#maxx rambles

I randomly felt compelled to finally log back into his account and let you all know I'm still alive lol. I do feel a bit bad about disappearing randomly and leaving so much unfinished but I think it was something I needed a lot

I started falling out of love with writing and actually hating it due to running this blog and trying to balance it and my unhealthy obsession with perfection. I took on a lot of projects that I probably shouldn't have and never really set myself super solid boundaries which became draining fast :( it kinda messed with how I felt about one piece and the fandom too which just ended in me harboring a lot of negative feelings and making this blog more of a burden than something fun. at some point everything I wrote I hated

although disappearing without saying anything probably wasn't the greatest idea, I think it was a quick and easy fix for me. I'm not as much into OP as before, but my interests change and flow and sometimes it comes back. I got to indulge in a lot of my other interests on other blogs which was very helpful for me, I've been slowly improving a lot mentally too!

god hes genuinely such a good skill check

like. i know it sounds strange because hes one of the very last bosses you have to fight but

he really is

hes the final wall before you can fight the rest

if you can't beat him as intended there's no way in hell you're beating the rest

because like. even up to the sentinels

you can just annihilate them

but you HAVE to be able to dodge his attacks

hes got too much health, and hes got mechanics in place to nullify attempts to cheese him

hes the true skill check of the calamity mod

no other boss comes close to how he makes you feel fighting him

he truly does make you feel like you're fighting a god though

with the devourer of gods, it doesnt necessarily feel like a fight for your life. it's that, sure, but it's also a fight for divinity

it feels like a climb to new heights

i love him as a boss

he's so well executed

the music also feels this way though

it reaches a crescendo mid-battle and he transforms, showing you his true power and with it, a new theme

and it goes harder than DIAMONDS

like every battle after truly feels like a battle between gods.

but devourer of gods?

it's a battle between mortal and immortal

and it FUCKS

it makes you feel so powerful

he truly is the gateway to true power, as well

the final tier of gear is locked behind him

his first phase feels like he's playing with you, almost

it's kinda reinforced when you get him down to 75% hp and he goes "Don't get cocky!"

but when you get him down to 60%, he transforms

he gets much larger, much longer, and the difficulty of the fight increases significantly

i dont like to call him a gatekeeper because he's so much more than that but

he is a DAMN good one