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Switching to Linux Mint

Over the weekend I made a decision to switch to Linux Mint, since sooner or later, my laptop would probably force me to switch to windows 11, something I do not want to do due to the shitty AI and other useless stuff they'd push out on me. Official support for win 10 has ended, so at some point, Steam would stop supporting it too, which is one of the platforms I use for games, and that would make a problem for me. Not to mention the PC itself is on the older side (i got it in 2020 and not as a new one) so I'd be forced to buy another, and with the shit they're pulling on RAM now, I'd rather not get a new laptop with gb RAM while I already have that much here.

To not deal with window's shit any longer, I decided on Linux Mint, mainly because I've heard from people who use it that it's on the easier side when it comes to Linux operating systems. After a few days so far, I can say I am happy with my choice! Even if I'm not a that amazing with tech, I was able to get everything I needed without much of a fuss. I got Librewolf (my browser of choice) to work right away, I have everything I need for writing and steam works well as it can run on Linux, something that wasn't a case in the past from what I've heard. I do some times use Epic Games due to the free games they have, and I was able to find a work around as the store itself is not possible to run on Linux. The community of games really does care on making it easy to use it, even if the launcher is not a favourite one hahahah.

The only problem I'm still trying to solve is running my non-steam games that normally run on an .exe file, like Identity V and some pirated games. There are ways to do it, but I'm still figuring out, and last time I tried the other day the game did not work sadly. I should be able to get it to work sooner or later however, so that's important.

As everything was easy so far, I'd say Linux is not as scary as some people make it out to me. Mint is the friendliest one for beginners for sure, I'd say if you want to give up on windows this is a good option. I've searched only a few things and haven't had many major problems at this point in time. I will continue to monitor how things work, but so far, I'm happy with my choice to switch!

Winter Solstice 2025 Countdown - Day 8

Rating: G
Characters: Reine
Word Count: 154

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ffxiv patch 7.4 liveblog

as usual, i'll be liveblogging the new ff14 patch. msq in this post, perhaps raid in another?

( msq )

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【Interview】Reflecting on 15 Years of Zelda Development with Nintendo

So, Monolith Soft Twitter account has just published an interview on their website about their relationship with Nintendo and their involvement in Zelda game development. At first, I only wanted to write my impressions, but then I realized this could become lost media in the future. So I decided to archive it, just in case they omit or delete this interview—similar to how the Takahashi interview with Iwata was removed from Nintendo’s website.

I have copy-pasted the original Japanese text in case anyone wants to read it. I have also included a translation with the help of DeepL and other translation tools. Because of this, the translation is not fully accurate, and I strongly encourage people to consult someone who understands Japanese for a more accurate translation. This is only a tentative translation for those who want a general idea of what was discussed, as well as for my own curiosity and self-indulgence, lol. Please do not take the translation at face value, and I would prefer that it not be cited. Feel free to comment if there's any mistake!

I am also archiving the website via the Wayback Machine (screenshots and web archive included).

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typo du jour

Typo du jour

These are all from the same auto-transcription closed captioning.

rosary phone (rotary phone)
content scripture (content description)
gaming council (gaming console)

This was from a presentation by an Irish group who teach cyber safety in schools. I don't remember how pronounced the presenter's accent was, but ah, those sure are some interesting errors.

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1. There's a local meme going around talking about how the weather lately is like picking lotto numbers. Saturday night was high 70s / low 80s. Last night (Sunday) was the first freeze of the season. I have been dying on the couch for a couple weeks now with migraines and body aches. It's been super fun. /sarcasm

2. I am done with holiday gift shopping! We're waiting for a few things arrive. Some things haven't shipped yet, but spouse and I don't care if our gifts are late.

2b. Spouse did most of his own gift shopping this year. Most of it went into a new vest from Volante (indie clothing brand with fandom inspired designs of various obviousness) and a handful of things from the official Critical Role shop. I got him a few other things from his list, but TBH it was a big relief to not have to shop for one person on the list.

3. I am really enjoying all the new CR fanart for both CR4 and the Mighty Nein.

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Tag wrangling diaries: This fandom-dropping process

About a month ago, TW chairs announced a new limit: each wrangler should have a maximum of 450 assigned fandoms. Of the 400+ wranglers in the committee, only 3 actually had more than 450 fandoms, so for most people this was going to make no difference in their lives at all.

So, hey, I’m one of the 3! Figured I’d write about it.

To be clear, the limit is for admin reasons. There hasn’t been any allegation of “you’re falling behind in wrangling because you have too many fandoms to keep up with.” Not to me, and I have no reason to believe it’s happened to either of the others, either.

The thing is, my habit for a while now has been “check the Unassigned Fandoms list for webcomic fandoms with less than 5 works, pick them up, tidy up whatever tags they have, and then just…keep them.”

( I’ll take tiny fandoms in other areas of personal interest, too... )

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Increasing the length of the outline, because why not

So, I assumed that each of the three parts of The Sundered Worlds would have a four-act outline. It worked just fine for part 1, so I assumed that it would work just as well for part 2.

Then I decided that since there are four libraries in part 2, each act should focus on a different library, with an introductory act that would be, well, an introduction to the story – for a total of five acts.

And now I'm thinking that I'll need to add yet another act to function as a conclusion. I don’t think I've ever done a six-act story before.

Of course, this could all change by the end of the week, so who knows how things are going to end up.

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exchange letter

Rare Femslash Exchange 2025 Letter

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lynch etc

The Cinematheque is running a full David Lynch retrospective in December: all ten of his feature films, plus a collection of shorts and the entirety of the new Twin Peaks season. I'm not certain whether I like Lynch's work but it surely is memorable.

Of those: I quite want to see Blue Velvet (seen once, basically no memory of it), Lost Highway (seen at least twice, fuzzy memories), Mulholland Drive (never seen; sounds like a more coherent Lost Highway), and The Elephant Man (never seen; supposedly Very Very Good). I have some interest in Wild At Heart (Lynch directing Nicolas Cage?) and Inland Empire (more Lynchian surrealism; might be more than I want all at once). I have pretty much no interest in Dune (ugh), Fire Walk With Me (ugh, though for different reasons; also, seen it), Eraserhead (from what I've heard I do not need that look into David Lynch's id), and The Straight Story (meh). I do not have it in me to watch eighteen hours of Twin Peaks in four days, though if I did I'd probably also watch Fire Walk With Me. Also no interest in the short films (see above re Eraserhead), and besides those are already over and done.

I'm so glad the Cinematheque exists. It's not as historic as the Lyric in Blacksburg or as fancy as the AFI Silver in DC, but it's comfortable, and it shows a decent amount of stuff I'm interested in. Vancouver honestly has a pretty impressive non-mainstream film scene: the Cinematheque, the more upscale VIFF Theatre, and the more... pop-culture-y, I guess, Rio. Plus the Cineplex in International Village mall that shows random foreign films.

Potential post-xmas schedule below, so I have it written down and can stop saying "wait what am i doing again?"

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Winter Solstice 2025 Countdown - Day 7

Rating: G
Characters: Ryuji Otogi
Word Count: 103

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Current Music: Tell All — ayumi hamasaki

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2025 week 50

had the MRI last week, but don't have the results yet... here's hoping i can proceed to surgery swiftly, sigh. i really want the full use of my hands back.

other than that, not a whole lot has been going on, tbh. ff14 patch day is tomorrow (yay!) which means i'll be occupied with new stuff in this coming week. in the leadup i have been... still puttering about in the diadem. only 39,000 more grade 3 materials to go! sob. i did completely finish the crafting portion of the firmament grind this week, so now it's just gatherers left.

spotify wrapped came out recently, but in truth it's not that accurate for me because my primary music library is on itunes; i just use spotify for instrumentals when i write. despite the lack of stats, though, i'm pretty sure this has been the year of ayu for me. i've been hooked on her in a way i haven't been for years: i've been listening to my favorite tracks playlist nonstop. (which is a solid 18-hour playlist, lol.) i really should update my ayu site because i've definitely had some new thoughts about old albums. (i'm sorry, Party Queen! i didn't get it!)

in reading news, i am up to 30 books read for the year, which is damn good for squeezing them into the last ~5 months of the year. i'm a little ways into this brutal moon, the third book in the kindom trilogy, which has been phenomenal. i've read a lot of good books this year but this series has jumped to the top of my favorites, i'm truly so enthralled by it.

that's all for now. my holiday plans are a bit up in the air; both of my parents want to see me at the same time on xmas, so we'll see how that shakes out. i still have a fair bit of shopping to do myself, so i should really get on that while i have time...

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spiral - Thunderbolts (double drabble)

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wakawakawaka

A few months ago, via family things, I came into some money and was told as long as a certain portion was socked away, it was mine, do what I want with it. Said portion was dutifully socked away, and I've proceeded to spend several months careening around screaming like an opossum that I'm managing to Do It Wrong while making preorders/Kickstarters for books I thought I've have to miss, making a number of donations on a few occasions, tackling the holidays better ...

... finally buying a new vacuum and a bunch of other household/wardrobe necessities >.> ...

And am still sitting on the majority, stressed and anxious because Spending The Money.

Then it came to my attention that Arcade1UP may be defunct and I ~~was egged on by several enablers~~ pulled the trigger on a long wished-for thing that was by no means cheap but. But.

But now I have a 3/4-size assemble-myself Pac-Man cab on the way.

The other games on it will be nice (Galaxian! Galaga!) but it is first and foremost a Pac-Man cab. Sized like it was made for me.

I don't know if the brainweasels will even get me as much as usual, because this is something I have wanted very nearly my entire bloody life.

... who am I kidding I live to be guilty and miserable

But.

Arcade Pac-Man. With a joystick. omfg.

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Fandom when I love it best

I'm having a really happy fandom time at the moment. It's the whole virtuous cycle of being in sync with a couple of fellow ~~gremlins~~ fans who are into the same thing I am, in similar ways, where we cheer for canon, we cheer for our shared interpretation, and we cheer and enable each other.

That means at the moment, when I'm writing, I often have one reader's specific reactions in mind and it is glorious. I don't really need more, or it helps me not count on it at least. I have a good chance of connecting with a fellow fan, brain-to-brain, heart-to-heart and that is JOYFUL!

So I wrote last night's drabble like that, which was also fun because I want to write more shorter things, too. More yeeting into the void. Sometimes being so slow gnaws a bit at my confidence, when it takes SO! DAMN! LONG! to finish anything haha, and then it's hard not to build up expectations.

Having said that I returned to editing my long poly Kaijuu No. 8 fic this morning, which I'm having such a grand time with :D I knew the first half didn't work well and wasn't sure how to fix it originally, thought I might have to go the whole enchilida and reverse-outline it. Anchoring ~~healed me~~ fixed it, though! :D And yesterday I reached the turning point scene in the middle, which STILL makes me laugh out loud after *checks spreadsheet* 3 months since I wrote it, and I'm still cackling. This is the scene from which I found my feet so I've been cooing and giggling and awww-ing in my editing this morning XD

Incidentally, I think this is one of my failures with the cursed witch, and many of my original projects. I tend to go in serious mode, when I believe that integrating humour in stories is a strength of mine. There's a couple of lighthearted and funny moments in the witch story, but I didn't leave a lot of space for that.

But also my main enabling friend went 👀👀👀 at me about the kn8 turning point scene yesterday so I got to share it early, and they laughed too, and I'm happy. I can write stories and have fun doing it, I can fix most/many problems in my writing once I noticed them, I can share with at least one or two people who appreciate whatever it is I'm trying to do, at least some of the time.

Wishing you all an amazing week!!!!!!!!!

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Six Sentence Sunday

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Current Mood: excited

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freeware

TobiDen (new freeware TL)

new 100+ hour freeware RPG translation that i genuinely did not expect to see happen. This review and the others it links made me extremely interesting to see it translated, i just didn't think it would happen. because 100+ hour freeware RPG. but now it has. and I am pleased

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CFAA, Heated Rivalry and Maxton Hall

Joined Comics Fanfiction Authors Archive this past week and got about 38 works posted there already. I think I only have a few more works to really add to it, but that's going to have to wait until next time. They only allow comics and animated universes there - no MCU obviously or X-Men Movies I assume so I have less stuff to add than what I do for AO3. If you're interested in joining the archive, check out the rules & then ask for an invite via their Discord.

Going away to my sister's house next week for the holidays, so I'm both looking forward to that and not looking forward to it. I hate the drive (8+ hours) and I'll miss sleeping in my own bed with my cats. But I am looking forward to seeing my sister, her kids, and all the cooking/food we'll have. *fingerscrossed* Everything goes well.

I'll probably be busy doing my icon challenges this week before I leave when I'm not packing or cleaning, or at least that's my plan. Maybe I'll do some writing for challenges while I'm there.

Anyway some new shows/fandoms I checked out:

Heated Rivalry - saw the recommendation by

impala_chick and I noticed it trending on Tumblr so I figured I'd look it up and guess what? I actually read one of the books that the TV series is based on but a later one (Role Model - book 5, and Time to Shine - which might not be set in the same universe but whatever), so of course I had to check it out immediately and got lucky with three episodes to binge. It was very good, but also weird? I had such secondhand embarrassment happening in that first episode (but that's probably just me). I love all the characters - Shane, Illya, Scott, Kip - and fell immediately for Shane/Illya & Scott/Kip. Watched episode 4 Friday after work, and ugh it's heartbreaking just like the book. Two more episodes (and ANOTHER SEASON?!?!? YES!!!)

So after watching the first three episodes I quickly bought/downloaded the audiobooks for Game Changer (book 1), Heated Rivalry (book 2 - already bought actually), Tough Guy (book 3), Common Goal (book 4), and The Long Game (book 6) and just because The Shots You Take (another M/M hockey romance). Managed to listen & finish Heated Rivalry and The Long Game - so I KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, lol. I did start Game Changer, but the guy that did the audiobook decided to do a [bad??? or is just bad to me???] New York accent for Kip which immediately takes me out and has me cringing through most of it, so I'm like 31% through that which sucks because I LOVED their episode SO FREAKING MUCH. Also the actor that plays Scott reminds me so much of Ioan Gruffudd (like certain scenes especially). But anyway, Role Model (book 5) focuses on Troy/Harris and I remember loving that book (gave it 5 stars on goodreads), I'm going to have to re-read that book and I just read Time to Shine (gave it 4 stars) with Landon/Casey this September. Anyway, to kinda get me through Friday, I decided to start Common Goal (book 4) with Eric/Kyle and so far - 38% through it - I'm loving it. Probably going to finish that one and then start Tough Guy (book 3) with Ryan/Fabian and hell probably even The Shots You Take before finishing the Scott/Kip book (again only because that accent, 'cause otherwise I think I would love the book). Usually I like to read books in order, but like I apparently did not care this time - lol. Actually I think those two books were on sale at Libro.fm.

I like the book series, but hell I love basically all the Hockey Romance books I've read so far anyway... even though I know NOTHING about the sport except for the fact that there are two teams I know of the Seventy-Sixers and the Mighty Ducks. I loved Mighty Ducks movies & animated series and I remember enjoying the movie Goon, but I think that's about it for knowledge. I feel like I could probably get into it more compared to the other sports? But probably won't. I should really do a list here of exactly how many books I've read that are Hockey Romance, lmao. Feel free to suggest any if you liked any.

Maxton Hall - The World Between Us - Season 2 was released last month, finally got around to watching it last night. I think I'm halfway through it? It's oddly addictive, I almost pushed through to finish it last night but I was ready to fall asleep on the couch so I figured that would be bad. Now I do love James/Ruby (even though James is a fuck up) but I also love the idea of Ruby/Lydia this season, which I know isn't going to happen but still. Lydia's actress kinda reminds me a bit of Holland Roden (weirdly enough Lydia of Teen Wolf).

Current Mood: chipper

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【2025 Media Overview】the last of 2025

Hello, here we go with another media overview for the last month of 2025! I haven't watched or read much these days because, like I previously wrote, I caught the flu and wasn’t in good health orz.

But now I’m fine, and I did watch and read a bunch of animanga, as well as some novels! So here we go!

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