shadowhive

Ugh I’ve felt so run down these past few days. It hasn’t helped that, until this morning, whenever I slept I woke and didn’t feel rested at all. Cue feeling a bit headachey and also anxious and bleh. Hopefully feeling rested this morning means it’s over, or at least the worst of it.

My fic brain’s been a bit bleh too, which is annoying. I have four ideas on the go that I all really like and yet finding the words for them has suddenly become so hard. I’ve only managed a few lines since starting kinktober on Sunday.

We’ve gotta take Naryu to the vets tomorrow, for her to be checked out and get her jabs. So maybe that’s a thing that’s been playing on my mind. Especially after going last month and her having to get stuff in her ears instead.

Plus it would have been nan’s birthday today which… it, like my birthday and Christmas, is always a time I tend to get emo. Not that I was thinking of her specifically or anything, it just sort of happens. (In fact before this post the only time I thought of it was when mum mentioned it earlier.)

Anyway, better thoughts.

Monday I watched the next Who ray ep which was Mawdryn Undead. I’m not sure what my thoughts on it are exactly. The central concept is a sound one and I love the ship the exile’s have for being something so different. And Nyssa has a better outfit this time (and it’s always good for her and Tegan to be together). and Turlough makes for an interesting, morally dubious new addition. (And the black guardian’s booming voice is so great)

I think the main issue arises with the setting and the Brigadier. Now it’s always good to have the Brigadier back, the trouble is he’s not back in his usual capacity but instead as a teacher. Now it’s clear it was written with someone else in mind. I’ve not watched the special features but the booklet confirms it was originally meant for Ian but the actor was unavailable and then they asked Harry’s actor before the Brigadier. The trouble is he doesn’t seem like a teacher and the nature of the story means he’s one for years which… just seems odd. (And that’s not even getting to how it messes up the UNIT dates) It just feels they should have changed the setting when the character was changed (maybe to a military training school?) but they just didn’t.

But other than that I liked it, although I always remember it being the weakest of the black guardian trilogy.

Other Who related stuff is they’re showing off the new Magic cards this week and damn, the art is so good. There’s even an adipose card that’s so cute!

I managed to get pics of recent things, including the Lego orchid and I posted them here

Yesterday the new Fall Guys fame pass when live and it’s Halloween themed which is so cool. I love all the stuff in it, and the pass outfit is a bat! Which is gonna be my go to for the month. I need to get back on it more, and Fortnite too.

Speaking of gaming I had intended to get back to the dark pictures anthology last night but because my head was hazy I didn’t feel up to it. Instead I watched the Pokémon spooky stream, even though it wasn’t really spooky and I only ended up half paying attention sometimes.

However after it my head seemed to clear which is a plus, alas it being too late to do much, so I just did a little on ESO before sleep.

(Also yesterday Seapeekay played Trombone Champ which is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen despite its simple premise)

Today I woke and my head felt a bit clearer and more rested which is good.

Today was the Ahsoka finale, which ended up being great. I loved that we got to see the Nightsisters do their thing though I really hope they don’t get permanently tied to Thrawn now. It’s a shame Baylan and Shin didn’t get action in it, but it was clear they’re intended for the second season. (But damn Ray Stevenson really has big shoes to fill).

Now I’m gonna try and work on fic but we’ll see if any words come.

The past few days have been varying degrees of off. I’m not sure how much if usual post gig tiredness or due to the anxiety of this gig or if I’m coming down it’s something. I sense the anxiety is the main thing but who knows.

Yesterday ended up being the worst (though I did go so drained Monday) because I spent all morning with my headspace bouncing around from one extreme to another. I’d feel a sudden wave of sad, then frustration, then blehness, then ok. Doing icons seemed to serve as a distraction for a bit but I was feeling off the whole day.

(My head’s also been hurting at where I bumped it awhile ago while is a bit….)

Other than that on Monday we did a trip down to pick up the Dungeons And Dragons magazine thing. I’ve not looked at it yet, but the dice (black with red numbers) look really nice, especially with the tin. Of course them being black (and the dark clouds from bad weather) means it’s hard to get good pics of them. I might see if I can get the second issue too cause the dice in that look nice too (green with gold numbers).

Monday night, after watching a Poirot, I put on Saw VII. And damn, I’m so glad it’s not turned out to be the last film because (short of a few good scenes) it’s mostly disappointing. It’s largely due to happy they completely assassinate Hoffman’s characterisation and his actions seem baffling compared to Saw VI. It’s such a ashamed he was screwed over in such a way,

I ordered Spiral and Jigsaw though, so I’ll be watching those soon (Spiral arrived yesterday, Jigsaw should arrive today).

Eret and Seapeekay both got announced for the PiratesSMP on Monday, so I’m gonna watch their intro tonight. I wish I’d watched more of it beforehand (I only saw Tubbo’s first stream on it). So I’m really curious to see how they interact and what’ll happen. Apparently the thought of them captured my mind enough to give me an image for a thing with them so I just wrote the opening scene for it yesterday (it’s gonna be it’s own thing but should be a one shot).

That’s pretty much the only thing I’ve wrote though, I hoped to get back to the other Seapeekay fic I started, but I couldn’t seem to find words. I hope some come when I next look at it. (It might be because my brain’s unsure on the masks for it but I dunno)

And speaking of him he started his Subathon. I’m gonna be dipping in and out of it (I’ll sub during the next happy hour cause I missed the first) but I really hope he meets the subgoals especially the horror game night (i suspect he’s met the goal already) and the twitchcon streams.

One good thing yesterday was that we had an Amazon delivery! Mum got her Ninja (I can’t remember if I mentioned here but it’s been a source of much annoyance and back and forth for the past week) and they also bought Spiral and the new Doctor Who boxset.

That meant I put the first disc of it in last night to watch it. The first ep was Arc Of Infinity which I thought was pretty good. Bringing back Omega was a good idea (even though it may have locked people out at the time), and I like the effect of his transmissions. By the end I actually felt sorry for him (even though he was a bit creepy looking like the doctor).

It was nice that the ep gave Nyssa stuff to do, though she seemed a bit more trigger happy than usual. Apparently Leela had meant to return, but when Louise Jameson was unavailable it seems some stuff intended for her went to Nyssa instead. (It’s a shame because Leela being back would’ve been awesome!) I do have to wonder how planned Tegan’s return was because, as good as it is to see her again it feels a tad contrived.

And yeah it’s so strange seeing Maxil (played by the Sixth doctor) and him carrying his helmet everywhere. And of course the time lords are a bit hopeless, but it’s always good seeing those outfits. But yeah I’m so glad we finally have a fifth doctor boxset and I’m looking forward to seeing the special features and other els,

Last night I couldn’t settle too much, my stomach had been feeling a bit woozy throughout the day and it took awhile to settle despite feeling so tired.

I woke this morning really early to heavy rain outside. It took awhile to settle back and I’ve felt so drained again since which is sucky. Bleh. I hope the feeling goes away.

I did manage to watch Ahsoka.

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I might bundle up a bit and then see how my head is to do anything.

So you know how I said in the last post that an engineer had come and it seemed the net might finally be sorted? Well, guess what happened?

And when did it decide to act up? Just as the Gamescom opening night stream started. So it kept cutting out repeatedly through the stream so I kept missing stuff which was so annoying and frustrating. However it wasn’t too exciting?

Here’s some basic bullet points from it (along with stuff I’ve gathered from the Xbox coverage too)
*Faefarm looks like it has a lot of cute things
*I’m super excited about Starfield, it looks so cool! I’m hoping to get Zelda finished before it but…. It’s unlikely
*Little Nightmares 3! I’m sure Ranboo will stream it
*Age Of Empires IV got added to Gamepass out of nowhere! I played the tutorial quests last night and I’m not sure exactly how different it is to 2 yet)
*Rebel Moon looks like it’ll be cool, but the net fucked up twice during the coverage
*Crimson desert has plus points for being able to pet dogs and hold cats though it looks a bit… busy. And floating islands?
*The new sonic is coming out in October (what is with things and October? There’s like half a dozen games coming out then??) and sonic frontiers is getting an update soon

No doubt I have missed something super obvious. I’m gonna be watching the Xbox coverage and I’m especially excited about Still Wakes The Deep getting something tomorrow.

Because of the net issues I didn’t do much after the opening night stream. I watched some of the Pokémon stream but because of its random nature I lost interest after the first three (especially when the third ep was the second part of a two parter and they didn’t play the first).

I watched the special feature on the Babylon 5 disc and it was so touching. The creator said he gathered all the surviving actors and said that if any of them were uncomfortable with actors who had passed being recast then they wouldn’t go ahead with it. I just thought that was really sweet and everyone did such a good job.

Then yesterday was the Ahsoka premier and I was so worried that the net would act up during it, especially since it did beforehand. Thankfully it kept stable the whole almost two hours.

A few thoughts under the cut, mostly bullet points again

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There’s no real plans today other than the Xbox stream. I managed to finish Fortnite’s bonus battle pass stuff yesterday and start the new fall guys fame pass (they changed the bonus rewards to mostly titles which is good). I’m hoping to work more on fic and watch Saw 3 tonight, and maybe do Zelda too. (I’m going through the stable quests for Penn before heading to the Gerudo).