Cheers! Always nice to hear positive feedback. Much appreciated.

Huh. It keeps surprising me that real people actually watch my videos. Thank you.

Tangentially, as someone who'd never heard of Hazbin Hotel (but enjoyed The Owl House, Amphibia, and Centaur World) should I give it a go?

The internet. A thousand quiet compliments drowned out by one screaming dipshit who uses volume to make up for their lack of words worth hearing. You'll never please such people because their whole personality is being displeased. Your channel's one I consistently watch *because* of the variety.

If I had to put money on it: something new but with recognisable characters. A silly couch co-op game would be a good way to push a Steam machine and multiple controllers. That's got more mainstream appeal than another VR game.

Whilst I concur it's very unlikely, I would point out the original Index was launched just before Half-Life: Alyx. HL3 may well be the longest of long shots, but *something* new from them wouldn't surprise me to support a hardware push.

Fuck 'em. I'm guessing nobody called you a GW shill when you started using original recipe Marine Juice, despite many GW paints having what could generously be described as a patchy reputation. People are dicks and will attribute intent only when it fits their own preconceptions. You do good work.

I've already had that conversation once on Bluesky. Their argument was... not entirely solid.

You OK? Sounds like you're caught between a rock and another, similar rock but in a uniform.

It isn't about them having creative freedom. It's about you not having it. There are people who'd walk into an ice-cream parlour just to complain that every flavour wasn't vanilla.

Counterpoint: that's a new script pitch.

"Wesley and the Great Glass Elevator"

Your original idea is far more logical and efficient without a doubt, but the LifeLift™ system is cooler¹ so that's the one they'd go for.

¹significantly more dangerous

Oooh! There's your modularity. Deploy boats into the lift network so each door has one, and some dedicated power/resource/propulsion units to hull exits. Full boats link to the resource units when full. Basically end up with an emergency lego version of the long lifeboat you originally envisioned.

Not ideal I'll grant you but, if we're talking about ships large enough that getting to the hull is potentially impractical, something is better than nothing. Perhaps a modular system where they can dock with larger pods to share resources. Starfleet loves having 20 answers to the same question.

I've not explained myself well I think. I mean the benches etc as part of a larger static piece rather than scatter, with a hole in the middle for the fountain. Though, with hindsight, making it all scatter gives more modularity so you're probably taking the smarter option there.

I think the reason it *feels* small in that shot is because everything around it indicates it's a focal point. It's not the fountain itself but the lack of pomp.

If you;'re open to suggestion: Perhaps a decorative surround for the fountain, like some benches sitting close to it, that you can place the fountain in the middle of. Then you've got a large piece of scenery or a small one depending on your needs.

If there's something on this that I missed, please do tell me. Also genuinely sorry if this came across as condescending or preachy. Not my intent but... you know... internet. And I meant what I said about finding your stuff insightful. The Oscar Gundam logic is flawless.