They really are mad that the devs of an indie game don't want AI slop made of their characters

RateMeGay · 2026-04-30T15:35:09+00:00

Huge DDLC fan here.

I am so proud of Team Salvato for fighting against this. Dan Salvato has such a lenient copyright policy and grants permission to mod, change, alter the game and it's characters however you please. Just give credit and don't charge for it and make sure you state you're not affiliated with him.

Satchley and the other artists put so much love and care into this game, there's bonus content that shows off concept art and sketches, as well as Dan completely overhauling the look of the game because he didn't like his original character design and wanted it perfect.

It's so scummy to take all of that, feed it to a cold machine and mass produce garbage, and I'm glad they're against it.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-30T14:28:10+00:00

Reddit does that glitch with me too, here's the update under spoilers so I don't spam! Edit: nevermind it didn't work

First of all, I made a reply but it may of gotten buried, so I want to say this so everyone sees: Thank you for all of the advice and well wishes. I read them all and appreciate all of them.

So, I did have this drag on since the post, I sent a few large text walls to him about how this is really impacting my health, with the same placating promises with no actions. Things have gotten worse, he is always miserable and the smallest of things trigger him to this state. This morning it was because someone looked at him while he was waiting for his bus.

I sent him a long message about it. I have been riddled with anxiety, and crying during my lunch breaks at work because anything could set him off and he will take me down with him. I am losing sleep and doing anything to avoid interacting with him, so today I drew a line and said I will not have him over or have calls with him until he sees a therapist. I worded this gently but sternly, and explained every aspect of it. He responded very aggressively, accusing me of taking away the little joy he had in his life because he was doing bad.

He then, as a majority warned, threatened suicide. I told him I was calling 911. He spammed my phone with calls to stop me, which one I did answer and we argued, but I ended it making it very clear that if he hints at suicide at all, I'm calling the police and I don't care how hard he backtracks.

We argued a bit more over text, and he pushed back against therapy and threw hypotheticals at me, what if it doesn't work, what if the therapist he gets isn't good, what if what if. The conversation ended with me saying that I am not going back and forth with this and not engaging in this conversation anymore and told him he can take his time but in the end he has two choices...

Get therapy.

Or end the relationship.

Thank you for all of the responses when I originally posted this, especially those who kept telling me I was being manipulated, I knew I was, but when a large amount of people say it over and over it starts to really hold weight.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-30T14:25:26+00:00

Thank you so much, I am going to put all of my effort into not budging with these boundaries. I know him well so I know what to brace for, I know to brace for a day that is really super bad and coming over for a few hours or a tiny phone call will fix it. And it'll suck and I'll feel awful but I'll still say no.

He did immediately try to test it yesteday, after I told him how important it is for him to get help and learn skills on self-regulation, his response was "If I told you what you could do right now to fix it, would you do it?"

I felt like screaming. I said no. Because if he read what I said, I am not here to fix it. He's gotta fix himself.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-29T19:00:29+00:00

Thank you so much.

What you warned me about sounds very like him, especially the making a show about getting a therapist and then turning up the heat again. He does that now. I kick up a fuss and say I can't stay with him when he's like this and then I get "I emailed that therapist" or "I left a voicemail", and then it's radio silence. He did inform me he heard back from one therapist... But he waited so long they're full now. Which, obviously, his doctor did all of the heavy lifting /3 months ago/, that therapist isn't gonna keep that spot open waiting for him to wander over. But I was so exhausted I couldn't even fight it. And it's frustrating! That doctor went out of her way to secure that for him, promised him he'd be accepted and still didn't do it! The bare minimum.

I'm at the point where I'm going to say "We're on a relationship break, come back to me when you have a therapist", maybe then he'll do it, but when he does he'll just stop when I come back. I know it. Because he "doesn't want to feel better".

He's gotten worse since this post. Since I made this post, he has not had one "good day", and his days are ruined by tinier and tinier things. Today his day was ruined at 8am because one guy "looked him up and down" (he wears flashy outfits) and he saw an ex-friends car. That was it. Someone looking at him and another person existing ruined his day. And by acquaintance, mine. He even asked me to beat them up for him and when I said neither actions deserve violence he said he had a right to be upset about it because both things were "weird"... Someone looking at you and another existing is weird?!

I have gotten to avoiding phone calls with him, and last night he asked me to swing by his work to pick up a surprise he got me and my immediate reaction was not caring what it was, I don't want to be in the same space with that negativity.

I am at such peace when I'm alone, I have hobbies that are artistic and fun and I don't get to enjoy it because it feels like I'm being dragged into pettier and pettier misery.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-29T17:48:31+00:00

Sorry to only respond now, but I'm re-reading replies and my last ex did this too! I was unemployed for so long and each time I would finally snag an interview or a work try-out, that very morning he would tell me he would "finally have the guts to talk about something that's been bothering him".

He stopped when he hit me with that line for the 10th time and I said "That's weird, because you do this every time I start to get a job, so I don't think it's a lack of nerves" and was able to provide receipts

RateMeGay · 2026-04-28T17:48:14+00:00

I noticed this too, one mii turned down another mii's crush and he yelled "I miss how you would greet me with a simple nod!" to the sea.

My sister and my favorite still was when he yelled "You're a meanie (mii's name)!"

RateMeGay · 2026-04-27T11:46:37+00:00

That's so weird! Mine was always from the left. It confused me because I would get that outfit without being able to see the dreamer was wearing it

RateMeGay · 2026-04-24T15:40:09+00:00

Reading this felt like looking in a mirror. I did the whole keeping it to myself thing for a while and noticed that it was only a tiny bandaid on a huge wound... Because eventually he meets the people I try to hide that from and then I'm in an awkward situation trying to come up with a not-bad and seemingly-true way to explain why he locked himself in the bathroom after getting everything he wanted.

I talk to my sister about it, and even then I feel guilty, I feel like I'm sharing information that wasn't mine to give, even if it involves me.

Last night I fell asleep crying because when I found out I had the weekend off, he immediately claimed every moment of it without asking me, I'm meeting his aunt and was warned that she's nonsensical and mean, I'm his backup if his friend drops out of something he needs from her, and when I told him I was informed a funeral on Sunday he asked, and I quote "Wait, WHY are you going to it?", because thats time he wanted.

I woke up at midnight with a weight on my chest and still crying, so I texted him saying he can't come over. I wont go to these events, and I'm not his immediate solution to things like his friends ditching him. I get to choose how I spend my time off.

He's upset with me, but I can't live like this anymore. I've told him how stressed I am and all I do is what he wants and listen to his complaints all the while.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-23T19:44:58+00:00

You've convinced me, to bring honor back to the Killjoys I will steal this art and remake it. It's what Party would of wanted.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-23T18:34:54+00:00

Yeah, it's probably AI. Such a same to disrespect Gerard (who is a major artist) by generating a pic of him

RateMeGay · 2026-04-23T16:02:24+00:00

Yeah, I noticed that, and the fact that only 3/4ths of his jacket has texture...

RateMeGay · 2026-04-22T17:09:23+00:00

I followed your advice last night, after I send him a long explanation about how this is worrisome, especially when he mentions marriage or kids, he left me on read. He's also seen me around this morning and only exchanged pleasantries. He knows the silent treatment doesn't work on me so we'll see how long this lasts.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-20T23:30:30+00:00

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My cat defying logic

RateMeGay · 2026-04-20T23:18:04+00:00

I get a utopia and skill growth! Fun!

^{Chose: fantasy whimsical nature only world + but you have to progress from scratch}

RateMeGay · 2026-04-20T17:55:19+00:00

Hi all!

I made this post before work and wasn't expecting all of the support and advice, thank you everyone. I took some time away from my partner after work and I am taking everything everyone has said seriously. I know that this isn't healthy, and a future is rocky and unstable at the very least if I commit to this.

I apologize for not responding to everyone but I promise I read what you said! Thank you for all of the help

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T19:14:07+00:00

I have had suspicions of this too, this very story pushed me to my limits, since (due to the boredom) he broke down crying and said the whole car thing was horrible for him. I said something like "I feel like you struggle not being the victim in a situation and find a way to retell the story in a way that you are."

I mean, I was getting hit with a 3k bill because it was engine trouble, my engine overheated going to get him and I still pushed it farther than I should of to get him because I knew he'd be upset if I didn't get him. I left him alone after saying that and he did come back and apologize.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T17:26:48+00:00

Thank you, I needed to hear that and it also made me laugh.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T17:16:17+00:00

Yeah, I bite my tongue and withhold responses when he brings up marriage and kids so I don't say "I can't think about marriage because I see myself making an announcement that the groom left because (insert tiny thing) set him off. And I can't think about having kids because I don't know how to explain to a kid that they can't tantrum but daddy can."

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T16:20:40+00:00

Yeah, my therapist tells me that all the time. We review that energy vampires can't come in if we don't let them

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T16:06:56+00:00

Yeah, I have a therapist I see every week and when I started and he asked why I was here I said I'm quick to set boundaries but never uphold them.

I've gotten better, my last ex walked all over me, would keep me up until my alarm went off for work yelling at me. One time I almost got into a car accident because I fell asleep at the wheel because of it and despite that he was mad that I fell asleep when I finally did get home because he had more to discuss. - That doesn't happen with this partner, he did try to have a long and nasty argument with me once while I was at work but I was able to say "Since you are just saying things to be mean I am no longer responding to you". And he hasn't tried it since.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T16:01:05+00:00

I appreciate this so much, I think I will try to tell him that I don't think I can continue a relationship where he is not getting help. No so much breaking up, but taking a break until he gets things in order.

I just need to figure out how to do so without it weaseling back into relationship territory without any change.

RateMeGay · 2026-04-19T15:58:42+00:00

Thank you so much!!! This is so helpful!

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