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 Super great! I've never seen the movie this episode title is referencing, and probably never will TBH!

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Ah, I'm looking forward to Talking Dads, all the same.

• I have barely done anything because I have been bogged down by Final Fantasy XII. ( Read more... )

• I do like Final Fantasy, but there's a reason why XII and VIII are my least favourite games. I mean, they are good! I can list a lot of positives from both games, but at this current time, after playing over a hundred hours (I'm pretty sure I've played about that?), I'm a little sick of XII. But if I try and play something else, (which I want to! oh god, I do!), I don't think I'd get back to it for a while.

• Fuck this game for punishing players for wanting to open every treasure chest and preventing them from getting the strongest weapon. How is a person without a walk-through supposed to know which treasure chest to open?

• I really want to replay the previous Final Fantasies and Tales of series. I feel like playing videogames is a perfect way to burn through podcasts, of which I have many! (But I've only played Xillia and Graces from Tales of, and I'm sorely tempted to buy the Final Fantasy games from the Playstation Network just because I've never played I-III, and I kind of want to replay IV-VIII too.) I do think the next Final Fantasy game should be XIII, because I like that one, but I think I should choose a game that isn't Final Fantasy first, so maybe Graces?

I've been watching a lot of KDramas! I couldn't do a write up, so I'll be concise-ish here of what I've watched the past month:

• Orange Marmalade, I watched in June, but forgot to write it down: it was cute, and I liked it's message, but I also don't necessarily think that it was earned within the drama itself? The historical moments were cute, but even cuter was the vampire family who were full of love. 7.5/10. 

• Healer, which was a super cute version of Superman, sans aliens. I liked the villain hierarchy, with Boss being a bartender for most part, as he manipulates Korea's future as he pleases. I loved the protagonist as he became Clark Kent, and they cast a really adorable Lois Lane-esque person. I loved the 'then and now', and you see why one character, who is so beloved, turns to villainy, but with such a good tragic element to him. 10/10, because there was so much I loved about it, and how fluffy and cute things were.

• Hi! School Love On, which was okay. I think I got invested in the wrong love triangle, which I wanted: Angel/Angel-Turned-Human/Human, instead of Angel-Turned-Human in a love triangle with two stepbrothers. It was cute! And I liked seeing characters being high schoolers, and make up and break up arbitrarily. I'm not sure I quite bought the ending, and I suppose I got Second Lead Syndrome a little bit because I liked the other lead instead of the current one, but alas. It was cute, but I think I would have done it differently. 7.5/10, because I really liked the second half, even though at that point, I do think things spiralled a bit too out of control for my personal taste, but at the same time, I got more engaged by various characters at that point too.

• Suspicious Partner, which was also super cute. It was about lawyers, and I liked how the office scenes happened, and unexpected friendships occurred and fixed/mended over time. I also liked the bad guy, who took me by surprise by his tragedy, but mostly I liked how he would creep up in the background, almost about to murder people. He was very good! But I also really liked the romance and the comedy, and it was just sweet and cuteness carrying the show. 9/10.

• The Royal Gambler, was a really good historical! The King was super charismatic and Machiavellian, I liked the Prince-Who-Became-King, and changed from the light-hearted spoilt brat to someone crafter, colder, cunning. (I'd seen him before in Orange Marmalade, and he was so focused and devoted to this role, like damn, I really think this actor is really well-suited to historicals). Dae-Gil was great, and I liked how he never lost sight of his objective: that he loved people, and he wanted life to be better, but not at the expense of the innocent and those who suffered. This show also had such a good villain, who was always kind of one step ahead, and had a variety of minions -- some stuck by him to the end, and even after that, some left him, after figuring out it's not worth their time, some felt complicated feelings, and gradually became disillusioned with him, after his methods became too drastic. Also, I was super impressed by the assassin who kind of took center stage in the middle of the drama, because I'd seen that actor in much goofier roles (mainly Fight For My Way, but I think also A Korean Odyssey), and here he was cool and badass. 8/10, because I think plates spun a bit too long, but I liked the impression that in order to fulfill a dream/a villain, is the only way to carry it through is to become a monster? (Dae Gil clearly thinks not, but then, Dae Gil clearly preferred to be a civilian.)

• Spark, was a cute web series, with a cute concept, and just. Yeah. Quick, easy, light to blitz through. 6.5/10.

• Part Time Idol, was super cute and fluffy. Maybe a bit rushed, but a lovely view of the Idol industry, and overcoming hardships. I'm not entirely sure I bought the romance, but since it was really short, I don't mind that much? (I definitely saw the one-sided feelings, but I'm sure I bought the reciprocity of it.), and it was more about them becoming a dream team and becoming successful. 9/10.

Other things:

1. Podcasts - I'm still listening to Pirate History Podcasts. I've got about thirty or so episodes before I completely catch up, so that'll take a while before I move onto Rude Tales Of Magic.
2. Anime - I watched The Great Passage /  Fune wo Amu, which was interesting to see how people became passionate about creating dictionaries, and how they need to refine the process in later editions; I think the romance subplot was a bit too simplistic, and that the passing of time was difficult to tell at times, but I enjoyed the baby-dictionaries subplot that occurred in the middle of the episodes, and the camradie and office shenanigans. I watched Battery,  which was okay, but I didn't think much of it. I've finished s1 of The Disastrous Life of Saki K, and I'm gradually getting through Yakitate!! Japan, a series I truly adore and am trying to savour.
3. Manga, I did not finish Ao Haru Ride. Hopefully in August?
4. Books, I didn't read any. Brandon Sanderson's Way of Kings Part 1 is sitting on my bookshelf and gathering dust.

Dungeons And Daddies:

• I'm so nervous for Henry Oak! I'm nervous-excited for his backstory, and ( Read more... )
   But I'm riveted too. And I just want him to be okay.

• I keep relistening to the latest episode a) because I love Ron and Henry winding each other up with their nervous energy, b) I love Anthony Burch saying 'who's in my bush-- oh I see! yes, yes, yes, laugh it up!' and him singing 'my name is Dominos~~~' in a delightful accent, I don't know if he inhaled helium or the voice was edited afterwards, but I love it.

• I keep trying to figure out what my favourite dad order is, and I think it's 1) Glenn, scumbag king who wants to be his son's best friend rather than his father; 2) Henry, nervous well-meaning disaster case who has demon sons, and may also be a clone? raised in a cult? repressing awful memories that are going to come up really soon? (I cannot wait.) 3) Darryl, who I think has made the most positive relationship growth with his son in a way that feels the most authentic to me, (and also, I think I've really grown to like Matt Arnold?); 4) Ron. Beth May is hilarious, which is I think why I liked Ron more than Darryl, but you know, I don't think I buy the Ron and Terry Jr relationship that much? Yeah, they've made a lot of progress, and I do think they've the improved the most, however, I just cannot forgive Ron for decapitating Vampire Terry Sr in front of Terry Jr and capping it off with 'who's your daddy now;? Hilarious, yes, awful, yes.

 *coughs*

Sometimes a BDSM Podcast.

The chaotic energy and creativity of this podcast is unreal. I'm also kind of impressed how dedicated the players are to the characters, they've been pretty consistent from start to finish. And they are awful, awful fathers. Hilariously awful fathers, but still.

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I do wonder how much more this campaign is going to go on, TBH. Narratively speaking, I feel like the dads don't know why they're bad dads, or if they do, they haven't made nearly enough effort to actually become good dads. At the same time, it kind of feels like the campaign is nearly over, at least with the purple robes reveal -- but then again, the purple robes haven't been defeated, and who knows how long that might take.

Ah well, if it takes forever, then I'll at least have a fun time with these goofs.