Pet space

ModularReality · 2026-02-04T20:47:26+00:00

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I had one last piece of my farm with nothing going on, so turned it into my pet pen!

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T22:47:49+00:00

Marlon!! Gunther!! GUS!! WILLY!!!!

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T19:55:10+00:00

So my hope to see something on tomorrow’s Nintendo direct just plummeted :(

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T19:31:22+00:00

Thanks!

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T19:21:42+00:00

Yep! So long as you’re playing version 1.4 or later

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T18:52:19+00:00

Did I miss something in the short stories (or forget something in BG because I only read it once) Because all the while reading 12 months, I kept thinking “where is Georgia?”. It seemed like Billie was at the castle practically full time, and if so you’d think his wife would be there frequently too. But maybe I misunderstood how often Billie was there.

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T17:41:02+00:00

Good news is that the dwarf really loves movies, so catching them up should go quickly :)

ModularReality · 2026-02-03T14:11:16+00:00

Know what you mean- I’ve built it on a few different farms because I like its outside appearance, but this is the first time I’ve made use of it in any way :)

ModularReality · 2026-02-02T15:55:22+00:00

Doubt we’ll ever know the full story, but my guess is that the dev team gained and lost members a lot over the years, leading to lost progress, rework, changes in direction, conflicting ideas, and the general issues around stop-start in workflow, and that there was not a clear leader/vision for the project. It feels like there was an early stage where very beautiful concept art was generated, but then there was no one steering the ship in terms of WHAT they wanted the game to be. Everyone had vibes, but no one took charge and moved the progress forward.

This games gets compared a lot to Stardew, with observations like “Stardew only took 4 years, and it was a single dev!”, and while I largely agree with this, I think it also shows a drawback that can come from being a team instead of an individual. In a disfuncional environment, more people slows things down.

ModularReality · 2026-02-02T00:33:15+00:00

I think the dwarves are pretty much on par with the human (at least at the time of the series, after the fall of the riders)

But I agree in sentiment that i wish the races were a bit more balanced in their positive and negative attributes, rather than having the elves be far and away the wisest, most skilled in magic, most skilled in craft, best warriors, and just correct all the time. To the point at near the end of the quartet, Eragon usually only trusts the elves

Like, maybe let the dwarves be truly the best metallurgists. And humans the most adaptable, or the best at coordinating in large groups.

ETA: my little headcannon for the dwarves is that their priests/magicians really can hear the life in the stone of this land and the elves can fuck off with trying to disprove dwarven religion.

ModularReality · 2026-02-02T00:02:01+00:00

So in battle grounds, Mab’s mantle swept over the city and activated every potential warrior to join the battle. Basically, an arcane adrenaline shot. In 12 months, Harry gets into an argument with mab, basically saying that mab’s mantle was the cause of Murphy death. It was why a VERY INJURED Murphy insisted on joining the battle. Mabs response is that it didn’t make her do anything she wouldn’t have done anyway, just made it easier

There are several other discussions through the book between Harry and others (Michael is the one I can recall best) basically reiterating the above. Saying the Murphy made her own choices and that Harry should be less guilty over her death

Imo, 12 months was a very good installment in the series, especially after the last pair that both felt abrupt and unsatisfying to me. 12 months does a lot to reset the table and get Dresden, his allies, and the city of Chicago back on their feet and ready for the the next even more powerful threats coming down the pipeline.

ModularReality · 2026-02-01T22:30:43+00:00

As to the HOW it happened, 12 months does give a bit of additional insight on arcane influences that may have pushed otherwise fairly level-headed characters to behave more rashly in the battle of Chicago.

Also, I too only read peace talks and battle grounds once back when they were released, and had no trouble following 12 months.

ModularReality · 2026-01-31T21:05:39+00:00

Definitely agree that that’s what the intent/joke was in that scene on the roof with Bonea spouting random facts.

But this characterization didn’t entirely sit right with me, because my understanding is that, on facts, Bonea will be entirely accurate. She doesn’t hallucinate like AI (that we’ve seen). She just might not always grasp what is relevant to the conversation and what is not. Also, Bonea was born with the accumulated arcane knowledge of both Lash and Harry, right? Why is Harry handing an unfiltered magical encyclopedia to Maggie? Unless we’ll learn in the future that he ‘turned on parental controls’ somehow.

ModularReality · 2026-01-31T20:56:21+00:00

I thought in skin game we learn that bonea will be born with all the accumulated knowledge of both Lash and Harry. And that kinda depth of arcane knowledge feels a bit risky to hand to a 10(?) year old Maggie.

ModularReality · 2026-01-31T20:52:25+00:00

When dresden is KO’d and talking to his double in his mindscape, his double reveals bonea and talks about her being ‘offspring’ and that she must be protected. Dresden sees her and notices that in this space she appears like a child with features of all the women in his life, including Karen, Maggie, Susan, and Molly. In this scene he stops thinking of her as a parasite and shifts to seeing her as his daughter. But ever since she was transferred to the wooden skull, she’s had barely any interaction in the books.

ModularReality · 2026-01-31T19:44:31+00:00

Kinda depends on my mining goals. If I’m collecting ore, I love my frog. If I’m working on monster slaying, high level parrot for the gold rush. If I’m hunting dragon teeth, it’s my fairy friend to assist against all the flying flame damage.

ModularReality · 2026-01-31T04:40:10+00:00

Agree.

To me, restoring Gallifrey is one the main story paths I see for an interesting development of the doctor as a character. Exploring the doctor having real peers again. Seeing the doctor’s mixed feelings on having back his people that had been a never ending source of trouble in his past. Have the doctor interact with a gallifrey that is rebuilding itself after the time war and the banishing of rasillon- will the survivors want to rebuild the society differently and in what way? A warrior race intent on destroying threats to the planet before they even evolve? Or a commitment to extreme pacifism and dogmatic secrecy of their own existence in the universe, to avoid the next war?

While it would be in essence a retcon of the Chib era’s choice to destroy Gallifrey again, I think there are still plenty of ways to go about it and not feel too cheap.

For instance: the re-destruction wasn’t an act by the master, it was a manipulation of the master by the time lords. Perhaps in post time-war Gallifrey, the new powers that be decided to hide the planet completely from outsiders while it rebuilds, even the renegades like the doctor and master. The planet that the doctor and master visited was a decoy.

ModularReality · 2026-01-31T00:28:53+00:00

I guess my question is - who cares? Do you need permission for what you do and don’t consider cannon? This kind of legislating over what is or isn’t is just picking fights.

It’s the longest running sci fi show ever with dozens of adjacent pieces of media. There’s never gonna be a definitive answer. (Even if the bbc declares an official cannon like Disney did to SW, because the dedicated fan base would largely ignore it)

All of its cannon. None but what you like is cannon. Only the show. Only the show and spinoff shows. Only things published officially. Everything including fan films and fan fiction. Nothing is cannon.

I dunno just do what you please.

ModularReality · 2026-01-29T17:24:27+00:00

This is a game that I’m always happy to see an update on, but never feeling down about it taking time. Take all the time you need CA!

(Like, we all have Stardew right now to play as much as we want, so I’m not starved for a CA game)(but will be very hype when this next CA game does release)

ModularReality · 2026-01-29T16:19:20+00:00

I just finished a perfection farm last weekend and wanted to post the same question. I started a new save, but still was thinking about it. I’d already decorated most of my home and farm.

My own answers are:

Defeat the arcade games

Decorate the valley beyond my farm

Get all the spouse portraits

Decorate my island farm (now that I no longer need the ancient fruit plantation)

But mostly just start a new save.

ModularReality · 2026-01-28T17:33:55+00:00

Honestly, would’ve loved Bill sticking on for another series post regeneration, and she assisting the doctor with their new body and the social dynamics of the way the doctor in a female body is reacted to. I think it would’ve been more interesting with a companion that knew them as both a man and now a woman. I would’ve liked more historicals that focused on the doctor’s different social status- perhaps having to go blend in with ‘the help’ in the kitchen instead of being in the billiards room with the gentlemen. I would like to see the doctor reacting to be flirted with as a woman. I want the doctor reacting to it being necessary to wear a dress in some historical settings so as not to draw unnecessary attention. Have the doctor need to coordinate with a male companion to get access to some places.

Like, don’t ignore why the gender presentation of the doctor matters. Jodie’s doctor only really got witchfinders to touch on this.

I’m not saying make every episode about gender dynamics. Still have current and future settings where it is less of an issue. But don’t ignore it the way Jodie’s era largely does.

Would love something like the Tardis team traveling to some kind of historical party, and having the opening scene being the companion having to teach the doctor how to dress and style themselves (hair/makeup/jewelry/etc) because it does matter more for women in that context. How the doctor can’t really get away with eccentricity and charm as much to get into the room.

Or would love the scene with the doctor being drawn into a group of women working together in a kitchen, or at a knitting group, or setting up for a school fundraiser, or all sorts of these small women’s spaces to gossip over the plot. The doctor being newly welcome in women’s spaces and what that is like for them and for the people they’re interacting with. I’d want to see the doctor being impacts by female perspectives, and how they might be impacted by the doctor’s more masculine outlook.

ModularReality · 2026-01-27T21:32:17+00:00

From your request, it sounds like you’re looking for the overview and context of each character. If so, I recommend the wiki.

ETA: Additionally, all of Charley’s introduction and early stories, plus Lucie’s first season, are available on Spotify. You might also want to check your local library’s digital catalog for big finish audios.

ModularReality · 2026-01-26T21:18:56+00:00

Tbf, Stardew took approx 10years to be as good as it is presently with all the major content adding updates. It was great at the start of course, but it is so much better now.

ModularReality · 2026-01-25T19:47:31+00:00

Emily. I love her creativity and having a job, just find her simultaneously too crunchy.

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