#the brat

[trashbending]

some of the bands referenced in wendell & wild

[nizaen]

they r besties 4evur!

[clockwayswrites]

Bless the spirits I'm finally making progress on the next chapter of lbfd.

[tinyshinysylveon]

i love big shot katauki

[banzack]

various goanimate characters as stamps

[batteredshoes]

Lots of old friends in this one, but it did make me miss the ones that are gone.

[kekewell]

[thevicioushotdog]

As a 1 follower special, I present to you Bratserk.

[tkshoelace]

The Brat from Fortnite made for a friend

[belledjinn]

Afternoon, the brat's feeling a little better today, so here's a sleepy picture~🖤

Expect a few more somewhere (link) tonight 🖤

Breaking character-

Excuse the long absence, things have been busy. I apparently need to get ready to move, so we're packing and trying to organize a new place.

Don't with too much, we'll be safe within the year, it's just very short notice and it's a lot. That's all. Merry New Year, if you don't see a story from me before then.

[prettytm]

@taleswritten { Hit The Heart }

"Leon.. You will get into the car. Or I will pick you up and put you in the trunk."

[thatdykepunkslut]

"We are not Jesus, we are not fascists, we are not capitalists,

We are the communists, we are the one!"

[dulcimergecko]

Thank you for all the warm, caring wishes and hugs, everybody. I'm touched and I really appreciate it.

Meanwhile, since life has no choice but to go on...

This is The Brat, who has decided, in light of Furry Supervisor's passing, to assume her role as The Boss of my Etsy business.

[the-shy-artisan]

Maizie has rediscovered one of her favorite spots to curl up: inside the Khezu sleeping bag lol

[steamberrystudio]

Listennn.. I too went into GS a little wary of Caleb. When contrasted against everyone else you can meet in the opening (stoic but gentle Ari, funny and flirty Jack, closed off but caring Caissa, clumsy and cryptic Magnus...) Caleb absolutely brushed me up the wrong way. Dude can be an asshole.

But then I did Ari's route first.

Let me tell you.. it took me only up until Ari and Caleb sparring and Caleb loosening up a little to realise I was in big trouble. Dude is hot as hell. And funny. And a bit of a rebel against the status quo, while still toeing the line, which I wasn't expecting. And I thoroughly enjoyed his route when I got round to it. You did an incredible job creating his personality - and I actually now love the fact he has such a wide ranging personality and isn't always gently gently with the MC.

Not that the others are like that but you get the idea - I appreciate being able to see an "ugly" side to them all instead of Mr perfect gentleman all the time. I think you did a great job of that with all the characters in different ways.

I'm still replaying all the routes. You created something special :)

Well ultimately, the prologue portion of the game was designed to set up character conflict and foundation for character growth in the routes. You're supposed to develop a first impression of the character specifically so the route can subvert the expectation and/or explain the behaviour.

So it's totally fine to like that character or be wary of another. There's nothing wrong with that. OWO

I feel like people assume I'm judging you for judging Caleb and that's not it *at all*. 😂 The whole point is to make people go 😡 at him so that when you get into his route, I can turn the tables and show you that he's actually a good guy who is struggling with some things but has a good heart.

I have people in my life who have the whole anxiety-as-anger thing going on, and I love them even though it's a super frustrating quality that they have to actively work on - and don't always succeed at not giving into it. It was a trait I really wanted to explore in a character because I deal with it a lot.

As you said, I don't want the characters to have to be perfect - Caleb can be an angry, anxious brat, Magnus has severe trust issues that he struggles with, Caissa is chained down by a lot of personal issues, etc, etc.

I'm not opposed to people having first impressions of the characters and withholding judgement until they see more.

Some of the struggles with Caleb in particular came about because of the combination of putting out a demo which allows people to see a very small slice of the game (about 20% of the total story if you count the 4 chapters of common route and 14 of each route) and a public development process which makes me very accessible for feedback.

It can be tempting to draw conclusions and give critique based on 20% of the content. But unfortunately it can sometimes not be helpful. Imagine trying to critique a drawing when you can only see 20% of it. How can you give a proper critique when you're missing 80% of the picture? That aspect of development can be a little difficult because you have feedback flying in from all directions on a thing you're still actively creating.

And that kind of led to some friction with Caleb a while back, which is why it's still kind of this big topic of discussion.

But it's not that it's not okay to have a first impression that is less than positive. That's absolutely okay! It's the point! It's what I wanted.

Like I said, the Caleb issues stemmed from a much earlier place in the development process when there were maybe some conclusions being drawn before everyone had the complete picture. Which, as I said, is very tempting and I get it. Sometimes there ARE characters that rub you the wrong way at the start and you don't want to give them a chance and that's also totally fine! I've had one character like that in all my game-playing endeavours, and I still haven't played his route. 🤣🤣

So to anyone who is/was wary of Caleb. It's fine. It's totally fine. The game is done now so you have the option of getting the full picture if you want it (or ignoring his route if you don't).

That was just something not available to people this time last year.

So all of that to say, I get it. And I appreciate that you gave Caleb a chance and have come to understand him better. And appreciate his flaws and attempts to overcome them (even if he doesn't always succeed). 💞💓💖

[lovesickdeadsims]

Long time no see!

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