Fandom needs to be quarantined
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himbeersaft( RL talk in German )
Now for fandom talk in English. Seems there were quite a few Star Wars announcements last night. To be honest, I'm not excited for any of them. In fact, I dread the game set in the Old Republic era. Disney ruins everything, so you can expect that the game will be full of virtue signalling. The trailer alone already has some Rey clone, which doesn't bode well.
My lack of enthusiam at these announcements just told me again that I'm over Star Wars. I still love Hux and as silly as it sounds he's helping me get over this thing that just happened in RL, but apart from that I lost all passion for it. It's also the fans' fault, especially the horrible gingerpilot crowd with their porn addiction, but Disney ruining the franchise with their slop also played a large part in souring me on it. For me, only Hux (plus my OC) and the Timothy Zahn Thrawn books are still canon. Everything else doesn't exist to me.
This person online who mentioned never ever engaging with (or even just looking at) the fandom of a franchise you like if you don't want to have it ruined is right. I would probably still enjoy gingerpilot if I didn't have to watch as the gross kinksters took over.
That said, I've been quite successful writing the last two days. Not in the "omg it's going so well, I can't stop" way, but then I haven't had this happen to me in a long time now. However, I'm happy if I get 400 words on "paper" each night, I'm only writing for my own entertainment at this point anyway. :)
In Genshin I managed to do Stygian Onslaught on Menacing yesterday. It was much easier than expected, though for some reason I can't just get that +600% ATK bonus on the third boss with Flins. I've watched several videos, reset the boss several times, and yet I don't get those insanely high numbers as everyone else. I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. Not that it matters, like I said, I cleared it all right, but it's strange. Maybe I'll try it with Navia later and see if she's getting that plunge bonus?
My favourite boss clear was the second boss. I used a Lyney - Venti double DPS team and was having a blast. It's so nice being able to use Lyney for a change. His playstyle is so unique and he has some of the best combat animations in the game, in my opinion. DPS Venti is also great. Slowly but surely I'm getting the right artifacts for him. I only need a better goblet and circlet now, the other three artifacts are already quite decent. He's honestly so fun to play as DPS.
Last night I dreamt of Wanderer/Albedo set after the end of Durin's SQ. It would be an interesting ship, I agree with you, brain. ;) Since finishing the SQ I also really regret not getting Wanderer from the Sumeru Chronicled banner in autumn. I know he's far from meta, but I do like him, and I think Durin's SQ was amazing for his characterisation. Unlike most of the uwu half-naked waifus or the yaoi bait characters who only exist as one part of a ship, Wanderer has an actual personality and goes through actual growth. Compare him to my boy Cyno, whose characterisation has regressed since he's no longer allowed to hang out with anyone but Tighnari. And I'm not even talking about the trash fire that is HaiKaveh.
That's all for now. :)
Oh, one more thing. To distract myself from thinking about *the thing that happened* I finally picked up my Ancient Greek book again yesterday after work. I want to get into a daily routine again. Wish me luck!
Now for fandom talk in English. Seems there were quite a few Star Wars announcements last night. To be honest, I'm not excited for any of them. In fact, I dread the game set in the Old Republic era. Disney ruins everything, so you can expect that the game will be full of virtue signalling. The trailer alone already has some Rey clone, which doesn't bode well.
My lack of enthusiam at these announcements just told me again that I'm over Star Wars. I still love Hux and as silly as it sounds he's helping me get over this thing that just happened in RL, but apart from that I lost all passion for it. It's also the fans' fault, especially the horrible gingerpilot crowd with their porn addiction, but Disney ruining the franchise with their slop also played a large part in souring me on it. For me, only Hux (plus my OC) and the Timothy Zahn Thrawn books are still canon. Everything else doesn't exist to me.
This person online who mentioned never ever engaging with (or even just looking at) the fandom of a franchise you like if you don't want to have it ruined is right. I would probably still enjoy gingerpilot if I didn't have to watch as the gross kinksters took over.
That said, I've been quite successful writing the last two days. Not in the "omg it's going so well, I can't stop" way, but then I haven't had this happen to me in a long time now. However, I'm happy if I get 400 words on "paper" each night, I'm only writing for my own entertainment at this point anyway. :)
In Genshin I managed to do Stygian Onslaught on Menacing yesterday. It was much easier than expected, though for some reason I can't just get that +600% ATK bonus on the third boss with Flins. I've watched several videos, reset the boss several times, and yet I don't get those insanely high numbers as everyone else. I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. Not that it matters, like I said, I cleared it all right, but it's strange. Maybe I'll try it with Navia later and see if she's getting that plunge bonus?
My favourite boss clear was the second boss. I used a Lyney - Venti double DPS team and was having a blast. It's so nice being able to use Lyney for a change. His playstyle is so unique and he has some of the best combat animations in the game, in my opinion. DPS Venti is also great. Slowly but surely I'm getting the right artifacts for him. I only need a better goblet and circlet now, the other three artifacts are already quite decent. He's honestly so fun to play as DPS.
Last night I dreamt of Wanderer/Albedo set after the end of Durin's SQ. It would be an interesting ship, I agree with you, brain. ;) Since finishing the SQ I also really regret not getting Wanderer from the Sumeru Chronicled banner in autumn. I know he's far from meta, but I do like him, and I think Durin's SQ was amazing for his characterisation. Unlike most of the uwu half-naked waifus or the yaoi bait characters who only exist as one part of a ship, Wanderer has an actual personality and goes through actual growth. Compare him to my boy Cyno, whose characterisation has regressed since he's no longer allowed to hang out with anyone but Tighnari. And I'm not even talking about the trash fire that is HaiKaveh.
That's all for now. :)
Oh, one more thing. To distract myself from thinking about *the thing that happened* I finally picked up my Ancient Greek book again yesterday after work. I want to get into a daily routine again. Wish me luck!
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