Not late at all! I hope things are improving.
And I hope Tumblr has not yet given into the darkness...
avividtale
joined 2 years ago
Health can be...fun... I'm sorry to hear yours seems to be particularly... in it right now.
I've only heard of one of those fandoms. I'll need to explore some more. :)
Noooo! Tumblr! Not you too!
Anxiety is brutal when amped and it can take a long while to recover from being emotionally maxed out on top of things. That is genuinely okay, just in case it helps to hear it. (I have to remind myself often enough.)
I am apparently cycling between “too dead to function, much less write more than a few sentences” → “writing a fill for a prompt in one sitting in a feverish daze” → “struggling to typocheck and post because too tired” and back to the start. That’s… not ideal.
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This is such a mood.
I wrote an entire fic in one sitting as a primer, and now I'm stuck halfway through another, but brainstorming maniacally.
Am very intrigued by this "Finish What You Started" event, despite not generally being a big events type. (I don't dislike them, they just don't always align with my energy and therefore they're not as useful to me much of the time. )
This weekend was a bit more busy, but in a pleasant way, as we got to see some loved ones and we're making progress on acclimating a couple of adopted cats. :)
The brief snippets of gameplay I got to experience weren't half bad. It's not one I would necessarily discourage other people from trying and I might even recommend looking into it depending on what I knew about their tastes.
Objectively, I don't think what I experienced (limited as it was) was a bad game. I think it was a frustratingly paced intro to a game with potential. How much potential, I don't know. I've heard mixed things.
You'll have to let me know what you think if you give it a play through.
I don't feel like I played it enough to give it a full or fair assessment, so this is just "at first glance":
The biggest issue I had with it was getting a firehose of gameplay tutorials only to be provided very little opportunity for gameplay. I felt like I was frequently darting from cut scene to cut scene, and while I love story this was so start and stop as to be frustrating. The pacing was just...off.
I also admittedly didn't care for the brief glimpses of characterization that I got, especially the "every adult character is a completely miserable human being" which was just draining. The protagonist not getting much characterization is less an issue because player characters are often blank slate. It really was overwhelmingly the side cast, and most were NPCs.
It is possible that I will pick this game up again at some point and completely fall in love with it. The art style is beautiful and there is a quality to it of playing through an anime. Maybe if I liked the story more or any of the characters had grabbed me I'd be more excited. Sometimes it's just about timing, you know?
I got about45 minutes into Persona 5 Royal (so almost through the intro!), but I don't think I'll be going much further with that one. I'm still playing Platinum otherwise, and debating a Fire Emblem run soon, just because it's been a little while.
I don't have the brain power to crochet, so... XD
BTW I somehow missed the part about crocheting a cake the first time, but that is FANTASTIC!
Plans are really just guidelines. I'm sorry to hear you've been dealing with so much! It's lovely when it all just aligns too, isn't it? I hope you feel better soon. 'Grats on getting in some writing everyday...that's far better than I do when I get derailed.
I am halfway through one fic (writing), and juggling ideas for two others that are spin offs. I've been dividing my drawing time between fanart and original. I attempted to draw from a new source of inspiration, but having finally played the intro to Persona 5...I don't think that's going to be it for me. XD
I'm eyeing a run through of Pokemon Crystal because I am still on that kick. XD
My husband just picked up the Demo for Unicorn Overlord and to be honest it looks pretty good, so I'm tempted to also give that one a try. The pacing is nice and snappy and the game play seems straightforward enough. The story is a pretty standard hero's journey, which isn't high praise but certainly doesn't count against it.
Who doesn't enjoy the occasional boxed-mac-and-cheesesque storyline?