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this blog is no longer active! keeping it up as an archive, feel free to check out some of my writing below <3

tumblr masterposts:

jolyon till masterpost

sjur eido masterpost

camrin dumuzi masterpost

essays:

destiny's seasonal storytelling and FOMO

queer rep in d2 and why it's complicated

schrodinger's bisexual in destiny 2

season of the plunder review

lightfall review

#chatter #pinned #updated 11/04/23

bungieteam

Mara Sov, Queen of the Reef is many things. Powerful, proud, a manipulator. She's devoted, a fierce protector, defiant of temptation. Mara is flawed, but she is what all good Queens must be; an ironclad symbol of certainty, singularly dedicated to her people. Women's History Month

#march 17 is officially Mara Sov Day aka female manipulator day #happy 1 year

One month after a major round of layoffs impacted roughly 100 Bungie employees of 1,200, those remaining at the Destiny developer say the cu

"While the exact details of Sony’s deal to acquire Bungie remain unknown to the public or employees, sources say they were told by leaders that the current split board structure is contingent on Bungie meeting certain financial goals. If Bungie falls short of certain financial thresholds by too great an amount, Sony is allowed to dissolve the existing board and take full control of the company."

"According to those still with the company, employee frustration and sadness in the days and weeks following the layoffs was met with a surprising amount of indifference or even outright flippancy or hostility from management. Several people we spoke to told us that leaders had reiterated, across multiple meetings, that they couldn’t guarantee there wouldn’t be more layoffs, with two specifically recalling chief people officer Holly Barbacovi outright stating that layoffs were a “lever” the company would pull again."

"Others said they were rebuffed repeatedly and discouraged from even discussing the layoffs whenever they tried to ask questions. Employees in one department recalled a post-layoffs Q&A session where a department head was asked if leadership taking salary cuts to prevent layoffs had been considered, only to respond that Bungie was 'not that type of company.'"

"Several people we spoke to expressed anger at the layoff of Bungie general counsel Don McGowan, who played a key role in Bungie winning an historic suit against a player who harassed a Bungie developer. Others laid off included a noticeable number of members of Bungie’s DE&I clubs, including co-heads of Pride@Bungie, Women@Bungie, and Accessibility@Bungie. When combined with other recent resource cuts, these dismissals have led to fears these clubs might be shut down."

"'I’m angry. I’m upset. This isn’t what I came here to do,' one person said. 'It feels like many higher ups aren’t listening to the data and are like, "We just need to win our fans back, they still like us." No. They don’t…We got rid of some of our most knowledgeable beloved folks who have been here for 20+ years. Everyday I walk in afraid that I or my friends are next. No one is safe.'"

#emphasis mine #destiny 2

this blog will be inactive for the foreseeable future

over the last couple months (honestly, the past year) i have slowly fallen out of love with destiny 2 for a variety of reasons, some of which are personal (busy, playing other games, etc, and i have to admit that for me the writing really just hasn't been the same since seth dickinson left) and some of which are external and a lot more complicated. for example, the recent bungie layoffs are a big nail in the coffin for me. i can't describe how heartbreaking it is to see posts from people who were laid off talking about this was their dream job, how their coworkers were like family, how they wanted to stay at bungie for the rest of their life, how being fired on the second to last day of the month means they'll immediately lose their health benefits. what kind of company does this to people?

the team that seems to be the hardest hit is the community management/social media team, with 4/5 community managers being fired, two of which wrote the majority of the TWABs and were the most active to engage with the community on social media. bungie literally used these people as human meat shields against the most horrific and vitriolic kind of "criticism" and then turned around and threw them away like trash. right now, i really just cannot support a company that does this. absolutely no judgement towards people who are still going to play the game and buy tfs because they enjoy the story, gameplay, or simply because they want to support the remaining bungie employees. this is just me explaining my personal feelings.

i am really disappointed. i've been inactive for a while but i held off on making a post like this because i really genuinely believed it was just burnout and i would become interested in the game again soon (something similar happened during lost, where i took a really long break), but now i really doubt that will happen. i'm not saying this blog will be inactive forever (the beauty of live service games is that maybe things will really turn around), but don’t expect to see me posting anytime soon (at least not consistently). i’ve met a lot of interesting people and made a lot of great friends because of this blog, so i didn’t just want to completely disappear without any explanation. and if anyone wants to stay in touch, my main is linked in my pinned post!

#chatter

wrigglewyrm

today i offer petra 🤲

#petra venj #fanart #queue

steel-peach

ikoris <3

#screams and cries and throws up #ikora rey #eris morn #fanart #queue

steel-peach

Savathun using her mind to manifest animals into the Throne World

#savathun #fanart #queue

kotori-mochi

Happy late birthday Iggy!

This was an interesting request, being asked to re draw an old Piece that I have been wanting to re draw for a while.

Thank you for your patience Iggy for your patience & giving me the opportunity to do this.

#mara sov #fanart #queue

sovpologist

destiny 2 + food

#<3 #queue

steel-peach

A few Savathun themed pieces: 1st one was my card in a D2 tarot project last year 2nd illustrates "Lucent Tales: Immaru" lore entry 3rd is Sav about to capture and hide the Veil

#savathun #fanart #queue