#gbpatch

[sunny-arts-blog]

Wedding Comm for @meesherbeans!

[natelawtism]

https://tiermaker.com/create/our-life-universe-characters-1211348

Made a gbpatchverse tierlisttt guysss who's surprisedddd

[wrymbloods]

buncove having a tender morning 🧡💚

[orion4ever]

ahem may i please request a step 1 ren fic? MC gets injured (like a sprained ankle or something) and no one else but Ren is around to help and they end up getting carried by Ren which leads them to getting closer

thank you 🫡

Author’s Note: Hiii! I hope you enjoy this! I must supply the Ren lovers their dinner before they start migrating to cities and feeding off the souls of the innocent…Anyway this takes place in step 1 , so I will be using He/Him to refer to Ren!

Idk how to feel about this. I need to start writing more fanfics instead of just head canons. I’ve noticed that i work better when i write stories in a first person point of view

Pairing(s): Darren/Ren/Renee Murray x MC

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It was late, and the air was bitter. Darren pedaled his bike with everything he had in him.

Darren wasn't normally this eager to go home, but his mother had warned him that today's weather would be the coldest it had been all year. He had been out for hours and wanted to slip into his soft bed with a big cup of-.

‘Sniffle’

Darren slowed his bike down and turned his head, he had just ridden past..you. Darren wanted to just continue and pretend he didn’t notice you but he didn’t want it to be more awkward when you confront him about it. Plus, there was something wrong. You weren’t on your wheels, you were sitting on the ground with your hands on your ankle and your forehead touching your knees.

It reminded Darren of Qiu during ballet, warming up, and stretching. That wasn’t what this was though.

Darren turned his bike around and slowly peddled back to where you were sitting. He took off his helmet and shook out his helmet hair.

“MC? What are you doing, it’s going to get cold soon.”

He said hesitantly like he was talking to a wounded animal. He didn’t understand why it was so hard for him to talk to you.

You looked up and he froze.

Tears were brimming in your eyes and small scratches scattered on your cheek and forehead.

“…Darren.” You sniffled, struggling to breathe.

Darren kneeled to be at your level. He had thoughts running marathons in his mind. ‘What were you doing out this late?’ , ‘Are you hurt?’ , ‘What happened?’

Darren assessed the situation and took a closer look at your ankle. Your ankle was blue, purple, and green. It looked muddied and gross like a banana gone bad.

“Did you fall on your ride?”

You didn’t answer him, no longer being able to hold back the tears. You sobbed quietly.

“H-hey! Come on, what’s crying going to solve?” He didn’t want to be harsh but he was trying to figure out what to do.

“M’sorry.. I haven’t been able to put any weight on it. I've been sitting here for I don’t even know how long…” you wiped your eyes with your sleeves.

Darren put his bike helmet on his bike’s handlebars and then extended his arms.

“Let me help you up.”

You hesitated, remembering how uncomfortable he was around you in the beginning but Darren shook his head; predicting your dilemma.

“Its fine. I don’t want to leave you out here.”

Your tear filled eyes brighten and you smiled.

“Don’t look at me like that”

He didn’t mind though.

He had your arm over his shoulder in a weird side hug, he made sure to remind you to keep your injured ankle off the ground and to put your weight on him.

You had to abandon your wheels since Darren only had one hand that he was already using on his bike.

Darren begrudgingly promised to go back for it in the morning for you, seeing as your ankle resembled a 90-degree angle.

“..Why are you helping me? I thought you didn’t like me?”

Darren’s frown grew. He didn’t realize that was what you got from him.

“It's not like that-. It’s it’s just how I am with new people.” He tried to explain, walking slowly so that you wouldn’t struggle to keep his pace.

“I didn’t mean to make you feel like I didn’t like you. You’ve been nice to me and Qiu, I am sorry..”

You gave Darren a small smile while patting him on the shoulder.

“That means alot.”

You both walked home in silence, it got dark but the air was no longer bitter; it was refreshing.

[minthe-drawings]

Dance together✨

[bamb-procrastinates]

Surely one summer in a random town wouldn't mean anything. Right? ⛱️🌊

[backupbitch]

Hi, I want to talk about the current issue that’s happening with GBPatch.

A lot of people don’t want to get Rose fired. They want an apology for their behaviour towards blossoming attorney.

Here’s the entire post, with Blossoming’s two add ons, that were not included in the post Rose shared:

In Rose’s ‘apology’ they said that they reacted in kind. Blossoming’s harshest comment was the following:

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Rose responds with the following:

I’m sure that they’re lucky to have their take be called braindead and ignorant. OP could’ve also called their take bad, instead of saying it’s braindead.

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That aside, it is important that black trans people can openly criticise transphobia and racism. Those conversations are very important to be had. Like Terry’s lack of black features.

But, as Rose said, that’s another conversation to be held.

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Then, this is said:

I am sure that Blossoming Attorney does care. In fact, they are also a black trans person.

This is said in the parts of the post that were left out of the one Rose linked in their ‘apology’.

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The post that was shared, ends with this:

Yes, they could’ve gone to your dms, but considering that the initial post was public, it was safe to assume that Blossoming had the right to respond publicly. It’s also mentioned that they said Rose is transphobic, which they didnt. They said the take sounded transphobic, which is why they thought it was a bad take.

Edit: in the add on they said it sounded transphobic. In the call out post they did say that they think Rose is transphobic.

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Rose ends with saying that Blossoming is trying to be racist and transphobic on their post. The conversation was about Terry and him being trans. Not race. That was brought up. Almost like a “you can’t criticize this bc I’m black and trans’ point. I’m sure that Rose did not have those intentions.

Blossoming’s point was the following:

They were talking about the ‘sexualised design’.

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After that they make another add on to say the following;

they apologised. Is it so bad that they would want an apology from Rose too?

Edit:

Also, I believe Rose when they say that there’s a hate campaign. I can’t tell them what they’re experiencing. Idc about the shared screenshots, they should’ve been kept private. There are people that are racially motivated and do want Rose to lose their position. That’s what we should talk about. It’s horrible that people in this community are after someone. This is why we need sensitivity readers and why we need to call that behaviour out. I made my original post to share that Blossoming Attorney isn’t part of it.

@gb-patch

[kauniete-art]

I was minding my own business and then I suddenly remembered how much I love Cove and I had to draw him again 🥺

[leiankrisha]

♟Baxter Ward from Our Life: Beginnings and Always♟

ASLKDJAKSL AAAHHHH UGH THIS MAN HAS HAD ME IN A CHOKEHOLD UGH!! Its not even the first time I've played his dlc. I was there when it first came out ToT. Honestly tho, I also enjoyed him as a character, along with the other characters in the game. I don't have a lot of experience writing so take my opinion as an opinion!! I think tragic characters with tragic pasts are eh. It feels kind of lazy when you have to rely on comically tragic events and/or comically evil people to build a backstory for someone. That doesn't mean it doesn't have its place but those aren't prerequisites to build an empathetic and tragic character. Because of that, I think that's why I feel so engaged with baxter as a character. OLBA does a good job of applying this idea to a lot of it's other characters, which makes sense as it isn't meant to be a serious and dramatic game. Rather, I enjoy its idea of appreciating the small joys in life C: I guess you could tell I'm a slice of life enjoyer lol but I think webtoons and kdramas kinda move away from this idea. A story that I love that I feel like follows this idea somewhat as well is Maru is a Puppy! It's cute and doesn't hinge on romance to engage you to it's characters :3

(ugh, I wanna be a fancy bitch with baxter fr)

[ouchthathurts]

Hey, so I saw your comment on bloomingattorney's post. Might want to check out GBPatch's comments on reddit. She's doubling down on the biphobia.

See, now this is upsetting. What happened to Rose is understandably fucked up because being doxed and harassed like this is absolutely awful and never an okay or just thing to do.

It was disappointing hearing someone on the team had such amazing ideas such as the skin color chart but having a strict mindset on what it meant to be gay/pan and being trans. As someone who genderfluid, pan, and afro-latino, I was disappointed to see someone like me have such heinous views and be in a position be a hinder to the group.

My main problem comes from GPatch themselves and how they handled it, while being a face of a company and working with many others of the same community and having your audience also be a part of your community there's a responsibility you carry with such a position.

The people see how you're constantly pulling the "I trust them" card instead of listening to what people have to say and taking the time to look over Rose's actions under another lense such as trans people who share terri's experience, people who are bi/pan, people who happen to be male being into tam, and so on and so forth. rather than trying to understand the people and fix the problem which would be holding Rose accountable for what they said on the issue.

I read over the post that happened between blossoming and Rose and the way Rose handled it was not okay, even if it was before they were hired. If Rose has changed from that then that's great, that's amazing even, the problem comes from not doing a background check on someone who holds a view of a community that there in with such an awful mindset.

Rose can change for the better and be allowed another chance, the problem is that instead of holding Rose accountable, speaking about how this effected your fanbase and how Rose will be stepping down sounds a lot better than just releasing tons of statements and trying to paint with a pastel on black background.

GBPatch should've taken the time and waited for the situation, I've seen tons of people who release content immediately hurt themselves and their credibility by speaking on the subject too fast and ruining themselves in the eyes of the public.

Wait till the emotion dies down in you before responding and don't sit there and defend the person you know has done wrong with proof. I'm not talking about what Rose said about GBPatch, they hashed it out in dms and that's their business, my problem comes with what they had said how that reflects on a company's image if they're allowing someone with these views to speak on these issues for a community.

That's bad representation, and then defending them because you know them is a whole other can worms due to the fact you're not really listening to your audience. It's not about Rose as a person but about what was Rose said and how he's going to rectify it, there is no reason for him to be on a team where he represents a group, and he ruins the fun for everyone by policing and saying what should or should not be done to LGBTQ+ characters.

Rose doesn't have that experience to say that because of the mindset that shows he doesn't see it as a spectrum but instead a certain way people have to be once they've found what they are.

We understand Rose has changed and we understand that Rose is trying for the better, we understand. The problem is how you're addressing the people's concerns and instead of talking to them and hoping to get an expansion on how they feel from their favorite creator of their favorite game, you sit there and defend them just because you know them personally.

If Rose still held those views of pan/biphobia, eld those views that trans people have to dress a certain way after transition, and immaturely called everyone bigots who have a point in conversation.

Would you still be saying the same thing?

This isn't about Rose changing, or Rose being your friend, or whatever else.

This is about how Rose, as a BIPOC and member of the LGBTQ+ community, holds these disgusting views and how they should at least step down from the team until they've broadened their horizons with new people and different experiences before speaking out against something with a close mindset.

Talking about how Terri's clothes were sexual just because they hugged his body, and the many other things said in the tumblr post alongside the response was very something to behold and the response being more irritating because of how it makes communities look when trying to make a point because Rose's point was ignorant and their response only doubling down on such ignorance and using the idea of being a BIPOC and/or apart of LGBTQ+ to escape criticism is disgusting and a bad look on the community.

I get it if it was a joke but it clearly wasn't in this context.

With my final thoughts coming to mind

The main problem I had with final statement is that Rose left due to harassment, Rose should not have been harassed in the first place and doxed, what should've happened was Rose being fired or at least taking the time to learn more due to the negligence and ignorance of other people's, especially queer, situations.

The situation has definitely been thrown out of proportions, I understand people not wanting them to work on the team but doxing is never a good thing to do and harassment is never okay. My advice? Block them and report it to the creator about their worker's close minded views.

Alongside that, GBPatch in future controversies and dramas, taking a step back and reflecting on everting before making a statement instead of responding on emotion instantly. It makes it look like you're arguing with your fanbase, defending someone who is being held accountable for their actions and so on and so forth.

It's good you're calling out the awful people making the situation worse, those people should not be a part of the community to come and harm and put people's lives in danger. That's a good place to start following it with talking about what Rose did, I get the whole 'I know them' and 'They've changed' argument but save that until after you've discussed what happened.

You gotta understand that as a company, why you won't meet everyone's expectations of what they want, you have to try and salvage the part of your audience that really does want to stay and give them a reason to want to stay and that being letting Rose go and grow more as a person to come back with a wider horizon. There a people genuinely hurt and offended by what Rose said, they are are apart of the community and want to feel comfortable in this space made for all and with someone with a close mindset acting this way and publicly working alongside you it makes the game’s community not feel as good to be a part of

I get that Rose has done great things for the game, I’m more than thankful the skin color expansion, but Rose leaving the project for however long he decides was for the best, not under these disgusting circumstances of harassment and doxing, also the disgusting and childish behavior of a fan base to be jerks and bigots is not okay at all. There is a way to handle things and the situation should’ve been handled better by all sides.

That's all my thoughts, I'm open to discussions and other interpretations because everyone is different.

To qoute blossoming-attorney, "It's not about wanting them to feel bad about it. It's about how I feel this may affect the game. These close-minded (in my opinion) views on trans people's bodies are unacceptable. "

[sunny-arts-blog]

comm!

[princesdecentdoodles]

hello again xoxo droplets tumblr

heres some germy boi

[wrymbloods]

the darlings all glammed up to see barbie 💗

[covesdadappreciation]

*talking to the phone*

Tamarack: Remember how I said that MC and I were gonna have a calm night out for once?

Qiu: Yeah…

Tamarack: well, we’re in jail

Qiu: *hangs up*

[minthe-drawings]

Traffic light trio!💚💛❤️ (step 1-4)

Minthe - relaxed Ruka - nervous Scarlett - direct

game by: @gb-patch

[bamb-procrastinates]

Steps 1-4 of my OLBA mc Liliyan Danaus (originally Haiba). Goes by she/her throughout the whole game. She gets an occupation as a fine artist and is currently working both at a company and starting her own business.