling them as scalies or whatever doesnt do it either #so anthro it is i guess #or .. just monsters #even thought they are less monstrous than demons #anyway #here i go rambling on about ocs lol #it is way too late #happy to answer asks about ocs even if post very little about them all there is .... so much lore #if you think destiny has alot of lore oh boi you dont know my original projects #(ill TRY to answer anything ........... i know i suck at that ..... i still cherish it)

[stoshasaurus]

speaking of Osiris (and Saint-14)

#art #destiny 2 #destiny o14 #o14 #osiris destiny #saint 14 destiny #i heard this audio and thought it was perfect for them #lazily done but whatever lol #i had fun making it anyhow #sorry about the poor quality idk what happened

[screebyy]

Part 2: local empath tries and fails to parse his own feelings apart from the feelings of the dead little freak living inside his brain

Next part is either gonna be either a really big one or split into several little parts idk yet but i would like to finish this at least through the next Scene™️

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Panel 1: Crow is sitting on a branch high up in a dead tree, on a hill above the Harbinger’s Seclude temple in the Dreaming City. Crow is relaxing along the branch, with one leg stretched out and one propped up so he can rest his hand on his knee. He is leaning back against the trunk of the tree as he looks to his right, down at the temple and away from the viewer. He is holding a flaming hunter throwing knife in his hand, flicking it back and forth. Glint is floating next to him. Glint: “Do you want to see him again?” Crow: “I don’t think he wants to see me.” Glint: “That’s not what I asked!”

Panel 2: Crow twirls the knife in his hand, scowling as he looks down at it. The knife is made of solar flame, and leaves trails of fire behind it as he twirls it. Crow looks like he is reluctantly considering Glint’s question.

Panel 3: Crow turns back towards the temple, grabbing the knife and pulling his knees into his chest. Crow: “I just want him to be alright.”

Panel 4: Crow hugs his knees into his chest. His face is not visible. Crow: “And… it seems like knowing me doesn’t help with that.”

Panel 5: Crow has his arms crossed over his knees, and is resting his face on his forearm. With his other hand, he continues to fidget with the solar knife, twirling it between his fingers. He is looking at the knife, but his expression is distant. Crow: “I shouldn’t be surprised.”

Panel 6: In a memory, Uldren and Jolyon are in bed, late at night. Jolyon seems to be sleeping peacefully, and is embracing Uldren from behind with his face pressed against the back of Uldren’s head. One arm is draped over Uldren’s waist, while the other is resting under Uldren’s cheek, with his hand palm-up on the mattress in front of Uldren’s face.Uldren is awake. He is clutching the blanket around his waist with one hand. His other hand is clutching desperately at Jolyon’s hand on the mattress in front of him, with his fingers threaded between Jolyon’s at an awkward, stiff angle. He is staring at their clasped hands, looking distraught and almost angry. He is crying. Crow (from present day): “I always knew I was bad for him. Even before the garden, when things were… Mostly good. I knew I’d never be what he wanted. What he deserved…”

Panel 7: In present day, Crow continues to twirl the knife, but has turned his face further into the crook of his elbow, staring vacantly into the distance. Crow: “I was just too selfish to let him go.” Panel 8: Close up of Glint staring down at Crow passively. Glint: “It sounds like that’s how Uldren felt. What about you?”

Panel 8: Close up of Crow’s hand holding the knife. He has stopped it mid-spin, catching it between his fingers. Crow: “...”

Panel 9: Close up of Crow’s hand. He dissolves the knife into a fizzling burst of flame as he closes his hand into a fist. Crow: “Right.”

Panel 10: Wide shot from behind Crow. Crow turns his body fully towards the temple, still resting his left hand on his knee. Glint is floating in front of him, looking at his face. Crow: “I don’t want to make the same mistake. So… if he asks, I’ll be there. But after everything Uldren did, the way things ended…”

Panel 11: Crow turns his head away from Glint, leaning on his right hand stiffly. Crow: “I don’t think I’ll hear from him again.”

Panel 12: Glint floats in front of Crow again. Crow is looking down and away from the camera. Glint: “... And you’re okay with that?”

Panel 13: Crow starts to turn back towards Glint, looking torn. Crow: “... I-” He is interrupted by a dinging sound coming from his pocket.

Panel 14: Crow pulls his phone from his pocket, looking at the screen curiously. The phone dings again, and the screen shows that there are two new notifications.

Panel 15: Crow pulls the phone very close to his face, clutching it tightly with both hands. He is staring at the phone with comically wide eyes, looking alarmed and is blushing lightly. The phone shows two messages from an external sender [EXT]. Crow: “A-” Phone: “Are you still in the reef?” Phone: “It’s Jolyon”

Panel 16: Wide shot of Crow squatting like a gremlin on the branch, holding the phone with both hands directly in front of his face as he types on it quickly. He is blushing, and looks extremely focused. Glint is spinning excitedly above him. Crow’s response is visible coming from the phone. Phone (Crow’s response): “yes leaving tomorrow” Glint: “He’s messaging you!! Do you think he wants to see you??” Crow: “I don’t know shush” Crow: “He’s typing…”

Panel 17: Close up of the phone screen, where 3 messages from Jolyon are visible: [EXT]: Can we talk? [EXT]: Meet me here? [EXT]: (a UI element reads NAV DATA SHARED, showing a nav point over cartographical lines)

Panel 18: Close up of Crow’s face, looking down at the phone. He look surprised.

Panel 19: Text shows Crow’s response: “on my way.”

#i like them so much!!!!!!!!! #It's Crow Sulking Hours #i will be getting deep into mine own headcanons for jolyon & uldren for this project #starting with: whatever they had going on i think it was probably a 'b- needs improvement' realistically #on account of uldren having so much wrong with him all of the time #society if the sovs didn't have absolutely nuclear levels of mommy problems #crowlyon #crow destiny #jolyon till #uldren sov #destiny 2

[kaiserouo]

i spent way too much time on this

#i actually colored good titan wizard but i discovered that i am very very bad at doing whatever that is #welp #anyway titan wizard good looking me love #apparently good enough that i did the lineart again lol #also the concept of titan + wizard is just so amusing i have to do this #wizard (physics) #destiny 2 #destiny guardians #destiny titan #destiny hunter #destiny warlock #destiny 2 art #my art

[hi-crawler]

#destiny #destiny 2 #destiny game #destiny the game #savathun #savathûn #this doesn't even count as an edit to me. whatever. #was having one on twitter over my koi6 thread tonight and then i was like. oh my god i have to make a savathûn one

[ecoterrorist-katara]

I kind of love how Zutara has two distinct ship dynamics

dynamic 1: “I will save you from the pirates,” enemies-to-lovers, Zuko is dangerous but sexy, bad boy x good girl, morally grey antihero, Dramione vibes etc

dynamic 2: Zuko is an awkward turtleduck, idiots-to-lovers, pining for your best friend, having each other’s backs, thinking she’s the coolest thing since sliced bread, Percabeth vibes etc

We can argue about which is the correct interpretation until the cows come home, but I love that the possibilities exist in the first place. From s1 to post-series headcanons there are such distinct stages in their relationship, and you can basically pick whichever point that appeals to you and run with it. There’s something for everyone. Yet another reason why they’re the best ship y’all

#In general I think women are shamed for liking the enemies to lovers dynamic bc toxic or whatever #And what I like about ZK is you don’t have to feel guilty for liking the bad boy x good girl because they get way healthier later on #but the belligerent romantic tension remains and that opens up a lot of possibilities for fan interpretation #Not that women should feel guilty for liking what they like in the first place esp in fiction #But fiction that allows you to reconcile what you should like vs what you actually like can be very cathartic #And ofc the fact that Bryke talk about ZK as if only dynamic 1 exists is baffling #I should embrace my destiny as a Bryke anti because really it’s getting out of hand #Zutara #Enemies to lovers #My meta #technically?

[wyrmswears]

LAWYERS!!!

#i know i just got a bunch of ninjago followers but im forcing them to witness the lawyers #athena cykes #sebastian debeste #juniper woods #ace attorney #reposting because i think my last post.. broke?? #simon keyes #blaise debeste #literally just his arm but whatever.. #aai2 #aa5 #dual destinies #ace attorney investigations #wyrm draws #aa5 spoilers #for the simple fact that my entire au is a spoiler #athena is arrested au #sebastian and simon are unfinished but i am lazy and will not finish them oui

[nextstopparis]

sorry but like 0/10 to merlin and morgana for creativity. wtf. its like they both saw one old witch and decided that all of them must look that way. hello? what happened to IMAGINATION. what happened to INGENUITY. what happened to INNOVATION.

#sorry no wonder they both failed destiny or whatever #no one wants to be ORIGINAL anymore #bbc merlin #what was that hags name #oh merlin JK IM KIDDING OMG. ehehe sorry i couldnt help it #i really dont remember her name though oh well #merlin #morgana

[thefirstknife]

New article with more details (from Jason Schreier who first broke the story). If you can't see it, I'll copy the whole text under read more.

About 100 employees were laid off in total (8%) and one of the main reasons listed is "underperformance," "sharp drop in popularity" and "poor reception of Lightfall."

So you know when for the last year and a half content creators have been shitting and pissing on the game as a full-time job and the amount of negativity and ragebait content became the only thing to make content about for them? Well they certainly won't take the blame, but I will let it be known. These people either don't understand the influence they have or they do and they're doing it on purpose, and I don't know which of these two options is worse, but I am 100% confident that their campaign of rage and hate contributed to this.

You don't base your entire community around constantly hating everything about the only game you play (despite clearly not enjoying it anymore) and somehow avoid galvanising thousands and thousands of people into perceiving the game negatively. Imagine being employees who have barely worked there for 2 years and the only community reception they've seen is 24/7 hate train for their work and then they get fired because of "poor reception" and "drop in popularity." How can they not take that personally? I am absolutely devastated for these people who delievered a banger product and who were met with an unrelenting barrage of toxic gamer children which ended up having more sway over their boss than them.

Which brings me to the next bit and that's FUCK THE CEO. He is now my mortal enemy #1. I am projecting psychic blasts directly into his brain. What an absolute spineless coward who is more willing to bow down to fucking gamers than to protect his own employees. This is absolutely rage inducing because this has happened before. From the article from 2021 about the toxic culture at Bungie:

Reading this shit from the new article absolutely fucking sent me into blind rage because I immediately remembered this. Another instance of employees suffering because of comments on reddit. And because of toxic players. And proof that leadership is not protecting employees and is instead siding with players.

Match made in heaven. Asshole gamer content creators and asshole CEOs, all of whom sit at home on piles of money made from someone else's labour. I hope they all explode. None of the people that worked on this game deserve this.

Another article with an infuriating comment from the CEO:

In an internal town hall meeting addressing a Monday round of layoffs that impacted multiple departments, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons allegedly told remaining employees that the company had kept “the right people” to continue work on Destiny 2.

"Kept the right people." Really. Veteran composers weren't the right people? Die!

Bloomberg article in full:

Bungie’s decision to cut an estimated 100 jobs from its staff of about 1,200 followed dire management warnings earlier this month of a sharp drop in the popularity of its flagship video game Destiny 2. Just two weeks ago, executives at the Sony-owned game developer told employees that revenue was running 45% below projections for the year, according to people who attended the meeting. Chief Executive Officer Pete Parsons pinned the big miss on weak player retention for Destiny 2, which has faced a poor reception since the release of its latest expansion, Lightfall. The next expansion, The Final Shape, was getting good — not great feedback — and management told those present that they planned to push back the release to June 2024 from February, according the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The additional time would give developers a chance to improve the product. In the meantime, Parsons told staff Bungie would be cutting costs, such as for travel, as well as implementing salary and hiring freezes, the people said. Everyone would have to work together to weather the storm, he said, leaving employees feeling determined to do whatever was needed to get revenue back up. But on Monday morning the news got worse: Dozens of staffers woke up to mysterious 15-minute meetings that had been placed on their calendars, which they soon learned were part of a mass layoff. Bungie laid off around 8% of its employees, according to documentation reviewed by Bloomberg. Bungie didn’t respond to requests for comment. Employees who were let go will receive at least three months of severance and three months of Bungie-paid COBRA health insurance, although other benefits, such as expense reimbursements, ended Monday, sending some staff racing to submit their receipts. Laid-off staffers will also receive prorated bonuses, although those who were on a vesting schedule following Sony Group Corp.’s acquisition of Bungie in January 2022 will lose any shares that weren’t vested as of next month. The layoffs are part of a larger money-saving initiative at Sony’s PlayStation unit, which has also cut employees at studios such as Naughty Dog, Media Molecule and its San Mateo office. TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz wrote in a report Monday that “events over the last few days lead us to believe that PlayStation is undergoing a restructuring.” PlayStation president Jim Ryan announced last month that he plans to resign. Many of the layoffs at Bungie affected the company’s support departments, such as community management and publishing. Remaining Bungie staff were informed that some of those areas will be outsourced moving forward.

#destiny 2 #bungie #long post #and like i don't care what's anyone's opinion on lightfall. it doesn't matter #the expansion is fine. there's some bad shit in there as there is in every expansion #literally nothing on this earth was so bad to deserve the amount of vitriol that lightfall got #it was purely motivated by hate and rage from people who have clearly lost their interest in the game a long time ago #no one else normal enough would respond even to a weaker expansion this way. and lightfall wasn't even weaker #literally nothing ever released in destiny deserves to have comments bad enough to end up affecting employees #there's been some bad expansions/dlcs/seasons. whatever. none of them were like... gollum level. not even close #people genuinely treated lightfall like it personally killed their dog. it was insane. the reaction to it was insane. #it stemmed from people who should have stopped playing a long time ago and stopped being content creators for one game #i can't even properly explain just how long and tireless the ragebait content campaign for destiny has been #opening youtube and seeing 10 videos in a row of just complaining and bitching #opening twitter and seeing thousands upon thousands of posts and comments dedicated solely to hating the game #imagine being an employee trying to maintain some communication with the community #hippy was relentlessly bullied by people I've seen suddenly lamenting that she was fired. you caused this #they will never accept even a miniscule portion of the blame for this ofc. they will just keep claiming they don't have that influence #but they do. it's been proven years ago. in the same way #community comments DO reach devs and community comments DO influence what happens to them and the game #'the event is bad' 'meta is bad' 'pvp is bad' 'raid is bad' 'story is bad' stop playing. no longer asking. #it's a video game. if you hate it stop playing. you don't have to justify it to hundreds of thousands of people and take them with you #especially when it leads to employees taking the fall #so to all content creators who are appalled and baffled after spending 2 years hating the game: you did this. #and to the ceo even more: explode into dust and be forgotten