#emptywraith

[rukafais]

emptywraith replied to your post: not to discourage your work on the hollow knight...

“generally the rule for fan-made merchandise if there isn’t one straight from the devs” yikes… that’s not a rule, it’s “you can probably get away with that”… like, the default rule without author/owner permission is “don’t”

yeah, like. it’s a grey area, it’s not a rule, and you can’t rely on grey areas ultimately

imo its especially important when dealing with indie companies/individual creators to ask for an official statement on whether you can make merch of their stuff because they will usually have one and like, you dont want to be taking away revenue sources from them

(bigger companies who can support themselves and are turning a blind eye to the whole thing fall into the grey area shit but /WAGGLES HAND)

ultimately yeah the default rule is “assume no”

[harbingerofjoy]

@emptywraith replied to your post: “fredgolds: the keys to the kingdom really is seven books about one...”:

and along the way, she has to rebuild herself in order to destroy herself. is "death-affirming" a thing?

i don’t know, but the architect putting herself back together only to die, and arthur tearing himself apart only to gain immortality, and also the idea of death as the last great unknown to a god, all makes me feel buck fucking wild

[harbingerofjoy]

@storiesintheashes i definitely like those tropes, and while i didn’t see anything quite like what i’m looking for, i saw my boy arthur under “a god i am not” and lol.

@emptywraith ah, yes, thank you! haven’t looked too closely yet, but i think that’s as close as i’m going to get to finding a similar tropes page.

also, dishonored! somehow it slipped my mind entirely that dishonored is an example of this concept, more or less. i was coming in at three, and i was like wtf, i know there’s more than that. and the southern reach is definitely on my to-read radar for many reasons.

[harbingerofjoy]

emptywraith replied to your photo: “new quest popped up and instantly slam dunked an AU for kttk into my...”:

those sure are some weird nithlings

me seeing any cosmic shadowy shit that’s spawning horrors: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[harbingerofjoy]

@emptywraith good points! speaking of hidden dangers, i didn’t mention the concept of “crocodile tears” / the associated false pretenses because that doesn’t really apply to the characters themselves, but this reminded me that it DOES apply to characters around them, namely sylens and dame primus. (and several more in arthur’s case, cos the house is full of it, lmao.)

[harbingerofjoy]

@emptywraith replied to your post: “@fredgolds‘s post got me thinking about narrative structure, and you...”:

a whole new meaning to "I Hate Mondays"

arthur lining up his shit list like

[normal-horoscopes]

"IF YOU ALL PLEDGED JUST ONE DOLLAR A MONTH I WOULD HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY109,644 BOTTLES OF 7UP EVERY YEAR FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY" hold up is immortality a backer reward

POSSIBLY

WORKING ON IT

[harbingerofjoy]

@emptywraith fghsfhgh sorry for anything i’ve spoiled in advance. i can’t get into what i love about it without big spoilers, but the backstory and setting are so rich, and it’s probably the most fun i’ve ever had with unveiling-the-mystery storytelling, and the most i’ve ever anticipated a sequel for the sheer potential. also, this is the only game where i go out of my way to pick fights with things because the combat is so fun.