#Complexity Gaming

[crabussy]

"dolphins are completely evil" I actually don't think we should assign human morality to animals with no concept of law or civilisation with an intelligence roughly equating to that of a toddler

[paperlit]

We as a fandom moved way too fast past this:

And this:

[palarien]

sketched this out at jury duty actually

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!

[the-fandom-queen]

LUCAS JOHNSON YOU IDGAF FAKER I SAW YOU VISIBLY REEVALUATE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU REALIZED YOU WERE WRONG. I SAW YOU TRY TO FIGHT YOUR OWN BROTHER TO PROTECT JEAN WHEN YOU REALIZE THE SITUATION WAS OUT OF HAND. I SAW YOU FEEL BAD FOR YOUR ACTIONS. I SAW YOU NOT IDOLIZED YOUR BROTHER AFTER HE DIED BECAUSE YOU KNEW WHAT HE HAD DONE. I SAW YOU BE CONCERNED WHEN YOU REALIZED JEAN WAS YOUNGER THAN YOU. I SAW YOU RUN TO COACH RHEMANN AND TELL HIM ZANE IS ATTACKING JEAN. YOU CARE SO MUCH.

[captaincanonly]

THEY MATCHED EACH OTHER’S FREAK

[rbxid20908888]

[yourcrazygirlokris]

After much consideration, it has become apparent that the original image is slightly outdated due to the discovery of a new species and advancements in technology to research cellular life. Therefore, we have determined this new species, the space niche, is an offshoot of the transitional and aquatic niches. It is suspected this is due to the similar facial structure and anatomy of the aquatic niche, as well as the adaptation to combat shown in the evolution from the transitional forme to the underground niche, as well as the agility and dexterity capabilities shown in the former. As for the shared ancestor, shared similarities have been found between it and it’s offshoots, as well as having the capability of life that can adapt to new environments.

[meyaoyu]

the prince that was promised

buy a print here

[cryptic-forge]

teapot dragons!

in a way i like this design a lot. on the other hand i think the original teapot animal having a humanoid face is part of the charm; it is supposed to be uncanny. anyway, here be dragons, both available in my shop.

[triaelf9]

"how do you enjoy *insert fandom here* I hear they're the worst"

Find the ppl who enjoy the thing you like the way you do. Ignore, mute or block the ppl who don't.

Ta-Da~

[antlered-vixen]

Canafinwë Macalaurë Fëanárion, aka Maglor.

Companion piece to my Maedhros. I've painted a Maglor before, but this one is my own vision, from Light. Hence why there's a 'marriage halo' in his eyes, and he also looks quite a bit like his father.

[artharakka]

My Skyrim character, Ruis. She's originally from Daggerfall 🗡

[inafieldofstarflowers]

ik we talk about how Neil’s an unreliable narrator in terms of leaving out details about his life & that’s true BUT it’s important to me that we acknowledge that he’s also deeply unreliable in the more traditional sense when it comes to his understanding of the people around him—it’s easy to overlook because the person Neil thinks about the most and in the most depth is Andrew, and he does understand Andrew incredibly well, so it’s easy to just trust he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to other people when that’s not necessarily true. Especially when it comes to Kevin and Aaron, who Neil has some pretty direct ideas about, but whose images in his mind are impacted respectively by Neil’s understanding of himself and his understanding of Andrew. To really understand Kevin you have to lose the idea that he only cares about Exy & is a coward for not standing up to the people who he fears will kill him for valid reasons. To understand Aaron, you have to acknowledge that Andrew’s view of events & their relationship isn’t objectively the “right” way to view it because that’s not how that works, and that, as much as Aaron didn’t understand Andrew or his motivations, Andrew didn’t underrate Aaron or his.

[verflares]

touched up penn doodles from the other day that i dontttt think i will be finishing but it feels like a waste not to at least post em

[turbo-virgins]

Low key very tired of people responding to veilguard criticism with something along the lines of “lol these people have no media literacy, didn’t you understand what the game was telling you??” Yes, yes I understand what the game was trying to tell me. That doesn’t mean I have to like it or the way the writers went about it.

Also the whole argument of “well, the dragon age fandom proved they couldn’t handle xyz controversial character/element of the story so that’s why veilguard had very little references to those things” kinda grinds my gears a bit. I don’t think it can be proven with 100% certainty what writing decisions were made based on past fandom reactions to the other games, but I do think it would be an incredibly shitty move to simplify or remove complexity from a story just because there might be a portion of the audience who doesn’t get it. “The fandom couldn’t even handle Vivienne” Yeah a good amount of people dismissed her as a selfish snooty bitch, but I didn’t and a lot of other people didn’t and to remove complex and interesting characters like her on the basis that enough people “won’t get it” just feels like a disservice to all of us.