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[deceasedcardinal]

The gays Arthur, we love the gays

[mushroomtiefling]

I like the idea of both Arthur and Faroe knowing that something is wrong about each other and that isn't their daughter/father. But, while its a tragedy for Arthur, its a horror movie for Faroe.

Think about it. While Arthur knows what happened and struggles with Faroe being grown up and not his little girl, Faroe knows nothing. To her, her father just returned from a 6 month "trip". He looks similar but he acts different. He grew his hair out and it grows at a unnaturally fast rate (headcannon). He's jumpy. He's constantly asking questions he should know the answer to. He writes with his left hand dispite being right-handed and his handwriting is different (Its easier for John to write than Arthur)(another headcanon). Hes secretive. He's ALWAYS wearing gloves. People call him the "Dead Man's Mouthpiece". He's always mumbling/talks to himself and she has no idea who John is (a name he says alot). His confidence and the way he moves through the world feels different. Hes disjointed and frantic at times. He sometimes starts talking about something (possibly a memory she doesn't remember or a fact he treats like second nature) but catches himself and stops from finishing the sentence. She swears he's always had yellow eyes but the memories feel fuzzy. Wrong.

Thats not even considering Parker and Eddie's deaths, Arthur's disappearance after said deaths, and in the short time he visited Daniel he talked about horrors, being followed, and trying to find a group of people (and Daniel also almost got killed).

Faroe's smart, she'll eventually put the pieces together. Maybe she might start diving into more supernatural mythologies to find a answer. I mean Astronomy has strong connections to different mythos. Perhaps she comes to the answer that Arthur is possessed by some spirit/entity (partially true) or that isn't him at all but a changeling/fey of some kind.

Imagine how horrifying that is. To have to act like a man who looks like your father but isn't your father is. To look into those yellow eyes that never seem to fully focus and convince yourself those are your fathers eyes. To find photos of your father from before the "trip" with your now dead uncle. Photos where your father had short hair, dark eyes, no gloves, and no scar across his neck.

[the-skys-a-social-construct]

so obsessed with john saying “catch it!” when edwin throws the grenade at them. arthur can hear; he knows that edwin said “catch”. he can not, however, see where it is or how to catch it. catch it yourself man. most unhelpful partner ever i’m obsessed with him

[themothmanapologist]

This guy did a stakeout, killed a man to stop a ritualistic murder, visited his daughter, visited the morgue, went to the bookstore, divorced and remarried his seeing eye demon, got haunted by a ghost/zombie version of his dead friend, and got tangled up with mob all in a single night. It is no wonder he is falling asleep on the job because he sure isn't sleeping at night.

[cuprumbao]

the duo of all time

[theosquibbles]

The Arthur Lester Fandom page is so funny. There's a chart of all of his injuries and istg there's like 10 in a row that just say "fall". Remember falling in holes, Arthur?

[starbeenz]

I keep thinking about that line from the second ep of threshold….

[starbeenz]

“I felt..home.”

Been drawing a lot of cute John lately, wanted to change it up, so dark world John it is.

[altair-the-heretic]

I love how subnautica 2 just lets you put lead in your food because you're gonna die soon anyway (scientifically accurate btw. lead acetate was used as sweetener before people figured out it slowly kills you)

[barbievspredator]

I especially love how the planet we orbit is actual object in game.

[chryza]

I also love how Subnautica 2’s story is fully embracing the horrific implications of both its capitalist horror show and eldritch nightmares. Yeah the sea is full of heavy metals and microbes that destroy your body from the inside out the second you touch the water <3 the ocean is talking to you there’s something In There <3 you’re trapped in a never ending cycle of rebirth though <3 rise and grind wage slave

[irkedisaac]

theres SO many threads on steam abt not being able to kill the predators or have a gun or whatever and its just the worst media illiteracy ever. you are a clone-self working for a space megacorporation who absolutely controls your access to materials and technology. you think they'd give you weapons? ballistic ones, with bullets in them? to their debt slaves?

more importantly, the game could not be clearer: you don't belong here. you are a monkey flapping around in an ocean filled to the brim with things who were born to hunt and kill there. accept your place in that world, and hide under a rock. like smart prey.

[coniphibian]

i know it's really not that serious but it annoys me when i see people completely miss the whole coexisting and becoming a part of an ecosystem part of subnautica, and then get mad when unknown worlds doubles down on not being able to kill things (with the exception of food and removing diseases or parasites, of course)

like. how did you get the impression that you're supposed to kill anything that gets in your way. did we play the same game

i'm so so glad they're just completely removing the player's ability to damage and kill creatures in subnautica 2 in favor of more interesting nonviolent methods (outside of the previously mentioned things) but i fear people who completely miss the point and view the game as something it most definitely is not will be very annoying about it

to quote bart torgal: “and what’s the point in surviving here if we have to kill everything that makes it so wonderful?”

[alexriesart]

A creature I designed for Subnautica 2: the Hycean!

Inspired by pelagic snails like heteropods and siphonophores.

[neosilverthorn]

So. For those of you who didn't pay attention to the details of the legal spat between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, allow me to give you some details of the finest legal comedy of a generation.

Krafton CEO looks at the hype surrounding Subnautica 2, goes over the contract between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, realizes he'll have to pay out bonuses and freaks out because shelling out those bonuses will make him look like a pushover.

CEO goes to his legal department, asks them to come up with a plan to weasel out of paying bonuses. Legal tells him the contract is iron-clad and to accept the loss.

CEO refuses to take the loss, asks ChatGPT for a plan. ChatGPT says the exact same thing the legal department did.

CEO demands a plan from ChatGPT, which dutifully spits out a plan at this point because clearly the CEO is a goddamn idiot.

CEO deletes the chat logs, failing to understand that 'delete' doesn't permanently remove things.

CEO follows plan, and is surprised when Unknown Worlds sues for breach of contract despite being told by both humans and an LLM that is exactly what would happen.

Court does not go well for Krafton's legal department. It comes out that after ignoring the sound legal advice of human beings, the CEO went to ChatGPT and asked for a plan. When asked for the logs by the court, Krafton's legal team states they were deleted, thus that it's simply herersay. Judge goes "Oh, that's okay, we'll have our IT folks recover them." Krafton's legal team is astounded that's even possible.

The chat logs are recovered. It comes out that even ChatGPT was in agreement with Krafton's legal department, and only spat out a plan after being asked a second time.

The judge, now thoroughly done with the stupidity of Krafton's CEO at this point, rules in favor of Unknown Worlds. Her ruling doesn't simply undo the scheme, but effectively leaves all control over Subnautica 2's development in the hands of Unknown Worlds, including the early access release date, reducing Krafton to just publishing out of contractual obligation. Krafton must also return all social media platforms for Unknown Worlds and Subnautica 2 to Unknown Worlds' control. Financial damages will be determined at a later date.

Krafton proceeds to violate the court order in less than 72 hours by trying to set an early access release date before returning Unknown Worlds' social media platforms.

Summary: In trying not to look like a pushover, Krafton's CEO now looks like a complete idiot who's going to have to fork over bonuses, plus court-mandated damages, plus whatever comes out of violating the court's orders. Krafton's legal department may as well come to court dressed as clowns after this. I suspect Unknown Worlds might buy the rights to Subnautica back after all this and either relegate Krafton to just publishing or find a different publisher for future games altogether.

[captain-price-returns]

[uncleasriel]

via @airandangels

#subnautica 2#I don’t go here at all#but I enjoy a tale of comeuppance aa much as the next person#and excellent deployment of captain haddock#there should i feel be more haddockmemes

[storm-of-feathers]

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IGNORE if you hate good things like water slugs

[furthermuchmore]

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