devon giehl🐀ratmaker
@devongiehl.bsky.social
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Emmy-winning Lead Writer / Producer. The Dragon Prince (Netflix). Elf novelist. Prev Riot. Personal account, unhinged unprofessional and unfiltered. she/her.
Emmy-winning Lead Writer / Producer. The Dragon Prince (Netflix). Elf novelist. Prev Riot. Personal account, unhinged unprofessional and unfiltered. she/her.
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Hello! I'm Devon Giehl, a writer/producer/creative leader sort in LA. I previously worked on Netflix's The Dragon Prince, and before that I was at Riot Games. I'm currently doing some other stuff.
I spend lots of my time writing/drawing the same elves over and over.
Hello! I'm Devon Giehl, a writer/producer/creative leader sort in LA. I previously worked on Netflix's The Dragon Prince, and before that I was at Riot Games. I'm currently doing some other stuff.
I spend lots of my time writing/drawing the same elves over and over.
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in abstract this really represents how the larger game industry much prefers to have loyal fandoms do all the unpaid work to represent the interests of big companies while treating the actual people who work on games as completely disposable
Devs were only allowed a few (I believe two) tickets per nomination before Geoff charged them. Resale tickets were in the hundreds. And we all know what happened to Future Class (if you don’t, read my piece).
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
in abstract this really represents how the larger game industry much prefers to have loyal fandoms do all the unpaid work to represent the interests of big companies while treating the actual people who work on games as completely disposable
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Our kid is kinda obsessed with My Neighbor Totoro right now and keeps demanding that I draw the catbus on her magnetic sketch board. Then she erases it and asks me to draw it again. It gets worse each time.
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Our kid is kinda obsessed with My Neighbor Totoro right now and keeps demanding that I draw the catbus on her magnetic sketch board. Then she erases it and asks me to draw it again. It gets worse each time.
Earthbound in particular should shame every single one of us into being funnier at every opportunity
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Earthbound in particular should shame every single one of us into being funnier at every opportunity
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"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
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all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
Lance from Pokemon. And then nothing about my taste changed ever again
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Lance from Pokemon. And then nothing about my taste changed ever again
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Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
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The Chair Company has the highest incidence of "sentences that have never been said before" in all of modern media
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Chair Company has the highest incidence of "sentences that have never been said before" in all of modern media
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
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"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
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this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
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my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
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new york times headline: new emails reveal potential relationship between epstein and trump
the email: Re: re: re: My Best Friend Donald Trump is a Pedophile, We were doing Pedophile Stuff together
the email: Re: re: re: My Best Friend Donald Trump is a Pedophile, We were doing Pedophile Stuff together
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
new york times headline: new emails reveal potential relationship between epstein and trump
the email: Re: re: re: My Best Friend Donald Trump is a Pedophile, We were doing Pedophile Stuff together
the email: Re: re: re: My Best Friend Donald Trump is a Pedophile, We were doing Pedophile Stuff together
Introducing my Halloween-obsessed two year old to the concept of Christmas …. by putting on Nightmare Before Christmas
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Introducing my Halloween-obsessed two year old to the concept of Christmas …. by putting on Nightmare Before Christmas
we are all gonna get pursued by terminators for posting jokes online
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
we are all gonna get pursued by terminators for posting jokes online
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I always tell people that I'm not worried about AI doing what I do, I'm worried about people with control over my livelihood thinking that AI can do what I do!
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I always tell people that I'm not worried about AI doing what I do, I'm worried about people with control over my livelihood thinking that AI can do what I do!
the more i ruminate upon new movie frankenstein vs. the novel, the more i think the intended thematic takeaway of the movie is about death as something to conquer vs death as an earned peace, where the book is more concerned with the monstrousness and rage that comes from an absence of love
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
the more i ruminate upon new movie frankenstein vs. the novel, the more i think the intended thematic takeaway of the movie is about death as something to conquer vs death as an earned peace, where the book is more concerned with the monstrousness and rage that comes from an absence of love
one time a coworker and i jokingly put "wreck of the edmund fitzgerald" on a list of song requests for a company holiday party and they actually played it
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
one time a coworker and i jokingly put "wreck of the edmund fitzgerald" on a list of song requests for a company holiday party and they actually played it
[shipwreck enjoyer voice] it's edmund fitzgerald day everyone
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
[shipwreck enjoyer voice] it's edmund fitzgerald day everyone
folks you’re never gonna believe what democrats thought was the answer
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
folks you’re never gonna believe what democrats thought was the answer