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This is my Masterpost for my fic here on dreamwidth. Most of my stuff now is posted here (though I sometimes also post on ao3 or Rockfic). For my lj stuff, here is a list that probably needs majorly updating.
My Ao3 is here
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So there it is, stuff with a 🔒 is stuff that’s friends list only and likely won’t be reopened, but, going forward, not much will be like that. My older stuff is still locked as well, but that might just be temporary.
If you read any, even the old stuff, and like it, please leave a comment! Comments are amazing!
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Sticky: Snowflake challenge 2024 - Day 1
Jan. 1st, 2024 06:56 pmChallenge #1
In your own space, update your fandom information. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
So it’s time for snowflake again already which seems strange because last year feels like not long ago (and also forever ago at the same time?). So happy new year snowflake people!
This post is now gonna be the new sticky post replacing the one from two years ago (why didn’t I replace it last year? Who knows!)
I’m Stuie, I’m 37 (which is very much what the fuck) and I live in the Uk. Currently I’m a student with the Open University, studying Renewable Energy which should be the last course of my degree (probably won’t be I don’t feel I’m doing well). I have anxiety and depression and probably other things, but we’ll see if I’m able to get better diagnosis and meds this year.
Anyway! Fandom things. I love Star Wars, The Legend Of Zelda and Doctor Who. The latter of which I post about whenever I watch episodes (be it new eps on tv or whenever I watch the collection boxsets, which are awesome).
I also game a lot, currently I’m working on Super Mario Wonder, Tears Of The Kingdom and I’ve recently started Jedi Survivor and Baldur’s Gate 3. Though I also play a bunch of other stuff too, Dead By Daylight, Dreamlight Valley, Elder Scrolls and a bunch of pad games (including Star Trek Timelines, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Cats Are Cute and Pokémon Masters).
However one thing I’ve ended up getting into are watching streamers. I watch QSMP streamers from time to time but I also often watch James Marriott (and his drummer Jago), Seapeekay, Shoto and a bunch of other generally unhinged and pretty streamer guys. (And I need to do an updated posted on them for people)
I used to like bandom stuff, though because of the various fandoms being awful it left a sour taste. I still like a variety of bands, currently that’s a mix of James Marriott, Set It Off, Sleep Token, Weathers, Lovejoy and Waterparks among others. And Atreyu, which is a rabbit hole I’ve very much fell down.
In general I post random nonsense, but I also do posts about Doctor Who and other things I watch (who is the main one I get into detail on though I wanna do more posts on other things).
I post fic, mostly on here, which mostly rpf nsfw (usually with streamers or bands) though I really need to get back to posting on ao3. I’ve kept meaning to but I’ve generally failed.
I’m very sure that I’ve missed something, but who knows.
Feel free to add me if any of that seems interesting, one thing I like about snowflake is making new connections so I hope to make some again this year. I try and be nice and friendly with people as best I can.
Hope you’re all having a nice new year.
I end with two pictures of my cat, because cats are cute (and she’s curled on my snoring now
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In your own space, update your fandom information. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
So it’s time for snowflake again already which seems strange because last year feels like not long ago (and also forever ago at the same time?). So happy new year snowflake people!
This post is now gonna be the new sticky post replacing the one from two years ago (why didn’t I replace it last year? Who knows!)
I’m Stuie, I’m 37 (which is very much what the fuck) and I live in the Uk. Currently I’m a student with the Open University, studying Renewable Energy which should be the last course of my degree (probably won’t be I don’t feel I’m doing well). I have anxiety and depression and probably other things, but we’ll see if I’m able to get better diagnosis and meds this year.
Anyway! Fandom things. I love Star Wars, The Legend Of Zelda and Doctor Who. The latter of which I post about whenever I watch episodes (be it new eps on tv or whenever I watch the collection boxsets, which are awesome).
I also game a lot, currently I’m working on Super Mario Wonder, Tears Of The Kingdom and I’ve recently started Jedi Survivor and Baldur’s Gate 3. Though I also play a bunch of other stuff too, Dead By Daylight, Dreamlight Valley, Elder Scrolls and a bunch of pad games (including Star Trek Timelines, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Cats Are Cute and Pokémon Masters).
However one thing I’ve ended up getting into are watching streamers. I watch QSMP streamers from time to time but I also often watch James Marriott (and his drummer Jago), Seapeekay, Shoto and a bunch of other generally unhinged and pretty streamer guys. (And I need to do an updated posted on them for people)
I used to like bandom stuff, though because of the various fandoms being awful it left a sour taste. I still like a variety of bands, currently that’s a mix of James Marriott, Set It Off, Sleep Token, Weathers, Lovejoy and Waterparks among others. And Atreyu, which is a rabbit hole I’ve very much fell down.
In general I post random nonsense, but I also do posts about Doctor Who and other things I watch (who is the main one I get into detail on though I wanna do more posts on other things).
I post fic, mostly on here, which mostly rpf nsfw (usually with streamers or bands) though I really need to get back to posting on ao3. I’ve kept meaning to but I’ve generally failed.
I’m very sure that I’ve missed something, but who knows.
Feel free to add me if any of that seems interesting, one thing I like about snowflake is making new connections so I hope to make some again this year. I try and be nice and friendly with people as best I can.
Hope you’re all having a nice new year.
I end with two pictures of my cat, because cats are cute (and she’s curled on my snoring now
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Sticky: 130 Fic table
Jan. 9th, 2025 12:32 amOk so one thing I wanted to do is to do a new fic table thing (based partly on ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
carrythefire’s one. It was originally gonna be 30 but has somehow (especially tonight) ballooned to 80 oops.
My intent is not to start on it for awhile. I wanna finish my current main 5 fics and a few others (looking at you Slam Dunk fic and a few others so the first fic for this might not be till Febuary, but I want this to be a long term thing anyway.
Anywhere here it is (and damn the coding was a slog).
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carrythefire’s one. It was originally gonna be 30 but has somehow (especially tonight) ballooned to 80 oops.My intent is not to start on it for awhile. I wanna finish my current main 5 fics and a few others (looking at you Slam Dunk fic and a few others so the first fic for this might not be till Febuary, but I want this to be a long term thing anyway.
Anywhere here it is (and damn the coding was a slog).
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Jun. 24th, 2025 09:50 pmYipee thank you Mikeyway for posting a pic of Ray! (Frank is there too but Frank pics are pretty common so)
Ahhh look at him!
*feels there’ll be Ray content in my future*
Ok that was the main reason to post but I guess I should post other things. Hmm.
I didn’t watch Saltburn on Sunday night cause my eyes went too achy (ugh) but I did watch Better Man.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect with it, I mean the concept of a Robbie Williams biopic isn’t a bad one but him being a monkey is, at first, an odd choice (Especially as his parents are humans) but once you realise it’s more a metaphor for how he sees himself it actually works. (And huge kudos to the effects team for pulling it off so well.)
What I didn’t expect was to get feels for from it. Like I legit got teary because of his grandma because damn that hit hard. And it also surprised me how… unflinching it was? Like it didn’t exactly paint him in a good light in parts but you have to admire the honesty for showing that. Plus there was some musical numbers! Though it was a lil funny that during the take that era there was a Robbie souping not one of theirs. But overall it was pretty good.
Yesterday was kinda uneventful, mostly cause, again, eyes aching which was bleh.
This morning was my last library stint and I spent the time reading Cards On The Table and the last Rise Of Hellfire comic. It is pretty good and it’s more of a character study about Eddie, so Eddie enjoys will really love it (and I loved the dnd sections). It does make me wanna finish Stranger Things though with my eyes being so achy lately…
Tonight’s plan is watch the new Hell Motel and try and poke fic brain. The ideas are there but when it comes to getting them down? It’s not been happening which is so irritating.
Ahhh look at him!
*feels there’ll be Ray content in my future*
Ok that was the main reason to post but I guess I should post other things. Hmm.
I didn’t watch Saltburn on Sunday night cause my eyes went too achy (ugh) but I did watch Better Man.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect with it, I mean the concept of a Robbie Williams biopic isn’t a bad one but him being a monkey is, at first, an odd choice (Especially as his parents are humans) but once you realise it’s more a metaphor for how he sees himself it actually works. (And huge kudos to the effects team for pulling it off so well.)
What I didn’t expect was to get feels for from it. Like I legit got teary because of his grandma because damn that hit hard. And it also surprised me how… unflinching it was? Like it didn’t exactly paint him in a good light in parts but you have to admire the honesty for showing that. Plus there was some musical numbers! Though it was a lil funny that during the take that era there was a Robbie souping not one of theirs. But overall it was pretty good.
Yesterday was kinda uneventful, mostly cause, again, eyes aching which was bleh.
This morning was my last library stint and I spent the time reading Cards On The Table and the last Rise Of Hellfire comic. It is pretty good and it’s more of a character study about Eddie, so Eddie enjoys will really love it (and I loved the dnd sections). It does make me wanna finish Stranger Things though with my eyes being so achy lately…
Tonight’s plan is watch the new Hell Motel and try and poke fic brain. The ideas are there but when it comes to getting them down? It’s not been happening which is so irritating.
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Jun. 22nd, 2025 09:30 amThe weather continues to be irritating. It’s so hard to focus or do much of, well, anything. Between lack of focus and being drained the last few days have been a bit eh. And it’s been really annoying cause, as mentioned before I can’t even do much at night cause my eyes or head aches which ugh.
And I can’t even listen to audio stuff half the time without losing my focus and having to pause and rewind.
Bleh it’s so annoying.
It feels it could be shifting cause there’s been rain but at the same time it doesn’t feel enough.
But anyway onto things the last few days.
Tuesday was the library stint where I started Cards On The Table (which seems pretty good so far) and I also read one of my comics, Exquisite Corpses. The premise is pretty intriguing, every four years an American town is cut off from the world and the 13 richest families send killers in there and the family withkiller that survives gets to rule for the next four years. Being a first ep it’s mostly introducing the concept, the killers and some people of the town (who are no doubt gonna have a terrible not good time caught in the crossfire). I am tempted to get the other issues, but I’ve got conflicting info about how long it’s gonna be so I need to find that out.
That night we watched Hell Motel on shudder which was pretty great so far. I dunno if anyone else is thinking of watching but you should! The first two eps were really good and I have no idea of where it’s gonna go. (Well other than more people are going die, but that’s a given)
Unfortunately that night was probably the night I did the most cause every other night was draining or achy cause of this damn heat. Bleh I did do Dredge some more in bits and pieces. I finished the third area, the one in the swamp, so I’ve got one area left of the main game (though I have the dlc stuff and started fixing the rig). I do wanna get the ship’s hull expanded before going and see if there’s side quest stuff to do first but we’ll see.
I got a mail saying there was £10 off a £40 shop at the co-op so after debating (cause of the heat and cause it’s at the co-op by the station) we decided to go Friday which probably was the best day to do it. Of course doing that was pretty tiring too but, well £10 off is £10 off.
After debating I did end up getting Civilization vii from cdkeys so I played two games and damn I forgot how long they could be. First game was as Hatshepsut and ended in a lose but I blame having two ai people near me who constantly picked fights with me at the same time. Second game was Harriet Tubman and that was more peaceful (two ai’s picked fights with each other and tried to get me involved but I was like nah) but it still ended up in a loss, though I was close to a scientific victory. I dunno when I’ll do another game cause it is a massive timesink.
Today we might watch Better Man (I picked it up for mum) and finish an ESO event thing (though ugh it seems the new season isn’t included in the eso+ for some irritating reason) and then maybe Saltburn tonight cause it’s on tv. Though I sense I’ll mostly flop and have no focus again.
But speaking of films I did use the Amazon credit I got on I Know What You Did Last Summer (cause most of the things I thought of weren’t there and the trailer for the new one made me wanna watch) so I’ll watch before the new one, whenever that is.
And also yay! James Marriott’s album is number 1!
And I can’t even listen to audio stuff half the time without losing my focus and having to pause and rewind.
Bleh it’s so annoying.
It feels it could be shifting cause there’s been rain but at the same time it doesn’t feel enough.
But anyway onto things the last few days.
Tuesday was the library stint where I started Cards On The Table (which seems pretty good so far) and I also read one of my comics, Exquisite Corpses. The premise is pretty intriguing, every four years an American town is cut off from the world and the 13 richest families send killers in there and the family withkiller that survives gets to rule for the next four years. Being a first ep it’s mostly introducing the concept, the killers and some people of the town (who are no doubt gonna have a terrible not good time caught in the crossfire). I am tempted to get the other issues, but I’ve got conflicting info about how long it’s gonna be so I need to find that out.
That night we watched Hell Motel on shudder which was pretty great so far. I dunno if anyone else is thinking of watching but you should! The first two eps were really good and I have no idea of where it’s gonna go. (Well other than more people are going die, but that’s a given)
Unfortunately that night was probably the night I did the most cause every other night was draining or achy cause of this damn heat. Bleh I did do Dredge some more in bits and pieces. I finished the third area, the one in the swamp, so I’ve got one area left of the main game (though I have the dlc stuff and started fixing the rig). I do wanna get the ship’s hull expanded before going and see if there’s side quest stuff to do first but we’ll see.
I got a mail saying there was £10 off a £40 shop at the co-op so after debating (cause of the heat and cause it’s at the co-op by the station) we decided to go Friday which probably was the best day to do it. Of course doing that was pretty tiring too but, well £10 off is £10 off.
After debating I did end up getting Civilization vii from cdkeys so I played two games and damn I forgot how long they could be. First game was as Hatshepsut and ended in a lose but I blame having two ai people near me who constantly picked fights with me at the same time. Second game was Harriet Tubman and that was more peaceful (two ai’s picked fights with each other and tried to get me involved but I was like nah) but it still ended up in a loss, though I was close to a scientific victory. I dunno when I’ll do another game cause it is a massive timesink.
Today we might watch Better Man (I picked it up for mum) and finish an ESO event thing (though ugh it seems the new season isn’t included in the eso+ for some irritating reason) and then maybe Saltburn tonight cause it’s on tv. Though I sense I’ll mostly flop and have no focus again.
But speaking of films I did use the Amazon credit I got on I Know What You Did Last Summer (cause most of the things I thought of weren’t there and the trailer for the new one made me wanna watch) so I’ll watch before the new one, whenever that is.
And also yay! James Marriott’s album is number 1!
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Jun. 16th, 2025 07:08 pmSo I’m back home now. I left at about 9:30 and got back at 6:45ish. So I’d been out like… 9 hours? Which is crazy long to me.
At first I got to the station and the machine was actually working which was good but then I got on the train and… I’d picked up the wrong book to read on the trip (Seven Dials instead of Cards on the table). The bad luck further compounded when I realised I didn’t have my student id which meant I had no photo ID (cue panic cause the email I had to pick up Jame’ cd said to bring photo Id). It was also an annoyance as it meant I could use my student discount, not that many places have it (though cinema was one of them). I’ll have to figure out where it is.
(Update it’s in the wallet I didn’t take)
Once I got to Birmingham I went straight to the Forbidden Planet by the station. I got the new The Umbrella Academy (thoughts later), the Marvel pride issue (a variant with Daken shirtless which is so hot) and some 95p comics (something called Monday Monday, a Star Trek Mirror universe thing, National Anthem andThe Amory Wars) though damn going through those comics was so annoying. There were about 5+ boxes and they had zero order. I was looking for Star Wars one and only saw one (but it was an issue 4).
I had a wander round a few places and saw some of the new sets in Lego but didn’t get any. The Fortnite Klombo is so big and so adorable and I love the happy plants. I went in Game and got the Final Fantasy starter set though damn it had the same issue as the local one (no prices on anything) which is so irritating).
Then I went to the hmv and, thankfully, I picked up the cd no trouble, yipee! Causa the heat I didn’t stay long, so I went to look in the other Forbidden Planet. I looked at the new Star Wars locations (there’s a few new things from the shows but it feels inevitable there’ll be another update to that) and got Exquisite Corpses (which I was intruiged by cause one cover had a fox masked character) and the three kids from Skeleton Crew. It’s funny Neel was full price and getting the three of them was just £5 more. (But now Neel has all his friends yipee!)
I got a meal deal from sainsburys then returned to hmv, getting James’ vinyl (to the amusement of the lady that served me (and the new MCR three cheers cd. Then I joined the line and it was crazy long already so I stayed in it.
This was when I read The Umbrella Academy issue and… honestly I’d pretty much forgot what happened in the last issues which, fair cause it was about 6 years ago (thanks wiki) but it was mostly establishing the sparrow academy and how they’re all utter insufferable jerks (apart from one who I felt sorry for). I think I’ll have to get a subscription set up for them (and preorders for the others).
James started signing just before 1 and it took until about 2:40ish for me to get to him (and when I looked back the line was where I started and beyond…opp). But ahh he was so nice! He asked my name and how I apwas and I told him I’d seen him at both the Birmingham gigs (which led to him asking if I was coming to the gig) I was too shy to ask for a hug or anything, but damn, the hmv person taking pics popped off. There’s like *counts* damn there’s 46 what?? That’s crazy.
(And yay when I got back apparently his album is in the running for number 1 between Sabrina Carpenter and Oasis which ??)
I had checked train times and to get to the cinema before a Clown In A Crornfield the last train was 3 and that’s the one I got on so it was cutting it a bit more fine than I’d have liked. When I got to the cinema it was very quiet and when I got in there was only like 5 other people (at least according to the seating it seemed). My seat was a little closer to the screen than I’d have liked but it was ok.
First trailers, cause I noted them down so I’d not forget.
*Together - It started off kinda romantic drama vibes and then the vibe shifted completely. Do I know what’s going on? Not really but it looks like body horror, there’s slight found footage recordings and it gives me the vibe of a specific x-file (Field Trip, cause I sense that’s the vibe that’ll happen but who knows?)
*I Know What You Did Last Summer - it looks like it’ll be pretty good but also the return of people from prior films makes me wanna watch them! I’m sure they’ll be on tv beforehand, but I’ll have to watch)
*Megan 2.0 - I’ve not seen the first Megan (it was on tv this weekend at an away ward tome so I might watch on the player) so without context this looked so ridiculous.
*28 Years Later - It looks like it’s gonna be well down, but at the same time I’ve no real interest in seeing it. One I’ve not seen the others in so long and I just feel it’ll be so depressing.
Anyway Clown In A Cornfield thoughts under the cut.
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End film thoughts! Now I’m gonna flop and just chill in general.
At first I got to the station and the machine was actually working which was good but then I got on the train and… I’d picked up the wrong book to read on the trip (Seven Dials instead of Cards on the table). The bad luck further compounded when I realised I didn’t have my student id which meant I had no photo ID (cue panic cause the email I had to pick up Jame’ cd said to bring photo Id). It was also an annoyance as it meant I could use my student discount, not that many places have it (though cinema was one of them). I’ll have to figure out where it is.
(Update it’s in the wallet I didn’t take)
Once I got to Birmingham I went straight to the Forbidden Planet by the station. I got the new The Umbrella Academy (thoughts later), the Marvel pride issue (a variant with Daken shirtless which is so hot) and some 95p comics (something called Monday Monday, a Star Trek Mirror universe thing, National Anthem andThe Amory Wars) though damn going through those comics was so annoying. There were about 5+ boxes and they had zero order. I was looking for Star Wars one and only saw one (but it was an issue 4).
I had a wander round a few places and saw some of the new sets in Lego but didn’t get any. The Fortnite Klombo is so big and so adorable and I love the happy plants. I went in Game and got the Final Fantasy starter set though damn it had the same issue as the local one (no prices on anything) which is so irritating).
Then I went to the hmv and, thankfully, I picked up the cd no trouble, yipee! Causa the heat I didn’t stay long, so I went to look in the other Forbidden Planet. I looked at the new Star Wars locations (there’s a few new things from the shows but it feels inevitable there’ll be another update to that) and got Exquisite Corpses (which I was intruiged by cause one cover had a fox masked character) and the three kids from Skeleton Crew. It’s funny Neel was full price and getting the three of them was just £5 more. (But now Neel has all his friends yipee!)
I got a meal deal from sainsburys then returned to hmv, getting James’ vinyl (to the amusement of the lady that served me (and the new MCR three cheers cd. Then I joined the line and it was crazy long already so I stayed in it.
This was when I read The Umbrella Academy issue and… honestly I’d pretty much forgot what happened in the last issues which, fair cause it was about 6 years ago (thanks wiki) but it was mostly establishing the sparrow academy and how they’re all utter insufferable jerks (apart from one who I felt sorry for). I think I’ll have to get a subscription set up for them (and preorders for the others).
James started signing just before 1 and it took until about 2:40ish for me to get to him (and when I looked back the line was where I started and beyond…opp). But ahh he was so nice! He asked my name and how I apwas and I told him I’d seen him at both the Birmingham gigs (which led to him asking if I was coming to the gig) I was too shy to ask for a hug or anything, but damn, the hmv person taking pics popped off. There’s like *counts* damn there’s 46 what?? That’s crazy.
(And yay when I got back apparently his album is in the running for number 1 between Sabrina Carpenter and Oasis which ??)
I had checked train times and to get to the cinema before a Clown In A Crornfield the last train was 3 and that’s the one I got on so it was cutting it a bit more fine than I’d have liked. When I got to the cinema it was very quiet and when I got in there was only like 5 other people (at least according to the seating it seemed). My seat was a little closer to the screen than I’d have liked but it was ok.
First trailers, cause I noted them down so I’d not forget.
*Together - It started off kinda romantic drama vibes and then the vibe shifted completely. Do I know what’s going on? Not really but it looks like body horror, there’s slight found footage recordings and it gives me the vibe of a specific x-file (Field Trip, cause I sense that’s the vibe that’ll happen but who knows?)
*I Know What You Did Last Summer - it looks like it’ll be pretty good but also the return of people from prior films makes me wanna watch them! I’m sure they’ll be on tv beforehand, but I’ll have to watch)
*Megan 2.0 - I’ve not seen the first Megan (it was on tv this weekend at an away ward tome so I might watch on the player) so without context this looked so ridiculous.
*28 Years Later - It looks like it’s gonna be well down, but at the same time I’ve no real interest in seeing it. One I’ve not seen the others in so long and I just feel it’ll be so depressing.
Anyway Clown In A Cornfield thoughts under the cut.
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End film thoughts! Now I’m gonna flop and just chill in general.
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Jun. 16th, 2025 03:40 amThe past few days have been, again, pretty low energy which is annoying. I blame the weather because it’s both warm and heavy which is a bad combination. We’ve meant to have a storm for the last few days and there has been dark clouds sometimes but they don’t last. I hope we get one sometime, just not today.
Cause the food shop messed up last week we had to go to home bargains on Friday which didn’t help, not least cause mum insisted on getting compost (at least it was by the door so we didn’t carry it around the whole store). But yeah, carrying a load of stuff back in the heat was not it.
I had been debating getting another game for the switch 2 when my money went in and I narrowed it down to Sonic x Shadow Generations and Civilization VII which are vastly different games. While we were down at Home Bargains I did pop in game to take a look at things but it’s so weird cause 80% of the stuff has no pricing and it just felt off. (I went in for the Final Fantasy MTG starter and they didn’t have that either)
I’m still undecided on one of those (and I know there’s another too but it’s gone out my head) but I did get another game instead. Seapeekay played Lost In Random - The Eternal Die and it looked pretty good, plus there was a 15% launch discount so I picked it up. It’s very much a similar style of Hades (you do runs beating enemies in hopes of getting stuff to upgrade and do other runs better) and I am really enjoying it. It does have the thing of ‘one more run’ so I do multiple ones in a row oops. I did manage to beat the first bosses yesterday but only just.
Speaking of gaming I finally started Dredge this weekend. It’s funny I’ve had it for months and only started now it’s on game pass. In a similar vein to Eternal Die it has a ‘one more day’ but it did take a bit of getting used to at the start. I’ve just got to the cliffs so I’m gonna explore round there when I’m next on. But I do love the lil boat and sailing round. The only issue is sometimes it’s tricky to read the text (especially when it’s purple) so I kinda wish I had it on the switch but that feels a small issue.
Yesterday was DND which was really fun and I’m so looking forward to the next sessions (cause there’s a reverse heist and acdemics cluelessly in love). But ugh I got hit by the curse again. Like why does my laptop decide to either mess around or demand an update right before a session? This time it decided that it was going to just stop detecting the internet which I knew was fine cause I was in my pad but ugh. I wish it would behave. (I am fine with joining the sessions on the pad it’s just the webcam in it makes it awkward)
I found out yesterday that Warped tour was doing a stream and I looked at the listings for it and the only band I had any possible interest in was Asking Alexandria. I checked the time and it was around 2am here and since I was still awake I decided to watch.
The thing is though, I had low expectations for it. I’d heard such bad things about the recent tour that my expectation was pretty much on the floor and yet I watched it anyway. It was better than I expected though only slightly. Danny was still wearing his absurd get up. Like I love an aesthetic where you can’t see a person’s face but it really doesn’t suit him at all and you can tell it’s not an aesthetic thing but only there for one reason: To hide him not singing. At times you can’t blatantly hear it’s a backing track (sometimes his mic is no where near his face!) whereas other times he is actually singing so the whole thing is very weird. I’m glad I didn’t pay to see them cause you can tell that they either need to get rid of him outright or just get someone (Paul) back to support him (and you have to wonder why they haven’t already). I mean they played one of my fav songs of theirs and it was just… not great which does suck.
Though it was funny seeing comments badmouthing him (and get deleted) before their set even started.
I also found out yesterday that there’s an adaption of The Seven Dials Mystery that has been filmed which sounds cool but I had to laugh cause I looked it up and who is playing Superintendant Battle? Martin Freeman. I dunno who I’d have pictured in the role but him? I’d not have thought that in a million years.
Today I’m off to Birmingham though I have woke with a funny tummy though I’m hoping that’s just nerves. Fingers crossed it settles some.
Cause the food shop messed up last week we had to go to home bargains on Friday which didn’t help, not least cause mum insisted on getting compost (at least it was by the door so we didn’t carry it around the whole store). But yeah, carrying a load of stuff back in the heat was not it.
I had been debating getting another game for the switch 2 when my money went in and I narrowed it down to Sonic x Shadow Generations and Civilization VII which are vastly different games. While we were down at Home Bargains I did pop in game to take a look at things but it’s so weird cause 80% of the stuff has no pricing and it just felt off. (I went in for the Final Fantasy MTG starter and they didn’t have that either)
I’m still undecided on one of those (and I know there’s another too but it’s gone out my head) but I did get another game instead. Seapeekay played Lost In Random - The Eternal Die and it looked pretty good, plus there was a 15% launch discount so I picked it up. It’s very much a similar style of Hades (you do runs beating enemies in hopes of getting stuff to upgrade and do other runs better) and I am really enjoying it. It does have the thing of ‘one more run’ so I do multiple ones in a row oops. I did manage to beat the first bosses yesterday but only just.
Speaking of gaming I finally started Dredge this weekend. It’s funny I’ve had it for months and only started now it’s on game pass. In a similar vein to Eternal Die it has a ‘one more day’ but it did take a bit of getting used to at the start. I’ve just got to the cliffs so I’m gonna explore round there when I’m next on. But I do love the lil boat and sailing round. The only issue is sometimes it’s tricky to read the text (especially when it’s purple) so I kinda wish I had it on the switch but that feels a small issue.
Yesterday was DND which was really fun and I’m so looking forward to the next sessions (cause there’s a reverse heist and acdemics cluelessly in love). But ugh I got hit by the curse again. Like why does my laptop decide to either mess around or demand an update right before a session? This time it decided that it was going to just stop detecting the internet which I knew was fine cause I was in my pad but ugh. I wish it would behave. (I am fine with joining the sessions on the pad it’s just the webcam in it makes it awkward)
I found out yesterday that Warped tour was doing a stream and I looked at the listings for it and the only band I had any possible interest in was Asking Alexandria. I checked the time and it was around 2am here and since I was still awake I decided to watch.
The thing is though, I had low expectations for it. I’d heard such bad things about the recent tour that my expectation was pretty much on the floor and yet I watched it anyway. It was better than I expected though only slightly. Danny was still wearing his absurd get up. Like I love an aesthetic where you can’t see a person’s face but it really doesn’t suit him at all and you can tell it’s not an aesthetic thing but only there for one reason: To hide him not singing. At times you can’t blatantly hear it’s a backing track (sometimes his mic is no where near his face!) whereas other times he is actually singing so the whole thing is very weird. I’m glad I didn’t pay to see them cause you can tell that they either need to get rid of him outright or just get someone (Paul) back to support him (and you have to wonder why they haven’t already). I mean they played one of my fav songs of theirs and it was just… not great which does suck.
Though it was funny seeing comments badmouthing him (and get deleted) before their set even started.
I also found out yesterday that there’s an adaption of The Seven Dials Mystery that has been filmed which sounds cool but I had to laugh cause I looked it up and who is playing Superintendant Battle? Martin Freeman. I dunno who I’d have pictured in the role but him? I’d not have thought that in a million years.
Today I’m off to Birmingham though I have woke with a funny tummy though I’m hoping that’s just nerves. Fingers crossed it settles some.
Song Saturday - Triple threat
Jun. 14th, 2025 11:47 amIt’s a return to doing song Saturday! I mean to to do this for the last few weeks but then things happened and I got sidetracked and… well, here we are.
So from the subject this is gonna be not one, not two but three things.
So first Is Dark Divine - Make Me Disappear
So here is a new fixation which is Dark Divine and I fully blame Anthony (the singer) cause look at him. I have binged a few of their vids so could probably do a post of just them but…
This is their las test song and it’s one of those cases where I prefer the song to the video. Like I adore the song and the video does have a nice aesthetic with the atmosphere (and Anthony does look hot). But it’s also a performance vid so it’s not to exciting. There is a few shots of a giant hand so the vibe is it’s controlling Anthony like a puppet but the thing is it doesn’t work cause there’s only a handful of shots (like yes I’d like to see Anthony chained like a puppet why are you denying me this)
Second song is Micheal Clifford + Waterparks - Give Me A Break
So this was described as a ‘love letter to fanfiction’ by Micheal which sounded like an odd thing but you can see what he meant. Cause it’s a girl writing different scenarios and the boys playing them out. The vibe isn’t very serious and it is funny how every scenario (a classroom, coffee shop, doctors room, bathroom) has both romantic vibes and then Awsten killing Micheal various ways
(There is captions and I really need to read through them but I get distracted by what’s happening)
It is wild and funny at the same time. You can tell they had a good time making it. (And I love Awstens line about living freaking out).
But also damn that last scene of Awsten and Micheal kissing. Which yup, that’s definitely launched a bunch of fanfic. (And I wonder how many takes they had cause they’re clearly into it) And you know what’s wild? They’ve teamed with Wattpad to do a fic contest. I am absolutely being serious
Lastly there’s James Marriott - Something’s Wrong
So partly this is here because I’m seeing him on Monday (which is a crazy sentence) but also it’s just a crazy video. Like Something’s Wrong is my fav of the new album singles and then the video is just.
When there was pics of James and Will in cowboy get up (I’ve no idea why but I love it) people called them Brokeback Brighton which is crazy. They’re rivals in this and the rivalry between them takes over James’ focus from the person he came with (girlfriend?) and it definitely felt a few times it was going to end up going from rivals to lovers. Like there’s a few shots that has the vibe of sexual tension but they don’t even kiss (missed opportunity obviously but maybe give me a break spoiled me there). But yeah the vibes are so… I love it.
So from the subject this is gonna be not one, not two but three things.
So first Is Dark Divine - Make Me Disappear
So here is a new fixation which is Dark Divine and I fully blame Anthony (the singer) cause look at him. I have binged a few of their vids so could probably do a post of just them but…
This is their las test song and it’s one of those cases where I prefer the song to the video. Like I adore the song and the video does have a nice aesthetic with the atmosphere (and Anthony does look hot). But it’s also a performance vid so it’s not to exciting. There is a few shots of a giant hand so the vibe is it’s controlling Anthony like a puppet but the thing is it doesn’t work cause there’s only a handful of shots (like yes I’d like to see Anthony chained like a puppet why are you denying me this)
Second song is Micheal Clifford + Waterparks - Give Me A Break
So this was described as a ‘love letter to fanfiction’ by Micheal which sounded like an odd thing but you can see what he meant. Cause it’s a girl writing different scenarios and the boys playing them out. The vibe isn’t very serious and it is funny how every scenario (a classroom, coffee shop, doctors room, bathroom) has both romantic vibes and then Awsten killing Micheal various ways
(There is captions and I really need to read through them but I get distracted by what’s happening)
It is wild and funny at the same time. You can tell they had a good time making it. (And I love Awstens line about living freaking out).
But also damn that last scene of Awsten and Micheal kissing. Which yup, that’s definitely launched a bunch of fanfic. (And I wonder how many takes they had cause they’re clearly into it) And you know what’s wild? They’ve teamed with Wattpad to do a fic contest. I am absolutely being serious
Lastly there’s James Marriott - Something’s Wrong
So partly this is here because I’m seeing him on Monday (which is a crazy sentence) but also it’s just a crazy video. Like Something’s Wrong is my fav of the new album singles and then the video is just.
When there was pics of James and Will in cowboy get up (I’ve no idea why but I love it) people called them Brokeback Brighton which is crazy. They’re rivals in this and the rivalry between them takes over James’ focus from the person he came with (girlfriend?) and it definitely felt a few times it was going to end up going from rivals to lovers. Like there’s a few shots that has the vibe of sexual tension but they don’t even kiss (missed opportunity obviously but maybe give me a break spoiled me there). But yeah the vibes are so… I love it.
Distraction/Discovery Part 2
Jun. 13th, 2025 01:27 amDistraction/Discovery
Pairing: Anthony Martinez/Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: rubber verse, bdsm
Notes: So I intended to finish this close to the first part and then my brain decided nope, no words. So I stalled for *checks* several weeks now fuck. The intent was for this to just be two parts and I feel that this could be where it ends, yet at the same time I also feel there’s a part 3 and I’m undecided on that so… we’ll see. Maybe I’ll work on something else first
Part 1
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Pairing: Anthony Martinez/Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: rubber verse, bdsm
Notes: So I intended to finish this close to the first part and then my brain decided nope, no words. So I stalled for *checks* several weeks now fuck. The intent was for this to just be two parts and I feel that this could be where it ends, yet at the same time I also feel there’s a part 3 and I’m undecided on that so… we’ll see. Maybe I’ll work on something else first
Part 1
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It’s time for another post which, as always, is gonna be extremely random and unfocussed
First off the Clown In A Cornfield got listings posted and the Odeon in Birmingham has an earlier showing. Except it’s at the worst possible time. It’s at 12 and the signing is at 1 so there’s no way I can do it. There is a second showing… but it’s not till 8:50 and there’s no way I can stay in Birmingham until then.
However the Walsall cinema (which I pass through on the train back) has a showing at 3:30 which is much better (though annoying cause it costs more). But hopefully I’ll be able to see it.
Also good news is that we’ve got back to the American Horror Story run, yipee! We’re midway through Asylum and watched two very wild eps. Like one had an Angel of death and the next one had a murderous Santa played by Ian McShane which is a wild sentence. Honestly this show is wild because I’ve literally no idea what to expect. I do hope we can watch more, and I would like to watch the other seasons too, but the goal is definitely to finish Asylum before Tuesday. Why Tuesday? Cause a show is coming to shudder called Hell Motel and were so gonna be checking it out.
Unfortunately my eyes went completely achy on Tuesday night which is so annoying. Like it got to the point I couldn’t even look at the pad and was just lying with my eyes closed listening to an audio thing. Ugh. Thankfully it only lasted a night but still, it was annoying.
However earlier that day, and yesterday, I was finally able to sit down and finish reading The Seven Dials Mystery which was pretty good. I’m not gonna say too much about it but ai was amazed towards the end when there’s a love proposal and the guy said ‘I’d be your dog or your slave or anything’ which was a completely unexpected thing for me to read (but honestly that’s so based of Agatha to do she was truly ahead of her time).
And then in the documentary thing about her travels last night I found out she surfed?? Which is a completely wild image but I love that.
(But yeah I’m hoping to start Cards On The Table soon cause I’m so behind on the read Christie list)
Also yesterday the forbidden planet in Birmingham posted on insta the comics for the week and the next The Umbrella Academy is out?? I’d no idea, I thought it wasn’t out until later in the year. But that’s another thing to look for Monday. (And another reminder I still haven’t finished season 3 of the show which is probably bad but then again I’ve also heard season 4 is bad)
And TUA adjacent I saw an insta pic of Mikey with the rest of MCR (just their feet for some reason but) and I just know I’ll go crazy when we have new shots of Ray. I’m sorry in advance. (Also the new Three Cheers cd is out so that’s another thing I’ll be looking for).
My love of Who is slowly coming back after that disaster of the finale, thanks to listening to some audios, but I feel it’ll be a long time before I can watch stuff with this era cause it now feels so tainted which I absolutely hate. Hopefully a new Collection boxset gets announced soon to take the edge off.
(Although as I type this there’s been a notification that there’s an animated Who series in the works for a ‘pre school audience’ which… how does that even work?)
Writing has been so annoying too cause I wanna write and i have images in my head but as soon as I open the writing app I use it’s like my mind is empty. Ugh it’s so annoying.
I think that’s everything I wanted to ramble about but I’m sure, as always, that I’ve missed something.
But ugh the weather is so weird and hanging and it feels like rain and headache weather again. Bleh.
First off the Clown In A Cornfield got listings posted and the Odeon in Birmingham has an earlier showing. Except it’s at the worst possible time. It’s at 12 and the signing is at 1 so there’s no way I can do it. There is a second showing… but it’s not till 8:50 and there’s no way I can stay in Birmingham until then.
However the Walsall cinema (which I pass through on the train back) has a showing at 3:30 which is much better (though annoying cause it costs more). But hopefully I’ll be able to see it.
Also good news is that we’ve got back to the American Horror Story run, yipee! We’re midway through Asylum and watched two very wild eps. Like one had an Angel of death and the next one had a murderous Santa played by Ian McShane which is a wild sentence. Honestly this show is wild because I’ve literally no idea what to expect. I do hope we can watch more, and I would like to watch the other seasons too, but the goal is definitely to finish Asylum before Tuesday. Why Tuesday? Cause a show is coming to shudder called Hell Motel and were so gonna be checking it out.
Unfortunately my eyes went completely achy on Tuesday night which is so annoying. Like it got to the point I couldn’t even look at the pad and was just lying with my eyes closed listening to an audio thing. Ugh. Thankfully it only lasted a night but still, it was annoying.
However earlier that day, and yesterday, I was finally able to sit down and finish reading The Seven Dials Mystery which was pretty good. I’m not gonna say too much about it but ai was amazed towards the end when there’s a love proposal and the guy said ‘I’d be your dog or your slave or anything’ which was a completely unexpected thing for me to read (but honestly that’s so based of Agatha to do she was truly ahead of her time).
And then in the documentary thing about her travels last night I found out she surfed?? Which is a completely wild image but I love that.
(But yeah I’m hoping to start Cards On The Table soon cause I’m so behind on the read Christie list)
Also yesterday the forbidden planet in Birmingham posted on insta the comics for the week and the next The Umbrella Academy is out?? I’d no idea, I thought it wasn’t out until later in the year. But that’s another thing to look for Monday. (And another reminder I still haven’t finished season 3 of the show which is probably bad but then again I’ve also heard season 4 is bad)
And TUA adjacent I saw an insta pic of Mikey with the rest of MCR (just their feet for some reason but) and I just know I’ll go crazy when we have new shots of Ray. I’m sorry in advance. (Also the new Three Cheers cd is out so that’s another thing I’ll be looking for).
My love of Who is slowly coming back after that disaster of the finale, thanks to listening to some audios, but I feel it’ll be a long time before I can watch stuff with this era cause it now feels so tainted which I absolutely hate. Hopefully a new Collection boxset gets announced soon to take the edge off.
(Although as I type this there’s been a notification that there’s an animated Who series in the works for a ‘pre school audience’ which… how does that even work?)
Writing has been so annoying too cause I wanna write and i have images in my head but as soon as I open the writing app I use it’s like my mind is empty. Ugh it’s so annoying.
I think that’s everything I wanted to ramble about but I’m sure, as always, that I’ve missed something.
But ugh the weather is so weird and hanging and it feels like rain and headache weather again. Bleh.
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Jun. 9th, 2025 12:53 pmSo it’s post time again!
The past few days have been pretty eventful, mostly cause Thursday was a big delivery which meant I had to stay in all day. The delivery was for two things. First The Acolyte visual guide that I preordered as soon as it was announced. I’m excited to dive in to it and give it a proper read (I’ve not yet sadly). I do wonder if it’ll make me wanna do a rewatch of the show, even though it only came out last year (but Yord and Qimir are so hot so…)
The second thing was the Switch 2, which I was only able to get cause mum offered to help with it. It didn’t arrive until late in the day and then setting it up took awhile (updating it, transferring stuff from the original switch, installing Mario kart) but I’ve been able to go on it some.
Thoughts so far?
*Mario Kart World is so beautiful. Like really it looks so great!
*The Cow racer is unlocked from the start, I feel this is important to share
*Other character unlocks are a bit more random. You get some for doing Grand Prix (and costumes unlocked from food) but so many of them are only unlocked by getting your racer transformed mid race which is… a choice)
*Free roam could definitely use a quest tracker
*Fortnite is noticeably improved. Like I only went on it to get the emote first day and I could see the difference just from the main screen and it plays much better too (no more dealing with things loading funny!)
*It would be nice to get demos to other games
I would like a single player game to play but I’m not sure what. I thought Donkey Kong was next week but it’s not till next month and I’m considering Civilization (cd keys has it with 20%) so I might find a review and see if it’s worth it.
And speaking of Fortnite the Star Wars season ended (boo) but the last event was so cool! You had to sneak on the Death Star and help disabled some stuff (and fight Palpatine!) which was cool. I did get everything in the pass too (I did wish it had another page or two though) though I am annoyed I just missed out on the last party up reward (at least it wasn’t Star Wars themed). Now the new season is super hero themed which is pretty cool.
Speaking of super heroes I watched Captain America Brave New World on Saturday and it was pretty good. It definitely had similar vibes to Winter Soldier, with Sam investigating a conspiracy which seems to be the vibe Cap films go, though I like that. What did surprise me is how it’s a sequel to Eternals with the celestial thing appearing at the end of that being a major plot point, and also the hulk film which is a wild choice cause it was forever ago and I think I only saw it once. But I did enjoy it and I love Joaquin so much he’s a lil cutie.
At night I watched a film called Deadware, which I spotted on Amazon prime. For the description I was instantly interested (two friends are playing an online game on video call and it turns out to be haunted). I loved the retro vibes of it and it’s very minimalistically done it’s basically a desktop screen with the game in a window with two ‘webcam’ videos. It’s a similar vibe to Host in that respect, though not as well done but it was still pretty good especially in the short found footage still shots during the game.
It’s the time of games showcases. Friday had the Summer game fest and there was a lot of stuff there but not much that stood out to me. There was a few games that had a+ designs but I could just tell I’d not have fun with them. Sonic racing did announce new characters outside of sonic including Minecraft and Hatsune Miku (I dunno which is more surprising). And there was Resident Evil 9 as a reveal at the end! It amuses me that some of Racoon city is still standing cause wasn’t it meant to be destroyed?
Then yesterday was the Xbox showcase which was pretty good though most of the ones that interested me were smaller games. There was At Fate’s End (done by the spiritfarer devs so I was instantly curious), No Ghosts At The Grand looks intruiging (and spooky) and it’s vibes very all of the place in a good way (it started with you fixing a hotel then there was sigil sand talk of a conspiracy and portals?), there’s planet of Lana II which looks pretty and a game called Keeper with a walking Lighthouse. Oh and something called Resonance with the Minotaur. (And Outer Wilds II looks pretty good and Clockwork Revolution though I feel the latter might be a game to watch not play)
There’s also a portable xbox confirmed to be coming and… it looks pretty much like a switch.mi dread to think how much it’ll be.
Energy has also been pretty all over the place, being low raptor times with my focus being off which is so irritating, especially when I wanna do things (fic has pretty much stalled despite me wanting to) and then yesterday my stomach also went funny which ugh.
Mum was on eBay the other day and found a copy of The Moustrap and we were both shocked cause it was buy it now for £2 (usually they’re £20+) so I snapped it up (with Lord Edgeware Dies) and they came this morning. Both look in such good condition and I’m still surprised by the bargain we got.
Now though I’m gonna flop, hopefully rest and do some marvel snap and magic arena (the latter has a final fantasy update tomorrow). I’m also refreshing the. Cinemas to check for next week listings glut they’re not up yet alas. The odeon in Birmingham has just one showing of one film next Monday (28 weeks later) which is crazy.
And Next week is the James signing and ahhh!
The past few days have been pretty eventful, mostly cause Thursday was a big delivery which meant I had to stay in all day. The delivery was for two things. First The Acolyte visual guide that I preordered as soon as it was announced. I’m excited to dive in to it and give it a proper read (I’ve not yet sadly). I do wonder if it’ll make me wanna do a rewatch of the show, even though it only came out last year (but Yord and Qimir are so hot so…)
The second thing was the Switch 2, which I was only able to get cause mum offered to help with it. It didn’t arrive until late in the day and then setting it up took awhile (updating it, transferring stuff from the original switch, installing Mario kart) but I’ve been able to go on it some.
Thoughts so far?
*Mario Kart World is so beautiful. Like really it looks so great!
*The Cow racer is unlocked from the start, I feel this is important to share
*Other character unlocks are a bit more random. You get some for doing Grand Prix (and costumes unlocked from food) but so many of them are only unlocked by getting your racer transformed mid race which is… a choice)
*Free roam could definitely use a quest tracker
*Fortnite is noticeably improved. Like I only went on it to get the emote first day and I could see the difference just from the main screen and it plays much better too (no more dealing with things loading funny!)
*It would be nice to get demos to other games
I would like a single player game to play but I’m not sure what. I thought Donkey Kong was next week but it’s not till next month and I’m considering Civilization (cd keys has it with 20%) so I might find a review and see if it’s worth it.
And speaking of Fortnite the Star Wars season ended (boo) but the last event was so cool! You had to sneak on the Death Star and help disabled some stuff (and fight Palpatine!) which was cool. I did get everything in the pass too (I did wish it had another page or two though) though I am annoyed I just missed out on the last party up reward (at least it wasn’t Star Wars themed). Now the new season is super hero themed which is pretty cool.
Speaking of super heroes I watched Captain America Brave New World on Saturday and it was pretty good. It definitely had similar vibes to Winter Soldier, with Sam investigating a conspiracy which seems to be the vibe Cap films go, though I like that. What did surprise me is how it’s a sequel to Eternals with the celestial thing appearing at the end of that being a major plot point, and also the hulk film which is a wild choice cause it was forever ago and I think I only saw it once. But I did enjoy it and I love Joaquin so much he’s a lil cutie.
At night I watched a film called Deadware, which I spotted on Amazon prime. For the description I was instantly interested (two friends are playing an online game on video call and it turns out to be haunted). I loved the retro vibes of it and it’s very minimalistically done it’s basically a desktop screen with the game in a window with two ‘webcam’ videos. It’s a similar vibe to Host in that respect, though not as well done but it was still pretty good especially in the short found footage still shots during the game.
It’s the time of games showcases. Friday had the Summer game fest and there was a lot of stuff there but not much that stood out to me. There was a few games that had a+ designs but I could just tell I’d not have fun with them. Sonic racing did announce new characters outside of sonic including Minecraft and Hatsune Miku (I dunno which is more surprising). And there was Resident Evil 9 as a reveal at the end! It amuses me that some of Racoon city is still standing cause wasn’t it meant to be destroyed?
Then yesterday was the Xbox showcase which was pretty good though most of the ones that interested me were smaller games. There was At Fate’s End (done by the spiritfarer devs so I was instantly curious), No Ghosts At The Grand looks intruiging (and spooky) and it’s vibes very all of the place in a good way (it started with you fixing a hotel then there was sigil sand talk of a conspiracy and portals?), there’s planet of Lana II which looks pretty and a game called Keeper with a walking Lighthouse. Oh and something called Resonance with the Minotaur. (And Outer Wilds II looks pretty good and Clockwork Revolution though I feel the latter might be a game to watch not play)
There’s also a portable xbox confirmed to be coming and… it looks pretty much like a switch.mi dread to think how much it’ll be.
Energy has also been pretty all over the place, being low raptor times with my focus being off which is so irritating, especially when I wanna do things (fic has pretty much stalled despite me wanting to) and then yesterday my stomach also went funny which ugh.
Mum was on eBay the other day and found a copy of The Moustrap and we were both shocked cause it was buy it now for £2 (usually they’re £20+) so I snapped it up (with Lord Edgeware Dies) and they came this morning. Both look in such good condition and I’m still surprised by the bargain we got.
Now though I’m gonna flop, hopefully rest and do some marvel snap and magic arena (the latter has a final fantasy update tomorrow). I’m also refreshing the. Cinemas to check for next week listings glut they’re not up yet alas. The odeon in Birmingham has just one showing of one film next Monday (28 weeks later) which is crazy.
And Next week is the James signing and ahhh!
2025 Monthly Round up - May
Jun. 4th, 2025 04:20 pmMay
Fics wrote: Black Is The New Black, Distraction/Discovery part 1
Books read: The Secret Of Chimneys
Games done: Planet Of Lana,
Podcast: Magnus Protocol - Public Image, Welcome To Night Vale - Liminal Spaces, Renegotiations, Creditors, A Word With Dr Jones, Diplomacy, The Accused, Carlos Explained, patreon bonus: Holiday, Haunting Of Night Vale Excerpt, The Terminal, A Car Crash On Buellton Avenue, Citizen Spotlight: The Vampire Of Lombardi Street, The Boy, Patreon Preview: Behind the scenes (September 2023), Book Club, Truck Touchers, Frown Night, The Big Dig, Sister Cities: Vermillion Falls, He Is Holding A Knife, bonus episode preview - Riddle Guy, He Is Still Holding A Knife, The New Branch, Lost And Found, A Multiplicity Of Kevin, Fridge-worthy
Who audios: Empire Of The Racnoss, The Carrionite Curse, Day Of The Vashta Nerada, The Chimes Of Midnight
Other big finish stuff: -
Comics read: FCBD 2025 - Star Wars,
Graphic novels read: -
Things watched
Amazon Prime: The Quatermass Experiment (1956)
Blu Ray: -
DVD: -
Disney+: Andor - Ever Been To Ghorman?, I Have Friends Everywhere, What A Festive Evening, Tales Of The Underworld - A Way Forward, Friends, One Warrior To Another, Andor - Messenger, Who Are You?, Welcome To The Rebellion, Death And Other Details - Rare, Tales Of The Underworld - The Good Life, A Good Turn, One Good Deed, NCIS Hawaii - Pilot, Boom, Recruiter, Paniolo, Andor - Make It Stop, Who Else Knows?, Jedha Kyber Erso, Rogue One, NCIS Hawaii - Gaijin,
Netflix: Residence - The Third Man, The Adventure Of The Engineer’s Thumb, The Mystery Of The Yellow Room, Star Trek Prodigy - Time Amok, Stranger Things - Papa
Shudder: Horror’s Greatest - Stephen King Adaptions
YouTube: Hasbro - Star Wars day fanstream, Mystery Files - The Vampiric Attacks of the beast of bladenboro, Ghost Files - We Make Contact With A Child Ghost At The Basin Park Hotel, Brymir - Voices In The Sky, Micheal Clifford - Give Me A Break, Dark Divine - Make Me Disappear, I Prevail - Violent Nature, 5 seconds of summer - Easier, Rock Sound - Funeral For A Friend Download 2024, Dark Divine - Drown, Cold, Paper Crown, Burn The Witch, Digital Numb (visualiser), Your Ghost, Halloweentown, Run Away, Circles, The Fear, Dancing Dead, No Escape, Paul Bartolome - Evil, Pintglass, 13 Reasons Why 2 - Zack and Alex battle
Cinema: Thunderbolts*, Sinners
It’s that time again, time for another monthly round up.
May felt like a weird month cause in some ways it was busy and some ways it wasn’t.
I got back into Night Valr in a big way, listening to a lot of it and it’s really funny how the end bits with Meg have gone, like you can hear the moment twitter started to get worse when it’s mentioned. The next eps I fear may end up being stalled though cause ugh Lauren is back. Bu the Vermillion Falls ep was really good I hope we hear from that place again.
Also there was the last eps of Andor and, again, it was honestly some of the best stuff I’ve seen. I definitely recommend it, even if you don’t know much Star Wars because it was just… so good.
As was The Residence albeit the tone of that is the other end of the scale. I feel those will be the best two series I’ll see this year. i also finally got back to Stranger Things so now there’s just the finale which I keep putting back cause my energy and eyes get so achy it’s annoying.
That lack of energy/eyes aching also meant I didn’t finish the last of the Who ray special features so I could disc switch to other things. There’s like 3 things left but they’re all over an hour.
Once again with Free Comic Book Day I intend to read all of them and only magnate one which sucks. Hopefully I can take a day and just do a read through. (I did find past comic book day issues too which I’ve also not read oop). Same with graphic novels, I intend to read the one I picked up but nope.
I feel that’s the main things I wanna mention though, but obvious there’s a lot of other stuff I’ve done and not mentioned (like binge watching the Dark Divine videos one morning when I woke early from the weather).
Plans for stuff this month
*Finish at least one fic
*Finish Stranger Things
*Start Wednesday
*Finally get back to American Horror Story
*Finish Who ray special features
*Watch one of the Arrow blu rays, possibly Lifeforce
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Other things! Coheed And Cambria have announced a tour, a few days before my birthday so I’m considering trying to go and then I checked the tickets on the presale and… damn. Why’re they £45? I hate how tickets are so much now. Hopefully they won’t sell out before I can get one.
I had an email saying there’s a follow-up to I Want That Twink Obliterated titled Wrath month so I might back that kickstarter, despite not reading that cause I’m a fail. I know someone had got Obliterated that’s here but I’m hopeless and can’t recall who.
Odeon has Clown In A Cornfield from Friday but damn. It’s release week just has onemlate night showing so I doubt it’ll be there when I’m in Birmingham like I hoped. Damnit.
The router lead has been a real pain today, cutting out for most of the morning which has been so irritating, the replacement should hopefully arrive tomorrow and I’ll be glad for that.
Now though gonna sort noms, then hopefully fic and watch stuff. Maybe I’ll watch something tonight but again, it depends on energy and my eyes (the sooner I get an eye test notification the better). And then tomorrow it’s waiting on mail.
Fics wrote: Black Is The New Black, Distraction/Discovery part 1
Books read: The Secret Of Chimneys
Games done: Planet Of Lana,
Podcast: Magnus Protocol - Public Image, Welcome To Night Vale - Liminal Spaces, Renegotiations, Creditors, A Word With Dr Jones, Diplomacy, The Accused, Carlos Explained, patreon bonus: Holiday, Haunting Of Night Vale Excerpt, The Terminal, A Car Crash On Buellton Avenue, Citizen Spotlight: The Vampire Of Lombardi Street, The Boy, Patreon Preview: Behind the scenes (September 2023), Book Club, Truck Touchers, Frown Night, The Big Dig, Sister Cities: Vermillion Falls, He Is Holding A Knife, bonus episode preview - Riddle Guy, He Is Still Holding A Knife, The New Branch, Lost And Found, A Multiplicity Of Kevin, Fridge-worthy
Who audios: Empire Of The Racnoss, The Carrionite Curse, Day Of The Vashta Nerada, The Chimes Of Midnight
Other big finish stuff: -
Comics read: FCBD 2025 - Star Wars,
Graphic novels read: -
Things watched
Amazon Prime: The Quatermass Experiment (1956)
Blu Ray: -
DVD: -
Disney+: Andor - Ever Been To Ghorman?, I Have Friends Everywhere, What A Festive Evening, Tales Of The Underworld - A Way Forward, Friends, One Warrior To Another, Andor - Messenger, Who Are You?, Welcome To The Rebellion, Death And Other Details - Rare, Tales Of The Underworld - The Good Life, A Good Turn, One Good Deed, NCIS Hawaii - Pilot, Boom, Recruiter, Paniolo, Andor - Make It Stop, Who Else Knows?, Jedha Kyber Erso, Rogue One, NCIS Hawaii - Gaijin,
Netflix: Residence - The Third Man, The Adventure Of The Engineer’s Thumb, The Mystery Of The Yellow Room, Star Trek Prodigy - Time Amok, Stranger Things - Papa
Shudder: Horror’s Greatest - Stephen King Adaptions
YouTube: Hasbro - Star Wars day fanstream, Mystery Files - The Vampiric Attacks of the beast of bladenboro, Ghost Files - We Make Contact With A Child Ghost At The Basin Park Hotel, Brymir - Voices In The Sky, Micheal Clifford - Give Me A Break, Dark Divine - Make Me Disappear, I Prevail - Violent Nature, 5 seconds of summer - Easier, Rock Sound - Funeral For A Friend Download 2024, Dark Divine - Drown, Cold, Paper Crown, Burn The Witch, Digital Numb (visualiser), Your Ghost, Halloweentown, Run Away, Circles, The Fear, Dancing Dead, No Escape, Paul Bartolome - Evil, Pintglass, 13 Reasons Why 2 - Zack and Alex battle
Cinema: Thunderbolts*, Sinners
It’s that time again, time for another monthly round up.
May felt like a weird month cause in some ways it was busy and some ways it wasn’t.
I got back into Night Valr in a big way, listening to a lot of it and it’s really funny how the end bits with Meg have gone, like you can hear the moment twitter started to get worse when it’s mentioned. The next eps I fear may end up being stalled though cause ugh Lauren is back. Bu the Vermillion Falls ep was really good I hope we hear from that place again.
Also there was the last eps of Andor and, again, it was honestly some of the best stuff I’ve seen. I definitely recommend it, even if you don’t know much Star Wars because it was just… so good.
As was The Residence albeit the tone of that is the other end of the scale. I feel those will be the best two series I’ll see this year. i also finally got back to Stranger Things so now there’s just the finale which I keep putting back cause my energy and eyes get so achy it’s annoying.
That lack of energy/eyes aching also meant I didn’t finish the last of the Who ray special features so I could disc switch to other things. There’s like 3 things left but they’re all over an hour.
Once again with Free Comic Book Day I intend to read all of them and only magnate one which sucks. Hopefully I can take a day and just do a read through. (I did find past comic book day issues too which I’ve also not read oop). Same with graphic novels, I intend to read the one I picked up but nope.
I feel that’s the main things I wanna mention though, but obvious there’s a lot of other stuff I’ve done and not mentioned (like binge watching the Dark Divine videos one morning when I woke early from the weather).
Plans for stuff this month
*Finish at least one fic
*Finish Stranger Things
*Start Wednesday
*Finally get back to American Horror Story
*Finish Who ray special features
*Watch one of the Arrow blu rays, possibly Lifeforce
***
Other things! Coheed And Cambria have announced a tour, a few days before my birthday so I’m considering trying to go and then I checked the tickets on the presale and… damn. Why’re they £45? I hate how tickets are so much now. Hopefully they won’t sell out before I can get one.
I had an email saying there’s a follow-up to I Want That Twink Obliterated titled Wrath month so I might back that kickstarter, despite not reading that cause I’m a fail. I know someone had got Obliterated that’s here but I’m hopeless and can’t recall who.
Odeon has Clown In A Cornfield from Friday but damn. It’s release week just has onemlate night showing so I doubt it’ll be there when I’m in Birmingham like I hoped. Damnit.
The router lead has been a real pain today, cutting out for most of the morning which has been so irritating, the replacement should hopefully arrive tomorrow and I’ll be glad for that.
Now though gonna sort noms, then hopefully fic and watch stuff. Maybe I’ll watch something tonight but again, it depends on energy and my eyes (the sooner I get an eye test notification the better). And then tomorrow it’s waiting on mail.
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Jun. 2nd, 2025 10:18 amWell it’s now June, so happy pride month!
(Monthly round up for May coming later or tomorrow)
My first day of the month ended up being… ughhhhh.
First off I’m still thinking about Doctor Who and how much of a disaster that finale was (and if you engage me on it be warmpned you’ll get an unskippable cut scene about it). Like it genuinely bothers me so much. I 5ink the last time I was bothered anywhere this close was Episode IX and this had SO many more issues (I made a list and stopped at 13 because fuck)
(Although now I’ve mentioned Episode IX I’m thinking of all those flaws too damnit)
But anyway back to yesterday. I had a restless night so that didn’t improve my mood and I just wanted to walk the pup and get some air. But nope, that wasn’t on the cards because mum was moody too, then she went and did things I explicitly told her not to (her hip has been playing up again and she messed around with stuff unattended, complained I didn’t help her despite not telling me she was doing anything and just generally riling me up). So that fucked my mood more.
Then as we, finally, went left the to walk the pup the router lead got caught and completely ripped out of the socket. So when I came back I had to try and find a replacement, I was sure I’d gotten a backup router lead when we last had issues but could I find it? Nope. So instead I had to use an old one instead…
Then when I came upstairs after food (earlier than usually but I just couldn’t be bothered)mum had a call from her friend (up the one from Saturday) and she wanted ANOTHER bag she’d seen.p while she was here out of nowhere and expected us to do it. And of course it wasn’t something on a store but eBay o it couldn’t wait for the money and had to be done right then and just.l. Argh why is she like this? Thankfully I’d checked mums money and there was enough to cover it but fucking hell.
And then as soon as I did that the router lead, which had seemed fine, started acting up and died. This was like 10 minutes before dnd so I had to find another one to replace it (having bad luck with the first) and waiting to see if the connection would hold before rep lately joining.
There were some good things about yesterday, the aforementioned DND and Death Valley was really good, as was the penultimate ep of Code Of Silence, but ugh.
Oh and there was the Frankenstein trailer with Ossac Isaac that looks SO good too.
Here’s hoping that this week will be a blank slate to be better though who knows?
(Monthly round up for May coming later or tomorrow)
My first day of the month ended up being… ughhhhh.
First off I’m still thinking about Doctor Who and how much of a disaster that finale was (and if you engage me on it be warmpned you’ll get an unskippable cut scene about it). Like it genuinely bothers me so much. I 5ink the last time I was bothered anywhere this close was Episode IX and this had SO many more issues (I made a list and stopped at 13 because fuck)
(Although now I’ve mentioned Episode IX I’m thinking of all those flaws too damnit)
But anyway back to yesterday. I had a restless night so that didn’t improve my mood and I just wanted to walk the pup and get some air. But nope, that wasn’t on the cards because mum was moody too, then she went and did things I explicitly told her not to (her hip has been playing up again and she messed around with stuff unattended, complained I didn’t help her despite not telling me she was doing anything and just generally riling me up). So that fucked my mood more.
Then as we, finally, went left the to walk the pup the router lead got caught and completely ripped out of the socket. So when I came back I had to try and find a replacement, I was sure I’d gotten a backup router lead when we last had issues but could I find it? Nope. So instead I had to use an old one instead…
Then when I came upstairs after food (earlier than usually but I just couldn’t be bothered)mum had a call from her friend (up the one from Saturday) and she wanted ANOTHER bag she’d seen.p while she was here out of nowhere and expected us to do it. And of course it wasn’t something on a store but eBay o it couldn’t wait for the money and had to be done right then and just.l. Argh why is she like this? Thankfully I’d checked mums money and there was enough to cover it but fucking hell.
And then as soon as I did that the router lead, which had seemed fine, started acting up and died. This was like 10 minutes before dnd so I had to find another one to replace it (having bad luck with the first) and waiting to see if the connection would hold before rep lately joining.
There were some good things about yesterday, the aforementioned DND and Death Valley was really good, as was the penultimate ep of Code Of Silence, but ugh.
Oh and there was the Frankenstein trailer with Ossac Isaac that looks SO good too.
Here’s hoping that this week will be a blank slate to be better though who knows?
So today has been a day of two halves.
As predicted mum’s friend wanted to get something, but thankfully it was early so I could zoom to down and come back (while also getting some stuff from Iceland, headache meds and an Agatha Christie book from a charity shop).
That meant I was back home in time for lunch and then could squirrel myself away for the twitch con No Dice panel. I expected it to be just a look back on the show which was fr the first half and then… well I’ll get to that. Was was funny was Krow was serving in its outfit, Bek and Aimsey looked nice, Owen had a slutty crop top and then there was Tubbo all in green which was ridiculous.
They played clips from the show which was fun to see all the mentions of various things (like Gwen dying constantly) but then Owen reminded us of how inconclusive the ending was… so they were going to do an actual ending! It was so cool getting everyone to play their characters in a renewed timeline and it was so funny (especially Tubbo playing both of his characters talking to each other). And then when everyone got togetlher some started to remember the events of the story (and ahhh there was a Zee/Martin moment which made me squee) and then there was an actual ending with fancy art that I hope they post. It was so incredible and awesome.
When I came down we took Naryu for a little walk and then I made notes for a fic idea (it’s one that needs a bit of planning) and then did a lil to the fic I’m working on….
But then there was the Doctor Who season finale, which I knew would be a distraction. And it was, but now in the aftermath it feels my creative energy has gone. Which, judging by that and the subject of the post? You can probably get the vibe of my thoughts on the ep.
But if you wanna know them in detail it’s behind the cut and, as it’s a season finale, it’s spoilery.
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As predicted mum’s friend wanted to get something, but thankfully it was early so I could zoom to down and come back (while also getting some stuff from Iceland, headache meds and an Agatha Christie book from a charity shop).
That meant I was back home in time for lunch and then could squirrel myself away for the twitch con No Dice panel. I expected it to be just a look back on the show which was fr the first half and then… well I’ll get to that. Was was funny was Krow was serving in its outfit, Bek and Aimsey looked nice, Owen had a slutty crop top and then there was Tubbo all in green which was ridiculous.
They played clips from the show which was fun to see all the mentions of various things (like Gwen dying constantly) but then Owen reminded us of how inconclusive the ending was… so they were going to do an actual ending! It was so cool getting everyone to play their characters in a renewed timeline and it was so funny (especially Tubbo playing both of his characters talking to each other). And then when everyone got togetlher some started to remember the events of the story (and ahhh there was a Zee/Martin moment which made me squee) and then there was an actual ending with fancy art that I hope they post. It was so incredible and awesome.
When I came down we took Naryu for a little walk and then I made notes for a fic idea (it’s one that needs a bit of planning) and then did a lil to the fic I’m working on….
But then there was the Doctor Who season finale, which I knew would be a distraction. And it was, but now in the aftermath it feels my creative energy has gone. Which, judging by that and the subject of the post? You can probably get the vibe of my thoughts on the ep.
But if you wanna know them in detail it’s behind the cut and, as it’s a season finale, it’s spoilery.
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May. 29th, 2025 10:16 pmSo I found out the other day that is was pride in Birmingham last weekend. I swear every year I only find out that it’s happening either on the day or the days after (then say I’ll go next year and the cycle repeats). Not that I could have gone this time anyway cause the time anyway but still…
The last few days my focus has been off again and I blame the weather. It’s switched from being warm and sunny (like the recent weeks) to now being rainy and yet muggy. It’s made my head and eyes a bit achy which has been annoying.
That’s not been helped either cause I had a major downswing last week and while it’s mostly faded the depression vibes still comes back in brief waves.
But anyway, better things. Tuesday I listened to a Who audio, The Chimes of Midnight which I expected to be a spooky murder mystery from the description but it was actually a very strange timey wimey thing. It was funny that one of the clues something was wrong was someone mention the Seven Dials Mystery (which is the book I’m reading and I read some earlier)
Speaking of Agatha on last nights thing about her travels, the one with David Suchet, he was reading from her second book and it was from the collection I’ve been getting. It was recognisable cause of the cover and I even looked it up on player to confirm it. It makes me glad I’ve got that one too so I’ll have to read it soon.
Mum had a call yesterday and, ugh her friend is coming again. She called last week to come on Saturday and didn’t say why she wanted to come with little notice, but cancelled causa being sick. Now she’s coming again this week but, again didn’t say why.
That makes me think she expects us to order something for her which is always stressful and means I have to rush to the bank, up which I don’t particularly want to do generally but especially this week.
And here I was thinking we’d have a quiet weekend. Ugh.
Anyway gonna watch the second Horne Section tv show, then watch Horrors Greatest then probably snuggle.mand try and fic (and I am considering adding more prompts to the prompt table because of course I am).
The last few days my focus has been off again and I blame the weather. It’s switched from being warm and sunny (like the recent weeks) to now being rainy and yet muggy. It’s made my head and eyes a bit achy which has been annoying.
That’s not been helped either cause I had a major downswing last week and while it’s mostly faded the depression vibes still comes back in brief waves.
But anyway, better things. Tuesday I listened to a Who audio, The Chimes of Midnight which I expected to be a spooky murder mystery from the description but it was actually a very strange timey wimey thing. It was funny that one of the clues something was wrong was someone mention the Seven Dials Mystery (which is the book I’m reading and I read some earlier)
Speaking of Agatha on last nights thing about her travels, the one with David Suchet, he was reading from her second book and it was from the collection I’ve been getting. It was recognisable cause of the cover and I even looked it up on player to confirm it. It makes me glad I’ve got that one too so I’ll have to read it soon.
Mum had a call yesterday and, ugh her friend is coming again. She called last week to come on Saturday and didn’t say why she wanted to come with little notice, but cancelled causa being sick. Now she’s coming again this week but, again didn’t say why.
That makes me think she expects us to order something for her which is always stressful and means I have to rush to the bank, up which I don’t particularly want to do generally but especially this week.
And here I was thinking we’d have a quiet weekend. Ugh.
Anyway gonna watch the second Horne Section tv show, then watch Horrors Greatest then probably snuggle.mand try and fic (and I am considering adding more prompts to the prompt table because of course I am).
Tables don’t work like that
May. 26th, 2025 04:30 pmSo in the last non fic post I hoped I’d watch the last Stranger Things but that didn’t happen. It’s not happened partly because of tiredness/eyes aching, feeling flop causa the weather and speedrunning the ESO quests for the free reward (of a fancy house). So hopefully I’m gonna watch it this week most likely tomorrow.
But also yay I did actually manage to do some ficcing at last which was unexpected but at least it’s something (and I am pleased how it’s worked out).
The last few days haven’t been too exciting though, bar watching various things on tv. Good things have been a travel documentary with David Suchet where he follows Agatha Christie’s travels, Walking With Dinosaurs (with a cute lil triceratops) and Death Valley which was a fun new detective thing. And also I’ve been back to listening to a bunch of Night Vale eps too which has been fun.
Mums friend was meant to be coming Saturday which was a concern (especially cause it was a last minute thing) but she also cancelled last minute so thst was good.
Saturday was spent sidetracked by Wallace And Gromit (and Shaun The Sheep) on bbc1. It’s funny to have found out that the mention of Wensleydale in A Close Shave actually ended up saving the company (which was close to closing). The Shaun the sheep ep was a fun lil multiverse one and then there was Vengeance Most Fowl which I still say is one of last year’s best films cause it’s so funny. (And Feathers McGraw manages to be an amazing villian despite having no lines.)
Sunday ended up being one of those weird low energy Sundays, which was annoying but at least there was a good tv.
Then today I had to run down and take back one of the things mum picked up last week (which didn’t fit) and pick something up but it was tiring and I got hit with rain ugh. But at least I got a cool mandalorian mystery mini (of Bo Katan) and aldi had the nice mayonnaise I’ve been missing.
(As always I’m sure I’m missing something I meant to say but…)
And now the, slightly belated, thoughts on Doctor Who, Wish Wirld.
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Also I’ve got a £5 Amazon prime video credit randomly so does anyone have any recs?
But also yay I did actually manage to do some ficcing at last which was unexpected but at least it’s something (and I am pleased how it’s worked out).
The last few days haven’t been too exciting though, bar watching various things on tv. Good things have been a travel documentary with David Suchet where he follows Agatha Christie’s travels, Walking With Dinosaurs (with a cute lil triceratops) and Death Valley which was a fun new detective thing. And also I’ve been back to listening to a bunch of Night Vale eps too which has been fun.
Mums friend was meant to be coming Saturday which was a concern (especially cause it was a last minute thing) but she also cancelled last minute so thst was good.
Saturday was spent sidetracked by Wallace And Gromit (and Shaun The Sheep) on bbc1. It’s funny to have found out that the mention of Wensleydale in A Close Shave actually ended up saving the company (which was close to closing). The Shaun the sheep ep was a fun lil multiverse one and then there was Vengeance Most Fowl which I still say is one of last year’s best films cause it’s so funny. (And Feathers McGraw manages to be an amazing villian despite having no lines.)
Sunday ended up being one of those weird low energy Sundays, which was annoying but at least there was a good tv.
Then today I had to run down and take back one of the things mum picked up last week (which didn’t fit) and pick something up but it was tiring and I got hit with rain ugh. But at least I got a cool mandalorian mystery mini (of Bo Katan) and aldi had the nice mayonnaise I’ve been missing.
(As always I’m sure I’m missing something I meant to say but…)
And now the, slightly belated, thoughts on Doctor Who, Wish Wirld.
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Also I’ve got a £5 Amazon prime video credit randomly so does anyone have any recs?
Distraction/Discovery Part 1
May. 24th, 2025 10:04 pmDistraction/Discovery
Pairing: Anthony Martinez/Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: rubber verse (although there’s no actual rubber in this one, funnily
Notes: Companion to the Black Is The New Black, this was meant to be one part but it kinda got away from me, oops!
(I really need icons of them oop)
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Pairing: Anthony Martinez/Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: rubber verse (although there’s no actual rubber in this one, funnily
Notes: Companion to the Black Is The New Black, this was meant to be one part but it kinda got away from me, oops!
(I really need icons of them oop)
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Black Is The New Black
May. 23rd, 2025 10:04 pmBlack Is The New Black
Pairing: Matt Davies-Kreye, Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Rubber, mindbreak
Notes: So I had hoped, as always, to get one of the main WIPs out. Indeed it was an intent to get a prompt fic out. However between a certain someone reading through the rubber fics and giving me a suggestion I’m back with a whole new fic (as if I needed more!) but I’d always intended to do more of the ‘rubber verse’ although this wasn’t what I thought I would do.
This is set late 2023 (and I really need to find a pic of Matt but can’t find one quickly). A companion fic is coming too and will probably be the next thing before I go back to the prompts
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Pairing: Matt Davies-Kreye, Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Rubber, mindbreak
Notes: So I had hoped, as always, to get one of the main WIPs out. Indeed it was an intent to get a prompt fic out. However between a certain someone reading through the rubber fics and giving me a suggestion I’m back with a whole new fic (as if I needed more!) but I’d always intended to do more of the ‘rubber verse’ although this wasn’t what I thought I would do.
This is set late 2023 (and I really need to find a pic of Matt but can’t find one quickly). A companion fic is coming too and will probably be the next thing before I go back to the prompts
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Dugga Dugga doo!
May. 21st, 2025 02:58 pmThe rest of Sunday ended up being kinda fuzzy, mostly due to the warm and having cider during Rogue One so my focus was a lil off. (And then my laptop was all ‘update! There’s an update!’ During dungeons and dodongos which was an annoyance)
In the night I started Code Of Silence which was pretty good. Then I watched the Quatermass Experiment cause I saw it on Amazon prime and I’d seen it mentioned a lot of the last Who boxset. It did start pretty promising (and had someone I recognised from the Marple films) though damn it did lose something as it went on.
I found it funny that the wife of the surviving astronaut complained he was being tested on in the lab, wanted him in the hospital to get treated instead and the almost immediately plotted to get him out of there to take him home. Like girl what are you even doing??
Monday was uneventful for the most part (other than fic reading woo!)ut I did unlock General Grievous on Fortnite, yay! He looks so cool! I also won a code for Shovel Knight dig, which I had a go on last night and I can tell it’s one of those games that’s gonna be tricky as hell to get through but it should be fun to do some runs.
Tuesday I was at the library to cover Joy, but I mostly just read the Seven Dials Mystery some more (and there’s already been another body!). I love that Lord Catterham is back from Chimneys, there’s something so funny about him and how he’s despairing about everything. I might read more after this post
There was an announcement that James Marriott was gonna be doing a signing tour for his album, which made me glad I’d held off getting it. After a scare (the site said tickets were unavailable😭) I did manage to get it so I’ll be off to the Birmingham date, yay! I got the cd, though I might get the vinyl on the day too.
Last night after A LOT of delays, I was finally able to get back to Stranger Things, yippe! Annoyingly I misclicked and so skipped the previously (which would’ve been a helpful reminder but I couldn’t seem to get it back) again it was essentially four plot lines (until two of them came together right at the end).
First the simplest, the boys in the van trying to find Eleven, which felt like it would be more comic relief until Will and Mike’s talk which was so obviously Will saying how he really felt to Mike only substituting Eleven’s name. I just wanted to give him a hug.
Then there was Hopper, Murray and Joyce escaping the Russian prison which had a creepy moment of them in a lab with Demogorgon’s in tubes which gave me vibes of Alien Resurrection (which also had Winona in so surely it was intentional). I did half expect the glasses to smash though.
Then there was Eleven dealing with her past memories and the doctors messing her up and trying to stop her from going. Like her ‘Papa’ (I’ve forgot his name) is such an ass trying to control her, threatening Owen’s, drugging her and then trying to get her to forgive him as he’s dying. I’m glad she didn’t.
Then there’s everyone else back in Hawkins. Damn that sportsball captain is such a dick intimidating Nancy like that. I think she should have hit him with hammers (or shot him since she had a gun).I feel their whole plane is gonna go so wrong though, like they just think they can walk up to Vecna in a trance and kill him. Nah that ain’t happening at all is it?
But also! EDDIE WHY DID YOU CALL STEVE BIG BOY? Like he is so absolutely blatant about wanting him damn. I love that for him though.
I do wanna see what happens (though how everyone is gonna get back to Hawkins to be of any use feels doubtful!) so I hope I’ll get to see it the next few days. The only issue is the length of the finale is over 2 hours so my focus has to be good for it. (So it might be Thursday or a Friday)
Today we went down the road to pick mum’s meds up. I had just hoped to go slow to make it quick but no, mum wanted to go to cause Sainsburys clothes had a sale on which… ugh ended up being so annoying. At least I got some cheap things and the Lego Star Wars magazine I was hoping to get and mum’s friend was there and offered us a ride home.
When we got back the new Doctor Who magazine was here, which came with a free book of Ghe Wheel In Soace which I might have to read cause the ep hasn’t been released cause it’s missing. I just read the preview of the finale eps which didn’t reveal much (there’s not even a cast list!) but the synopsis is what I’ve seen people theorising).
After lunch a storm rolled in with heavy rain and thunder, but sadly it didn’t last too long which is a shame.
Tonight’s plan is the new series of The Chelsea Detective, an Agatha Christie thing (with David Suchet!) and then it depends how tired I am.
In the night I started Code Of Silence which was pretty good. Then I watched the Quatermass Experiment cause I saw it on Amazon prime and I’d seen it mentioned a lot of the last Who boxset. It did start pretty promising (and had someone I recognised from the Marple films) though damn it did lose something as it went on.
I found it funny that the wife of the surviving astronaut complained he was being tested on in the lab, wanted him in the hospital to get treated instead and the almost immediately plotted to get him out of there to take him home. Like girl what are you even doing??
Monday was uneventful for the most part (other than fic reading woo!)ut I did unlock General Grievous on Fortnite, yay! He looks so cool! I also won a code for Shovel Knight dig, which I had a go on last night and I can tell it’s one of those games that’s gonna be tricky as hell to get through but it should be fun to do some runs.
Tuesday I was at the library to cover Joy, but I mostly just read the Seven Dials Mystery some more (and there’s already been another body!). I love that Lord Catterham is back from Chimneys, there’s something so funny about him and how he’s despairing about everything. I might read more after this post
There was an announcement that James Marriott was gonna be doing a signing tour for his album, which made me glad I’d held off getting it. After a scare (the site said tickets were unavailable😭) I did manage to get it so I’ll be off to the Birmingham date, yay! I got the cd, though I might get the vinyl on the day too.
Last night after A LOT of delays, I was finally able to get back to Stranger Things, yippe! Annoyingly I misclicked and so skipped the previously (which would’ve been a helpful reminder but I couldn’t seem to get it back) again it was essentially four plot lines (until two of them came together right at the end).
First the simplest, the boys in the van trying to find Eleven, which felt like it would be more comic relief until Will and Mike’s talk which was so obviously Will saying how he really felt to Mike only substituting Eleven’s name. I just wanted to give him a hug.
Then there was Hopper, Murray and Joyce escaping the Russian prison which had a creepy moment of them in a lab with Demogorgon’s in tubes which gave me vibes of Alien Resurrection (which also had Winona in so surely it was intentional). I did half expect the glasses to smash though.
Then there was Eleven dealing with her past memories and the doctors messing her up and trying to stop her from going. Like her ‘Papa’ (I’ve forgot his name) is such an ass trying to control her, threatening Owen’s, drugging her and then trying to get her to forgive him as he’s dying. I’m glad she didn’t.
Then there’s everyone else back in Hawkins. Damn that sportsball captain is such a dick intimidating Nancy like that. I think she should have hit him with hammers (or shot him since she had a gun).I feel their whole plane is gonna go so wrong though, like they just think they can walk up to Vecna in a trance and kill him. Nah that ain’t happening at all is it?
But also! EDDIE WHY DID YOU CALL STEVE BIG BOY? Like he is so absolutely blatant about wanting him damn. I love that for him though.
I do wanna see what happens (though how everyone is gonna get back to Hawkins to be of any use feels doubtful!) so I hope I’ll get to see it the next few days. The only issue is the length of the finale is over 2 hours so my focus has to be good for it. (So it might be Thursday or a Friday)
Today we went down the road to pick mum’s meds up. I had just hoped to go slow to make it quick but no, mum wanted to go to cause Sainsburys clothes had a sale on which… ugh ended up being so annoying. At least I got some cheap things and the Lego Star Wars magazine I was hoping to get and mum’s friend was there and offered us a ride home.
When we got back the new Doctor Who magazine was here, which came with a free book of Ghe Wheel In Soace which I might have to read cause the ep hasn’t been released cause it’s missing. I just read the preview of the finale eps which didn’t reveal much (there’s not even a cast list!) but the synopsis is what I’ve seen people theorising).
After lunch a storm rolled in with heavy rain and thunder, but sadly it didn’t last too long which is a shame.
Tonight’s plan is the new series of The Chelsea Detective, an Agatha Christie thing (with David Suchet!) and then it depends how tired I am.
To remind us of the world that we lost
May. 18th, 2025 11:44 pmPost time! Mostly Who related cause oh boy that was a lot.
Friday night I finished the second Classic Doctors New Monsters 2 with Day Of The Vashta Nerada which may be my fav of the four stories. It’s an Eighth Doctor story and the audios of him always make me sad he never got a full televised series. But this was such a great story obviously it’s inspired by Jurassic park (one of the guys even has a name similar to Nedry).
Also yesterday I finished the year of Night Vale I was listening too and damn, I’m so glad that the university of what it is arc is over cause I hated Doctor Lubelle (even more so in those last ep) but damn her fate felt so fitting and so satisfying.
The rest of the day was spent distracting myself by watching Murder She Wrote and playing fortnite and generally avoiding the internet causa spoilers cause we get major warnings that something was going down.
Thoughts on the Doctor Who ep, The Interstellar Song contest which despite the name is not the fun camp ep you might expect. (And there’s gonna be major spoilers cause it’s an ep that, again surprisingly, has some)
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After that I watched the actual song contest and, like before it was good but felt… I dunno. And then there was the end were Isreal somehow came second and it’s obvious that it’s down to Zionists just voting en masse and rigging the system. Thankfully they didn’t win and Austria did but it’s still disappointing both they were there and people were giving then 12’s.
Bleh.
Today I watched Rogue One which I wanted to do after Andor, as many others have cause it’s the number 1 film on Disney+ right now. And damn the whole thing is so good but I’m surprised how many things just.l. Gave me extra feels this time. It wasn’t just the scenes with Cassian (especially the last one), it was Galen’s message, it was the sense that so much was sacrificed to get to this point. And also that Krennic had a very bad not good few days with leaks and how he ended up screwed over just like Dedra did. (And damn him saying ‘Who are you?’ too)
Now it’s time to poke the laptop before dnd and then… who knows?
Friday night I finished the second Classic Doctors New Monsters 2 with Day Of The Vashta Nerada which may be my fav of the four stories. It’s an Eighth Doctor story and the audios of him always make me sad he never got a full televised series. But this was such a great story obviously it’s inspired by Jurassic park (one of the guys even has a name similar to Nedry).
Also yesterday I finished the year of Night Vale I was listening too and damn, I’m so glad that the university of what it is arc is over cause I hated Doctor Lubelle (even more so in those last ep) but damn her fate felt so fitting and so satisfying.
The rest of the day was spent distracting myself by watching Murder She Wrote and playing fortnite and generally avoiding the internet causa spoilers cause we get major warnings that something was going down.
Thoughts on the Doctor Who ep, The Interstellar Song contest which despite the name is not the fun camp ep you might expect. (And there’s gonna be major spoilers cause it’s an ep that, again surprisingly, has some)
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After that I watched the actual song contest and, like before it was good but felt… I dunno. And then there was the end were Isreal somehow came second and it’s obvious that it’s down to Zionists just voting en masse and rigging the system. Thankfully they didn’t win and Austria did but it’s still disappointing both they were there and people were giving then 12’s.
Bleh.
Today I watched Rogue One which I wanted to do after Andor, as many others have cause it’s the number 1 film on Disney+ right now. And damn the whole thing is so good but I’m surprised how many things just.l. Gave me extra feels this time. It wasn’t just the scenes with Cassian (especially the last one), it was Galen’s message, it was the sense that so much was sacrificed to get to this point. And also that Krennic had a very bad not good few days with leaks and how he ended up screwed over just like Dedra did. (And damn him saying ‘Who are you?’ too)
Now it’s time to poke the laptop before dnd and then… who knows?
Beyond our understanding
May. 15th, 2025 03:07 pmSo after the last post the trip to get superglue was successful (despite almost losing my glasses lens in nettles on the way). The glue worked and has held since them, yipee! So I shouldn’t have it break (at least like that) again for awhile. And if I do, hey I’ve got superglue.
I went in the Game in the Sports Direct while I was down there and it was so odd. There weren’t prices on 90% of the things which was an odd choice. They didn’t have what I saw in the site anyway but it did feel so off putting.
That night I watched the first Eurovision semi final and it was pretty good, though it was a shame Croatia didn’t get through (it was one of the better songs) and my focus did get a bit off. The second semi final is tonight and we vote in it, so I’m gonna vote on… something and hope Isreal don’t get through.
Yesterday ended up being a town trip, but ugh beforehand was so stressful. Mum started an argument and we missed two of the earlier buses which was annoying and I almost didn’t go.
The trip was mostly to use a voucher at Lindt at the outlet store and we did that, getting some of the raspberry (which I’ve not tried) and pistachio boxes (plus two discounted things). But can someone explain what the deal is with ‘Dubai chocolate’ like what is that and why’s a bar of it twice the price (£10 compared to £4.50) of other bars?
The outlet other than that was a bit eh, I was unfocussed from the argument (and there’s not much there anyway) but at least we got churros. (And on the bus I started last months read Christie, the seven dials mystery.)
In town I got SFX from Morrisons (it’s a halfway to Halloween special) and the Lego Plum Blossom from B and M (which looks so pretty) and some cans of Stranegr Things drink which I’ll have when I (finally) finish season 4. (I promise I’ll get there!)
I came back, built some of the blossom, then went back to town for the cinema to see Sinners. (Thoughts under the cut)
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On the way back I spotted that there’s gonna be a horror market thing in town and I’m so intriguing but at the same time the timing is so bad. Like why’s it on a Sunday and in a few weeks? Apparently there is another one later in the year but not till just before my birthday. Maybe I’ll go visit it.
When I got back I just flopped and listened to a Who audio (The Carrionite Curse which was pretty good and all about using the power of a paradox to cause trouble) and then just flopped.
Today we went to see the ducks and while there were only three ducklings about (and one coot) there were new baby geese! There were five of them and they got really close and they were so smol and fluffy. Pics of the cuties are here
Then there was the last Andor eps and… damn. While it felt a tad subdued (theres no massacre or great space battle or anything) it did feel like a fitting culmination of the season and the series as a whole. So many people meet their fates and so much is set in motion for the events of Rogue One (which I’ll be watching again this weekend!)
And damn those last scenes…
I’m just glad some of my favs made it to the end and there weee so many amazing performances. I really hope it wins all the awards. (It has to win costume and actress awards surely)
(And I’m glad the black series Vel I got arrived in time for it. But now I do kinda want the new u-wing at some point.)
Now though I’m gonna flop a bit cause I’m tired for being out all day yesterday.
I went in the Game in the Sports Direct while I was down there and it was so odd. There weren’t prices on 90% of the things which was an odd choice. They didn’t have what I saw in the site anyway but it did feel so off putting.
That night I watched the first Eurovision semi final and it was pretty good, though it was a shame Croatia didn’t get through (it was one of the better songs) and my focus did get a bit off. The second semi final is tonight and we vote in it, so I’m gonna vote on… something and hope Isreal don’t get through.
Yesterday ended up being a town trip, but ugh beforehand was so stressful. Mum started an argument and we missed two of the earlier buses which was annoying and I almost didn’t go.
The trip was mostly to use a voucher at Lindt at the outlet store and we did that, getting some of the raspberry (which I’ve not tried) and pistachio boxes (plus two discounted things). But can someone explain what the deal is with ‘Dubai chocolate’ like what is that and why’s a bar of it twice the price (£10 compared to £4.50) of other bars?
The outlet other than that was a bit eh, I was unfocussed from the argument (and there’s not much there anyway) but at least we got churros. (And on the bus I started last months read Christie, the seven dials mystery.)
In town I got SFX from Morrisons (it’s a halfway to Halloween special) and the Lego Plum Blossom from B and M (which looks so pretty) and some cans of Stranegr Things drink which I’ll have when I (finally) finish season 4. (I promise I’ll get there!)
I came back, built some of the blossom, then went back to town for the cinema to see Sinners. (Thoughts under the cut)
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On the way back I spotted that there’s gonna be a horror market thing in town and I’m so intriguing but at the same time the timing is so bad. Like why’s it on a Sunday and in a few weeks? Apparently there is another one later in the year but not till just before my birthday. Maybe I’ll go visit it.
When I got back I just flopped and listened to a Who audio (The Carrionite Curse which was pretty good and all about using the power of a paradox to cause trouble) and then just flopped.
Today we went to see the ducks and while there were only three ducklings about (and one coot) there were new baby geese! There were five of them and they got really close and they were so smol and fluffy. Pics of the cuties are here
Then there was the last Andor eps and… damn. While it felt a tad subdued (theres no massacre or great space battle or anything) it did feel like a fitting culmination of the season and the series as a whole. So many people meet their fates and so much is set in motion for the events of Rogue One (which I’ll be watching again this weekend!)
And damn those last scenes…
I’m just glad some of my favs made it to the end and there weee so many amazing performances. I really hope it wins all the awards. (It has to win costume and actress awards surely)
(And I’m glad the black series Vel I got arrived in time for it. But now I do kinda want the new u-wing at some point.)
Now though I’m gonna flop a bit cause I’m tired for being out all day yesterday.
Will you halt this eclipse in me
May. 13th, 2025 09:07 amIt’s that time again for a post and the last few days have been pretty busy.
(And once again I will refrain on commenting on politics but just know I’m absolutely fuming about how this Labour government keeps managing to get worse. Like it feels there’s no bottom for them and feels their promised change is a change for the worse. Ugh)
Friday was the release of new Sleep Token with Even In Arcadia. It’s really good and my favs are, other than Emergence, Look To Windward and Dangerous. (I now also picture Mon Mothma during a section of Caramel for some reason.)
Also band stuff it is funny Matt Tuck of Bullet has apparently pushed his ego too far and fucked up the joint Trivium they were doing. It’s funny seeing the scathing stuff about him but damn I do feel bad for my boy Jay.
Saturday I woke up and… my glasses were broken. The frame around one of the lenses is broken which means the lens is loose and liable to pop out. I must’ve rolled onto them in the night or something. I’ve used tape to hold it together which does work but ugh, I’m gonna see if I can get superglue today. I could get them fixed but I fear the expense and also feel I’m due an eye test this year so it’d be pointless.
Mum’s friend didn’t need anything when she came which was good and, after some consideration I ended up going to town anyway under my own steam. I didn’t do too much, just getting a few things mum wanted (and a cute lil Lego set with Guinea pigs that was reduced).
However the main reason I went was to see Thunderbolts* so thoughts under the cut.
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That night was also new Who and my focus was a little off so I don’t think I enjoyed it was much as I could have (I blame going out and the annoying heat!) though it was good to see the fugitive doctor briefly (thoughI wish it hadn’t been spoiled for me😒 I hate it going to iplayer in the morning instead of on the showing). And I did love how it was showing the doctor relating to his new blackness (and his lil moment with Belinda understanding was so sweet).
It did feel though that it relied too much on things that we didn’t see before. Like there were multiple references to things the doctor did in offscreen adventures which did feel a lil much. But other than that it was good. I have liked that this season has been a wild variety of things though it does make me sad it’s almost over (though yay this week is the Interstellar Song Contest!)
Speaking of it does feel odd that Eurovision feels a bit… I dunno subdued kinda? Like if it wasn’t for Doctor Who having that ep the same day I feel I wouldn’t have known it was so close. (It’s only in the past few days I’ve even seen ads for it.)
But circling back to who I also listened to a Who audio with the Empire Of Racnoss andit was… it was ok, but I just don’t like the Racnoss in general so it is what it is. But it was funny the empress was voiced by the actress who plays Martha’s mum.
(Also I have been listening to Night Vale and damn I’m hoping the university of what it is people fuck off soon cause ugh.)
Sunday I watched the second half of Tales Of The Underworld and the tone is so different to the first half. It feels the Cad Bane half tells a more complete story but at the same time it’s kinda… eh? I definitely preferred the Ventress half.
Yesterday I finished the Secret Of Chimneys. I’ve been chipping away at it doing a chapter or two at a time but I ended up locking in yesterday and read half. I definitely didn’t see the ending coming and there were a lot of twists and red herrings so it was really good.
But damn there were still so many issues and typos with this printing. (And it makes me wonder if, at the time, they sent out redone ones). Like it didn’t really stop me enjoying it, though did take me out when punctuation was wrong, but in one of the last chapters a page was printed twice. I’m really hoping it’s a one off issue with this book and not something that plagued the collection cause I’ve got a load of the books now (this was just the first one I read)
And now the gaming portion of the post.
*I finished Planet of Lana before it left Game Pass, yay! It is a very pretty though it is pretty open to interpretation. Still it was good and mui is so adorable
*I went on Lego Star Wars and finished the events on the planets (Coruscant was the last planet I needed to do) so that was two more achievements ticked off. I still need to play through the levels on free play (despite it being years old only Episode I is 100%) so maybe I’ll do that? But I do wanna do other SW games too
*I did a free days on Blue Prince, I still feel I’ve not got anywhere really but I unlocked the foundation, gemstone cave, grotto and got the boiler working
*I finally went back on Alan Wake 2 and finished the Casey chapter so maybe I’ll do some more
*I also used my Xbox credit to get the Dredge expansions, cause a pass for them was on sale (and I had xbox credit) and I’ve still not been on it.
I had been hoping to watch Sinners last night, but the cinema inexplicably had no showings of anything (I’m sure it had listening Saturday but when I checked yesterday afternoon there were none). The listings has been updated to how Thursday is the last showing so I’m hoping to see it tomorrow so fingers crossed!
Next few days the plan is this
*Sinners
*Work on (and hopefully finish) fic
*Do some gaming, maybe Alan Wake 2, maybe Star Wars
*Stranger Things (I still need to watch those last two eps)
*watch something spooky
*Finish the Who ray special features
*Grievous quests on Fortnite (when they’re live later in the week)
*icon organise
I’m sure I’m missing something super obvious too.
But for now I’m gonna zoom down to home bargains in search of super glue (I didn’t see any in town) and then wait on the food shop,
(And once again I will refrain on commenting on politics but just know I’m absolutely fuming about how this Labour government keeps managing to get worse. Like it feels there’s no bottom for them and feels their promised change is a change for the worse. Ugh)
Friday was the release of new Sleep Token with Even In Arcadia. It’s really good and my favs are, other than Emergence, Look To Windward and Dangerous. (I now also picture Mon Mothma during a section of Caramel for some reason.)
Also band stuff it is funny Matt Tuck of Bullet has apparently pushed his ego too far and fucked up the joint Trivium they were doing. It’s funny seeing the scathing stuff about him but damn I do feel bad for my boy Jay.
Saturday I woke up and… my glasses were broken. The frame around one of the lenses is broken which means the lens is loose and liable to pop out. I must’ve rolled onto them in the night or something. I’ve used tape to hold it together which does work but ugh, I’m gonna see if I can get superglue today. I could get them fixed but I fear the expense and also feel I’m due an eye test this year so it’d be pointless.
Mum’s friend didn’t need anything when she came which was good and, after some consideration I ended up going to town anyway under my own steam. I didn’t do too much, just getting a few things mum wanted (and a cute lil Lego set with Guinea pigs that was reduced).
However the main reason I went was to see Thunderbolts* so thoughts under the cut.
( Read more... )
That night was also new Who and my focus was a little off so I don’t think I enjoyed it was much as I could have (I blame going out and the annoying heat!) though it was good to see the fugitive doctor briefly (thoughI wish it hadn’t been spoiled for me😒 I hate it going to iplayer in the morning instead of on the showing). And I did love how it was showing the doctor relating to his new blackness (and his lil moment with Belinda understanding was so sweet).
It did feel though that it relied too much on things that we didn’t see before. Like there were multiple references to things the doctor did in offscreen adventures which did feel a lil much. But other than that it was good. I have liked that this season has been a wild variety of things though it does make me sad it’s almost over (though yay this week is the Interstellar Song Contest!)
Speaking of it does feel odd that Eurovision feels a bit… I dunno subdued kinda? Like if it wasn’t for Doctor Who having that ep the same day I feel I wouldn’t have known it was so close. (It’s only in the past few days I’ve even seen ads for it.)
But circling back to who I also listened to a Who audio with the Empire Of Racnoss andit was… it was ok, but I just don’t like the Racnoss in general so it is what it is. But it was funny the empress was voiced by the actress who plays Martha’s mum.
(Also I have been listening to Night Vale and damn I’m hoping the university of what it is people fuck off soon cause ugh.)
Sunday I watched the second half of Tales Of The Underworld and the tone is so different to the first half. It feels the Cad Bane half tells a more complete story but at the same time it’s kinda… eh? I definitely preferred the Ventress half.
Yesterday I finished the Secret Of Chimneys. I’ve been chipping away at it doing a chapter or two at a time but I ended up locking in yesterday and read half. I definitely didn’t see the ending coming and there were a lot of twists and red herrings so it was really good.
But damn there were still so many issues and typos with this printing. (And it makes me wonder if, at the time, they sent out redone ones). Like it didn’t really stop me enjoying it, though did take me out when punctuation was wrong, but in one of the last chapters a page was printed twice. I’m really hoping it’s a one off issue with this book and not something that plagued the collection cause I’ve got a load of the books now (this was just the first one I read)
And now the gaming portion of the post.
*I finished Planet of Lana before it left Game Pass, yay! It is a very pretty though it is pretty open to interpretation. Still it was good and mui is so adorable
*I went on Lego Star Wars and finished the events on the planets (Coruscant was the last planet I needed to do) so that was two more achievements ticked off. I still need to play through the levels on free play (despite it being years old only Episode I is 100%) so maybe I’ll do that? But I do wanna do other SW games too
*I did a free days on Blue Prince, I still feel I’ve not got anywhere really but I unlocked the foundation, gemstone cave, grotto and got the boiler working
*I finally went back on Alan Wake 2 and finished the Casey chapter so maybe I’ll do some more
*I also used my Xbox credit to get the Dredge expansions, cause a pass for them was on sale (and I had xbox credit) and I’ve still not been on it.
I had been hoping to watch Sinners last night, but the cinema inexplicably had no showings of anything (I’m sure it had listening Saturday but when I checked yesterday afternoon there were none). The listings has been updated to how Thursday is the last showing so I’m hoping to see it tomorrow so fingers crossed!
Next few days the plan is this
*Sinners
*Work on (and hopefully finish) fic
*Do some gaming, maybe Alan Wake 2, maybe Star Wars
*Stranger Things (I still need to watch those last two eps)
*watch something spooky
*Finish the Who ray special features
*Grievous quests on Fortnite (when they’re live later in the week)
*icon organise
I’m sure I’m missing something super obvious too.
But for now I’m gonna zoom down to home bargains in search of super glue (I didn’t see any in town) and then wait on the food shop,
Again these past days have been low energy.
I did hope to see Sinners but I was too drained on Tuesday (causa the morning library stint) and yesterday (causa Andor) so I didn’t go. Thankfully it’s on there until next week though, but still at 7pm showings. I might see it Monday or Wednesday depending on energy.
Thunderbolts* has an afternoon showing on Saturday so I could in theory see that then instead. I guess it depends, since mums friend is coming and I fear her being her usual self.
Main thing these past days has been watching two very different shows.
First there was Andorand this weeks episodes were… a lot. This season has been building up to the Ghorman massacre and this week was when it happened. The whole thing was pretty horrific because of course it was, but it hit harder cause we’d spent the last few eps learning about these people and this place, so to see virtually all of them end up dead? It was pretty awful.
But then the following ep had Mon standing in front of the senate calling the the massacre what it was, a genocide, as well as how the narrative of the whole thing was manipulate and truth was lost. Someone posted the speech here.
Like it’s honestly scary how the whole thing is mirroring things happening right now and hoenstly those episodes gave me chills.
Then by contrast I finished The Residence. I watched two episodes Tuesday and would have watched the finale right after but I could feel my eyes going. I did watch it last night and just…
Honestly these two shows are gonna be some of my favs of the year and yet they couldn’t be more different.
The Residence kept me gripped not just cause of the central mystery but because of how utterly bonkers it could be. Like where else would you find Kylie finding a bloodstain? And honestly I love Cordelia so much and I’d love them to do something like this with her again (but honestly, at the same time, I’m not sure if they could top this)
(Possible spoiler thoughts under the cut thought I’ll try and keep things vague)
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But yeah if you’re looking for a good murder mystery, in a unique location then definitely check the Residence.
Tonight I’m hoping to finish Planet of Lana before it leaves game pass next week, then I wanna get my brain cell in gear to fic but I might just end up going to doze. Tomorrow is new Sleep Token, though my cd hasn’t even been sent yet and is listed as coming next week😒 and there’s also the second week of Star Wars fortnite (I’m already level 35 mostly in my drive to unlock Poe Dameron)
I end the post with a pic of Midna snugged under a blankie🖤🤍
I did hope to see Sinners but I was too drained on Tuesday (causa the morning library stint) and yesterday (causa Andor) so I didn’t go. Thankfully it’s on there until next week though, but still at 7pm showings. I might see it Monday or Wednesday depending on energy.
Thunderbolts* has an afternoon showing on Saturday so I could in theory see that then instead. I guess it depends, since mums friend is coming and I fear her being her usual self.
Main thing these past days has been watching two very different shows.
First there was Andorand this weeks episodes were… a lot. This season has been building up to the Ghorman massacre and this week was when it happened. The whole thing was pretty horrific because of course it was, but it hit harder cause we’d spent the last few eps learning about these people and this place, so to see virtually all of them end up dead? It was pretty awful.
But then the following ep had Mon standing in front of the senate calling the the massacre what it was, a genocide, as well as how the narrative of the whole thing was manipulate and truth was lost. Someone posted the speech here.
Like it’s honestly scary how the whole thing is mirroring things happening right now and hoenstly those episodes gave me chills.
Then by contrast I finished The Residence. I watched two episodes Tuesday and would have watched the finale right after but I could feel my eyes going. I did watch it last night and just…
Honestly these two shows are gonna be some of my favs of the year and yet they couldn’t be more different.
The Residence kept me gripped not just cause of the central mystery but because of how utterly bonkers it could be. Like where else would you find Kylie finding a bloodstain? And honestly I love Cordelia so much and I’d love them to do something like this with her again (but honestly, at the same time, I’m not sure if they could top this)
(Possible spoiler thoughts under the cut thought I’ll try and keep things vague)
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But yeah if you’re looking for a good murder mystery, in a unique location then definitely check the Residence.
Tonight I’m hoping to finish Planet of Lana before it leaves game pass next week, then I wanna get my brain cell in gear to fic but I might just end up going to doze. Tomorrow is new Sleep Token, though my cd hasn’t even been sent yet and is listed as coming next week😒 and there’s also the second week of Star Wars fortnite (I’m already level 35 mostly in my drive to unlock Poe Dameron)
I end the post with a pic of Midna snugged under a blankie🖤🤍
