weekly reporter 03/16-03/22

[zoomieyo]

R.E.P.O.R.T.E.R.

— reflecting
literally just did a huge brain dump... been very in my head ruminating while being outwardly fine. its also the end of march somehow (???????) so ive been wanting to do a 1st quarter recap. but that fills me with dread when i think too hard about what ive done or havent done yet. i feel like theres so much i want to do... so i just had to brain dump it out. i think i still need a follow up one to work out some more tangled up thoughts.

— enjoying
while reflecting made it sound like ive been struggling... its mostly been in regards to personal goals/hobby/growth. life has been very good lately! things have been going smoothly in both work and school, the weather is starting to be more warm and spring-like.. overall and on paper ive been good!

— playing
i finally caved.... ive been playing love and deepspace and im obsessed. so obsessed i made a dedicated twitter and i want to write fanfic for it. its been a bit since ive been so heavily into a game. i dont have a dedicated main... and my rankings flip flop all the time. i really enjoy the story and the actual gameplay as well as all the mini games and side story stuff.
atelier yumia came out on friday and ive yet to get it but i also really want to play that!

— obsessing
stickers and toploader decos... i finally bought some toploaders so i can deco little photocards like the kpoppies do. i follow a lot of sticker makers on instagram and my favorite so far is tuzi studio! i have a bunch of stickers from them... and i opened up a little photo printer i had so i will be making little photocards of the lads guys and then decoing them.... i also wanna buy some stickers from frogs and daisies and daily louis bella.
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i'm also back on wanting to build a gaming pc bc of ru's pc and the new corsair build from momo ive been telling myself for years i wanted to build a pc.... and now i think im actually going to make this year the year i do!!! and im gonna splurge on it!! IDC!!!!

— recommending
lads article - really enjoyed seeing how much effort they put into the game... i truly only skimmed this so its also a reminder to go back and actually read the article in depth.... there's also this one that i need to go back and read too
geek/nerd article - read this on the treadmill a couple weeks back and its been swirling around in my brain in regards to gaming... something something critique on modern fandom spaces and this impact... idk. probably another extended argument about covid and the broader internets impact on fandom spaces- lack of etiquette etc etc. i think theres always going to be some brand of this in terms of fandom but idk im too tired and honestly under versed to fully flesh out the argument. anyway. it just had me thinking

— treating
had a coworker invite me to a bachata class last tuesday and before i went i had to kill some time so i got bubble tea! but also had so much fun at bachata!! i initially learned to dance lead but then all of the experienced dancers kept wanting to dance with me and have me be the follow so it was a lot of fun. i felt super clumsy and nervous but there were some really good leads to help guide me!!

— encountering
lots and lots of rumination. and desire to keep making blogs....? i have a number of twitter accounts.. and tumblr sideblogs... but now im considering a community on dreamwidth too... i want to sort things out and create more categories in my online spaces..... (bandaid instead of creating stuff *eyeroll*)

— restoring
atypical restoring but... its spring break! i want to be productive this week and get a lot of life admin done... but also do some fun stuff.. blah blah blah... gonna try and channel thickneys advice!!!! to get my life back together....

Comments

[kissed]

A few of my close friends play LADS but I've been so hesitant to take the next step to really dedicate myself to it because I /know/ I'm going to have to spend money... so I try to satisfy my yearning watching other Caleb/Sylus stans live their best lives LMAO.......

(and yeah I was also surprised at how VERY deep this game's lore is. These women really thought of everything!)

[zoomieyo]

it's definitely not very free to play friendly LOL.. i admittedly spend on it and im fine with it bc i enjoy most/if not all aspects of the game.

it really is gorgeous and well done.. so im okay with spending but goodness gracious the drama in the fandom is a nightmare. i just wanna look at fanart and read fanfics or analysis/theory but everyone is always complaining about something.

I wanna recommend it and say "yes! go forth and enjoy the game!! its so good!" but I also can't because it really is expensive! being f2p is pretty hard bc the dia & mat grind is absolutely awful and the banners are a little relentless. having a main helps but i can't pick one AHAHA

and yes they really did think of everything!! which is also why i want to recommend because the lore/plot is really intriguing when you get into it! i personally love the world underneath and anecdote stories the most.. and the main plot is SOOO AAAAAAA

since you're a caleb liker..... did you see his new myth banner coming up? its G O R G E O U S !!!!!!!!!!!!

[kissed]

I have intense FOMO and supposedly they don't really rerun their cards/myths much if at all...? I downloaded to try it out a bit ago (though I've been busy and haven't played much) after those cards where they're all pretty much naked/seductive with face masks (???? I have no idea what this one is called, LOL) which I would have spent some money to have, lmao. 😭 Hell if they do bring it back in the future, I may roll just for it because those cards are gorgeous with their wolf cut hairstyles...

YEAH the drama looks pretty bad as an outsider. People don't like Caleb (my friends also hate Caleb) and yk since I don't really play I don't harbor those types of feelings so, idrc... Sylus unfavoritism compared to the rest of the boys, people trying to hunt down their VAs and it will be a true tragedy if Sylus was replaced, etc etc like why this. I guess it's maybe a good thing bc obviously it's great that you have people extremely passionate about your game but really all I do see is complaining and not much else.

And yes I saw it!!!! He's so hot 🔥 I like how he's not shy about saying how he feels about you. I think people were also complaining about how fast "he moves" compared to the other LIs like I'm just gonna enjoy it as an observer, idc lmaooo

[zoomieyo]

AHAHA TOMORROWS CATCH 22!! i started playing around the same time!! i love the wolfcuts so much they all look SOO GOOD.

they just started doing reruns for the cards this year actually! we are currently at the end of rafayels myth rerun right now. tbf the game has also only been out(not including beta) a year so yeah they havent done reruns yet felt like a huge duh imo.

oh my gosh… i like all the lis!! i really like caleb a lot bc his angst is just so. AAAAA his story stuff makes me weak… and also makes me weep.
its such a shame that sylus (and caleb- both are newer LIs) have less content and i agree that we should be upset but not at each other! and the vas are anonymous for a reason… just really stupid fandom stuff that is like. this is what we are doing? really?? grow up. and you hit the nail on the head with “all i see is complaining and not much else”

ough the banner pv is making me so crazy i cant wait to pull for it!!! i need to see this myth like the premise is cool, the design is cool, EVERYTHING IS SO COOOL!!!!!
ppls complaints about it being fast are so dumb. we are in the end of year 1, and look at all the quality improvements the game has made like. sorry he gets his kiss in his myth this man has nothing but angst in everything else. plus are we supposed to just walk back the quality now that we have it? make it make sense. just like everyone if youre so bothered its so much easier over here.

[kissed]

Ooh okay!! I'll keep an eye on whenever that card comes back, haha (also if I can find the time to even kind of play again....)

Sylus's eng VA is my personal fave and I will weep if he's replaced somehow. People need to stop poking the bear!

YEAH kind of sucks the vibe is a competition of whose LI is better determinant on what content they get. It's fine to have a favorite, but bashing other people for not having the same favorite is so weird 😭