So Greg Bryk regularly goes live on Instagram to chat with his followers and answer a few questions, and almost every time, someone asks if he’d like to play Joseph Seed again if he had the chance, to which he used to always reply that, yes, he absolutely would. However, in early 2022, he didn’t seem so sure anymore and said it would depend on the script (the question was specifically about a potential Far Cry 5 movie) and the writer(s). Then, a few months later, he implied he didn’t feel like playing the Father ever again because he thought the character’s story was “finished” and that Ubisoft should focus on creating new things instead…
Well, on October 14, 2023, he once again went live on Instagram and, when people mentioned Far Cry 5 in the chat, he revealed that he had reached out to Dan Hay and Drew Holmes, two of the game’s three main writers he’s become friends with, and that they had visited him “on set” (I’m not sure what he was shooting) the day before. In the past, he had already explained several times that he had loved working with them and thought the story they wrote (along with “JS”, Jean-Sébastien Décant, the game’s third main writer) was fantastic. This time, he added that Far Cry 5 was really “special” to him because the writers “cared a lot” about creating something great with amazing characters, and that he thought the whole Seed family was really well-written.
A few minutes later, when he was asked which character he would like to play again if he could, he said it was hard for him to choose because he loves them all, but he eventually picked Jeremy Danvers (Bitten) and Cobbs Pond (Frontier).
Then, surprisingly, he also mentioned Joseph.
I don’t know why he changed his mind again or if the fact he contacted Dan Hay (who doesn’t work for Ubisoft anymore) and Drew Holmes (who recently became the new IP Director for Far Cry) means anything, and I’m not sure I want more Far Cry 5 content to be released anyway (for continuity reasons), but I guess the Seed family’s return, as equally exciting and truly terrifying as this eventuality sounds to me, isn’t completely out of the question anymore in Greg Bryk’s mind!
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2023 reads / storygraph
Sheiné łénde
prequel to Elatsoe, following her grandmother as a teen in the 1970s
after a devastating flood and loss of family members & their traditional home, she works with her mother & their ghost dogs, tracking down missing people
when a local boy goes missing - and her mother, when trying to find him - strange fairy rings (not the usual, reliable ones used for transport) might be to blame, and she and her friends, brother, and lone (unreliable) grandfather have to try find them
friendship, family, ecology, no romance, ghost bugs :)
(title pronounciation: Sheh-ee-neh lehneh)
arc from netgalley, out 16 April 2024!
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Hate to doom post, but I really don't think there's gonna be a 3rd season of Good Omens.
Not being renewed immediately is a very bad sign. Righteous Gemstones was renewed immediately; Succession was offered a 5th season, but Jesse Armstrong most likely declined considering he didn't want a 5th season.
From dumping off a whole season in one day, the writer's strike and (awful lol) studios prioritizing AI and reality shows, streaming generally dying, and the industry floundering, it's never good for very expensive shows that take a long time, e.g. fantasy, sci fi, etc. Even superhero shows are suffering and are going the way of westerns.
Basically I'm still dealing with trauma from Pushing Daisies being cancelled mid-season and I've been fighting those demons since I was 12. Disillusionment runs my life smdh
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“They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things — if love can ever be called that.”
I just will never understand people who are not satisfied with the ending of Ruin and Rising.
It makes me beyond emotional. I’m so happy they get to have a simple mundane life after it all. They lost so much, they lost major parts of themselves, but I’m glad their reward is something that makes them so happy. Making sure these future orphans don’t feel lonely and unloved the way they did. Getting visits from their beloved friends. No one bothering them (until Rule of Wolves happens). They just get to.. be.
I was in near tears the first time I finished this book, and once again I want to cry rereading it. I finished that last line and put my book down and just stared at a wall for about 2 minutes straight trying not to cry. I love the ending. It’s the ending they deserved.
This is not an invite to insult the ending. If you hated it please just scroll away from this post. Don’t stress yourself or me by arguing about it. Save us both please.
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As much as I love the 90s Moomins, one thing that is missing is how much more attitude the characters have in the books sometimes, like
Fredrikson, in the first episode of Moominpappa's Memoirs: Hey, Edvard? Wouldn't you bathe in the river today? The water is nice and warm and the riverfloor is the softest sand ever!
Edvard: *goes to swim in the river and causes a wave so Moominpappa and co can get their boat to the sea, nothing more about that*
Edvard, in the third episode: *casually turns up to the wedding, because he likes weddings, everybody is friendly, nothing more about that*
vs in the book
Fredrikson: oh hey, Edvard, we haven't seen you in a whi-
Edvard: THERE YOU FUCKING ARE! WATER NICE AND WARM AND THE FLOOR SOFT SAND? BITCH IT WAS ICE COLD AND G R A V E L
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god i love taylor jenkin reid’s books in that so many of her protags are all so. fuckign unhinged and focused on doing what they want to do, watching how all their dreams slowly but steadily blossom and watching them be absolutely insane in how they get to that point is so. god i love u complicated women i love u flawed women i love u women who are a touch selfish and a lot insecure but trying their goddamn best to live the life they want
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