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Only two episodes in and I'm already head over heels for this season 💖💖💖 We have it all: political drama, a mysterious betrayal, characters with shared pasts, players who are having a blast and already shipping each other's characters left and right, thrilling cliffhangers and sooooo many dark secrets~!

Link to the show's playlist on Youtube.

In other news, I'm still working far too much. I'm techincally not working (much) overtime this month, buuuut I now have students to mentor, and we don't get any extra compensation for the hours we put on mentoring students - other than the obvious benefit of having future coworkers.

So yeah. But come November things will have calmed down!!! I swear it!

My current stress relief is getting waaaaay too into a video game - a fairly popular one, so I'm dodging spoilers like crazy 😅

Anyone else playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 right now? I've reached Act II and am suitably emotional about what's happened in-game thus far 😭💖 Don't think I'm playing "optimally" 'cause I never was good at turn-based strategy games, BUT I am almost good at dodging and parrying, which is something at least 😆

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's the trailer (and a song from the game's soundtrack, 'cause it's neat):

Snowflake Challenge #7: Create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a wishlist of sorts.

While I wouldn't say I've been afraid to ask for any of these, I still thought I'd make myself a little wishlist, since tomorrow is my birthday and all 😆 This will also double as a rec list of cool things 💖

1) Recommendations for AMVs, fanvids and animatics! Fandom doesn't really matter, but if it's in a fandom I'm familiar with that's a bonus 💖 I used to be really good at finding videos like this, but with how algorithm-broken the internet is, it's getting harder and harder to find new ones. Here's a link to awesome animations (fandom and non-fandom) I've found and an AMV/MEPs list, though my categorizing is a little wishy-washy and mixed 😅 Also, fandoms I'm more active in get their own playlists, like Critical Role and The Magnus Archives, with a mess of both animatics, interviews and other things related to the fandom.

2) Recommendations of "fake" video games! Aka people who make fake screenshots, manuals and such things for games that don't actually exist and aren't planned to exist either. I've been vaguely aware of and interested in such things for years, but this Supereyepatchwolf video on the subject really got me hooked. I'm even making a few of my own together with my sister and a friend, and I'm always happy to find more!

3) Recommend me artists you love! The internet is so vast and the algorithms so broken that I have a harder and harder time finding new artists to follow. Here are links to some of my favorite artist, as examples:
Alex Ries
Allison Theus/BeastofOblivion
ArcaneGold
Caemiel Lilium
CanaryWitch
Cassandra Jean
Dappermouth/Jenna Barton
Eleth
Eliot B.
Janna Sophia
Kiikiibee/rakugaki
King Cholera/Cheyenne (both some horror and NSFW here)
KM Steere (have a lovely commissions of my late great cat from this artist)
Linnpuzzle (who I extra recommend because she's not only a great artist but also a great friend and great to work with on commissions💖 Link to her tumblr.)
Luce Northstar (has both NSFW & horror art - have commissioned art from them several times and they've been brilliant to work with!)
Morteraphan
N*KIM
Natalia Drawing
Owlyjules/Julie W.
Phobs
pocketss
Ram Lightly (has NSFW content)
Sasha Vinogradova
Secondlina (creator of the glorious "Crow Time" comic!)
semochka (blood and body horror)
Sergei Demidov (some body horror)
Shalizeh7
Shark in a Bottle
SJ Miller (body horror & gore!)
Wolfskulljack (horror elements)
Wrat
(Yuumei) Wenqing Yan

Planning on doing all of these challenges, but work is still busy, and I'm booked for both D&D 🎲 and a cat cafe visit 😻 this week, so here's a quick combo of some challenges out of order! 😊


#4: Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good!
I've set up some goals for the year, but to be fandom specific, I'm hoping to finish at least two fanfics other than the Yuletide fic I'll sign up to write at the end of the year. Aiming to have a The Goes Wrong Show fic finished soon and then that crack fic fake research article about My Little Pony biology I promised my sister literal years ago... Better get to work!


#5: Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom.
Oh, so many things! I've either met or stayed in touch with most of my closest friends thanks to fandom. I've gotten way better at text analysis, English and introspection, plus I've developed writing skills that help me both in the work place and when I create purely for fun. 10 out of 10, would recommend 😁


#10: In your own space, talk about one of your fandom firsts. This could be your first fandom, your first fandom friend, the first fanwork you created, the first fanwork you interacted with... The options are endless!
Let's go with first LARP! I was in my early teens (though I honestly don't remember exactly how old 😅) and I got to tag along with my friend and her younger sister for a really big LARP by Swedish standards. My friend's sister had been LARPing for a while, so we got to stay in a big fancy tent in the village with her group instead of in regular tiny modern tents way farther off into the woods. There was a lake nearby, which was fortunate 'cause it was such a warm summer week. First time skinny dipping too 😆


#11: In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.
Definitely loyalty! I adore themes of loyalty in all forms of fiction: loyalty being rewarded, loyalty being ill-advised, loyalty being hard to shake off; any and all takes on the subject I'll eat up like delicious chocolate 💖


#13: Interact with someone in fandom you haven't talked with before.
I've just fully joined the Watchmaker of Filigree Street fandom and am leaving comments on fics by authors I've never interacted with before as I devour my way through AO3 😁💙💖

Falling behind on everything due to work (+ a minor infection, yay...) but looking forward to both participating more in and responding to other people's posts in the Snowflake Challenge + answering comments and reading up on everyone's blogs. Am just aiming to catch up with Critical Role first. I've been 20 episodes behind for half a year now, and I suspect we're close to the campaign finale. I'm hoping to catch up so I can watch that as live as possible with my time zone.

It's going okay so far, watching ep 111 of 119 as I type this.

( CW: Talk of pet death )

Hoping for more energy and time this upcoming weekend.