A different DnD Character Colouring Book this week... Fluffy suggested this DnD Actual Play campaign by TableTopNotch on YouTube and, given that I was kind of out of other long form things to watch, I ended up just running through this over the last few weeks.
It's a mini campaign, only going for about 25 episodes, and is very... not "Dungeon of the Week" exactly, but it's clearly modelled around five different dungeon crawls.
I was hugely disappointed by the final episode though. Because for reasons that just don't make any sense to me, they decided to not really include the four main characters above in the final episode, instead concentrating on the guest stars they'd had at various points (well, apart from one who couldn't attend, so one of the cast filled in)... all of whom I found irritating and tiresome. So, well done on removing any actual emotional catharsis or joy from your finale folks.
But they use a VTT (Virtual Tabletop) for their maps, which is interesting, so they use Hero Forge minis for their character (and various NPC) models. And... we already know how I feel about Other People's Hero Forge Models most of the time. So... we'll be nice and call these Fan Art.
Yeah, fan art, that totally works.
Also because I have Particular Opinions About Tabaxi. Most notably that they should be based on big cats with some kind of spots. I mean, do what you want, I just have Opinions about it. I also wouldn't normally give a tabaxi eyebrows... but, honestly, Gus needs eyebrows.
Anyway...
This week has been... annoying.
Firstly, the weather. I should not be having to run the aircon in April because the weather is over 30. I just shouldn't. It's dumb and I hate it.
Secondly, I continued on with the amorphous crochet project. And as much as I enjoyed doing it, the end product, while well made, was not Fit For Purpose. Had I been thinking about it at all I could probably have managed to make a hexagon cardigan from the yarn that I had. Or at least most of one. Probably a whole one, let's be fair.
Instead I made it way too fucking wide to start with, which means that the whole thing is not going to do what I intended it to do. When Ma was here we made an attempt to turn it into the same kind of shrug cardigan I made myself. And it just did not work. For various reasons. So in the end Ma took that one home and we're just calling it a blanket. I might add to it at some point if she wants me to.
It did keep my hands occupied throughout the week though.
And I ended up just giving her the one I made myself. Because I tried it on the other week and just... wasn't feeling it. A shame because I really love the multicoloured yarn, but also, makes more sense to actually have somebody make use of it than it just sit in a box in a cupboard the whole time.
As far as Mini Media Reviews... mostly nothing showed up at the library last week... so not really anything much this week.
The one thing I will shout out is Tale of Tales. I don't specifically remember where I heard about it. I feel like it was in some YouTube video about a different movie entirely. But it's very much a movie in the Grimms Fairy Tale oeuvre. It's very weird and often more than a little dark, but it is entertaining, the performances are strong throughout and it's visually stunning.
Otherwise not a lot to report.
Anyway...
There are two days of the year that shopping is literally Hell on Earth. Both of those days also coincide with a major secular/religious holiday. Go figure.
Every year since... forever, I have complained about Easter Saturday shopping. The shops have been closed one day. They will be closed for two more days. Are all of you people usually shopping on a Friday, Sunday or Monday? Or do you just lose your minds because the shops are going to close briefly?
Urgh.
And do not talk to me about the confectionery aisle.
We came back here, tried to make the Thneed do something and gave up and then just kind of fluffed around for a bit because there was no way I was going to anywhere that was a shop. And I sent Ma off on her merry way.
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