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Good Morninggg

Monday has befallen us once again, but this time I am back home so everything is 1000x better.

I saw Madama Butterfly on Saturday. I won't post my critique here of it (I fear my teacher finding it, thinking I plagiarized, and then I have to explain what this is), but I thought it was pretty good. We had sushi before and beignets after. Shout out to the local beignet place for being open till midnight.

I recorded and almost finished editing another podfic yesterday. I won't post this one, it was more like practice for Voiceteam. It was like 1.5k words, so 2x as long as my last podfic. I had to do it in 2 sessions because I had an event to go to.

What I have learned from this:

WOW am I dehydrated
My mouth loves to click.
I think it is proof that God doesn't exist that opening your mouth produces unpleasant clicks
The soft D sound looks real weird on the waveform
Talking non-stop for 25 mins kinda hurts
My cat loooooovessssss being near me. He loves it so much he would do anything to get to me. He loves it so much he would pull down all my carefully arranged blankets to be able to lay in my lap.
My cat purrs extremely loudly
The noise gate isn't actually that useful I think. I feel like the amount it messes with the dialogue out-ways the benefits. I could spend more time messing with the gate settings but I just... don't want to. So that is leaving the effects chain rotation
I think I've been a bit to far away from my mic. Actually I just looked it up I was way to far away from my mic. oops.
It really really helps to copy and paste the fic into ellipsus, where I can change the line height. Me skipping around what line I'm reading is the #1 reason for retakes, increasing line height helps that a lot.
I cannot stress enough how dehydrated I am

I'll see if I can finish editing and adding the metadata to that today.

Also today, new FanDive yipeeeeeeee. They are talking about the bfsmp finale! After last week (imagine me glaring at the past) I have only had time to watch one finale pov (owen's). The mechanics they introduced for it was so cool, it was really fun. I really want to watch Katie and Graecie's finales at some point.

Somewhat related, the animatic for Avid's latest SKB episode? Horrifying. omg. It's great. Go watch sbk, it's real good.

I think The Flight smp was announced this week? I probably won't be watching it. I am all out of time and energy for streaming smp. And I just don't really care for dragon rider fantasy (something something ironic considering my name is dragonsblair on other platforms something something).

I have a party from Friday to Saturday, that should be chill.

Oh! I've started re-listening to The Gospel of Haven. My beloved meat show. I made some art for it last year that I never ended up posting, I should probably do that. I HIGHLY recommenced The Gospel of Haven. The vibes are impeccable. General content warnings for gore (they live in a meat god), religious horror, and misophonia (there are a lot of wet, squelching sounds).

I think my favorite part of the show (vague spoilers) is the aphobia. How the world is set up so that people are fine with you being nonbinary but if something impacts your ability to reproduce or provide for Haven then you are outcast. It's so interesting how both of the protagonists show some a-spec tendencies but that effects them in wildly different ways. I imagine its partly because of the privilege Rebecca has as a surgeon priest. She's also deep in her faith of Haven and is more then willing to give parts of her body to it, not having children to her is just a small thing when she could just give her whole womb to Haven (which she does, very literally)

Now I want to write something about The Gospel of Haven. Maybe later this week. I need something to fill the gaps now that bf is over.

Anyways, that's all I got. Happy Neil banging out the tunes day, stay safe, don't die.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: SafeHouse by Johnny Based

schneefink

Some reviews of recent media before I hopefully disappear into a metaphorical cave for a week to study before my next exam; I say hopefully because I already made dumb decisions like staying up late to read fic the last two nights. Ah well. I do need breaks at some points, and I plan to get regular fresh air too.

I watched Project Hail Mary in a theater with friends on Tuesday: two of us had read the book and the other three knew nothing at all about it, which made it extra fun to hear their reactions afterwards. I read the book a few months ago, and unlike the book the movie did live up to all the good things I'd heard about it. That was great. I really like how they adapted it (yes they cut some fun stuff/good additional info but overall I thought they did a great job), I liked the designs and the visuals, it was at times very exciting and dramatic and emotional and funny, and I had a fantastic time.
I've already seen some great fanart on Tumblr and look forward to more of it, fingers crossed.

Only four people of my TTRPG group had time two weeks ago so for a few hours we tried out Sunderfolk (Steam link), a multiplayer turn-based tactical RPG where you play as animals.
I had a lot of fun! I played an arcanist raven with teleportation powers, I loved that. I could do damage as well but my most effective moves were teleporting my allies (a rogue (weasel), a pyromancer (salamander), and a vanguard (kangaroo rat)) into better positions. The story so far is rather simple, you defend the settlement against the ogres, do side-quests and help gather resources for the rebuild; I'm not sure how much I'm meant to think about the implications (like that the animals came from above and with their bright lights took away living spaces from the ogres that are now starving) but I look forward to seeing where it goes.
We're only halfway through act 1 chapter 2, but we already have a date set for next time. This time we had three of us on the couch and one joining online, next time all four will be able to attend in person, even better.
About a week later, same scenario, only four people from my TTRPG group had time – different people this time so we started a new campaign. This time I played the bat bard, and they're absolutely adorable. Gameplay-wise unfortunately I enjoyed the bard much less; we only got to level 3 so maybe it gets better later? The other player who played for the second time also enjoyed his second choice (antelope ranger) much less than his first (pyromancer). There are currently no active plans to continue, but we might if we happen to have that group again.

Dragonoak by Sam Farren #1 + #2, The Complete History of Castelir and The Sky Beneath The Sun:
Rowan, exiled from her village since they discovered she is a necromancer, runs away with a dragon knight and becomes entangled in conflicts spanning multiple kingdoms and races.
My (now ex-)gf recommended this trilogy to me, so I wanted to like it; and maybe that puts it into the category of "would have liked it more if not for my high hopes/expectations," idk. There were parts I liked, prominent among them the amount of queer characters; unfortunately it was neither the pacing nor most of the characters.
( Spoilers )

The Dementia Cascade by L. Lynn Gray (

tassosss) #1 + #2, The Dementia: A Space Adventure and Surviving Peace:
Four generation ships fly in formation, still several generations from their target planet; when there are suddenly massive technical issues, solving them requires cooperation, which is made difficult by social and political conflicts.
Like many books with multiple PoVs book 1 had some I enjoyed a lot, some I was neutral about, and some I liked less (I'm currently quickly frustrated by characters with ideological blinkers.) I liked book 2 even better: fortunately for me it focuses on my favorite characters from book 1, and also the most difficult political situation. Namely, Jacks and Antony on Peace, that had a violent uprising deposing a corrupt authoritarian leader in book 1 and the consequences of that in book 2. ( Spoilers )

trashburgersblair

It's today.

A screenshot of a conversation between Juice, 9, and 10. Juice: " neatly partitioned meats and cheeses appeal to me on an aesthetic level ok mfer." Nine: "How long has it been like this?" Ten: "On April 6th, 2026, people stopped being born. On the same day, people stopped dying, and people stopped aging." Juice: "Ham cheese. Ham cracker. Cheese cracker. Ham and cheese cracker. Ham and cheese." Nine: "Why? "

Full transparency, I haven't finished 17776 yet. I've spent literal years picking it up and dropping again. Before last month I never got passed the 3rd chapter. I think this is because I was fundamentally misunderstanding what it was about. I thought it was about football, which I guess it kind of is, but I thought that was all it was about. I am someone who doesn't care about football, so for the longest time I didn't care about 17776. I liked the format, but not enough to read it through.

But, I started another re-read last month and I think I get it now. Or at least I get it more than I used to. I don't think I was really seeing what game they were playing. It is football, but it is also so much more than that. It's about human nature in a way. Our tendency to play and love. I feel like there are better ways to explain what I feel when I think of 17776 now, but words fail me.

It's been a great time to be into space. I was playing Blood on the Clock Tower with a group of friends and we all stopped to watch the Artemis II launch. Space is big. I think it reminds us to love. Not to love people, but to love how we interact. How special we all are. How small we all are.

So happy 17776 day. May we stop being born, stop dying, stop ageing. May we learn to live together.

Current Mood: content
Current Music: Make It Happen by 340ml

trashburgersblair

Good Morning!

Currently writing to you from [redacted], rural [redacted]. Which basically means I'm at my grandmothers house for this week so I have no privacy, no room, and minimal internet. I have taken to sleeping in the walkway of a room entirely filled with boxes and loose papers. I have constructed a nest out of blankets and have been using my backpack as a pillow. If you couldn't tell I'm not thrilled about this development, but we persevere. However, this means I cannot watch the Bannerfall finale. Not live anyway. I think the internet would try to explode if that happened. I also can't watch the new Fandive episode right now :(.

Well, before my sudden confinement I decided to sign up for Voiceteam! Considering I have made a grand total of one (1) podfic before I am incredibly nervous. It also starts the week of my finals so I'm not sure how that will go down. Actually I only have 1 test I need to leave the house to take, so maybe it won't be that bad. I signed up day of sign ups opened. My reasoning is that I don't want to scare myself out of doing it. That's almost what happened when I did the 2025 PBC podjam (audio dramas, not podfics), I joined day of sing ups closing because I was scared I would fail. But I did it! And I didn't fail! (and I will write the second episode eventually, trust).

I have opera tickets for Sunday (i think), Madama Butterfly. I don't really know how I am going to write a critique on it? At least for visual art and theater I already had a bit of an idea of the mediums but I knew nothing about opera before a few weeks ago.

Back to Bannerfall, because it's been a few hours since I started writing this. I've already seen some spoilers (I don't mind spoilers) and ohhhh god. I can tell this will hurt. You have no idea how much I hate I couldn't watch this live. just imagine me in despair and you get the picture.

I also saw Hoppers this week. It was alright I guess. I actually kind of hated the dialogue, but I like the style they went with for the people. Overall maybe like a 5.8/10 movie for me. But I looooooove Mable. She's great. She's everything. I wish we could have seen something more to do with her anger issues. We are told about them, but that never really comes up. She tries to call the birds to the mayor guy one time but it doesn't even work. I think it would have been more interesting if she actually got a chance to be hurt someone who didn't deserve it. Still love her though <3. I want to draw her at some point. I would now IF I WASN"T STUCK IN PURGATORY

That reminds me, go check out purrgatory. Very good game, I recommend. It's probably one of my favorites.

So yeah. I am having a time right now.

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Sixteen Tons by The Wellermen

knave_of_swords

Okay look, I know that I'm still watching Shippuden, but on a whim I started reading Boruto: Two Blue Vortex since I have a WSJ subscription, and I'm actually... liking it??? I vaguely know what happened plot-wise before this from osmosis and various discussions, and I'm not having a lot of trouble following what's happening. As much as I say I hate Boruto the series because I feel like it shits on Sakura, especially with regards to her relationship with Sasuke... I kind of like it anyways and am having fun with it.

I love Eida's character design! It doesn't quite fit with the rest of the character designs tbh, but I like it anyways. I wanted to go and read some shipfic of her and Sarada but to my SHOCK they don't even have a ship tag on AO3???? What on earth. Smh at this fandom's yuri fans. At least Himawari/Chouchou is a tag that exists! ...with one single work that isn't to my tastes in it. Sigh. I'm going to have to catch up on Boruto properly, aren't I? So I can write the yuri fic that this fandom deserves! Or that I deserve, at least.

I think my plan is to finish watching Naruto Shippuden, or maybe just read the rest of the manga because the anime's pacing is truly awful, and then read the Boruto manga, and then watch the Boruto anime while skipping arcs I've already read unless I want to see certain fights or moments animated. I know the Boruto anime starts earlier than the manga does, I think, and I don't want to be impatiently waiting for Eida and Kawaki and the Otsutsuki plot stuff to happen, I want to enjoy the fun fluff arcs with the kids for what they are, so that's why I want to do it that way.

Speaking of Shippuden, though, I'm still on the Akatsuki Suppression Arc! Most of my TV watching lately has been minecraft youtube rather than anime, but I'm still chipping away at Shippuden. I'm increasingly tempted to just read the manga instead because of the anime's absolutely abysmal pacing, but I do really like seeing and hearing the characters in full color with animation and voice acting. Maybe I'll read the rest of this arc in the manga, and then switch to the anime for the Itachi arc(s) and the Pein arc, and then maybe go back to the manga for the rest of the main series, and then finish off the anime with the gaiden light novel stuff that it adapted that's set after the final battle?

Anyways if it's not obvious, I have a feeling that Naruto in general is a new forever fandom of mine. There's just so much to work with and I am loving it so dearly! In general I do tend to overestimate how long I'm going to stick with a fandom, but Naruto has been sticking for a while, and with all of the material it has that I'm still enjoying, I think it'll be a long while before I let go of it, and it seems unlikely that it won't ever be able to pull me back in again even if I do go into lull phases with it.

Also, something that I'm pretty sure is only of interest to me personally: I want MCYT and Naruto crossover fic that has Kakashi become Etho or something that parallels or uses the two of them as the same character, because in my head, they just are the same person. I've also started thinking of Bdubs as similar to Might Guy and I can't get that out of my head. KakaGai and Ethubs are the same ship to me, lol. I would love a fic where Kakashi has amnesia and becomes Etho, or where the Naruto characters are minecraft youtubers and Kakashi occupies a similar niche to Etho. Something like that.

knave_of_swords

I have now finished watching Gem's Hermitcraft season 10! On to Bdubs! He's so much fun to watch, and I love his beautiful builds and his cinematic video editing. I think I'll skim through Scar's season 10 after this-- I want to see him build his zoo, but I'm less interested in the permit/po po/exile shenanigans. I also think I'll skim through Tango's season 10-- I already got a lot of what he was doing in general by watching Pearl, and I'm kind of but not super interested in the building of Hungry Hermits and The Tangler (more in the playing of them).

But I loved Gem's base for season 10! The nautical stuff was super fun, and I loved the semi-modern village that she built with horror-inspired lore. Season 10 was so great in general for so many reasons, it makes me a little sad that I missed out on it in real time.

I also started playing Minecraft on creative mode! I still need to figure out how to add mods so I can get World Edit, so it's just entirely vanilla creative. I think maybe I started too big with trying to build a magic ivory wizard tower, it's frustrating to have it not come out like it does in my head. I have a lot to learn about building in Minecraft, I guess, even after all the MCYT building videos I've watched. I think I need more exaggeration and depth with the shapes. I think I'm going to wait on getting World Edit figured out before finishing the tower, and then switch gears and try building some sort of regular starter house in the world.

I'm also playing on some SMPs! Mainly one of the hermit patreon servers, and the server that my dad has set up for my siblings and I. It reminds me how much I hate the early early game... it's rough trying to walk across the map to meet up with where my youngest brother's base is when I have like. Nothing. For my next survival world I think I'm just going to hunker down and make a cave/mineshaft base and spend all my time mining lol.

trashburgersblair

The masquerade is today! And the monarch election!

I also believe this is officially marks the last week of Bannerfall? I'll be very sad when this ends, but at least I won't have to use twitch anymore.

I am so excited to see everyone's masquerade outfits!

( Bannerfall-ing it up )

I was wrong about this marking the last week, Bannerfall ends Monday! That is so soon it's terrifying.

So this is my last Bannerfall Thursday post...

I might do some proper analysis after the finale, might go back and watch some vods. I don't know. I feel like series like these (streaming series) are best when they are going on. I don't really feel the same pull to re-watch things like I do with video only series. I guess I'm kinda scared that I'll forget about this. I love Bannerfall, I really do, but I think that I'll end up drifting away from it. Maybe that's how all things work, this just feels extra painful because it's been a daily presence in my life since February.

We had a good run. I love Bannerfall, I love the cast, I love the stories they have created. So lets drink to the moments made here.

Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: Masqurade from The Phantom of the Opera (best song of the musical btw)

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