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Last song

I hear the following song often, so it is no surprise it is the last song I now heard. With this I do not only like the music, but also the video: "This is War" by Thirty Seconds to Mars with "Rebels" footage - >VIDEO<. Music and cutting just fits so amazingly well and I enjoyed "Rebels" sooo much. I think this show is criminally underrated. It is that kind of show which starts "okay", but then gets better and better with each season - becoming one of the best SW pieces for me out there. It just gave me so much "original" Episode 4-6 vibes and also my "Firefly" thirst was stilled by it. Loved every character in "Rebels" so much, though the best for me was Hera - ressourceful, clever, active, strong-willed and finally a Twi'lek not being sexualized! She made the show for me. Really looking forward seeing Hera and Sabine again in the upcoming "Ahsoka" show. But okay, this was "Last Song" and now I was rambling on about a show... sorry for that!

Currently reading

I am a super slow reader. Always have been even at university - and this was a bit challenging as I studied American and English literature. I love reading, but I rarely am in the mindscape for it anymore and have gotten too restless. It only works during vacations or trips for me. So it takes me a long time to finish stuff and sometimes I start something else at the side as well. That is why I am reading three different books at the moment, because I am not always in the mood a certain one.

The first being "Fool on the Hill" by Matt Ruff - I promised my spouse to read it finally as it is their favorite book. The beginning was a bit drawn-out, but I enjoyed the middle a lot. I get why so many people love that book, but I've got a bit of a hard time with some things. Especially the ending now is sadly overstaying its welcome a bit too much.

The second book being "It" by Stephen King - I love horror literature and had always a weird love-hate relationship with King. I love his take on writing, I love his general stances, love his ideas, enjoyed most of the movies based on him, but his endings suck and sometimes he is a bit too vulgar for my taste. But if it is only the last 10% that's not good? Well, time well spent, I'd say!

And the last one is "Skulduggery Pleasant - The Faceless Ones" by Derek Landy. Hm, yes, as I said I simply LOVE horror literature. And as pulpy and trashy the characters are - I love those dialogues and the pacing! Skulduggery Pleasant is just such a fun time to read and sooo relaxing. But it is really, really overpowered. I mean, you would call out each of those characters if they were roleplaying something like that in FF14. And yet somehow it does not bother me when reading it. I do not even understand why. Usually I would complain about such characters for hours.

Currently watching

How much time do you have and how much do you want to read? Because I watch so much stuff. It is simply easier for me with my busy RL life to consume at the side and more relaxing. My spouse and I have our little ritual of watching one tv show after dinner and one (different) tv show before going to bed. Our "after dinner show" is at the moment the tv show "Sleepy Hollow" (>Trailer<) - and I expected it to be entertaining, but I did not expect it to be that good. Don't get me wrong, it is not outstanding, but I enjoy it very much. Probably also, because it covers a period in American history and literature I had as one of my study focusses. And I loved Washington Irving. Also, yes, it is horror. Again. I know, I know. Don't hold it against me! But it is really entertaining. Give it a try.

Our "before bedtime show" is at the moment a little "blast of the past" with "Case Closed (Detective Conan)" (>Trailer<) - yes, that slightly older anime show with way too many episodes. We recently thought we need something light and it is just a nice way to chill out at the end of the day.

When I am watching on my own, I recently started a rerun of "The X Files" (>Trailer<), because I loved that show when it aired on tv for the first time, but never finished watching it. Still want to complete a whole run of it, because I never got further than season 3. Or was it 4? I do not really know anymore.

And the last movie we saw was "Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse" (>Trailer<), which was simply amazing. But you all probably know that anyway, so... I will just give another bonus fact about me: Spider-Man is my favorite superhero. I always loved how personal the stories are and how authentic his struggles are. That was something I could relate to a lot - responsibilities piling up and feeling the need to be responsible. Because with great power, yadda, yadda, yadda... Spider-Man was always the most relatable and human superhero to me. Each incarnation was an authentic human being struggling with doing the right thing, but stepping up to try it - even when failing. That always inspired me and still inspires me. And this movie was the first we went to the cinema again since the pandemic. So, yay!

Current obsession

This one I will keep shorter. Or I will try to do so at least! But my current obsession is an obsession I have been having for quite some time and it is: Hunt: Showdown (>Trailer<) - don't confuse it with "Hunt". That game! It is a PvPvE (Player versus Player versus Environment) extraction shooter so probably not to everyone's taste. Setting is Weird Wild West with Zombies and Demons, has the best sound design in the whole gaming industry. No, really, there is no better one. You can pinpoint the location of sounds by listening so perfectly and it is really important with all the stealthing and scouting. And the gunplay is so much fun. Those shootouts with other players are so intense and really feel sooo Wild West. I love it and I am simply addicted to that game. So, if you see me afking in FF14, I might be playing one or two rounds of Hunt at the side. And yes, it is again... horror. I know. It's a surprise there are not too many horror themes when roleplaying Mimi! I really should rectify it. Because I live for that. So I probably should get those Sagolii ruins rolling for plotting points, right?

Don't worry, I am still here! The past weeks have just been super challenging for me, so I had to take some things a little slower. And also my tumblr presence suffered a lot due to that. Thanks for all of you still liking and following and all of that. It is super appreciated!

There were some major changes at work for me. Most of them affecting my work-life-balance heavily - in a negative way. As I am an introvert and had to endure a lot of very draining stuff this took a heavy toll on me to adjust to that. I am still not really adjusted, but ... slowly settling in.

I am still around. Still enjoying the game. I just played it a lot more again than writing about it or posting here. Because that is what I do, when life becomes too draining. I really had hoped after my previous little tumblr break I could get back into the rhythm, but then ... well, work happened.

So, sorry to all who have been waiting for an answer or anything. I try to get back into the rhythm again more. I probably will still be slow and I probably still need some time. But my little retreat helped a lot. Mental health is important and I just had to take care of that.

10 favorite characters

Tagged by: @fair-fae​ - Thanks for tagging me! And yes, that was nearly three years ago and you probably cannot even remember tagging me anymore. So, sorry. But I finally did it!

Tagging: It has been some time since this went around. So, maybe some of you have already done it and want to redo it. @zhauric, @kich-rp @avwalya​ @punchelf @lady-lissette @ysandrethedreamer @candlelethe​ @ink-dreams-ffxiv @limitsbroke @captainkurosolaire​ @miqojak @starforger @miqoquest @gatheredfates @arbiterofthedead @archaiclumina @reconditerune @airis-ray @ahlis-xiv @luck-and-larceny @uldahstreetrat @blackbirdffxiv @riftdancing @cactusxwren @little-birdseeker @azure-seadragon @thorstyr @arasnealashandr @angelinecarax @miqomonkly @shavri-ffxiv and, of course, everyone who has not been tagged and wants to do it! Do it and tag me, so I can read it. I would love to see your favorite characters.

I picked the list of my favorite characters according to one simple idea: Everytime they are on screen I rejoice. There are so many more characters I enjoy, but the following are probably my favorite. Yet, it was really hard, so a bit further down below I have to add some "honorable mentions".

Also, I'll spare you the explanations, because then this post would be too lengthy, if I am going to gush about those characters and why I love them. And it is in no ranking order as I would not know how to rank them. I would fail big time at that, because each has a special place in my heart.

Buffy Summers (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer)

Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!)

Captain Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Spider-Man (Spider-Man)

Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)

Maron Kusakabe (Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne)

Hera Syndulla (Rebels)

Pacey Whitter (Dawson’s Creek)

G’kar (Babylon 5)

Hershel Greene (The Walking Dead)

So this is it. I think there is a strong parallel in all of these characters. They are not what they appear to be at first. They are complex, they have so much depth which is often overlooked and they are bad-ass in their own way. All of them are idealists and fighters in their sometimes own way. I like that kind of characters, the stories around them and the moral dilemmas they have to face oftentimes.

Also under the cut you are going to find my “honorable mentions”, because … there were quite some and I had to reduce the list of characters somehow. But the following are still important to me:

... aaaand back again! Today I came back home again from my little vacation trip last week. It was rainy and not exactly what we had hoped for. But it was fun nonetheless, we just had to improvise a little, and we just could not do as much hiking as planned to do.

I already tried to catch up a little in game and on tumblr and stuff. You might have noticed some interactions from me. But I really do not like the tumblr app on my mobile phone. It is clunky, it does not have as much comfort as my xkit mods give me on pc - and it takes ages for me to type on my mobile phone keyboard. So I did not really do as much there. So I still need to do some catching up.