shadowhive

So usually when I do the happy stuff posts I put the happy stuff first and everything else second but this time I’m inverting it.

So since the last post we managed to watch Saw III, yay! It’s the last of the films that I could remember clearly so it’ll be interesting seeing the rest going forward since I can only remember the vague plot points.

A few thoughts under a cut.

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Cut over now onto other things.

Mum is now itching to go outside somewhere, which is just a bit much because she still can’t take Naryu far on walks. We’re gonna go with mum’s friend to town next week (so at least she drives us there and back so we don’t have to worry about that) and then if that goes well mum wants to go to Birmingham. Again, I think it’s a bit much (it’s a walk to the station then around the city) so I don’t think she’ll be up to doing it as soon as she thinks. I guess we’ll see.

Yesterday was the new Fortnite season, which is a bit of a strange one. The build up to the end of the last one was to do with an eclipse, then the preview info indicated heists. The result is that the new season has a focus on heists…. Only who are you stealing from? A vampire which feels so wild. Also the pass is gonna have Ahsoka soon which is cool (here’s hoping they finally add some kinda Star Wars music).

I’d been going back and forth on getting sone things lately (including stuff from the forbidden planet graphic novel sale and gig tickets) but I’ve just been so incisive I’ve not ended up getting anything. The good side of that is that I had money in so I could get the build a bear Cinnamoroll plush cause he came back in stock yesterday! He just looks so cute!

I was gonna try and get a magazine that James Marriott was in, but I had various issues and missed out (there was on 50 physical copies which seems far too few) I considered getting just the poster they did of him,but then they’re saying they might do a restock of the magazine so 🤞

Last night there was the game night on Ria’s server and I’m glad I did it because it was pretty fun with a bunch of jackbox games! Even though my art skills was lacking and jackbox disconnected me one game bizarrely. I hope they’ll be able to do some more!

Then as watched the new Ghost Files which was pretty good. A highlight was thatRyan looked like this throughout the studio scenes, like why is aphis shirt open like that?👀👀 Alas thoughI did sone out a bit towards the end which was annoying, so I’ll have to watch the last few minutes.

Since I figured I’d have no focus for a game I put on Blau’s stream and then zoned out of that too, ending up drifting off on the sofa and waking up three hours later. I went to bed, hoping I’d just be able to sleep easily but alas no. Instead I watched Blau’s stream some more (which was fun, he had a pirate accent and flashed his nipple) and then I ended up ficcing until I finally drifted off.

Today’s been a bit of an odd day. My tummy felt unsettled (though thankfully only lasted until I came downstairs) and it’s just been all dark clouds and trying to rain on and off. I hope we get a storm later.

I dunno what my plans are the rest of the day. I wanna work on fic more and Imight see what Detective Cases is like on Drama, and then I might game some or disc switch to Resident Evil. (Or just watch a Bobs Burgers like I’ve done the last few nights).

I do wanna get back to doing song Saturdays again,so I might start that again next week if I have good songs. (And also I wanna do an updated ‘so you wanna write me a fic post’ too.)

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So I mentioned at the title of this that it could be 6.5. If anyone remembers post 6, it was boys in maid dresses. I found out yesterday that Rubius did a maid dress stream dressed as Link and I saw pics and they broke my brain so I’m posting them here (I just know I’ll fic him in it)

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So I’m gonna try and do a few more of these happy stuff posts (and finish June something) even though June is long gone and July is almost over (wtf??)

Todays is about Futurama, which came back (yay!) Monday!



So what is Futurama? Well for those that don’t know it’s an animated series created by Matt Groening (of The Simpsons fame) it follows the adventures of Philip J Fry and the crew of the planet Express, a delivery service in the 3000’s. Fry was a pizza delivery boy, who got cryogenically frozen in 1999 only to get awoken in the future. He’s united with his nearest ancestor who runs planet express (while also a scientist) and from there he and the crew go on adventures as they make deliveries.

It’s so funny and fun and I think it’s a shame that it’s been cancelled twice already and bought back, because the world is just so… I love it. And yeah part of that love comes from me loving sci-fi stuff in general, but it’s also one of those shows that always manages to be funny. (While it can also be serious surprisingly.)

When it was last cancelled I thought it was never gonna return, which was such a shame but then on Monday it came back! It’s on Hulu in America and Disney+ in the uk.

They’re streaming it in the style of The Mandalorian, which is to say there’s one episode up a week. The first ep did resume where the last one finished, but only lingered for a moment on it (which is good because my memory of it was hazy) and soon zipped away into its own story. Once I heard the professor say ‘good news everyone!’ I admit I internally squeed. It was fun and felt very timely with its references to streaming and overworked writers (especially so due to the strike)

I’m so looking forward to seeing where the series goes and who comes backL

It’s also making me wanna go back and watch some older eps too (I have ‘whalers on the moon’ in my head and there’s also one more ep I wanna see at least…

There was also another announcement for Futurama too!



Fry, Bender and Leela are in Fortnite! I had enough vbucks to get them so now I’m wondering around on there as Leela (hopefully the packs stay long enough for me to get the planet express ship).

One thing that surprised me though is that they all came with an alt skin of their Universe 1 selves which was so unexpected! Those outfits are from one of my fav eps, The Farnsworth Parabox (which is where much icon comes from!) where the professor ends up creating an alternate universe in a box which is so ridiculous but such an awesome ep. The outfits make me wanna rewatch it and I know I will one of the nights.

Now though I’m im gonna have noms, listen to the new James Marriott song and then who knows?

So it’s July but I’m still gonna continue his cause time isn’t real nothing is real



So yeah I was meant to do long wordy posts for this over the last week or so but words just haven’t came because of various things so it’s another pic post. This time bought to you by the Murder Mystery stream because Foolish was in bunny ears (well technically hare ears but still).

(I also meant to do this last night but my net was acting up and I’m only doing it right now cause the bus I was gonna catch has been cancelled ugh)

These are a mix of caps I took (which are bad) and ones from this

Here’s a pic of what to expect, the rest is under the cut


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So I was intending to post about James Marriott’s new song on Saturday but then he didn’t post the video until late and I couldn’t watch. So I was going to watch and post this yesterday and then got majorly distracted so…



Again this feels very much like another case of love the song, the video not so much. And I do, I love the song so many. I listened to it a lot on Friday after it came out and it’s so good. The video is just a bit… I dunno. Maybe it’s the weird effects or not being able to see much of the band I dunno.

Having said that I’m glad we get a new James song and I’m excited for more, I hope he does another tour soon because he was so great at the Lovejoy show and I really think he could play a venue that size himself. (I mean everyone was singing along which is so so rare for a support act). And just ahhh!

(Hopefully I’ll have the big Generation Loss post I’m working on soon)

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On Saturday I did what I was gonna do which is watch Temple Of Doom in the afternoon. The thing about Temple is I remember it being the weakest of the first Indy films and then I watch it and think that it’s a lot of fun. (Bar the dinner scene.) Plus, yeah, there’s shirtless and sweaty Indy which is nice to look at.

After that there was the Wholesome Games Direct which was full of cute games with animals and cuteness. Three stuck in my mind:
*Smushi Come Home: which has a cute lil mushroom adventuring and looks cute (and rides capybaras!) and it’s out now with a discount so I might pick it up
*I Am A Caterpillar: which is about a caterpillar that doesn’t want to turn into a butterfly which sounds like such an interesting premise
*Manitas Kitchen: which is about a t-Rex that wants to be a pizza chef which sounds so endearing

After that there was MCC pride and I watched Ranboo’s pov again. They were dressed as spider Gwen and said they’re gonna do at least a few more MCC’s which is good. They’re also back in Brighton which is a surprise because I figured they’d stay in the US awhile before coming back.

On Sunday I ended up watching The Mummy based on Ria’s suggestion (and it was on Amazon prime which I still have for awhile on student discount, though I need to contact them about keeping it). Anyway it’s such a fun film I love it so much and I’m glad I decided to watch again. Plus I love Evelyn she’s so awesome. I might watch the others if I still have prime (i remember liking the third one when I saw it despite thinking it was so stupid of them to recast her)

I also did some Zelda and I’m still not really doing much. I’ve mostly just been randomly adventuring and not getting far in any of the main stories or quests. I wanna get back to Hateno to finish the election quest line, which is my main goal with Zelda this week. We’ll see how that goes.

Yesterday was also the Xbox showcase and there were a lot of interesting looking games. The top three are easy though.

*Still Wakes The Deep looks basically like The Rig if it was a game. Ok not exactly, bits set on an oil rig, shrouded in mist and there’s something strange going on there. So yeah naturally I’m interested.
*Starfield: which looks amazing and I’m really hyped for it. Making your op own spaceship and exploring the stars looks so cool (though the lack of sentient aliens so far seems… odd but you do get a robot friend!) I’m glad it’s coming to game pass though
*Lastly there was Star Wars Outlaws which was a surprise addition in the first three trailers. It looks so cool and everything I hear about it sounds awesome! There’s gonna be a deeper look into it during the Ubisoft direct tonight but look at this cutie!



This is Nix the main characters lil friend! And I love them already look how cute they are!

Last night the thunderstorm rolled in and I thing it messed with my head because my head went achy and I went up to bed early again (bleh). I hoped it would clear some of this annoying heat but it seems not, which sucks because I can tell it’s gonna be overbearing and stifling if it keeps up.

This week I’m hoping to:
*Finish the last Who Ray stuff to finish the season
*Rewatch the first spider-verse movie (and maybe see the new one depending on weather and cinema)
*Read more Quest For Planet X
*Fic
*Watch the rest of The Empty Man
*Maybe start The Chant
*Finish The Hateno election quest

I am 80% sure I’ll get distracted and won’t be able to do them but… we’ll see.

So in the last post I mentioned how I thought about making a ‘stuff that makes me happy’ post a song one but then I got distracted and hazy and so didn’t.

However I ended up deciding to make (a slightly late) one now.

So this is the new Kill The Lights song, Broken Bones.



It’s a good song, I like it (even though I’ve only heard it fully twice). They’d been teasing something the past week before it came out, doing a countdown on their insta and this was what came out when the days hit zero.

The video I’m not so much of a fan of (it seems to be a thing for bands to do eh music vids lately). And I think that’s mostly due to it being shot in black and white and the lighting not being too great. Having boxing as a theme seems to fit the song though and main boxer guy is kinda pretty (why does he make me think of Cellbit?). And I also liked when it shown the band performing the song it seemed to give everyone equal time and not just focus on the singer.

One reason I did this was because Jay shared a pic on his insta story and it just amuses me so much.



It’s a shot of the band and people that made the video and there’s Jay, being noticeably shorter than everyone else and I just think that’s so cute.

And I’m also glad he looks so happy in it. Longtime people here will know that Jay was Bullet For My Valentine’s bassist and I somehow developed a hyper fixation on him (I dunno why, maybe it’s cause he’s cute and smol but buff and his voice is so soft and adorable even though he’s a screamer). After four albums Jay left the band (or was kicked out? Things are kinda hazy about that and I still haven’t watched the recent ish interview he did) and then he vanished completely. I also kinda lost interest in Bullet with him being gone? (Ive not seen them live since and not really heard their stuff, although saying that Gravity is their best album)

Anyway awhile later Moose (the drummer) left Bullet too and started a new band called Kill The Lights. I didn’t really listen to them much or pay too much attention, until they I saw them post a vid introducing their new bass player (I dunno what happened to their old one). I watched on the offchance it might be Jay (though expecting it not to be) so I was so surprised and delighted to see that it was!

Of course I had to go and see them at their Birmingham gig, which ended up being at the tiniest venue (it was pretty much a stage set up under a pub) but it was so nice to see him onstage again, especially thinking I never would again. Plus I got to meet him after! And get a pic! Which was very much an ahhh moment! (And the support were great too)

Hopefully with this new stuff they’ll do another tour and I’ll get to go see them again, hopefully at a place that’s not so small and far out that I get lost on the way there and back.

Now though I’m gonna stay bundled, maybe do some gaming and some pondering. (And yay at least I did watch some of the Who ray special features for the time monster last night so there’s only a few bits left)

Banner from dreamersdare who came up with this.

So most of the posts I’m gonna do for this will be more focussed (especially the Generation Loss one you’re gonna get subjected to!) but this one is gonna be a bit more scattered because it’s about yesterday’s Birmingham trip.

I ended up leaving pretty early which was a tad annoying (though I was able to finish the Fall Guy’s event since I was awake early enough to try). Because of the strikes happening this week I was worried the trains might end up messed up, however the first one did turn up. I didn’t do too much on the journey (I took two magazines to read but read neither Oop)

Since the first train had came I had an hour to wander round Birmingham. That was spent heading to the Bullring, which is a shopping center here connected to the station. I’d hoped to get the night sushi cat plush I saw before the Lovejoy gig but alas it wasn’t there, I’ll have to eBay it (hmv did have it though but it was 25% more which… nope)

In HMV they were playing a song that I couldn’t place and it bugged me but in up the end I did! It was Bury The Light, which was a Song Saturday here. I only had a brief look around but I got two things I wanted to get, namely the new Sleep Token and the new Now That’s What They Call Eurovision Contest. The latter is especially good because it’s four discs withvarious songs over the years which is much like one of the Eurovision playlists I have. (Here is the track list)

Since there’s something about the duality of these things I took a pic


I then went in The Entertainer and I wasn’t gonna get anything but I got a Mirror Sulu funko (it was on offer though I almost didn’t) and at the till the Lego Mario blind boxes were reduced so I got one of those too. I opened it later and it’s actually the most boring one (boom boom) which is a shame. I should’ve got another because they’re still on offer (I still want the birdo and blooper ones). The blind boxes (formerly bags) are honestly the best Lego Mario things in the range, because most of the sets are boring or bland (bar the pirate ship which looks so cool) but the individual characters are well done.

Then I met up with my friend Vin and we got her caffeinated and chatter, before heading to somewhere to eat. We went to Zizzi’s at her suggestion but it was a bit of a way out (and I got a bit turned around because there’s been recent construction which threw me off) but it was nice! The pizza was big and nice and the chilli bread was nice too (though made me wish the drink was bigger) after more chatting (about things from gigs, the craziness of getting tickets and other personal things) we headed back to the station and parted ways.

(I feel I should get a sticker for not mentioning gen loss in a conversation)

I decided to wander around birmingham, though it was annoying because it had suddenly got warmer. I got some dog treats and a drink (blue raspberrie which is so nice) and headed to Forbidden Planet. I was mostly going there to see if theDead By Daylight comic had come in, but alas it was delayed. I wasn’t gonna get anything but I saw there were signed Star Wars books and, after debating, I got them and a Doctor Who graphic novel, as well as a unicorn funko (from Shazam which I’ve not seen but I love unicorns.

Here’s the stuff from there. The Star Wras Hunters book is one I didn’t even know was a thing because the game isn’t out yet (as far as I know but it does look fun).



After wandering around a bit more, but getting nothing else (though it was nice to see so many pride flags around already). I went back to the station. Annoyingly the first train just sailed right past so I was delayed but at least it wasn’t that bad.

I decided to read some of The Quest For Planet X on the way back and read two chapters. I’m so behind on high republic stuff which is a shame (especially as I have a book pile of them to read) but this is from phase 2 which is in another time period so I don’t feel quite as lost. It also helped that there was mention of something happening on Jedha (the planet from Rogue One which is apparent a big deal in these books) but as the main Jedi character doesn’t know what’s going on it’s good. I wanna get back to read more soon to find out more about what’s going on (and read the graphic novel I got last npmonth which has a hot Nautolan).

When I got home there was mail but just issues of the Star Wras encyclopaedia (I’ve considered unsubscribing but I’m close to the end) but also the Dork Lovejoy issue, which I’ll have to look at properly soon.



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I was unfocused and tired after the trip (and a bit headachey which may be because of the heat, tiredness or glasses) so I didn’t do too much. I watched Voyager (which was the Omega Directive, one of the eps I really like) zoned out during Springwatch then watched the Taskmaster finale (the new group seem like they could be fun) before heading to bed (after dealing with mum being ridiculous)

Today I woke with a bad annoying headache which ugh. And it’s still been so warm still bleh. I have got my new glasses at last though so I hope that the worst of the headaches are now over.

Now I’m gonna rest a bit, do more fortnite then reply to various things.