#but tomorrow... Hopefully I'd be able to make more progress tomorrow

[motherstone]

Am I??? Getting somewhere?? I dont know. I'm not super satisfied w the hair animation but one can always learn better

[forever-rogue]

Hiiiiiii so idk if you saw how Kourtney Kardashian revealed her pregnancy to Travis Barker but it SCREAMS Rockstar!Eddie to me…

Just imagine him jumping off the stage after a show all sweaty and shit, kissing you over and over again, just over the moon so happy… I- it’s doing things to me 🥵

AN | I have not seen it, but looked it up, and it’s totally rockstar!eddie! Enjoy 🥰

Warnings | Language

Pairing | Rockstar!Eddie x Fem!Reader

Word Count | 2.3k

Masterlist | Main, Eddie 

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

"No way," you looked between the small stick in one hand and the box in the other. You weren't sure if you were more excited or nervous or downright terrified, "no way!"

You looked in the mirror and studied your reflection; you were wild-eyed and flushed, hair in a messy bun and still in pajamas. You'd basically woken up and run to the store as such and still hadn't made much progress. You were much too excited. 

Today marked the second period in a row that you'd missed. Combined with the way you'd started to feel lately, you couldn't help but wonder. And that led you to this moment - finding out that you were pregnant.

Your first thought was to call Eddie right away to tell him the good news. You hadn't been trying to get pregnant but you hadn't been trying to prevent it either. But - Eddie was still away, so close to being home from the tour Corroded Coffin was currently on. Tomorrow night was the hometown and last show of the tour. You'd see him soon.

And that gave you a wonderful little idea.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

"Nancy," you called her as soon as you'd gotten showered and dressed, still feeling like you were in a daydream, "I've got a big favor to ask!"

"Uh oh," you could hear the amusement in her voice, "what did you get up to this time, trouble?"

"I may or may not have gotten myself knocked up," you waited with baited breath for her to catch on. Trying to keep it casual and nonchalant was already proving to be a challenge. It took her a few moments before you heard her excited gasp.

"You're pregnant?!" She was practically squealing in delight as you nodded enthusiastically, barely remembering that she couldn't see, "oh my god, that's amazing! When did you find out?"

"Like an hour ago," you still had the test on the kitchen counter next to you, "you're the first to know."

"Yay," your best friend sounded like she was tearing up as well, "I'm so happy for you. Seriously, this is wonderful. Our babies will be able to grow up together!"

"And Steve and Eddie can be the dorkiest dads ever," you sighed softly, "I haven't told Eddie but since tomorrow's the last show of their tour, I figured I'd surprise him then. I have an idea-"

"I'm in!"

"I haven't even told you what the plan is yet!"

"I don't care," you loved her tenacity, "I'm in regardless!"

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

Later that evening the two of you were camped in your living room, with big, colorful markers and poster boards. Your plan was to right some sort of announcement on them to Eddie, letting him know that you were pregnant. You played around with a couple of different ideas, but eventually settled on one. You'd be front and center at the show tomorrow and would make sure he saw your sign.

"Do you think he's even going to notice?" You looked at your handiwork and let out a long sigh, "or do you think he'll ignore it? Maybe he'll think it's just a random fan."

"Seriously?" Nancy scoffed playfully as she nudged your leg with hers. You offered her a sheepish grin in return, "he always looks for you. He's…such a sucker for you."

"Hopefully," you couldn't help the way that her comment made you feel. You knew he loved you, that much was always obvious, but knowing others saw it too was an entirely different type of sensation, "especially now that I'm carrying his kid."

"He's going to freak out," you raised your eyebrows in question and she shook her head, "freak out in a good way! He's going to he terrified, but he's going to be a great dad. And you'll be a great mom. Swear."

"I hope so…if not I've got months to agonize over it," you finished coloring in the big block lettering of your word and leaned against the couch, "was it both incredibly amazing and terrifying for you when you found out?"

"Duh," she teased softly, "its normal. No one's got it all figured, but that's okay. It's going to be amazing."

"What if I'm not ready?"

"It's a little too late for that, I think," she winked at you, and your entire face flushed. You'd always been all in for Eddie - this just made you even more sure of that.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

"I'm having second thoughts," you looked over at Nancy who was standing to your right with a huge smile on her face. She understood your nerves - she'd felt the same way the first time she told Steve she was pregnant. You were clutching the poster in your hand so tightly that your knuckles were turning white, "maybe I shouldn't."

"You should and you will," she wiggled the poster in her hands and offered you what she hoped was an encouraging smile, "we're here, the posters are ready, and Eddie will be on stage any moment!"

"Okay," you felt sick to your stomach, but you were pretty sure it wasn't anything due to your pregnancy, "right."

Before you could argue with her any further, the crowd erupted into deafening cheers. The sudden shift in the excitement caused you to startle for a moment before nerves settled into your bones. You were in the front VIP area, close to the stage as you often were, which gave you a perfect view of the stage. 

You almost swooned when Eddie came onto the stage along with the rest of the band. The crowd was cheering their name and you couldn't help but join in. This was exactly where he was meant to be - he owned the stage with grace and ease. 

Eddie gave a little speech before the band rolled into their set. Any remaining nerves went away as you sang and bopped along to the music with Nancy. It was easy to lose yourself in the moment, but you were quickly pulled back into reality when you saw Eddie looking around the crowd. He was looking for you, just as it always was. 

You heard your heartbeat in your ears as everything around you seemed to disappear. You weren't in a sea of thousands anymore - it was just the two of you. His pretty face lit up with a saccharine and beaming smile as his eyes found yours. Your own smile in return was practically ethereal as you blew him a kiss. He winked before slipping back into rockstar mode and continued playing his heart you.

 You always wondered how he could even find you, considering the bright lights of the stage made it difficult to see much of the audience. He said it was because his heart always knew where to find you. He called him a dork; he called himself a hopeless romantic for you.

"Oh come on," Nancy practically squealed as she held onto your arm, "the two of you are disgustingly precious!"

"I know," you admitted softly, "I know."

As the rest of the show went on, you kept trying to find the perfect moment to hold up your poster. You decided to save it for the last song - what better way to end the show?

You shouted your little plan into Nancy's ear and, to no one's surprise, she totally supported the idea. Once they started playing the last song you threw up your posters and started calling Eddie's name loudly. The two of you were attracting attention from all around you. Part of you expected to find angry looking faces ready to tell you to keep it down but instead you found a lot of excited faces.

"Eddie!" You shouted his name at the top of your lungs, jumping up and down to capture his attention. That seemed to spark something in him and he turned towards you. It took him a few moments to lock eyes with you, but once he did you saw him look at the posters the two of you were holding up. 

His expression blanked for a moment before he seemed to realize what they said. In big, bright letters your sign said, Eddie, I'm pregnant! while Nancy's said Eddie, she's pregnant! 

“Hold on,” Eddie stopped playing, looking at you the entire time as he grabbed his mic, “pardon me for a moment.”

And with that, he practically ripped his guitar off and set it on its stand at the edge of the stage before jumping down into the audience and making his way over to you, pushing eagerly through the crowd. He stopped right in front of you, reading over your sign again before looking at you with a nervous expression. His heart was beating so wildly that he was surprised that it didn’t burst through his ribcage. 

“Baby,” his voice was almost trembling as you looked at him with teary eyes, “are you serious? We’re having a baby?”

“Yes,” and just like that, the tears were running down your cheek as you nodded at him, “I’m pregnant.”

“No fucking way,” he eagerly, but still tenderly, took your face in his hands before leaning in to kiss you. You could feel him smiling against your lips as he kissed you; the fact that you were in the middle of a giant crowd didn’t both either of you. He pulled back and gently brushed away your tears, “we’re having a baby?”

“We’re having a baby,” you confirmed as he looked at you incredulously. To him you were, and had always been, pure magic. You were the girl of his dreams and now you were having his baby? It seemed like a dream, “surprise!”

“Best surprise ever,” he promised as he kissed you again. He looked back at the stage and then at you, “let me, ugh, let me wrap things up real quick.”

“By all means,” you pressed a kiss to his cheek before nudging him back towards the stage, “I’ll be right here.”

He nodded before almost running back to the stage, leaping onto it and grabbing his beloved guitar again. He turned back to the rest of the band and they looked at him in understanding, already well aware of where this was going. 

“Ladies and gents,” he looked through the crowd that was eagerly watching him, “I think I’ve just gotten the best news ever from the best person ever. My girl - she’s pregnant!”

Your entire body warmed up as you shook your head at his antics. But you knew him and loved him, and the fact that he was immediately so excited made your heart feel happy and relieved. You could feel the crowd turn to you as they started to cheer. 

“She’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me and now she’s giving me the best thing ever,” he took a moment to breath, already feeling a rush of emotion bubble up, “baby, I love you so much. And, on that note, we’re gonna end this night on a song that I wrote for her when we first started dating. So if you know the words, sing along!”

He launched into your song, one of many, and a huge part of the crowd joined him. It was such an odd thing to have so many people singing one song in unity and to know that it was al for you. Eddie might have a been a lot of things, but he was the love of your life. That much you’d always known.

Sure, the idea of being pregnant and having a baby was terrifying, but with Eddie at your side, you were sure it would all be okay.

-

After the show, you made your way backstage, not even having to bother to flash your access pass as you looked for Eddie. You felt electric, but you couldn’t wait to have a moment alone with him.

As soon as you were in his proximity, he spotted you and made his way over to you. This time he was able to wrap his arms around you and pulled into his body, hugging you tightly.

“Eddie,” you laughed softly, feeling him pepper kisses all over the side of your head, “I can’t breathe!”

“Sorry,” his cheeks pinked as he looked you over, almost as if he was trying to see any visible sign of your pregnancy, “I’m just…wow. You’re pregnant and I’m just…wow.”

“I found out yesterday,” you reached into your pocket and handed him one of the several tests you’d taken, “and I wanted to surprise you.”

“Best surprise ever,” he looked at the small stick with a look of awe etched into his features, “and that little reveal? Baby, you’re a genius. This is…fuck, I’m so in love with you.”

“Are you…happy?’ you asked softly, still craving the reassurance despite his clear indication of happiness.

“So happy,” he brushed his knuckles along your cheek, sighing softly, “this is amazing, baby. There’s no one else I’d ever want to do with this. But, it’s about you too - are you happy?”

“Yes,” you promised, taking his hand and settling onto your belly, where soon you’d be able to see evidence of your child, “happier than ever. I love you so much, Eddie.”

“I love you too, baby,” he whispered so only you could hear it. You felt him gently rub your belly, “and you too, baby. Both of you - so much.”

[gremlin-girly]

The Forgotten Birthday

Part of the Bucky's Birthday Bingo by @avengers-assemble-bingo (card 4B023)

This is related to the Winter Soup submission I did for Fluffcember.

Tags/warnings: mentions of blood, potential break-in, fluffy but dark towards the end!

Not beta'd. I do not give permission for my work to be copied, reposted or translated (or put through AI)

Summary: You have your mystery companion for a few months when you decide to make him a cake as a celebration of him joining your life.

Word Count: ??? (On mobile)

A/N: This started as wholesome but took a turn completely by accident sorry lol

Dividers by @/cafekitsune

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You and your Winter Stranger had been living together for about a few months and as a point of celebration, as a marker of your wholesome friendship and of his progress becoming a little bit happier and confident day by day, you opted to make him a triple chocolate fudgecake.

His favourite.

You'd managed to hide the giant two layer cake from him, complete with an absurd amount of candles, until the evening; surprising him with it after dinner.

He'd laughed and hugged you tight, wrapping both arms around you and watching as you carefully marked up a slices for both of you.

"How big of a slice?" You giggle as he beams grabbing a small plate.

"A quarter?" He asks hopefully and you shake your head as you cut him a little less than a quarter, but huge regardless. He helps you maneuver the slice from the cake to the plate, immediately picking it up and taking a a huge bite with a hum of delight.

"I thought I'd forgotten something important." He'd said around his large slice, chocolate fudge buttercream melting on contact with his skin.

You snorted, handing him a napkin. "I suppose it's a bit like a birthday."

He pauses, missing the fudgy-smudges around his cheeks with the napkin. "Could... could we make today my birthday?" He asks quietly.

You were surprised at his ask but realised that if he couldn't remember his own name, it was likely he could have forgotten his own birthday too.

Giving him a reassuring smile, you shrug. "I mean, sure. It's your birthday I guess. But that means I haven't got you a card. Or a gift."

"I'll let you have a do over tomorrow?"

"No way!" You huff playfully. "If it's your birthday today, I'll go get you something small and a card right now."

You rush away from him, making your way to the door and grabbing your keys.

"Happy birthday!" You call, leaving him munching and laughing in the kitchen. "I'll be back soon!"

Your stranger hadn't been able to remember his real name and had been uneasy when it came to any other names he may have been called, so one of your first - most important - memories together had been picking out a name for him.

"I've always liked James," you'd told him absently, looking at the top 100 baby names Google had provided. He had frowned, said it sounded wrong, and browsed through the list again.

You had rolled your eyes playfully with a sigh, watching him ponder what name suited him best. "You could always try a name for a few days and if you don't like it we could try another?"

The nameless man has a ghost of a smile on his lips. "That's a good idea. But I think I've decided."

"Oh?" Your interest piques. "What is it? Come on, share with the class."

His chest swells, clearly proud of his choice. "Steve."

"Steve?" Your face drops and you try to pick it up before he notices.

"It's right here," he points to the list. "Apparently it became quite popular for a bit a few years ago."

"Steve." You say again and you stranger turns to look at you.

Then he frowns.

"No. Steve isn't right for me."

You tried to conceal your sigh of relief but are more baffled by people naming their babies Steve. It's an old man name.

He'd gone through multiple lists, more and more frustrated that he couldn't find one that he liked the sound of. You couldn't imagine the turmoil and consoled him when tears of frustration began to form along his lashline.

"Hey," you said softly, rubbing his back soothingly. "You don't have to choose right now. Come on, we'll watch a movie and chill out."

The movie, as it happened, was Home on the Range. All it took was a cartoon horse to be introduced for your nameless pal to announce that that was the right name.

"Buck?" You asked, pausing the movie. Your stranger grinned.

"That sounds good." He nods. "Buck."

"After the horse?" You chuckle and he began to laugh.

"He seems cool."

"It's a horse." You snort. "Alright Bucky Boy - Buck it is."

His cheeks burn as you press play, something about your little nick name for him already stirring up emotions he couldn't quite place. Familiarity. Affectionate.

Home.

You stood looking at the birthday cards awkwardly. You'd rushed out without much of a second thought to your nearest department store, picked up a gift (a puzzle, he liked those) but for some reason, the card was the stickler.

You wanted to avoid the boyfriend, partner and lover category - but that left you with very few options other than boring cards with very little to offer in terms of decals and sweet phrases. You settled instead on a card with a cheesy pun, hoping it was enough, and picked up some gift wrap, scissors and tape to wrap the new puzzle in the car and you even managed to score a pen from a very kind cashier to scrawl a birthday message.

Wrapping his gift in your car was harder than it looked but it would be worth it to make his day another bit brighter. As you drove home, you still couldn't believe that this was your life now. You'd pretty much adopted a grown man. A stray.

Who'd named himself after a cartoon horse.

You smiled to yourself, watching the streets go by. You hadn't told your friends or parents how you'd found him, bleeding out in your tub late one night, only that he was a friend of a friend who needed help. You knew that if you had there'd be police involvement, your friends would say you were willingly inviting a potential serial killer into your home (which, after watching so much true crime you should have known better) but you three months later you're alive and kicking, celebrating his makeshift birthday.

You rushed into the house, excitement getting the better of you, singing obnoxiously loud.

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Buck-eeeeee! Hap-"

Your voice dies mid-song as you burst into the kitchen. It's a mess. Buck's cake is splattered and there's a puddle of something that you wished was really chocolate syrup. There's a few bloody handprints along your wall, splatters of what you really wish were red paint everywhere. But no Buck.

"Buck?" You call out as if it's utterly normal, the shock of seeing a wrecked kitchen and blood making you act almost blind, unwilling to look back to see if you missed any signs of a break-in, to look in another room to see if there's a body.

You don't want to know if there's a body.

Swallowing a sob of fear, you scan the destroyed kitchen. A knife is missing from the block. Not good. But, now that you've focused yourself, it looks like the kitchen has been the scene of a fight or struggle, not destroyed in the search of valuables.

Then, Bucky emerges from the back door. His shirt is torn in parts, his face is bloody, knuckles of his organic arm bruised. You're on him in seconds, holding him, checking his face and watching his soul return to his eyes.

"Are you okay? What... what happened Buck?" You ask frantically. "Do we need to call the police?"

"No. I handled it." He says absently. "Sorry about the mess. I should clean this up."

You jerk his face to you speaking sternly. "Fuck the kitchen, Buck. Are you okay?"

"I..." His blue eyes flicker to yours and he swallows thickly, still unused to someone caring for him. "I'm fine."

"What happened in here?" You say, voice softer now, swiping your thumbs across his cheeks. "Where did you go?"

"Don't worry about it." He says firmly. "We're safe now."

"Safe from what? From who?"

He presses his forehead to yours eyes fluttering shut. It's so sudden you freeze up for a second before pressing your forehead back, tears welling with relief as you close your eyes as well.

"Dont worry about it." He murmurs, wrapping his arms around you. "We're safe. That's all that matters."

You don't know when your arms wrap around him, or for how long you remain entwined in the messy kitchen. What you do know, however, is that he's keeping something from you.

And you don't want to know what.

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[crystallizsch]

these valentines day cards for scarabia got me blushing, giggling, and kicking my feet fr (also featuring me unnecessarily analyzing them) (i really hope the cards are in the right order i think they are or else everything that i say here will look incredibly silly)

━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ kalim al-asim:

To my dear friend— Thanks for the present! What colorful and sparkly sweets. They look delicious! I just had an idea! How about we eat them together after school? Gifts like this taste better when shared, after all. I'll pick out a good tea to go with them. Can't wait to see you later! ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

To my dear friend— Thanks for the gift! It's flattering to know you picked this out for me! I'll treat you to anything you like in return—food, live entertainment, an item you've been pining after... You just say the word. ...On second thought, no. I'll come up with something myself! Just like you came up with this gift to give me. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

Hey love, Thank you for that wonderful gift! Getting something like this from you just put a smile on my face! Let me throw you a feast to show my gratitude! After that, I'll take you on a magic carpet ride, it'll be really fun! ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESSION BETWEEN THE CARDS???

on kalim's first card, it's really cute but it also feels just like his usual demeanor where he treats everyone as a friend.

but on to the second card, it looks like he's definitely feeling more strongly enough about you to think "hey let me get you something too!! let me be your genie of the lamp!" at least right before realizing it would be more meaningful to give you a surprise gift as well like you did.

his "dear friend" on the second card is more real this time.

BUT OMG THE WHIPLASH TO THE THIRD CARD

"HEY LOVE" ???? KALIM WHAT WHEN I TELL YOU MY HEART JUST WENT HFDSNSFHDJFDK PLSS HE CANT DO THIS TO ME 💀💀💀 THE "MY DEAR FRIEND" -> "HEY LOVE" PROGRESSION YOUR HONOR HE IS IN LOVE(???) NO IT’S PROBABLY JUST A REALLY AFFECTIONATE TERM OF ENDEARMENT CONSIDERING THAT IT’S KALIM (*denial* *denial* *denial*)

the closest ones (that are available) to doing something similar is jade who goes from "my good friend" -> "my dearest" and vil who goes from "dearest friend" to "my dear"

anyways, the third card is kalim finally wanting to go ALL OUT as a way to show you how he feels about you and how thankful he is. he's literally all about having fun with the person he cares about. making every moment memorable.

kalim's love language is also very much extravagant gifts since he's raised in a wealthy family where everything has been handed to him. that's probably how he got the mindset that gifts are the way to show love and affection because that's how his family did it for him. so the bigger the gift the better he can show you how he feels.

━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ jamil viper:

Hello— I was surprised to see you gifted me sweets. At first I wondered if you were hinting for me to make you something similar... But when I pulled the gift out of the bag, I saw all the details you put into it, right down to the ribbon. It's clear this was a heartfelt gesture. I'll treasure these treats as I eat them. Thank you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

Hello— I'll admit it. I'm beyond surprised. I suppose a heartfelt "thank you" is in order. In fact, why don't we meet at the school store after class tomorrow? Hopefully I'll be able to find you something to return the favor. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

Dear friend, Thank you for the gift. To think I would receive something from you... Well, it caught me off guard. I'd like to give you something in return. Hmm... What should it be? What might you like? Why don't you come down to Scarabia sometime and we'll discuss over a cup of tea. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

jamillll;;;

on the first card, he was suspicious of receiving a gift. at first he's like "are you just giving me something so i could give you something as well?" until he realized "oh this is legit" and that you’re not expecting anything back. and then he just enjoys it which is hella cute.

on the second card (unlike the last one) he's now like "let me get you something in return because i really appreciate the gesture". here i think he's still genuinely confused that you still decided to give him a gift. but at this point it feels like he's only offering to get you something in return because he feels like he has to just to show his gratitude. kinda like a fair transaction.

it seems that jamil is still like "why me". like, you cared enough to see and acknowledge him to even consider getting him a gift. which i believe is something he's not used to. so he just wants to "return the favor" by offering you to go find something you like :)

and the third card;;;

"DEAR FRIEND" GOT. MEEE. YOUR HONOR I LOVE HIMMMMM

i know for other people "friend" is not on the same level as the romantic "love" but i personally feel as strong with platonic relationships as with romantic ones (if not more) and this hit me HARD.

for the third one he's finally comfortable enough to consider you a friend. but he still sounds flabbergasted that you still even thought of him (and **you** specifically) (like he didn't imagine that you'd even give him a gift).

and now this is less of a transaction but more of like he *wants* to make sure that he gets you something that you'd really like. it's not simply just "hey let's go to the school store and see what's available as a thanks", this time it's "hey i really appreciate that you got me something so let's discuss what i can get you as well. i'll be your genie of the lamp, anything is possible (within reason)"

(original twitter thread with these cards)

[unlirise]

🖋️ 240603 • mon

in the absence of any sort of preparation or intent, i took the TOEIC today. just to get it over with even though im not graduating this year. i could have taken it next year instead, which would have made sense because the certifications for these exams have a validity period but it's fine. i can always retake it. otherwise, i can just go for IELTS or TOEFL. if not, well... i've been speaking english way more than i speak my native language. i'm more articulate in english, in fact.

apart from that, i got to spend time with my college friends in what could be the last few times i ever hang out with them as they head out on their own adventures as adults.

it's a shame i wouldn't be able to join them because i didn't finish my thesis on time. yet, it's not a huge loss on my part. my thesis is a passion project for me and i've expressed to my friends, my thesis adviser, my research professor, and my family that i want to give my thesis the time, care, and attention it deserves. it's not just a stepping stone to a diploma for me to hop over. it's a life lesson; an important one about how the world works and how i, as an international development student, can see where i fit in this puzzle.

that being said, i'll be cramming my presentation for my orientation tomorrow. hopefully it'll go well. i'll be orienting my research participants on what my thesis is about and how they can help to contribute and what not. hopefully i make a lot of progress and even manage to interview a few of them so that i can begin the data analysis part. in that case, i'd be ready to finish everything off by july and defend by august! it's not getting to me yet but i am excited to see all this slowly coming to a close. i can only hope for things to proceed smoothly and without trouble.

[drawloverlala]

Commission opening date and Shop Updates

Hello! May is about to end so I thought I'd make a little update about commissions and my Ko-fi shop!

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🌻 About new Commission date

I'll be opening Illustration commissions tomorow June 1st!

I will not be opening sketch pages or chibis next month due to me still having to work on the previous sketch pages requests ����, and I'm so very sorry for the wait on those, I got sick last month so I couldn't make as much progress as I wanted on those, but I'll be getting into them this upcoming month for sure!

So once again here's my commission pages, I'll be updating them to open sometime on the afternoon tomorrow!

other than that just very sorry to let you all know the new date in short notice, I've been pretty busy this week 😅

🌻 Commission progress:

Illustration commissions from April are all almost done, just 2 remain pending, I'll be getting into them next month as well.

Comic page commissions from February are all almost done, I finished one of them and now there's one left to go, the one with 5 fully colored pages 👍

Sketch pages: I managed to finish 1, the rest there's one with progress but the others not just yet, so I'll be getting into them next month too.

Chibi commissions: they were all finished

🌻 About Ko-fi shop:

Link to my Ko-fi shop

the new orders I got have been sent today! I already sent the tracking codes to the clients, so hopefully they arrive to their destinations safely!

Most previous orders have already got to their destinations too, so I'm super happy about that!

with that said:

🌱Shipping dates for next month are: June 14th and June 28th

and well I'm still working on re-stocking the Sonic notebooks, so far I finished 3 out of 10 notebooks 😆

and I made new stickers! I'll be making them available to buy the same day I update the Sonic notebooks' listing! just gotta first finish these notebooks, at least 5 of them!

here's how they look so far! super happy about how these turned out!

I'm hoping to be able to make some more items too, like more stickers, magnets and illustrations ^_^

that's all for now! thanks for reading and see you on June!

[hypersomniagame]

HYPERSOMNIA AUGUST DEV LOG : “The last one for a little while unless you're reading this like 4 years in the future and the game's still being made but I didn't do anymore dev logs so it's pretty clear that I stopped here so if thats the case, it was a good run and thank you for reading! AKA the Clerks one.”

Hey! Hi! Welcome to the last (for now hopefully) dev log! I'd like to be completely clear with why they're ending here for now, I am not going to be able to work on HYPERSOMNIA as frequently for like, the next year. I'm starting college next week, and I'm also starting work tomorrow, which is going to eat up a lot of my time. I'll be graduating in April, as my course is only 8 months long. This means that I'm not going to be able to make monthly dev logs like this with the time I have going forward. Now, this doesn't mean im stopping work ON HYPERSOMNIA, I'll be working on it when I can, because it's a passion project for me and once I'm working, I can invest more money into it. Ideally this could continue alongside everything else in my life, but I just don't have that kinda energy or time.

As a parting gift though, I did do some stuff this month after I settled in from the move, so I hope you enjoy it, thank you for reading these logs!

First off, I've done more mapping for the forest north of Pigeonville! I've been struggling with this area a lot recently. Forest areas are kinda hard to map because you want to place things in a way that makes them natural, but you also want to convey to the player where to go. I've got a few more of these maps to make for the area and then I can move on to the caves that I've shown off before.

Here's a few areas from the map that I really liked making. There's some item boxes around the area for players who do some exploring. I haven't decided on what I'd like the item boxes to be yet, so for now they're just base asset chests.

I also redid Ross' special attack sprite. The lighting on it I'm kinda tied on, because all of the other characters have static shading while this animation has more animated shading. I'm leaning more for static but we'll see, maybe I'll do different shading for everyone else.

Also! I mentioned that I would talk about this in the previous dev log;

Debra was given a crowbar! I thought it'd be fitting 'cause she works in a port-town. Lots of fish, gotta open crates, y'know? It's like that and 25% because of Half-Life.

I'd also like to talk about our new trailer that came out! If you haven't seen it, you can watch it here:

This trailer was insanely fun to make, and as of right now it's my favourite trailer I've made for the game.

The biggest things I wanted to improve on with this trailer were the editing, and presentation. I've been showing off HYPERSOMNIA for a few years but I feel as if outside of the synopsis, people don't know much about HYPERSOMNIA.

The trailers have lacked a lot of the attitude and feel HYPERSOMNIA has, and I wanted to make it more apparent which seemed to pay off!

Some people in the live chat nailed the Scott Pilgrim influence, as well as the general punk undertone the game has. It's something I've strived for the game to give off since 2022. So I'm happy to see people recognizing it from this trailer.

And with that, that's all I've really got to share for this month. There's more work being done, but it's not stuff I'm ready to show you all yet.

Again, thank you all for reading these, I had a lot of fun with them! I hope sometime in the future I'll be able to come back to these with more content and further progress in the game.

Until then though, take care! And keep your eyes PEELED!!!

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[bberetd]

Hey there! Since you also reblogged the post saying you want people to send you asks (actually I even reblogged it from you), here I am to ask you a question. A potentially very tough one. Ready?

If you had to pick only one (1!) favorite Mario character who would it be and why?

I'm just trying to get to know my mutuals a little better, y'know?

But most people seem to be using that 'send me asks' post as another opportunity to say mushy stuff to each other, so let me also do that! I'd like to remind you that I'm very glad that I'm following your blog. You're certainly a fun and kind person, and must say I like you very much 😀❤️ Thanks for always supporting my art, it really means a lot to me.

Also please teach me your ways to draw so fast, I just finally finished sketching my latest fanart today (yeah, that ambitious one) and it took embarrassingly long. And this one is supposed to have a proper lineart too💀

Oh, that reminds me: I'm really excited for your animations! Once I'm done with my current fanart, the next bigger fan project on my list is also one animation I've been thinking of, so I hope we'll be able to motivate each other a bit 😁👊

OH just oneeee? 😩

Whew, okay, well... while Daisy has a huge place in my heart (especially lately, as you can tell 😹), my all-time favorite will always be Luigi.

See, the funny thing is that I hardly cared for him before the movie, and even a little after I watched the movie. My first favorite Mario character was actually Rosalina when SMG came out, because I was SO obsessed with space when I was younger (and still kinda am), and blue was and is my favorite color (such a deep reason, right? :P)

I always tend to lean towards the underdogs of a franchise, yet I don't remember the exact moment that drew me to him. There were just a bunch of edits and videos of him flooding all of my social media pages when the movie hype was still fresh, and I guess one day I decided, "yup. that's my guy."

I think the moment that really solidified my love for him was when I replayed Luigi's Mansion (I kiiinda played it before, but I was 4 and just pressing buttons lol... it's strangely a core memory for me). His bravery throughout the game despite his evident fears and anxieties is just... so inspiring and real to me, genuinely. And a little bit of him shone through his commentary of some of the objects throughout the mansion, which was also endearing 😆 The game gets creepier the deeper I think about it, and I just can't help but give him more flowers for going through it three different times!

plus, he's just so happy and awkward and silly. how could you not love him?!

But in short, he's my favorite because he's relatable to me, and I find his little quirks adorable and endearing.

yet despite all that, he knows when to lock tf IN. that's my hero <3

anywhoooo...

Mugi!!! I couldn't be any happier that we're friends and moots! You've blessed my timeline with your gorgeously detailed art and commentary, and I'm so grateful you support my art just as much ♥️♥️ I admire and like you very much as well, you're amazing <3

as for quick art, basically-

and thank you!! the animation might take longer because classes start tomorrow for me, and year 3 of uni is definitely gonna be more challenging and, er, expensive. 🫠 Hopefully I'll learn to manage my time better so I can make decent progress every day, but I do know where I want to go with the animation. Big yes to motivating each other!! I know that ambitious art will be PHENOMENAL when it's dropped, and I can't wait to see your style in motion! :))

[minisception]

Bad news. I didn't sleep last night, & was far too burned out after work to put in the hours of focused effort needed to rush though the edge highlights on the black armor. So I just didn't do it. As a result the blood knights are clearly unfinished, though enough work was done that the overall aesthetic effect of the Vanguard still mostly comes across, so I'm not entirely unhappy with these.

And I did make some progress today. I re-applied the flat black to the knight's armor (which would have been necessary anyway for error correction), and did some extra detail work on the banner bearer, particularly around her face & hair decoration. And snow on the knights' basds, which I was going to leave for tomorrow morning back when I though I'd be able to do the armor highlights today, but it took a long time so it's good I didn't end up leaving it for the morning.

In the end, yeah, the knights aren't done, but they're as done as they're going to be for tomorro. Again, I think the overall effect of mostly black clad warriors on a snowy white landscape with some ghosty/necromantic green bits showing through does come across I think. I've been away from this color scheme long enough (and made enough slight changes) that I do kind of like it again. Makes me wish I had gotten more painted back when the Legion of Sacrament was still a thing.

Hopefully I can actually get some sleep tonight, & be awake enough to play well tomorrow.

[andromedaexists]

WUPDATE: Desecrate

𝚆𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟷𝟹𝚝𝚑 || 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝙱

This week has been interesting to say the least! I'm leaving at 5am tomorrow for Seattle, which means that I had to fit a full 45 hour work week into Sunday-Wednesday. Needless to say, not much else got done lmao

But that's okay! I'm planning on getting the QBD back up and running this weekend (I wake up early so I figured I'd work on it while waiting for Lilloon to wake up). I also really want to hit 10k in Desecrate re-writes this weekend, and we're already really close!! We're sitting at 7,160 words as of right now! I think hitting 10k this weekend is feasible!

Next week is also going to be rough, I'm arriving back home at 12:30 AM on Tuesday, then I have to fit a 50 hour work week in before the end of Saturday!

Lots of work right now to accommodate my travel, but also lots of progress on my projects! I'm also anticipating having some big announcements on Easter Sunday and I'm participating in the Trans Rights Readathon from March 22nd-29th! Oh!! And I started recording my family recipes and uploading them on YouTube in preparation for a secret project!

Lots of updates, lots of updates! But without further ado, some snippies!

Snippit one:

Kit takes in a deep breath, trying to ground himself. What was that dream? Was it a dream? Fuck, he needs to write it down. He swings his arm up over his head, mindlessly grappling the sheet to find his phone where he left it plugged in last night only to realize it wasn’t there. Fuck. He wrestles his way out of the blanket and rolls onto his stomach to see where the phone could have gone only to find the cord holding it as it dangled over the edge of the bed. He needs to hurry before he forgets the dream, his fingers quickly swiping the pattern on the lock screen and opening his voice notes.

Snippet Two:

He’s back in the country, right? No reason why he couldn’t do what his mom always did to blow off bad feelings. He gets off the bed, grabbing the shorts he discarded earlier that night and sliding them back on before walking to the box of clothes he found while looking for his bedding and grabbing a pair of socks. He throws on his converse, knowing that he’s going to regret wearing them but he doesn’t have it in him to search through boxes for more substantial shoes right now. Stepping out into the brisk night air under the full moon is like stepping through into a different world. Kit can feel each and every step that pounds into the asphalt, but he keeps moving. Just a quick jog down the road to really work out all the anxiety from the dream, careful to stick to the center of the road instead of wondering too close to the woods that hold God knows what. This is what his mom would always do when she was feeling under the weather, whether from mental or physical illness. She always said that it would make her sweat out the bad and leave her with a clear mind, hopefully it does the same for him. Kit’s never been a runner, and he knows that he will not be able to run the full mile that Mom used to, turning back as soon as his knees started to ache just a bit too much for his comfort.

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[terresdebrume]

Things I did today at work:

Introduced the happy/frowny points system* in the nursery class, which works great to make the sort of behavior I'd like them to adopt easier to understand

Taught L. a sign she can use to signal when she wants to go pee and had TA S take her even though she wears diapers (I'm all about encouraging and facilitating her getting out of diapers if it's at all possible)

Took the first couple of pictures for the communication cards I want to tape on the wall to help her and A. communicate more easily, might also come in handy for other kids and just generally make line easier with a class that has at least 4 (potentially more) special needs students out of 15

Had a little trivia tournament with the y7 and the Y8 to review for their upcoming exam tomorrow, they were excited and had fun

Met several parents who mentioned they were happy about their child's progress and time which is always nice

Got to talk to Si's parents about him potentially having ADHD, found them open to the idea and receptive, to be continued

Got the first class dictionary up and running, it has its flaws and I have to redo a couple of pages, but it's there and will hopefully help the students ^^

Got to have one of my nursery student demonstrate that he remembered the vocabulary we learned this term in front of his parents and reassure them that he's doing fine in class

I do wish I could have had better answers for the parents of C who is doing TERRIBLY this term (like. Worse than usual.) but I guess I'll have to talk to him about it as we go along.

*It's a system where they get a frown point of they do something I don't like and a smile if they do something I like**, and if they have more frowns than smiles by the end of the class they have to wait three minutes before they go down to the playground. I frame it specifically as things I like/dislike because some teachers have different rules and while we largely align I feel like it avoids the confusion of presenting differing sets of rules as correct/incorrect

**It's not necessarily my ideal in terms of how to deal with the class but since we're only together 2x30mn per week I need them to be able to stay at least somewhat calm and near their tables so we can get to the actual fun bits that help them learn. Also, as mentioned above: I have 4-6 special needs*** kids in one classroom, slated to likely expand by one in the new term. I NEED the discipline from everyone else

***Also most kids WANT to please the teacher so it helps me figure out which ones are able to follow my instructions and which ones are not which is ALSO helpful to figure out who does and doesn't have special needs

[attentive-dragon]

I'll remember it tomorrow

Thinking about that post I commented on, how a great idea will pop into a writer's head, and they might think "I don't have time to write that down today, but I'll remember it tomorrow." I learned the hard way that this way lies regret: I've lost more great story ideas this way. I've cultivated a habit of writing ideas down as soon as I can when I have them. This often means quickly typing something on my phone's notes app right after getting out of the shower, or recording a voice note in the car. It's a terrible feeling to know you had a really clever way of untying a particular Gordian Knot, or a really fun bit of dialogue, and just can't remember it anymore.

This has had some weird impacts on my writing process. I've already spoken elsewhere about how I finished a book (and was about a third of a way through its sequel) when I realized this wouldn't be book one in my series, but would stand as book four (probably.) So already my writing process is out of order. But: it gets worse than that.

I have my entire series planned out, more or less, all the way through an estimated thirteen books. Some of those books I have detailed outlines for. Some I have a couple paragraph summaries. Some just a sentence or two. But the overall arc of the entire series is something I've known for quite awhile, and some of the major events that will happen along the way are things I've already thought up.

So, sometimes my brain will deliver tidbits of those later stories to me, and I have to write them down immediately. Just the other day, a bit of conversation from what will probably be book 12 or 13 popped into my brain, and I had to write it down. I actually really like this little bit of dialogue, and when I finally (hopefully) get that far in my series, I'll be really excited to finally get to use it.

Because of all of this, the writing "progress" on my series is a bit odd. I keep making little side-trips into later books to add things as they come to me, and it means that later books often have a lot more completed than one might expect, considering I have yet to actually publish my first book in the series:

Book one ("The Yellow Earring") is complete, at 71260 words

Book two ("The Silver Sword") is about halfway done with 44427 words

So far, so good. However:

Book three has 27965 words written

Book four (as mentioned above) is complete with 145943 words (and this one obviously still needs much editing.)

Book five has 34846 words written so far

Book six has 6359 words, because I really needed to get a scene written that WOULD NOT LEAVE MY BRAIN ALONE

Book seven has about a thousand words written

Book eight has 6686 words, again, because the first chapter sat down one day in my brain and refused to leave until I acknowledged it.

And of course, the aforementioned short bit of dialogue that will probably go somewhere in a planned book 12 or 13.

There's a part of me that wants to be frustrated about this: after all, if I've written so many thousands of words in later books, couldn't I have better spent my time writing thousands more words in the book I'm currently working on?

I've learned to silence that frustration and embrace the process. One good example of why this works for me is actually in the book I'm currently working on though. I was still working on book one when a really clever idea came to me for something in book two, and I ended up writing an entire scene. It was months before I had finished book one, and gotten book two to the point where my characters finally arrived at that scene, but once they did, I was able to use that previously written scene skeleton as a framework to carry the story forward. If I hadn't written it down at the time, I may not have remembered what I'd wanted to do there, and there's a good chance what I would have written wouldn't have pleased me so much.

Everything I write will get used, eventually. At least, that's my hope. That scene from Book Two finally getting used seems to support this. I just need to trust that my brain knows what it's doing as it doles out these tidbits of story to me out of order - and I also need to make sure I'm making the time to intentionally write in my current book and not letting myself get carried away with things yet to come.

And maybe more importantly, I need to actually focus on the process of getting Book One published. My brain loves these bits of story, the tales they are all a part of, and the characters living within them. I'd like to think some other folks' brains will as well.

[drkineildwicks]

Writing Update - 5/1/2025

Finally, warm weather \.o./

So real talk, writing goals for April were blasted out of the water by me getting sick for the first time in like, four or five years--two days I was reduced to doing one page of anything so I didn't break the writing streak I've had for...oh gosh over a decade now. :O Considering the lingering coughing and sneezing, I'm thinking it was allergies we got some pollen this year.

Saying that, this means I didn't keep my 100 words a day for those four fics like I said I would, spent the end of the month trying to get back into the swing of things. :\

Good news, though--as I said in this piece, The Glowing Tide is all-but done and will be starting on FFN and AO3 tomorrow! :D Have been considering dropping FFN altogether thanks to the spam, ngl, so we'll see if I keep that one going forward.

That DS/PotC fic The Legend of Maxwell Carter is coming along nicely too--been playing through the game it's based on, The Legend of Jack Sparrow, doing a couple of stages and then writing them up. I think we're one more play session off from the end, and then I'll let it marinade a week or two before going through and seeing about 1) fluffing it up some more and 2) adding more Don't Starve stuff to it. As it sits, it's going to be rather small (currently 10K words) but considering the game is 1) a sort of retelling of the first movie and 2) focused on combat, I think it was always destined to be more of a short story than anything else. Either way, that one will likely be going up starting June when I'm fully in the pirate vibes again. \,o./

Also incidentally related to that is the rewrite for Dead Man's Chest getting its own document, once this fic's finished I can start focusing on DMC and figuring it out but at the very least the first chapter is done, hopefully the rest will be done by next year.

If you've been following Shadows and Ash on FFN or AO3 you know that we're smack in the middle of the Giovanni confrontation--that's fully written out so no multi-week cliffhangers there, working on getting Ash into and then through the Indigo League Conference now. This'll be the final story arc for the fic, I do want to do a sequel but not anytime soon because firstly I have to recharge and secondly I have to figure out if I want to do the Orange Islands or just jump straight to Johto--Orange Islands is one of Ash's few League victories but it's also anime-exclusive and as y'all might have been able to tell, I lean heavily on the games as well.

Live and Learn 2 is definitely the one that fell by the wayside towards the end of April, although I'm making progress on the "Write Turn Here" episode. Hopefully I'll have that final burst of energy and finish it in the fall like I did with the original, but I do think I'm eyeballing the final stretch, it's hard to tell. Did get the Easter special for that one all-but done, hopefully this winter I'll get the Christmas one done too so we can update Love the Holidays some.

As for Ghost's Reign, got some of that outlining I threatened done, mostly jotting down the stuff I really want to write and then figuring out under which antagonist those events occur. Don't really have it to where the next stuff is all done and ready to go yet, but considering we've still got a couple of months to go as far as updates are concerned, I'm not worrying yet. XD

So! Goal for this month is to finish The Glowing Tide and The Legend of Maxwell Carter, will continue to try and do 100 words a day on Shadows and Ash and Live and Learn 2 but the goal is finishing those fics that are really close. After that...hmm, might toy with organizing that Don't Starve fic of mine called The Ruler's Son, been working on and off on that one for at least five years now and I'd like to start posting it finally. Also might work on one of my Shadow fics that is pretty far along as well, that one's a bit further out there but what are fanfics but not passion projects that we choose to share?

Anyway wish me luck and don't look for me because the weather is warm and the garden and beach are calling in equal measure. ;v;/

[stressedlawsecretary]

Today's Focus

02.07.25 - At least it's Friday. I did manage to get that Sudafed yesterday and I'm feeling much better today; hopefully that means I'll be really productive around the house today - if my hair would ever behave.

Work - Okay I have nothing in my inbox that isn't days old already; mostly it's still working in NYM to update things and enter in all the players of the new cases I got. I got two last week/earlier this week (what is time, even?) and each case has a dozen or more players and we all know how NYM loves to let you enter in multiple players.

Background Noise - I am home, which means I will be mostly playing the DVR, with my slop playlist on mute on my tablet. Speaking of YT, I did 22 videos across all my playlists, and this includes four (4) videos that were over an hour (a couple closer to two (2)!) in length. I'd love to come close to that number today, particularly if they all come from the slop playlist.

Study - Friday means it's Wikipedia day, and I have plenty to get to, regardless of what device; I'm hoping to rack up a high number of reads, considering all the pages I'm halfway through at the moment.

Yesterday was also a good day for studying; I read the five (5) press releases that came in on Wednesday, seven (7) pages of A Short History of Paper Money & Banking, six (6) chapters of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and three (3) random articles.

Extras - Friday means I clean the catbox and prep it for the weekend; I'm also going to try and tackle a bunch of big chores, both today and over the weekend. Hunny and I don't really have plans except watching movies at home and playing video games so I should be able to make a lot of progress. To finish off celebrity meal week, I'm doing Chrissy Teigen's super tuna melt, with waffle fries of course; haven't figured out what to do for tomorrow yet though. Then the last three episodes of KR Ghost for the week, before watching YT to cap off the night. Idk if I'll have time for coloring/etc. but I at least worked on writing yesterday and that's more than I've done in a while.

[v-writes]

February 4 2025

Me: several fics at points I'm really happy with, could theoretically make huge progress in any of them of my choice.

Also Me: but what if new fic.

It's almost more of a writing exercise than actual fic, but I've been kicking around the idea for a bit and then just committed to starting it. But I've been overthinking some of my wips that will have bigger action/fight scenes, and I realized part of that is because I have such a distinct visual for fight scenes in my head, and it's in a style that I don't know how to turn into written word.

Because RWBY as a whole has owned my soul for years, the fight scenes are gorgeous, and while I don't think I'll quite be able to get someone who has never seen RWBY to visualize it as the show does, I'm not trying to rewrite their episode transcripts, I am excited to try my hand at re-imagining the scenes as I'd write them, starting with the Red trailer, and that was certainly a choice considering just how little this trailer does that isn't either intensely aesthetically beautiful or musically based.

Good news is this is hardwired to be short with a set end, minimal tangent opportunity (don't worry, I still found some oppurtunity for tangent), and depending on how much I like it when I finish the Red Trailer it would be very easy to make a series (RWBY vs Ace ops?) And oh no. I have watched the Red Trailer so much today. Whatever shall I do.

Also this has become. Such a Ruby character study. whoops? I'm not sorry.

anyway 687 words, and about 50 seconds left of trailer to cover. hope to finish it tomorrow so I can review and post it on Sunday (Birthday). And hopefully make some progress in other wips before that week, it'll probably largely be a wash re writing, as I'm on vacation and visiting people. We'll see. that's the point of a low word count goal, may still be able to hit it.

[exilederdrick]

Path of Exile 2 - Day 11: A Failed Damage Check

Platform: PC Controls: X-Input Controller Class: Titan Level: 45

Skills: Rolling Slam L10 with Overpower and Splinter Boneshatter L10 with Execute, Impact Shockwave, and Magnified Effect Volcanic Fissure L10 with Fire Infusion, Ignition, and Persistence Shield Charge L10 with Stomping Ground and Second Wind Armour Breaker L10 with Martial Tempo, Break Endurance, and Break Posture Infernal Cry L10 with Premeditation and Corrupting Cry Perfect Strike L10 with Eternal Flame and Unbreakable Sunder L10 with Brutality and Fist of War Overwhelming Presence L10 with Precision and Vitality

Content: Drowned City and Motlen Vault

I was not able to play much more today. Oh well. Hopefully tomorrow.

What's Working For Me:

Again, I've got to repeat how much the sound design is on point. At this point, I'm regularly breaking armour before or as I'm defeating enemies. The sound mixing when I land the killing blow is just a feast now. Just loving it!

Today I also had one of the moments where the improved vendors showed their usefulness. I always feel like I need more damage. And since I'm trying to fix accuracy without taking Resolute Technique, I can't just put more damage on the tree right now. This another one of those moments I'm glad I'll be able to respec, and I appreciate that respecing is going to be easier soon. But because of this, I'm always looking for better weapons.

Tonight, I ended up fighting Mektul. In addition to being a cool idea for a fight, I think he makes a great damage check before going into Cruel. I'm actually very fond of damage and defense check encounters. They provide a way for you to gauge your progress related to the difficulty of encounters around you. Really useful if you've been relying more on skill or patience. And I'm probably guilty of the latter. Either way, the molten gold killed me the first few times I tried to fight him, and I knew I needed more damage.

Alva to the rescue! After some failed crafting attempts I remembered I should probably spend my gold before I craft. I talked to Alva, and after a few tries I got a significant weapon upgrade. I also checked with Oswald and found a good belt upgrade too. I'd obviously still like to do more damage, but I'm free to solve some other problems for now.

What I'm Struggling With:

I really don't like that so many builds in PoE1 are funneled into Resolute Technique. I want to rely on accuracy and be able to crit with skills like Sunder. Plus crits are fun! But missing my Boneshatter targets isn't. And while I know that Accuracy is a Dex stat, and Warrior isn't a Dex character, I do wish access to Accuracy passives was a bit easier.

What Isn't Working:

No real bugs today, but some more awkward dialogue timings.

The first is that I found the Molten Vault and talked to Oswald before talking to him after entering the Drowned City. This resulted in Oswald telling me about the Molten Vault and Kamasa before telling me to keep an eye out for Monkey Statues. On a side note, it would be cool to get some dialogue from The Hooded One about Kamasa.

The second was in the Vault itself. I found two statues that looked like I could put something in them. After defeating Mektul, I went running around trying to figure out what to do with them. As I did, I went back near the boss area, and my character repeated their line for seeing Mektul. This one technically might count as a bug, but it's more immersion breaking then game breaking.

That's it for now!

Maybe! Maybe tomorrow I'll actually be able to get a good play session in.

Maybe . . .