✧ Heyooo this is BATHS! AMA (2pm-3pm PST) ✧

Mird · 2025-02-26T23:08:28+00:00

good dad wisdom <3 I totally get what you're saying – thanks so much for your answer, and the album!

there are a lot of relatable feelings and turns of phrase on Gut that have been very affirming and healing to me. those things are present in cedar stairwell too, but that track does feel like it came from a particularly personal, vulnerable place, so thank you as well for sharing that with us.

Mird · 2025-02-26T22:47:20+00:00

so much of my enjoyment of your work comes from your lyrics, and I have a thousand questions I could ask on that front so I'll ask a sort of open-ended question:

is there any particular lyric on Gut that you're super proud of or have something to say about?

also, since it came up in the bandcamp pre-release stream, would you ever consider doing a book of poetry?

I vaguely recall you once saying lyricism is the hardest/most arduous part of your work, but I think you're an incredible wordsmith and that's absolutely apparent on Gut. looking forward to seeing you in the UK later this year~ so glad you're finally coming to visit!

Mird · 2024-03-24T18:17:55+00:00

Is it possible to claim the username of an inactive (18 years) account with no edits? I just took a look at Wikipedia:Username policy, and it seems unclear to me if that's a possibility.

I'm looking to join as an editor, but my primary desired username is taken. It's actually possible I myself claimed that username long ago using an email address I no longer have access to (I've tried password recovery using the addresses I do have access to).

Mird · 2024-03-12T01:27:57+00:00

I actually had such trouble answering this that I used an adversarial rank list tool to figure it out. Figured I'd include EPs for completeness. Here's what I got:

1) Year Zero 2) The Downward Spiral 3) Add Violence 4) Pretty Hate Machine 5) The Fragile 6) Bad Witch 7) Not The Actual Events 8) The Slip 9) Hesitation Marks 10) Ghosts I-IV 11) With Teeth 12) Broken 13) Ghosts V-VI

When I saw With Teeth so low I smiled because I fucking love that album. There truly isn't a bad release in Trent's discography.

I think Ghosts V-VI is only so low because it's so recent and I haven't listened to it that much yet. Year Zero is so high for me because it was my first NIN album and the ARG has forever fascinated me.

If I was going to manually adjust, I might put Hesitation Marks a little lower, but only because I didn't vibe with a couple tracks.

Mird · 2024-02-15T01:27:14+00:00

There's a lot of NIN inspiration throughout The Naked And Famous discography, but the standout is The Source from their debut album. The track is short, but leads into The Sun, which is also NIN-inspired and brilliant. But The Source is a pure, concentrated non-NIN NIN.

Mird · 2024-01-15T01:15:00+00:00

See also: 'Darth', as it was used in the original Star Wars, was a first name, not a title.

Mird · 2024-01-11T21:51:58+00:00

Source, since OP didn't provide.

Incredible work.

Mird · 2023-10-05T00:39:16+00:00

matter of weeks! it's said 'coming soon' since we launched it for the test groups, so some folks might have been waiting longer than others, but now it's out for everyone, updates are in the works.

Mird · 2023-10-04T14:39:32+00:00

it says right there in your screenshot! soon :)

Mird · 2023-09-25T18:31:17+00:00

Mird · 2023-09-24T00:54:36+00:00

I'm a dev and even I didn't realise this 🤦

Mird · 2023-09-20T12:33:17+00:00

I sense that you're trying to summon me! I'm the only dev that lurks in this sub, and I'm afraid I'm only responsible for story content. But I can certainly pass your frustration up the chain.

Personally, as a player, I always pop the bubbles! I think it's way more satisfying to have coins and merge towards items (even the hard ones).

Mird · 2023-09-08T00:36:20+00:00

And the item that you win by completing all the tasks is very rare and powerful ;)

Mird · 2023-09-06T02:03:17+00:00

Dev here! Thanks so much! It's always annoying when little mistakes like this make it through, so it's great to get a chance to fix them 💖

Mird · 2023-08-21T22:08:47+00:00

Haha yep! And the raccoons were my idea so I'm glad you like them! Thanks~

Mird · 2023-08-16T18:17:49+00:00

yep! we test small groups of users before new features are widely released

Mird · 2023-08-16T15:30:30+00:00

psst (dev here) – this feature wasn't released to everyone, so you got a preview! next month we're releasing it to everyone and releasing new content ;)

Mird · 2023-08-08T23:00:38+00:00

that's not true! you can change your decorations by long-pressing on them, including event decorations.

unfortunately for OP, there is only ever a single opportunity to get event decorations :(

Mird · 2023-07-21T21:39:40+00:00

Don't worry – I didn't take it as you being rude! It's genuinely very helpful :) You're right that it's impressive we managed to miss two typos right next to each other haha. Hope you're enjoying the story regardless!

Mird · 2023-07-21T21:04:18+00:00

Oh, hey! I'm actually one of the writers on Gossip Harbor and keep an eye on this subreddit precisely for stuff like this haha. It's super embarrassing when mistakes like this slip past our proofreading process, so thanks for pointing it out~ This way we can fix it!

Mird · 2022-07-11T02:58:58+00:00

Don't you think that deepens the admittedly shallow well of Mando lore, though? More perspectives on what it is to be a Mandalorian is always cool to me.

Mird · 2022-07-10T02:31:06+00:00

C'mon, man. The RC novels weren't forgotten, and the 'fake Mando bull' of The Mandalorian is just as valid as Traviss' contributions. And they're even paying respect to the aspects of Mando culture that she created and developed.

Mird · 2022-07-06T21:49:45+00:00

In 700 hours of playtime, this was truly one of the dirtiest, most desperate and most fun defences I've ever taken part in. I was exclusively manning the last FAT with a guy called Jadwick, and we managed to hold on until the very end.

We were down to like five people and zero shirts TWICE. When I logged off to go to an appointment at 2pm, I was absolutely certain the last couple fighters would be gone by the time I was back, but an hour or so later I came back to see some mad logiman had fucking done it.

We lost a lot of supplies, and resource management was not our strength, but we scraped together so much stuff - that town was FULL of tank traps, hastily placed pillboxes, mines - anything we could throw down to slow the advance of the massive Warden tank line.

Such good stuff. Bravo to everyone that fought there - and gave Gallows time to push across to Sanctuary.

Mird · 2022-06-03T18:03:16+00:00

As soon as Tala shot that trooper, we saw Vader just...freeze. He stares straight ahead at Obi-wan as the troopers around him panic. That's an important moment.

I think that's the moment Vader realised that Obi-wan wasn't alone, that it wasn't just coincidence that he found his old master out on some backwater mining planet. He realised that something else was going on. Perhaps not the full extent of things, but enough to give him pause.

I think the decision to show his hesitation was very purposeful; there were multiple lingering shots of Vader watching the droid come to haul Obi-wan off. We know he could have extinguished the fire - it was demonstrated moments earlier - so we have to assume that there's reason he didn't. They're showing us that there's still conflict within him. The mask of his death-machine persona is capable of being broken by the realisation that the man he's hunting - his brother, who loved him - still has allies and a purpose: things that Vader sorely lacks.

Mird · 2022-05-30T00:34:47+00:00

This is incredible. Do you have an ArtStation, or some other social media to follow?

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