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Post-Christmas update... It's been very chill here, both at work and home. I had a couple days off for Christmas while the library was closed, but the following couple days was also very slow which was good because a bunch of people took off the whole week haha. I hate how slow it is around the holidays, I wish we could all just take off the last couple weeks of the year sjhdfksjfs Thankfully I made it through and now I've got a 5-day mini vacay because I took off Monday/Tuesday + we're closed Wednesday for New Year's.
Christmas was good! My parents gave me and the sibs money and I gave the parents a gift card to a restaurant so they'd have to use it for themselves lmao. We're not a very gifty family, which is fine with me now I don't feel bad about going overboard buying myself all that stuff this month. But I still haven't made or bought gingerbread cookies!!! Perhaps I'm cursed. (The curse is my own fault.) We've got plenty of candy though, my mom did give me one of those giant Ferrero Rocher boxes so I am living large now.
I already feel productive with my time off too, I finished reading a super long book I'd been hoping to complete before the end of the year! I think I owe this blog a two month reading update post, then I may do an end-of-year reading meme for 2024, either find a new one or just copy the one I did last year. If anyone has any saved, link me!
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yuletide was a success, I'd say! I got nearly 10k of The Last Binding fic featuring pretty much every character (I let my creator pick whoever they wanted from the tagset) and it was super sweet. And my giftee seemed to like their fic so hey \o/ I also ended up writing my friend the world's stupidest Jayvik fic for Christmas, so this has been more writing than I've done in a while haha, I'm hoping to keep my momentum and maybe write some more Jayvik or Last Binding fic... Once Yuletide reveals happen I'll just post links to everything at once, I still need to browse more of the collection and see what else looks good.
Oh, I also watched the newest (last?) season of The Dragon Prince! tl;dr I liked it, though I think, like the whole arc overall, the pacing was a little all over the place. I feel like they dragged things out over the last few seasons and then crammed the entire actual final confrontation into what, 4 episodes? They're clearly setting things up for a potential third arc with that ending, and while I'd happily watch more (really curious to see what they'd do with a 7-year timeskip) I don't think they're going to get renewed...
But! Specific spoilery ramblings on S7:
But yeah, I'm sad it's over because it was a fun show with a lot of great characters. I think they did a good job for a kids' show touching upon more serious topics, but of course the double-edged sword there is that it's a kids' show so, you know. It can be a little dumb at times lmao. I'd still recommend it though for anyone who enjoys diverse fantasy that's more on the lighthearted side.
Christmas was good! My parents gave me and the sibs money and I gave the parents a gift card to a restaurant so they'd have to use it for themselves lmao. We're not a very gifty family, which is fine with me now I don't feel bad about going overboard buying myself all that stuff this month. But I still haven't made or bought gingerbread cookies!!! Perhaps I'm cursed. (The curse is my own fault.) We've got plenty of candy though, my mom did give me one of those giant Ferrero Rocher boxes so I am living large now.
I already feel productive with my time off too, I finished reading a super long book I'd been hoping to complete before the end of the year! I think I owe this blog a two month reading update post, then I may do an end-of-year reading meme for 2024, either find a new one or just copy the one I did last year. If anyone has any saved, link me!
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yuletide was a success, I'd say! I got nearly 10k of The Last Binding fic featuring pretty much every character (I let my creator pick whoever they wanted from the tagset) and it was super sweet. And my giftee seemed to like their fic so hey \o/ I also ended up writing my friend the world's stupidest Jayvik fic for Christmas, so this has been more writing than I've done in a while haha, I'm hoping to keep my momentum and maybe write some more Jayvik or Last Binding fic... Once Yuletide reveals happen I'll just post links to everything at once, I still need to browse more of the collection and see what else looks good.Oh, I also watched the newest (last?) season of The Dragon Prince! tl;dr I liked it, though I think, like the whole arc overall, the pacing was a little all over the place. I feel like they dragged things out over the last few seasons and then crammed the entire actual final confrontation into what, 4 episodes? They're clearly setting things up for a potential third arc with that ending, and while I'd happily watch more (really curious to see what they'd do with a 7-year timeskip) I don't think they're going to get renewed...
But! Specific spoilery ramblings on S7:
- Runaan and Ethari reunion!!! Finally after so long... They were sooo cute, Ethari got a real glow up with the longer hair lmao. Him not believing Runaan was really back at first was so sad though 😔 Love me a man so consumed by grief he has hallucinations! Also I can't get over the wedding art from the credits, thank you for the emotional damage that caused me. Every time they showed up on screen holding hands or whatever the hell I was like that's my dads... I also loved getting to see Runaan/Ethari/Rayla/Callum family time even though they probably should've been doing more important things jshdfkjfs
- Claudia... I love her a lot and I enjoyed her initial descent into "villainy" but it feels like they just threw their hands up with her motivations at this point and were like, yeah, she's just doing this because she can. Like WHY was she helping Aaravos once she discovered what his real plan was jhksjdfhsf girl you can't say you're nice and then plunge the world into eternal darkness and torment for zero reason. Like her doing everything she did previously for her dad makes complete sense. Does she agree with Aaravos that everyone deserves to suffer? Why??
- Speaking of Aaravos, 10/10, no notes, love him. Hated every moment he wasn't in his sexy star elf form. He's absolutely allowed to plunge the world into eternal darkness and torment. I thought maybe they'd be able to bring his daughter back and he'd chill out?? But I guess whatever they killed her with made her un-bring-backable I don't quite remember what the details were there lol. I do miss the Aaravos/Viren weirdness though, that was always fun.
- We should have gotten Soren/Corvus, they already act married... But it's okay I know the truth in my heart. Nobody but Corvus could deal with Soren sjhdfkjsf
- Wish Janai and Amaya had more to do than deal with Janai's brother lmao. Also it's so funny that Gren is always with them. Like not just for work-related purposes. Does he stick around for date nights. Do they ever let you go free, Gren.
- Ezran and Zym also got kind of the short end of the stick I feel, I know they can't really do much because they don't fight but Zym could've like, electrocuted Aaravos or something idk. What was the point of finding the sword if it wasn't going to be useful lmao. I do like Ezran as a character though, they clearly were trying to do something with him in the aftermath of Katolis's destruction + confronting his dad's killer, but it all got wrapped up kind of fast.
But yeah, I'm sad it's over because it was a fun show with a lot of great characters. I think they did a good job for a kids' show touching upon more serious topics, but of course the double-edged sword there is that it's a kids' show so, you know. It can be a little dumb at times lmao. I'd still recommend it though for anyone who enjoys diverse fantasy that's more on the lighthearted side.
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how do I do this spoiler dropdown uh...
i figured it out
1. He does, technically, die, but being a Startouch elf he isn't actually dead and can just re-manifest when his stars align which for him is apparently in 7 years. So they clearly want to do a third arc with a timeskip where Aaravos returns. honestly, "guy really mad the Space Elf Government executed his apparently otherwise immortal daughter" is good enough motivation for me, I'd be mad too!
2. She does not die! She escapes in the end and is off doing who knows what. We sure don't. I wouldn't have mind if they redeemed Claudia and tbh I thought they were gonna go that route but apparently not in this season! Maybe they were holding out for the hypothetical next arc idk. I really cannot tell what they wanted to do with her and I don't think they really knew either jshdfkjs